Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1957

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Elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on February 25, 1957. 319 candidates contested for the 85 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 20 two-member constituencies and 65 single-member constituencies. [1]

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature. As of 2014 the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh consists of 175 MLA's with a term of 5 years. The structure of the assembly is Bicameral and holds three sessions annually: the Budget, Monsoon and Winter sessions. The Legislative Assembly took up residence in the interim Legislative Assembly Building in Amaravati beginning in the 2016 Budget session. The new building has systems for automatic speech translation and an automatic vote recording system.

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State Reorganization

On 1 November 1956, Andhra State was merged with Hyderabad State in 1956 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. In addition, 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. [2] Thus the assembly constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh changed from 167 constituencies with 190 seats in 1955 to 85 constituencies with 105 seats in 1957.

Hyderabad State princely state

Hyderabad State, also known as Hyderabad Deccan, was an Indian princely state located in the south-central region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into Telangana state, Hyderabad-Karnataka region of Karnataka and Marathwada region of Maharashtra.

States Reorganisation Act, 1956 Indian act of reformation pertaining to the boundaries of states and territories

The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries of India's states and territories, organising them along linguistic lines.

Andhra State

Andhra State was a state in India created 1953, from the Telugu-speaking northern districts of Madras State. The state was made up of two distinct cultural regions – Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra. It is to be noted that Andhra State was created in 1953 but it hadn't included a few Telugu speaking areas in from Hyderabad State. After the state reorganisation act 1956, Andhra Pradesh became the first state in India under the State reorganisation act in 1956.

Results

e  •  d  Summary of results of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1957 [1]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested 		Won Net change
in seats 		% of
Seats		 Votes Vote % Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg 109 68 Decrease2.svg 51 64.77 17,07,364 47.38 Increase2.svg 8.03
People's Democratic Front 65 22 New 20.95 9,27,333 25.73 New
Praja Socialist Party 29 1 Decrease2.svg 12 0.95 2,03,453 5.65 Increase2.svg 0.07
Praja Party 8 1 Decrease2.svg 4 0.95 28,968 0.8 Decrease2.svg 1.99
Scheduled Caste Federation 2 1 New 0.95 20,289 0.56 New
Independent 97 12 Decrease2.svg 10 11.43 6,73,098 18.68 N/A
Total Seats 105 (Decrease2.svg 91) Voters 75,58,880 Turnout 36,03,585 (47.67 %)

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1952 Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election

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1952 Bombay Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Bombay were held on 26 March 1952. 1239 candidates contested for the 260 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 1 three-member, 47 two-member constituencies and 212 single-member constituencies.

1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

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1952 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election

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Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 25 February 1957. 1,108 candidates contested for the 218 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 69 two-member constituencies and 149 single-member constituencies.

1957 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

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References

  1. 1 2 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
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