Type: | LS |
Coorg | |
Established: | 1951 |
Abolished: | 1957 |
Reservation: | None |
Assembly Cons: | 18 (all of Coorg State) |
Electors: | 94,593 |
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sanivarasanthe | 2 | ||
2 | Somwarpet North | 1 | ||
3 | Somwarpet South | 1 | ||
4 | Fraserpet (Kushalnagar) | 1 | ||
5 | Sunticoppa | 2 | ||
6 | Mercara Town | 1 | ||
7 | Murnad | 1 | ||
8 | Mercara Nad | 1 | ||
9 | Srimangala Nad | 2 | ||
10 | Hudikeri | 1 | ||
11 | Berriath Nad (Kuntagrama)[8] [9] [10] | 1 | ||
12 | Ponnampet Nad | 2 | ||
13 | Virajpet Town | 1 | ||
14 | Virajpet Nad | 2 | ||
15 | Ammathi Nad | 1 | ||
16 | Siddapur | 2 | ||
17 | Napoklu Nad | 1 | ||
18 | 1 |