1951–52 Indian general election in Travancore-Cochin

none September 2025 September 2025 State Assembly election 1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election 1952 India parliamentary In 1956, the states of Southern India were reorganized along linguistic lines into their present-day boundaries. This resulted in the transfer of territories between Madras and Thiru-Cochin 1957 (KL) →1957 (Madras) 12 (of 489) seats in the Lok Sabha 4,210,244 2,989,273 (71.00%) Jawaharlal Nehru stamp (cropped).jpg Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress 6 1,224,533 35.08% N. Sreekantan Nair Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) 1 220,312 6.31% A. Nesamony Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress 1 115,893 3.32% Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress Prime Minister after election Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress elected members The 1951–52 Indian general election was the first democratic national election held in India after Independence, and the polls in Travancore-Cochin were held for 11 constituencies with 12 seats. The result was a victory for Indian National Congress winning 6 out of the 12 seats. And Revolutionary Socialist Party and Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress each winning 1 seat and the rest 4 being won by Independents. Results By Parties Indian National Congress 1224533 6 Independents 1265051 4 Socialist Party 459669 0 Revolutionary Socialist Party 220312 1 Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress 115893 1 Kerala Socialist Party 102098 0 All India Republican Party 57815 0 Tamil Nad Congress Party 36158 0 Cochin Party 8947 0 ECIGeneral Election of India 1951, List of Successful Candidate http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141008191615/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF 8 October 2014 12 January 2010 Election Commission of India 90 By constituency # Constituency Turnout Winner21 August 2018 General Election, 1951 (Vol I, II) https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4111-general-election-1951-vol-i-ii/ 19 November 2023 Election Commission of IndiaParty Runner-upParty 1 NagercoilA. NesamonyTravancore Tamil Nadu CongressSivathanu PillaiIndependent (politician) 2 TrivandrumAnnie MascareneIndependent (politician)T. K. Narayana PillaiSocialist Party (India, 1948) 3 ChirayinkilV. Parameswaran NairIndependent (politician)T. K. Narayana PillaiIndian National Congress 4 Quilon cum MavelikaraSreekantan NairRevolutionary Socialist Party (India)Kainikara N. Padmanabha PillaiIndian National CongressR. Velayudhan (SC)Independent (politician)Kunju Kunju (SC)Indian National Congress 5 AlleppeyP. T. PunnoseIndependent (politician)A. P. UdayabhanuIndian National Congress 6 ThiruvellaMathen C. P.Indian National CongressNarayana PillaiSocialist Party (India, 1948) 7 MeenachilP. T. ChackoIndian National CongressMadhavan PillaiIndependent (politician) 8 KottayamC. P. MathewIndian National CongressVarkey SanthisthanIndependent (politician) 9 ErnakulamA. M. ThomasIndian National CongressPadmanabha MenonKerala Socialist Party10CrangannurK. T. AchyuthanIndian National CongressGeorge ChadayammuriIndependent (politician)11TrichureIyyunni ChalakkaIndian National CongressJoseph MundaserryIndependent (politician) Notes References Bibliography Volume I, 1951 Indian general election, 1st Lok Sabha External links https://eci.gov.in Website of Election Commission of India expanded Travancore–Cochin Category:Indian general elections in Kerala