1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election

1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election
27 March 1952
All 108 seats in the Travancore–Cochin Legislative Assembly55 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	74.07%
	Location of Travancore-Cochin in India
CM before election C. KesavanINC	Elected CM Anaparambil Joseph JohnINC

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Travancore-Cochin were held on 27 March 1952.

Constituencies

Travancore-Cochin had 97 constituencies, 11 of them were two-member constituencies and 86 were single-member constituencies. There were 33,65,955 electors in the single member constituencies, while 8,44,389 electors in two-member constituencies. Total 437 candidates competed for 108 seats of the 97 constituencies in the Assembly.^[1]

Political parties

Three national parties (Indian National Congress, Revolutionary Socialist Party and Socialist Party) along with four state parties (Cochin Party, Travancore Cochin Republican Praja Party, Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress and Tamil Nadu Toilers Party) and two registered unrecognized party (Kerala Socialist Party and Tamil Nadu People Front) took part in the electoral process of 1951-1952 assembly elections.^[1] Since Communist Party of India was banned in Travancore-Cochin State,^[2] its candidates took part in the electoral process as Independent candidates, which later formed a United Left front of leftists following the success in the elections.^[3]

Results

Congress party fell short of the majority by 11 seats. So it formed a coalition government with the help of Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress, Kerala Socialist Party and a Nominated member.

Summary of results of the 1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election^[1]

	Political party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %
	Indian National Congress		105	44	40.74	12,04,364	35.44
	Socialist Party		70	11	10.19	4,85,194	14.28
	Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress		15	8	7.41	2,01,118	5.92
	Cochin Party		12	1	0.93	59,535	1.75
	Revolutionary Socialist Party		11	6	5.56	1,18,333	3.48
	Kerala Socialist Party		10	1	0.93	73,981	2.18
	Independent		199	37	34.26	11,51,555	33.89
Total seats			108	Voters	50,54,733	Turnout	33,98,193 (67.23%)

Elected members

Source: ECI^[1]

Constituency	Member
Thovala Agasteeswaram	Samraj, A.	Socialist Party
Thovala Agasteeswaram	Ramaswamy Pillai, T. S.	Socialist Party
Nagercoil	Sankar, C.	Independent
Braniel	A. K. Chellaiyh	Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress
Braniel	Nadar, Chidambaranatha	Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress
Nayyattinkara	Chandrasekharapillai	Indian National Congress
Parassala	Nadar, Kaujan	Independent
Kottukal	Morais, J. T.	Indian National Congress
Kazhakkoottam	Sreedharan, V .	Independent
Aryanad	Kesavan Nair, R.	Indian National Congress
Nedumangad	Pandarathil, Neelacandaran	Independent
Varkala	Majeed	Independent
Paravoor	Raveendran	Independent
Paravoor	Kesavan, C.	Indian National Congress
Chadayamangalam	Kunju, Kochu	Socialist Party
Chadayamangalam	Kesavapillai	Indian National Congress
Pattazhi	Nair, Velayudhan	Indian National Congress
Pathanapuram	Nair, Rajagopalan	Independent
Shencottah	Karayalar, Sattanatha	Independent
Kunnathur	Aadichan	Indian National Congress
Kunnathur	Unnithan, Madhavan	Indian National Congress
Karunagappilly	Raghavanpillai	Independent
Puthuppally	Karunakaran	Independent
Bharanikavu	Nair, Govindan	Independent
Bharanikavu	Kuttappan	Independent
Mavelikara	Chellappanpillai, K. K.	Indian National Congress
Kadapra	Sadasivanpillai	Indian National Congress
Chengannur	Das, Ramachandra	Indian National Congress
Chengannur	Nair, Sivaraman	Independent
Kallupara	Ninan, O. C.	Indian National Congress
Thiruvellah	Chacko	Indian National Congress
Pathanamthitta	Vasudevanpillai	Indian National Congress
Omallur	Rawther, Pareed	Indian National Congress
Ranni	Varghese	Indian National Congress
Muthukulam	Bhanu, K.	Indian National Congress
Alleppy I	Thomas, T. V.	Independent
Alleppy II	Sugathan, R.	Independent
Thanneermuklom	Sadasivan	Independent
Shertallay	Kumara Panicker, C. K.	Independent
Thuravoor	Gouri, K. R.	Independent
Aroor	Aviratharakan	Independent
Changanaserry	Kesavan Sastry, T.	Indian National Congress
Changanaserry	Korah, K. M.	Indian National Congress
Kangirappilly	Thomas, K. J.	Independent
Vazhoor	Varkey	Indian National Congress
Vijayapuram	Thomas, P. T.	Indian National Congress
Thiruvorppu	Raghava Kurup, N.	Independent
Kottayam	Nair, Bhaskaran	Independent
Ettumanoor	James	Indian National Congress
Meenachil	Mathew, M. C.	Indian National Congress
Poonjar	John, A. J.	Indian National Congress
Ramapuram	Kappan, Cherian J.	Indian National Congress
Uzhavoor	Chandy, K. M.	Indian National Congress
Kaduthuruthy	Madhavan	Indian National Congress
Vaikom	Viswanathan, C. K.	Independent
Piravam	Cherian, M. V.	Indian National Congress
Moovattupuzha	Varghese, N. P.	Indian National Congress
Kothamangalam	Varghese	Independent
Kumaramangalam	Chacko, A. C.	Indian National Congress
Thodupuzha	George, K. M.	Indian National Congress
Devicolam Peermede	Ganapathy	Indian National Congress
Devicolam Peermede	Kangany, Deviappan	Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress
Perumbavoor	Govindapillai	Independent
Kunnathunad	Mathai	Independent
Alwaye	Abdulkadir	Independent
Kothakulangara	Kunjithommen	Independent
Ayiroor	Krishna Menon, K. P.	Independent
Parur	Menon, Sreevallabha	Independent
Alengad	Varghese, E. P.	Independent
Kanayannur	Ayyappan	Indian National Congress
Ernakulam	Arackal, Jacob	Indian National Congress
Mattancherry	Pylee, L. M.	Indian National Congress
Narakkal	Ramakrishnan	Independent
Crangannur	Gopalakrishna Menon	Independent
Poomangalam	Joseph	Indian National Congress
Chalakudy	Govinda Menon, P.	Indian National Congress
Amballur	Varunni	Indian National Congress
Amballur	Kochukutten	Indian National Congress
Irinjalakuda	Warrier, Krishnankutty	Independent
Urakom	Velayudhan	Indian National Congress
Manalur	Prabhakaran	Independent
Trichur	Menon, Achutha	Independent
Viyyur	Karunakaran	Indian National Congress
Kuanamkulam	Krishnan	Independent
Wadakancherry	Ayyappan	Cochin Party
Wadakancherry	Menon, Balakrishna	Socialist Party
Chittur	Menon, Eachara	Indian National Congress
Nemmara	Ezhuthassan, Krishnan	Indian National Congress

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^dThe Legislative Assembly of Travancore Cochin. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951"(PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original(PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
^"History of Kerala Legislature". Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
^Nossiter, Thomas Johnson (1982). Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation. University of California Press. p. 111. ISBN 9780520046672.

[TCECI1951-1] The Legislative Assembly of Travancore Cochin. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951"(PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original(PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

[2] "History of Kerala Legislature". Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2015.

[3] Nossiter, Thomas Johnson (1982). Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation. University of California Press. p. 111. ISBN 9780520046672.

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