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{{Infobox election<br />
| election_name = Elections in India <br />
| country = India <br />
| previous_election = 1954 elections in India <br />
| previous_year = 1954<br />
| election_date = 1955<br />
| next_election = 1957 elections in India <br />
| next_year = 1957<br />
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{{Politics of India}}<br />
The '''1955 elections in India''' consists of several elections, including the presidential election and Legislative Assembly elections.<br />
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==Presidential election==<br />
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The Election Commission of India held the second [[President of India|presidential elections of India]] on May 6, 1955. [[Rajendra Prasad|Dr. Rajendra Prasad]] won his re-election with 459,698 votes over his nearest rival Chowdhry Hari Ram.<br />
==Legislative Assembly elections==<br />
[[Legislative Assembly elections in India]] were conducted for [[Andhra State]] [[Legislative Assembly]] in 1955. In Andhra State, Indian National Congress won an absolute majority.<ref name="APECI1955">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1955/StatRep_AP_1955.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1955 : To the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-11-17}}</ref><br />
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===Andhra State<sup>*</sup>===<br />
{{Main|1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election}}<br />
{{#section-h:1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election|Results}}<br />
<sup>*</sup> : 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 [[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]].<ref name="1955ReorgStates">{{cite web | url=http://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1955_7/42/reorganisation_of_statesthe_approach_and_arrangements.pdf | title=Reorganisation of States, 1955 | publisher=The Economic Weekly | date=October 15, 1955 | access-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref> This resulted in re-organization of assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh giving way to 85 constituencies with 105 seats in the assembly.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[1954 elections in India]]<br />
* [[1957 elections in India]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in Election Commission of India]<br />
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{{Legislatures of India}}<br />
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