1952 Coorg State Legislative Assembly election

1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election
1952 1957 →
24 seats in the Coorg Legislative Assembly
13 seats needed for a majority
Registered138,440
Turnout63.53%
  Majority party
 
Leader C. M. Poonacha
Party INC
Seats won 15
Seat change New
Popular vote 55.54%
Elected CM

C. M. Poonacha
INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

The 1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election was held to constitute the Coorg Legislative Assembly, electing members of legislature for 18 constituencies of the erstwhile Indian State of Coorg. It took place on 27 March 1952 and a total of 87,947 people voted 24 out of 60 candidates to power. This was the only election to the assembly before the State was merged into Mysore (later renamed as Karnataka) as per the States Reorganisation Act in 1956.[1][2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference TheHindu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.