Election Name: | Duggirala by-election 1954 |
Country: | India |
Type: | By-election |
Colour1: | light blue |
Candidate1: | Meduri Nageswara Rao |
Party1: | Indian National Congress |
Popular Vote1: | 21,913 votes |
Percentage1: | 45.0% |
Swing1: | +3.4% |
Colour2: | red |
Candidate2: | L.B.G. Rao |
Party2: | Communist Party of India |
Popular Vote2: | 20,644 votes |
Percentage2: | 42.5% |
Swing2: | +6.5% |
Poll1 Date: | June 1954 |
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.[1] 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%).[1] [2] [3]