1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 25 February 1957. 319 candidates contested for the 85 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 20 two-member constituencies and 65 single-member constituencies.[1] The members of the first assembly (1955-62) who were elected from the 1955 election 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]
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State reorganization
On 1 November 1956, Andhra State was merged with Hyderabad State in 1956 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. Also, 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] Thus the assembly constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh changed from 167 constituencies with 190 seats in 1955 to 85 constituencies with 105 seats in 1957.
Results
| Political party | Flag | Seats Contested | Won | Net change in seats | % of Seats |
Votes | Vote % | Change in vote % | |
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| Indian National Congress | 109 | 68 |  51 | 64.77 | 17,07,364 | 47.38 |  8.03 | ||
| People's Democratic Front | 65 | 22 | New | 20.95 | 9,27,333 | 25.73 | New | ||
| Praja Socialist Party | 29 | 1 | 12 | 0.95 | 2,03,453 | 5.65 | 0.07 | ||
| Praja Party | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0.95 | 28,968 | 0.8 | 1.99 | ||
| Scheduled Caste Federation | 2 | 1 | New | 0.95 | 20,289 | 0.56 | New | ||
| Independent | 97 | 12 | 10 | 11.43 | 6,73,098 | 18.68 | N/A | ||
| Total Seats | 105 ( 91) | Voters | 75,58,880 | Turnout | 36,03,585 (47.67 %) | ||||
See also
References
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- p. 281, Rise of the Plebeians?: The Changing Face of the Indian Legislative Assemblies (), Christophe Jaffrelot, Sanjay Kumar, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2009.
- "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.