Kushalnagar Assembly constituency

Fraserpet
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

Kushalnagar (also known as Fraserpet ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} ) 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. ^[5] The constituency included Kushalanagar. 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. ^[6]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1952 [7]	G. Lingarajayya		Indian National Congress
1957 onwards: Seat does not exist. See Periyapatna

Election results

1952

1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election: Fraserpet ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. Lingarajayya	2,375	71.64	New
	Independent	S. N. Ramashetty	786	23.71	New
	Independent	B. C. Mallappa	154	4.65	New
Turnout			3315	77.11	New

References

1. "Master plan for Kushalnagar" (PDF). 12 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. "Historical Links / Pre-Independence | Kodagu First | Page 2". 15 September 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
3. "India 1961 Census Report- Coorg (Kodagu) district" (PDF). 10 September 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
4. Anon. 1908 The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Vol. 11. Oxford. page 12
5. India Votes. 1968. p. 355.
6. "SRC submits report". The Hindu . Chennai. 1 October 2005. Archived from the original on 1 March 2006. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
7. "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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