1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election

A total of 24 seats were up for election from 18 constituencies; six two-member constituencies and twelve single-member constituencies. No seats were reserved for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes.[3]

Sixty candidates contested the election. The Indian National Congress presented candidates in all 24 constituencies. There were also 34 independent candidates.[3] The Takkadi Party, which campaigned against merger into Mysore State, contested as independents.[1] The Takkadi Party was led by Pandyanda Belliappa, a veteran Gandhian.[1] A third force in the election was the Communist Party of India, that only presented two candidates (C.B. Monniah in Hudikeri and B.N. Kuttappa in Siddapur).[3] No female candidates were in the fray.[3]

The Indian National Congress (INC) emerged victorious, winning 15 out of the 24 seats. The INC leader C. M. Poonacha won his seat from the Berriathnad constituency, with 1,969 votes (71.37 per cent of the votes polled in the constituency). Nine independent candidates won the remaining seats. Belliappa won his seat Ammathi Nad with 1,667 votes (57.25 per cent of votes polled). INC candidates got 55.54 per cent of the votes polled statewide, independents 42.88 per cent and the two communist candidates 1.58 per cent.[3] The candidate with the highest percentage of votes polled in his favour was G. Lingarajayya, the INC candidate in Fraserpet, who polled 2,375 votes (71.64 per cent).[3]

 Summary of results of the 1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election [3]

	Political party	Flag	Candidates	Won	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %
	Indian National Congress		24	15	62.50	48,845	55.54
	Independent		34	9	37.50	37,716	42.88
	Communist Party of India		2	0		1,386	1.58
Total			24	14	Voters: 138,440 Turnout 87,947 (63.53 %)

• 1951–52 elections in India
• 1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election
• 1957 Mysore Legislative Assembly election