Chidambaram Assembly constituency explained

Chidambaram
Type:	SLA
State:	Tamil Nadu
Constituency No:	158
Established:	1952
District:	Cuddalore
Loksabha Cons:	Chidambaram
Reservation:	None
Mla:	K. A. Pandian
Latest Election Year:	2021
Electors:	2,50,998^[1]

Chidambaram is a legislative assembly in Cuddalore district, which includes the city, Chidambaram.^[2] It is a part of the Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Madras State

Election	Name	Party
1952
1957	G. Vagheesam Pillai
1962	S. Sivasubramanian
1967	R. Kanagasabai Pillai

Tamil Nadu

Election	Duration	Name	Party
1971	1971-1977	P. Ponchokkalingam
1977	1977-1980	Kaliyamoorthy Durai
1980	1980-1984	K. R. Ganapathi
1980	1984-1989
1989	1989-1991	D. Krishnamoorthy
1991	1991-1996	K. S. Alagiri
1996	1996-2001
2001	2001-2006	K. Durai Saravanan
2006	2006-2011	A. Arunmozhithevan
2011	2011-2016	K. Balakrishnan		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2016	2016-2021	K. A. Pandian
2021	2021-Incumbent

Election results

1952

References

• Web site: Statistical reports of assembly elections. 8 July 2010. Election Commission of India. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp. 5 October 2010.

11.4°N 79.7°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Form 21E (Return of Election) . https://web.archive.org/web/20211222055833/https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/Form21E_TNLA2021/AC158.pdf . 11 Feb 2022 . 22 Dec 2021.
2. Web site: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map . Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly . 25 January 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120614070155/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/const_map/map.htm . 14 June 2012 .