Madikeri Town Assembly constituency

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Mercara Town
Former constituency for the State Legislative Assembly
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Country India
State Mysore State (Coorg State till 31 October 1956)
Established1951
Abolished1957
ReservationNone

Madikeri Town (also known as Mercara Town [1] [2] [3] ) 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. [4] The constituency included Madikeri. 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. [5]

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Members of Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
1952 [6] B. S. Kushalappa Indian National Congress
1957 onwards: Seat does not exist. See Madikeri

Election results

1952

1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election: Mercara Town [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC B. S. Kushalappa 1,208 48.42 New
Independent B. K. Nanjundeshwara 542 21.72 New
Independent N. R. Gopalakrishna49920.00New
Independent C. M. Thimmaya2469.86New
Turnout 2,49561.94New

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