1952 1957 → 74 8 46.35% 14.22% | Turnout 50.38% 12,76,318 3,91,653 | |
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Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Mysore were held on March 26, 1952. 394 candidates contested for the 80 constituencies in the Assembly. There were 19 two-member constituencies and 61 single-member constituencies.
State Reorganization
On 1 November 1956, Mysore state was enlarged by the addition of Coorg State, the Kollegal taluk of the Coimbatore district and the South Kanara district (except the Kasaragod taluk) of Madras State, the districts of Raichur and Gulbarga from western Hyderabad State and the Kannada speaking districts of Dharwar, Bijapur, North Kanara and Belgaum, (except the Chandgad taluk of Belgaum district) from southern Bombay State under States Reorganisation Act, 1956. The Siruguppa taluk , the Bellary taluk , the Hospet taluk and a small area of the Mallapuram sub-taluk were detached from the Mysore State. This resulted in increase in assembly constituencies from 80 with 99 seats to 179 with 208 seats in 1957 assembly elections.