Theni Assembly constituency

Theni
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	2011
Reservation	None

Theni was a state assembly constituency in Theni district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] The constituency was in existence since 1957 election till 2011.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
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

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Theni^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

1. "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
2. "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

• "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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