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General elections were held in India between 24 February and 14 March 1957, the second elections to the Lok Sabha after independence. Elections to several state legislatures were held simultaneously. Under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian National Congress easily won a second term in power, taking 371 of the 494 seats. They gained ...
General elections to the second Lok Sabha since independence were held in India between 24 February to 14 March 1957. The Indian National Congress (INC) easily won the second term, winning 371 of the 494 seats and their vote share increased from 45.0% to 47.8%.
1957 Chadian parliamentary election; 1957 Ethiopian general election; 1957 Guinean Territorial Assembly election; 1957 Upper Volta territorial assembly election; 1956–1957 Kenyan legislative election; 1957 Senegalese Territorial Assembly election; 1957 Sierra Leonean legislative election; 1957 Ubangi-Shari parliamentary election; 1957 ...
The 1957 Canadian federal election was held June 10, 1957, to select the 265 members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 23rd Parliament of Canada.In one of the greatest upsets in Canadian political history, the Progressive Conservative Party (also known as "PCs" or "Tories"), led by John Diefenbaker, brought an end to 22 years of Liberal rule, as the Tories were able to form a minority ...
1957 Indian general election in Kerala was held for 18 seats in the state. The result was a victory for Communist Party of India winning 9 out of 18 seats. The major opposition for CPI, the Indian National Congress , won 6 seats.
The 1957 Indian general election polls were held in the Andhra Pradesh state for its 43 seats. The state was formed then recently in 1956 by combining the erstwhile Andhra state and Telugu-speaking areas of Hyderabad State. Indian National Congress has swept the elections by bagging 37 seats. [1] [2]
1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ... 1957 New Zealand general election: ...
In the summer of 1957, a special election was held to fill McCarthy's seat. In the primaries , voters in both parties turned away from McCarthy's legacy. The Republican primary was won by Walter J. Kohler Jr. , who called for a clean break from McCarthy's approach; he defeated former Congressman Glenn Robert Davis , who charged that Eisenhower ...