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{{Short description|General election in India}}
{{Primary sources|date=August 2022}}
{{For|State Assembly election|1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1957 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Indian general election in Madras, 1951
| previous_year = 1951 Madras state
| next_election = 1962 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh
| next_year = 1962
| election_date = November 1957
| seats_for_election = 43 seats
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.jpg |bSize=125 |cWidth=110 |cHeight=150 |oTop=05 |oLeft=6 |Location=center}}
| leader1 = [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| alliance1 =
| last_election1 = State not exist
| last_election2 = State not exist
| leaders_seat1 = Not-participated
| seats1 = 37
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}37
| popular_vote1 =
| percentage1 =
| swing1 =
| image2 = {{eppt|Communist Party of India|width=110|height=150}}
| leader2 = [[T. Nagi Reddy]]
| leaders_seat2 = Anantapur
| party2 = Communist Party of India
| alliance2 =
| seats2 = 2
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 2
| popular_vote2 =
| percentage2 =
| swing2 =
| map_image = Andhra Pradesh in India (1956-2014).png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
}}
The [[1957 Indian general election]] polls were held in the [[Andhra Pradesh]] state for its 43 seats. The state was formed then recently in 1956 by combining the erstwhile [[Andhra state]] and Telugu-speaking areas of [[Hyderabad State (1948-1956)|Hyderabad State]]. [[Indian National Congress]] has swept the elections by bagging 37 seats.<ref name="GE1957V1">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Second Lok Sabha Volume-I | work=Election Commission of India | page=5 | access-date=11 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="GE1957V2">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_II_57_LS.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Second Lok Sabha Volume-II | work=Election Commission of India | access-date=11 July 2015}}</ref>

== Detailed Results ==
===Results by Party===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" rowspan="2" | Party Name
! colspan="3" | Popular vote
! colspan="3" | Seats
|-
! Votes
! %
! ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! Contested
! Won
! '''+/−'''
|-
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| colspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 49,06,044
| 51.47
|
| 43
| 37
|
|-
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| colspan="3"|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| {{Party color cell|People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)}}
| colspan="3"|[[People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)|PDF]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| {{Party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| {{Party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
| colspan="3"|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]]
| 3,769
| 0.04
|
| 1
| 0
|
|-
| {{Party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
| colspan="3" | [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
| 18,35,800
| 19.26
|
| 39
| 2
| {{steady}}
|-
! colspan="4" | Total
! 95,31,373
! 100%
! -
!
! 43
! -
|}

===Constituency Wise Results===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Constituency
! rowspan="2" |{{abbr|NoS|No. of Seats}}
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner-up
! colspan="2" |Margin
|-
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
! data-sort-type=number | %
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
|-
!1
|[[Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency|Srikakulam]]
|1
|Boddepalli Rajagopala Rao
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|84,797
|55.34
|Karimi Narayanappala Naidu
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|68,441
|44.66
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|16,356
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|10.68
|-
!2
|[[Parvathipuram Lok Sabha constituency|Parvathipuram]]
|2
|B. Satyanarayana
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,26,792
|25.65
|Dippala Suri Dora
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|1,24,604
|25.20
|colspan="2"|{{abbr|N/A|Not applicable}}
|-
!3
|[[Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency|Visakhapatnam]]
|1
|Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapathi Raju
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|88,563
|64.75
|Mallavarapu Venkata Krishna Rao
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|27,449
|20.07
|style="background:{{party color|Independent}} ; color:black;"|61,114
|style="background:{{party color|Independent}} ; color:black;"|44.68
|-
!4
|Golugonda
|2
|Missula Suryanarayana Murthy
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|84,780
|17.20
|Kankipati Veeranna Padal
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|84,738
|17.19
|colspan="2"|{{abbr|N/A|Not applicable}}
|-
!5
|[[Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency|Rajahmundry]]
|1
|D. Satyanarayana Raju
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|colspan="9"|''Won Uncontested''
|-
!6
|[[Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency|Kakinada]]
|2
|B. S. Murthy
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|2,04,319
|27.39
|Mosalakanti Tirumala Rao
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,94,879
|26.13
|colspan="2"|{{abbr|N/A|Not applicable}}
|-
!7
|[[Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency|Narsapur]]
|1
|Uddiraju Ramam
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|1,34,119
|51.58
|Manganti Bapineedu
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|98,654
|37.94
|style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}} ; color:white;"|35,465
|style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}} ; color:white;"|13.64
|-
!8
|[[Eluru Lok Sabha constituency|Eluru]]
|1
|Kumari Mothey Veda Kumari
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,15,280
|51.16
|Veeramachineni Vimaladevi
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|1,10,060
|48.84
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|5,220
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|2.32
|-
!9
|Gudivada
|1
|Duggirala Balarama Krishnaiah
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,55,873
|54.86
|Kadiyala Gopala Rao
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|1,28,253
|45.14
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|27,620
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|9.72
|-
!10
|[[Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency|Vijayawada]]
|1
|Komarraju Achamamba
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,16,861
|48.74
|Tammina Potha Raju
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|1,14,773
|47.87
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|2,088
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|0.87
|-
!11
|[[Masulipatnam Lok Sabha constituency|Masulipatnam]]
|1
|Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,23,242
|47.65
|Yeiamanchilli Nagabhushanam
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|1,15,691
|44.73
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|7,551
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|2.92
|-
!12
|[[Tenali Lok Sabha constituency|Tenali]]
|1
|N. G. Ranga
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,49,811
|55.24
|Naraharisetti Venkataswamy
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|1,21,394
|44.76
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|28,417
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|10.48
|-
!13
|[[Guntur Lok Sabha constituency|Guntur]]
|1
|K. Raghuramayya
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,58,160
|59.11
|S. V. L. Narasimham
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|99,205
|37.08
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|58,955
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|22.03
|-
!14
|[[Ongole Lok Sabha constituency|Ongole]]
|1
|Ronda Narapa Reddy
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,36,582
|54.95
|Madala Narayana Swamy
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|1,11,963
|45.05
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|24,619
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|9.90
|-
!15
|Markapur
|1
|Chegireddi Bali Reddy
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|90,883
|53.45
|Gujjala Yellamanda Reddy
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|72,078
|42.39
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|18,805
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|11.06
|-
!16
|[[Nellore Lok Sabha constituency|Nellore]]
|2
|B. Anjanappa
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|2,20,121
|35.40
|Rebala Lakshmi Narasa Reddy
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|2,00,077
|32.17
|colspan="2"|{{abbr|N/A|Not applicable}}
|-
!17
|[[Chittoor Lok Sabha constituency|Chittoor]]
|2
|M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,54,817
|63.40
|C. V. L. Narayan
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|71,357
|29.22
|colspan="2"|{{abbr|N/A|Not applicable}}
|-
!18
|[[Rajampet Lok Sabha constituency|Rajampet]]
|1
|T. N. Viswanath Reddy
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|0
|0.00
|S. Hussain Shah
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|0
|0.00
|N/A
|N/A
|-
!19
|[[Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency|Cuddapah]]
|1
|V. Rami Reddy
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,01,909
|51.58
|Yeddula Eswara Reddy
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|95,653
|48.42
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|6,256
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|3.16
|-
!20
|[[Anantapur Lok Sabha constituency|Anantapur]]
|1
|T. Nagi Reddy
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|98,976
|50.87
|Paidi Lakshmayya
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|88,175
|45.32
|style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}} ; color:white;"|10,801
|style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}} ; color:white;"|5.55
|-
!21
|[[Hindupur Lok Sabha constituency|Hindupur]]
|1
|K. V. Ramakrishna Reddy
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|66,560
|60.69
|K. S. Ragava Charyulu
|{{Party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
|[[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]
|40,072
|36.54
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|26,488
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|24.15
|-
!22
|Adoni
|1
|Pendekanti Venkata Subbaiah
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|83,295
|70.63
|Gadilinganna Gowd
|{{Party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
|[[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]
|34,642
|29.37
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|48,653
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|41.26
|-
!23
|[[Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency|Kurnool]]
|1
|Osman Ali Khan
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|81,621
|79.04
|B. R. Bhima Rao
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|14,342
|13.89
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|67,279
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|65.15
|-
!24
|[[Mahabubnagar Lok Sabha constituency|Mahbubnagar]]
|2
|J. Rameshwar Rao
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,89,093
|29.23
|Puli Rama Swamy
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,46,601
|22.66
|colspan="2"|{{abbr|N/A|Not applicable}}
|-
!25
|[[Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency|Hyderabad]]
|1
|Vinayak Rao
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|77,153
|66.16
|C. Srikishan
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|19,795
|16.97
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|57,358
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|49.19
|-
!26
|[[Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency|Secunderabad]]
|1
|Ahmed Mohiuddin
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|98,203
|66.69
|S. B. Giri
|{{Party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
|[[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]
|49,055
|33.31
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|49,148
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|33.38
|-
!27
|[[Chevella Lok Sabha constituency|Vikarabad]]
|1
|Sangam Lakshmi Bai
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|colspan="9"|''Won Uncontested''
|-
!28
|[[Medak Lok Sabha constituency|Medak]]
|1
|P. Hanmanth Rao
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,06,511
|56.32
|Maqdum Mohiuddin
|{{Party color cell|People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)}}
|[[People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)|PDF]]
|82,610
|43.68
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|23,901
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|12.64
|-
!29
|[[Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency|Nizamabad]]
|1
|Harish Chandra Heda
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,10,646
|60.21
|G. Raja Ram
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|73,117
|39.79
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|37,529
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|20.42
|-
!30
|[[Adilabad Lok Sabha constituency|Adilabad]]
|1
|K. Ashanna
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|91,287
|51.67
|C. Madhav Reddy
|{{Party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
|[[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]
|85,375
|48.33
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|5,912
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|3.34
|-
!31
|[[Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency|Karimnagar]]
|2
|M. R. Krishna
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,58,820
|21.67
|M. Sri Ranga Rao
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,41,680
|19.33
|colspan="2"|{{abbr|N/A|Not applicable}}
|-
!32
|[[Warangal Lok Sabha constituency|Warangal]]
|1
|Sadat Ali Khan
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,07,249
|53.75
|Prendyala Raghava Rao
|{{Party color cell|People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)}}
|[[People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)|PDF]]
|92,294
|46.25
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|14,955
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|7.50
|-
!33
|[[Mahabubabad Lok Sabha constituency|Mahbubabad]]
|1
|E. Madhusudhan Rao
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,03,964
|51.81
|Sarvadevabhatla Ramanadham
|{{Party color cell|People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)}}
|[[People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)|PDF]]
|96,708
|48.19
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|7,256
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|3.62
|-
!34
|[[Khammam Lok Sabha constituency|Khammam]]
|1
|Vittal Rao
|{{Party color cell|People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)}}
|[[People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)|PDF]]
|1,06,627
|44.27
|Kolipak Kishan Rao
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|1,01,090
|41.97
|style="background:{{party color|People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)}} ; color:white;"|5,537
|style="background:{{party color|People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)}} ; color:white;"|2.30
|-
!35
|[[Nalgonda Lok Sabha constituency|Nalgonda]]
|2
|D. Venkateswar Rao
|{{Party color cell|People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)}}
|[[People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad)|PDF]]
|2,41,512
|28.10
|D. Rajiah
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|2,12,035
|24.67
|colspan="2"|{{abbr|N/A|Not applicable}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://eci.nic.in/ Website of Election Commission of India]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090303040541/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/stats.php CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History]

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