Second General Elections (1957)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Second_General_Elections_(1957)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:BharatiyaJanaSanghSeatsWon 4
gptkbp:commissioner gptkb:Sukumar_Sen
gptkbp:CommunistPartyOfIndiaSeatsWon 27
gptkbp:concurrentElections State legislative assemblies
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:firstElectionWithDelimitation true
gptkbp:followedBy Third General Elections (1962)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Second General Elections (1957)
gptkbp:IndianNationalCongressSeatsWon 371
gptkbp:mainCandidate 1519
gptkbp:notableFor Jawaharlal Nehru became Prime Minister for second term
INC won more than 70% of seats
gptkbp:numberOfSeatsInLokSabha 494
gptkbp:numberOfStations 226,000
gptkbp:party gptkb:Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh
gptkb:Indian_National_Congress
gptkb:Praja_Socialist_Party
gptkb:Communist_Party_of_India
gptkbp:PrajaSocialistPartySeatsWon 19
gptkbp:precededBy First General Elections (1951–52)
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Jawaharlal_Nehru
gptkbp:result Indian National Congress won majority
gptkbp:stateElectorate 193,652,179
gptkbp:type parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout 45.44%
gptkbp:year 1957
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:First_General_Elections
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7