• Source: 1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election

      • 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.


      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. Since Communist Party of India was banned in Travancore-Cochin State, 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.


      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.


      Elected members


      Source: ECI


      See also



      Travancore-Cochin
      1951–52 elections in India
      1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election in Malabar
      1954 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election


      References

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