Coorg | |
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Former Lok Sabha constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
State | Coorg |
Assembly constituencies | 18 (all of Coorg State) |
Established | 1951 |
Abolished | 1957 |
Total electors | 94,593 |
Reservation | None |
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]
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]
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) area is a part of Mysore Lok Sabha constituency from 2009 Election, covering Virajpet and Madikeri Vidhan Sabha segments.
The following were the constituencies under Coorg Lok Sabha. [7]
No. | Constituency | Taluk | No of Seats |
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1 | Sanivarasanthe | Somwarpet | 2 |
2 | Somwarpet North | Somwarpet | 1 |
3 | Somwarpet South | Somwarpet | 1 |
4 | Fraserpet ( Kushalnagar) | Somwarpet | 1 |
5 | Sunticoppa | Somwarpet | 2 |
6 | Mercara Town | Madikeri | 1 |
7 | Murnad | Madikeri | 1 |
8 | Mercara Nad | Madikeri | 1 |
9 | Srimangala Nad | Virajpet | 2 |
10 | Hudikeri | Virajpet | 1 |
11 | Berriath Nad (Kuntagrama) [8] [9] [10] | Virajpet | 1 |
12 | Ponnampet Nad | Virajpet | 2 |
13 | Virajpet Town | Virajpet | 1 |
14 | Virajpet Nad | Virajpet | 2 |
15 | Ammathi Nad | Virajpet | 1 |
16 | Siddapur | Virajpet | 2 |
17 | Napoklu Nad | Madikeri | 1 |
18 | Bhagamandala Nad | Madikeri | 1 |
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