Coorg (Lok Sabha constituency)

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) is a part of Mysore Lok Sabha constituency from 2009 Election.

Assembly Constituencies

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

No.ConstituencyTalukNo of Seats
1SanivarasantheSomwarpet2
2Somwarpet NorthSomwarpet1
3Somwarpet SouthSomwarpet1
4Fraserpet (Kushalnagar)Somwarpet1
5SunticoppaSomwarpet2
6Mercara TownMadikeri1
7MurnadMadikeri1
8Mercara NadMadikeri1
9Srimangala NadVirajpet2
10HudikeriVirajpet1
11Berriath Nad (Kuntagrama)[8][9][10]Virajpet1
12Ponnampet NadVirajpet2
13Virajpet TownVirajpet1
14Virajpet NadVirajpet2
15Ammathi NadVirajpet1
16SiddapurVirajpet2
17Napoklu NadMadikeri1
18Bhagamandala NadMadikeri1

References

  1. 1 2 3 Election Commission of India. Constituency Data – Summary
  2. 1 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. ↑ Richard Leonard Park (1956). Reports on the Indian general elections, 1951-52. Popular Book Depot. pp. 271–272.
  4. 1 2 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. p. 3–4. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND REVENUE" (PDF). Kodagu District Gazetter (pdf). www.karnataka.gov.in. p. 507. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND REVENUE" (PDF). Kodagu District Gazetter (pdf). www.karnataka.gov.in. p. 507. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND REVENUE". Kodagu District Gazetter (pdf). www.karnataka.gov.in. p. 507. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
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