1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:	1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Vote Type:	Popular
Ongoing:	no
Previous Year:	1955 (Andhra) ←1952 (Hyderabad)
Seat Change1:	new state
Seat Change2:	new state
Next Election:	1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:	1962
Seats For Election:	105 (of 301) seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:	151
Leader1:	Damodaram Sanjeevaiah
Image1:	File:Damodaram Sanjivayya 2008 stamp of India (cropped).jpg
Party1:	Indian National Congress
Type:	legislative
Country:	India
Seats1:	187
Chief Minister
Before Election:	Office Established New State
Posttitle:	Chief Minister
After Election:	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
After Party:	INC
Seats Needed1:	53
Leader2:	Puchalapalli Sundarayya
Party2:	PDF
Seats Needed2:	22
Seats2:	37
Popular Vote1:	1,707,364
Popular Vote2:	927,333
Percentage1:	47.38%
Percentage2:	25.73%

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]

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]

List of Assembly constituencies and winners

	Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Mahabubnagar
1	Kalwakurthy	SC	Santa Bai
			Dr. Naganna
2	Kollapur	None	M. Narsing Rao
3	Alampur	None	Jayalaxmi Devamma
4	Gadwal	None	D. K. Satya Reddy
5	Wanaparthy	None	Padmanabha Reddy
6	Atmakur	None	Murlidhar Reddi
7	Makthal	SC	Basappa
			Bannappa
8	Kodangal	None	Achuta Reddy
9	Mahbubnagar	None	Eguru Chinnappa
10	Shadnagar	None	Shahjahan Begum
11	Nagarkurnool	SC	Mahendranath
			Janardhan Reddy
Hyderabad
12	Musheerabad	None	K. Seethiah Gupta
13	Sultan Bazar	None	Vasudev Krishnaji Naik
14	Begum Bazar	None	J. V. Narsing Rao
15	Asafnagar	None	V. B. Raju
16	High Court	None	Gopal Rao Ekbote
17	Malakpet	None	Mir Ahmed Ali Khan
18	Yakutpura	None	Shabuddin Ahmed Khan
19	Pathergatti	None	Masooma Begum
20	Secunderabad City	None	K. Satya Narayana
21	Secunderabad Cantonment	None	B. V. Gurumurthy
22	Jubilee Hills	SC	Sumitra Devi
			Nawab Mehdi Nawaz Jung
23	Ibrahimpatam	None	M. N. Laxmi Narsiah
24	Shahabad	SC	V. Rama Rao
			Konda Venkat Ranga Reddy
25	Pargi	None	Jagan Mohan Reddy
26	Vikarabad	None	Ariga Ramaswamy
			Marri Chenna Reddy
Medak
27	Zahirabad	None	M. Baga Reddy
28	Narayankhed	None	Appa Rao Shetkar
29	Andole	None	Baswa Maniah
30	Sangareddy	SC	Kishtamachari
			Antiah
31	Narsapur	None	Gundam Veeriah
32	Medak	None	Venkateswar Rao
33	Gazwel	SC	R. Narsimha Reddy
			J. B. Muthyal Rao
34	Dommat	None	Anantha Reddy
35	Siddipet	None	P. V. Rajeswar Rao
Nizamabad
36	Kamareddy	SC	T. N. Sada Laxmi
			Venkatrama Reddy
37	Banswada	None	Seetakumari
38	Jukkal	None	Madhav Rao
39	Bodhan	None	Srinivasa Rao
40	Nizamabad	None	Dawar Hussain Mohammed
41	Armoor	None	T. Anjiah
42	Balkonda	None	Ranga Reddy
Adilabad
43	Mudhole	None	Gopidi Ganga Reddy
44	Nirmal	None	Muthiam Reddy
45	Adilabad	None	Rangnath Rao
46	Asifabad	ST	G. Narayan Reddy
			Kashi Ram
47	Luxettipet	None	G. V. Pitambar Rao
48	Sirpur	SC	Venkata Swamy
			K. Raja Mallu
Karimnagar
49	Manthani	None	P. V. Narsimha Rao
50	Sultanabad	SC	B. Raja Ram
			P. Ramachendar Rao
51	Maidaram	None	G. Laxma Reddy
52	Jagtial	None	D. Hanumanth Rao
53	Buggaram	None	Mohan Reddy
54	Metpalli	None	J. Anand Rao
55	Sirsilla	SC	K. Narsiah
			Amritlal Shukla
56	Choppadandi	None	Ch. Rajeswar Rao
57	Karimnagar	None	J. Chokka Rao
58	Indurthi	None	P. Chokka Rao
59	Huzurabad	SC	P. Narsing Rao
			G. Ramulu
Warangal
60	Warangal	None	Mirza Shukoor Baig
61	Dhamasagar	None	T. Hyagreeva Chari
62	Ghanpur	None	B. Keshav Reddy
63	Wardhannapet	None	E. Venkataramnarsaiah
64	Jangaon	SC	G. Gopal Reddy
			G. Rama Lingam
65	Channur	None	S. Venkata Krishna Prasad Rao
66	Dornakal	None	N. Ramachandra Reddy
67	Chillamcherla	None	M. S. Rajalingam
68	Narsampet	None	K. Kanaka Rathnamma
69	Parkal	SC	Manda Sailu
			K. Keshav Reddy
70	Mulug	None	S. Rajeswar Rao
Khammam
71	Yellandu	ST	Dodda Narsiah
			K. L. Narsimharao
72	Palwancha	None	K. Sudersana Rao
73	Vensoor	None	J. Kondal Rao
74	Madhira	None	B. Satyanarayan Rao
75	Khammam	SC	N. Peddanna
			T. Laxmikantamma
Nalgonda
76	Suryapet	SC	B. Narsimha Reddy
			Uppala Malsoor
77	Ramannapet	None	K. Ramachandra Reddy
78		None	R. Narayan Reddy
79		None	Arutla Kamala Devi
80		None	K. Lakshman Bapuji
81		None	Venkatreddy
82		None	B. Dharma Biksham
83		None	Dodda Narsiah
84		None	C. Venkatareddy
85		SC	M. Laxmiah
			G. Narayan Reddy

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh . Election Commission of India . July 11, 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. Web site: Reorganisation of States, 1955 . The Economic Weekly . 15 October 1955 . 25 July 2015.