1957 Indian Election Overview
Uploaded by
jayhari2610251957 Indian Election Overview
Uploaded by
jayhari261025646 AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS
polled
The table given below shows the number of votes
and seats won by the different paities in India m the 1957
election
Total electoiate —19 51,29,924
Total Votes cast —^11,23,68,305
Name of Party No of seats No of seats Votes Polled
Contested Won
2,881 1,889 4,76,52,427
Congress .
Party 1,102 195 1 13,92 500
Praja Socialist
Communist Party of India 713 189-M3 98 53,290
(Andhra
sitting)
Jana Sangba 570 46 45,83,211
Independents and other parties «« • 582 3,58,59 975
These include 42 and 4 uncontested returns by the Con-
gress and the Independents respectively number of seats A
were not filled m
at the time of the general election
Local Goverament. An
Indian state consists of a number
of districts and several districts usually form a Dhision, at
the head of Avhich there is a Divisional Commissioner The
district is the most important unit of administration in charge
of an officer knmvn as the District Magistiate and Collector
who IS a member of the foimer Indian Civil Service or of the
IAS undei the New Constitution The distiict officer is a
collector of revenue, the head of the distiict executive and
also a judge m criminal cases Besides tliese, he has got
numerous other functions -which lequiie him to direct, super-
Msc and control all branches of the distiict administiation.
The has been sub-divided into a numbei of sub-
district
dnisions at the head of which there is a sub-divisional officer
IN ho is m
charge of the admmistiation of the area, subject to
the control of the district officer The siib-division compiises
a number of Police-Stations which include a numbei of villages.
Tlie officcr-in-charge of a Police-station is a Sub-Inspector or
an Inspector of Police and is lesponsible foi the maintenance
of lav and order within his jurisdiction