1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election

1957 Bombay Legislative Assembly election
25 February 1957
All 396 seats in the Bombay Legislative Assembly
199 seats needed for a majority
Registered24,458,722
Turnout53.16% ( 2.38%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
INC
PSP
PWPI
Party INC PSP Peasants and Workers Party of India
Seats before 269 New
Seats won 234 36 31
Seat change 35 27 17
Popular vote 81,31,604 14,98,700 11,13,436
Percentage 48.66% 8.97% 6.66%
CM before election

Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
INC

 Elected CM

Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
INC

Elections to the Bombay Legislative Assembly were held on 25 February 1957. 1146 candidates contested for the 339 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 57 two-member constituencies and 282 single-member constituencies.

The incumbent Indian National Congress won reelection, with Yashwantrao Chavan continuing as Chief Minister. Despite suffering a decrease in seats, the incumbent government retained its simple majority in the legislative assembly.

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