Melur (state assembly constituency)

Melur is a legislative assembly constituency in Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[1] Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below. Most successful party: INC (7 times)

Madras StateEdit

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 NaduEdit

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 ResultsEdit

2021Edit

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

ReferencesEdit

  1. "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.


Coordinates: 10°03′N 78°20′E / 10.05°N 78.33°E / 10.05; 78.33