Somwarpet South Assembly constituency

Somwarpet South 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 areas located south of Somwarpet. 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]

Somwarpet South
Former constituency for the State Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Mysore State (Coorg State till 31 October 1956)
Established	1951
Abolished	1957
Reservation	None

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1952[3]	H. T. Muthanna		Indian National Congress
1957 onwards: Seat does not exist. See Madikeri

Election results

1952

1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election: Somwarpet South^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H. T. Muthanna	1,219	55.16	New
	Independent	K. P. Hanumarajayya	929	42.04	New
	Independent	B. C. Rudrappa	62	2.81	New
Turnout			2,210	63.85	New