1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Andhra State Legislative Assembly were held on 11 February 1955. 581 candidates contested for the 167 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 29 two-member constituencies and 138 single-member constituencies.[1] The members of the first assembly (1955-62) were allowed a seven-year term. That is to say in 1957, elections were conducted in the newly added region of Telangana alone and then in 1962 general elections were held for the state as a whole.[2]

1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
All 196 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
99 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader B. Gopala Reddy
Party INC Communist Party of India
Seats won 119 15
Chief Minister before election

Vacant (President's rule)
Indian National Congress

 Chief Minister

B. Gopala Reddy
Indian National Congress

State Formation and Reorganization

On 1 October 1953, a separate Andhra State, consisting of the Telugu-speaking areas of the composite Madras State, with 167 constituencies with 190 seats in the Assembly, was formed. On 1 November 1956, Andhra State was merged with Hyderabad State under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, to form a single state, Andhra Pradesh. The districts of Raichur, Gulbarga, and the Marathwada district were detached from the Hyderabad State while merging with Andhra State. Besides, the Siruguppa taluk, the Bellary taluk, the Hospet taluk, and a small area of the Mallapuram sub-taluk were transferred from Mysore State to Andhra Pradesh. The districts of Raichur and Gulbarga were transferred to the Mysore State, while the Marathwada district was transferred to the Bombay State.[3] This resulted in re-organization of assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh giving way to 85 constituencies with 105 seats in the assembly.

Results
 Summary of results of the 1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election [1]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested		Won% of
Seats		VotesVote %
Communist Party of India 169157.6526,85,25131.13
Indian National Congress 14211960.7133,94,10939.35
Praja Socialist Party 45136.634,81,6665.58
Krishikar Lok Party 372211.236,25,82737.26
Praja Party 1252.552,40,8842.79
Independent 1702211.2311,88,88713.78
Total seats 196Voters1,13,36,618Turnout86,24,842 (59.15 %)

See also

References
  1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1955 : To the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  2. p. 281, Rise of the Plebeians?: The Changing Face of the Indian Legislative Assemblies (), Christophe Jaffrelot, Sanjay Kumar, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2009.
  3. "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
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