1952 Coorg State Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly election in Coorg, India July 2017 July 2017 1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election India legislative Popular no 1952 1957 Mysore Legislative Assembly election 1957 24 seats in the Coorg Legislative Assembly 13 63.53% 100px Indian National Congress C M Poonacha.gif C. M. Poonacha 15 55.54% New CM Indian National Congress C. M. Poonacha thumb|Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951 The 1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election was held to constitute the Coorg Legislative Assembly, electing members of legislature for 18 constituencies of the erstwhile Indian State of Coorg. It took place on 27 March 1952, and a total of 87,947 people voted 24 out of 60 candidates to power. This was the only election to the assembly before the state was merged into Mysore (later renamed as Karnataka) as per the States Reorganisation Act in 1956.http://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1955_7/42/reorganisation_of_statesthe_approach_and_arrangements.pdf Reorganisation of States, 1955 The Economic Weekly 15 October 1955 25 July 2015 Constituencies A total of 24 seats were up for election from 18 constituencies; six two-member constituencies and twelve single-member constituencies. No seats were reserved for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes.https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4106-coorg-1951/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Coorg Election Commission of India 2020-05-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20131022013656/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_COORG.pdf 22 October 2013 Contestants Sixty candidates contested the election. The Indian National Congress presented candidates in all 24 constituencies. There were also 34 independent candidates. The Thakkadi Party, which campaigned against merger into Mysore State, contested as independents.http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/coorg-and-the-reorganisation-of-states/article5253017.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20131022023346/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/coorg-and-the-reorganisation-of-states/article5253017.ece live 22 October 2013 Coorg and the reorganisation of States C.M. Ramachandra 20 October 2013 The Hindu subscription 14 October 2014 The Thakkadi Party was led by Pandyanda Belliappa, a veteran Gandhian. 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). No female candidates were in the fray. Results The Indian National Congress (INC) emerged victorious, winning 15 out of the 24 seats. The INC leader C. M. Poonacha won his seat from the Berriathnad constituency, with 1,969 votes (71.37% of the votes polled in the constituency). Nine independent candidates won the remaining seats. Belliappa won his seat Ammathi Nad with 1,667 votes (57.25% of votes polled). INC candidates got 55.54% of the votes polled statewide, independents 42.88% and the two communist candidates 1.58%. The candidate with the highest percentage of votes polled in his favour was G. Lingarajayya, the INC candidate in Fraserpet, who polled 2,375 votes (71.64%). File:India Coorg Legislative Assembly 1952.svg Indian National Congress 48845 15 Communist Party of India 1386 0 Independent 37716 9 0 138440 Members of the Coorg Legislative Assembly, 1952 Keys: #00FFFF Indian National Congress (15) solid 1px #AAAAAA #D3D3D3 Independent (9) solid 1px #AAAAAA No. Constituency Name of elected MLA Party affiliation1 Sanivarasanthe P. K. Chennayya Indian National Congress K. Mallappa Indian National Congress 2 Somwarpet North C. K. Kalappa Indian National Congress 3 Somwarpet South H. T. Muthanna Independent 4 Fraserpet G. Lingarajayya Indian National Congress 5 Sunticoppa Gundugutti Manjanathaya Indian National Congress P. Lakha Indian National Congress 6 Mercara Town B. S. Kushalappa Indian National Congress 7 Murnad C. A. Mandanna Indian National Congress 8 Mercara Nad P. D. Subbaiah Indian National Congress 9 Srimangala Nad K. P. Karumbayya Independent G. Subbaiah Independent 10 Hudikeri K. K. Ganapathy Independent 11 Berriath Nad C. M. Poonacha Indian National Congress12 Ponnampet Nad Yeravara Belli Indian National Congress P. Nanamaya Indian National Congress 13 Virajpet Town N. G. Ahamed Independent 14 Virajpet Nad Harijan Nanja Independent P. C. Uthayya Independent 15 Ammathi Nad Pandyanda Belliappa Independent 16 Siddapur Bettakurubara Kala Indian National Congress Muruvanda Machaiah Indian National Congress 17 Napoklu Nad A. C. Thimmaiah Independent 18 Bhagamandala Nad Konana Devaiah Indian National Congress After the election, Poonacha formed a two-member cabinet, consisting of himself as chief minister and Kuttur Mallapa (elected to the assembly from the Sanivarasanthe constituency) as home minister. See also India Politics 1951–52 elections in India 1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election 1957 Mysore Legislative Assembly election References Category:Elections in Coorg State Category:State Assembly elections in Karnataka Coorg Category:March 1952 in Asia