Peravurani Assembly constituency explained

Peravurani
Type:SLA
State:Tamil Nadu
Constituency No:177
Established:1967
District:Thanjavur
Loksabha Cons:Thanjavur
Reservation:None
Mla:N. Ashok Kumar
Latest Election Year:2021
Electors:2,20,162[1]

Peravurani is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Peravurani constituency created on the year of 1967 on delimitation of Pattukkottai Assembly constituency. It elects a member to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly once every five years. From the 1967 elections, Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the assembly seat three times (in 1984, 2006, 2016 state elections), Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the assembly seat three times (in 1967, 1977 and 1980, 2021), Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) won two times by 1996 and 2001 elections and Indian National Congress two times won the seat (in 1989 and 1991) and Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam won the seat in 2011 election. The current member of legislative assembly N. Ashok Kumar from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Notable candidatures

Seruvai.pa.Malaiyappan who belongs to AIADMK Party, has led the party in peravurani in its early stages; he led the party front as union secretary (AIADMK), He had won as Union Chairman when votes are elected directly by people and become District council member twice, when he is all set to become MLA candidate he died due to cardiac arrest in 2002.

Elected members

The first election in Peravurani Assembly constituency conducted in the year of 1967. The First Member of legislative assembly from Peravurani constituency is M.K. Krishnamoorthy from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

ElectionNameParty
1967M. Krishnamoorthi
1971Kuzha. Chellaiya
1977M. R. Govindan
1980M. R. Govindan
1984M. R. Govindan
1989R. Singaram
1991R. Singaram
1996S. V. Thirugnana Sambandam
2001S. V. Thirugnana Sambandam
2006M.V.R. Veera Kabilan
2011Arun Pandian
2016M. Govindarasu
2021N. Ashok Kumar

Election results

1967

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Form 21E (Return of Election) . https://web.archive.org/web/20211222055557/https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/Form21E_TNLA2021/AC177.pdf . 14 Feb 2022 . 22 Dec 2021.