1954 Duggirala by-election

In June 1954 a by-election was held in for the Duggirala seat of the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The by-election was called after the death of the sitting MLA A. Rami Reddi.[1] The election was won by the Indian National Congress candidate Meduri Nageswara Rao, won obtained 21,913 votes (45%). L.B.G. Rao of the Communist Party of India finished in second place with 20,644 votes (42.5%). Ancha Venkateswarlu of the Krishikar Lok Party obtained 5,735 votes (11.7%). There was also an independent candidate in the election, M.R. Rao, who obtained 395 votes (0.8%).[1][2][3]

Duggirala seat in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election, 1954
 
Candidate Meduri Nageswara Rao L.B.G. Rao
Party INC CPI
Popular vote 21,913 votes 20,644 votes
Percentage 45.0% 42.5%

References
  1. Margaret Welpley Fisher; Joan Valérie Bondurant (1956). The Indian experience with democratic elections. University of California. p. 4.
  2. Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952-95
  3. Sadhna Sharma (1995). States Politics in India. Mittal Publications. p. 61. ISBN 978-81-7099-619-4.
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