Valavanur Assembly constituency

Valavanur
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictViluppuram
LS constituencyViluppuram
Established1957
Abolished1962
Total electors1,02,634
ReservationNone

Valavanur is a former state assembly constituency in Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu, India.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Winner Party
1962 K. M. Krishna Goundar Indian National Congress
1957 A. Govindasam Nayagar Independent politician

Election results[edit]

Vote share of Winning candidates
1962
54.88%
1957
61.39%

1962[edit]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Valavanur[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. M. Krishna Goundar 38,580 54.88% 23.54%
DMK A. Govindasamy 31,718 45.12%
Margin of victory 6,862 9.76% -20.28%
Turnout 70,298 71.54% 16.44%
Registered electors 1,02,634
INC gain from Independent Swing -6.51%

1957[edit]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Valavanur[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent A. Govindasam Nayagar 31,836 61.39%
INC K. M. Krishna Goundar 16,256 31.35%
Independent P. Alagappa 3,769 7.27%
Margin of victory 15,580 30.04%
Turnout 51,861 55.10%
Registered electors 94,114
Independent win (new seat)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 Jan 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 Jan 2013. Retrieved 2015-07-26.

External links[edit]

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