Somwarpet South Assembly constituency

Somwarpet South
Former constituency for the State Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateMysore State (Coorg State till 31 October 1956)
Established1951
Abolished1957
ReservationNone

Somwarpet South was a constituency of the Mysore Legislative Assembly (part of Coorg Legislative Assembly till 31 October 1956). The lone election to this constituency was conducted in 1952 to the legislature of the Coorg State (Kodagu) in India.[1] The constituency included areas located south of Somwarpet. This seat was included to Mysore Legislative Assembly in 1956 during the reorganisation of the Indian States based along linguistic lines, the state of Coorg (Kodagu) was merged with Mysore State.[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
1952[3] H. T. Muthanna Indian National Congress
1957 onwards: Seat does not exist. See Madikeri

Election results

1952

1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election: Somwarpet South[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC H. T. Muthanna 1,219 55.16 New
Independent K. P. Hanumarajayya 929 42.04 New
Independent B. C. Rudrappa 62 2.81 New
Turnout 2,210 63.85 New

References

  1. ^ India Votes. 1968. p. 355.
  2. ^ "SRC submits report". The Hindu. Chennai. 1 October 2005. Archived from the original on 1 March 2006. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Coorg (Kodagu)" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2020.

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