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The Election Commission of India held the secondpresidential elections of India on May 6, 1955.Dr. Rajendra Prasad won his re-election with 459,698 votes over his nearest rival Chowdhry Hari Ram.

Legislative Assembly elections in India were conducted forAndhra StateLegislative Assembly in 1955. In Andhra State, Indian National Congress won an absolute majority.^[1]

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Indian National Congress	3,394,109	39.35	119
	Krishikar Lok Party	625,827	7.26	22
	Communist Party of India	2,685,251	31.13	15
	Praja Socialist Party	481,666	5.58	13
	Praja Party	240,884	2.79	5
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	8,218	0.10	0
	Independents	1,188,887	13.78	22
Total		8,624,842	100.00	196

^* : On 1 October 1953, a separateAndhra 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 withHyderabad State underStates 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 withAndhra State. In addition, the Siruguppa taluk, the Bellary taluk, the Hospet taluk and a small area of the Mallapuram sub-taluk were transferred fromMysore State to Andhra Pradesh. The districts of Raichur and Gulbarga were transferred to the Mysore State, while the Marathwada district was transferred to theBombay State.^[2] This resulted in re-organization of assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh giving way to 85 constituencies with 105 seats in the assembly.

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