>Vijethnbharadwaj: Added Category

2022-01-05T16:12:20Z

Added Category

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:42, 5 January 2022
Line 81:		Line 81:
	[[Category:Constituencies established in 1951]]		[[Category:Constituencies established in 1951]]
	[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 1957]]		[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 1957]]
			[[Category:Defunct Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka]]

>Citation bot: Alter: title, url, template type. URLs might have been internationalized/anonymized. Add: isbn, year. Correct ISBN10 to ISBN13. | You can use this bot yourself. Report bugs here. | Suggested by AManWithNoPlan | All pages linked from cached copy of User:AManWithNoPlan/sandbox2 | via #UCB_webform_linked 946/11719

2020-10-16T20:12:01Z

Alter: title, url, template type. URLs might have been internationalized/anonymized. Add: isbn, year. Correct ISBN10 to ISBN13. | You can use this bot yourself. Report bugs here. | Suggested by AManWithNoPlan | All pages linked from cached copy of User:AManWithNoPlan/sandbox2 | via #UCB_webform_linked 946/11719

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|image =
|caption =
|Existence = 1951–1957
|Reservation = None
|ElectedByYear =
|State = [[Coorg State|Coorg]]
|AssemblyConstituencies = 18 (all of Coorg State)
|Electorate = 94,593
}}
'''Coorg''' was a constituency of the [[Lok Sabha]] (Lower House of the [[Parliament of India]]). It was used in the [[1951 Indian general election|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]].<ref name=e2>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_11_51_LS.PDF Constituency Data – Summary]''</ref> As of 1952, the constituency had 94,593 eligible voters.<ref name=e2/>

==1952 election==
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.<ref name=e1951>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF Statistical Report on General Elections, 1951 to the First Lok Sabha] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008191615/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |date=2014-10-08 }}''</ref> 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]].<ref name="Park1956">{{cite book|author=Richard Leonard Park|title=Reports on the Indian general elections, 1951-52|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=klA5AQAAIAAJ|year=1956|publisher=Popular Book Depot|pages=271–272}}</ref>

63,813 voters participated in the election (67.46% of the eligible voters).<ref name=e2/> N. Somana won the seat, obtaining 38,063 votes (59.65%).<ref name=e1951/>

==Merger with Mysore State==
In 1956 Coorg State merged into Mysore State.<ref name=h>''The Hindu''. ''[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/From-a-princely-State-to-two-Assembly-segments/article15212012.ece From a princely State to two Assembly segments]''</ref> The former state was accorded two seats in the Mysore Legislative Assembly: [[Virajpet (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Virajpet]] and [[Madikeri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mercara]].<ref name=h/><ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Mysore_1957.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore]''</ref> Both constituencies were included in the [[Mangalore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency]], along with six other Assembly constituencies till [[boundary delimitation|delimitation]] of parliamentary constituencies in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha, Volume III |publisher=Election Commission of India website|page=401|accessdate=31 March 2010}}</ref> Now Coorg (Kodagu) area is a part of [[Mysore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mysore Lok Sabha constituency]] from [[2009 Indian general election|2009 Election]], covering Virajpet and Madikeri Vidhan Sabha segments.

==Assembly Constituencies==
The following were the constituencies under Coorg Lok Sabha.<ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1951 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF COORG|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_COORG.pdf|work=Election Commission of India|publisher=eci.nic.in|type=pdf|pages=3–4|accessdate=24 February 2017}}</ref>
{|class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 100%;"
|-bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"

! No. !! style="width:130px" | Constituency !! style="width:180px" | Taluk !! No of Seats
|-
| 1 || Sanivarasanthe || [[Somwarpet]] || 2
|-
| 2 || Somwarpet North || [[Somwarpet]] || 1
|-
| 3 || Somwarpet South || [[Somwarpet]] || 1
|-
| 4 || Fraserpet ([[Kushalnagar]])|| [[Somwarpet]] || 1
|-
| 5 || Sunticoppa || [[Somwarpet]] || 2
|-
| 6 || Mercara Town || [[Madikeri]] || 1
|-
| 7 || Murnad || [[Madikeri]] || 1
|-
| 8 || Mercara Nad || [[Madikeri]] || 1
|-
| 9 || Srimangala Nad || [[Virajpet]] || 2
|-
| 10 || Hudikeri || [[Virajpet]] || 1
|-
| 11 || Berriath Nad (Kuntagrama)<ref>{{cite web|title=GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND REVENUE|url=https://www.karnataka.gov.in/Gazetteer/Publications/District%20Gazetteers/Kodagu%20District%20(English)/1993/Kodagu%20Dist%20Gazetteer%201993%20Chp%2009.pdf|work=Kodagu District Gazetter|publisher=www.karnataka.gov.in|type=pdf|page=506|accessdate=24 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND REVENUE|url=https://www.karnataka.gov.in/Gazetteer/Publications/District%20Gazetteers/Kodagu%20District%20(English)/1993/Kodagu%20Dist%20Gazetteer%201993%20Chp%2001.pdf|work=Kodagu District Gazetter|publisher=www.karnataka.gov.in|type=pdf|page=6|accessdate=24 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND REVENUE|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UM3LjKo8Uo8C&q=kuntagrama&pg=PA381|work=Kodagu District Gazetter|year = 2007|publisher=www.karnataka.gov.in|type=pdf|page=381|isbn = 9788180693977|accessdate=24 February 2017}}</ref>|| [[Virajpet]] || 1
|-
| 12 || Ponnampet Nad || [[Virajpet]] || 2
|-
| 13 || Virajpet Town || [[Virajpet]] || 1
|-
| 14 || Virajpet Nad || [[Virajpet]] || 2
|-
| 15 || Ammathi Nad || [[Virajpet]] || 1
|-
| 16 || Siddapur || [[Virajpet]] || 2
|-
| 17 || Napoklu Nad || [[Madikeri]] || 1
|-
| 18 || [[Bhagamandala Nad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhagamandala Nad]] || [[Madikeri]] || 1
|}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==See also==
* [[Kodagu district]]
* [[Mysore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mysore Lok Sabha constituency]]
* [[List of former constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Karnataka}}

[[Category:Elections in Coorg State]]
[[Category:Defunct constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in India]]
[[Category:1957 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1951]]
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 1957]]

Coorg (Lok Sabha constituency) - Revision history

>Vijethnbharadwaj: Added Category