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| leader1 = [[B. Gopala Reddy]] | | leader1 = [[B. Gopala Reddy]] | ||
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| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Chief Minister]] | | title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Chief Minister]] | ||
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| popular_vote1 = 3,394,109 | |||
| percentage1 = 39.35% | |||
| popular_vote2 = 2,685,251 | |||
| percentage2 = 31.13% | |||
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== By-elections == | == By-elections == | ||
On 16 July 1955 a by-election was held for the Burugupudi seat after the death of the sitting [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] and State Minister for Agriculture [[N. Venkata Rama Rao]]. N. Venkataratnam of the [[Indian National Congress]] was elected unopposed.<ref name="e">Election Commission of India. | On 16 July 1955 a by-election was held for the Burugupudi seat after the death of the sitting [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] and State Minister for Agriculture [[N. Venkata Rama Rao]]. N. Venkataratnam of the [[Indian National Congress]] was elected unopposed.<ref name="e">Election Commission of India. {{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls |title=Bye-election results 1952-95|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111183847/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls|archive-date=11 January 2012|format=XLS}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4cMTAAAAIAAJ|title=Asian Recorder, Vol. 1|year=1955|page=326}}</ref><ref name="FisherBondurant19562">{{cite book|author1=Margaret Welpley Fisher|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wg82AAAAIAAJ|title=The Indian experience with democratic elections|author2=Joan Valérie Bondurant|publisher=University of California|year=1956|page=4}}</ref> | ||
In July 1955 a by-election was held for the Sarvepalli seat after the resignation of the sitting [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] [[Bezawada Gopala Reddy]] (who had won two seats in the assembly election, and had to resign from one of them).<ref name="FisherBondurant19562"/> The election was won by the Indian National Congress candidate V.K. Reddi, won obtained 22,835 votes (60%), whilst the independent S.A. Reddi got 15,218 votes (40%).<ref name="FisherBondurant19562" /><ref name="e2">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls Bye-election results 1952-95]''</ref> Whilst the Congress Party won the election by a comfortable margin, its percentage of the popular vote had decreased by 7.8%.<ref name="FisherBondurant19562" /> | In July 1955 a by-election was held for the Sarvepalli seat after the resignation of the sitting [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] [[Bezawada Gopala Reddy]] (who had won two seats in the assembly election, and had to resign from one of them).<ref name="FisherBondurant19562"/> The election was won by the Indian National Congress candidate V.K. Reddi, won obtained 22,835 votes (60%), whilst the independent S.A. Reddi got 15,218 votes (40%).<ref name="FisherBondurant19562" /><ref name="e2">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls Bye-election results 1952-95]''</ref> Whilst the Congress Party won the election by a comfortable margin, its percentage of the popular vote had decreased by 7.8%.<ref name="FisherBondurant19562" /> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[1955 elections in India]] | * [[1955 elections in India]] | ||
* [[1951 Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election]] | * [[1951 Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:26, 13 August 2023
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]
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State Formation and ReorganizationEdit
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.
ResultsEdit
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| Political party | Flag | Seats Contested |
Won | % of Seats |
Votes | Vote % | |
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| Communist Party of India | 
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169 | 15 | 7.65 | 26,85,251 | 31.13 | |
| Indian National Congress | 
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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 | ||
| Template:Party name with colour | 170 | 22 | 11.23 | 11,88,887 | 13.78 | ||
| Total seats | 196 | Voters | 1,13,36,618 | Turnout | 86,24,842 (59.15%) | ||
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By-electionsEdit
On 16 July 1955 a by-election was held for the Burugupudi seat after the death of the sitting MLA and State Minister for Agriculture N. Venkata Rama Rao. N. Venkataratnam of the Indian National Congress was elected unopposed.[4][5][6]
In July 1955 a by-election was held for the Sarvepalli seat after the resignation of the sitting MLA Bezawada Gopala Reddy (who had won two seats in the assembly election, and had to resign from one of them).[6] The election was won by the Indian National Congress candidate V.K. Reddi, won obtained 22,835 votes (60%), whilst the independent S.A. Reddi got 15,218 votes (40%).[6][7] Whilst the Congress Party won the election by a comfortable margin, its percentage of the popular vote had decreased by 7.8%.[6]
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedAPECI1955 - ↑ 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.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. "Bye-election results 1952-95". Archived from the original (XLS) on 11 January 2012.
- ↑ Asian Recorder, Vol. 1. 1955. p. 326.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Margaret Welpley Fisher; Joan Valérie Bondurant (1956). The Indian experience with democratic elections. University of California. p. 4.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952-95
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