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1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election

27 March 1952 1954 →
All 108 seats in the Travancore–Cochin Legislative Assembly 55 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	74.07%
First party Second party Third party   Leader A. J. John Party INC Socialist TTNC Leader's seat Poonjar Seats won 44 11 8 Percentage 35.44% 14.28 5.92
Location of Travancore-Cochin in India
CM before election C. Kesavan INC Elected CM Anaparambil Joseph John INC

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Travancore-Cochin were held on 27 March 1952.

Constituencies

Travancore-Cochin had 97 constituencies, 11 of them were two-member constituencies and 86 were single-member constituencies. There were 33,65,955 electors in the single member constituencies, while 8,44,389 electors in two-member constituencies. Total 437 candidates competed for 108 seats of the 97 constituencies in the Assembly.

Political parties

Three national parties (Indian National Congress, Revolutionary Socialist Party and Socialist Party) along with four state parties (Cochin Party, Travancore Cochin Republican Praja Party, Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress and Tamil Nadu Toilers Party) and two registered unrecognized party (Kerala Socialist Party and Tamil Nadu People Front) took part in the electoral process of 1951-1952 assembly elections. Since Communist Party of India was banned in Travancore-Cochin State, its candidates took part in the electoral process as Independent candidates, which later formed a United Left front of leftists following the success in the elections.

Results

Congress party fell short of the majority by 11 seats. So it formed a coalition government with the help of Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress, Kerala Socialist Party and a Nominated member.

Summary of results of the 1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election

	Political party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %
	Indian National Congress		105	44	40.74	12,04,364	35.44
	Socialist Party		70	11	10.19	4,85,194	14.28
	Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress		15	8	7.41	2,01,118	5.92
	Cochin Party		12	1	0.93	59,535	1.75
	Revolutionary Socialist Party		11	6	5.56	1,18,333	3.48
	Kerala Socialist Party		10	1	0.93	73,981	2.18
	Independent		199	37	34.26	11,51,555	33.89
Total seats			108	Voters	50,54,733	Turnout	33,98,193 (67.23%)

Elected members

Source: ECI

See also

• Travancore-Cochin
• 1951–52 elections in India
• 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election in Malabar
• 1954 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election

References

1. ^ The Legislative Assembly of Travancore Cochin. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
2. "History of Kerala Legislature". Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
3. Nossiter, Thomas Johnson (1982). Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation. University of California Press. p. 111. ISBN 9780520046672.

• State Assembly elections in Kerala
• 1952 State Assembly elections in India
• Travancore–Cochin
• March 1952 events in Asia