1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on February 25, 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 in 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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105 seats in the United Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly 53 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||
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State reorganisation
On November 1, 1956, Andhra State was merged with Hyderabad State under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, to form a single state, United Andhra Pradesh. The divisions of Aurangabad (Aurangabad, Bhir, Nander, Parbhani), Gulbarga (Bidar, Gulbarga, Osmanabad, Raichur) were detached from 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 Aurangabad division and Osmanabad district of the Gulbarga division were transferred to Bombay State, while the remaining Gulbarga division (excluding Osmanabad district) was transferred to Mysore State.[3]
Results
Parties and Coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | |||||
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Vote | % | +/- | Contested | Won | +/- | ||
Indian National Congress | 1,707,364 | 47.38% | 109 | 68 | |||
People's Democratic Front | 927,333 | 25.73% | 65 | 22 | |||
Praja Socialist Party | 203,453 | 5.65 | 29 | 1 | |||
Praja Party | 28,968 | 0.80% | 8 | 1 | |||
Others | 63,369 | 1.75% | 10 | 1 | |||
Independent | 673,098 | 18.68% | 97 | 12 | |||
Source:https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4043-andhra-pradesh-1957/ |
Elected members
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.