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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957

85 seats · vs 1955 (167-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957 · 4 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 53 seatsPeople'S Democratic Front — 20 seatsIndependent — 11 seatsParadise Party — 1 seat4385of 85 seats
  • INC53
  • PDF20
  • IND11
  • PP1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress5362%17,07,36447.4%101
PDFPeople'S Democratic Front2024%9,27,33325.7%64
INDIndependent1113%6,73,09818.7%87
PPParadise Party11%28,9680.8%7
PSPPraja Socialist Party00%2,03,4535.6%27
PWPPWP00%37,2711.0%3

+ 2 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957 · winner by seat

159 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 43

1957 · selected
Majority 43
INC53PDF20IND11PP1
1955 · previous
Majority 84

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1955 → 1957

1955 1957· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
39.4
47.4
0.0
25.7
13.8
18.7
5.6
5.6
7.3
0.0
31.1
0.0
INCPDFINDPSPKLPCPI

Seat change

1957 seats minus 1955 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
98 → 53
−45
PDF
0 → 20
+20
IND
20 → 11
−9
PP
5 → 1
−4
PSP
11 → 0
−11
KLP
21 → 0
−21
CPI
12 → 0
−12

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1955 → 1957

share lostshare gained
PDF
0.0% → 25.7%
+25.7%
INC
39.4% → 47.4%
+8.0%
IND
13.8% → 18.7%
+4.9%
PWP
0.0% → 1.0%
+1.0%
SCF
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
PP
2.8% → 0.8%
−2.0%
KLP
7.3% → 0.0%
−7.3%
CPI
31.1% → 0.0%
−31.1%

Biggest INC–PDF swings

Seats where the INC-vs-PDF vote gap moved most, 1955 → 1957. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − PDF share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward PDF.

toward PDFtoward INC
Atmakur
+6.5%

Closest races · 1957

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1957

85 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1955