1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Mysore were held on 26 March 1952. 394 candidates contested for 99 seats in 80 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 19 two-member constituencies and 61 single-member constituencies, accounting for 99 seats.[1]

1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election
26 March 1952
All 99 seats in the Mysore Legislative Assembly
50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout50.38%
  First party Second party
 
Party INC KMPP
Seats won 74 8
Popular vote 12,76,318 3,91,653
Percentage 46.35% 14.22%
Chief Minister before election

K. C. Reddy

 Elected Chief Minister

K. Hanumanthaiah
INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Results
 Summary of results of the 1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election [1]
Political partyFlagSeats
Contested		Won% of
Seats		VotesVote %
Indian National Congress 997474.7512,76,31846.35
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 5988.083,91,65314.22
Socialist Party 4733.032403908.73
Scheduled Caste Federation 722.0247,9161.74
Communist Party of India 511.0125,1160.91
Independent 1541111.117,10,35925.79
Total seats 99Voters54,66,487Turnout27,53,870 (50.38 %)

State reorganization

On 1 November 1956, Mysore state was enlarged by the addition of Coorg State, the Kollegal taluk of the Coimbatore district and the South Kanara district (except the Kasaragod taluk) of Madras State, the districts of Raichur and Gulbarga from western Hyderabad State and the Kannada speaking districts of Dharwar, Bijapur, North Kanara, and Belgaum, (except the Chandgad taluk of Belgaum district) from southern Bombay State under States Reorganisation Act, 1956. The Siruguppa taluk, the Bellary taluk, the Hospet taluk, and a small area of the Mallapuram sub-taluk were detached from the Mysore State.[2] This resulted in an increase in assembly constituencies from 80 with 99 seats to 179 with 208 seats in 1957 assembly elections.

See also

References
  1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
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