Suntikoppa Assembly constituency

Suntikoppa
Former constituency for the State Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateMysore State (Coorg State till 31 October 1956)
Established1951
Abolished1957
ReservationNone

Suntikoppa was a constituency of the Mysore Legislative Assembly (part of Coorg Legislative Assembly till 31 October 1956). The lone election to this constituency was conducted in 1952 to the legislature of the Coorg State (Kodagu) in India.[1] The constituency included Suntikoppa. This seat was included to Mysore Legislative Assembly in 1956 during the reorganisation of the Indian States based along linguistic lines, the state of Coorg (Kodagu) was merged with Mysore State.[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

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Year Seat Number Member Party
1952[3] 1 P. Lakha Indian National Congress
2 Gundugutti Manjanathaya
1957 onwards: Seat does not exist. See Periyapatna

Election results

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1952

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1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election: Sanivarasanthe[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC P. Lakha 2,834 35.84 New
INC Gundugutti Manjanathaya 2,543 32.16 New
Independent P. A. Chenagappa 1,338 16.92 New
Independent Balagi Basuva 1,193 15.09 New
Turnout 7,908 55.25 New

References

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  1. ^ India Votes. 1968. p. 355.
  2. ^ "SRC submits report". The Hindu. Chennai. 1 October 2005. Archived from the original on 1 March 2006. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Coorg (Kodagu)" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2020.

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