Melur (state assembly constituency)

Melur is a legislative assembly constituency in Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below. Most successful party: INC (7 times)

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	S. Chinnakaruppa Thevar and P. Sivapirakasam		Indian National Congress
1957	M. Periyakaruppan Ambalam and P. Kakkan		Indian National Congress
1962	M. Sivaramanambalam		Indian National Congress
1967	Melur South-O. P. Raman, Melur North-P. Malaichamy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	P. Malaichamy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	A. M. Paramasivan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	K. V. Veeranambalam		Indian National Congress (I)
1984	D. V. Veeranambalam		Indian National Congress
1989	K. V. V. Rajamanickam		Indian National Congress
1991	K. V. V. Rajamanickam		Indian National Congress
1996	K. V. V. Rajamanickam		Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	R. Samy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	R. Samy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	R. Samy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	Periyapullan, alias P. Selvam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Periyapullan Alias Selvam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Melur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Periyapullan @ Selvam P	83,344	45.6
	INC	Ravichandran T	48,182	26.36
	AMMK	Selvaraj K	34,262	18.74
	NTK	Karuppusamy P	10,669	5.84
Majority
Turnout			1,82,782
	AIADMK hold		Swing

References

• "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.