Suntikoppa Assembly constituency

Suntikoppa
Suntikoppa
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

Defunct constituency of the Mysore Legislative Assembly

Suntikoppa 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.^[1] The constituency included Suntikoppa. 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.^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Seat Number	Member
1952^[3]	1	P. Lakha	Indian National Congress
1952^[3]	2	Gundugutti Manjanathaya	Indian National Congress
1957 onwards: Seat does not exist. See Periyapatna

1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election: Sanivarasanthe^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Lakha	2,834	35.84	*New*
	INC	Gundugutti Manjanathaya	2,543	32.16	*New*
	Independent	P. A. Chenagappa	1,338	16.92	New
	Independent	Balagi Basuva	1,193	15.09	New
Turnout			7,908	55.25	New

^ India Votes. 1968. p. 355.
^ "SRC submits report". The Hindu. Chennai. 1 October 2005. Archived from the original on 1 March 2006. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
^ a b "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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