[1] When the Constitution of India came into force on 26 January 1950, most of the existing provinces were reconstituted into states.

Coorg State was ruled by a Chief Commissioner with Mercara as its capital.

Prior to the enactment of the Constitution, Coorg had been a province of the Dominion of India.

While the Congress supported merger with the neighbouring Mysore State, the Takkadi party fought the election on an anti-merger plank.

Mudaliar became Chief Commissioner from 1949–1950[1] (3) Kanwar Baba Daya Singh Bedi, Chief Commissioner from 1950–1956[1] Government was formed in Coorg by Indian National Congress, who won 15 of 24 seats.

Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha won from Berriathnad constituency became the first and last Chief Minister of Coorg State from 1952 till 1956.