1955 elections in India

Results by party

Parties and Coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Vote	%	+/-	Contested	Won	+/-
	Indian National Congress	33,94,109	39.35%		142	119
	Krishikar Lok Party	6,25,827	7.26%		37	22
	Communist Party of India	26,85,251	31.13%		169	15
	Praja Socialist Party	4,81,666	5.58%		45	13
	Praja Party	2,40,884	2.79%		12	5
	Independents	11,88,887	13.78%		170	22
Source: Election Commission of India[2]

^* : 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 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. In addition, 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.[3] This resulted in re-organization of assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh giving way to 85 constituencies with 105 seats in the assembly.