Template:For Template:Infobox election 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.
Voting and results
Results by Alliance
| INC | SEATS | CPI | SEATS | OTHERS | SEATS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | 35 | CPI | 8 | IND | 15 |
| KMPP | 5 | ||||
| Others | 12 | ||||
| TOTAL (1951) | 35 | TOTAL (1951) | 8 | TOTAL (1951) | 32 |
- Independent parties are local state parties, that are unrecognised nationally
Results by Parties
Results by Linguistic areas
Results by Tamil-majority constituencies
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.
Results by Telugu-majority constituencies
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.
Results by Kannada-majority constituencies
These were 3 constituencies with 3 seats, namely Bellary, South Kanara (North) and South Kanara South. However, Bellary constituency had significant Telugu minority population.
Results by Malayalam-majority constituencies
These were 5 constituencies with 6 seats, namely Cannanore, Tellicherry, Kozhikode, Malappuram and Ponnani (2 seats).
List of Elected MPs
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.
| Constituency | Template:Abbr | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||
| 1 | Pathapatnam | 1 | V. V. Giri | Template:Party color cell | INC | 50,084 | 29.87 | Madusudana Jagadev Raja Bahadur | Template:Party color cell | IND | 43,689 | 26.06 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6,395 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.81 |
| 2 | Srikakulam | 1 | Boddapalli Rajagopala Rao | Template:Party color cell | IND | 51,992 | 28.00 | Pasupati Lakshmi Narsinha Raju | Template:Party color cell | INC | 42,593 | 22.94 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|9,399 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|5.06 |
| 3 | Parvathipuram | 1 | N. Rama Seshiah | Template:Party color cell | IND | 67,124 | 33.87 | Senapathi Sitharama Patrudu | Template:Party color cell | IND | 55,279 | 27.90 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|11,845 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|5.97 |
| 4 | Vizianagaram | 1 | Kandala Subramaniam | Template:Party color cell | SP | 1,12,096 | 61.64 | Pasumarihi Veerabhadraswami | Template:Party color cell | INC | 27,541 | 15.14 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|84,555 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|46.50 |
| 5 | Visakhapatnam | 2 | Lanka Sundaram | Template:Party color cell | IND | 1,40,718 | 41.45 | K. Subbaraju | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,24,102 | 36.56 | Template:Abbr | |
| 6 | Kakinada | 1 | Chelikani Venkata Rama Rao | Template:Party color cell | CPI | 85,901 | 39.08 | Moslakanti Tirumal Rao | Template:Party color cell | INC | 59,540 | 27.08 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26,361 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12.00 |
| 7 | Rajahmundry | 2 | Kaneti Mohana Rao | Template:Party color cell | CPI | 1,47,706 | 16.41 | Nalla Reddi Naidu | Template:Party color cell | SP | 1,46,331 | 16.26 | Template:Abbr | |
| 8 | Eluru | 2 | K. Subha Rao | Template:Party color cell | CPI | 1,87,822 | 18.77 | B. S. Murthy | Template:Party color cell | KMPP | 1,64,671 | 16.46 | Template:Abbr | |
| 9 | Masulipatnam | 1 | Sanka Butehikottaiah | Template:Party color cell | CPI | 1,24,101 | 48.91 | K. Venkata Ramayya | Template:Party color cell | INC | 77,250 | 30.45 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|46,851 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18.46 |
| 10 | Gudivada | 1 | K. Gopala Rao | Template:Party color cell | CPI | 1,42,537 | 51.51 | Duggirala Balaramakrishniah | Template:Party color cell | INC | 86,785 | 31.36 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|55,752 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20.15 |
| 11 | Vijayawada | 1 | Harindranath Chattopadhyaya | Template:Party color cell | IND | 1,24,320 | 46.97 | Rajyam Sinha | Template:Party color cell | INC | 49,396 | 18.66 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|74,924 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|28.31 |
| 12 | Tenali | 1 | Kotha Raghuramiah | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,03,126 | 39.70 | Koratala Satyanarayana | Template:Party color cell | CPI | 1,01,738 | 39.16 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1,388 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|0.54 |
| 13 | Guntur | 1 | S. V. Laxmi Narasimham | Template:Party color cell | IND | 79,350 | 31.18 | N. G. Ranga | Template:Party color cell | KLP | 61,833 | 24.30 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|17,517 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|6.88 |
| 14 | Narasaraopet | 1 | Chapalamadugu Ramiah Chowdry | Template:Party color cell | IND | 78,332 | 36.19 | Nandala Anjaneyulu Reddi | Template:Party color cell | INC | 48,396 | 22.36 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|29,936 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|13.83 |
| 15 | Ongole | 2 | M. Nanadass | Template:Party color cell | IND | 1,52,472 | 21.06 | P. Venkataraghaviah | Template:Party color cell | IND | 1,26,292 | 17.45 | Template:Abbr | |
| 16 | Nellore | 1 | Bezwada Ramachandra Reddy | Template:Party color cell | IND | 67,582 | 32.65 | Vennalakurthi Raghavaiah | Template:Party color cell | INC | 65,795 | 31.78 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|1,787 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|0.87 |
| 17 | Nandyal | 1 | Seshagiri Rao | Template:Party color cell | IND | 67,905 | 27.74 | Sura Rami Reddy | Template:Party color cell | INC | 61,301 | 25.04 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|6,604 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|2.70 |
| 18 | Kurnool | 1 | H. Sitharama Reddy | Template:Party color cell | INC | 70,887 | 36.50 | Y. Gadilingana Goud | Template:Party color cell | IND | 57,874 | 29.80 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|13,013 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6.70 |
| 19 | Bellary | 1 | T. Subrahmanyam | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,24,976 | 56.91 | Y. Mahabaleshwarappa | Template:Party color cell | IND | 94,615 | 43.09 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30,361 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|13.82 |
| 20 | Anantapur | 1 | Paidi Lakshmayya | Template:Party color cell | INC | 85,187 | 39.45 | Pamidi Bayapa Reddi | Template:Party color cell | IND | 76,187 | 35.28 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9,000 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4.17 |
| 21 | Penukonda | 1 | K. S. Raghavachari | Template:Party color cell | KMPP | 1,09,408 | 50.27 | Kalluri Subba Rao | Template:Party color cell | INC | 85,098 | 39.10 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24,310 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11.17 |
| 22 | Cuddapah | 1 | Eswara Reddi Yeddula | Template:Party color cell | CPI | 85,125 | 35.47 | P. Basi Reddy | Template:Party color cell | INC | 66,658 | 27.78 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18,467 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.69 |
| 23 | Chittoor | 2 | T. N. Vishwanatha Reddi | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,61,590 | 20.49 | M. V. Gangadara Siva | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,51,082 | 19.16 | Template:Abbr | |
| 24 | Tirupati | 1 | M. Ananthasayanam Ayyanagar | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,14,782 | 51.35 | N. Venkataram Naidu | Template:Party color cell | KLP | 1,08,745 | 48.65 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6,037 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2.70 |
| 25 | Madras | 1 | T. T. Krishnamachari | Template:Party color cell | INC | 79,431 | 40.66 | Balasubramanya | Template:Party color cell | JUSP | 63,254 | 32.38 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16,177 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|8.28 |
| 26 | Tiruvallur | 2 | Margatham Chandrasekar | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,10,265 | 17.89 | P. Natesan | Template:Party color cell | INC | 90,340 | 14.66 | Template:Abbr | |
| 27 | Chingleput | 1 | O. V. Alagesan | Template:Party color cell | INC | 55,102 | 36.53 | A. R. L. Pathy | Template:Party color cell | KMPP | 39,857 | 26.42 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15,245 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10.11 |
| 28 | Kancheepuram | 1 | A. Krishnaswami | Template:Party color cell | CWL | 1,11,233 | 55.63 | T. Chengalvarayan | Template:Party color cell | INC | 88,724 | 44.37 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|22,509 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|11.26 |
| 29 | Vellore | 2 | Muthukrishnan | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,39,448 | 20.89 | Ramachander | Template:Party color cell | CWL | 1,18,154 | 17.70 | Template:Abbr | |
| 30 | Wandiwash | 1 | Munisami | Template:Party color cell | CWL | 96,011 | 54.09 | Ramachandra Reddy | Template:Party color cell | INC | 68,498 | 38.59 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|27,513 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|15.50 |
| 31 | Krishnagiri | 1 | C. R. Narasimhan | Template:Party color cell | INC | 61,672 | 41.88 | C. Doraisami Gounder | Template:Party color cell | IND | 55,478 | 37.68 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6,194 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4.20 |
| 32 | Dharmapuri | 1 | N. Satyanathan | Template:Party color cell | IND | 66,216 | 35.69 | K. Subramanian | Template:Party color cell | INC | 61,570 | 33.18 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|4,646 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|2.51 |
| 33 | Salem | 1 | S. V. Ramaswami | Template:Party color cell | INC | 90,570 | 44.44 | Konnu Rao Sahaib S. Durai Konnu Pillai | Template:Party color cell | IND | 79,705 | 39.11 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|10,865 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5.33 |
| 34 | Erode | 2 | Balakrishnan | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,69,708 | 21.68 | Periasami Gounder | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,54,527 | 19.74 | Template:Abbr | |
| 35 | Tiruchengode | 1 | S. K. Baby alias Kandaswami | Template:Party color cell | IND | 95,664 | 54.78 | Dr. P. Subbaroyan | Template:Party color cell | INC | 78,973 | 45.22 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|16,691 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|9.56 |
| 36 | Tiruppur | 1 | T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,17,630 | 56.45 | Venkatachalam | Template:Party color cell | IND | 90,745 | 43.55 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26,885 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12.90 |
| 37 | Pollachi | 1 | Damodaram | Template:Party color cell | INC | 93,405 | 44.40 | Krisnabai Nimbkar Vasudev | Template:Party color cell | SP | 46,744 | 22.22 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|46,661 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22.18 |
| 38 | Coimbatore | 1 | T. A. Ramalinga Chettiar | Template:Party color cell | INC | Won Uncontested | ||||||||
| 39 | Pudukkottai | 1 | K. M. Vallatharsu | Template:Party color cell | KMPP | 1,02,404 | 53.42 | V. Ramaiah Servai | Template:Party color cell | INC | 89,293 | 46.58 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|13,111 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|6.84 |
| 40 | Perambalur | 1 | V. Boorarangaswami Pandayachi | Template:Party color cell | TNT | 84,332 | 37.34 | R. Krishnaswami Reddiar | Template:Party color cell | INC | 65,443 | 28.98 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18,889 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|8.36 |
| 41 | Tiruchirappalli | 1 | E. Mathuram | Template:Party color cell | IND | 94,184 | 43.82 | N. Halasyam | Template:Party color cell | INC | 77,007 | 35.83 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|17,177 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:black;"|7.99 |
| 42 | Tanjore | 1 | R. Venkataraman | Template:Party color cell | INC | 92,483 | 45.85 | R. Srinivasa Sarma | Template:Party color cell | IND | 87,476 | 43.36 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5,007 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2.49 |
| 43 | Kumbakonam | 1 | C. Ramaswamy Mudaliar | Template:Party color cell | INC | 95,433 | 41.59 | Ramaiah | Template:Party color cell | IND | 62,124 | 27.07 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33,309 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|14.52 |
| 44 | Mayuram | 2 | K. Ananda Nambiar | Template:Party color cell | CPI | 1,98,743 | 22.49 | K. Santhanam | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,89,089 | 21.40 | Template:Abbr | |
| 45 | Cuddalore | 2 | Govindaswamy Kachirayar | Template:Party color cell | TNT | 1,86,894 | 25.26 | Kanakasabai | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,64,985 | 22.30 | Template:Abbr | |
| 46 | Tindivanam | 2 | A. Jayaraman | Template:Party color cell | TNT | 2,20,670 | 27.95 | V. Muniswami | Template:Party color cell | TNT | 2,14,772 | 27.20 | Template:Abbr | |
| 47 | Tirunelveli | 1 | Thanu Pillai | Template:Party color cell | INC | 86,077 | 44.32 | Athimoolam | Template:Party color cell | IND | 71,871 | 37.01 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|14,206 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.31 |
| 48 | Srivaikuntam | 1 | A. V. Thomas | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,07,338 | 62.31 | M. M. Subramanian | Template:Party color cell | SP | 64,916 | 37.69 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|42,422 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24.62 |
| 49 | Sankaranainarkoil | 1 | M. Sankarapandian | Template:Party color cell | INC | 96,577 | 39.11 | Ahmad Ibrahim | Template:Party color cell | IND | 92,459 | 37.44 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4,118 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1.67 |
| 50 | Aruppukottai | 1 | U. Muthuramalinga Thevar | Template:Party color cell | MFB | 90,512 | 45.09 | M. Gulam Mohideen | Template:Party color cell | INC | 70,724 | 35.23 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|19,788 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|9.86 |
| 51 | Ramanathapuram | 1 | V. Vr. N. Ar. Nagappa Chettiar | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,09,110 | 56.36 | T. Sundaram | Template:Party color cell | KMPP | 44,118 | 22.79 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|64,992 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33.57 |
| 52 | Srivilliputtur | 1 | K. Kamaraj Nadar | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,04,829 | 46.77 | G. D. Naidu | Template:Party color cell | IND | 77,835 | 34.73 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26,994 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12.04 |
| 53 | Madurai | 2 | S. Balasubramaniam | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,95,762 | 26.68 | P. M. Kakkan | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,89,945 | 25.89 | Template:Abbr | |
| 54 | Periyakulam | 1 | A. Sakthivadivel Gounder | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,07,875 | 44.43 | C. Raghupathi Thevar | Template:Party color cell | MFB | 74,991 | 30.89 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|32,884 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|13.54 |
| 55 | Dindigul | 1 | Ammu Swaminathan | Template:Party color cell | INC | 77,285 | 36.89 | Krishnaswami | Template:Party color cell | CPI | 64,953 | 31.01 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12,332 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5.88 |
| 56 | South Kanara (North) | 1 | U. Srinivasa Mallyya | Template:Party color cell | INC | 98,122 | 44.45 | K. B. Jinaraja Hegde | Template:Party color cell | KMPP | 86,268 | 39.08 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11,854 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|5.37 |
| 57 | South Kanara South | 1 | B. Shiva Rao | Template:Party color cell | INC | 96,619 | 46.88 | K. R. Karanth | Template:Party color cell | KMPP | 87,778 | 42.59 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|8,841 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4.29 |
| 58 | Cannanore | 1 | A. K. Gopalan | Template:Party color cell | CPI | 1,66,299 | 65.87 | C. K. K. Govindan Nayar | Template:Party color cell | INC | 79,270 | 31.40 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|87,029 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34.47 |
| 59 | Tellicherry | 1 | N. Damodaran | Template:Party color cell | KMPP | 98,483 | 42.61 | P. Kunhiraman | Template:Party color cell | INC | 62,182 | 26.90 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|36,301 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15.71 |
| 60 | Kozhikode | 1 | Achuthan Damodaran Menon | Template:Party color cell | KMPP | 1,04,466 | 44.26 | Ummar Koya, Parappil | Template:Party color cell | INC | 77,012 | 32.63 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27,454 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11.63 |
| 61 | Malappuram | 1 | B. Pocker | Template:Party color cell | ML | 79,470 | 38.98 | T. V. Chathukutty Nair | Template:Party color cell | INC | 62,494 | 30.65 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|16,976 | style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|8.33 |
| 62 | Ponnani | 2 | Kelappan Koyhapali | Template:Party color cell | KMPP | 1,46,366 | 18.90 | Karunakara Menon | Template:Party color cell | INC | 1,36,603 | 17.64 | Template:Abbr | |