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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/50px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/75px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/100px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1937_Madras_Presidency_legislative_assembly_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1937 Madras Presidency legislative assembly election"><b>1937</b></a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>30 March 1946<sup id="cite_ref-commons_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commons-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1952_Madras_State_legislative_assembly_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1952 Madras State legislative assembly election"><b>1952</b></a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />All 215 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislature of Tamil Nadu">Legislature of Madras State</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #00BFFF;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tanguturi_Prakasam_1972_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Tanguturi_Prakasam_1972_stamp_of_India.jpg/96px-Tanguturi_Prakasam_1972_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Tanguturi_Prakasam_1972_stamp_of_India.jpg/144px-Tanguturi_Prakasam_1972_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Tanguturi_Prakasam_1972_stamp_of_India.jpg/192px-Tanguturi_Prakasam_1972_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="699" data-file-height="947" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #008000;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Muhammad_Ismail_1996_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Muhammad_Ismail_1996_stamp_of_India.jpg/97px-Muhammad_Ismail_1996_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="97" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Muhammad_Ismail_1996_stamp_of_India.jpg/146px-Muhammad_Ismail_1996_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Muhammad_Ismail_1996_stamp_of_India.jpg/194px-Muhammad_Ismail_1996_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="937" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Tanguturi_Prakasam" title="Tanguturi Prakasam">Tanguturi Prakasam</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/M._Muhammad_Ismail" title="M. Muhammad Ismail">Muhammad Ismail</a><sup id="cite_ref-ralhan_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ralhan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/All-India_Muslim_League" title="All-India Muslim League">AIML</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">163 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">28 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 17 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">75.81% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">13.02% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1.86% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 7.91% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu">Prime Minister</a> before election</b><br /> <p>Governor's Rule<br /> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu">Prime Minister</a></b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Tanguturi_Prakasam" title="Tanguturi Prakasam">Tanguturi Prakasam</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>second legislative assembly election</b> for the <a href="/wiki/Madras_Presidency" title="Madras Presidency">Madras Presidency</a> after the establishment of a bicameral legislature by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India_Act_1935" title="Government of India Act 1935">Government of India Act of 1935</a> was held in 1946. The election was held after 6 years of Governor's rule starting from 1939, when the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> government of <a href="/wiki/C._Rajagopalachari" title="C. Rajagopalachari">C. Rajagopalachari</a> resigned protesting Indian involvement in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. This was the last election held in the presidency - after <a href="/wiki/Indian_independence_movement" title="Indian independence movement">Indian independence</a> in 1947, the presidency became the <a href="/wiki/Madras_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras state">Madras state</a>. The election was held simultaneously with that of the <a href="/wiki/1946_Madras_Presidency_legislative_council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1946 Madras Presidency legislative council election">Legislative Council</a>. The Congress swept the polls by winning 163 out of 215 seats. The years after this election saw factionalism in Madras Congress party with divisions across regional (mainly Tamil and Andhra) and communal (<a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahman</a> and non-Brahman) lines. Competition among <a href="/wiki/T._Prakasam" class="mw-redirect" title="T. Prakasam">T. Prakasam</a> (Andhra Brahman), <a href="/wiki/C._Rajagopalachari" title="C. Rajagopalachari">C. Rajagopalachari</a> (Tamil Brahman) and <a href="/wiki/K._Kamaraj" title="K. Kamaraj">K. Kamaraj</a> (Tamil non-Brahman) resulted in the election of Prakasam as the prime minister initially. But he was later defeated by <a href="/wiki/Omandur_Ramaswamy_Reddiar" class="mw-redirect" title="Omandur Ramaswamy Reddiar">Omandur Ramaswamy Reddiar</a> (Tamil non-Brahman) with Kamaraj's support. In turn, Reddiar himself was ousted to make way for <a href="/wiki/P._S._Kumaraswamy_Raja" title="P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja">P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja</a> (Tamil non-Brahman) with the support of Kamaraj. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Madras_Presidency_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Governor's_rule_in_Madras"><span id="Governor.27s_rule_in_Madras"></span>Governor's rule in Madras</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Madras_Presidency_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Governor's rule in Madras"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Congress government which had come to power in Madras Presidency in 1937 after winning the <a href="/wiki/1937_Madras_Presidency_legislative_assembly_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1937 Madras Presidency legislative assembly election">1937 elections</a> resigned in October 1939, protesting India's involvement in the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-baker_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baker-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Presidency came under the direct rule of the Governor on 30 October 1939, according to Section 93 of the Government of India Act of 1935. It was extended two times on 15 February 1943 and on 29 September 1945 by the proclamation of the Governor. The <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> government headed by <a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Clement Attlee</a> came to power in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> in July 1945. It was more sympathetic to the cause of Indian Independence Movement. Indian viceroy <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Wavell,_1st_Earl_Wavell" title="Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell">Lord Wavell</a>, proposed a plan to break the constitutional deadlock. Called the "Wavell plan", it resulted in the release of all Congress political prisoners and called for the repeal of Section 93 and for fresh elections to be held. The Congress agreed to resume its participation in the electoral process and elections were scheduled for 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-commons_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commons-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rajaji-Kamaraj_rivalry_in_the_Congress">Rajaji-Kamaraj rivalry in the Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Madras_Presidency_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Rajaji-Kamaraj rivalry in the Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The years before the 1946 election saw a bitter struggle between <a href="/wiki/C._Rajagopalachari" title="C. Rajagopalachari">C. Rajagopalachari</a> (Rajaji) and <a href="/wiki/K._Kamaraj" title="K. Kamaraj">K. Kamaraj</a> for the leadership of Madras provincial Congress. Rajaji had quit the Congress on 15 July 1942 over differences with Congress leaders on issues related to <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>. After his departure, the Tamil Nadu Congress leadership was firmly in the hands of Kamaraj, who enjoyed enormous popularity in the Tamil region of the Madras Presidency. Rajaji re-entered Congress again in mid-1945. His return was much appreciated by Congress high command as they felt the Presidency needed his service greatly. <a href="/wiki/Sathyamurthy" class="mw-redirect" title="Sathyamurthy">Sathyamurthy</a> was dead, Prakasam's popularity was confined to the Andhra region and Kamaraj was very young. Rajaji's claim to leadership found strong support in a Provincial Congress Committee meeting held in Tirupparankundram on 31 October 1945. To counter him, Kamaraj aligned himself with leaders like <a href="/wiki/C._N._Muthuranga_Mudaliar" title="C. N. Muthuranga Mudaliar">C. N. Muthuranga Mudaliar</a> and <a href="/wiki/M._Bhaktavatsalam" title="M. Bhaktavatsalam">M. Bhaktavatsalam</a>. The Congress high command sent <a href="/wiki/Asaf_Ali" title="Asaf Ali">Asaf Ali</a> to Madras in an effort to mediate between the pro- and anti-Rajaji factions. Kamaraj and Mudaliar wrote to the Congress high command protesting its interference in local politics and its preference of Rajaji. <a href="/wiki/Sardar_Vallabhbhai_Patel" class="mw-redirect" title="Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel">Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel</a> felt it would be good for Rajaji to enter the <a href="/wiki/Constituent_Assembly_of_India" title="Constituent Assembly of India">Central Assembly</a>. But Rajaji was interested in provincial politics and he wanted to contest from Madras University constituency. In summary, the Congress high command's contention that Madras Presidency Congress would be leaderless without Rajaji was not well received by Kamaraj and others and they were not willing to accept that it was acting purely in the interests of the province.<sup id="cite_ref-Saroja_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saroja-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After visiting Madras to participate in the silver jubilee celebrations of the <i>Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha</i> (Institution for the propagation of Hindi in South India) during January 1946, <a href="/wiki/Gandhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Gandhi">Gandhi</a> wrote an article in the <i>Harijan</i> supporting Rajaji's candidacy. The article titled "Curious" had a reference to a "clique" in Madras Congress against Rajaji. He concluded the article by saying, </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Rajaji was by far the best man for the purpose in the Southern presidency, and, if I had the disposal in my hands, I would call Rajaji to office... But the disposal was with the Provincial Congree committee. My opinion was only that of an individual, to be taken for what it was worth.</p></blockquote> <p>The article led to a huge controversy in Madras province and Gandhi received several telegrams and letters condemning his article. Some even threatened to fast if he did not withdraw the word "clique". However, Gandhi did not relent and withdraw his comments. On 12 February 1946, Kamaraj resigned from the Tamil Nadu Congress Parliamentary Board. Displeased with the controversy, Rajaji withdrew from active politics. Patel, who had worked hard to strengthen Rajaji's image, was enraged by his abrupt withdrawal and said, </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>How could anybody support you, if you act like this? You do not even consult us, but that has always been your way of life. I can not understand you.</p></blockquote> <p>However he accepted Rajaji's withdrawal from the Madras University constituency. This was the third time Rajaji had retired from political life, the other two occasions being in 1923 and 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-Saroja_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saroja-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ḝ </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Birth_of_Dravidar_Kazhagam">Birth of Dravidar Kazhagam</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Madras_Presidency_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Birth of Dravidar Kazhagam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Justice_Party_(India)" title="Justice Party (India)">Justice party</a> which had been the main political alternative to the Congress in the Presidency went into political wilderness following its defeat in the 1937 elections. During the <a href="/wiki/Anti-Hindi_agitations_of_Tamil_Nadu#Agitation_of_1937–40" title="Anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu">Anti-Hindi agitations of 1937-40</a>, it allied itself closely with <a href="/wiki/Periyar_E._V._Ramasamy" class="mw-redirect" title="Periyar E. V. Ramasamy">Periyar E. V. Ramasamy</a> and his <a href="/wiki/Self-Respect_Movement" title="Self-Respect Movement">Self-Respect Movement</a>. Periyar eventually took over the Justice party's leadership on 29 December 1938. On 27 August 1944, it was renamed as <a href="/wiki/Dravidar_Kazhagam" title="Dravidar Kazhagam">Dravidar Kazhagam</a> (DK).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under Periyar, the secessionist demand for <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Nadu" title="Dravida Nadu">Dravida Nadu</a> became its main political plank. The DK boycotted the 1946 elections.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Participation_of_Communists">Participation of Communists</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Madras_Presidency_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Participation of Communists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1942, the ban on the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> (CPI), which had been in place since 1934, was lifted.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Puran_Chand_Joshi" title="Puran Chand Joshi">P. C. Joshi</a>, the communists decided to contest the 1946 elections. They contested 103 of the 215 seats and winning two (Railway Trade Union constituency and West Godhavari-Krishna-Guntur non-Union Factory Labour constituency).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Constituencies">Constituencies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Madras_Presidency_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Constituencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India_Act_1935" title="Government of India Act 1935">Government of India Act of 1935</a> had created a <a href="/wiki/Bicameralism" title="Bicameralism">bicameral</a> legislature in the Madras province. The legislature consisted of the governor and two legislative bodies – a <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_legislative_assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil Nadu legislative assembly">legislative assembly</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Madras_Legislative_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras Legislative Council">legislative council</a>. The assembly consisted of 215 members who were further classified into general seats and those reserved for special communities and interests:<sup id="cite_ref-baker_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baker-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tnassembly_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tnassembly-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>General </th> <th>Scheduled Castes </th> <th>Mohammadans </th> <th>Indian Christians </th> <th>Women </th> <th>Landholders </th> <th>Commerce and Industry </th> <th>Labour and Trade Unions </th> <th>Europeans </th> <th>Anglo Indians </th> <th>University </th> <th>Backward areas and tribes </th></tr> <tr> <td>116 </td> <td>30 </td> <td>28 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Act provided for a limited adult franchise based on property qualifications.<sup id="cite_ref-low_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-low-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Separate ballot boxes were kept for candidates of different political parties. The Congress was allotted the yellow coloured box, while the Muslim League and the Communist Party of India were allotted green and red coloured boxes respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Madras_Presidency_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Party wise break up of seats after the 1946 election:<sup id="cite_ref-Saroja_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saroja-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kurup_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kurup-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dash_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dash-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="left" valign="top">Party </th> <th style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="right">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td align="center">163 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">All-India Muslim League </td> <td align="center">28 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Independent party </td> <td align="center">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independents</a> </td> <td align="center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Europeans </td> <td align="center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Communists </td> <td align="center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Not contested </td> <td align="center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Total</b> </td> <td align="center">215 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_formation">Government formation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Madras_Presidency_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Government formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The election was concluded on 30 March 1946. A new government had to be formed before the Governor's rule lapsed on 29 April. The Congress, despite securing an overwhelming majority, was unable to agree upon a candidate for Prime Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-commons_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commons-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Madras Presidency in 1946 was made of four linguistic regions - <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mysore_State" title="Mysore State">Mysore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> and the Madras Congress Legislature Party (CLP) had four main factions. The factions were both regional - Tamil versus Andhra and Tamil versus Keralites and <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> members; and communal - Brahmin versus non-Brahmin. The largest faction was that of the sixty to seventy non-Brahman Tamil members headed by Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president Kamaraj. The remaining Tamil members were either uncommitted or supported Rajaji, who also had the support of <a href="/wiki/P._Subbarayan" title="P. Subbarayan">P. Subbarayan</a>. They called themselves as the <i>Reform Group</i> and numbered between twenty and thirty. The Andhra faction made up of 77 members, was further divided between the supporters of Prakasam and <a href="/wiki/Bhogaraju_Pattabhi_Sitaramayya" title="Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya">Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya</a>. There were also smaller Andhra factions of non-Brahmins from the Circars and non-Brahmins from the <a href="/wiki/Rayalaseema" title="Rayalaseema">Rayalaseema</a>. CLP also had eighteen members from <a href="/wiki/Malabar_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Malabar district">Malabar</a> and South Canara/Bellary.<sup id="cite_ref-James_Walch_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James_Walch-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opposition_to_Rajaji">Opposition to Rajaji</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Madras_Presidency_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Opposition to Rajaji"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi" title="Mahatma Gandhi">Mahatma Gandhi</a> and the National Congress leadership supported the selection Rajaji as Prime Minister of Madras Presidency. This was against the Congress policy of not re-instating leaders who had opposed the <a href="/wiki/Quit_India_Movement" title="Quit India Movement">Quit India Movement</a>. Prakasam, <a href="/wiki/Madhava_Menon" class="mw-redirect" title="Madhava Menon">Madhava Menon</a> and Kamaraj, provincial presidents of Congress Committee in Andhra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu respectively were invited to New Delhi for negotiations. Despite Gandhi's intervention, Rajaji's election was defeated by 148 votes to 38.<sup id="cite_ref-James_Walch_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James_Walch-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Duncan_B._Forrester_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duncan_B._Forrester-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="T._Prakasam">T. Prakasam</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Madras_Presidency_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: T. Prakasam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kamaraj and Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee President K. Madhava Menon supported C. N. Muthuranga Mudaliar for the post of prime minister and were opposed to Prakasam's candidacy. Rajaji and the <i>Reform Group</i> observed neutrality because of a prior agreement from 1937, which stipulated that the next Congress government would be headed by a member from Andhra. This led to the election of <a href="/wiki/T._Prakasam" class="mw-redirect" title="T. Prakasam">T. Prakasam</a> by 82 votes to 69. Difference of opinion arose between Prakasam and Kamaraj over several issues including the inclusion of Madhava Menon in the cabinet. Kamaraj supported his inclusion and Prakasam supported <a href="/w/index.php?title=Raghava_Menon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raghava Menon (page does not exist)">Raghava Menon</a> who belonged to the pro-Rajaji group. Dissatisfaction with Prakasam's textile mill policies and his slow implementation of prohibition, lead to his fall. Prakasam was voted out of power and submitted his resignation on 14 March 1947. The <i>Reform Group</i> allied with other opponents of Prakasam for his ouster.<sup id="cite_ref-James_Walch_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James_Walch-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-P._Kandaswamy_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-P._Kandaswamy-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="T._Prakasam_cabinet">T. Prakasam cabinet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Madras_Presidency_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: T. Prakasam cabinet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Council of Ministers in T. Prakasam's cabinet (1 May 1946 – 23 March 1947)<sup id="cite_ref-jp_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jp-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="left" valign="top">Minister </th> <th style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="right">Portfolio </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/T._Prakasam" class="mw-redirect" title="T. Prakasam">T. Prakasam</a> </td> <td align="left">Prime Minister, Public, Home, police, Food, and Finance </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/V._V._Giri" title="V. V. Giri">V. V. Giri</a> </td> <td align="left">Industries, Labour, Electricity, Co-operation, Planning, and Forest </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/M._Bhaktavatsalam" title="M. Bhaktavatsalam">M. Bhaktavatsalam</a> </td> <td align="left">Public Works, Irrigation, and Highways </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/T._S._Avinashilingam_Chettiar" class="mw-redirect" title="T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar">T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar</a> </td> <td align="left">Education </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/K._T._Bashyam" class="mw-redirect" title="K. T. Bashyam">K. T. Bashyam</a> (Bashyam Iyengar) </td> <td align="left">Law, Courts, Prisons, and Legislature </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/P._S._Kumaraswami_Raja" class="mw-redirect" title="P. S. Kumaraswami Raja">P. S. Kumaraswami Raja</a> </td> <td align="left">Development, Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Daniel Thomas </td> <td align="left">Local administration </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rukmini_Lakshmipathi" title="Rukmini Lakshmipathi">Rukmini Lakshmipathi</a> </td> <td align="left">Public Health and Medical </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/K._R._Karanth" title="K. R. Karanth">K. R. Karanth</a> </td> <td align="left">Land revenue </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/K._Koti_Reddi" title="K. Koti Reddi">K. Koti Reddi</a> </td> <td align="left">Hindu religious endowments, and Revenue (other than Land revenue) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Vemula_Kurmayya" title="Vemula Kurmayya">Vemula Kurmayya</a> </td> <td align="left">Public information </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Bikkina_Veeraswami" title="Bikkina Veeraswami">Bikkina Veeraswami</a> </td> <td align="left">Forest, Cinchona, Fisheries, and Village industries (18 June 1946 - 03 Feb 1947) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/R._Raghava_Menon" title="R. Raghava Menon">R. Raghava Menon</a> </td> <td align="left">House control, Motor transport, and Food </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bikkina_Venkataratnam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bikkina Venkataratnam (page does not exist)">Bikkina Venkataratnam</a> </td> <td align="left">Forest, Cinchona, Fisheries, and Village Industries (06 Feb 1947 - 23 March 1947) </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Changes</dt></dl> <p><b>Bikkina Veeraswamy's Resignation from Ministerial Post Due to Ill Health on 15 January 1947</b> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bikkina_Veeraswamy%27s_Resignation_from_Ministerial_Post_Due_to_Ill_Health_-_January_15_1947.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Bikkina Veeraswamy's Resignation from Ministerial Post Due to Ill Health - January 15 1947" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bikkina_Veeraswamy%27s_Resignation_from_Ministerial_Post_Due_to_Ill_Health_-_January_15_1947.jpg/220px-Bikkina_Veeraswamy%27s_Resignation_from_Ministerial_Post_Due_to_Ill_Health_-_January_15_1947.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="474" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bikkina_Veeraswamy%27s_Resignation_from_Ministerial_Post_Due_to_Ill_Health_-_January_15_1947.jpg/330px-Bikkina_Veeraswamy%27s_Resignation_from_Ministerial_Post_Due_to_Ill_Health_-_January_15_1947.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bikkina_Veeraswamy%27s_Resignation_from_Ministerial_Post_Due_to_Ill_Health_-_January_15_1947.jpg/440px-Bikkina_Veeraswamy%27s_Resignation_from_Ministerial_Post_Due_to_Ill_Health_-_January_15_1947.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5128" data-file-height="11049" /></a><figcaption>Bikkina Veeraswamy's Resignation from Ministerial Post Due to Ill Health - January 15 1947</figcaption></figure> <p>Forest Minister Bikkina Veeraswami submitted his resignation from the ministerial post. Citing ill health as the reason, he wrote to Prime Minister Prakasam, requesting the acceptance of his resignation. As he was undergoing treatment at General Hospital. </p><p>After that, he was replaced by <b>Bikkina. Venkatarathanam</b> as minister for Forest, Cinchona, Fisheries, and Village industries on 6 February. </p><p><b>Bikkina. Venkatarathanam</b> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BVR_1947.02.06.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/BVR_1947.02.06.jpg/220px-BVR_1947.02.06.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="627" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/BVR_1947.02.06.jpg/330px-BVR_1947.02.06.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/BVR_1947.02.06.jpg/440px-BVR_1947.02.06.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1880" data-file-height="5358" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>Bikkina Venkata Ratnam is the thirteenth Minister within the Madras Cabinet. He succeeded Bikkina Veeraswami, who resigned. Venkata Ratnam holds ministerial responsibilities for Forests, Cinchona, Fisheries, and Village Industries. His appointment surprised many members during the Madras Legislative Assembly session. </p><p>Hailing from the village of Chodavaram in the East Godavari District, Venkata Ratnam is an agriculturist. He has a long-standing political history, including membership in the old Legislative Council. He also served in leadership roles in various cooperative organizations. Venkata Ratnam has been an active member of the Indian National Congress since 1920 and has faced imprisonment twice for political involvement. </p><p>Venkataratnam's swearing-in ceremony took place before the Governor, and he then occupied the same office as his predecessor in the Secretariat. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Omandur_Ramaswamy_Reddiar">Omandur Ramaswamy Reddiar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Madras_Presidency_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Omandur Ramaswamy Reddiar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 21 March 1947, <a href="/wiki/Omandur_Ramaswamy_Reddiar" class="mw-redirect" title="Omandur Ramaswamy Reddiar">Omandur Ramaswamy Reddiar</a> was selected as the prime minister supported by Kamaraj and the anti-Prakasam factional alliance. In 1948, Prakasam sought re-election by contesting against Reddiar, who in addition to Kamaraj, was supported by other notable Andhra members such as <a href="/wiki/N._Sanjeeva_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="N. Sanjeeva Reddy">N. Sanjeeva Reddy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kala_Venkata_Rao" title="Kala Venkata Rao">Kala Venkata Rao</a>. Prakasam was defeated by a vote of 112 to 84.<sup id="cite_ref-P._Kandaswamy_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-P._Kandaswamy-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gradually Reddiar became dissatisfied with Kamaraj's interference in his administration. When he showed signs of independence, Kamaraj ousted him by vote of no confidence in the CLP on 31 March 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-James_Walch_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James_Walch-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Duncan_B._Forrester_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duncan_B._Forrester-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Omandurar's_cabinet"><span id="Omandurar.27s_cabinet"></span>Omandurar's cabinet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Madras_Presidency_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Omandurar's cabinet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Council of Ministers in Omandur Ramasami Reddiar's cabinet (24 March 1947 – 6 April 1949)<sup id="cite_ref-jp_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jp-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="left" valign="top">Minister </th> <th style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="right">Portfolio </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Omandur_Ramaswamy_Reddiar" class="mw-redirect" title="Omandur Ramaswamy Reddiar">Omandur Ramaswamy Reddiar</a> </td> <td align="left">Prime Minister, Public, Hindu religious endowments and Harijan uplift </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/M._Bhaktavatsalam" title="M. Bhaktavatsalam">M. Bhaktavatsalam</a> </td> <td align="left">Public works and Planning </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/P._Subbarayan" title="P. Subbarayan">P. Subbarayan</a> </td> <td align="left">Home and Legal (Law and Order) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/T._S._S._Rajan" title="T. S. S. Rajan">T. S. S. Rajan</a> </td> <td align="left">Food, Motor transport and Labour </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/T._S._Avinashilingam_Chettiar" class="mw-redirect" title="T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar">T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar</a> </td> <td align="left">Education </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Thomas_(Indian_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Daniel Thomas (Indian politician) (page does not exist)">Daniel Thomas</a> </td> <td align="left">Prohibition, Excise, Registration and Housing </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Vemula_Kurmayya" title="Vemula Kurmayya">Vemula Kurmayya</a> </td> <td align="left">Harijan uplift, Fisheries and Rural development </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=H._Sitarama_Reddi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="H. Sitarama Reddi (page does not exist)">H. Sitarama Reddi</a> </td> <td align="left">Industries and Information </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Chandramouli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Chandramouli (page does not exist)">K. Chandramouli</a> </td> <td align="left">Local administration and Co-operative </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/K._Madhava_Menon" title="K. Madhava Menon">K. Madhava Menon</a> </td> <td align="left">Agriculture and Forest </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kala_Venkata_Rao" title="Kala Venkata Rao">Kala Venkata Rao</a> </td> <td align="left">Revenue </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/A._B._Shetty" title="A. B. Shetty">A. B. Shetty</a> </td> <td align="left">Public health </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Gurubatham&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="S. Gurubatham (page does not exist)">S. Gurubatham</a> </td> <td align="left">Khadi, Firka development and Cottage industries </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Changes</dt></dl> <p>Subbarayan resigned on 5 April 1948, Daniel Thomas on 15 June 1948 and Kala Venkata Rao on 24 January 1949. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="P._S._Kumaraswamy_Raja">P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Madras_Presidency_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/P._S._Kumaraswamy_Raja" title="P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja">P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja</a>, the next Prime Minister who formed the Government on 6 April 1949 (as Chief Minister from 26 January 1950) was believed to be a stooge of Kamaraj. His election was opposed by P. Subbarayan, Rajaji and Prakasam.<sup id="cite_ref-P._Kandaswamy_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-P._Kandaswamy-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kumaraswamy Raja ruled Madras till the 1952 election when he lost his seat in <a href="/wiki/Srivilliputhur_Assembly_constituency" title="Srivilliputhur Assembly constituency">Srivilliputhur constituency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Duncan_B._Forrester_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duncan_B._Forrester-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-I._N._Tewary_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-I._N._Tewary-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Kumaraswamy_Raja_cabinet">Kumaraswamy Raja cabinet</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Madras_Presidency_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Kumaraswamy Raja cabinet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Council of ministers in Kumaraswamy Raja cabinet (7 April 1949 – 9 April 1952)<sup id="cite_ref-jp_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jp-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="left" valign="top">Minister </th> <th style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="right">Portfolio </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/P._S._Kumaraswamy_Raja" title="P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja">P. S. Kumaraswami Raja</a> </td> <td align="left">Public and Police </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/T._S._S._Rajan" title="T. S. S. Rajan">T. S. S. Rajan</a> </td> <td align="left">Health, Religious Endowment and Resettlement of Ex-Service Personnel </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/M._Bhaktavatsalam" title="M. Bhaktavatsalam">M. Bhaktavatsalam</a> </td> <td align="left">Public Works and Information </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=H._Sitarama_Reddi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="H. Sitarama Reddi (page does not exist)">H. Sitarama Reddi</a> </td> <td align="left">Land Revenue, Labour, Planning and Development </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Chandramouli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Chandramouli (page does not exist)">K. Chandramouli</a> </td> <td align="left">Local Administration and Co-operation </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Bezawada_Gopala_Reddy" title="Bezawada Gopala Reddy">Bezawada Gopala Reddy</a> </td> <td align="left">Finance and Commercial Taxes </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/K._Madhava_Menon" title="K. Madhava Menon">K. Madhava Menon</a> </td> <td align="left">Education, Courts and Prisons </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kala_Venkata_Rao" title="Kala Venkata Rao">Kala Venkata Rao</a> </td> <td align="left">Health </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/A._B._Shetty" title="A. B. Shetty">A. B. Shetty</a> </td> <td align="left">Agriculture and Veterinary </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/B._Parameswaran" title="B. Parameswaran">B. Parameswaran</a> </td> <td align="left">Firka Development, Khadi, Cottage Industries, Fisheries, Cinchona and Harijan Uplift </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=C._Perumalswami_Reddiar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="C. Perumalswami Reddiar (page does not exist)">C. Perumalswami Reddiar</a> </td> <td align="left">Industries, Mines and Minerals </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/J._L._P._Roche_Victoria" title="J. L. P. Roche Victoria">J. L. P. Roche Victoria</a> </td> <td align="left">Food and Fisheries </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Neelam_Sanjiva_Reddy" title="Neelam Sanjiva Reddy">Neelam Sanjiva Reddy</a> </td> <td align="left">Prohibition and Housing </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Changes</dt></dl> <p>Sanjiva Reddi resigned on 10 April 1951. Roche Victoria became minister on 2 June 1949 and Kala Venkata Rao on 26 September 1951. Some of the ministers resigned on 8 February 1952, when the results of <a href="/wiki/1952_Madras_State_legislative_assembly_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1952 Madras State legislative assembly election">1952 election</a> came out. Kumarasamy Raja, Rajan, Reddiar, Parameswaran, Sitarama Reddi, A. B. Shetty stayed on as a caretaker ministry till the next cabinet was formed on 10 April. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impact">Impact</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Madras_Presidency_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Impact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The provincial legislatures formed by the 1946 elections elected the members (from their own members) to the <a href="/wiki/Constituent_Assembly_of_India" title="Constituent Assembly of India">Indian Constituent Assembly</a> in December 1946. The Constituent Assembly drafted the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of India">Indian Republic</a> and also served as India's first <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament</a> after India's independence on 15 August 1947. Since Congress had an overwhelming majority in both houses of the Madras legislature it was able to send a large number of its members to the Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>List of Constituent Assembly members from Madras Presidency:<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Party </th> <th>No </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/O._V._Alagesan" title="O. V. Alagesan">O. V. Alagesan</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>26</td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._Prakasam" class="mw-redirect" title="T. Prakasam">T. Prakasam</a></td> <td>Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ammu_Swaminathan" title="Ammu Swaminathan">Ammu Swaminathan</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>27</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Henry_Prater" title="Stanley Henry Prater">Stanley Henry Prater</a></td> <td>Anglo-Indian and Domiciled European Association </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madabhushi_Ananthasayanam_Ayyangar" class="mw-redirect" title="Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar">Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>28</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raja_of_Bobbili" class="mw-redirect" title="Raja of Bobbili">Raja of Bobbili</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moturi_Satyanarayana" title="Moturi Satyanarayana">Moturi Satyanarayana</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>29</td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._K._Shanmukham_Chetty" title="R. K. Shanmukham Chetty">R. K. Shanmukham Chetty</a></td> <td>Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dakshayani_Velayudhan" title="Dakshayani Velayudhan">Dakshayani Velayudhan</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>30</td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._A._Ramalingam_Chettiar" class="mw-redirect" title="T. A. Ramalingam Chettiar">T. A. Ramalingam Chettiar</a></td> <td>Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/G._Durgabai" class="mw-redirect" title="G. Durgabai">G. Durgabai</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>31</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramnath_Goenka" title="Ramnath Goenka">Ramnath Goenka</a></td> <td>Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kala_Venkata_Rao" title="Kala Venkata Rao">Kala Venkata Rao</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>32</td> <td><a href="/wiki/O._P._Ramaswamy_Reddiyar" title="O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar">O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar</a></td> <td>Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Gopalaswami_Ayyangar" title="N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar">N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>33</td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._G._Ranga" title="N. G. Ranga">N. G. Ranga</a></td> <td>Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._Govinda_Das&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="D. Govinda Das (page does not exist)">D. Govinda Das</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>34</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neelam_Sanjiva_Reddy" title="Neelam Sanjiva Reddy">Neelam Sanjiva Reddy</a></td> <td>Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerome_D%27Souza" title="Jerome D'Souza">Jerome D'Souza</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>35</td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Santhanam" title="K. Santhanam">K. Santhanam</a></td> <td>Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Kakkan" title="P. Kakkan">P. Kakkan</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>36</td> <td><a href="/wiki/B._Shiva_Rao" title="B. Shiva Rao">B. Shiva Rao</a></td> <td>Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Kamaraj" title="K. Kamaraj">K. Kamaraj</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>37</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kallur_Subba_Rao" title="Kallur Subba Rao">Kallur Subba Rao</a></td> <td>Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=V.C._Kesava_Rao&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="V.C. Kesava Rao (page does not exist)">V.C. Kesava Rao</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>38</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ullal_Srinivas_Mallya" class="mw-redirect" title="Ullal Srinivas Mallya">Ullal Srinivas Mallya</a></td> <td>Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._T._Krishnamachari" title="T. T. Krishnamachari">T. T. Krishnamachari</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>39</td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Subbarayan" title="P. Subbarayan">P. Subbarayan</a></td> <td>Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alladi_Krishnaswamy_Iyer" title="Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer">Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>40</td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._Subramaniam" class="mw-redirect" title="C. Subramaniam">C. Subramaniam</a></td> <td>Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/L._Krishnaswami_Bharathi" title="L. Krishnaswami Bharathi">L. Krishnaswami Bharathi</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>41</td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._Subramaniam" class="mw-redirect" title="V. Subramaniam">V. Subramaniam</a></td> <td>Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Kunhiraman_Nair" title="P. Kunhiraman Nair">P. Kunhiraman Nair</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>42</td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._C._Veerabahu_Pillai" title="M. C. Veerabahu Pillai">M. C. Veerabahu Pillai</a></td> <td>Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Thirumala_Rao&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. Thirumala Rao (page does not exist)">M. Thirumala Rao</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>43</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._M._Velayudapani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. M. Velayudapani (page does not exist)">P. M. Velayudapani</a></td> <td>Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._I._Munuswamy_Pillai" title="V. I. Munuswamy Pillai">V. I. Muniswamy Pillai</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>44</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._K._Menon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. K. Menon (page does not exist)">A. K. Menon</a></td> <td>Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajah_Muthiah_Chettiar" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajah Muthiah Chettiar">M. A. Muthiah Chettiar</a></td> <td></td> <td>45</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=T._J._M._Wilson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="T. J. M. Wilson (page does not exist)">T. J. M. Wilson</a></td> <td>Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=V._Nadimuthu_Pillai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="V. Nadimuthu Pillai (page does not exist)">V. Nadimuthu Pillai</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>46</td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Muhammad_Ismail" title="M. Muhammad Ismail">Muhammad Ismail</a></td> <td>All-India Muslim League </td></tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Nagappa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="S. Nagappa (page does not exist)">S. Nagappa</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>47</td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._T._M._Ahmed_Ibrahim" title="K. T. M. Ahmed Ibrahim">K. T. M. Ahmed Ibrahim</a></td> <td>All-India Muslim League </td></tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._L._Narasimha_Raju&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. L. Narasimha Raju (page does not exist)">P. L. Narasimha Raju</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>48</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahboob_Ali_Baig&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mahboob Ali Baig (page does not exist)">Mahboob Ali Baig</a></td> <td>All-India Muslim League </td></tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhogaraju_Pattabhi_Sitaramayya" title="Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya">Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td>49</td> <td><a href="/wiki/B._Pocker_Sahib_Bahadur" class="mw-redirect" title="B. Pocker Sahib Bahadur">B. Pocker</a></td> <td>All-India Muslim League </td></tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=C._Perumalswamy_Reddiar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="C. Perumalswamy Reddiar (page does not exist)">C. Perumalswamy Reddiar</a></td> <td>Congress</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Madras_Presidency_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1946_Madras_Presidency_legislative_council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1946 Madras Presidency legislative council election">1946 Madras Presidency legislative council election</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Madras_Presidency_Legislative_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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