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Madurai East (state assembly constituency)
Coordinates: 9°55′41″N 77°58′29″E / 9.9281247°N 77.9747348°E
Madurai East is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below. Madurai East will be one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.[1][2]
Madras State[edit]
| Year | Assembly | Winner | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 2nd | P. K. R. Lakshmi Kanthan | Indian National Congress | 1957 - 1962 | |
| 1962 | 3rd | P. K. R. Lakshmi Kanthan | Indian National Congress | 1962 - 1967 | |
| 1967 | 4th | K. P. Janakiammal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1967 - 1971 | |
Tamil Nadu[edit]
| Year | Assembly | Winner | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 5th | K. S. Ramakrishnan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1971 - 1977 | |
| 1977 | 6th | N. Sankariah | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1977 - 1980 | |
| 1980 | 7th | N. Sankariah | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1980 - 1984 | |
| 1984 | 8th | K. Kalimuthu | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1984 - 1989 | |
| 1989 | 9th | S. R. Eradha (Leader of the Opposition) | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1989 - 1991 | |
| 1991 | 10th | O. S. Amarnath | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1991 - 1996 | |
| 1996 | 11th | V. Velusamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1996 - 2001 | |
| 2001 | 12th | N. Nanmaran | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2001 - 2006 | |
| 2006 | 13th | N. Nanmaran | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2006 - 2011 | |
| 2011 | 14th | K. Tamilarasan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 2011 - 2016 | |
| 2016 | 15th | P. Moorthy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 2016 - 2021 | |
| 2021 | 16th | P. Moorthy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Incumbent | |
Election Results[edit]
2021[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | P. Moorthy | 1,22,729 | 51.59 | ||
| AIADMK | Gopalakrishnan P | 73,125 | 30.74 | ||
| NTK | Latha J | 17,668 | 7.43 | ||
| MNM | Muthukrishnan I | 11,993 | 5.04 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,37,892 | ||||
| DMK hold | Swing | ||||
References[edit]
- ↑ "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes".
- ↑ "20,000 personnel to be deployed for election work". The Hindu. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ↑ "Archived copy". www.electiontrends.in. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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