1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election

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Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Travancore-Cochin were held on 27 March 1952.

Constituencies

Travancore-Cochin had 97 constituencies, 11 of them were two-member constituencies and 86 were single-member constituencies. There were 33,65,955 electors in the single member constituencies, while 8,44,389 electors in two-member constituencies. Total 437 candidates competed for 108 seats of the 97 constituencies in the Assembly.[1]

Political parties

Three national parties (Indian National Congress, Revolutionary Socialist Party and Socialist Party) along with four state parties (Cochin Party, Travancore Cochin Republican Praja Party, Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress and Tamil Nadu Toilers Party) and two registered unrecognized party (Kerala Socialist Party and Tamil Nadu People Front) took part in the electoral process of 1951-1952 assembly elections.[1] Since Communist Party of India was banned in Travancore-Cochin State,[2] its candidates took part in the electoral process as Independent candidates, which later formed a United Left front of leftists following the success in the elections.[3]

Results

Congress party fell short of the majority by 11 seats. So it formed a coalition government with the help of Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress, Kerala Socialist Party and a Nominated member. <section begin=Results />Template:Election table !colspan=8|File:India Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly 1951.svg |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" | ! Political party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! % of
Seats !! Votes !! Vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | Template:Full party name with color | | 105 || 44 || 40.74 || 12,04,364 || 35.44 |- | Template:Full party name with color | | 70 || 11 || 10.19 || 4,85,194 || 14.28 |- style="background: #90EE90;" |Template:Full party name with color | | 15 || 8 || 7.41 || 2,01,118 || 5.92 |- |Template:Full party name with color | | 12 || 1 || 0.93 || 59,535 || 1.75 |- |Template:Full party name with color | | 11 || 6 || 5.56 || 1,18,333 || 3.48 |- style="background: #90EE90;" |Template:Full party name with color | | 10 || 1 || 0.93 || 73,981 || 2.18 |- | Template:Party name with colour | | 199 || 37 || 34.26 || 11,51,555 || 33.89 |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| Total seats ! 108 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 50,54,733 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 33,98,193 (67.23%) |}<section end=Results />

Elected members

Constituency Member Party
Thovala Agasteeswaram A . Samraj Template:Full party name with color
Ramaswamy Pillai, T . S . Template:Full party name with color
Nagercoil C . Sankar Template:Full party name with color
Braniel A . K . Chelliah Template:Full party name with color
Chidambaranatha Nadar Template:Full party name with color
Nayyattinkara Chandrasekhara Pillai Template:Full party name with color
Parassala Kaujan Nadar Template:Full party name with color
Kottukal Morais J . T . Template:Full party name with color
Kazhakkoottam Sreedharan, V . Template:Full party name with color
Aryanad R . Kesavan Nair Template:Full party name with color
Nedumangad Neelacandaran Pandarathil Template:Full party name with color
Varkala Majeed Template:Full party name with color
Paravoor Raveendran Template:Full party name with color
C . Kesavan Template:Full party name with color
Chadayamangalam Kochu Kunju Template:Full party name with color
Kesava Pillai Template:Full party name with color
Pattazhi Velayudhan Nair Template:Full party name with color
Pathanapuram Rajagopalan Nair Template:Full party name with color
Shencottah Sattanatha Karayalar Template:Full party name with color
Kunnathur Aadichan Template:Full party name with color
Madhavan Unnithan Template:Full party name with color
Karunagappilly Raghavan Pillai Template:Full party name with color
Puthuppally Karunakaran Template:Full party name with color
Bharanikavu Govindan Nair Template:Full party name with color
Kuttappan Template:Full party name with color
Mavelikara Chellappan Pillai, K . K . Template:Full party name with color
Kadapra Sadasivan Pillai Template:Full party name with color
Chengannur Ramachandra Das Template:Full party name with color
Sivaraman Nair Template:Full party name with color
Kallupara Ninan, O . C . Template:Full party name with color
Thiruvellah Chacko Template:Full party name with color
Pathanamthitta Vasudevan Pillai Template:Full party name with color
Omallur Pareed Rawther Template:Full party name with color
Ranni Varghese Template:Full party name with color
Muthukulam Bhanu, K . Template:Full party name with color
Alleppy I Thomas , T . V . Template:Full party name with color
Alleppy II Sugathan , R . Template:Full party name with color
Thanneermuklom Sadasivan Template:Full party name with color
Shertallay Kumara Panicker, C . K . Template:Full party name with color
Thuravoor Gouri, K . R . Template:Full party name with color
Aroor Avira Tharakan Template:Full party name with color
Changanaserry Kesavan Sastry T.t. Template:Full party name with color
Korah , K . M . Template:Full party name with color
Kangirappilly Thomas, K . J . Template:Full party name with color
Vazhoor Varkey Template:Full party name with color
Vijayapuram P . T . Thomas Template:Full party name with color
Thiruvorppu Raghava Kurup , N . Template:Full party name with color
Kottayam Bhaskaran Nair Template:Full party name with color
Ettumanoor James Template:Full party name with color
Meenachil Mathew , M . C . Template:Full party name with color
Poonjar John , A . J . Template:Full party name with color
Ramapuram Cherian J. Kappan Template:Full party name with color
Uzhavoor Chandy , K . M . Template:Full party name with color
Kaduthuruthy Madhavan Template:Full party name with color
Vaikom Viswanathan , C . K . Template:Full party name with color
Piravam Cherian , M . V . Template:Full party name with color
Moovattupuzha Varghese, N . P . Template:Full party name with color
Kothamangalam Varghese Template:Full party name with color
Kumaramangalam Chacko , A . C . Template:Full party name with color
Thodupuzha George, K . M . Template:Full party name with color
Devicolam Peermede Ganapathy Template:Full party name with color
Deviappan Kangany Template:Full party name with color
Perumbavoor Govinda Pillai Template:Full party name with color
Kunnathunad Mathai Template:Full party name with color
Alwaye Abdulkadir Template:Full party name with color
Kothakulangara Kunjithommen Template:Full party name with color
Ayiroor Krishna Menon, K . P . Template:Full party name with color
Parur Sreevallabha Menon Template:Full party name with color
Alengad Varghese , E . P . Template:Full party name with color
Kanayannur Ayyappan Inc Template:Full party name with color
Ernakulam Jacob Arackal Template:Full party name with color
Mattancherry Pylee, L . M . Template:Full party name with color
Narakkal Ramakrishnan Template:Full party name with color
Crangannur Gopalakrishna Menon Template:Full party name with color
Poomangalam Joseph Template:Full party name with color
Chalakudy Govinda Menon , P . Template:Full party name with color
Amballur Varunni Template:Full party name with color
Kochukutten Template:Full party name with color
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Urakom Velayudhan Template:Full party name with color
Manalur Prabhakaran Template:Full party name with color
Trichur Achutha Menon Template:Full party name with color
Viyyur Karunakaran Template:Full party name with color
Kuanamkulam Krishnan Template:Full party name with color
Wadakancherry Ayyappan Template:Full party name with color
Balakrishna Menon Template:Full party name with color
Chittur Eachara Menon Template:Full party name with color
Nemmara Krishnan Ezhuthassan Template:Full party name with color

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named TCECI1951
  2. ↑ History of Kerala Legislature.
  3. ↑ Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. University of California Press(1982). ISBN 9780520046672

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