Coorg Legislative Assembly election, 1952

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Coorg were held on March 27, 1952. On 1 November 1956, Coorg State was merged into Mysore State (later renamed as Karnataka in 1973) as per the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.

Constituencies

A total of 24 seats were up for election. There were no seats reserved for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes. There were six two-member constituencies and twelve single-member constituencies.[1]

Contestants

Sixty candidates contested the election. The Indian National Congress presented candidates in all 24 constituencies. There were also 34 independent candidates.[1] The Takkadi Party, which campaigned against merger into Mysore State, contested as independents.[2] The Takkadi Party was led by Pandyanda Belliappa, a veteran Gandhian.[2] A third force in the election was the Communist Party of India, that only presented two candidates (C.B. Monniah in Hudikeri and B.N. Kuttappa in Siddapur).[1] No female candidates were in the fray.[1]

Results

The Indian National Congress emerged victorious, winning 15 out of the 24 seats. The Congress leader C.M. Poonacha won his seat, the Berriathnad constituency, with 1,969 votes (71.37% of the votes in the constituency). Independents won the remaining 9 seats. The Takkadi leader Pandyanda Belliappa won his seat, Ammathi Nad, with 1,667 votes (57.25%). Congress candidates got 55.54% of the votes statewide, independents 42.88% and the two communist candidates 1.58%.[1] The candidate with the highest percentage of votes was G. Lingarajayya, Congress candidate in Fraserpet, who got 2,375 votes (71.64%).[1]

After the election C.M. Poonacha formed a two-member cabinet, consisting of himself as Chief Minister and Kuttur Mallapa (elected to the assembly from the Sanivarsanthe constituency) as Home Minister.[1][2]

 Summary of results of the Coorg Legislative Assembly election, 1952 [1]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested 		Won % of
Seats 		Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 24 15 62.50 48,845 55.54
Independent 34 9 37.50 37,716 42.88
Total seats 24 Voters 1,38,440 Turnout 87,947 (63.53 %)

State Reorganization and Merger

On 1 November 1956, Coorg State was merged into Mysore State under States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Coorg" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Coorg and the reorganisation of States". C.M. Ramachandra. The Hindu. October 20, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
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