Thoothukkudi | |
Constituency No: | 214 |
Type: | SLA |
State: | Tamil Nadu |
District: | Thoothukkudi |
Loksabha Cons: | Thoothukkudi |
Established: | 1952 |
Reservation: | None |
Mla: | P. Geetha Jeevan |
Party: | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Latest Election Year: | 2021 |
Preceded By: | S. T. Chellapandian |
Thoothukkudi Assembly constituency (Tamil: தூத்துக்குடி சட்டமன்ற தொகுதி) is one of the 234 state legislative assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu in southern India. It is also one of the six state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Thoothukkudi Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the oldest assembly segments in Tamil Nadu since Independence. This constituency has VVPAT facilities with EVMs since the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.[1] [2]
No. | Name | Term of office | Assembly | Political party | |
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Assumed office | Left office | ||||
1 | J. L. P. Roche Victoria | 3 May 1952 | 31 March 1957 | 1st | |
2 | P. P. M. T. Ponnuswami | 29 April 1957 | 24 April 1958 | 2nd | |
3 | A. Samuel | 3 September 1958 | 29 July 1959 | ||
4 | R. J. Sundar Singh | 10 March 1960 | 1 March 1962 | ||
5 | S. Ponnusamy | 29 March 1962 | 28 February 1967 | 3rd | |
6 | M. S. Sivasami | 15 March 1967 | 5 January 1971 | 4th | |
7 | R. Ramalingam | 22 March 1971 | 31 January 1976 | 5th | |
8 | N. Dhanasekaran | 4 July 1977 | 17 February 1980 | 6th | |
9 | S. N. Rajendran | 19 June 1980 | 15 November 1984 | 7th | |
25 February 1985 | 30 January 1988 | 8th | |||
10 | N. Periyasamy | 6 February 1989 | 30 January 1991 | 9th | |
11 | V. P. R. Ramesh | 1 July 1991 | 13 May 1996 | 10th | |
(10) | N. Periyasamy | 22 May 1996 | 14 May 2001 | 11th | |
12 | S. Rajammal | 22 May 2001 | 12 May 2006 | 12th | |
13 | P. Geetha Jeevan | 17 May 2006 | 14 May 2011 | 13th | |
14 | S. T. Chellapandian | 23 May 2011 | 21 May 2016 | 14th | |
(13) | P. Geetha Jeevan | 25 May 2016 | 3 May 2021 | 15th | |
11 May 2021 | Incumbent | 16th | |||