1951–52 Indian general election in Madras State

Indian general election in Madras, 1951
November 1951 1957 (Madras) →; 1957 (AP) →; 1957 (Kerala) →; 1957 (Mysore) →
75 (of 489) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered	26,980,961
Turnout	15,198,376 (56.33%)
	Madras state
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 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

INC	SEATS	CPI	SEATS	OTHERS	SEATS
INC	35	CPI	8	IND	15
				KMPP	5
				Others	12
TOTAL (1951)	35	TOTAL (1951)	8	TOTAL (1951)	75

Independent parties are local state parties, that are unrecognised nationally

Results by Parties


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Indian National Congress	7,253,452	36.39	35
	Communist Party of India	1,783,407	8.95	8
	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party	1,952,197	9.79	6
	Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party	889,292	4.46	4
	Commonweal Party	325,398	1.63	3
	Socialist Party	1,055,423	5.29	2
	Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)	332,196	1.67	1
	Indian Union Muslim League	79,470	0.40	1
	Independents	4,614,210	23.15	15
	Others (7parties)	1,649,116	8.27	0
Total		19,934,161	100.00	75

Valid votes		15,063,841	99.11
Invalid/blank votes		134,535	0.89
Total votes		15,198,376	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		26,980,961	56.33

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.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Indian National Congress	4,119,799	41.97	26
	Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party	872,418	8.89	4
	Commonweal Party	302,889	3.09	2
	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party	455,499	4.64	1
	Communist Party of India	487,555	4.97	1
	Forward Block (Marxist Group)	235,938	2.40	1
	Independents	2,448,591	24.95	3
	Others	892,360	9.09	0
Total		9,815,049	100.00	38

Valid votes		7,208,237	99.11
Invalid/blank votes		64,377	0.89
Total votes		7,272,614	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		13,726,706	52.98

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.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Indian National Congress	2,299,670	29.58	7
	Communist Party of India	1,067,618	13.73	6
	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party	882,126	11.35	2
	Socialist Party	430,208	5.53	2
	Independents	1,870,766	24.06	11
	Others	1,224,459	15.75	0
Total		7,774,847	100.00	28

Valid votes		6,068,222	99.11
Invalid/blank votes		54,196	0.89
Total votes		6,122,418	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		10,058,378	60.87

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.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Indian National Congress	319,717	49.46	3
	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party	174,046	26.92	0
	Socialist Party	36,371	5.63	0
	Independents	116,319	17.99	0
Total		646,453	100.00	3

Valid votes		646,453	99.11
Invalid/blank votes		5,774	0.89
Total votes		652,227	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,043,246	62.52

Results by Malayalam-majority constituencies

These were 5 constituencies with 6 seats, namely Cannanore, Tellicherry, Kozhikode, Malappuram and Ponnani (2 seats).


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party	440,526	25.95	3
	Indian National Congress	537,775	31.67	1
	Communist Party of India	228,234	13.44	1
	Muslim League	79,470	4.68	1
	Independents	182,652	10.76	0
	Others	229,155	13.50	0
Total		1,697,812	100.00	6

Valid votes		1,310,669	99.23
Invalid/blank votes		10,188	0.77
Total votes		1,320,857	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,152,621	61.36

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.

Constituency		NoS	Winner					Runner-up					Margin
Constituency		NoS	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Pathapatnam	1	V. V. Giri		INC	50,084	29.87	Madusudana Jagadev Raja Bahadur		IND	43,689	26.06	6,395	3.81
2	Srikakulam	1	Boddapalli Rajagopala Rao		IND	51,992	28.00	Pasupati Lakshmi Narsinha Raju		INC	42,593	22.94	9,399	5.06
3	Parvathipuram	1	N. Rama Seshiah		IND	67,124	33.87	Senapathi Sitharama Patrudu		IND	55,279	27.90	11,845	5.97
4	Vizianagaram	1	Kandala Subramaniam		SP	1,12,096	61.64	Pasumarihi Veerabhadraswami		INC	27,541	15.14	84,555	46.50
5	Visakhapatnam	2	Lanka Sundaram		IND	1,40,718	41.45	K. Subbaraju		INC	1,24,102	36.56	N/A
6	Kakinada	1	Chelikani Venkata Rama Rao		CPI	85,901	39.08	Moslakanti Tirumal Rao		INC	59,540	27.08	26,361	12.00
7	Rajahmundry	2	Kaneti Mohana Rao		CPI	1,47,706	16.41	Nalla Reddi Naidu		SP	1,46,331	16.26	N/A
8	Eluru	2	K. Subha Rao		CPI	1,87,822	18.77	B. S. Murthy		KMPP	1,64,671	16.46	N/A
9	Masulipatnam	1	Sanka Butehikottaiah		CPI	1,24,101	48.91	K. Venkata Ramayya		INC	77,250	30.45	46,851	18.46
10	Gudivada	1	K. Gopala Rao		CPI	1,42,537	51.51	Duggirala Balaramakrishniah		INC	86,785	31.36	55,752	20.15
11	Vijayawada	1	Harindranath Chattopadhyaya		IND	1,24,320	46.97	Rajyam Sinha		INC	49,396	18.66	74,924	28.31
12	Tenali	1	Kotha Raghuramiah		INC	1,03,126	39.70	Koratala Satyanarayana		CPI	1,01,738	39.16	1,388	0.54
13	Guntur	1	S. V. Laxmi Narasimham		IND	79,350	31.18	N. G. Ranga		KLP	61,833	24.30	17,517	6.88
14	Narasaraopet	1	Chapalamadugu Ramiah Chowdry		IND	78,332	36.19	Nandala Anjaneyulu Reddi		INC	48,396	22.36	29,936	13.83
15	Ongole	2	M. Nanadass		IND	1,52,472	21.06	P. Venkataraghaviah		IND	1,26,292	17.45	N/A
16	Nellore	1	Bezwada Ramachandra Reddy		IND	67,582	32.65	Vennalakurthi Raghavaiah		INC	65,795	31.78	1,787	0.87
17	Nandyal	1	Seshagiri Rao		IND	67,905	27.74	Sura Rami Reddy		INC	61,301	25.04	6,604	2.70
18	Kurnool	1	H. Sitharama Reddy		INC	70,887	36.50	Y. Gadilingana Goud		IND	57,874	29.80	13,013	6.70
19	Bellary	1	T. Subrahmanyam		INC	1,24,976	56.91	Y. Mahabaleshwarappa		IND	94,615	43.09	30,361	13.82
20	Anantapur	1	Paidi Lakshmayya		INC	85,187	39.45	Pamidi Bayapa Reddi		IND	76,187	35.28	9,000	4.17
21	Penukonda	1	K. S. Raghavachari		KMPP	1,09,408	50.27	Kalluri Subba Rao		INC	85,098	39.10	24,310	11.17
22	Cuddapah	1	Eswara Reddi Yeddula		CPI	85,125	35.47	P. Basi Reddy		INC	66,658	27.78	18,467	7.69
23	Chittoor	2	T. N. Vishwanatha Reddi		INC	1,61,590	20.49	M. V. Gangadara Siva		INC	1,51,082	19.16	N/A
24	Tirupati	1	M. Ananthasayanam Ayyanagar		INC	1,14,782	51.35	N. Venkataram Naidu		KLP	1,08,745	48.65	6,037	2.70
25	Madras	1	T. T. Krishnamachari		INC	79,431	40.66	Balasubramanya		JUSP	63,254	32.38	16,177	8.28
26	Tiruvallur	2	Margatham Chandrasekar		INC	1,10,265	17.89	P. Natesan		INC	90,340	14.66	N/A
27	Chingleput	1	O. V. Alagesan		INC	55,102	36.53	A. R. L. Pathy		KMPP	39,857	26.42	15,245	10.11
28	Kancheepuram	1	A. Krishnaswami		CWL	1,11,233	55.63	T. Chengalvarayan		INC	88,724	44.37	22,509	11.26
29	Vellore	2	Muthukrishnan		INC	1,39,448	20.89	Ramachander		CWL	1,18,154	17.70	N/A
30	Wandiwash	1	Munisami		CWL	96,011	54.09	Ramachandra Reddy		INC	68,498	38.59	27,513	15.50
31	Krishnagiri	1	C. R. Narasimhan		INC	61,672	41.88	C. Doraisami Gounder		IND	55,478	37.68	6,194	4.20
32	Dharmapuri	1	N. Satyanathan		IND	66,216	35.69	K. Subramanian		INC	61,570	33.18	4,646	2.51
33	Salem	1	S. V. Ramaswami		INC	90,570	44.44	Konnu Rao Sahaib S. Durai Konnu Pillai		IND	79,705	39.11	10,865	5.33
34	Erode	2	Balakrishnan		INC	1,69,708	21.68	Periasami Gounder		INC	1,54,527	19.74	N/A
35	Tiruchengode	1	S. K. Baby alias Kandaswami		IND	95,664	54.78	Dr. P. Subbaroyan		INC	78,973	45.22	16,691	9.56
36	Tiruppur	1	T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar		INC	1,17,630	56.45	Venkatachalam		IND	90,745	43.55	26,885	12.90
37	Pollachi	1	Damodaram		INC	93,405	44.40	Krisnabai Nimbkar Vasudev		SP	46,744	22.22	46,661	22.18
38	Coimbatore	1	T. A. Ramalinga Chettiar		INC	Won Uncontested
39	Pudukkottai	1	K. M. Vallatharsu		KMPP	1,02,404	53.42	V. Ramaiah Servai		INC	89,293	46.58	13,111	6.84
40	Perambalur	1	V. Boorarangaswami Pandayachi		TNT	84,332	37.34	R. Krishnaswami Reddiar		INC	65,443	28.98	18,889	8.36
41	Tiruchirappalli	1	E. Mathuram		IND	94,184	43.82	N. Halasyam		INC	77,007	35.83	17,177	7.99
42	Tanjore	1	R. Venkataraman		INC	92,483	45.85	R. Srinivasa Sarma		IND	87,476	43.36	5,007	2.49
43	Kumbakonam	1	C. Ramaswamy Mudaliar		INC	95,433	41.59	Ramaiah		IND	62,124	27.07	33,309	14.52
44	Mayuram	2	K. Ananda Nambiar		CPI	1,98,743	22.49	K. Santhanam		INC	1,89,089	21.40	N/A
45	Cuddalore	2	Govindaswamy Kachirayar		TNT	1,86,894	25.26	Kanakasabai		INC	1,64,985	22.30	N/A
46	Tindivanam	2	A. Jayaraman		TNT	2,20,670	27.95	V. Muniswami		TNT	2,14,772	27.20	N/A
47	Tirunelveli	1	Thanu Pillai		INC	86,077	44.32	Athimoolam		IND	71,871	37.01	14,206	7.31
48	Srivaikuntam	1	A. V. Thomas		INC	1,07,338	62.31	M. M. Subramanian		SP	64,916	37.69	42,422	24.62
49	Sankaranainarkoil	1	M. Sankarapandian		INC	96,577	39.11	Ahmad Ibrahim		IND	92,459	37.44	4,118	1.67
50	Aruppukottai	1	U. Muthuramalinga Thevar		MFB	90,512	45.09	M. Gulam Mohideen		INC	70,724	35.23	19,788	9.86
51	Ramanathapuram	1	V. Vr. N. Ar. Nagappa Chettiar		INC	1,09,110	56.36	T. Sundaram		KMPP	44,118	22.79	64,992	33.57
52	Srivilliputtur	1	K. Kamaraj Nadar		INC	1,04,829	46.77	G. D. Naidu		IND	77,835	34.73	26,994	12.04
53	Madurai	2	S. Balasubramaniam		INC	1,95,762	26.68	P. M. Kakkan		INC	1,89,945	25.89	N/A
54	Periyakulam	1	A. Sakthivadivel Gounder		INC	1,07,875	44.43	C. Raghupathi Thevar		MFB	74,991	30.89	32,884	13.54
55	Dindigul	1	Ammu Swaminathan		INC	77,285	36.89	Krishnaswami		CPI	64,953	31.01	12,332	5.88
56	South Kanara (North)	1	U. Srinivasa Mallyya		INC	98,122	44.45	K. B. Jinaraja Hegde		KMPP	86,268	39.08	11,854	5.37
57	South Kanara South	1	B. Shiva Rao		INC	96,619	46.88	K. R. Karanth		KMPP	87,778	42.59	8,841	4.29
58	Cannanore	1	A. K. Gopalan		CPI	1,66,299	65.87	C. K. K. Govindan Nayar		INC	79,270	31.40	87,029	34.47
59	Tellicherry	1	N. Damodaran		KMPP	98,483	42.61	P. Kunhiraman		INC	62,182	26.90	36,301	15.71
60	Kozhikode	1	Achuthan Damodaran Menon		KMPP	1,04,466	44.26	Ummar Koya, Parappil		INC	77,012	32.63	27,454	11.63
61	Malappuram	1	B. Pocker		ML	79,470	38.98	T. V. Chathukutty Nair		INC	62,494	30.65	16,976	8.33
62	Ponnani	2	Kelappan Koyhapali		KMPP	1,46,366	18.90	Karunakara Menon		INC	1,36,603	17.64	N/A

Bibliography

Volume I, 1951 Indian general election, 1st Lok Sabha

External links

Notes