Coorg (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Coorg
Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency Details
Established1951–1957
ReservationNone
StateCoorg
Total Electors94,593
Assembly Constituencies18 (all of Coorg State)

Coorg was a constituency of the Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament of India). It was used in the parliamentary election of 1951–1952. The constituency elected a single member of the Lok Sabha and was the sole Lok Sabha seat for the Coorg State.[1] As of 1952, the constituency had 94,593 eligible voters.[1]

1952 election[]

In the first elections after the independence of India, two candidates were in the fray in Coorg: N. Somana of the Indian National Congress and independent candidate K.T. Uthappa.[2] K.T. Uthappa was a rich planter, former Assistant Commissioner of Coorg and candidate for the group that opposed the merger of Coorg into Mysore State.[3]

63,813 voters participated in the election (67.46% of the eligible voters).[1] N. Somana won the seat, obtaining 38,063 votes (59.65%).[2]

Merger with Mysore State[]

In 1956 Coorg State merged into Mysore State.[4] The former state was accorded two seats in the Mysore Legislative Assembly: Virajpet and Mercara.[4][5] Both constituencies were included in the Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency, along with six other Assembly constituencies till delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008.[6] Now Coorg (Kodagu) area is a part of Mysore Lok Sabha constituency from 2009 Election, covering Virajpet and Madikeri Vidhan Sabha segments.

Assembly Constituencies[]

The following were the constituencies under Coorg Lok Sabha.[7]

No. Constituency Taluk No of Seats
1 Sanivarasanthe Somwarpet 2
2 Somwarpet North Somwarpet 1
3 Somwarpet South Somwarpet 1
4 Fraserpet (Kushalnagar) Somwarpet 1
5 Sunticoppa Somwarpet 2
6 Mercara Town Madikeri 1
7 Murnad Madikeri 1
8 Mercara Nad Madikeri 1
9 Srimangala Nad Virajpet 2
10 Hudikeri Virajpet 1
11 Berriath Nad (Kuntagrama)[8][9][10] Virajpet 1
12 Ponnampet Nad Virajpet 2
13 Virajpet Town Virajpet 1
14 Virajpet Nad Virajpet 2
15 Ammathi Nad Virajpet 1
16 Siddapur Virajpet 2
17 Napoklu Nad Madikeri 1
18 Bhagamandala Nad Madikeri 1

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Election Commission of India. Constituency Data – Summary
  2. ^ a b Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Elections, 1951 to the First Lok Sabha Archived 2014-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Richard Leonard Park (1956). Reports on the Indian general elections, 1951-52. Popular Book Depot. pp. 271–272.
  4. ^ a b The Hindu. From a princely State to two Assembly segments
  5. ^ Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore
  6. ^ "Statistical Report on General elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha, Volume III" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 401. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  7. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1951 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF COORG" (PDF). Election Commission of India (pdf). eci.nic.in. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  8. ^ "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND REVENUE" (PDF). Kodagu District Gazetter (pdf). www.karnataka.gov.in. p. 506. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  9. ^ "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND REVENUE" (PDF). Kodagu District Gazetter (pdf). www.karnataka.gov.in. p. 6. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  10. ^ GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND REVENUE. Kodagu District Gazetter (pdf). www.karnataka.gov.in. 2007. p. 381. ISBN 9788180693977. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

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