Melur Assembly constituency
Melur is a legislative assembly constituency in Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[2] Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below.
Most successful party: INC (7 times)
| Melur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the State Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Madurai |
| LS constituency | Madurai |
| Established | 1952 |
| Total electors | 2,44,996[1] |
| Reservation | General |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Current MLA | Periyapulian @ P. Selvam |
| Party | AIADMK |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Madras State
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | S. Chinnakaruppa Thevar and P. Sivapirakasam |
Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | M. Periyakaruppan Ambalam and P. Kakkan |
Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | M. Sivaramanambalam | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Melur South-O. P. Raman, Melur North-P. Malaichamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Tamil Nadu
Election Results
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Periyapullan @ P. Selvam | 83,344 | 45.6 | ||
| INC | Ravichandran T | 48,182 | 26.36 | ||
| AMMK | Selvaraj K | 34,262 | 18.74 | ||
| NTK | Karuppusamy P | 10,669 | 5.84 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,82,782 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | ||||
1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | M. Sivaramanambalam | 28,986 | 43.19% | 21.01% | |
| DMK | V. V. N. Natarajan | 20,985 | 31.27% | ||
| SWA | V. Poonnuchamy Ambalam | 11,279 | 16.80% | ||
| CPI | M. Veeranam | 5,867 | 8.74% | ||
| Margin of victory | 8,001 | 11.92% | 10.81% | ||
| Turnout | 67,117 | 74.55% | -13.14% | ||
| Registered electors | 94,071 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | 21.01% | |||
1957
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | P. Kakkan | 33,123 | 22.18% | -5.11% | |
| INC | M. Periyakaruppan Ambalam | 31,461 | 21.06% | -6.22% | |
| Independent | K. Paramasamy Ambalam | 25,583 | 17.13% | ||
| Independent | P. Vadivel (Sc) | 20,804 | 13.93% | ||
| Independent | I. Samadharman (Sc) | 14,575 | 9.76% | ||
| Independent | K. P. S. P. Karuppiha Chettiar | 13,672 | 9.15% | ||
| Independent | A. Velusamy | 10,150 | 6.80% | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,662 | 1.11% | -4.85% | ||
| Turnout | 1,49,368 | 87.69% | -3.69% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,70,331 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | -5.11% | |||
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | S. Chinnakaruppa Thavar | 40,032 | 27.28% | 27.28% | |
| INC | P. Sivaparakasam | 31,277 | 21.31% | 21.31% | |
| AIFB | B. Ponachami Ambalan | 22,437 | 15.29% | ||
| CPI | K. Veerana Veduvan | 14,930 | 10.17% | ||
| Socialist | Chellathayammal | 14,156 | 9.65% | ||
| Socialist | A. Aiyannan | 10,367 | 7.06% | ||
| Independent | R. V. Sahadevan | 4,898 | 3.34% | ||
| Independent | Chinna Periyambillai | 4,736 | 3.23% | ||
| Independent | R. Sethuramakrishna Iyer | 3,908 | 2.66% | ||
| Margin of victory | 8,755 | 5.97% | |||
| Turnout | 1,46,741 | 91.38% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,60,580 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
References
- "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- "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.
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- "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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