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The '''Coorg Legislative Assembly''' was a legislative body which introduced laws for [[Coorg State]] from 1950 to 1956. It had its origins in the Coorg Legislative Council established on 26 January 1924 as a representative body of the Chief Commissioner's [[Coorg Province|province of Coorg]]. When the [[Constitution of India]] came into force on 26 January 1950, the name of the body was officially changed to Coorg Legislative Assembly. The first and only general election to the assembly took place in [[1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election|1952]]. It was eventually dissolved in 1956 when Coorg State was merged with the neighbouring [[Mysore State]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
The Coorg Legislative Council was formed on 28 January 1924 as a representative body for the inhabitants of Coorg Province. It initially consisted of twenty members, fifteen of whom were elected and five nominated. The franchise was enlarged by the [[Government of India Act 1935]] and the [[Indian Independence Act, 1947]]. In 1947, the number of members was reduced by two when the European constituency was abolished.<br />
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The Constitution of India replaced the legislative council with a legislative assembly consisting of 24 members from 18 constituencies, of which six were two-member constituencies and twelve were single-member constituencies.<ref name="CoorgECI1951">{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4106-coorg-1951/ | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951: To the Legislative Assembly of Coorg (Kodagu) | publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] | access-date=8 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022013656/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_COORG.pdf |archive-date=22 October 2013}}</ref> Coming into force on 26 January 1950, one election was held to the assembly, in 1952.<br />
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== Members of the Coorg Legislative Assembly, 1952 ==<br />
Candidates of only two political parties [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) and [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI) contested the elections. [[Thakkadi Party]] candidates contested as [[Independent politician|Independents]] such as the independence activist [[Pandyanda Belliappa]] (elected from Ammathi Nad Constituency).<ref name="CoorgECI1951" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ponnathpur |first=Rakshith S. |date=12 August 2020 |title=When Kodagu merged with Mysore: A short political history of the region |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/when-kodagu-merged-mysore-short-political-history-region-130609 |access-date=28 February 2026 |website=The News Minute |language=en |archive-date=6 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106213309/https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/when-kodagu-merged-mysore-short-political-history-region-130609 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ponnathpur |first=Rakshith |title=When Kodagu merged with Mysore: A short political history of the region |url=http://codavanationalcouncil.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/when-kodagu-merged-mysore-short-political-history-region.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241219145322/http://codavanationalcouncil.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/when-kodagu-merged-mysore-short-political-history-region.pdf |archive-date=19 December 2024 |access-date=7 March 2026 |website=codavanationalcouncil.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ganapathy|first=Shanthi|date=21 May 2019|title=First General Elections in Coorg-1951 …remembering the first Parliament Elections|url=https://starofmysore.com/first-general-elections-in-coorg-1951-remembering-the-first-parliament-elections/|access-date=28 February 2026|website=Star of Mysore|language=en-US|archive-date=14 November 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251114030451/https://starofmysore.com/first-general-elections-in-coorg-1951-remembering-the-first-parliament-elections/|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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{|class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! No.<br />
! Constituency<br />
! MLA<br />
! colspan=2|Party<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan=2 |1<br />
| rowspan=2 | [[Sanivarasanthe Assembly constituency|Sanivarasanthe]]<br />
| P. K. Chennayya<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Kuttur Mallappa|K. Mallappa]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
! 2<br />
| [[Somwarpet North Assembly constituency|Somwarpet North]]<br />
| C. K. Kalappa<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
! 3<br />
| [[Somwarpet South Assembly constituency|Somwarpet South]]<br />
| H. T. Muthanna<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Independent politician}}<br />
|-<br />
! 4<br />
| [[Kushalnagar Assembly constituency|Fraserpet]]<br />
| G. Lingarajayya<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan=2| 5<br />
| rowspan=2| [[Suntikoppa Assembly constituency|Sunticoppa]]<br />
| [[Gundugutti Manjanathaya]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| P. Lakha<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
! 6<br />
| [[Madikeri Town Assembly constituency|Mercara Town]]<br />
| B. S. Kushalappa<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
! 7<br />
| [[Murnad Assembly constituency|Murnad]]<br />
| C. A. Mandanna<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
! 8<br />
| Mercara Nad<br />
| P. D. Subbaiah<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan=2| 9<br />
| rowspan=2| Srimangala Nad<br />
| K. P. Karumbayya<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}<br />
|-<br />
| G. Subbaiah<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Independent}}<br />
|-<br />
! 10<br />
| Hudikeri<br />
| K. K. Ganapathy<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Independent}}<br />
|-<br />
! 11<br />
| Berriath Nad<br />
| [[C. M. Poonacha]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan=2 |12<br />
| rowspan=2| Ponnampet Nad<br />
| Yeravara Belli<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| P. Nanamaya<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
! 13<br />
| Virajpet Town<br />
| N. G. Ahamed<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Independent}}<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan=2| 14<br />
| rowspan=2 | Virajpet Nad<br />
| Harijan Nanja<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Independent}}<br />
|-<br />
| P. C. Uthayya<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Independent}}<br />
|-<br />
! 15<br />
| Ammathi Nad<br />
| [[Pandyanda Belliappa]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Independent}}<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan=2| 16<br />
| rowspan=2| Siddapur<br />
| Bettakurubara Kala<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| Muruvanda Machaiah<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
! 17<br />
| Napoklu Nad<br />
| A. C. Thimmaiah<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Independent}}<br />
|-<br />
! 18<br />
| [[Bhagamandala Nad Assembly constituency|Bhagamandala Nad]]<br />
| Konana Devaiah<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* Bopanna, P. T. ''The Rise and Fall of the Coorg State'', 2009<br />
* Muthanna, I. M. ''Coorg Memoirs'', 1971<br />
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[[Category:Coorg State]]<br />
[[Category:Historical state legislatures in India]]<br />
[[Category:State lower houses in India]]<br />
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