The 1951–52 Indian general election was the first democratic national election held in India after Independence, and the polls in Madras state were held for 62 constituencies with 75 seats. This State had the second largest number of seats, after Uttar Pradesh. The result was a victory for Indian National Congress winning 35 out of the 75 seats. While the remaining seats were won by left and independent parties, opposed to Congress. However, Congress stalwarts such as N. G. Ranga, Durgabai Deshmukh, and Mosalikanti Thirumala Rao lost in that election from the Telugu-speaking areas then referred as Andhra. Congress lost in 22 out of the 28 seats (from 23 constituencies) in majority Telugu-speaking areas (i.e. Andhra region). Reason for the poor performance in Andhra region was attributed to the party's delay in the formation of a separate State for Telugu people. It eventually led to the formation of the Andhra State in 1953 and later the linguistic reorganization of Indian states in 1956 where Kannada and Malayalam majority speaking areas were merged with Mysore and Kerala States respectively.
Voting and results
Results by Alliance INCSEATSCPISEATSOTHERSSEATSINC35CPI8IND15KMPP5Others12TOTAL (1951)35TOTAL (1951)8TOTAL (1951)32
Independent parties are local state parties, that are unrecognised nationally
Results by Parties
Results by Linguistic areas Results by Tamil-majority constituencies These were 31 constituencies with 38 seats, namely Madras, Thiruvallur (2 seats), Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Vellore (2 seats), Vandavasi, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem, Erode (2 seats), Tiruchengode, Tiruppur, Pollachi, Coimbatore, Pudukkottai, Perambalur, Tiruchirappalli, Thanjavur, Kumbakonam, Mayuram (2 seats), Cuddalore (2 seats), Tindivanam (2 seats), Tirunelveli, Srivaikuntam, Sankaranainarkoil, Aruppukottai, Ramanathapuram, Srivilliputhur, Madurai (2 seats), Periyakulam and Dindigul. Madras constituency had significant Telugu population.
Results by Telugu-majority constituencies These were 23 constituencies with 28 seats, namely Pathapatnam, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam (2 seats), Kakinada, Rajahmundry (2 seats), Eluru (2 seats), Masulipatnam, Gudivada, Vijayawada, Tenali, Guntur, Narasaraopet, Ongole (2 seats), Nellore, Nandyal, Kurnool, Anantapur, Cuddapah, Chittoor (2 seats) and Tirupati.
Congress stalwarts such as N. G. Ranga, Durgabai Deshmukh, and Mosalikanti Thirumala Rao lost in that election. Reason for the poor performance of Congress in Telugu-speaking areas both in general then referred as Andhra was attributed to their delay in the formation of a separate state for Telugu people. It eventually led to the formation of the Andhra state in 1953 and later the linguistic reorganization of Indian States in 1956.
Results by Kannada-majority constituencies These were 3 constituencies with 3 seats, namely Bellary, South Kanara (North) and South Kanara South. However, Bellary constituency had significant Telugu minority population.
Results by Malayalam-majority constituencies These were 5 constituencies with 6 seats, namely Cannanore, Tellicherry, Kozhikode, Malappuram and Ponnani (2 seats).
List of Elected MPs Telugu speaking areas had 28 seats from 23 constituencies (constituency serial numbers 1 to 24 except 19), Tamil speaking areas had 38 seats from 31 constituencies (constituency serial numbers 25 to 55), Kannada speaking areas had 3 seats from 3 (constituency serial numbers 19, 56 and 57) and Malayalam speaking areas had 6 seats from 5 constituencies (constituency numbers 58 to 62). Kannada-majority Bellary and Tamil-majority Madras has significant Telugu populations. ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %1Pathapatnam1V. V. GiriINC50,08429.87Madusudana Jagadev Raja BahadurIND43,68926.066,3953.812Srikakulam1Boddapalli Rajagopala RaoIND51,99228.00Pasupati Lakshmi Narsinha RajuINC42,59322.949,3995.063Parvathipuram1N. Rama SeshiahIND67,12433.87Senapathi Sitharama PatruduIND55,27927.9011,8455.974Vizianagaram1Kandala SubramaniamSP1,12,09661.64Pasumarihi VeerabhadraswamiINC27,54115.1484,55546.505Visakhapatnam2Lanka SundaramIND1,40,71841.45K. SubbarajuINC1,24,10236.566Kakinada1Chelikani Venkata Rama RaoCPI85,90139.08Moslakanti Tirumal RaoINC59,54027.0826,36112.007Rajahmundry2Kaneti Mohana RaoCPI1,47,70616.41Nalla Reddi NaiduSP1,46,33116.268Eluru2K. Subha RaoCPI1,87,82218.77B. S. MurthyKMPP1,64,67116.469Masulipatnam1Sanka ButehikottaiahCPI1,24,10148.91K. Venkata RamayyaINC77,25030.4546,85118.4610Gudivada1K. Gopala RaoCPI1,42,53751.51Duggirala BalaramakrishniahINC86,78531.3655,75220.1511Vijayawada1Harindranath ChattopadhyayaIND1,24,32046.97Rajyam SinhaINC49,39618.6674,92428.3112Tenali1Kotha RaghuramaiahINC1,03,12639.70Koratala SatyanarayanaCPI1,01,73839.161,3880.5413Guntur1S. V. Laxmi NarasimhamIND79,35031.18N. G. RangaKLP61,83324.3017,5176.8814Narasaraopet1Chapalamadugu Ramiah ChowdryIND78,33236.19Nandala Anjaneyulu ReddiINC48,39622.3629,93613.8315Ongole2M. NanadassIND1,52,47221.06P. VenkataraghaviahIND1,26,29217.4516Nellore1Bezwada Ramachandra ReddyIND67,58232.65Vennalakurthi RaghavaiahINC65,79531.781,7870.8717Nandyal1Seshagiri RaoIND67,90527.74Sura Rami ReddyINC61,30125.046,6042.7018Kurnool1H. Sitharama ReddyINC70,88736.50Y. Gadilingana GoudIND57,87429.8013,0136.7019Bellary1T. SubrahmanyamINC1,24,97656.91Y. MahabaleshwarappaIND94,61543.0930,36113.8220Anantapur1Paidi LakshmayyaINC85,18739.45Pamidi Bayapa ReddiIND76,18735.289,0004.1721Penukonda1K. S. RaghavachariKMPP1,09,40850.27Kalluri Subba RaoINC85,09839.1024,31011.1722Cuddapah1Eswara Reddi YeddulaCPI85,12535.47P. Basi ReddyINC66,65827.7818,4677.6923Chittoor2T. N. Vishwanatha ReddiINC1,61,59020.49M. V. Gangadara SivaINC1,51,08219.1624Tirupati1M. Ananthasayanam AyyangarINC1,14,78251.35N. Venkataram NaiduKLP1,08,74548.656,0372.7025Madras1T. T. KrishnamachariINC79,43140.66BalasubramanyaJUSP63,25432.3816,1778.2826Tiruvallur2Margatham ChandrasekarINC1,10,26517.89P. NatesanINC90,34014.6627Chingleput1O. V. AlagesanINC55,10236.53A. R. L. PathyKMPP39,85726.4215,24510.1128Kancheepuram1A. KrishnaswamiCWL1,11,23355.63T. ChengalvarayanINC88,72444.3722,50911.2629Vellore2MuthukrishnanINC1,39,44820.89RamachanderCWL1,18,15417.7030Wandiwash1MunisamiCWL96,01154.09Ramachandra ReddyINC68,49838.5927,51315.5031Krishnagiri1C. R. NarasimhanINC61,67241.88C. Doraisami GounderIND55,47837.686,1944.2032Dharmapuri1N. SatyanathanIND66,21635.69K. SubramanianINC61,57033.184,6462.5133Salem1S. V. RamaswamiINC90,57044.44Konnu Rao Sahaib S. Durai Konnu PillaiIND79,70539.1110,8655.3334Erode2BalakrishnanINC1,69,70821.68Periasami GounderINC1,54,52719.7435Tiruchengode1S. K. Baby alias KandaswamiIND95,66454.78Dr. P. SubbarayanINC78,97345.2216,6919.5636Tiruppur1T. S. Avinashilingam ChettiarINC1,17,63056.45VenkatachalamIND90,74543.5526,88512.9037Pollachi1DamodaramINC93,40544.40Krisnabai Nimbkar VasudevSP46,74422.2246,66122.1838Coimbatore1T. A. Ramalinga ChettiarINCWon Uncontested39Pudukkottai1K. M. VallatharsuKMPP1,02,40453.42V. Ramaiah ServaiINC89,29346.5813,1116.8440Perambalur1V. Boorarangaswami PandayachiTNT84,33237.34R. Krishnaswami ReddiarINC65,44328.9818,8898.3641Tiruchirappalli1E. MathuramIND94,18443.82N. HalasyamINC77,00735.8317,1777.9942Tanjore1R. VenkataramanINC92,48345.85R. Srinivasa SarmaIND87,47643.365,0072.4943Kumbakonam1C. Ramaswamy MudaliarINC95,43341.59RamaiahIND62,12427.0733,30914.5244Mayuram2K. Ananda NambiarCPI1,98,74322.49K. SanthanamINC1,89,08921.4045Cuddalore2Govindaswamy KachirayarTNT1,86,89425.26KanakasabaiINC1,64,98522.3046Tindivanam2A. JayaramanTNT2,20,67027.95V. MuniswamiTNT2,14,77227.2047Tirunelveli1Thanu PillaiINC86,07744.32AthimoolamIND71,87137.0114,2067.3148Srivaikuntam1A. V. ThomasINC1,07,33862.31M. M. SubramanianSP64,91637.6942,42224.6249Sankaranainarkoil1M. SankarapandianINC96,57739.11Ahmad IbrahimIND92,45937.444,1181.6750Aruppukottai1U. Muthuramalinga ThevarMFB90,51245.09M. Gulam MohideenINC70,72435.2319,7889.8651Ramanathapuram1V. Vr. N. Ar. Nagappa ChettiarINC1,09,11056.36T. SundaramKMPP44,11822.7964,99233.5752Srivilliputtur1K. Kamaraj NadarINC1,04,82946.77G. D. NaiduIND77,83534.7326,99412.0453Madurai2S. BalasubramaniamINC1,95,76226.68P. M. KakkanINC1,89,94525.8954Periyakulam1A. Sakthivadivel GounderINC1,07,87544.43C. Raghupathi ThevarMFB74,99130.8932,88413.5455Dindigul1Ammu SwaminathanINC77,28536.89KrishnaswamiCPI64,95331.0112,3325.8856South Kanara (North)1U. Srinivas MallyaINC98,12244.45K. B. Jinaraja HegdeKMPP86,26839.0811,8545.3757South Kanara South1B. Shiva RaoINC96,61946.88K. R. KaranthKMPP87,77842.598,8414.2958Cannanore1A. K. GopalanCPI1,66,29965.87C. K. K. Govindan NayarINC79,27031.4087,02934.4759Tellicherry1N. DamodaranKMPP98,48342.61P. KunhiramanINC62,18226.9036,30115.7160Kozhikode1Achuthan Damodaran MenonKMPP1,04,46644.26Ummar Koya, ParappilINC77,01232.6327,45411.6361Malappuram1B. PockerML79,47038.98T. V. Chathukutty NairINC62,49430.6516,9768.3362Ponnani2Kelappan KoyhapaliKMPP1,46,36618.90Karunakara MenonINC1,36,60317.64
See also Elections in Tamil Nadu
Bibliography Volume I, 1951 Indian general election, 1st Lok Sabha
External links Website of Election Commission of India CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History
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