1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election

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1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election

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All 375 seats in the
Legislature of Madras State

188 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader C. Rajagopalachari M. Kalyanasundaram
Party INC CPI
Leader's seat
MLC
Tiruchirappalli North
Seats won 152 62
Popular vote 6,988,701 2,640,337
Percentage 34.88 13.18

Chief Minister
before election

P.S. Kumaraswamy Raja

INC

Elected
Chief Minister

C. Rajagopalachari
INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

The first legislative assembly Election to the

Madras state based on universal adult suffrage was held in 27 March 1952. This was the first election held in Madras state after the Indian Independence
. This election was officially known as the 1951 Madras State Election, even though through delays, actual voting didn't take place until early 1952.

No single party obtained a simple majority to form an independent government.

Hereditary education policy, Rajaji resigned in 1954. In the ensuing leadership struggle, Kamaraj defeated Rajaji's chosen successor C. Subramaniam
and became the Chief Minister on 31 March 1954.

Background

Factionalism in Congress

In the years after the

Omandur Ramaswamy Reddiar, Kamaraj's nominee, became the Chief Minister. When Reddiar showed signs of independence, Kamaraj engineered his removal by a vote of no confidence in Congress Legislature Party on 31 March 1949. P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja, the next Chief Minister who formed the Government on 6 April 1949 was believed to be a stooge of Kamaraj. He retained the chiefministership till the 1952 election when he lost his seat in Srivilliputhur constituency.[1][2] The main factions within the Madras Congress Party during this period were: 1) the Andhra (Prakasam) faction, 2) the Rajaji faction 3) Kamaraj faction (Tamil non-Brahmin members) and 4)the Bezawada Gopala Reddy and Kala Venkata Rao faction supported by the All India Congress Committee president Pattabhi Sitaramayya[3]

The Prakasam faction later split from the Congress to form the Hyderabad State Praja Party. The party merged with the Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party in June 1951.

Communists in electoral process

In 1951, the

Tanjore in Tamil Nadu where they were supported by the Dravidar Kazhagam.[9]

Split in the Dravidian Movement

The

Dravidistan- a separate state for Dravidians.[10][11] Some of the old guard of the Justice party, which had been renamed as Dravidar Kazhagam in 1944, refused to accept Periyar's leadership. Led by P. T. Rajan
, they insisted they were still the real Justice party and contested the 1952 elections under the "Scales" symbol.

Constituencies

According to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Madras) Order, 1951, made by the President under sections 6 and 9 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, the Madras Legislative Assembly consisted of 375 seats to be filled by election, distributed in 309 constituencies and 62 two-member constituencies in each of which a seat had been reserved for Scheduled Castes and four two-member constituencies in each of which a seat had been reserved for Scheduled Tribes. Three seats were uncontested. The elections were conducted for the remaining 372 seats.[12]

The two member constituencies were established in accordance to Article 332 of the

Scheduled Tribe candidates.[14] These constituencies were larger in size and had greater number of voters (more than 1,00,000)[15]
when compared to general constituencies. Two separate list of candidates, a general list and a reserved list, contested in those constituencies. Each voter had to cast two votes – one for each list.

The two winners were chosen as follows:

  • Reserved Member – Candidate with the most votes among the reserved (SC/ST) list candidates
  • General Member – Candidate with the most votes among the rest of the candidates excluding the Reserved Member (including both reserved and general lists).

This system led to anomalies. In some cases like the Coimbatore – II constituency in the

1957 election, both elected members belonged to the reserved list – the candidate with second highest number of votes in reserved list secured more votes than the highest vote getter in the general list. Multiple members were elected only in the 1952 and 1957 elections as double member representation was abolished in 1961 by the enactment of Two-Member Constituencies Abolition Act (1961).[16]

Political parties

The main opponents for the Congress in Madras were the CPI, Prakasam's

Arcot districts. The candidates they backed had to sign a pledge to support DMK's agenda in the legislative assembly.[10][17] The Dravidar Kazhagam also did not participate directly in the election. However, it supported the Communists in an effort to defeat the Indian National Congress which it claimed was a Brahmin dominated party. It also supported a number of other parties and Independents in the election.[9][18] The Justice party, led by P. T. Rajan
contested in nine seats.

Election

Polling was held on 27 March 1952.[19] In all, 2,507 persons filed their nominations-2,472 men and 35 women. Of these, the nominations were rejected in respect of 79 candidates-78 men and one woman. Seven hundred and fifty-one candidates withdrew their nominations in time-741 men and 10 women.[12]

Results

Summary of results of the 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election[19]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested
Won % of
Seats
Votes Vote % Govt.
Formation
Indian National Congress 367 152 40.53 69,88,701 34.88 Leading Party
Socialist Party 163 13 3.47 12,99,282 6.48
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 148 35 9.33 18,03,377 9.00 **Full support
Communist Party of India 131 62 16.53 26,40,337 13.18
Krishikar Lok Party# 63 15 4.00 6,29,893 3.14 *Outside support,
joined the cabinet
in 1954
Republican Party of India 37 2 0.53 3,39,680 1.70
Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party* 34 19 5.07 8,52,330 4.25
Commonweal Party** 13 6 1.60 2,18,288 1.09
Madras State Muslim League Party
**
13 5 1.33 1,86,546 0.93 #3 KLP legislators
and
15 Independents
joined Congress
Justice Party 9 1 0.27 82,231 0.41
All India Forward Bloc 6 3 0.80 1,38,203 0.69
Independent# 667 62 16.53 47,58,768 23.75
Total seats 375 Voters 3,66,00,615 Turnout 2,00,38,423 (54.75%)

Government formation

Election of C. Rajagopalachari

The composite Madras State then included parts of

Kumaraswami Raja, the incumbent Chief Minister lost the election along with five members of his cabinet (Bezawada Gopala Reddy, Kala Venkata Rao, K. Chandramouli, K. Madhava Menon and M. Bhaktavatsalam).[20][21]

A large number of CPI members were elected from Andhra region of Madras state which had for some years demanded a separate state for Telugu speaking areas. In February 1952, the non-congress members convened under T. Prakasam, leader of the KMPP, at Madras to form the United Democratic Front (UDF) and issued a "Common Minimum Program". They claimed to control 166 seats (CPI and CPI backed independents – 70, KMPP – 36, Tamil Nadu Toilers Party – 19, Commonweal party – 6, FBL (MG) – 3, SCF – 1, JUSP −1 and Independents – 30). Prakasam wrote to the Governor Sri Prakasa staking his claim to form the Government as the leader of the single largest formation. The Congress did not want the Communists taking power or to impose Governor's rule in the state. It brought Rajaji out of retirement to form the Government as a consensus candidate.[20][22][23][24] Kamaraj, President of the Madras Provincial Congress Committee was of the opinion that the UDF should be allowed to form the Government as he had predicted the weak coalition might eventually fall apart. However other leaders such as T. T. Krishnamachari and Ramnath Goenka wanted Rajaji to be nominated to form the Government.[25]

Rajaji was invited by Sri Prakasa to form the Government on 1 April 1952 and was sworn in on 10 April 1952. He refused to run for a by-election and the Governor nominated him for the assembly's upper house (Legislative Council). It was considered to be a "constitutional impropriety" as the nomination of a member to the Council could be done only at the recommendation of the cabinet. But in this case, the Governor acted unilaterally when no cabinet had been formed yet.

Speaker of the assembly, J. Shivashanmugam Pillai of the Congress was reelected as the Speaker defeating independent MLA Swayamprakasam by 206 votes to 162.[27] On 3 July, Rajaji was able to win a vote of confidence with the support of 200 members with 151 opposing (and 1 neutral).[28][29][30][31] This was the first time such a "confidence motion" was moved in any legislature in India.[32]
He was able to secure the majority by engineering a series of defections from the UDF and with the help of other parties:

Election of K. Kamaraj

Andhra State was formed from the Telugu-speaking regions of Madras State after a widespread agitation in 1953. The Madras assembly was reduced from 375 to 230, 140 members going to Andhra and 5 to Mysore with the Congress Party controlling 118 seats; an outright majority.[28] This strengthened the positions of non-Brahmin Congress forces under the leadership of K. Kamaraj. He ousted Rajaji on 31 March 1954 and was elected the leader of Congress Legislative Party. Kamaraj consolidated his position by offering ministerial position to leaders of Tamil Nadu Toilers Party and Commonweal Party. This event marked the end of Brahmin domination in Tamil Nadu Congress.[39]

Impact

Kamaraj resigned his presidency of the Provincial Congress Committee owning responsibility for the election loss and was soon replaced by P. Subbarayan.

Legislative Council was challenged in the Madras High Court by P. Ramamurthi, the CPI MLA from Madurai North Constituency. Chief Justice Rajamannar and Justice Venkatarama Ayyar, who heard the public interest writ petition declined to intervene by opining that "the court could not decide political rights or enforce public interest or constitutional conventions".[40] This precedent set by Governor Prakasa became the first among a long list of constitutional improprieties committed by governors to help the party in power in the central government. The Sarkaria Commission established in 1983 to examine the balance of power between state and central governments remarked on the precedent that the "Governor's task is to see that a government is formed and not to try to form a government which will pursue the policies he approves".[26]

Cabinet

Rajagopalachari's Cabinet

Minister Portfolio[41]
C. Rajagopalachari Chief Minister, Public and Police
A. B. Shetty Health
C. Subramaniam
Finance, Food and Elections
K. Venkataswamy Naidu
Religious Endowments and Registration
N. Ranga Reddi Public Works
M. V. Krishna Rao
Education, Harijan Uplift and Information
V. C. Palanisami Gounder Prohibition
U. Krishna Rao Industries, Labour, Motor Transport, Railways, Posts, Telegraphs and Civil Aviation
R. Nagana Gowda Agriculture, Forests, veterinary, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Cinchona
N. Sankara Reddi Local Administration
M. A. Manickavelu Naicker Land Revenue
K. P. Kuttikrishnan Nair Courts, Prisons and Legal Department
Raja Sri Shanmuga Rajeswara Sethupathi House Rent Control
S. B. P. Pattabhirama Rao Rural Welfare, Commercial Taxes and Scheduled areas
D. Sanjeevayya
Cooperation and Housing
Changes

Kamaraj's Cabinet

Members of cabinet who served between 13 April 1954 – 13 April 1957 under the Chief Ministership of Kamraj are

Minister Portfolio
K. Kamaraj Chief Minister; Minister of Public and Police in the Home Department
A. B. Shetty Minister in charge of medical and public health, cooperation, housing and ex-servicemen
M. Bhaktavatsalam Minister in charge of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries, Cinchona, Rural Welfare, Community Projects, National Extension Scheme, Women's Welfare, Industries and Labour and Animal Husbandry and Veterinary
C. Subramaniam
Minister in charge of Finance, Food, Education, Elections and Information and Publicity and Law (Courts and Prisons)
M. A. Manickavelu Naicker Minister in charge of Land Revenue and Commercial Taxes and Rural Development.
Raja Sri Shanmuga Rajeswara Sethupathi Minister in charge of Public Works, Accommodation Control, Engineering Colleges, Stationery and Printing including Establishment questions of the Stationery Department and the Government Press
B. Parameswaran Minister in charge of Transport, Harijan Uplift, Hindu Religious Endowments, Registration and Prohibition
S. S. Ramasami Padayachi
Minister in charge of Local Administration
Changes
  • Following the States Reorganisation Act of 1956, A. B. Shetty quit the Ministry on 1 March 1956 and his portfolio was shared between other ministers in the cabinet.

List of elected members

Tamil Nadu

Election results from constituencies which would later become part of

Mysore state
are listed here.

* Non-elected Chief Minister of Madras State
Constituency Winner Party Runner-up Party
Nominated C. Rajagopalachari INC
Adirampattinam S. Venkatarama Iyer INC K. Muthiah CPI
Aduthurai
Narayanaswami Naidu
INC Samiappa Mudaliar JUSP
Alangulam
Chinnathambi
INC Thangarathnasamy Nadar
IND
Ambasamudram P. Chockalingam
IND
Lakshmisankara Iyer INC
Arakkonam
Bhakthavathsalu Naidu
IND
Vedachalam INC
Arantangi Mahamad Salihu Maraicair INC Ramaswamy Thevar
IND
Arcot S. Panchaksharam Chettiar INC Nagarathinam CWP
Aravakurichi N. Rathina Gounder
IND
T. M. Nallaswamy INC
Ariyalur Palaniandi
IND
Razar INC
Arni V. K. Kannan CWP W. S. Srinivasa Rao INC
Aruppukottai Jayarama Reddiar INC M. D. Ramaswami
IND
Authoor Soundaram Ramachandran INC V. S. S. Mani Chettiar
IND
Attur P. Subramaniam
IND
P. Sellamuthu Padayachi INC
Chengalpattu K. Vinayakam KMPP V. L. Raja INC
Bhavani B. K. Nallaswami INC N. Palaniswamy Gounder
TTP
Bhuvanagiri V. Krishnaswamy Padayachi INC S. Tiruvenkata Nainar
TTP
Chengam Ramaswami Gounder CWP Muthukrishna Chettiar INC
Cheranmahadevi S. Chellapandi INC S. Dasaratharam SP
Cheyyar Dharmalinga Nayakar CWP P. Ramachandran INC
Chidambaram 1)
Vagheesan Pillai
INC
INC
3) Swamikannu
4) Sivasubramanian
TTP

TTP
Choolai Sebastian Cyril Constantine Anthony Pillai SP D. K. Kannappar INC
Coimbatore
C. Subramaniam
INC C. P. Kandaswamy CPI
Cuddalore 1) Rathinam
2)
Sivachidambara Ramaswami Padayachi
TTP

TTP
3) Srinivasa Padayachi
4) Ganesan
INC
INC
Cumbum P. T. Rajan JUSP S. K. Ahmed Meeran INC
Dharapuram Senapathi Gounder
IND
Nataraja Gounder INC
Dharmapuri
P. R. Rajagopla Gounder
IND
R. S. Veerappa Chettiar
IND
Dindigul Munisamy Pillai INC A. Balasubramaniam CPI
Edappadi
S. Arthanareeswara Gounder
INC S. Marimuthu Gounder
TTP
Edirkottai R. Krishnasamy Naidu INC Muthuramanujam
IND
Erode Raju CPI Deivasigamani Gounder INC
Gingee Aranganathan
TTP
K. Ramakrishnaswamy Pillai INC
Gopichettipalayam P. S. Nalla Gounder INC P. K. Nalla Gounder
IND
Gudiyatham 1) A. J. Arunachala Mudaliar
3) Rathnaswamy
INC 2) P. S. Rajagopala Naidu
4) Kannabiran
IND

CPI
Harbour Krishna Rao INC Ibrahim Sahib
IND
Harur 1) A. Duraiswami Gounder
2) Nanjappan
IND

INC
3) Sambasiva Reddy
4) Mariappan
INC
SCF
Hosur M. Muni Reddy
IND
K. Appavu Pillai INC
Jayankondan 1) Ayyavu
2) K. R. Viswanathan
TTP

TTP
3) Muthukumaraswamy Mudaliar
4) Raghupathi
INC
INC
Kadambur Venugopala Krishnaswamy INC Subbiah Naicker
IND
Kalasapakkam Nataraja Mudaliar
IND
Periasami Gounder INC
Kallakurichi 1) Elaya Pillai
2) Anandan
IND

INC
3) Govindan
4) Parthasarathy
TTP

INC
Kancheepuram Deivasigamani KMPP P. S. Srinivasan INC
Kangayam A. K. Subbaraya Gounder INC Not contested Not contested
Karaikudi Chockalingam Chettiar INC Mahalingam Chettiar
IND
Karur 1) M. Manickasundaram
3) T. V. Sannasi
IND

INC
2) S. Muthusamy Gounder
4) Vadivel Moopan
INC
IND
Kodumudi Nallasivan SP Makutapathy Gounder INC
Koilpalaya V. K. Palaniswamy Gounder INC Ramaswamy Naidu SP
Kovilpatti Ramasamy INC Shanmugham
IND
Krishnagiri D. Krishnamoorthy Gounder
IND
S. Nagaraia Maniar INC
Kumbakonam Varadan INC Somu Rao CPI
Lalgudi Raja Chidambaram
IND
Varadarajan INC
Manamadurai
Krishnaswami Ayyangar
INC Abdul Gafoor CPI
Madukkarai R. Kuppuswami INC Chinnadurai SP
Madurai North P. Ramamoorthy CPI T. Chidambara Bharathi INC
Madurai South T. K. Rama INC A. Dharmaraj Santhosam
IND
Madurantakam 1) B. Parameswaran
2) V. Venkatasubba Reddi
INC
INC
3) K. Muthulinga Reddiar
4) Kothandarama Reddiar
REP
SP
Manachanallur Rajagopal INC Arunachalam
IND
Manapparai
Antony Peter INC Kulandaivel
IND
Mannargudi 1) M. Kandaswami
3) Subbiah
CPI
CPI
2) Ramachandra Naidu
4) Thiagu Voikarar
INC
INC
Mayuram 1) K. R. Sambandan
2) A. Veloo
IND

IND
K. Pitchai
N. Rangaswami Reddiar
INC
INC
Mecheri S. Subramania Gounder INC M. Kandasamy Kandan
IND
Melmalayur V. Gopala Gounder
TTP
K. Gopala Gounder INC
Melur 1) S. Chinnakaruppa Thevar
2) P. Sivaprakasam
INC
INC
3) B. Ponnuchami Ambalam
4) K. Veerana Veduvan
FBL(MG)
CPI
Mettupalayam Kempi Gounder
IND
Azad Abdul Salam INC
Mudukulathur 1)
U. Muthuramalingam Thevar
FBL(MG)
FBL(MG)
3) Sankaran
4) Shanmuga Sundaram
INC
Musiri Thangavelu
IND
M. P. Krishnaswami INC
Mylapore C. R. Ramaswamy INC Krishnamurthi
IND
Nagapattinam 1) Sivaraj
2) Vadivelu
CPI
CPI
3) Duraisamy
4) Shanmugasundaram Pillai
INC
INC
Namakkal 1) K. V. Ramaswamy
2) M. P. Periaswami
CPI
INC
3) T. Sivagnanam Pillai
4) S. Chinnayan
INC
IND
Nambiyur 1) P. G. Karuthiruman
2) P. G. Manickam
INC
INC
3) C. K. Subramaniam Gounder
4) K. A. Palaniappan
IND

SCF
Nanguneri M. G. Sankar Reddiyar INC Madaswamy
IND
Nannilam 1)
Thyagaraja Pillai
INC
INC
3) Anthony Muthu
4) Kalyanasundaram Pillai
CPI
CPI
Nidamangalam Venkatesa Sholagar CPI Sambasiva Ayyar INC
Nilakottai 1) Ayyanar
2) Muthu Thevar
INC
INC
3) Ponniah Konar
4) Govindan
IND

SP
Nilgiris 1)
Ari Gowder

2) K. H. Bomman
IND

INC
3) R. Raman Nair
4) C. P. Krishnaiah
INC
IND
Oddanchatram Subramanya Lakshmipathy Naicker
IND
K. Karuthappa Gounder INC
Omalur P. Rathinaswami Pillai
IND
K. Nanjappa Chettiar INC
Panruti S. Radhakrishnan
TTP
P. A. Ranganatha Padayachi INC
Palani M. P. Mangala Gounder
IND
P. S. K. Lakshmipathi Raju INC
Palavoor T. Ganapathy INC N. Duraipandi KMPP
Papanasam Swayamprakasam
IND
Abdul Majid Sahib INC
Paramakudi
Govindan
INC Natarajan CPI
Paramathy R. Rangaswami Gounder
IND
P. V. Kuppayandi Pillai INC
Pattukottai Nadimuthu Pillai INC Marimuthu SP
Pennagaram S. Kandaswami Gounder
TTP
M. N. Raja Chettiar
IND
Perambalur 1) Paramasivam
3) Palanimuthu
IND

TTP
2) Thangavelu
4) Pariannan
TTP

IND
Perambur
S. Pakkirisami Pillai
SP M. Santhosam INC
Periyakulam 1) V. Muthu
2) Mookayya Thevar
INC
FBL(MG)
3) N. R. Thyagarajan
4) Ponnuchami
INC
SP
Pollachi 1) N. Mahalingam
2) P. K. Thirumurthy
INC
INC
3) Marudachalam
4) Palanisami
CPI
CPI
Polur Manickavelu Naicker CWP Annamalai Chetty INC
Ponneri 1) O. Chengam Pillai
2) Gajapathi Reddiar
KMPP
KMPP
3) M. Bhaktavatsalam
4) C. Lakshmana Pillai
INC
INC
Pudukkottai Balakrishnan
TTP
Natesan Ambalakkarar INC
Ramanathapuram
Shanmugha Rajeswara Sethupathy
INC Rajamanickam CPI
Ranipet Kadir Sheriff INC Munuswami Gounder CWP
Rasipuram
T. M. Kaliannan
INC K. Ramaswamy
IND
Saidapet 1) T. P. Elumalai
2) N. Ramakrishna Iyer
INC
INC
3) R. Kannan
4) M. S. Gnanaprakasam
REP
KMPP
Salem Rural C. Lakshma Kandan INC A. Subramaniam
TTP
Salem Town Varadarajulu Naidu INC Mohan Kumaramangalam CPI
Saliyamangalam Samia Koorayar
IND
Krishnaswami Vanayar INC
Sankaranarayanar Kovil 1)
Urkavalan
IND

INC
2) K. Sattanatha Karayalar
4) O. Sappani
INC
IND
Sathankulam Kosalram
IND
Meganathan
IND
Sattur
S. Ramaswami Naidu
INC Rajarathnam
IND
Sedapatti Thinakaraswami Thevar INC Kamana Thevar SP
Sholinghur M. Subramanya Naicker CWP V. M. Ramaswamy Mudaliar INC
Sirkazhi
C. Muthia Pillai
INC K. Swamithurai Annagar CPI
Sivaganga R. V. Swaminathan INC Velayutham Chettiar KMPP
Sriperumbudur T. Shanmugam
IND
Seshachari INC
Srirangam Chitrambalam CPI Srinivasan INC
Srivilliputhur 1) D. K. Raja
3) A. Vaikuntam
IND

INC
2)
P. S. Kumaraswami Raja

4) K. Arumugha Perumal
INC
IND
Talavasal A. Sambasivam INC M. Gopala Chetty
IND
Tenkasi Subramaniam Pillai INC Sevagupandia Thevar
IND
Thanjavur 1) M. Marimuthu
2) S. Ramalingam
INC
CPI
3) R. Swaminatha Mercondar
4) R. Shanmugan
INC
IND
Thirumangalam
K. Rajaram INC T. Manickavasakam KMPP
Thondamuthur Palaniswami Gounder INC Perumal SP
Thousand lights 1) Venkataswami Naidu
2) Sivashanmugam Pillai
INC
IND
3) Indirani Balasubramaniam
4) Marthandam Pillai
JUSP
SP
Thuraiyur P. Rangaswami Reddiar
IND
A. V. Rangaswami INC
Tindivanam 1) M. Jagannathan
2) Venugopala Gounder
TTP

TTP
3) Balasundaram
4) Venkatakrishna Reddiar
INC
INC
Tiruchendur 1) Adityan
2) V. Arumugam
KMPP
INC
3) Subramanya Adithan
4) Pitchu
INC
SP
Tiruchengode 1) S. Arumugham
2) T. S. Arthanari
IND

CPI
3) Radhabai Subbarayan
4) V. K. Ramaswamy
INC
INC
Tiruchirapalli (North)
M. Kalayanasundaram
CPI G. Ramaswami INC
Tiruchirapalli (South)
Ramasamy INC Vaiyapuri Sholayar
IND
Tirukkoyilur 1) T. D. Muthukumaraswamy Naidu
2) A. Muthuswami
TTP

TTP
3) Kulasekara Dass
4) M. Rajagopal
INC
INC
Tirumayam 1) Palaniyappan
3) Chinnayyaa
INC
TTP
2) Avudayappan Ambalakkarar
4) Sambasiva Moopan
KMPP
INC
Tirunelveli 1) Arumugan
2) S. N. Somayajulu
INC
INC
3) P. S. Subramania Pillai
4) Shanmugam
IND

CPI
Tiruppur Arumugam
Rangaswami Naidu
INC Mathivanam
Ramaswami
CPI
Tirupattur (41) E. L. Raghava Mudali
IND
R. C. Samanna Gounder INC
Tiruppattur 194 Muthiah Chettiar
IND
Veerabhadran CPI
Tirupporur M. R. Ramachandran INC S. Murugesa Mudaliar REP
Thiruvadanai Chelladurai
IND
Arumugam Servai INC
Tiruvallur 1) M. Dharmalingam
2) V. Govindaswamy Naidu
KMPP
KMPP
3) N. Eagambara Mudaliar
4) V. S. Arunachalam
INC
INC
Thiruvannamalai 1) Ramachandra Reddiar
2) Thangavelu
INC
INC
3) Vadivelu Gounder
4) T. V. Devaraja Mudaliar
CWP
IND
Triplicane A. M. Sambandam INC M. S. Abdul Majeed
IND
Tuticorin J. L. P. Roche Victoria INC K. V. P. Swamy
IND
Uddanappalli P. N. Munuswamy INC A. N. Nallappa Reddy KMPP
Udumalpet Mounaguruswami Naidu INC Thangavelu CPI
Ulundurpet M. Kandaswamy Padayachi INC Natesa Gounder
TTP
Uthamapalayam A. S. Subbaraj INC Muthaiah SP
Uthiramerur V. K. Ramaswami Mudaliar INC Duraisami Naicker KMPP
Uthukuli Palaniswami
IND
Kandasami Gounder INC
Vadamadurai Chinnaswamy Naidu INC Srinivasan SP
Valappady P. Kandasamy Gounder
IND
B. A. Rajarathnam INC
Vandavasi 1) Somasundara Gounder
2) Dasarathnam
CWP
SCF
3) Ramanuja Reddiar
4) Velayuthapani
INC
INC
Vaniyambadi A. K. Hanumantharaya Gounder
IND
M. Erusan CWP
Vedasandur V. Madanagopal CPI M. R. Krishnaswamy Reddiar INC
Vellore 1) A. K. Masilamani Chettiar
3) H. M. Jagnanathan
INC
INC
2) R. Radhakrishnan
4) K. R. Sundaram
CWP
CPI
Vikravandi Govindaswamy Nayagar
TTP
Bashyam Reddiar INC
Vilathikulam P. Selvaraj INC Sankaralingam
IND
Villupuram Nagarajan
TTP
S. D. Chinnas INC
Virudhunagar
V. V. Ramaswamy
IND
Sankarapandia Nadar INC
Vridachalam 1) Paramasivam
3) Kathimuthu
TTP

TTP
2) Narayanaswamy Pillai
4) Vedamanickam
INC
INC
Wasermanpet
Jeevanandam
CPI Radhakrishnan Pillai INC

Andhra

Constituency Winner Party Runner-up Party
Salur Kumisetti Venkatanarayana Dora KLP Alur Yorukumaiudu INC
Cheepurupalli Thaddi Chinna Atchanaidu
IND
Mudundi Satyanarayanaraju
IND
Bobbili Kolli Venkata Kuruni Naidu SP Kothagiri Seetharamaswami INC
Parvathipuram Vyricherla Durgaprasad Veerabhadra Deo Bahadur INC Cheekati Parasuram Naidu KLP
Srikakulam Killi Appala Naidu KLP Kavali Narayana KLP
Honjaram Peesuputi Pundareekakshacharyulu KLP Chelikani Sreeranganayakulu
IND
Palakonda Palavasa Sangam Naiudu INC Moosala Rajaratnam Naiudu KLP
Narasannapeta H. Satyanarayana Dora INC Kasira Basava Raju KMPP
Pathapatnam Lukulapu Lakshmanadas INC Darapu Govindarajulu CPI
Tekkali Rokkam Lakshmi Narasimham Dora
IND
Bandi Kurmanna INC
Sompeta Gouthu Latchanna KLP Pothuru Swamy Babu INC
Ichapuram Neeladri Rao Reddy KLP Harihara Patnaik
IND
Vizianagaram Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapati Raju SP Gantlana Suryanarayana SP
Bheemunipatnam Kaligotla Suryanarayana
IND
J. V. K. Vallabha Rao CPI
Alamanda K. V. Padmanabha Raju SP G. B. Appa Rao INC
Srungavarapukota C. V. Somayajulu SP T. Venkataramanayya INC
Chodavaram Kandarpa Venkataramesam KLP Bhupathiraju Satyanarayana Raju INC
Madugole Bhojinki Gangayya Naidu KLP Ilapakurthy Satyanarayana INC
Visakhapatnam
Tenneti Viswanatham
KMPP S. Appala Nayudu
IND
Paravada Mullapadi Veerabhadram CPI Gothimukkla Jagannatha Raju
IND
Anakapalle
Koduganti Govinda Rao CPI Villuri Venkataramana KLP
Yelamanchili Pappala Bapunaiudu KLP Missule Suryanarayanamoorthy INC
Payakaraopeta Raja Sagi Suryanarayana Raju
IND
Sunkari Appala Naiudu INC
Golugonda 1) Killada Ramamurthy
2) Kankipatti Veerana Padal
KLP
KLP
Puthala Latdha Patrudu INC
Bhadrachalam 1) Karam Bapanna Dora
2) Y. Venkata Krishna Rao
KMPP
KMPP
1) Varsavyi Venkata Thirupathi Raju
2) Sivasam Bojji Dora
Tuni Raja Vatsavaya Venkata Krishnam Raju Bahadur INC Yenumula Venkanna Dora KMPP
Pithapuram R. V. Jagga Rao CPI R. Atachayya Rao INC
Peddapuram Thota Ramaswami INC D. V. Subba Rao
IND
Burugupudi N. Venkatarama Rao KLP Marina Narasanna INC
Rajamundry Chitturi Prabhakara Chowdary CPI K. L. Narasimha Rao INC
Kakinada Chittajallu Venkata Krishna Rao CPI Kanteti Mohana Rao CPI
Ramachandrapuram Kakarlapudi Rajagopalanarasaraju KMPP Mallipudi Pallanraju INC
Anaparti Padala Satyanarayana Reddi INC P. Venkata Rao CPI
Pamarru S. B. P. Pattabhi Rama Rao INC P. Panasaramanna CPI
Amalapuram Nadimpalli Ramabhadra Raju KMPP Bojja Appalaswami SCF
Razole Alluri Venkataramaraju and Ganji Nagaswara Rao CPI Akula Buliswami KMPP
Chintalapudi Motaparithi Kunerao CPI Kamadana Venkatarama Surya Prakasa Rao INC
Eluru Garapaty Satyanarayana CPI Mulpuri Rengayya INC
Tadepalligudem C. S. Varaparasadamurthiraju INC Kilambi Venkata Krishnavataram KMPP
Alampuram Pasala Suryachandra Rao KMPP Thumalapalli Satyanarayanamurthy INC
Undi Dantuluri Narayana Raju INC Gottumukkala Venkata Raju CPI
Bhimavaram Bhupathiraju Subbaraju KMPP Nimmala Sangaiah Naidu INC
Narsapur Padela Symasundara Rao CPI Bhupathiraju Lakshminarasaraju CPI
Tanuku Chitturu Indrayya KMPP Chitturi Subba Rao INC
Penugonda Dwarampudi Basivireddy KMPP Nadimipilli Tirupathiraju INC
Kovvur 1) Pinnamaneeni Sreeramachandra Rao CPI 2) Alluri Bapineedu INC
Jaggayapeta Pillalamarvi Venkateswarlu CPI Bandi Timpatayya INC
Vijayavada Tammina Potharaju CPI Maru Pilla Chetti INC
Kanchikacherla Vasireddi Rama Rao CPI Kakani Venkatratnam INC
Tiruvur Peta Rama Rao CPI Peta Bappaiah INC
Kankipadu Myneni Lakshmanaswamy CPI Edupuganti Bala Veeraghavayya KLP
Nuzvid Raja
Meka Rangayya Appa Rao
Bahadur
INC P. V. Raghavayya
IND
Gudivada 1) Gungi Rama Rao
2) Katragadia Rajagopala Rao
CPI
CPI
3) A. Gopalakrishnayya
4) Mangalagiri Ramdasu
IND

INC
Kaikalur Adusnmolli Venkatasubramanyam INC Atluri Purnachalapathi Rao CPI
Divi 1) Chandra Ramalingaiah
2) Guntur Bapanayya
CPI
CPI
3) Sreemanthu Raja Yarlagadda Sivaram Prasad Bahadur
4) Gattipati Brahmayya
IND

INC
Bandar G. Anjeneyulu CPI R. Achyawnamaiah INC
Vinukonda Pulupula Venkatasivaiah CPI Paladugu Nagaiah Chowdhary
IND
Palnadu Kola Subba Reddy CPI Kasu Brahmananda Reddy INC
Bellamkonda Mandava Bapaiah Chowdary
IND
Bojja Adinarayana Rao INC
Narasaraopet N. Nallapati Venkataramiah KMPP Kasu Vengal Reddy INC
Chilakaluripet Karnam Ranga Rao CPI Balineni Nagaiah INC
Sattenpalle V. Gopalakrishniah
IND
Jetti Ankamma
IND
Mangalagiri Darsi Lakshmiah CPI Imgilapati Govinda Rao KLP
Guntur Nadimpalli Venkatalakshmi Narasimha Rao KMPP Yangalasetry Tirupattayya CPI
Prathipadu Tamma Kotamma Reddy INC Managva Seshayya CPI
Duggirala A. Rami Reddi INC K. Kotaiah CPI
Tenali Alapati Venkataramiah INC Rivissatyanarayana KLP
Amarthalur Gorikupudi Joseph CPI Velunolu Seetharamiah INC
Repalle M. Hanumantha Rao CPI Kalluri Chandramouli INC
Bapatla Vemmulapalli Srikrishna INC Nankena Venkataraju CPI
Ponnur Kolla Venkaiah CPI Coginam Lakshminarayana KLP
Chirala Pragada Kotaiah KMPP Uthukuri Upendra Gupta
IND
Ongole Kasukurthi Malakondiah CPI Madala Narayannaswami CPI
Gudur Pelleti Gopalakrishna Reddy INC Katamareddy Raja Rami Reddy
IND
Venkatagiri Padileti Venkatasami Reddy INC Katikinani Kalyan Rao KLP
Rapur D. Dasaratharamiah Naidu INC Ganga Ramanaiah CPI
Nellore 1) Khandavalli Krishna Rao
2)Swarna Vemayya
IND

IND
3) Anam Chenchu Subba Reddy
4) Ponnaluru Veera Raghava Reddi
INC
IND
Kovur Basavareddy Sankarayya CPI B. Seshu Reddy INC
Atmakur Ganga China Kondayya
IND
Gangavarapu Thirupathi Naidu INC
Kavali B. Ramakrishna Reddy KMPP R. Dasaratharami Reddy INC
Udayagiri Kovi Ramayya Chowdary KMPP Bezawada Gopala Reddy INC
Kanigiri Gujjala Yellamanda Reddy CPI Devi Reddi Lakhmireddy INC
Kandukur 10 Nalamothu Chenchurama Naidu
2) Kamatham Shanmugham
INC
INC
3) Chukka Kottilingam
4) Guntapalli Venkatasubbiah
IND

IND
Darsi Sanekomma Kasireddy CPI Ravipathi Mohanada KLP
Markapur N. Venkatayya KLP Yekkali Ramaiah
IND
Cumbum Pidathala Ranga Reddy INC Adapala Ramaswamy
IND
Nandyal Mallu Subba Reddy
IND
G. Rami Reddy INC
Koikuntla N. Venkatasubba Reddy SP B. V. Subba Reddy INC
Dhone Venkatasetty Kotrike
IND
Venkatasubbiah Nivarthi INC
Nandikottur C. Pulla Reddy CPI Subba Reddy INC
Kurnool D. Sanjeevayya INC N. Sankara Reddy INC
Rajampet Panjam Narasimha Reddy CPI Bandam Ratnasabapathi Setti SP
Rayachoti
Adinarayana Reddy
KMPP Gurjala Reddayya Naidu SP
Cuddapah K. Koti Reddy INC P. Seshiah Chetty
IND
Badvel Vedamani Chidanandam
IND
Bommu Ramareddy INC
Proddatur Kundala Balanarayana Reddy INC Panem Yonamani Reddy KMPP
Kamalupuram Narreddy Sivarami Reddy CPI Ramalinga Reddy INC
Jammalamodugu Kunda Ramiah KMPP Tatireddi Pullareddy INC
Penukonda Lakshminarayana Reddy
IND
Chitambara Reddy INC
Hindupur Sivasankara Reddy INC Sreenivasa Reddy KMPP
Madakasira Siddanna Gowd
IND
Venkatasivamma INC
Kadiri K. V. Vema Reddy INC Y. Papireddy
IND
Dharmavaram Srinivasalu Kasetty KMPP Venkatareddy, Gonuguntla INC
Kalyandrug Narayanappa Sanda INC B. Yeniswamy CPI
Tadpatri C. Subbarayudu KMPP J. C. Nagi Reddy INC
Anantapur T. Nagi Reddy CPI N. Sanjeeva Reddy INC
Adoni H. Ramalinga Reddy
IND
T. Mallayya INC
Rayadurg G. Nagabushanam INC Mullangi Chinna Basappa Chowdary
IND
Chattu T. N. Vankatasubba Reddy INC Alluru Narsinga Rao
IND
Madanapalle Dodda Seetharamiah CPI Gudreddigari Srinivasareddy
IND
Punganur B. Krishnamoorthy Rao INC Varanasi Raghunatha Reddy
IND
Pileru P. Thimma Reddy KLP N. Bhaskara Reddy INC
Palamaner
Ramabrahaman INC Soma Ram Reddy KLP
Chittoor
Chinama Reddy
IND
N. P. Chengalraya Naidu INC
Tiruttani Kidambi Varadachari INC M. Dorai Kannu INC
Puttur
Kumaraswami Rajah Bahadur KMPP R.B. Ramakrishna Raju INC
Kalahasti A. Balarami Reddy INC T. Venkatasubba Rao KLP
Chandragiri A. Adikesavalu Naiud INC V. Raja Reddy
IND

Mysore State

Constituency Winner Party Runner-up Party
Coondapur Manjayya Shetty INC Srinivasa Shetty SP
Brahmavar S. S. Kolkabail KMPP Jagjeevandoss Shetty INC
Udipi T. Anantha Pai INC K. Rama Rao KMPP
Karkal
A. B. Shetty INC M. Dharmasamarajaya KMPP
Puttur 1) K. Venkataramanna Gowda
2) K. Iswara
INC
INC
3) K. Karanth
4) M. Naikker Ramanna
KMPP
KMPP
Mulky N. N. Suvarna INC Sanjeevanath SP
Mangalore L. C. Pais INC A. Shantha Ram Pai CPI
Panemangalore Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga INC D. K. H. Alwa
IND
Siruguppa S. Parameswarappa INC S. Ranganna Gowd
IND
Kollegal S. C. Virupakshiah INC C. R. Subramani Iyer
IND
Bellary M. Gangappa
IND
A. Sumangalamma INC
Hospet R. Nagana Gowda INC Mahabaleswarappa
IND
Kudligi Kotrabasavana Goud
IND
T. M. Panchakshariah INC
Harpanahalli Sirasappa. Ijari INC K. B. R. Kotra Goud
IND

Kerala

Travancore-Cochin state to form Kerala
)
Constituency Winner Party Runner-up Party
Kasaragod M . S . Mogral INC B. K. Sridharan KMPP
Hosdurg (Kanhangad) Narayanan Nambiar KMPP Kunnikannan Nambiar INC
Nattika Gopalakrishnan CPI Raman INC
Ponnani N. Gopala Menon INC K. C. Sankarann INC
E. T. Kunhan CPI A. C. Raman KMPP
Tirur K. Uppi Saheb IUML K. Ahmad Kutty INC
Thrithala K. B. Menon SP P. K. Moideen Kutty INC
Perinthalmanna Kunhimahamad Shafee Kallingal IUML P . Ahmad Kutty Sadhu CPI
Mannarkkad K. C. Gopalanunni
IND
Kurikal Ahmed
IND
Pattambi V . Sankara Narayana Menon KMPP A . Ramachandra Nedungadi INC
Ottapalam M . Narayana Kurup KMPP C . P . Madhavan Nair INC
Palakkad K. ramakrishnan
IND
P. Vasu Menon INC
Alathur K. Krishnan CPI Y. R. Ramanatha Iyer
IND
O. Koran KMPP E. Eacharan INC
Malappuram Miniyadam Chadayan IUML Karupadata Ibrahim INC
Mohammad Haje Seethi IUML Kallayan Kunhambu INC
Kottakkal
Chakkeeri Ahmad Kutty
IUML Kunjunni Nedumgadi, Ezhuthassan Kalathil INC
Kozhikode K. P. Kutty Krishnan Nair INC E. M. S. Namboodiripad CPI
Chevayur A. Appu INC Ayyadhan Balagopalan KMPP
Wayanad Manyangode Padmanabha Gounder SP Kozhipurath Madhava Menon INC
Chomadi Velukkan SP Veliyan Nocharamooyal INC
Koyilandy Chemmaratha Kunhriramakurup KMPP Anantapuram Patinhare Madam Vasudevan Nair INC
Perambra Kunhiram Kidavu Polloyil KMPP Kalandankutty, Puthiyottil INC
Vadakara Moidu Keloth SP Ayatathil Chattu INC
Nadapuram E . K . Sankara Varma Raja INC K . Thacharakandy CPI
Thalassery C. H. M. Kanaran CPI K. P. M. Raghavan Nair INC
Kuthuparamba Krishna Iyer
IND
Harindranabham, Kalliyat Thazhathuveethil SP
Mattanur Madhavan Nambiar, Kallorath CPI Subbarao INC
Kannur Kariath Sreedharan KMPP Pamban Madhavan INC
Taliparamba T. C. Narayanan Nambiar CPI V. V. Damodaran Nayanar INC
Payyanur K. P. Gopalan CPI Vivekananda Devappa Sernoy INC

Delimitation and Reorganisation

On 1 October 1953, a separate

Bellary District was merged with the then Mysore State
. This reduced the strength of the Legislative Assembly to 231.

On 1 November 1956,

Shenkottah taluk were merged into the State. Later in 1968, the state was renamed as Tamil Nadu. This led to re-organization of legislative assembly constituencies during 1957 assembly elections in the State.[44]

The strength of the Madras Legislative Assembly was increased to 205 in accordance with the new Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order 1956, made by the Delimitation Commission of India under the provisions of the State Reorganisation Act, 1956.[14] The 1957 elections were conducted for these 205 seats.

See also

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