Kaniyambadi Assembly constituency


Kaniyambadi was former constituency in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu a southern state of India. It was in Vellore district.

Kaniyambadi
Former constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictVellore
Established1967
Abolished1971
Total electors86,907
ReservationGeneral

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Winner Party
1971Thopputhiruvengadam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967L. Balaraman Indian National Congress

Election results
Vote share of Winning candidates
1971
 
 54.11%
1967
 
 49.62%

1971
1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kaniyambadi[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Thopputhiruvengadam 34,435 54.11% 6.87%
INC L. Balaraman 24,647 38.73% -10.89%
Independent R. Shanmugam 3,084 4.85%
Independent C. Rathinam 1,182 1.86%
Independent Jayarama Gounder 292 0.46%
Margin of victory 9,788 15.38% 13.01%
Turnout 63,640 76.58% -1.06%
Registered electors 86,907
DMK gain from INC Swing 4.49%

1967
1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Kaniyambadi[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC L. Balaraman 29,512 49.62%
DMK T. Thiruvengadam 28,100 47.24%
RPI K. Mayakrishnan 1,867 3.14%
Margin of victory 1,412 2.37%
Turnout 59,479 77.64%
Registered electors 80,337
INC win (new seat)


References
  1. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 Oct 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  2. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

"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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