| Election Name: | Indian general election in Madras, 1951 |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Year: | 1957 (Madras) → 1957 (AP) → 1957 (Kerala) → 1957 (Mysore) |
| Election Date: | November 1951 |
| Seats For Election: | 75 (of 489) seats in the Lok Sabha |
| Registered: | 26,980,961 |
| Turnout: | 15,198,376 (56.33%) |
| Leader1: | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Party1: | Indian National Congress |
| Leaders Seat1: | Did not contest |
| Seats1: | 35 |
| Popular Vote1: | 7,253,452 |
| Percentage1: | 36.39% |
| Leader2: | Shripat Amrit Dange |
| Leaders Seat2: | Did not contest |
| Party2: | Communist Party of India |
| Seats2: | 8 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,783,407 |
| Percentage2: | 8.95% |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| Before Election: | Indian National Congress |
| After Party: | Indian National Congress |
The 1951–52 Indian general election was the first democratic national election held in India after Independence, and the polls in Madras state were held for 62 constituencies with 75 seats. This State had the second largest number of seats, after Uttar Pradesh. The result was a victory for Indian National Congress winning 35 out of the 75 seats. While the remaining seats were won by left and independent parties, opposed to Congress. However, Congress stalwarts such as N. G. Ranga, Durgabai Deshmukh, and Mosalikanti Thirumala Rao lost in that election from the Telugu-speaking areas then referred as Andhra. Congress lost in 22 out of the 28 seats (from 23 constituencies) in majority Telugu-speaking areas (i.e. Andhra region). Reason for the poor performance in Andhra region was attributed to the party's delay in the formation of a separate State for Telugu people. It eventually led to the formation of the Andhra State in 1953 and later the linguistic reorganization of Indian states in 1956 where Kannada and Malayalam majority speaking areas were merged with Mysore and Kerala States respectively.
| INC | SEATS | CPI | SEATS | OTHERS | SEATS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | 35 | CPI | 8 | IND | 15 | |
| KMPP | 5 | |||||
| Others | 12 | |||||
| TOTAL (1951) | 35 | TOTAL (1951) | 8 | TOTAL (1951) | 75 |
These were 31 constituencies with 38 seats, namely Madras, Thiruvallur (2 seats), Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Vellore (2 seats), Vandavasi, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem, Erode (2 seats), Tiruchengode, Tiruppur, Pollachi, Coimbatore, Pudukkottai, Perambalur, Tiruchirappalli, Thanjavur, Kumbakonam, Mayuram (2 seats), Cuddalore (2 seats), Tindivanam (2 seats), Tirunelveli, Srivaikuntam, Sankaranainarkoil, Aruppukottai, Ramanathapuram, Srivilliputhur, Madurai (2 seats), Periyakulam and Dindigul. Madras constituency had significant Telugu population.
These were 23 constituencies with 28 seats, namely Pathapatnam, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam (2 seats), Kakinada, Rajahmundry (2 seats), Eluru (2 seats), Masulipatnam, Gudivada, Vijayawada, Tenali, Guntur, Narasaraopet, Ongole (2 seats), Nellore, Nandyal, Kurnool, Anantapur, Cuddapah, Chittoor (2 seats) and Tirupati.
Congress stalwarts such as N. G. Ranga, Durgabai Deshmukh, and Mosalikanti Thirumala Rao lost in that election. Reason for the poor performance of Congress in Telugu-speaking areas both in general then referred as Andhra was attributed to their delay in the formation of a separate state for Telugu people. It eventually led to the formation of the Andhra state in 1953 and later the linguistic reorganization of Indian States in 1956.
These were 3 constituencies with 3 seats, namely Bellary, South Kanara (North) and South Kanara South. However, Bellary constituency had significant Telugu minority population.
These were 5 constituencies with 6 seats, namely Cannanore, Tellicherry, Kozhikode, Malappuram and Ponnani (2 seats).
Telugu speaking areas had 28 seats from 23 constituencies (constituency serial numbers 1 to 24 except 19), Tamil speaking areas had 38 seats from 31 constituencies (constituency serial numbers 25 to 55), Kannada speaking areas had 3 seats from 3 (constituency serial numbers 19, 56 and 57) and Malayalam speaking areas had 6 seats from 5 constituencies (constituency numbers 58 to 62). Kannada-majority Bellary and Tamil-majority Madras has significant Telugu populations.
| S.No | Constituency | Seats | Winner | Party | Runner-upa | Partya |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pathapatnam | 1 | V. V. Giri | INC | Madhusudana Jagadeva Raja Bahadur | IND |
| 2 | Srikakulam | 1 | Boddepalli Rajagopala Rao | IND | Pasupathi Lakshmi Narasinha Raju | INC |
| 3 | Parvathipuram | 1 | N Rama Seshiah | IND | Senapathi Sitharama Patrudu | INC |
| 4 | Vizianagaram | 1 | Kandala Subramaniam | SP | Pasumarthi Veerabhadhraswami | INC |
| 5 | Visakhapatnam | 2 | Lanka Sundaram Gam Malludora | IND IND | K.Subbaraju | INC |
| 6 | Kakinada | 1 | Chelikani Venkata Rama Rao | CPI | Mosalikanti Thirumala Rao | INC |
| 7 | Rajahmundry | 2 | Kaneti Mohan Rao Nalla Reddi Naidu | CPI SP | Gammididala Durgabhai Deshmukh Rama Danayya | INC INC |
| 8 | Eluru | 2 | Kondru Subba Rao B. S. Murty | CPI KMPP | K. Ramayya C. Ammanaraja | INC INC |
| 9 | Masulipatnam | 1 | Sanaka Buchhikotaiah | CPI | K. Ramayya | INC |
| 10 | Gudivada | 1 | K. Gopala Rao | CPI | Duggirala Balarama Krishnaiah | INC |
| 11 | Vijayawada | 1 | IND | Rajyam Sinha | INC | |
| 12 | Tenali | 1 | INC | Koratala Satyanarayana | CPI | |
| 13 | Guntur | 1 | S V Laxmi Narsimhan | IND | N. G. Ranga | INC |
| 14 | Narasaraopet | 1 | Chapalamadugu Ramaiah Cowdary | IND | Nandala Anjaneyulu Reddi | INC |
| 15 | Ongole | 2 | M Nanadass P. Venkataraghaviah | IND IND | K. Venkataranga Chetti E. Sundara Rama Reddi | KMPP INC |
| 16 | Nellore | 1 | Bezawada Ramachandra Reddy | IND | Vennelakurthi Raghavaiah | INC |
| 17 | Nandyal | 1 | Seshgiri Rao | IND | Sura Rami Reddy | INC |
| 18 | Kurnool | 1 | Y. Gadi Lingana Goud[1] | IND | H Sitaram Reddy | INC |
| 19 | Bellary | 1 | Tekur Subramanyam | INC | Y. Mahabaleswarappa | INC |
| 20 | Anantapur | 1 | INC | Pamidi Bayapa Reddi | IND | |
| 21 | Penukonda | 1 | K S Raghavachari | KMPP | Kalluri Subba Rao | INC |
| 22 | Cuddapah | 1 | CPI | P. Basi Reddi | INC | |
| 23 | Chittoor | 2 | INC INC | K. Nanjappa C.L.Narasimha Reddi | KLP KLP | |
| 24 | Tirupati | 1 | M Ananthasayanam Ayyanagar | INC | N. Venkatram Naidu | KLP |
| 25 | Madras | 1 | T. T. Krishnamachari | INC | Balasubramanya MDR | JUSP |
| 26 | Thiruvallur | 2 | Maragatham Chandrasekhar P. Natesan | INC | Guruswami Sarojini Rajah | IND KMPP |
| 27 | Chengalpattu | 1 | O. V. Alagesan | INC | A. R. L. Pathy | KMPP |
| 28 | Kancheepuram | 1 | A. Krishnaswami | CWL | T. Chengalvarayan | INC |
| 29 | Vellore | 2 | M. Muthukrishnan Ramachandar | INC CWL | N. S. Varadachari Muhammad Anwar | INC IND |
| 30 | Vandavasi | 1 | Munusami | CWL | Ramachandra Reddy | INC |
| 31 | Krishnagiri | 1 | C. R. Narasimhan | INC | C. Doraisami Gounder | IND |
| 32 | Dharmapuri | 1 | N. Satyanathan | IND | K. Subramanian | INC |
| 33 | Salem | 1 | S. V. Ramaswami | INC | S. Duraikannu Pillai | IND |
| 34 | Erode | 2 | Balakrishnan Periasami Gounder | INC INC | Kesavlal Jalidas Jait Pasupathi | IND SP |
| 35 | Tiruchengode | 1 | S. K. Baby | IND | P. Subbarayan | INC |
| 36 | Tiruppur | 1 | T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar | INC | Venkatachalam | IND |
| 37 | Pollachi | 1 | Damodaran | INC | Krishnabai Nimbkar Vasudev | SP |
| 38 | Coimbatore | 1 | T. A. Ramalingam Chettiar | INC | ||
| 39 | Pudukkottai | 1 | K. M. Vallatharasu | KMPP | V. Ramaiah Servai | INC |
| 40 | Perambalur | 1 | V. Boorarangaswami Padayachi | TNT | R. Krishnaswami Reddiar | INC |
| 41 | Tiruchirappalli | 1 | E. Mathuram | IND | N. Halasyam | INC |
| 42 | Thanjavur | 1 | R. Venkataraman | INC | R. Srinivasa Sharma | IND |
| 43 | Kumbakonam | 1 | C. Ramaswamy Mudaliar | INC | Ramaiah | IND |
| 44 | Mayuram | 2 | K. Ananda Nambiar K. Santhanam | CPI INC | V. Veeraswami R. Subramaniam | INC CPI |
| 45 | Cuddalore | 2 | Govindasamy Kachirayar Kanakasabai | TNT INC | L. Elayaperumal N. Rajangan | INC TNT |
| 46 | Tindivanam | 2 | A. Jayaraman V. Munuswamy | TNT TNT | V. I. Munuswamy Pillai Ramnath Goenka | INC INC |
| 47 | Tirunelveli | 1 | P. T. Thanu Pillai | INC | Adhimoolam Nadar | IND |
| 48 | Srivaikuntam | 1 | A. V. Thomas | INC | M. M. Subramanian | SP |
| 49 | Sankaranainarkoil | 1 | M. Sankarapandian | INC | Ahmad Ibrahim | IND |
| 50 | Aruppukottai | 1 | U. Muthuramalinga Thevar | FBL (MG) | M. Gulam Mohideen | INC |
| 51 | Ramanathapuram | 1 | V. VR. N. AR. Nagappa Chettiar | INC | T. Sundaram | KMPP |
| 52 | Srivilliputhur | 1 | K. Kamaraj Nadar | INC | G. D. Naidu | IND |
| 53 | Madurai | 2 | S. Balasubramaniam Kodimangalam P. M. Kakkan | INC INC | Thangamani Nadar S. A. Rahim | CPI SP |
| 54 | Periyakulam | 1 | A. Sakthivadivel Gounder | INC | C. Raghupathi Thevar | FBL (MG) |
| 55 | Dindigul | 1 | Ammu Swaminathan | INC | Krishnaswami | CPI |
| 56 | South Kanara (North) | 1 | U. Srinivas Mallya | INC | Jinaraja Hegde | KMPP |
| 57 | South Kanara South | 1 | B. Shiva Rao | INC | K.R. Karanth | KMPP |
| 58 | Cannanore | 1 | A. K. Gopalan | CPI | C.K.K. Govindan Nayar | INC |
| 59 | Tellicherry | 1 | N. Damodaran | KMPP | P. Kunhiraman | INC |
| 60 | Kozhikode | 1 | K. A. Damodara Menon | KMPP | Ummar Koya Parappil | INC |
| 61 | Malappuram | 1 | B. Pocker | IUML | T. V. Chattukutty Nair | INC |
| 62 | Ponnani | 2 | Kellapan Koyhapali Vella Eacharan Iyyani | KMPP INC | Karunakara Menon Massan Gani | INC IND |