Dindigul Assembly constituency


Dindigul is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Dindigul will be one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.[2]

Dindigul
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictDindigul
LS constituencyDindigul
Established1952
Total electors2,76,583[1]
ReservationGeneral
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAC. Sreenivasan
Party  AIADMK  
Elected year2021

Madras State

Year Winner Party
1952 Munisamy Pillai Indian National Congress
1957 M. J. Jamal Mohideen Indian National Congress
1962 R. Rengasamy Indian National Congress
1967 A. Balasubramanyam Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Tamil Nadu

Year Winner Party
1971 O. N. Sundaram Pillai Indian National Congress
1977 N. Varadarajan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1980 N. Varadarajan Independent
1984 A. Premkumar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 S. A. Thangarajan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991 B. Nirmala All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 R. Manimaran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 K. Balabharathi Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2006 K. Balabharathi Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011 K. Balabharathi Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2016 Dindigul C. Sreenivasan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 Dindigul C. Sreenivasan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Dindigul[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC M. J. Jamal Mohideen 21,417 48.36% 4.41%
CPI A. Balasubramaniam 18,640 42.09%
Independent R. Janardhanam Naidu 2,922 6.60%
Independent M. V. Pichaya 1,311 2.96%
Margin of victory 2,777 6.27% 0.79%
Turnout 44,290 47.48% -10.75%
Registered electors 93,280
INC hold Swing 4.41%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Dindigul[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Munisamy Pillai 16,667 43.95% 43.95%
CPI A. Balasubramaniam 14,588 38.47%
Independent V. Venkatachalam 2,794 7.37%
TTP V. Arumugham 2,686 7.08%
KMPP K. Nagarattinam 1,188 3.13%
Margin of victory 2,079 5.48%
Turnout 37,923 58.23%
Registered electors 65,129
INC win (new seat)

References

  1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.

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