Madurai Central Assembly constituency
Madurai Central is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below.
| Madurai (Central) | |
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| Constituency for the State Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Madurai |
| LS constituency | Madurai |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,41,913[1] |
| Reservation | General |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Current MLA | Palanivel Thiagarajan |
| Party | DMK |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Madras State
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | V. Sankaran | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | V. Sankaran | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | C. Govindarajan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Tamil Nadu
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | K. Thirupathy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1977 | N. Lakshmi Narayanan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1980 | P. Nedumaran | Independent | |
| 1984 | A. Deiyvanayagam | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | S. Paulraj | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1991 | A. Deiyvanayagam | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | A. Deiyvanayagam | Tamil Maanila Congress | |
| 2001 | M. A. Hakeem | Tamil Maanila Congress | |
| 2006 | P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2006* | S. Syed Ghouse Basha | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2011 | R. Sundarrajan (Politician) | Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | |
| 2016 | Palanivel Thiagarajan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2021 | Palanivel Thiagarajan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Election Results
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Palanivel Thiagarajan | 73,205 | 48.99% |  6.78% | |
| AIADMK | Jothi Muthuramalingam | 39,029 | 26.12% |  24% | |
| MNM | Mani | 14,495 | 9.70% | 9.70% | |
| Majority | 34176 | 22.87 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| DMK hold | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Palanivel Thiagarajan | ||||
| AIADMK | |||||
1957
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | V. Sankaran | 20,305 | 47.07% | ||
| Independent | S. Muthu | 9,872 | 22.88% | ||
| PSP | Bahulayan | 7,873 | 18.25% | ||
| Independent | K. Viswanathan | 4,565 | 10.58% | ||
| Independent | N. S. Muthumalai Pillai | 523 | 1.21% | ||
| Margin of victory | 10,433 | 24.19% | |||
| Turnout | 43,138 | 46.02% | |||
| Registered electors | 93,744 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
References
- "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
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