Coorg_Lok_Sabha_constituency

Coorg Lok Sabha constituency

Coorg Lok Sabha constituency

Former constituency of the Indian parliament in Karnataka

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]

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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]

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References

  1. [1]
    Election Commission of India. Constituency Data – Summary
  2. [2]
    Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Elections, 1951 to the First Lok Sabha Archived 2014-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    Richard Leonard Park (1956). Reports on the Indian general elections, 1951-52. Popular Book Depot. pp. 271–272.
  4. [4]
    The Hindu. From a princely State to two Assembly segments
  5. [5]
    Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore
  6. [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. [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. [8]
    "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND REVENUE" (PDF). Kodagu District Gazetter (pdf). www.karnataka.gov.in. p. 506. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  9. [9]
    "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND REVENUE" (PDF). Kodagu District Gazetter (pdf). www.karnataka.gov.in. p. 6. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  10. [10]
    GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND REVENUE (pdf). www.karnataka.gov.in. 2007. p. 381. ISBN 9788180693977. Retrieved 24 February 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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