Elections to the
Mysore Legislative Assembly were held on 25 February 1957. 589 candidates contested for the 208 seats of the 179 constituencies in the Assembly.
State Reorganization
On 1 November 1956, Mysore state was enlarged by the addition of
Coorg State
Coorg State was a Part-C state in India which existed from 1950 to 1956. When the Constitution of India came into force on 26 January 1950, most of the existing provinces were reconstituted into states. Thus, Coorg Province became Coorg State. ...
, the
Kollegal taluk of the Coimbatore district and the
South Kanara district (except the
Kasaragod
Kasaragod () is a municipal town and administrative headquarters of Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India. Established in 1966, Kasaragod was the first municipal town in the district. It is the northernmost district of Kerala and ...
taluk) of
Madras State, the districts of Raichur and Gulbarga from western
Hyderabad State
Hyderabad State () was a princely state located in the south-central Deccan region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and t ...
and the
Kannada speaking districts of Dharwar, Bijapur, North Kanara, and Belgaum, (except the Chandgad taluk of Belgaum district) from southern
Bombay State
Bombay State was a large Indian state created at the time of India's Independence, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding Sou ...
under
States Reorganisation Act, 1956
The States Reorganisation act, 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries of India's states and territories, organising them along linguistic lines.
Although additional changes to India's state boundaries have been made since 1956, the States ...
. The Siruguppa taluk, the Bellary taluk, the Hospet taluk, and a small area of the Mallapuram sub-taluk were detached from the Mysore State.
This resulted in an increase in assembly constituencies from 80 with 99 seats to 179 with 208 seats in 1957 assembly elections.
Constituencies
There were 29 two-member constituencies and 179 single-member constituencies. Out of the 179 constituencies, 27 were reserved for Scheduled Castes and 1 was reserved for Scheduled Tribe. There were 73,01,080 electors in single-member constituencies while 27,05,851 electors in two-member constituencies. Total electors in the state were 100,06,931 and the electors who were entitled to vote were 1,25,15,312 (including two-member constituencies). 39,59,518 electors voted in single-member constituency while 24,60,641 electors cast their vote in double-member constituencies. The poll percentage in the state was 51.3%.
Results
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Seats
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, 207 , , 150 , , 76 , , 72.12 , , 33,43,839 , , 52.08 , , 5.73
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, 79 , , 18 , , ''New'' , , 8.65 , , 9,02,373 , , 14.06 , , ''New''
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, 20 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0.48 , , 1,23,403 , , 1.92 , , 1.01
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, 6 , , 2 , , 0 , , 0.96 , , 83,542 , , 1.30 , , 0.44
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, 2 , , 2 , , ''New'' , , 0.96 , , 35,462 , , 0.55 , , ''New''
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, 251 , , 35 , , 11 , , 16.83 , , 18,45,456 , , 28.74 , , N/A
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! colspan = 3,
! style="text-align:center;" , Total Seats !! 208 ( 109) !! style="text-align:center;" , Voters !! 1,25,15,312 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout !! colspan = 2, 64,20,159 (51.3%)
Elected members
See also
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1957 elections in India
Presidential election
The Election Commission of India held the second presidential elections of India on May 6, 1957. Dr. Rajendra Prasad won his re-election with 459,698 votes over his nearest rival Chowdhry Hari Ram.
General election
Gen ...
*
Mysore State
*
1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election
Elections to the Vidhan Sabha, Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Mysore State, Mysore were held on 26 March 1952. 394 candidates contested for 99 seats in 80 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 19 two-member constituencies and ...
References
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Mysore
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