1957 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

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Template:Primary sources Template:For Template:Infobox election 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. Indian National Congress has swept the elections by bagging 37 seats.[1][2]

Detailed Results

Results by Party

Party Name Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
Template:Party color cell INC 49,06,044 51.47 43 37
Template:Party color cell CPI
Template:Party color cell PDF
Template:Party color cell PSP
Template:Party color cell BJS 3,769 0.04 1 0
Template:Party color cell IND 18,35,800 19.26 39 2 Template:Steady
Total 95,31,373 100% - 43 -

Constituency Wise Results

Constituency Template:Abbr Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Srikakulam 1 Boddepalli Rajagopala Rao Template:Party color cell INC 84,797 55.34 Karimi Narayanappala Naidu Template:Party color cell IND 68,441 44.66 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16,356 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10.68
2 Parvathipuram 2 B. Satyanarayana Template:Party color cell INC 1,26,792 25.65 Dippala Suri Dora Template:Party color cell IND 1,24,604 25.20 Template:Abbr
3 Visakhapatnam 1 Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapathi Raju Template:Party color cell IND 88,563 64.75 Mallavarapu Venkata Krishna Rao Template:Party color cell INC 27,449 20.07 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|61,114 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|44.68
4 Golugonda 2 Missula Suryanarayana Murthy Template:Party color cell INC 84,780 17.20 Kankipati Veeranna Padal Template:Party color cell INC 84,738 17.19 Template:Abbr
5 Rajahmundry 1 D. Satyanarayana Raju Template:Party color cell INC Won Uncontested
6 Kakinada 2 B. S. Murthy Template:Party color cell INC 2,04,319 27.39 Mosalakanti Tirumala Rao Template:Party color cell INC 1,94,879 26.13 Template:Abbr
7 Narsapur 1 Uddiraju Ramam Template:Party color cell CPI 1,34,119 51.58 Manganti Bapineedu Template:Party color cell INC 98,654 37.94 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|35,465 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|13.64
8 Eluru 1 Kumari Mothey Veda Kumari Template:Party color cell INC 1,15,280 51.16 Veeramachineni Vimaladevi Template:Party color cell CPI 1,10,060 48.84 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5,220 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2.32
9 Gudivada 1 Duggirala Balarama Krishnaiah Template:Party color cell INC 1,55,873 54.86 Kadiyala Gopala Rao Template:Party color cell CPI 1,28,253 45.14 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27,620 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9.72
10 Vijayawada 1 Komarraju Achamamba Template:Party color cell INC 1,16,861 48.74 Tammina Potha Raju Template:Party color cell CPI 1,14,773 47.87 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2,088 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|0.87
11 Masulipatnam 1 Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao Template:Party color cell INC 1,23,242 47.65 Yeiamanchilli Nagabhushanam Template:Party color cell IND 1,15,691 44.73 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7,551 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2.92
12 Tenali 1 N. G. Ranga Template:Party color cell INC 1,49,811 55.24 Naraharisetti Venkataswamy Template:Party color cell IND 1,21,394 44.76 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|28,417 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10.48
13 Guntur 1 K. Raghuramayya Template:Party color cell INC 1,58,160 59.11 S. V. L. Narasimham Template:Party color cell IND 99,205 37.08 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|58,955 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22.03
14 Ongole 1 Ronda Narapa Reddy Template:Party color cell INC 1,36,582 54.95 Madala Narayana Swamy Template:Party color cell CPI 1,11,963 45.05 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24,619 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9.90
15 Markapur 1 Chegireddi Bali Reddy Template:Party color cell INC 90,883 53.45 Gujjala Yellamanda Reddy Template:Party color cell CPI 72,078 42.39 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18,805 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11.06
16 Nellore 2 B. Anjanappa Template:Party color cell INC 2,20,121 35.40 Rebala Lakshmi Narasa Reddy Template:Party color cell INC 2,00,077 32.17 Template:Abbr
17 Chittoor 2 M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar Template:Party color cell INC 1,54,817 63.40 C. V. L. Narayan Template:Party color cell IND 71,357 29.22 Template:Abbr
18 Rajampet 1 T. N. Viswanath Reddy Template:Party color cell INC 0 0.00 S. Hussain Shah Template:Party color cell IND 0 0.00 N/A N/A
19 Cuddapah 1 V. Rami Reddy Template:Party color cell INC 1,01,909 51.58 Yeddula Eswara Reddy Template:Party color cell CPI 95,653 48.42 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6,256 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.16
20 Anantapur 1 T. Nagi Reddy Template:Party color cell CPI 98,976 50.87 Paidi Lakshmayya Template:Party color cell INC 88,175 45.32 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10,801 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5.55
21 Hindupur 1 K. V. Ramakrishna Reddy Template:Party color cell INC 66,560 60.69 K. S. Ragava Charyulu Template:Party color cell PSP 40,072 36.54 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26,488 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24.15
22 Adoni 1 Pendekanti Venkata Subbaiah Template:Party color cell INC 83,295 70.63 Gadilinganna Gowd Template:Party color cell PSP 34,642 29.37 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|48,653 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|41.26
23 Kurnool 1 Osman Ali Khan Template:Party color cell INC 81,621 79.04 B. R. Bhima Rao Template:Party color cell IND 14,342 13.89 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|67,279 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|65.15
24 Mahbubnagar 2 J. Rameshwar Rao Template:Party color cell INC 1,89,093 29.23 Puli Rama Swamy Template:Party color cell INC 1,46,601 22.66 Template:Abbr
25 Hyderabad 1 Vinayak Rao Template:Party color cell INC 77,153 66.16 C. Srikishan Template:Party color cell IND 19,795 16.97 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|57,358 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|49.19
26 Secunderabad 1 Ahmed Mohiuddin Template:Party color cell INC 98,203 66.69 S. B. Giri Template:Party color cell PSP 49,055 33.31 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|49,148 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33.38
27 Vikarabad 1 Sangam Lakshmi Bai Template:Party color cell INC Won Uncontested
28 Medak 1 P. Hanmanth Rao Template:Party color cell INC 1,06,511 56.32 Maqdum Mohiuddin Template:Party color cell PDF 82,610 43.68 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23,901 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12.64
29 Nizamabad 1 Harish Chandra Heda Template:Party color cell INC 1,10,646 60.21 G. Raja Ram Template:Party color cell IND 73,117 39.79 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|37,529 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20.42
30 Adilabad 1 K. Ashanna Template:Party color cell INC 91,287 51.67 C. Madhav Reddy Template:Party color cell PSP 85,375 48.33 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5,912 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.34
31 Karimnagar 2 M. R. Krishna Template:Party color cell INC 1,58,820 21.67 M. Sri Ranga Rao Template:Party color cell INC 1,41,680 19.33 Template:Abbr
32 Warangal 1 Sadat Ali Khan Template:Party color cell INC 1,07,249 53.75 Prendyala Raghava Rao Template:Party color cell PDF 92,294 46.25 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|14,955 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.50
33 Mahbubabad 1 E. Madhusudhan Rao Template:Party color cell INC 1,03,964 51.81 Sarvadevabhatla Ramanadham Template:Party color cell PDF 96,708 48.19 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7,256 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.62
34 Khammam 1 Vittal Rao Template:Party color cell PDF 1,06,627 44.27 Kolipak Kishan Rao Template:Party color cell INC 1,01,090 41.97 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5,537 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2.30
35 Nalgonda 2 D. Venkateswar Rao Template:Party color cell PDF 2,41,512 28.10 D. Rajiah Template:Party color cell INC 2,12,035 24.67 Template:Abbr

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Second Lok Sabha Volume-I. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Second Lok Sabha Volume-II. Retrieved 11 July 2015.

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