Thiruthuraipoondi Assembly constituency

Thiruthuraipoondi
Thiruthuraipoondi
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvarur
LS constituency	Nagapattinam
Established	1957
Total electors	2,40,072[1]
Reservation	Scheduled Caste
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	K. Marimuthu
Party	CPI
Elected year	2021

Thiruthuraipundi is a state assembly constituency in Thiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu, which includes Thiruthuraipoondi.[2] It is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency. The constituency is in existence since 1957 election. communist party members from thiruthuraipoondi area played a vital role in aboltion of "agricultural bond labours" (pannayal ozhipu) in delta districts. The act was enacted after their continuous struggle. The constituency comprises Kottur, Thiruthuraipoondi and Muthupettai panchayat union.

Most successful party: CPI (11 times)

Madras State

Year	Winner
1957	A. Vedarathnam and V. Vedayyan	Indian National Congress
1962	A. K. Subbiah	Communist Party of India
1967	N. Dharmalingam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	C. Manali Kandasami	Communist Party of India
1977	P. Uthirapathy	Communist Party of India
1980	P. Uthirapathi	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1984	P. Uthirapathi	Communist Party of India
1989	G. Palanisamy	Communist Party of India
1991	G. Palanisamy	Communist Party of India
1996	G. Palanisamy	Communist Party of India
2001	G. Palanisamy	Communist Party of India
2006	K. Ulaganathan	Communist Party of India
2011	K. Ulaganathan	Communist Party of India
2016	P. Adalarasan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	K. Marimuthu	Communist Party of India

Election Results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruthuraipoondi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	K. Marimuthu	97,092	52.23
	AIADMK	C.Suresh Kumar	67,024	36.06
	NTK	A. Aaarthi	15,362	8.26
	AMMK	S.Rajanikanth	3,555	1.91
Majority			30,068
Turnout			1,85,886
	CPI gain from DMK		Swing

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Thiruthuraipoondi[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	V. Vedayyan (SC)	54,049	24.47%
	INC	A. Vedaratnam	51,168	23.16%
	CPI	C. Kandasamy	44,593	20.19%
	CPI	S. Vadivelu (SC)	40,418	18.30%
	Independent	N. Dharmalinga Thevar	16,527	7.48%
	Independent	M. Ambikapathi (SC)	14,161	6.41%
Margin of victory			2,881	1.30%
Turnout			2,20,916	125.23%
Registered electors			1,76,410
	INC win (new seat)

References

"Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
"Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
"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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[1] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[2] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

[3] "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.