1957 Indian General Election
1951–52 · The Nehru era · 494 seats, 248 for a majority
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 an extra seven seats (the size of the Lok Sabha had been increased by five) and their vote share increased from 45% to 48%.
Prime Minister before
Jawaharlal Nehru
INC
Prime Minister (continued)
Jawaharlal Nehru
INC
Largest force
Indian National Congress
371 of 494 seats
Turnout
45.4%
The result
| Share of the Lok Sabha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | Jawaharlal Nehru | 371 | +7 | 5,75,79,589 | 47.8% | +2.8 | |
| Independents | — | 42 | +5 | 2,32,84,249 | 19.3% | — | |
| Communist Party of India | Ajoy Ghosh | 27 | +11 | 1,07,54,075 | 8.9% | +5.6 | |
| Praja Socialist Party | Jayaprakash Narayan | 19 | +2 | 1,25,42,666 | 10.4% | — | |
| All India Ganatantra Parishad | — | 7 | +1 | 12,91,141 | 1.1% | — | |
| Scheduled Castes Federation | — | 6 | +4 | 20,38,890 | 1.7% | — | |
| Jharkhand Party | — | 6 | +3 | 7,51,830 | 0.6% | — | |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | — | 4 | +1 | 71,93,267 | 6.0% | — | |
| ABJS | Debaprasad Ghosh | 4 | +1 | 71,93,267 | 6.0% | +2.9 |
8 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.