1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

The 1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election 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 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]

1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

← 1955 (Andhra) ←1952 (Hyderabad) 25 February 1957 (1957-02-25) 1962 →
105 (of 301) seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly 151 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Puchalapalli Sundarayya Party INC PDF Leader's seat Kurnool Gannavaram Seats won 187 37 Seat change new state new state Popular vote 1,707,364 927,333 Percentage 47.38% 25.73%
Chief Minister before election Office Established New State Chief Minister Neelam Sanjiva Reddy INC

State reorganisation

On November 1, 1956, Andhra State was merged with Hyderabad State under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, to form a single state, 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

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Hold	Won	Total
	Indian National Congress	1,707,364	47.38	119	68	187
	People's Democratic Front	927,333	25.73	15	22	37
	Krishikar Lok Party	0	0.00	22	0	22
	Praja Socialist Party	203,453	5.65	13	1	14
	Praja Party	28,968	0.80	5	1	6
	Scheduled Caste Federation	20,289	0.56	0	1	1
	Peasants and Workers Party	37,271	1.03	0	0	0
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	5,809	0.16	0	0	0
	Independents	673,098	18.68	22	12	34
Total		3,603,585	100.00	196	105	301

List of Assembly constituencies and winners

#	Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Mahabubnagar
1	Kalwakurthy	SC	Santa Bai		Indian National Congress
			Dr. Naganna		Indian National Congress
2	Kollapur	None	M. Narsing Rao		Indian National Congress
3	Alampur	None	Jayalaxmi Devamma		Indian National Congress
4	Gadwal	None	D. K. Satya Reddy		Independent
5	Wanaparthy	None	Padmanabha Reddy		Indian National Congress
6	Atmakur	None	Murlidhar Reddi		Indian National Congress
7	Makthal	SC	Basappa		Indian National Congress
			Bannappa		Independent
8	Kodangal	None	Achuta Reddy		Indian National Congress
9	Mahbubnagar	None	Eguru Chinnappa		Praja Party
10	Shadnagar	None	Shahjahan Begum		Indian National Congress
11	Nagarkurnool	SC	Mahendranath		Indian National Congress
			Janardhan Reddy		Indian National Congress
Hyderabad
12	Musheerabad	None	K. Seethiah Gupta		Indian National Congress
13	Sultan Bazar	None	Vasudev Krishnaji Naik		Indian National Congress
14	Begum Bazar	None	J. V. Narsing Rao		Indian National Congress
15	Asafnagar	None	V. B. Raju		Indian National Congress
16	High Court	None	Gopal Rao Ekbote		Indian National Congress
17	Malakpet	None	Mir Ahmed Ali Khan		Indian National Congress
18	Yakutpura	None	Shabuddin Ahmed Khan		Indian National Congress
19	Pathergatti	None	Masooma Begum		Indian National Congress
20	Secunderabad City	None	K. Satya Narayana		Indian National Congress
21	Secunderabad Cantonment	None	B. V. Gurumurthy		Indian National Congress
22	Jubilee Hills	SC	Sumitra Devi		Indian National Congress
			Nawab Mehdi Nawaz Jung		Indian National Congress
23	Ibrahimpatam	None	M. N. Laxmi Narsiah		Indian National Congress
24	Shahabad	None	V. Rama Rao		Indian National Congress
			Konda Venkat Ranga Reddy		Indian National Congress
25	Pargi	None	Jagan Mohan Reddy		Independent
26	Vikarabad	None	Ariga Ramaswamy		Indian National Congress
			Marri Chenna Reddy		Indian National Congress
Medak
27	Zahirabad	None	M. Baga Reddy		Indian National Congress
28	Narayankhed	None	Appa Rao Shetkar		Indian National Congress
29	Andole	None	Baswa Maniah		Independent
30	Sangareddy	SC	Kishtamachari		Independent
			Antiah		Scheduled Castes Federation
31	Narsapur	None	Gundam Veeriah		Indian National Congress
32	Medak	None	Venkateswar Rao		Indian National Congress
33	Gazwel	SC	R. Narsimha Reddy		Indian National Congress
			J. B. Muthyal Rao		Indian National Congress
34	Dommat	None	Anantha Reddy		People's Democratic Front
35	Siddipet	None	P. V. Rajeswar Rao		Indian National Congress
Nizamabad
36	Kamareddy	SC	T. N. Sada Laxmi		Indian National Congress
			Venkatrama Reddy		Indian National Congress
37	Banswada	None	Seetakumari		Indian National Congress
38	Jukkal	None	Madhav Rao		Independent
39	Bodhan	None	Srinivasa Rao		Independent
40	Nizamabad	None	Dawar Hussain Mohammed		Indian National Congress
41	Armoor	None	T. Anjiah		Indian National Congress
42	Balkonda	None	Ranga Reddy		Indian National Congress
Adilabad
43	Mudhole	None	Gopidi Ganga Reddy		Independent
44	Nirmal	None	Muthiam Reddy		Independent
45	Adilabad	None	Rangnath Rao		People's Democratic Front
46	Asifabad	ST	G. Narayan Reddy		Indian National Congress
			Kashi Ram		Indian National Congress
47	Luxettipet	None	G. V. Pitambar Rao		Indian National Congress
48	Sirpur	SC	Venkata Swamy		Indian National Congress
			K. Raja Mallu		Praja Socialist Party
Karimnagar
49	Manthani	None	P. V. Narsimha Rao		Indian National Congress
50	Sultanabad	SC	B. Raja Ram		Indian National Congress
			P. Ramachendar Rao		Indian National Congress
51	Maidaram	None	G. Laxma Reddy		People's Democratic Front
52	Jagtial	None	D. Hanumanth Rao		Indian National Congress
53	Buggaram	None	Mohan Reddy		Independent
54	Metpalli	None	J. Anand Rao		People's Democratic Front
55	Sirsilla	SC	K. Narsiah		People's Democratic Front
			Amritlal Shukla		People's Democratic Front
56	Choppadandi	None	Ch. Rajeswar Rao		People's Democratic Front
57	Karimnagar	None	J. Chokka Rao		Indian National Congress
58	Indurthi	None	P. Chokka Rao		People's Democratic Front
59	Huzurabad	SC	P. Narsing Rao		Independent
			G. Ramulu		Independent
Warangal
60	Warangal	None	Mirza Shukoor Baig		Indian National Congress
61	Dhamasagar	None	T. Hyagreeva Chari		Indian National Congress
62	Ghanpur	None	B. Keshav Reddy		Indian National Congress
63	Wardhannapet	None	E. Venkataramnarsaiah		Indian National Congress
64	Jangaon	SC	G. Gopal Reddy		People's Democratic Front
			G. Rama Lingam		Indian National Congress
65	Channur	None	S. Venkata Krishna Prasad Rao		People's Democratic Front
66	Dornakal	None	N. Ramachandra Reddy		Indian National Congress
67	Chillamcherla	None	M. S. Rajalingam		Indian National Congress
68	Narsampet	None	K. Kanaka Rathnamma		Indian National Congress
69	Parkal	SC	Manda Sailu		Indian National Congress
			K. Keshav Reddy		Indian National Congress
70	Mulug	None	S. Rajeswar Rao		People's Democratic Front
Khammam
71	Yellandu	ST	Dodda Narsiah		Indian National Congress
			K. L. Narsimharao		People's Democratic Front
72	Palwancha	None	K. Sudersana Rao		Indian National Congress
73	Vensoor	None	J. Kondal Rao		Indian National Congress
74	Madhira	None	B. Satyanarayan Rao		Indian National Congress
75	Khammam	SC	N. Peddanna		People's Democratic Front
			T. Laxmikantamma		Indian National Congress
Nalgonda
76	Suryapet	SC	B. Narsimha Reddy		People's Democratic Front
			Uppala Malsoor		People's Democratic Front
77	Ramannapet	None	K. Ramachandra Reddy		People's Democratic Front
78	Bhongir	None	R. Narayan Reddy		People's Democratic Front
79	Alair	None	Arutla Kamala Devi		People's Democratic Front
80	Chinnakondur	None	K. Lakshman Bapuji		Indian National Congress
81	Nalgonda	None	Venkatreddy		People's Democratic Front
82	Nakrekal	None	B. Dharma Biksham		People's Democratic Front
83	Huzurnagar	None	Dodda Narsiah		People's Democratic Front
84	Miryalguda	None	C. Venkatareddy		People's Democratic Front
85	Deverkonda	SC	M. Laxmiah		Indian National Congress
			G. Narayan Reddy		Indian National Congress

See also

• India portal

• 1957 elections in India
• 1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
• 1952 Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
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.