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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
| elected_members =
| vote_type = Popular
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| party_name =
| alliance_name =
| previous_election = 1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1955
| outgoing_members =
| seats_before1 =
| election_date =
| next_election = 1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1962
| seats_for_election = All 105 seats in the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 53
| opinion_polls =
| leader1 = [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
| image1 = [[File:NeelamSanjeevaReddy.jpg|68px]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat1 = [[Dhone]]
| last_election1 = 119
| type = legislative
| country = India
| previous_mps =
| seats1 = 68
| map_alt =
| map =
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
| before_party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| posttitle = [[List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| after_election = [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
| after_party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| elected_mps =
| next_mps =
| seats_needed1 = 53
| Opinion_poll =
| leader2 =
| party2 = [[People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)|People's Democratic Front]]
| leaders_seat2 =
| last_election2 =
| seats_before2 =
| seats_needed2 = 53
| seats2 = 22
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}51
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}22
}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
Elections to the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] 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.<ref name="APECI1957" /> The members of the first assembly (1955–62) who were elected from 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.<ref>p. 281, Rise of the Plebeians?: The Changing Face of the Indian Legislative Assemblies (), Christophe Jaffrelot, Sanjay Kumar, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2009.</ref>

==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]]. 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 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=15 October 1955 | accessdate=25 July 2015}}</ref> 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.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

==Results==
<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election<ref name="APECI1957">{{cite web |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_AP_1957.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh |format= PDF |publisher= Election Commission of India |access-date= July 11, 2015}}</ref> |sortable=yes}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
! class="unsortable" |
! Political party !! Flag !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! Net change <br /> in seats !! % of <br /> Seats
! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in <br />vote %
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|
| 109 || 68 || {{decrease}} 51 || 64.77 || 17,07,364 || 47.38 || {{increase}} 8.03
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)|People's Democratic Front]]
|
| 65 || 22 || ''New'' || 20.95 || 9,27,333 || 25.73 || ''New''
|-
| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Praja Socialist Party]]
|
| 29 || 1 || {{decrease}} 12 || 0.95 || 2,03,453 || 5.65 || {{increase}} 0.07
|-
| {{party color cell|Praja Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Praja Party]]
|
| 8 || 1 || {{decrease}} 4 || 0.95 || 28,968 || 0.8 || {{decrease}} 1.99
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Scheduled Caste Federation]]
|
| 2 || 1 || ''New'' || 0.95 || 20,289 || 0.56 || ''New''
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
|
| 97 || 12 || {{decrease}} 10 || 11.43 || 6,73,098 || 18.68 || N/A
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3|
! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 105 ({{decrease}} 91) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 75,58,880 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2| 36,03,585 (47.67%)
|}<section end=Results />

==See also==

* [[1957 elections in India]]
* [[1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]
* [[1952 Hyderabad Legislative Assembly election]]

==References==
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