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
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 party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %
	Communist Party of India		169	15	7.65	26,85,251	31.13
	Indian National Congress		142	119	60.71	33,94,109	39.35
	Praja Socialist Party		45	13	6.63	4,81,666	5.58
	Krishikar Lok Party		37	22	11.23	6,25,827	37.26
	Praja Party		12	5	2.55	2,40,884	2.79
	Independent		170	22	11.23	11,88,887	13.78
Total seats			196	Voters	1,13,36,618	Turnout	86,24,842 (59.15 %)

See also

• 1955 elections in India
• 1951 Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election
• 1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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.