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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Defunct constituency of the Mysore Legislative Assembly}}<br />
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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Mercara Town<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| map_image =<br />
| state = [[Mysore State]] ''([[Coorg State]] till 31 October 1956)''<br />
| electorate = <br />
| established = 1951<br />
| abolished = 1957<br />
| reservation = None<br />
}}<br />
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'''Madikeri Town Assembly constituency''' (also known as '''Mercara Town'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-18 |title=CHASING A DREAM: A JOURNALIST REVISITS MUMBAI AFTER 40 YEARS |url=https://www.coorgnews.in/featuresnewsmakers/chasing-a-dream-a-journalist-revisits-mumbai-after-40-years/#google_vignette |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=Coorg News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kodagu Ecotourism |url=https://www.kodaguecotourism.com/madikeri.html |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=www.kodaguecotourism.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chander |first=N. J. Ravi |title=Delights of the past and present |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/delights-of-the-past-and-present-3024136 |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>) was a constituency of the [[Mysore Legislative Assembly]] (part of [[Coorg Legislative Assembly]] till 31 October 1956). The lone election to this constituency was conducted in [[1952 Coorg State Legislative Assembly election|1952]] to the legislature of the [[Coorg State|Coorg State (Kodagu)]] in [[India]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Q5q4MedrFIC |title=India Votes |year=1968 |page=355}}</ref> The constituency included [[Madikeri]]. This seat was included to [[Mysore Legislative Assembly]] in 1956 during the [[States Reorganisation Act|reorganisation of the Indian States]] based along linguistic lines, the state of [[Coorg State|Coorg (Kodagu)]] was merged with [[Mysore State]].<ref>{{cite news |date=1 October 2005 |title=SRC submits report |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/01/stories/2005100100040900.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060301045415/http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/01/stories/2005100100040900.htm |archive-date=1 March 2006 |access-date=9 October 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai}}</ref><br />
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== Members of Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
!Year<br />
!Member<br />
!colspan="2"|Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election|1952]]<ref name="CoorgECI1951" /><br />
|[[B. S. Kushalappa]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|colspan=5 align=center|1957 onwards: ''Seat does not exist. See [[Madikeri Assembly constituency|Madikeri]]''<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Election results ==<br />
=== 1952 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election]]: Mercara Town<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=2020-05-08|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>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = [[B. S. Kushalappa]]<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = 1208<br />
|percentage = 48.42<br />
|change = ''New''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = B. K. Nanjundeshwara<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|votes = 542<br />
|percentage = 21.72<br />
|change = ''New''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = N. R. Gopalakrishna<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|votes = 499<br />
|percentage = 20.00<br />
|change = ''New''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = C. M. Thimmaya<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|votes = 246<br />
|percentage = 9.86<br />
|change = ''New''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 2,495<br />
|percentage = 61.94<br />
|change = ''New''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Karnataka}}<br />
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[[Category:Former assembly constituencies of Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:1957 disestablishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]<br />
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