Veerapandi Assembly constituency explained

Type:SLA
Constituency No:91
District:Salem
Loksabha Cons:Salem
State:Tamil Nadu
Mla:M. Rajamuthu
Latest Election Year:2021
Veerapandi
Electors:2,60,064[1]

Veerapandi is a legislative assembly constituency in Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 91. It comprises a portion of Salem taluk and is a part of the wider Salem constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[3] The constituency has been in existence since the 1957 election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Demographics

Demographics! Category! Data
Created2016
Vanniyar30%
Sengundhar Kaikola Mudaliyar25%
Kongu Vellalar Gounder15%
Adi Dravida7%
Arunthathiyar05%
Others18%
Total Electorate2,39,268
[4]

Madras State

YearWinnerParty
1957M. R. Kandasami Mudaliar
1962S. Arumugam
1967

Tamil Nadu

YearWinnerParty
1971S. Arumugam
1977P. Venga Gounder
1980P. Vijayalakshmi
1984
1989P. Venkatachalam
1991K. Arjunan
1996S. Arumugam
2001S. K. Selvam
2006A. Rajendran
2011S. K. Selvam
2016P. Manonmani[5]
2021M. Rajamuthu

Election results

1957

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Form 21E (Return of Election) . https://web.archive.org/web/20211223082750/https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/Form21E_TNLA2021/AC091.pdf . 28 Jan 2022 . 23 December 2021.
  2. Web site: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map . Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly . 22 January 2017.
  3. Web site: Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order . Delimitation Commission of India . National Informatics Centre . 27 January 2017.
  4. News: Trouble for ADMK. Dinamalar . Dinamalar . 2016.
  5. Web site: Election Commission of India . 2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary . 27 May 2016. 91.