Theni Assembly constituency
Theni | |
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Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Theni |
LS constituency | Periyakulam |
Established | 1957 |
Abolished | 2008 |
Reservation | None |
Theni was a state assembly constituency in Theni district in Tamil Nadu.[1] The constituency was in existence from the 1957 election until 2008.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]Year | Winner | Party | |
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Madras State | |||
1957 | N. M. Velappan and N. R. Thiagarajan | Indian National Congress | |
1962 | S. S. Rajendran | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1967 | P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Tamil Nadu | |||
1971 | P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1977 | V. R. Jayaraman | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1980 | V. R. Jeyaraman | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1984 | V. R. Jeyaraman | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1989 | G. Ponnu Pillai | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1991 | V. R. Nedunchezhiyan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1996 | N. R. Alagaraja | Tamil Maanila Congress | |
2001 | D. Ganesan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
2006 | D. Ganesan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Election results
[edit]1957
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | N. R. Thiagarajan | 38,185 | 26.62% | ||
Independent | S. S. Rajendran | 31,404 | 21.90% | ||
INC | N. M. Velappan | 26,673 | 18.60% | ||
Independent | S. Arunachalam | 15,308 | 10.67% | ||
Independent | A. Ayyanar (SC) | 13,163 | 9.18% | ||
PSP | R. Suruliammal (SC) | 10,731 | 7.48% | ||
Independent | P. Selvaraj (SC) | 7,960 | 5.55% | ||
Margin of victory | 6,781 | 4.73% | |||
Turnout | 1,43,424 | 90.76% | |||
Registered electors | 1,58,034 | ||||
INC win (new seat) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
External links
[edit]- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
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