Villupuram Assembly constituency explained

11.941°N 79.493°W

Type:SLA
Constituency No:74
District:Villupuram
Loksabha Cons:Vilupuram
State:Tamil Nadu
Mla:R. Lakshmanan
Latest Election Year:2021
Villupuram
Electors:2,62,068[1]
Reservation:None

Villupuram is a state legislative assembly constituency in Viluppuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 74. It comprises a portion of Viluppuram taluk and is a part of the Viluppuram constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Villupuram was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) facilities with EVMs in the state elections of 2016.[4]

Most successful party: DMK (9 times)

Madras State

YearWinnerParty
1952NagarajanTamil Nadu Toilers' Party
1957Sarangapani Gounder
1962M. Shanmugam
1967M. Shanmugam

Tamil Nadu

YearWinnerParty
1971M. Shanmugam
1977P. Krishnan
1980K. P. Palaniappan
1984M. Mani Rajarathinam
1989K. Ponmudy
1991D. Janardhanan
1996K. Ponmudy
2001K. Ponmudy
2006K. Ponmudy
2011C. V. Shanmugam
2016C. V. Shanmugam[5]
2021R. Lakshmanan

Election results

1952

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Form 21E (Return of Election) . https://web.archive.org/web/20211222055634/https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/Form21E_TNLA2021/AC074.pdf . 27 Jan 2022 . 22 Dec 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 . 26 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160804211957/http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Tamilnadu/Final%20Notification%20%26%20Order%20.pdf . 4 August 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: EC to tighten grip on cash for votes.
  5. Web site: Election Commission of India . 2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary . 27 May 2016. 74.