1957 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

1957 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

November 1957
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43 seats
  First party Second party
 
CPI
Leader Neelam Sanjiva Reddy T. Nagi Reddy
Party INC CPI
Leader's seat Not-participated Anantapur
Last election State not exist State not exist
Seats won 37 2
Seat change Increase37 Increase 2


Prime Minister before election

Jawaharlal Nehru
INC

Prime Minister after election

Jawaharlal Nehru
INC

The 1957 Indian general election polls were held in the Andhra Pradesh state for its 43 seats. The state was formed then recently in 1956 by combining the erstwhile Andhra state and Telugu-speaking areas of Hyderabad State. Indian National Congress has swept the elections by bagging 37 seats.[1][2]

Detailed Results

Results by Party

Party Name Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
INC 49,06,044 51.47 43 37
CPI
PDF
PSP
BJS 3,769 0.04 1 0
IND 18,35,800 19.26 39 2 Steady
Total 95,31,373 100% - 43 -

Constituency Wise Results

Constituency NoS Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Srikakulam 1 Boddepalli Rajagopala Rao INC 84,797 55.34 Karimi Narayanappala Naidu IND 68,441 44.66 16,356 10.68
2 Parvathipuram 2 B. Satyanarayana INC 1,26,792 25.65 Dippala Suri Dora IND 1,24,604 25.20 N/A
3 Visakhapatnam 1 Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapathi Raju IND 88,563 64.75 Mallavarapu Venkata Krishna Rao INC 27,449 20.07 61,114 44.68
4 Golugonda 2 Missula Suryanarayana Murthy INC 84,780 17.20 Kankipati Veeranna Padal INC 84,738 17.19 N/A
5 Rajahmundry 1 D. Satyanarayana Raju INC Won Uncontested
6 Kakinada 2 B. S. Murthy INC 2,04,319 27.39 Mosalakanti Tirumala Rao INC 1,94,879 26.13 N/A
7 Narsapur 1 Uddiraju Ramam CPI 1,34,119 51.58 Manganti Bapineedu INC 98,654 37.94 35,465 13.64
8 Eluru 1 Kumari Mothey Veda Kumari INC 1,15,280 51.16 Veeramachineni Vimaladevi CPI 1,10,060 48.84 5,220 2.32
9 Gudivada 1 Duggirala Balarama Krishnaiah INC 1,55,873 54.86 Kadiyala Gopala Rao CPI 1,28,253 45.14 27,620 9.72
10 Vijayawada 1 Komarraju Achamamba INC 1,16,861 48.74 Tammina Potha Raju CPI 1,14,773 47.87 2,088 0.87
11 Masulipatnam 1 Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao INC 1,23,242 47.65 Yeiamanchilli Nagabhushanam IND 1,15,691 44.73 7,551 2.92
12 Tenali 1 N. G. Ranga INC 1,49,811 55.24 Naraharisetti Venkataswamy IND 1,21,394 44.76 28,417 10.48
13 Guntur 1 K. Raghuramayya INC 1,58,160 59.11 S. V. L. Narasimham IND 99,205 37.08 58,955 22.03
14 Ongole 1 Ronda Narapa Reddy INC 1,36,582 54.95 Madala Narayana Swamy CPI 1,11,963 45.05 24,619 9.90
15 Markapur 1 Chegireddi Bali Reddy INC 90,883 53.45 Gujjala Yellamanda Reddy CPI 72,078 42.39 18,805 11.06
16 Nellore 2 B. Anjanappa INC 2,20,121 35.40 Rebala Lakshmi Narasa Reddy INC 2,00,077 32.17 N/A
17 Chittoor 2 M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar INC 1,54,817 63.40 C. V. L. Narayan IND 71,357 29.22 N/A
18 Rajampet 1 T. N. Viswanath Reddy INC 0 0.00 S. Hussain Shah IND 0 0.00 N/A N/A
19 Cuddapah 1 V. Rami Reddy INC 1,01,909 51.58 Yeddula Eswara Reddy CPI 95,653 48.42 6,256 3.16
20 Anantapur 1 T. Nagi Reddy CPI 98,976 50.87 Paidi Lakshmayya INC 88,175 45.32 10,801 5.55
21 Hindupur 1 K. V. Ramakrishna Reddy INC 66,560 60.69 K. S. Ragava Charyulu PSP 40,072 36.54 26,488 24.15
22 Adoni 1 Pendekanti Venkata Subbaiah INC 83,295 70.63 Gadilinganna Gowd PSP 34,642 29.37 48,653 41.26
23 Kurnool 1 Osman Ali Khan INC 81,621 79.04 B. R. Bhima Rao IND 14,342 13.89 67,279 65.15
24 Mahbubnagar 2 J. Rameshwar Rao INC 1,89,093 29.23 Puli Rama Swamy INC 1,46,601 22.66 N/A
25 Hyderabad 1 Vinayak Rao INC 77,153 66.16 C. Srikishan IND 19,795 16.97 57,358 49.19
26 Secunderabad 1 Ahmed Mohiuddin INC 98,203 66.69 S. B. Giri PSP 49,055 33.31 49,148 33.38
27 Vikarabad 1 Sangam Lakshmi Bai INC Won Uncontested
28 Medak 1 P. Hanmanth Rao INC 1,06,511 56.32 Maqdum Mohiuddin PDF 82,610 43.68 23,901 12.64
29 Nizamabad 1 Harish Chandra Heda INC 1,10,646 60.21 G. Raja Ram IND 73,117 39.79 37,529 20.42
30 Adilabad 1 K. Ashanna INC 91,287 51.67 C. Madhav Reddy PSP 85,375 48.33 5,912 3.34
31 Karimnagar 2 M. R. Krishna INC 1,58,820 21.67 M. Sri Ranga Rao INC 1,41,680 19.33 N/A
32 Warangal 1 Sadat Ali Khan INC 1,07,249 53.75 Prendyala Raghava Rao PDF 92,294 46.25 14,955 7.50
33 Mahbubabad 1 E. Madhusudhan Rao INC 1,03,964 51.81 Sarvadevabhatla Ramanadham PDF 96,708 48.19 7,256 3.62
34 Khammam 1 Vittal Rao PDF 1,06,627 44.27 Kolipak Kishan Rao INC 1,01,090 41.97 5,537 2.30
35 Nalgonda 2 D. Venkateswar Rao PDF 2,41,512 28.10 D. Rajiah INC 2,12,035 24.67 N/A

References

  1. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Second Lok Sabha Volume-I" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 5. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Second Lok Sabha Volume-II" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2015.