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1954 Duggirala by-election

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Duggirala by-election 1954
 
Candidate Meduri Nageswara Rao L.B.G. Rao
Party INC CPI
Popular vote 21,913 votes 20,644 votes
Percentage 45.0% 42.5%

In June 1954 a by-election was held in for the Duggirala seat of the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The by-election was called after the death of the sitting MLA A. Rami Reddi. The election was won by the Indian National Congress candidate Meduri Nageswara Rao, won obtained 21,913 votes (45%). L.B.G. Rao of the Communist Party of India finished in second place with 20,644 votes (42.5%). Ancha Venkateswarlu of the Krishikar Lok Party obtained 5,735 votes (11.7%). There was also an independent candidate in the election, M.R. Rao, who obtained 395 votes (0.8%).

References

  1. ^ Margaret Welpley Fisher; Joan Valérie Bondurant (1956). The Indian experience with democratic elections. University of California. p. 4.
  2. Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952-95
  3. Sadhna Sharma (1995). States Politics in India. Mittal Publications. p. 61. ISBN 978-81-7099-619-4.
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