St. John's Hill Assembly constituency

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St. John's Hill
Former constituency for the State Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
State Mysore State
District Bangalore
Lok Sabha constituency Bangalore North
Established1951
Abolished1957

St. John's Hill Assembly constituency was one of the Vidhan Sabha seats in the state assembly of Mysore, in India. It was part of Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency. [1]

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
1952 V. M. Mascarenhas Indian National Congress
1957 onwards: Seat does not exist. See Broadway

Election results

1951

1952 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election: St. John's Hill [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC V. M. Mascarenhas 7,870 42.62% New
Independent Syed Abdur Rahman4,74525.70%New
Independent M. A. Amalorpavam2,38312.91%New
KMPP C. R. Nagappa1,5478.38%New
Socialist M. A. H. Siddiqui1,0185.51%New
CPI I. Maridas9024.88%New
Margin of victory3,12516.92%
Turnout 18,46545.46%
Registered electors 40,616
INC win (new seat)

References

  1. "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1956". Election Commission of India. 1952. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010.

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