1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
Results

1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Political Party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net Change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %

Indian National Congress	-	154	120	24	77.92	36,12,709	47.51	10.82

Communist Party of India	-	72	6	2	3.90	10,30,898	13.56	9.67

Bharatiya Jana Sangh	72	9	9	5.84	6,54,395	8.61	3.05

Scheduled Caste Federation	24	5	5	3.25	4,10,364	5.40	3.43

Praja Socialist Party	19	1	New	0.65	94,564	1.24	New

Independent	319	13	4	8.44	18,00,960	23.69	N/A

Total Seats	154 ( 28)	Voters	1,31,72,945	Turnout	76,03,890 (57.72 %)

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There were 154 seats in the 1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.

final_sentence: There were 154 seats in the 1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.