1951–52 Indian general election in Travancore-Cochin

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For State Assembly election, see 1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election.
1951–52 Indian general election in Travancore-Cochin
1952 [lower-alpha 1] 1957 (KL) →
1957 (Madras) →
12 (of 489) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered4,210,244
Turnout2,989,273 (71.00%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jawaharlal Nehru N. Sreekantan Nair A. Nesamony
Party INC Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress
Seats won 6 1 1
Popular vote 1,224,533 220,312 115,893
Percentage 35.08% 6.31% 3.32%
Prime Minister before election

Jawaharlal Nehru
INC

Prime Minister after election

Jawaharlal Nehru
INC

The 1951–52 Indian general election was the first democratic national election held in India after Independence, and the polls in Travancore-Cochin were held for 11 constituencies with 12 seats. The result was a victory for Indian National Congress winning 6 out of the 12 seats. And Revolutionary Socialist Party and Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress each winning 1 seat and the rest 4 being won by Independents.

Results[edit | edit source]

By Parties[edit | edit source]

PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress1,224,53335.086
Independents1,265,05136.244
Socialist Party459,66913.170
Revolutionary Socialist Party220,3126.311
Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress115,8933.321
Kerala Socialist Party102,0982.930
All India Republican Party57,8151.660
Tamil Nad Congress Party36,1581.040
Cochin Party8,9470.260
Total3,490,476100.0012
Source: ECI[1]

By constituency[edit | edit source]

# Constituency Turnout Winner[2] Party Runner-up Party
1 Nagercoil 227,904 A. Nesamony Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress Sivathanu Pillai Independent
2 Trivandrum 255,044 Annie Mascarene Independent T. K. Narayana Pillai Socialist Party
3 Chirayinkil 233,287 V. Parameswaran Nair Independent T. K. Narayana Pillai INC
4 Quilon cum Mavelikara 1,028,391 Sreekantan Nair Revolutionary Socialist Party Kainikara N. Padmanabha Pillai INC
R. Velayudhan (SC) Independent Kunju Kunju (SC) INC
5 Alleppey 275,409 P. T. Punnose Independent A. P. Udayabhanu INC
6 Thiruvella 257,600 Mathen C. P. INC Narayana Pillai Socialist Party
7 Meenachil 267,829 P. T. Chacko INC Madhavan Pillai Independent
8 Kottayam 284,961 C. P. Mathew INC Varkey Santhisthan Independent
9 Ernakulam 247,832 A. M. Thomas INC Padmanabha Menon Kerala Socialist Party
10 Crangannur 239,313 K. T. Achyuthan INC George Chadayammuri Independent
11 Trichure 172,906 Iyyunni Chalakka INC Joseph Mundaserry Independent

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ In 1956, the states of Southern India were reorganized along linguistic lines into their present-day boundaries. This resulted in the transfer of territories between Madras and Thiru-Cochin

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "General Election of India 1951, List of Successful Candidate" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 90. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  2. ↑ "General Election, 1951 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2023.

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