1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election
Type:legislative
Vote Type:Popular
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:1952
(Madras)
Country:India
Next Election:1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:1957
(United Andhra Pradesh)
Seats For Election:196 seats in the Andhra State Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:99
Leader1:B. Gopala Reddy
Seat Change1:new state
Seat Change2:new state
Leader2:NG Ranga
Seats Needed1:99
After Party:INC
Chief Minister
Before Election:Vacant (President's rule)
Posttitle:Chief Minister
After Election:Bezawada Gopala Reddy
Seats2:22
Seats1:119
Popular Vote1:3,394,109
Percentage1:39.35%
Popular Vote2:625,827
Percentage2:7.26
Party2:KLP
Seats Needed2:99
Party1:Indian National Congress
Leaders Seat1:Atmakuru
Leaders Seat2:didn't contest

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]

Background

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 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. 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 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] This resulted in the reorganisation of assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh, giving way to 85 constituencies with 105 seats in the assembly.

Results

Results by constitutency

ConstituencyMemberParty
1Uppada Rangababu
2Goutu Latchanna
3Nicharia Ramulu
4Rokkam Lakshmi Narasimham Dora
5Simma Jagannadham
6Pothula Gunnayya
Lukulapu Lakshmanadas
7Addakula Lakshmu Naidu
8Vyricherla Chandrachudamani Dev
9Allu Yerukunaidu
Boina Rajayya
10Kotagiri Sitharama Swamy
11Peddinti Ramaswamy Naidu
12Chelikani Sreeranga Naikulu
13Pydi Narasimhapparao
14Thammineni Papa Rao
15Pasagada Suryanarayana
16Choudari Satyanarayana
17Modandi Satyanarayana Raju
Kottapalli Punnayya
18Batsa Adinarayana
19Gantlana Surayanarayana
Kusum Gajapathiraju
20Pusapati Viziarama Gajapatiraju
21Kakarlapudi Viziaraghava Satyanarayana Padmanabha Raju
22Gottumukkala Jagannadha Raju
23Ankitham Venkatabhanojirao
24B. G. M. A. Narasingarao
25Eti Nagayya
26Beesetti Appa Rao
27Reddy Jagannadham
28Chaganti Venkata Somayajulu
Gujjala Ramu Naidu
29Donda Sreerama Murty
30Majji Pydayya Naidu
31Chintalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Raju Alias Sanyasi Raju
32Mutyala Pothuraju
Raja Sagi Suryanarayana Raju
33Ruthala Latchapatrudu
34Matcharasa Matcharaju
35Syamala Seetharamaiah
Mahammad Tahseel
36Ambadipudi Balanageswararao
37Neerukonda Venkata Ramarao
Battina Subba Rao
38Duriseti Gopalrao
39Durvasula Venkatasubbarao
40Parvata Gurraju
41Raja Vatsavaya Venkata Krishnamuraj Bahadur
42Vadrevu Gopalkrishna
43Putsala Satyanarayana
44Mallipudi Pallam Raju
45Reddy Kamayya
Remella Tirupathirao
46Kakarlapudi Sri Raja Ramachandraraju Bahadur
47Tetala Lakshminirayana Reddy
48S. B. P. Pattabhiramarao
49Nadimpalli Ramabhadraraju
50Bojja Appala Swamy
Golkotinarasimhamurty
51Ganji Nageswararao
Alluru Venkararamaraju
52Kala Venkatarao
53Alluri Bapineedu
Taneti Veeraraghavulu
54Pusuluri Kodanad Ramayya
55Seerla Brahmayya
56Mulpuri Rangayya
57Namburi Srinivasarao
Srimat Kilambi Venkata Krishnavataram
58Chintalapati Seetharama Chandra Veraprasada Murtyraju
59Mullapudi Harischandraprasad
60Chodagam Ammanna Raja
61Jevvadi Laxmayya
62Grandhi Venkata Reddy
63Desari Perumallu
Addepalli Satyanarayanamurty
64Nachu Venkatramaiah
65Gadiraju Jagannadharaju
66Kammili Appa Rao
67Vemul Kurmayya
Adusumilli Venkata Subramanyam
68Puchalapalli Sundarayya
69Chagarlamudi Ramakotaiah
70Ayyadevara Kaleswar Rao
71Marupilla Chitti Alias Appalaswami
72Vellanki Visweswara Rao
73Pillalamarri Venkateswarlu
74Maganti Ramaiah
75Peta Bapayya
76Meka Rangayyapparao Bahaddaru
77Kakani Venkataratnam
78Pennenti Pamideswararao
79Kolipara Vankataramanayya
80Srimanth Raja
Mallepudi Rajeswara Rao Yarlagadda Siva Rama Prasad Bahadur Garu
81Angani Bhagavantha Rao
82Yadam Channaiah
83Kalluri Chandramouli
84Putumbaka Sriramulu
85Alapati Venkatramayya
86Govada Paramdhamaiah
87Mantena Venkataraju
88Pragada Kotaiah
89Kolla Ramajah
90Ginjupalli Bapayya
91Meka Koti Reddy
92Tellakula Jalayya
93Meduri Nageshwararao
94Ganapa Ramaswami Reddy
95Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
96Vavilal Gopalkrishnaiah
97Mandava Bapayya Chowdary
98Mandapati Nagi Reddy
99Nalabolu Govindrajulu
100Bandlamudi Venkatasivayya
101Nalapati Venkatramayya
102Nagineni Venkaiah
103Jagarlamudi Chandramouli
104T. Prakasam
Telluri Jiyyardass
105Dirisala Venkataramana Reddy
106Sanikommu Kasi Reddy
107Gujjula Yallamanda Reddy
108Sheik Moula Saheb
109Kasim Venkata Reddy
110Devi Kondaiah Chowdary
111Nalamothu Chenchuramananaidu
112Bathena Ramakrishna Reddy
113Basavareddi Sankaraiah
Swarna Vemaya
114Bezawada Gopala Reddy
115Padileti Venkataswami Reddy
Kamatham Shanmugam
116Anam Chenchu Subba Reddy
117
118Merlapaka Munuswami
Pelleti Gopalakrishna Reddy
119Patra Singaraiah
Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
120R. B. Ramakrishna Raju
121TiruttaniDoraikannu M.
Gopalu Reddy
122Ranganatha Modaliar
123Chenagalaraya Naidu N. P.
124Chinnama Reddy
125Rajagopala Naidu P.
126Ramabhrmham D.
127Raja Veerabasava Chikkaroyal Y. B.
Rathnam
128Gopalakrishnayya Gupta T.
129T. N. Venkatasubba Reddy
130Thimma Reddy P.
131Veakatarama Naidu N.
132Raddivari Nathamuni Reddy
133Pothuraju Parthasarathi
Pal Venkata Subbayya
134Y. Audinarayana Reddy
135K.Koti Reddy
136Mahammad Rahamathulla Shaik
137Ratnasabhapathy Setty Bandaru
138Rama Reddy Bommu
139Kandula Balanarayana Reddy
140Kunda Ramaiah
141Nareddy Sambhu Reddy
142P. Basi Reddy
143K. V. Vema Reddy
144Biappa Reddy
145Pulla Venkataravanappa
146Kallur Subba Rao
Rukmini Devi B.
147Chithambara Reddy
148Ramachariu Pappoor
Santhappa
149P. Anthoni Reddy
150Tarimela Ramachandra Reddy
151Challa Subbarayudu
152Raja Ram
Sanda Narayanappa
153Seshadri
154Ramalinga Reddy H.
155Bussanna G.
156Thimmayya Setty T. G.
157Sanjivayya
Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
158Hanumantha Reddy
159B. P. Sesha Reddy
160Mahaboob Ali Khan
161N. K. Lingam
Ayyapa Reddy
162Gopavaram Rami Reddy
163Subba Reddy B. V.
164Chintakunta Peda Thimma Reddy
165Pidathala Ranga Reddy
166Kandula Obul Reddy
167Nakka Venkatayya

By-elections

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, who obtained 22,835 votes (60%), while the independent S. A. Reddi got 15,218 votes (40%).[7] While the Congress Party won the election by a comfortable margin, its percentage of the popular vote had decreased by 7.8%.

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistical Report on General Election, 1955 : To the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh . Election Commission of India . 2014-11-17.
  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. Web site: Reorganisation of States, 1955 . The Economic Weekly . 15 October 1955 . 25 July 2015.
  4. Election Commission of India. Web site: Bye-election results 1952-95. https://web.archive.org/web/20120111183847/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls. 11 January 2012. XLS.
  5. Book: Asian Recorder, Vol. 1. 1955. 326.
  6. Book: Margaret Welpley Fisher. The Indian experience with democratic elections. Joan Valérie Bondurant. University of California. 1956. 4.
  7. Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952-95