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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = S. Hemalatha Devi
| image =
| alt =
| office = Member of the [[Madras Legislative Assembly]] for [[Pennagaram (state assembly constituency)|Pennagaram]]
| term_start = 1957
| term_end = 1962
| majority = 3,255
| predecessor = [[S. Kandaswami Gounder]]
| successor = [[M. V. Karivengadam]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1922|9|10}}
| birth_place =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
}}
'''S. Hemalatha Devi''' (born 10 September 1922) is an [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence activist]], social worker and member of the [[Indian National Congress]]. She represented [[Pennagaram (state assembly constituency)|Pennagaram]] in the [[Madras Legislative Assembly]] (1957–62).

==Early life==
Hemalatha Devi was born on 10 September 1922.<ref name="WW">{{cite book|title=Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly—Who's Who 1957|date=1957|publisher=[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]|location=Chennai, Tamil Nadu|page=25|url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/2nd_1957/whoiswho_1957.pdf|accessdate=30 November 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
Hemalatha Devi was an active member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) during its early phase. She was involved with the [[Indian independence movement]] and after India gained independence, she became a member of the Salem District Board in 1949. For seven years, she served as secretary of the Salem Salem Indian Women's Association and was later elevated to the post of its Vice-President. She was also a member of the Standing Committee of [[All India Women's Conference]]'s branch in [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="WW" />

Devi won the [[1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Pennagaram (state assembly constituency)|Pennagaram]] as an official candidate of the INC. She defeated her nearest rival by a margin of 3,255 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Madras|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Madras_1957.pdf|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=30 November 2017|page=54}}</ref> However, she lost the [[1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election|following election]] to [[M. V. Karivengadam]], a candidate from the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK).<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Madras|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=30 November 2017}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Hemalatha Devi is married with four children.<ref name="WW" />

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S. Hemalatha Devi - Revision history

>BrownHairedGirl: WP:ELLINKS (2/2): Madras Legislative Assembly election, 1957 → 1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election; Madras Legislative Assembly election, 1962 → 1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election;