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The first legislative assembly Election to the Madras state based on universal adult suffrage was held in 27 March 1952. This was the first election held in Madras state after the Indian Independence. This election was officially known as the 1951 Madras State Election, even though through delays, actual voting didn't take place until early 1952.
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No single party obtained a simple majority to form an independent government. C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji) of the Indian National Congress became the Chief Minister after a series of re-alignments among various political parties and Independents. The Telugu speaking regions of Madras state split to form the Andhra state in 1953, leading to the consolidation of the non-Brahmin Congress faction under the leadership of K. Kamaraj. Faced with internal dissent and heavy opposition to his Hereditary education policy, Rajaji resigned in 1954. In the ensuing leadership struggle, Kamaraj defeated Rajaji's chosen successor C. Subramaniam and became the Chief Minister on 31 March 1954.
In the years after the 1946 election, factionalism was common place in the Congress party in Madras. During 1946–51, three different Congress chief ministers headed the Madras government. T. Prakasam was the Chief Minister of Madras presidency immediately after the 1946 election. As a Telugu speaker, he was often at odds with the Madras Provincial Congress Committee president K. Kamaraj. Kamaraj forced the resignation of Prakasam within a year. In 1947, Omandur Ramaswamy Reddiar, Kamaraj's nominee, became the Chief Minister. When Reddiar showed signs of independence, Kamaraj engineered his removal by a vote of no confidence in Congress Legislature Party on 31 March 1949. P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja, the next Chief Minister who formed the Government on 6 April 1949 was believed to be a stooge of Kamaraj. He retained the chiefministership till the 1952 election when he lost his seat in Srivilliputhur constituency.[1][2] The main factions within the Madras Congress Party during this period were: 1) the Andhra (Prakasam) faction, 2) the Rajaji faction 3) Kamaraj faction (Tamil non-Brahmin members) and 4)the Bezawada Gopala Reddy and Kala Venkata Rao faction supported by the All India Congress Committee president Pattabhi Sitaramayya[3]
The Prakasam faction later split from the Congress to form the Hyderabad State Praja Party. The party merged with the Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party in June 1951.
In 1951, the Communist Party of India (CPI) which had been waging an armed struggle during 1948–51, gave up the attempt to wrest power through force and joined the political mainstream. At the 1951 congress of the party, "People's Democracy" was replaced by "National Democracy" as the main slogan of the party and the decision was made to contest the elections. One of the armed movements supported by the CPI was the Telangana Rebellion in the princely state of Hyderabad. Though the rebellion was crushed by 1951, the communists retained widespread support in the neighboring Andhra region. This was due to their policy of linguistic nationalism (the demand for a separate state of Telugu speaking people) and their support base amongst the Kamma caste which was opposed to the Reddy supported Congress. Till then, all the previous elections had been conducted on a limited franchise based on property ownership qualifications. The election of 1951 was the first one to be based on a universal franchise. The Communists had the support of most of the first time voters – landless peasants and agricultural labourers.[4][5][6][7][8] They also had a strong presence in the agrarian district of Tanjore in Tamil Nadu where they were supported by the Dravidar Kazhagam.[9]
The Dravidar Kazhagam (DK), the main opposition party to the Congress in the Tamil speaking areas of the state split in 1949. C. N. Annadurai, once a protege of the DK leader Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, quit the DK and founded a new party – Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). Both the DK and the DMK were secessionist advocates for Dravidistan- a separate state for Dravidians.[10][11] Some of the old guard of the Justice party, which had been renamed as Dravidar Kazhagam in 1944, refused to accept Periyar's leadership. Led by P. T. Rajan, they insisted they were still the real Justice party and contested the 1952 elections under the "Scales" symbol.
According to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Madras) Order, 1951, made by the President under sections 6 and 9 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, the Madras Legislative Assembly consisted of 375 seats to be filled by election, distributed in 309 constituencies and 62 two-member constituencies in each of which a seat had been reserved for Scheduled Castes and four two-member constituencies in each of which a seat had been reserved for Scheduled Tribes. Three seats were uncontested. The elections were conducted for the remaining 372 seats.[12]
The two member constituencies were established in accordance to Article 332 of the Indian Constitution. The voting method and the plurality electoral formula were defined in The Representation of People Act, 1950.[13] Out of the total 309 constituencies in the undivided Madras State, 66 were two member constituencies, 62 of which had one seat reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates and 4 for Scheduled Tribe candidates.[14] These constituencies were larger in size and had greater number of voters (more than 1,00,000)[15] when compared to general constituencies. Two separate list of candidates, a general list and a reserved list, contested in those constituencies. Each voter had to cast two votes – one for each list.
The two winners were chosen as follows:
This system led to anomalies. In some cases like the Coimbatore – II constituency in the 1957 election, both elected members belonged to the reserved list – the candidate with second highest number of votes in reserved list secured more votes than the highest vote getter in the general list. Multiple members were elected only in the 1952 and 1957 elections as double member representation was abolished in 1961 by the enactment of Two-Member Constituencies Abolition Act (1961).[16]
The main opponents for the Congress in Madras were the CPI, Prakasam's Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party (KMPP) and the Krishikar Lok Party led by N. G. Ranga (a breakaway group from KMPP's predecessor - the Hyderabad State Praja Party). The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) did not contest the 1952 election. Instead it supported the candidates of the Vanniyar caste based parties – the Commonweal Party and the Tamil Nadu Toilers Party – and five independents in Chengelpet, Salem, North and South Arcot districts. The candidates they backed had to sign a pledge to support DMK's agenda in the legislative assembly.[10][17] The Dravidar Kazhagam also did not participate directly in the election. However, it supported the Communists in an effort to defeat the Indian National Congress which it claimed was a Brahmin dominated party. It also supported a number of other parties and Independents in the election.[9][18] The Justice party, led by P. T. Rajan contested in nine seats.
Polling was held on 27 March 1952.[19] In all, 2,507 persons filed their nominations-2,472 men and 35 women. Of these, the nominations were rejected in respect of 79 candidates-78 men and one woman. Seven hundred and fifty-one candidates withdrew their nominations in time-741 men and 10 women.[12]
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| Political party | Flag | Seats Contested | Won | % of Seats | Votes | Vote % | Govt. Formation | |
| Indian National Congress |  |
367 | 152 | 40.53 | 69,88,701 | 34.88 | Leading Party | |
| Socialist Party | 163 | 13 | 3.47 | 12,99,282 | 6.48 | |||
| Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | 148 | 35 | 9.33 | 18,03,377 | 9.00 | **Full support | ||
| Communist Party of India |  |
131 | 62 | 16.53 | 26,40,337 | 13.18 | ||
| Krishikar Lok Party# | 63 | 15 | 4.00 | 6,29,893 | 3.14 | *Outside support, joined the cabinet in 1954 | ||
| Republican Party of India |  |
37 | 2 | 0.53 | 3,39,680 | 1.70 | ||
| Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party* | 34 | 19 | 5.07 | 8,52,330 | 4.25 | |||
| Commonweal Party** | 13 | 6 | 1.60 | 2,18,288 | 1.09 | |||
| Madras State Muslim League Party** |  |
13 | 5 | 1.33 | 1,86,546 | 0.93 | #3 KLP legislators and 15 Independents joined Congress | |
| Justice Party | 9 | 1 | 0.27 | 82,231 | 0.41 | |||
| All India Forward Bloc | 6 | 3 | 0.80 | 1,38,203 | 0.69 | |||
| Independent# | 667 | 62 | 16.53 | 47,58,768 | 23.75 | |||
| Total seats | 375 | Voters | 3,66,00,615 | Turnout | 2,00,38,423 (54.75%) | |||
The composite Madras State then included parts of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Karnataka with a total of 375 assembly members. The Indian National Congress was reduced to a minority with 152 members in an assembly of 375. It won 4 seats from the 29 in Malabar, 43 of the 143 in the Andhra areas, 96 of the 190 Tamil constituencies and 9 of the 11 seats from Kannada speaking areas. Kumaraswami Raja, the incumbent Chief Minister lost the election along with five members of his cabinet (Bezawada Gopala Reddy, Kala Venkata Rao, K. Chandramouli, K. Madhava Menon and M. Bhaktavatsalam).[20][21]
A large number of CPI members were elected from Andhra region of Madras state which had for some years demanded a separate state for Telugu speaking areas. In February 1952, the non-congress members convened under T. Prakasam, leader of the KMPP, at Madras to form the United Democratic Front (UDF) and issued a "Common Minimum Program". They claimed to control 166 seats (CPI and CPI backed independents – 70, KMPP – 36, Tamil Nadu Toilers Party – 19, Commonweal party – 6, FBL (MG) – 3, SCF – 1, JUSP −1 and Independents – 30). Prakasam wrote to the Governor Sri Prakasa staking his claim to form the Government as the leader of the single largest formation. The Congress did not want the Communists taking power or to impose Governor's rule in the state. It brought Rajaji out of retirement to form the Government as a consensus candidate.[20][22][23][24] Kamaraj, President of the Madras Provincial Congress Committee was of the opinion that the UDF should be allowed to form the Government as he had predicted the weak coalition might eventually fall apart. However other leaders such as T. T. Krishnamachari and Ramnath Goenka wanted Rajaji to be nominated to form the Government.[25]
Rajaji was invited by Sri Prakasa to form the Government on 1 April 1952 and was sworn in on 10 April 1952. He refused to run for a by-election and the Governor nominated him for the assembly's upper house (Legislative Council). It was considered to be a "constitutional impropriety" as the nomination of a member to the Council could be done only at the recommendation of the cabinet. But in this case, the Governor acted unilaterally when no cabinet had been formed yet.[2][21][26] On 6 May, the incumbent Speaker of the assembly, J. Shivashanmugam Pillai of the Congress was reelected as the Speaker defeating independent MLA Swayamprakasam by 206 votes to 162.[27] On 3 July, Rajaji was able to win a vote of confidence with the support of 200 members with 151 opposing (and 1 neutral).[28][29][30][31] This was the first time such a "confidence motion" was moved in any legislature in India.[32] He was able to secure the majority by engineering a series of defections from the UDF and with the help of other parties:
Andhra State was formed from the Telugu-speaking regions of Madras State after a widespread agitation in 1953. The Madras assembly was reduced from 375 to 230, 140 members going to Andhra and 5 to Mysore with the Congress Party controlling 118 seats; an outright majority.[28] This strengthened the positions of non-Brahmin Congress forces under the leadership of K. Kamaraj. He ousted Rajaji on 31 March 1954 and was elected the leader of Congress Legislative Party. Kamaraj consolidated his position by offering ministerial position to leaders of Tamil Nadu Toilers Party and Commonweal Party. This event marked the end of Brahmin domination in Tamil Nadu Congress.[39]
Kamaraj resigned his presidency of the Provincial Congress Committee owning responsibility for the election loss and was soon replaced by P. Subbarayan.[25] Rajaji's nomination to the Legislative Council was challenged in the Madras High Court by P. Ramamurthi, the CPI MLA from Madurai North Constituency. Chief Justice Rajamannar and Justice Venkatarama Ayyar, who heard the public interest writ petition declined to intervene by opining that "the court could not decide political rights or enforce public interest or constitutional conventions".[40] This precedent set by Governor Prakasa became the first among a long list of constitutional improprieties committed by governors to help the party in power in the central government. The Sarkaria Commission established in 1983 to examine the balance of power between state and central governments remarked on the precedent that the "Governor's task is to see that a government is formed and not to try to form a government which will pursue the policies he approves".[26]
| Minister | Portfolio[41] |
|---|---|
| C. Rajagopalachari | Chief Minister, Public and Police |
| A. B. Shetty | Health |
| C. Subramaniam | Finance, Food and Elections |
| K. Venkataswamy Naidu | Religious Endowments and Registration |
| N. Ranga Reddi | Public Works |
| M. V. Krishna Rao | Education, Harijan Uplift and Information |
| V. C. Palanisami Gounder | Prohibition |
| U. Krishna Rao | Industries, Labour, Motor Transport, Railways, Posts, Telegraphs and Civil Aviation |
| R. Nagana Gowda | Agriculture, Forests, veterinary, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Cinchona |
| N. Sankara Reddi | Local Administration |
| M. A. Manickavelu Naicker | Land Revenue |
| K. P. Kuttikrishnan Nair | Courts, Prisons and Legal Department |
| Raja Sri Shanmuga Rajeswara Sethupathi | House Rent Control |
| S. B. P. Pattabhirama Rao | Rural Welfare, Commercial Taxes and Scheduled areas |
| D. Sanjeevayya | Cooperation and Housing |
Members of cabinet who served between 13 April 1954 – 13 April 1957 under the Chief Ministership of Kamraj are
| Minister | Portfolio |
|---|---|
| K. Kamaraj | Chief Minister; Minister of Public and Police in the Home Department |
| A. B. Shetty | Minister in charge of medical and public health, cooperation, housing and ex-servicemen |
| M. Bhaktavatsalam | Minister in charge of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries, Cinchona, Rural Welfare, Community Projects, National Extension Scheme, Women's Welfare, Industries and Labour and Animal Husbandry and Veterinary |
| C. Subramaniam | Minister in charge of Finance, Food, Education, Elections and Information and Publicity and Law (Courts and Prisons) |
| M. A. Manickavelu Naicker | Minister in charge of Land Revenue and Commercial Taxes and Rural Development. |
| Raja Sri Shanmuga Rajeswara Sethupathi | Minister in charge of Public Works, Accommodation Control, Engineering Colleges, Stationery and Printing including Establishment questions of the Stationery Department and the Government Press |
| B. Parameswaran | Minister in charge of Transport, Harijan Uplift, Hindu Religious Endowments, Registration and Prohibition |
| S. S. Ramasami Padayachi | Minister in charge of Local Administration |
Election results from constituencies which would later become part of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Mysore state are listed here.
| * | Non-elected Chief Minister of Madras State |
| Constituency | Winner | Party | Runner-up | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominated | C. Rajagopalachari | INC | ||
| Adirampattinam | S. Venkatarama Iyer | INC | K. Muthiah | CPI |
| Aduthurai | Narayanaswami Naidu | INC | Samiappa Mudaliar | JUSP |
| Alangulam | Chinnathambi | INC | Thangarathnasamy Nadar | IND |
| Ambasamudram | P. Chockalingam | IND | Lakshmisankara Iyer | INC |
| Arakkonam | Bhakthavathsalu Naidu | IND | Vedachalam | INC |
| Arantangi | Mahamad Salihu Maraicair | INC | Ramaswamy Thevar | IND |
| Arcot | S. Panchaksharam Chettiar | INC | Nagarathinam | CWP |
| Aravakurichi | N. Rathina Gounder | IND | T. M. Nallaswamy | INC |
| Ariyalur | Palaniandi | IND | Razar | INC |
| Arni | V. K. Kannan | CWP | W. S. Srinivasa Rao | INC |
| Aruppukottai | Jayarama Reddiar | INC | M. D. Ramaswami | IND |
| Authoor | Soundaram Ramachandran | INC | V. S. S. Mani Chettiar | IND |
| Attur | P. Subramaniam | IND | P. Sellamuthu Padayachi | INC |
| Chengalpattu | K. Vinayakam | KMPP | V. L. Raja | INC |
| Bhavani | B. K. Nallaswami | INC | N. Palaniswamy Gounder | TTP |
| Bhuvanagiri | V. Krishnaswamy Padayachi | INC | S. Tiruvenkata Nainar | TTP |
| Chengam | Ramaswami Gounder | CWP | Muthukrishna Chettiar | INC |
| Cheranmahadevi | S. Chellapandi | INC | S. Dasaratharam | SP |
| Cheyyar | Dharmalinga Nayakar | CWP | P. Ramachandran | INC |
| Chidambaram | 1) Swami Sahajananda 2) Vagheesan Pillai |
INC INC |
3) Swamikannu 4) Sivasubramanian |
TTP TTP |
| Choolai | Sebastian Cyril Constantine Anthony Pillai | SP | D. K. Kannappar | INC |
| Coimbatore | C. Subramaniam | INC | C. P. Kandaswamy | CPI |
| Cuddalore | 1) Rathinam 2) Sivachidambara Ramaswami Padayachi |
TTP TTP |
3) Srinivasa Padayachi 4) Ganesan |
INC INC |
| Cumbum | P. T. Rajan | JUSP | S. K. Ahmed Meeran | INC |
| Dharapuram | Senapathi Gounder | IND | Nataraja Gounder | INC |
| Dharmapuri | P. R. Rajagopla Gounder | IND | R. S. Veerappa Chettiar | IND |
| Dindigul | Munisamy Pillai | INC | A. Balasubramaniam | CPI |
| Edappadi | S. Arthanareeswara Gounder | INC | S. Marimuthu Gounder | TTP |
| Edirkottai | R. Krishnasamy Naidu | INC | Muthuramanujam | IND |
| Erode | Raju | CPI | Deivasigamani Gounder | INC |
| Gingee | Aranganathan | TTP | K. Ramakrishnaswamy Pillai | INC |
| Gopichettipalayam | P. S. Nalla Gounder | INC | P. K. Nalla Gounder | IND |
| Gudiyatham | 1) A. J. Arunachala Mudaliar 3) Rathnaswamy |
INC | 2) P. S. Rajagopala Naidu 4) Kannabiran |
IND CPI |
| Harbour | Krishna Rao | INC | Ibrahim Sahib | IND |
| Harur | 1) A. Duraiswami Gounder 2) Nanjappan |
IND INC |
3) Sambasiva Reddy 4) Mariappan |
INC SCF |
| Hosur | M. Muni Reddy | IND | K. Appavu Pillai | INC |
| Jayankondan | 1) Ayyavu 2) K. R. Viswanathan |
TTP TTP |
3) Muthukumaraswamy Mudaliar 4) Raghupathi |
INC INC |
| Kadambur | Venugopala Krishnaswamy | INC | Subbiah Naicker | IND |
| Kalasapakkam | Nataraja Mudaliar | IND | Periasami Gounder | INC |
| Kallakurichi | 1) Elaya Pillai 2) Anandan |
IND INC |
3) Govindan 4) Parthasarathy |
TTP INC |
| Kancheepuram | Deivasigamani | KMPP | P. S. Srinivasan | INC |
| Kangayam | A. K. Subbaraya Gounder | INC | Not contested | Not contested |
| Karaikudi | Chockalingam Chettiar | INC | Mahalingam Chettiar | IND |
| Karur | 1) M. Manickasundaram 3) T. V. Sannasi |
IND INC |
2) S. Muthusamy Gounder 4) Vadivel Moopan |
INC IND |
| Kodumudi | Nallasivan | SP | Makutapathy Gounder | INC |
| Koilpalaya | V. K. Palaniswamy Gounder | INC | Ramaswamy Naidu | SP |
| Kovilpatti | Ramasamy | INC | Shanmugham | IND |
| Krishnagiri | D. Krishnamoorthy Gounder | IND | S. Nagaraia Maniar | INC |
| Kumbakonam | Varadan | INC | Somu Rao | CPI |
| Lalgudi | Raja Chidambaram | IND | Varadarajan | INC |
| Manamadurai | Krishnaswami Ayyangar | INC | Abdul Gafoor | CPI |
| Madukkarai | R. Kuppuswami | INC | Chinnadurai | SP |
| Madurai North | P. Ramamoorthy | CPI | T. Chidambara Bharathi | INC |
| Madurai South | T. K. Rama | INC | A. Dharmaraj Santhosam | IND |
| Madurantakam | 1) B. Parameswaran 2) V. Venkatasubba Reddi |
INC INC |
3) K. Muthulinga Reddiar 4) Kothandarama Reddiar |
REP SP |
| Manachanallur | Rajagopal | INC | Arunachalam | IND |
| Manapparai | Antony Peter | INC | Kulandaivel | IND |
| Mannargudi | 1) M. Kandaswami 3) Subbiah |
CPI CPI |
2) Ramachandra Naidu 4) Thiagu Voikarar |
INC INC |
| Mayuram | 1) K. R. Sambandan 2) A. Veloo |
IND IND |
K. Pitchai N. Rangaswami Reddiar |
INC INC |
| Mecheri | S. Subramania Gounder | INC | M. Kandasamy Kandan | IND |
| Melmalayur | V. Gopala Gounder | TTP | K. Gopala Gounder | INC |
| Melur | 1) S. Chinnakaruppa Thevar 2) P. Sivaprakasam |
INC INC |
3) B. Ponnuchami Ambalam 4) K. Veerana Veduvan |
FBL(MG) CPI |
| Mettupalayam | Kempi Gounder | IND | Azad Abdul Salam | INC |
| Mudukulathur | 1) Mottaya Kudumbar 2) U. Muthuramalingam Thevar |
FBL(MG) FBL(MG) |
3) Sankaran 4) Shanmuga Sundaram |
INC |
| Musiri | Thangavelu | IND | M. P. Krishnaswami | INC |
| Mylapore | C. R. Ramaswamy | INC | Krishnamurthi | IND |
| Nagapattinam | 1) Sivaraj 2) Vadivelu |
CPI CPI |
3) Duraisamy 4) Shanmugasundaram Pillai |
INC INC |
| Namakkal | 1) K. V. Ramaswamy 2) M. P. Periaswami |
CPI INC |
3) T. Sivagnanam Pillai 4) S. Chinnayan |
INC IND |
| Nambiyur | 1) P. G. Karuthiruman 2) P. G. Manickam |
INC INC |
3) C. K. Subramaniam Gounder 4) K. A. Palaniappan |
IND SCF |
| Nanguneri | M. G. Sankar Reddiyar | INC | Madaswamy | IND |
| Nannilam | 1) Muthukumaraswami 2) Thyagaraja Pillai |
INC INC |
3) Anthony Muthu 4) Kalyanasundaram Pillai |
CPI CPI |
| Nidamangalam | Venkatesa Sholagar | CPI | Sambasiva Ayyar | INC |
| Nilakottai | 1) Ayyanar 2) Muthu Thevar |
INC INC |
3) Ponniah Konar 4) Govindan |
IND SP |
| Nilgiris | 1) Ari Gowder 2) K. H. Bomman |
IND INC |
3) R. Raman Nair 4) C. P. Krishnaiah |
INC IND |
| Oddanchatram | Subramanya Lakshmipathy Naicker | IND | K. Karuthappa Gounder | INC |
| Omalur | P. Rathinaswami Pillai | IND | K. Nanjappa Chettiar | INC |
| Panruti | S. Radhakrishnan | TTP | P. A. Ranganatha Padayachi | INC |
| Palani | M. P. Mangala Gounder | IND | P. S. K. Lakshmipathi Raju | INC |
| Palavoor | T. Ganapathy | INC | N. Duraipandi | KMPP |
| Papanasam | Swayamprakasam | IND | Abdul Majid Sahib | INC |
| Paramakudi | Govindan | INC | Natarajan | CPI |
| Paramathy | R. Rangaswami Gounder | IND | P. V. Kuppayandi Pillai | INC |
| Pattukottai | Nadimuthu Pillai | INC | Marimuthu | SP |
| Pennagaram | S. Kandaswami Gounder | TTP | M. N. Raja Chettiar | IND |
| Perambalur | 1) Paramasivam 3) Palanimuthu |
IND TTP |
2) Thangavelu 4) Pariannan |
TTP IND |
| Perambur | S. Pakkirisami Pillai | SP | M. Santhosam | INC |
| Periyakulam | 1) V. Muthu 2) Mookayya Thevar |
INC FBL(MG) |
3) N. R. Thyagarajan 4) Ponnuchami |
INC SP |
| Pollachi | 1) N. Mahalingam 2) P. K. Thirumurthy |
INC INC |
3) Marudachalam 4) Palanisami |
CPI CPI |
| Polur | Manickavelu Naicker | CWP | Annamalai Chetty | INC |
| Ponneri | 1) O. Chengam Pillai 2) Gajapathi Reddiar |
KMPP KMPP |
3) M. Bhaktavatsalam 4) C. Lakshmana Pillai |
INC INC |
| Pudukkottai | Balakrishnan | TTP | Natesan Ambalakkarar | INC |
| Ramanathapuram | Shanmugha Rajeswara Sethupathy | INC | Rajamanickam | CPI |
| Ranipet | Kadir Sheriff | INC | Munuswami Gounder | CWP |
| Rasipuram | T. M. Kaliannan | INC | K. Ramaswamy | IND |
| Saidapet | 1) T. P. Elumalai 2) N. Ramakrishna Iyer |
INC INC |
3) R. Kannan 4) M. S. Gnanaprakasam |
REP KMPP |
| Salem Rural | C. Lakshma Kandan | INC | A. Subramaniam | TTP |
| Salem Town | Varadarajulu Naidu | INC | Mohan Kumaramangalam | CPI |
| Saliyamangalam | Samia Koorayar | IND | Krishnaswami Vanayar | INC |
| Sankaranarayanar Kovil | 1) Ramasundara Karunalaya Pandyan 3) Urkavalan |
IND INC |
2) K. Sattanatha Karayalar 4) O. Sappani |
INC IND |
| Sathankulam | Kosalram | IND | Meganathan | IND |
| Sattur | S. Ramaswami Naidu | INC | Rajarathnam | IND |
| Sedapatti | Thinakaraswami Thevar | INC | Kamana Thevar | SP |
| Sholinghur | M. Subramanya Naicker | CWP | V. M. Ramaswamy Mudaliar | INC |
| Sirkazhi | C. Muthia Pillai | INC | K. Swamithurai Annagar | CPI |
| Sivaganga | R. V. Swaminathan | INC | Velayutham Chettiar | KMPP |
| Sriperumbudur | T. Shanmugam | IND | Seshachari | INC |
| Srirangam | Chitrambalam | CPI | Srinivasan | INC |
| Srivilliputhur | 1) D. K. Raja 3) A. Vaikuntam |
IND INC |
2) P. S. Kumaraswami Raja 4) K. Arumugha Perumal |
INC IND |
| Talavasal | A. Sambasivam | INC | M. Gopala Chetty | IND |
| Tenkasi | Subramaniam Pillai | INC | Sevagupandia Thevar | IND |
| Thanjavur | 1) M. Marimuthu 2) S. Ramalingam |
INC CPI |
3) R. Swaminatha Mercondar 4) R. Shanmugan |
INC IND |
| Thirumangalam | K. Rajaram | INC | T. Manickavasakam | KMPP |
| Thondamuthur | Palaniswami Gounder | INC | Perumal | SP |
| Thousand lights | 1) Venkataswami Naidu 2) Sivashanmugam Pillai |
INC IND |
3) Indirani Balasubramaniam 4) Marthandam Pillai |
JUSP SP |
| Thuraiyur | P. Rangaswami Reddiar | IND | A. V. Rangaswami | INC |
| Tindivanam | 1) M. Jagannathan 2) Venugopala Gounder |
TTP TTP |
3) Balasundaram 4) Venkatakrishna Reddiar |
INC INC |
| Tiruchendur | 1) Adityan 2) V. Arumugam |
KMPP INC |
3) Subramanya Adithan 4) Pitchu |
INC SP |
| Tiruchengode | 1) S. Arumugham 2) T. S. Arthanari |
IND CPI |
3) Radhabai Subbarayan 4) V. K. Ramaswamy |
INC INC |
| Tiruchirapalli (North) | M. Kalayanasundaram | CPI | G. Ramaswami | INC |
| Tiruchirapalli (South) | Ramasamy | INC | Vaiyapuri Sholayar | IND |
| Tirukkoyilur | 1) T. D. Muthukumaraswamy Naidu 2) A. Muthuswami |
TTP TTP |
3) Kulasekara Dass 4) M. Rajagopal |
INC INC |
| Tirumayam | 1) Palaniyappan 3) Chinnayyaa |
INC TTP |
2) Avudayappan Ambalakkarar 4) Sambasiva Moopan |
KMPP INC |
| Tirunelveli | 1) Arumugan 2) S. N. Somayajulu |
INC INC |
3) P. S. Subramania Pillai 4) Shanmugam |
IND CPI |
| Tiruppur | Arumugam Rangaswami Naidu |
INC | Mathivanam Ramaswami |
CPI |
| Tirupattur (41) | E. L. Raghava Mudali | IND | R. C. Samanna Gounder | INC |
| Tiruppattur 194 | Muthiah Chettiar | IND | Veerabhadran | CPI |
| Tirupporur | M. R. Ramachandran | INC | S. Murugesa Mudaliar | REP |
| Thiruvadanai | Chelladurai | IND | Arumugam Servai | INC |
| Tiruvallur | 1) M. Dharmalingam 2) V. Govindaswamy Naidu |
KMPP KMPP |
3) N. Eagambara Mudaliar 4) V. S. Arunachalam |
INC INC |
| Thiruvannamalai | 1) Ramachandra Reddiar 2) Thangavelu |
INC INC |
3) Vadivelu Gounder 4) T. V. Devaraja Mudaliar |
CWP IND |
| Triplicane | A. M. Sambandam | INC | M. S. Abdul Majeed | IND |
| Tuticorin | J. L. P. Roche Victoria | INC | K. V. P. Swamy | IND |
| Uddanappalli | P. N. Munuswamy | INC | A. N. Nallappa Reddy | KMPP |
| Udumalpet | Mounaguruswami Naidu | INC | Thangavelu | CPI |
| Ulundurpet | M. Kandaswamy Padayachi | INC | Natesa Gounder | TTP |
| Uthamapalayam | A. S. Subbaraj | INC | Muthaiah | SP |
| Uthiramerur | V. K. Ramaswami Mudaliar | INC | Duraisami Naicker | KMPP |
| Uthukuli | Palaniswami | IND | Kandasami Gounder | INC |
| Vadamadurai | Chinnaswamy Naidu | INC | Srinivasan | SP |
| Valappady | P. Kandasamy Gounder | IND | B. A. Rajarathnam | INC |
| Vandavasi | 1) Somasundara Gounder 2) Dasarathnam |
CWP SCF |
3) Ramanuja Reddiar 4) Velayuthapani |
INC INC |
| Vaniyambadi | A. K. Hanumantharaya Gounder | IND | M. Erusan | CWP |
| Vedasandur | V. Madanagopal | CPI | M. R. Krishnaswamy Reddiar | INC |
| Vellore | 1) A. K. Masilamani Chettiar 3) H. M. Jagnanathan |
INC INC |
2) R. Radhakrishnan 4) K. R. Sundaram |
CWP CPI |
| Vikravandi | Govindaswamy Nayagar | TTP | Bashyam Reddiar | INC |
| Vilathikulam | P. Selvaraj | INC | Sankaralingam | IND |
| Villupuram | Nagarajan | TTP | S. D. Chinnas | INC |
| Virudhunagar | V. V. Ramaswamy | IND | Sankarapandia Nadar | INC |
| Vridachalam | 1) Paramasivam 3) Kathimuthu |
TTP TTP |
2) Narayanaswamy Pillai 4) Vedamanickam |
INC INC |
| Wasermanpet | Jeevanandam | CPI | Radhakrishnan Pillai | INC |
| Constituency | Winner | Party | Runner-up | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salur | Kumisetti Venkatanarayana Dora | KLP | Alur Yorukumaiudu | INC |
| Cheepurupalli | Thaddi Chinna Atchanaidu | IND | Mudundi Satyanarayanaraju | IND |
| Bobbili | Kolli Venkata Kuruni Naidu | SP | Kothagiri Seetharamaswami | INC |
| Parvathipuram | Vyricherla Durgaprasad Veerabhadra Deo Bahadur | INC | Cheekati Parasuram Naidu | KLP |
| Srikakulam | Killi Appala Naidu | KLP | Kavali Narayana | KLP |
| Honjaram | Peesuputi Pundareekakshacharyulu | KLP | Chelikani Sreeranganayakulu | IND |
| Palakonda | Palavasa Sangam Naiudu | INC | Moosala Rajaratnam Naiudu | KLP |
| Narasannapeta | H. Satyanarayana Dora | INC | Kasira Basava Raju | KMPP |
| Pathapatnam | Lukulapu Lakshmanadas | INC | Darapu Govindarajulu | CPI |
| Tekkali | Rokkam Lakshmi Narasimham Dora | IND | Bandi Kurmanna | INC |
| Sompeta | Gouthu Latchanna | KLP | Pothuru Swamy Babu | INC |
| Ichapuram | Neeladri Rao Reddy | KLP | Harihara Patnaik | IND |
| Vizianagaram | Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapati Raju | SP | Gantlana Suryanarayana | SP |
| Bheemunipatnam | Kaligotla Suryanarayana | IND | J. V. K. Vallabha Rao | CPI |
| Alamanda | K. V. Padmanabha Raju | SP | G. B. Appa Rao | INC |
| Srungavarapukota | C. V. Somayajulu | SP | T. Venkataramanayya | INC |
| Chodavaram | Kandarpa Venkataramesam | KLP | Bhupathiraju Satyanarayana Raju | INC |
| Madugole | Bhojinki Gangayya Naidu | KLP | Ilapakurthy Satyanarayana | INC |
| Visakhapatnam | Tenneti Viswanatham | KMPP | S. Appala Nayudu | IND |
| Paravada | Mullapadi Veerabhadram | CPI | Gothimukkla Jagannatha Raju | IND |
| Anakapalle | Koduganti Govinda Rao | CPI | Villuri Venkataramana | KLP |
| Yelamanchili | Pappala Bapunaiudu | KLP | Missule Suryanarayanamoorthy | INC |
| Payakaraopeta | Raja Sagi Suryanarayana Raju | IND | Sunkari Appala Naiudu | INC |
| Golugonda | 1) Killada Ramamurthy 2) Kankipatti Veerana Padal |
KLP KLP |
Puthala Latdha Patrudu | INC |
| Bhadrachalam | 1) Karam Bapanna Dora 2) Y. Venkata Krishna Rao |
KMPP KMPP |
1) Varsavyi Venkata Thirupathi Raju 2) Sivasam Bojji Dora |
|
| Tuni | Raja Vatsavaya Venkata Krishnam Raju Bahadur | INC | Yenumula Venkanna Dora | KMPP |
| Pithapuram | R. V. Jagga Rao | CPI | R. Atachayya Rao | INC |
| Peddapuram | Thota Ramaswami | INC | D. V. Subba Rao | IND |
| Burugupudi | N. Venkatarama Rao | KLP | Marina Narasanna | INC |
| Rajamundry | Chitturi Prabhakara Chowdary | CPI | K. L. Narasimha Rao | INC |
| Kakinada | Chittajallu Venkata Krishna Rao | CPI | Kanteti Mohana Rao | CPI |
| Ramachandrapuram | Kakarlapudi Rajagopalanarasaraju | KMPP | Mallipudi Pallanraju | INC |
| Anaparti | Padala Satyanarayana Reddi | INC | P. Venkata Rao | CPI |
| Pamarru | S. B. P. Pattabhi Rama Rao | INC | P. Panasaramanna | CPI |
| Amalapuram | Nadimpalli Ramabhadra Raju | KMPP | Bojja Appalaswami | SCF |
| Razole | Alluri Venkataramaraju and Ganji Nagaswara Rao | CPI | Akula Buliswami | KMPP |
| Chintalapudi | Motaparithi Kunerao | CPI | Kamadana Venkatarama Surya Prakasa Rao | INC |
| Eluru | Garapaty Satyanarayana | CPI | Mulpuri Rengayya | INC |
| Tadepalligudem | C. S. Varaparasadamurthiraju | INC | Kilambi Venkata Krishnavataram | KMPP |
| Alampuram | Pasala Suryachandra Rao | KMPP | Thumalapalli Satyanarayanamurthy | INC |
| Undi | Dantuluri Narayana Raju | INC | Gottumukkala Venkata Raju | CPI |
| Bhimavaram | Bhupathiraju Subbaraju | KMPP | Nimmala Sangaiah Naidu | INC |
| Narsapur | Padela Symasundara Rao | CPI | Bhupathiraju Lakshminarasaraju | CPI |
| Tanuku | Chitturu Indrayya | KMPP | Chitturi Subba Rao | INC |
| Penugonda | Dwarampudi Basivireddy | KMPP | Nadimipilli Tirupathiraju | INC |
| Kovvur | 1) Pinnamaneeni Sreeramachandra Rao | CPI | 2) Alluri Bapineedu | INC |
| Jaggayapeta | Pillalamarvi Venkateswarlu | CPI | Bandi Timpatayya | INC |
| Vijayavada | Tammina Potharaju | CPI | Maru Pilla Chetti | INC |
| Kanchikacherla | Vasireddi Rama Rao | CPI | Kakani Venkatratnam | INC |
| Tiruvur | Peta Rama Rao | CPI | Peta Bappaiah | INC |
| Kankipadu | Myneni Lakshmanaswamy | CPI | Edupuganti Bala Veeraghavayya | KLP |
| Nuzvid | Raja Meka Rangayya Appa Rao Bahadur | INC | P. V. Raghavayya | IND |
| Gudivada | 1) Gungi Rama Rao 2) Katragadia Rajagopala Rao |
CPI CPI |
3) A. Gopalakrishnayya 4) Mangalagiri Ramdasu |
IND INC |
| Kaikalur | Adusnmolli Venkatasubramanyam | INC | Atluri Purnachalapathi Rao | CPI |
| Divi | 1) Chandra Ramalingaiah 2) Guntur Bapanayya |
CPI CPI |
3) Sreemanthu Raja Yarlagadda Sivaram Prasad Bahadur 4) Gattipati Brahmayya |
IND INC |
| Bandar | G. Anjeneyulu | CPI | R. Achyawnamaiah | INC |
| Vinukonda | Pulupula Venkatasivaiah | CPI | Paladugu Nagaiah Chowdhary | IND |
| Palnadu | Kola Subba Reddy | CPI | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy | INC |
| Bellamkonda | Mandava Bapaiah Chowdary | IND | Bojja Adinarayana Rao | INC |
| Narasaraopet | N. Nallapati Venkataramiah | KMPP | Kasu Vengal Reddy | INC |
| Chilakaluripet | Karnam Ranga Rao | CPI | Balineni Nagaiah | INC |
| Sattenpalle | V. Gopalakrishniah | IND | Jetti Ankamma | IND |
| Mangalagiri | Darsi Lakshmiah | CPI | Imgilapati Govinda Rao | KLP |
| Guntur | Nadimpalli Venkatalakshmi Narasimha Rao | KMPP | Yangalasetry Tirupattayya | CPI |
| Prathipadu | Tamma Kotamma Reddy | INC | Managva Seshayya | CPI |
| Duggirala | A. Rami Reddi | INC | K. Kotaiah | CPI |
| Tenali | Alapati Venkataramiah | INC | Rivissatyanarayana | KLP |
| Amarthalur | Gorikupudi Joseph | CPI | Velunolu Seetharamiah | INC |
| Repalle | M. Hanumantha Rao | CPI | Kalluri Chandramouli | INC |
| Bapatla | Vemmulapalli Srikrishna | INC | Nankena Venkataraju | CPI |
| Ponnur | Kolla Venkaiah | CPI | Coginam Lakshminarayana | KLP |
| Chirala | Pragada Kotaiah | KMPP | Uthukuri Upendra Gupta | IND |
| Ongole | Kasukurthi Malakondiah | CPI | Madala Narayannaswami | CPI |
| Gudur | Pelleti Gopalakrishna Reddy | INC | Katamareddy Raja Rami Reddy | IND |
| Venkatagiri | Padileti Venkatasami Reddy | INC | Katikinani Kalyan Rao | KLP |
| Rapur | D. Dasaratharamiah Naidu | INC | Ganga Ramanaiah | CPI |
| Nellore | 1) Khandavalli Krishna Rao 2)Swarna Vemayya |
IND IND |
3) Anam Chenchu Subba Reddy 4) Ponnaluru Veera Raghava Reddi |
INC IND |
| Kovur | Basavareddy Sankarayya | CPI | B. Seshu Reddy | INC |
| Atmakur | Ganga China Kondayya | IND | Gangavarapu Thirupathi Naidu | INC |
| Kavali | B. Ramakrishna Reddy | KMPP | R. Dasaratharami Reddy | INC |
| Udayagiri | Kovi Ramayya Chowdary | KMPP | Bezawada Gopala Reddy | INC |
| Kanigiri | Gujjala Yellamanda Reddy | CPI | Devi Reddy Lakhmi Reddy | INC |
| Kandukur | 10 Nalamothu Chenchurama Naidu 2) Kamatham Shanmugham |
INC INC |
3) Chukka Kottilingam 4) Guntapalli Venkatasubbiah |
IND IND |
| Darsi | Sanikommu Kasi Reddy | CPI | Ravipathi Mohanada | KLP |
| Markapuram | N. Venkatayya | KLP | Yekkali Ramaiah | IND |
| Cumbum | Pidathala Ranga Reddy | INC | Adapala Ramaswamy | IND |
| Nandyal | Mallu Subba Reddy | IND | G. Rami Reddy | INC |
| Koikuntla | N. Venkatasubba Reddy | SP | B. V. Subba Reddy | INC |
| Dhone | Venkatasetty Kotrike | IND | Venkatasubbiah Nivarthi | INC |
| Nandikottur | C. Pulla Reddy | CPI | Subba Reddy | INC |
| Kurnool | D. Sanjeevayya | INC | N. Sankara Reddy | INC |
| Rajampet | Panjam Narasimha Reddy | CPI | Bandam Ratnasabapathi Setti | SP |
| Rayachoti | Adinarayana Reddy | KMPP | Gurjala Reddayya Naidu | SP |
| Kadapa | K. Koti Reddy | INC | P. Seshiah Chetty | IND |
| Badvel | Vedamani Chidanandam | IND | Bommu Rama Reddy | INC |
| Proddatur | Kundala Balanarayana Reddy | INC | Panem Yonamani Reddy | KMPP |
| Kamalupuram | Narreddy Sivarami Reddy | CPI | Ramalinga Reddy | INC |
| Jammalamadugu | Kunda Ramiah | KMPP | Tatireddy Pulla Reddy | INC |
| Penukonda | Lakshminarayana Reddy | IND | Chitambara Reddy | INC |
| Hindupur | Sivasankara Reddy | INC | Sreenivasa Reddy | KMPP |
| Madakasira | Siddanna Goud | IND | Venkatasivamma | INC |
| Kadiri | K. V. Vema Reddy | INC | Y. Papireddy | IND |
| Dharmavaram | Srinivasalu Kasetty | KMPP | Venkatareddy Gonuguntla | INC |
| Kalyandrug | Narayanappa Sanda | INC | B. Yeniswamy | CPI |
| Tadpatri | C. Subbarayudu | KMPP | J. C. Nagi Reddy | INC |
| Anantapur | T. Nagi Reddy | CPI | N. Sanjeeva Reddy | INC |
| Adoni | H. Ramalinga Reddy | IND | T. Mallayya | INC |
| Rayadurg | G. Nagabushanam | INC | Mullangi Chinna Basappa Chowdary | IND |
| Chattu | T. N. Vankatasubba Reddy | INC | Alluru Narsinga Rao | IND |
| Madanapalle | Dodda Seetharamiah | CPI | Gudreddigari Srinivasareddy | IND |
| Punganur | B. Krishnamoorthy Rao | INC | Varanasi Raghunatha Reddy | IND |
| Pileru | P. Thimma Reddy | KLP | N. Bhaskara Reddy | INC |
| Palamaner | Ramabrahaman | INC | Soma Ram Reddy | KLP |
| Chittoor | Chinama Reddy | IND | N. P. Chengalraya Naidu | INC |
| Tiruttani | Kidambi Varadachari | INC | M. Dorai Kannu | INC |
| Puttur | Kumaraswami Rajah Bahadur | KMPP | R.B. Ramakrishna Raju | INC |
| Kalahasti | A. Balarami Reddy | INC | T. Venkatasubba Rao | KLP |
| Chandragiri | A. Adikesavalu Naidu | INC | V. Raja Reddy | IND |
| Constituency | Winner | Party | Runner-up | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coondapur | Manjayya Shetty | INC | Srinivasa Shetty | SP |
| Brahmavar | S. S. Kolkabail | KMPP | Jagjeevandoss Shetty | INC |
| Udipi | T. Anantha Pai | INC | K. Rama Rao | KMPP |
| Karkal | A. B. Shetty | INC | M. Dharmasamarajaya | KMPP |
| Puttur | 1) K. Venkataramanna Gowda 2) K. Iswara |
INC INC |
3) K. Karanth 4) M. Naikker Ramanna |
KMPP KMPP |
| Mulky | N. N. Suvarna | INC | Sanjeevanath | SP |
| Mangalore | L. C. Pais | INC | A. Shantha Ram Pai | CPI |
| Panemangalore | Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga | INC | D. K. H. Alwa | IND |
| Siruguppa | S. Parameswarappa | INC | S. Ranganna Gowd | IND |
| Kollegal | S. C. Virupakshiah | INC | C. R. Subramani Iyer | IND |
| Bellary | M. Gangappa | IND | A. Sumangalamma | INC |
| Hospet | R. Nagana Gowda | INC | Mahabaleswarappa | IND |
| Kudligi | Kotrabasavana Goud | IND | T. M. Panchakshariah | INC |
| Harpanahalli | Sirasappa. Ijari | INC | K. B. R. Kotra Goud | IND |
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| Constituency | Winner | Party | Runner-up | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kasaragod | M . S . Mogral | INC | B. K. Sridharan | KMPP |
| Hosdrug | Narayanan Nambiar | KMPP | Kunnikannan Nambiar | INC |
| Nattika | Gopalakrishnan | CPI | Raman | INC |
| Ponnani | N. Gopala Menon | INC | K. C. Sankarann | INC |
| E. T. Kunhan | CPI | A. C. Raman | KMPP | |
| Tirur | K. Uppi Saheb | IUML | K. Ahmad Kutty | INC |
| Thrithala | K. B. Menon | SP | P. K. Moideen Kutty | INC |
| Perinthalmanna | Kunhimahamad Shafee Kallingal | IUML | P . Ahmad Kutty Sadhu | CPI |
| Mannarkkad | K. C. Gopalanunni | IND | Kurikal Ahmed | IND |
| Pattambi | V . Sankara Narayana Menon | KMPP | A . Ramachandra Nedungadi | INC |
| Ottapalam | M . Narayana Kurup | KMPP | C . P . Madhavan Nair | INC |
| Palakkad | K. ramakrishnan | IND | P. Vasu Menon | INC |
| Alathur | K. Krishnan | CPI | Y. R. Ramanatha Iyer | IND |
| O. Koran | KMPP | E. Eacharan | INC | |
| Malappuram | Miniyadam Chadayan | IUML | Karupadata Ibrahim | INC |
| Mohammad Haje Seethi | IUML | Kallayan Kunhambu | INC | |
| Kottakkal | Chakkeeri Ahmad Kutty | IUML | Kunjunni Nedumgadi, Ezhuthassan Kalathil | INC |
| Kozhikode | K. P. Kutty Krishnan Nair | INC | E. M. S. Namboodiripad | CPI |
| Chevayur | A. Appu | INC | Ayyadhan Balagopalan | KMPP |
| Wayanad | Manyangode Padmanabha Gounder | SP | Kozhipurath Madhava Menon | INC |
| Chomadi Velukkan | SP | Veliyan Nocharamooyal | INC | |
| Koyilandy | Chemmaratha Kunhriramakurup | KMPP | Anantapuram Patinhare Madam Vasudevan Nair | INC |
| Perambra | Kunhiram Kidavu Polloyil | KMPP | Kalandankutty, Puthiyottil | INC |
| Vadakara | Moidu Keloth | SP | Ayatathil Chattu | INC |
| Nadapuram | E . K . Sankara Varma Raja | INC | K . Thacharakandy | CPI |
| Thalassery | C. H. M. Kanaran | CPI | K. P. M. Raghavan Nair | INC |
| Kuthuparamba | Krishna Iyer | IND | Harindranabham, Kalliyat Thazhathuveethil | SP |
| Mattanur | Madhavan Nambiar, Kallorath | CPI | Subbarao | INC |
| Kannur | Kariath Sreedharan | KMPP | Pamban Madhavan | INC |
| Taliparamba | T. C. Narayanan Nambiar | CPI | V. V. Damodaran Nayanar | INC |
| Payyanur | K. P. Gopalan | CPI | Vivekananda Devappa Sernoy | INC |
On 1 October 1953, a separate Andhra State consisting of the Telugu-speaking areas of the composite Madras State was formed and the Kannada-speaking area of Bellary District was merged with the then Mysore State. This reduced the strength of the Legislative Assembly to 231.
On 1 November 1956, Madras State was re-organized as per States Reorganisation Act, 1956. Malabar District of the State was transferred to the new State of Kerala, and a new union territory, Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands, was carved out. The southern part (Tamil-speaking area) of Travancore-Cochin (present day Kanyakumari district) and Shenkottah taluk were merged into the State. Later in 1968, the state was renamed as Tamil Nadu. This led to re-organization of legislative assembly constituencies during 1957 assembly elections in the State.[44]
The strength of the Madras Legislative Assembly was increased to 205 in accordance with the new Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order 1956, made by the Delimitation Commission of India under the provisions of the State Reorganisation Act, 1956.[14] The 1957 elections were conducted for these 205 seats.
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