Coorg Lok Sabha constituency

Coorg
Coorg
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Coorg
Assembly constituencies	18 (all of Coorg State)
Established	1951
Abolished	1957
Total electors	94,593
Reservation	None

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

^ ^a ^b ^c Election Commission of India. Constituency Data – Summary
^ ^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
^ Richard Leonard Park (1956). Reports on the Indian general elections, 1951-52. Popular Book Depot. pp. 271–272.
^ ^a ^b The Hindu. From a princely State to two Assembly segments
^ Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND REVENUE" (PDF). Kodagu District Gazetter (pdf). www.karnataka.gov.in. p. 506. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
^ "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND REVENUE" (PDF). Kodagu District Gazetter (pdf). www.karnataka.gov.in. p. 6. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
^ GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND REVENUE (pdf). www.karnataka.gov.in. 2007. p. 381. ISBN 9788180693977. Retrieved 24 February 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

Coorg Lok Sabha constituency

1952 election

Merger with Mysore State

Assembly Constituencies

References

See also

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