1954 elections in India

Legislative Assembly elections

Legislative Assembly elections in India were conducted for Patiala & East Punjab States Union legislative assembly and Travancore-Cochin legislative assembly in 1954. In Patiala & East Punjab States Union, Indian National Congress won an absolute majority.^[1] While in Travancore-Cochin, no single party got the majority.^[2]

^* : On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Patiala & East Punjab States Union was merged with Punjab.^[3]

e • d Summary of results of the 1954 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election ^[2]
Political party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net Change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
Indian National Congress		115	45	1	38.46	17,62,820	45.32	9.88
Communist Party of India		36	23	New	19.66	6,52,613	16.78	New
Praja Socialist Party		38	19	New	16.24	6,32,623	16.26	New
Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress		16	12	4	10.26	2,37,411	6.10	0.18
Revolutionary Socialist Party		12	9	3	7.69	212354	5.46	1.98
47	9	28	7.69	3,91,612	10.07	N/A
		Total seats	117 ( 9)	Voters	52,51,560	Turnout	38,89,836 (74.07 %)

^* : In 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Travancore-Cochin state was merged with the Malabar district of Madras State, Kasaragod taluk of the South Canara district and the Amindive Islands to form a new state Kerala. The southern part of Travancore-Cochin, Kanyakumari district was transferred to Madras State.^[3]

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↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 : To the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. October 15, 1955. Retrieved July 25, 2015.