Porayar Assembly constituency

Porayar
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
LS constituency	Porayar Assembly constituency
Established	1962
Abolished	1967
Total electors	85,974
Reservation	None

Porayar was one of the 234 constituencies in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu a southern state of India. It was in Nagapattinam district.

Madras state

Year	Winner	Party
1962	K. R. Sambandam		Indian National Congress

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
1962			39.45%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Porayar^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. R. Sambandam	24,112	39.45%
	DMK	S. Ganesan	21,018	34.39%
	CPI	Bhasathimohan	12,718	20.81%
	SWA	K. Chinnasami Ravuthaminda Nainar	2,826	4.62%
	Independent	Paul Sathianathan	440	0.72%
Margin of victory			3,094	5.06%
Turnout			61,114	74.00%
Registered electors			85,974
	INC win (new seat)

References

1. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 Jan 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

External links

• "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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