Elections to the Andhra State Legislative Assembly were held on 11 February 1955. 581 candidates contested for the 167 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 29 two-member constituencies and 138 single-member constituencies. The members of the first assembly (1955–62) 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.p. 281, Rise of the Plebeians?: The Changing Face of the Indian Legislative Assemblies (), Christophe Jaffrelot, Sanjay Kumar, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2009.

Background 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 the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, to form a single state, Andhra Pradesh. The divisions of Aurangabad (Aurangabad, Bhir, Nander, Parbhani), Gulbarga (Bidar, Gulbarga, Osmanabad, Raichur) were detached from Hyderabad State while merging with Andhra State. Besides, 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 Aurangabad division and Osmanabad district of the Gulbarga division were transferred to Bombay State, while the remaining Gulbarga division (excluding Osmanabad district) was transferred to Mysore State. This resulted in the reorganisation of assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh, giving way to 85 constituencies with 105 seats in the assembly.

Results Results by party

Results by constitutency ConstituencyMemberParty1 Ichapuram Uppada Rangababu 2 Sompeta Goutu Latchanna 3 Brahmanatarala Nicharia Ramulu 4 Tekkali Rokkam Lakshmi Narasimham Dora 5 Narasannapeta Simma Jagannadham 6Patapatnam Pothula Gunnayya Lukulapu Lakshmanadas 7 Naguru Addakula Lakshmu Naidu 8 Parvathipuram Vyricherla Chandrachudamani Dev 9 Salur Allu Yerukunaidu Boina Rajayya 10 Bobbili Kotagiri Sitharama Swamy 11 Balijipeta Peddinti Ramaswamy Naidu 12 Vunukuru Chelikani Sreeranga Naikulu 13 Palakonda Pydi Narasimhapparao 14 Nagarikatkam Thammineni Papa Rao 15 Srikakulam Pasagada Suryanarayana 16 Shermuhammadapuram Choudari Satyanarayana 17 Cheepurupalli Modandi Satyanarayana Raju Kottapalli Punnayya 18 Bhogapuram Batsa Adinarayana 19 Gajapatinagaram Gantlana Surayanarayana Kusum Gajapathiraju 20 Vizianagaram Pusapati Viziarama Gajapatiraju 21 Revidi Kakarlapudi Viziaraghava Satyanarayana Padmanabha Raju 22 Bheemunipatnam Gottumukkala Jagannadha Raju 23 Visakhapatnam Ankitham Venkatabhanojirao 24 Kanithi B. G. M. A. Narasingarao 25 Paravada Eti Nagayya 26 Anakapalli Beesetti Appa Rao 27 Chodavaram Reddy Jagannadham 28 Srungavatapukota Chaganti Venkata Somayajulu Gujjela Rama Naidu 29 Madugula Donda Sreerama Murty 30 Kondakarla Majji Pydayya Naidu 31 Yellamanchili Chintalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Raju Alias Sanyasi Raju 32 Narasapatnam Mutyala Pothuraju Raja Sagi Suryanarayana Raju 33 Golugonda Ruthala Latchapatrudu 34 Gudem Matcharasa Matsyaraju 35 Bhadrachalam Syamala Seetharamaiah Mahammad Tahseel 36 Rajahmundry Ambadipudi Balanageswararao 37 Burugupudi Neerukonda Venkata Ramarao Battina Subba Rao 38 Jaggampeta Duriseti Gopalrao 39 Peddapuram Durvasula Venkatasubbarao 40 Prathipadu Parvata Gurraju 41 Tuni Raja Vatsavaya Venkata Krishnamuraj Bahadur 42 Pithapuram Vadrevu Gopalkrishna 43 Samalkot Putsala Satyanarayana 44 Kakinada Mallipudi Pallam Raju 45 Pallipalem Reddy Kamayya Remella Tirupathirao 46 Ramchandrapuram Kakarlapudi Sri Raja Ramachandraraju Bahadur 47 Anaparthi Tetala Lakshminirayana Reddy 48 Pamarru S. B. P. Pattabhiramarao 49 Cheyyeru Nadimpalli Ramabhadraraju 50 Amalapuram Bojja Appala Swamy Golkotinarasimhamurty 51 Razole Ganji Nageswararao Alluru Venkararamaraju 52 Kothapeta Kala Venkatarao 53 Kovvur Alluri Bapineedu Taneti Veeraraghavulu 54 Polavaram Pusuluri Kodanad Ramayya 55 Eluru Seerla Brahmayya 56 Dendulur Mulpuri Rangayya 57 Tadepalligudem Namburi Srinivasarao Srimat Kilambi Venkata Krishnavataram 58 Pentapadu Chintalapati Seetharama Chandra Veraprasada Murtyraju 59 Tanuku Mullapudi Harischandraprasad 60 Atill Chodagam Ammanna Raja 61 Penugonda Jevvadi Laxmayya 62 Narasapur Grandhi Venkata Reddy 63 Palacole Desari Perumallu Addepalli Satyanarayanamurty 64 Bhimavaram Nachu Venkatramaiah 65 Undi Gadiraju Jagannadharaju 66 Kaikalur Kammili Appa Rao 67 Gudivada Vemul Kurmayya Adusumilli Venkata Subramanyam 68 Gannavaram Puchalapalli Sundarayya 69 Kankipadu Chagarlamudi Ramakotaiah 70 Vijyavada South Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao 71 Vijayavada North Marupilla Chitti Alias Appalaswami 72 Mylavaram Vellanki Visweswara Rao 73 Nandigama Pillalamarri Venkateswarlu 74 Kanchikacherla Maganti Ramaiah 75 Tiruvur Peta Bapayya 76 Nuzvid Meka Rangayyapparao Bahaddaru 77 Vuyyur Kakani Venkataratnam 78 Malleswaram Pennenti Pamideswararao 79 Bandar Kolipara Vankataramanayya 80 Devi Srimanth Raja Mallepudi Rajeswara Rao Yarlagadda Siva Rama Prasad Bahadur Garu 81 Kuchinapudi Angani Bhagavantha Rao 82 Repalle Yadam Channaiah 83 Vemur Kalluri Chandramouli 84 Duggirala Putumbaka Sriramulu 85 Tenali Alapati Venkatramayya 86 Ponnur Govada Paramdhamaiah 87 Bapatla Mantena Venkataraju 88 Chirala Pragada Kotaiah 89 Paruchuru Kolla Ramajah 90 Peddakakani Ginjupalli Bapayya 91 Mangalagiri Meka Koti Reddy 92 Guntur I Tellakula Jalayya 93 Guntur II Meduri Nageshwararao 94 Peddakurapadu Ganapa Ramaswami Reddy 95 Phirangipuram Kasu Brahmananda Reddy 96 Sattenpalli Vavilala Gopalkrishnaiah 97 Gurzala Mandava Bapayya Chowdary 98 Macherla Mandapati Nagi Reddy 99 Venukonda Nalabolu Govindrajulu 100 Martur Bandlamudi Venkatasivayya 101 Narasarao Nalapati Venkatramayya 102 Addanki Nagineni Venkaiah 103 Ammanabarolu Jagarlamudi Chandramouli 104 Ongole T. Prakasam Telluri Jiyyardass 105 Darsi Dirisala Venkataramana Reddy 106 Podili Sanikommu Kasi Reddy 107 Kanigiri Gujjula Yallamanda Reddy 108 Udayagiri Sheik Moula Saheb 109 Nandipad Kasim Venkata Reddy 110 Kandukur Devi Kondaiah Chowdary 111 Kondapi Nalamothu Chenchuramananaidu 112 Kavali Bathena Ramakrishna Reddy 113 Buchireddipalem Basavareddi Sankaraiah Swarna Vemaya 114 Atmakur Bezawada Gopala Reddy 115 Venkatagiri Padileti Venkataswami Reddy Kamatham Shanmugam 116 Nellore Anam Chenchu Subba Reddy 117 Sarvapalli Bezawada Gopala Reddy 118 Gudur Merlapaka Munuswami Pelleti Gopalakrishna Reddy 119 Kalahasti Patra Singaraiah Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy 120 Vadamalpet R. B. Ramakrishna Raju 121 Tiruttani Doraikannu M. Gopalu Reddy 122 Ramakrishnarajupet Ranganatha Modaliar 123 Epanjeri Chenagalaraya Naidu N. P. 124 Chittoor Chinnama Reddy 125 Tavanmapalle Rajagopala Naidu P. 126 Kuppam Ramabhrmham D. 127 Punganur Raja Veerabasava Chikkaroyal Y. B. Rathnam 128 Madanapalle Gopalakrishnayya Gupta T. 129 Thamballapalle T. N. Venkatasubba Reddy 130 Vayalpad Thimma Reddy P. 131 Pileru Veakatarama Naidu N. 132 Tirupathi Raddivari Nathamuni Reddy 133 Rajampet Pothuraju Parthasarathi Pal Venkata Subbayya 134 Rayachoty Y. Audinarayana Reddy 135 Lakkireddipalli K.Koti Reddy 136 Kadapa Mahammad Rahamathulla Shaik 137 Badvel Ratnasabhapathy Setty Bandaru 138 Myduku Rama Reddy Bommu 139 Proddattur Kandula Balanarayana Reddy 140 Jammalamadugu Kunda Ramaiah 141 Kamalapuram Nareddy Sambhu Reddy 142 Pulivendla P. Basi Reddy 143 Kadiri K. V. Vema Reddy 144 Nallamada Biappa Reddy 145 Gorantla Pulla Venkataravanappa 146 Hindupur Kallur Subba Rao Rukmini Devi B. 147 Penukonda Chithambara Reddy 148 Dharmavaram Ramachariu Pappoor Santhappa 149 Anantapur P. Anthoni Reddy 150 Putloor Tarimela Ramachandra Reddy 151 Tadpatri Challa Subbarayudu 152 Gooty Raja Ram Sanda Narayanappa 153 Rayadrug Seshadri 154 Alur Ramalinga Reddy H. 155 Adoni Bussanna G. 156 Kosigi Thimmayya Setty T. G. 157 Yemmiganur Sanjivayya Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy 158 Pattikonda Hanumantha Reddy 159 Dhone B. P. Sesha Reddy 160 Kurnool Mahaboob Ali Khan 161 Nandikotkur N. K. Lingam Ayyapa Reddy 162 Nandyal Gopavaram Rami Reddy 163 Kolikuntla Subba Reddy B. V. 164 Sirval Chintakunta Peda Thimma Reddy 165 Giddalur Pidathala Ranga Reddy 166 Markapuram Kandula Obul Reddy 167 Yerragondipalem Nakka Venkatayya

By-elections On 16 July 1955, a by-election was held for the Burugupudi seat after the death of the sitting MLA and State Minister for Agriculture, N. Venkata Rama Rao. N. Venkataratnam of the Indian National Congress was elected unopposed.Election Commission of India.

In July 1955, a by-election was held for the Sarvepalli seat after the resignation of the sitting MLA Bezawada Gopala Reddy (who had won two seats in the assembly election and had to resign from one of them). The election was won by the Indian National Congress candidate V. K. Reddi, who obtained 22,835 votes (60%), while the independent S. A. Reddi got 15,218 votes (40%).Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952-95 While the Congress Party won the election by a comfortable margin, its percentage of the popular vote had decreased by 7.8%.

See also

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

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