List of constituencies of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly explained

The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the state of Tamil Nadu, in south India. It has existed since 1 November 1986.[1] As of 2022, it comprises members from 234 constituencies, whom are democratically elected using the First-past-the-post system. The presiding officer of the Assembly is called the Speaker. The term of the Assembly is five years unless it is dissolved earlier.

Current list of constituencies

Constituencies were delimited in 2007 based on the 2001 Census of India and following draft proposals. Some constituencies are reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.[2] [3] The first general elections following the delimitation exercise were those of 2011.

ConstituencyReservedDistrictLok Sabha
constituency		Constituency
since		Constituency
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1Gummidipoondi-ThiruvallurTiruvallur1967
2PonneriSC1952
3Tiruttani-Arakkonam1952
4Thiruvallur-Tiruvallur1952
5PoonamalleeSC1977
6Avadi-2011
7Maduravoyal-ChennaiSriperumbudur2011
8Ambattur-2011
9Madavaram-Tiruvallur2011
10Thiruvottiyur-Chennai North1967
11Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar1977
12Perambur-1952
13Kolathur-2011
14Villivakkam-Chennai Central1977
15Thiru-Vi-Ka-NagarSCChennai North2011
16EgmoreSCChennai Central1957
17Royapuram-Chennai North1977
18Harbour-Chennai Central1952
19Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni-2011
20Thousand Lights-1952
21Anna Nagar-1977
22Virugambakkam-Chennai South2011
23Saidapet-1952
24Thiyagarayanagar-1957
25Mylapore-1952
26Velachery-2011
27Shozhinganallur-2011
28Alandur-Sriperumbudur1977
29SriperumbudurSCKancheepuram1952
30Pallavaram-Chengalpattu2011
31Tambaram-1977
32Chengalpattu-Kanchipuram1952
33Thiruporur-1952
34CheyyurSC2011
35MadurantakamSC1952
36Uthiramerur-Kancheepuram1952
37Kancheepuram-1952
38ArakkonamSCRanipetArakkonam1952
39Sholinghur-1952
40Katpadi-Vellore1962
41Ranipet-Ranipet1952
42Arcot-1952
43Vellore-VelloreVellore1952
44Anaikattu-1977
45KilvaithinankuppamSC2011
46GudiyattamSC1952
47Vaniyambadi-Tirupattur1952
48Ambur-1957
49Jolarpet-Tiruvannamalai2011
50Tirupattur-1952
51UthangaraiSCKrishnagiri2011
52Bargur-1977
53Krishnagiri-1952
54Veppanahalli-2011
55Hosur-1952
56Thalli-1977
57Palacode-DharmapuriDharamapuri1967
58Pennagaram-1952
59Dharmapuri-1952
60Pappireddippatti-2011
61HarurSC1952
62ChengamSCTiruvannamalaiTiruvannamalai1952
63Tiruvannamalai-1957
64Kilpennathur-2011
65Kalasapakkam-1952
66Polur-Arani1952
67Arani-1952
68Cheyyar-1952
69VandavasiSC1952
70Gingee-Viluppuram1952
71Mailam-2011
72Tindivanam-Viluppuram1952
73VanurSC1962
74Villupuram-1952
75Vikravandi-1952
76Tirukkoyilur-Kallakurichi1952
77Ulundurpettai-1952
78Rishivandiyam-Kallakurichi1962
79Sankarapuram-1962
80KallakurichiSC1952
81GangavalliSCSalem2011
82AtturSC1952
83YercaudST1957
84Omalur-Salem1952
85Mettur-Dharamapuri1957
86Edappadi-Salem1952
87Sankari-Namakkal1957
88Salem (West)-Salem2011
89Salem (North)-2011
90Salem (South)-2011
91Veerapandi-1957
92RasipuramSCNamakkalNamakkal1952
93SenthamangalamST1957
94Namakkal-1952
95Paramathi Velur-2011
96Tiruchengodu-1952
97Kumarapalayam-Erode2011
98Erode (East)-Erode2011
99Erode (West)-2011
100Modakkurichi-1952
101DharapuramSCTiruppur1952
102Kangayam-1952
103Perundurai-ErodeTiruppur1957
104Bhavani-1952
105Anthiyur-1962
106Gobichettipalayam-1957
107BhavanisagarSCNilgiris1967
108Udhagamandalam-Nilgiris1957
109GudalurSC1967
110Coonoor-1957
111Mettupalayam-|Coimbatore|1952||-|112|Avanashi||SC| rowspan="4" |Tiruppur|1957||-|113|Tiruppur (North)||-|| rowspan="2" |Tiruppur|2011||-|114|Tiruppur (South)||-|2011||-|115||Palladam||-|| rowspan="4" |Coimbatore|1957||-|116||Sulur||-| rowspan="9" |Coimbatore|1957||-|117||Kavundampalayam||-|2011||-|118||Coimbatore (North)||-|2011||-|119||Thondamuthur||-||Pollachi|1952||-|120||Coimbatore (South)||-|| rowspan="2" |Coimbatore|2011||-|121||Singanallur||-|1971||-|122||Kinathukadavu||-|| rowspan="5" |Pollachi|1967||-|123||Pollachi||-|1952||-|124||Valparai||SC|1967||-|125| Udumalaipettai| -| rowspan="2" | Tiruppur|1952||-|126| Madathukulam| -|||-|127||Palani||-| rowspan="7" |Dindigul|| rowspan="6" |Dindigul|||-|128||Oddanchatram||-|||-|129||Athoor||-|||-|130||Nilakottai||SC|||-|131||Natham||-|||-|132||Dindigul||-|||-|133||Vedasandur||-|| rowspan="4" |Karur|||-|134||Aravakurichi||-| rowspan="4" |Karur|||-|135||Karur||-|||-|136||Krishnarayapuram||SC|||-|137||Kulithalai||-||Perambalur|||-|138||Manapaarai||-| rowspan="9" |Tiruchirappalli||Karur|||-|139||Srirangam||-|| rowspan="4" |Tiruchirappalli|||-|140||Tiruchirappalli (West)||-|2011||-|141||Tiruchirappalli (East)||-|2011||-|142||Thiruverumbur||-|||-|143||Lalgudi||-|| rowspan="5" |Perambalur|||-|144||Manachanallur||-|||-|145||Musiri||-|||-|146||Thuraiyur||SC|||-|147||Perambalur||SC| rowspan="2" |Perambalur |||-|148||Kunnam||-|| rowspan="3" |Chidambaram|||-|149||Ariyalur||-| rowspan="2" |Ariyalur|||-|150||Jayankondam||-|||-|151||Tittakudi||SC| rowspan="9" |Cuddalore|| rowspan="6" |Cuddalore|||-|152||Virudhachalam||-|||-|153||Neyveli||-|||-|154||Panruti||-|||-|155||Cuddalore||-|||-|156||Kurinjipadi||-|||-|157||Bhuvanagiri||-|| rowspan="3" |Chidambaram|||-|158||Chidambaram||-|||-|159||Kattumannarkoil||SC|||-|160||Sirkazhi||SC| rowspan="3" |Mayiladuthurai|| rowspan="3" |Mayiladuthurai|||-|161||Mayiladuturai||-|||-|162||Poompuhar||-|||-|163||Nagapattinam||-| rowspan="3" |Nagapattinam|| rowspan="4" |Nagapattinam|||-|164||Kilvelur||SC|||-|165||Vedaranyam||-|||-|166||Thiruthuraipoondi||SC| rowspan="4" |Thiruvarur|||-|167||Mannargudi||-||Thanjavur|||-|168||Thiruvarur||-|| rowspan="2" |Nagapattinam|||-|169||Nannilam||-|||-|170||Thiruvidaimarudur||SC| rowspan="8" |Thanjavur|| rowspan="3" |Mayiladuthurai|||-|171||Kumbakonam||-|||-|172||Papanasam||-|||-|173||Thiruvaiyaru||-|| rowspan="5" |Thanjavur|||-|174||Thanjavur||-|1952||-|175||Orathanadu||-|1967||-|176||Pattukkottai||-|1952||-|177||Peravurani||-|1967||-|178||Gandarvakottai||SC| rowspan="6" |Pudukkottai||Tiruchirappalli|1957||-|179||Viralimalai||-||Karur|1967||-|180||Pudukkottai||-||Tiruchirappalli|1952||-|181||Thirumayam||-|| rowspan="2" |Sivaganga|1952||-|182||Alangudi||-|1957||-|183||Aranthangi||-||Ramanathapuram|1952||-|184||Karaikudi||-| rowspan="4" |Sivaganga|| rowspan="4" |Sivaganga|1952||-|185||Tiruppattur||-|1952||-|186||Sivaganga||-|1952||-|187||Manamadurai||SC|1952||-|188||Melur||-| rowspan="10" |Madurai|| rowspan="2" |Madurai|1952||-|189||Madurai East||-|1962||-|190||Sholavandan||SC||Theni|1962||-|191||Madurai North||-|| rowspan="4" |Madurai|1952||-|192||Madurai South||-|1952||-|193||Madurai Central||-|1962||-|194||Madurai West||-|1967||-|195||Thiruparankundram||-|| rowspan="2" |Virudhunagar|1957||-|196||Thirumangalam||-|1952||-|197||Usilampatti||-|| rowspan="5" |Theni|1957||-|198||Andipatti||-| rowspan="4" |Theni|1962||-|199||Periyakulam||SC|1952||-|200||Bodinayakanur||-|1957||-|201||Cumbum||-|1952||-|202||Rajapalayam||-| rowspan="7" |Virudhunagar|| rowspan="2" |Tenkasi|1962||-|203||Srivilliputhur||SC|1952||-|204||Sattur||-|| rowspan="4" |Virudhunagar|1952||-|205||Sivakasi||-|1957||-|206||Virudhunagar||-|1952||-|207||Aruppukkottai||-|1952||-|208||Tiruchuli||-|| rowspan="5" |Ramanathapuram|1962||-|209||Paramakudi||SC| rowspan="4" |Ramanathapuram|1952||-|210||Tiruvadanai||-|1957||-|211||Ramanathapuram||-|1952||-|212||Mudhukulathur||-|1952||-|213||Vilathikulam||-| rowspan="6" |Thoothukudi|| rowspan="6" |Thoothukkudi|1952||-|214||Thoothukkudi||-|1952||-|215||Tiruchendur||-|1952||-|216||Srivaikuntam||-|1957||-|217||Ottapidaram||SC|1962||-|218||Kovilpatti||-|1952||-|219||Sankarankovil||SC| rowspan="5" |Tenkasi|| rowspan="4" |Tenkasi|1952||-|220||Vasudevanallur||SC|1967||-|221||Kadayanallur||-|1967||-|222||Tenkasi||-|1952||-|223||Alangulam||-|| rowspan="6" |Tirunelveli|1952||-|224||Tirunelveli||-| rowspan="5" |Tirunelveli|1952||-|225||Ambasamudram||-|1952||-|226||Palayamkottai||-|1977||-|227||Nanguneri||-|1952||-|228||Radhapuram||-|1957||-|229||Kanniyakumari||-| rowspan="6" |Kanniyakumari|| rowspan="6" |Kanniyakumari|||-|230||Nagercoil||-|1952||-|231||Colachal||-|1954||-|232||Padmanabhapuram||-|1971||-|233||Vilavancode||-|1952||-|234||Killiyoor||-|1962||}

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: History. Government of Tamil Nadu. 27 May 2018. 15 Aug 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160815142745/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/history/statelegislature.htm. dead.
  2. Web site: Constituency Delimitation, Tamil Nadu. CEO, Tamil Nadu. 18 September 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120402143102/http://elections.tn.gov.in/forms/int3.pdf. 2 April 2012.
  3. Web site: Delimitation Commission of India . Notification . 13 August 2007 . 27 May 2018. 21 Jul 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721173917/http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Tamilnadu/Final%20Notification%20&%20Order%20.pdf. dead.

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