Bhagamandala Nad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bhagamandala Nad
Former Constituency
for the Coorg Legislative Assembly
Population 4,974[1]
Former constituency
Created 1951
Abolished 1956
Number of members 1

Bhagamandala Nad was a constituency of the Coorg Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the Coorg State in India elected in 1952.[2] The constituency included Bhagamandala. The economy of the area was dominated by export of honey and cardamom.[3]

1952 election

Three candidates contested the 1952 legislative election for the Bhagamandala Nad seat:

  • Konana Deviah, Indian National Congress, won the seat with 2,347 votes (58.62%)
  • Pattamada Ponnappa, independent, 1,384 votes (34.57%)
  • Jayaram Singh, independent, 273 votes (6.82%)[1]

With an electoral participation of 80.3% Bhagamandala Nad had one of the highest voter turn-outs in the 1952 assembly elections in India.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1951 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF COORG
  2. ↑ India Votes. 1968. p. 355.
  3. ↑ India. Office of the Registrar General (1965). Census of India, 1961. Manager of Publications. p. 30.
  4. ↑ The March of India. 1957. p. 10.
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