Gangaikondan Assembly constituency

{{short description|State assembly constituency}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| type = SLA

| name = Gangaikondan

| map_image =

| established = 1962

| district = Tirunelveli

| loksabha_cons =

| state = Tamil Nadu

| reservation = None

| abolished= 1971

}}

Gangaikondan was a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. It was in existence from the 1962{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3950-dpaco-1961/ |title=The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1961 |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=7 December 1961 |access-date=13 October 2021}} to 1971 state elections.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Winner

! colspan="2"| Party

1962

| R. S. Arumugam

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1967

|rowspan=2|A. Karuppiah

| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|rowspan=2}}

1971

Election results

=1971=

{{Election box begin|title= 1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gangaikondan{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = Statistical Report on General Election 1971 | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006131227/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf | archive-date = 6 Oct 2010}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=A. Karuppiah |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=32,963 |percentage=58.83% |change=-0.76% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Koil Pillai |party=Indian National Congress |votes=18,207 |percentage=32.49% |change=-4.46% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=M. P. Karunanithi |party=Independent politician |votes=3,221 |percentage=5.75% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Padmanabhan |party=Independent politician |votes=1,641 |percentage=2.93% |change= }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=14,756 |percentage=26.33% |change=3.69% }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=56,032 |percentage=63.88% |change= -4.19% }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 95,985 |change = }}

{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= -0.76% }}

{{Election box end}}

=1967=

{{Election box begin|title= 1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Gangaikondan{{Cite web| last = Election Commission of India|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election 1967 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320175222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2012 |access-date= 19 April 2009}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=A. Karuppiah |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=34,797 |percentage=59.59% |change=39.84% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=M. Chellappa |party=Indian National Congress |votes=21,576 |percentage=36.95% |change=2.03% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Parasesi |party=Independent politician |votes=1,029 |percentage=1.76% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=N. Raman |party=Independent politician |votes=602 |percentage=1.03% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=M. Rmaswamy |party=Independent politician |votes=389 |percentage=0.67% |change= }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=13,221 |percentage=22.64% |change=15.14% }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=58,393 |percentage=68.07% |change= 9.40% }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 91,350 |change = }}

{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= 24.67% }}

{{Election box end}}

=1962=

{{Election box begin|title= 1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Gangaikondan{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1962 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf |access-date= 19 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127201143/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf |archive-date=27 Jan 2013}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=R. S. Arumugam |party=Indian National Congress |votes=17,548 |percentage=34.92% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Chelliah |party=Independent politician |votes=13,780 |percentage=27.42% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=T. K. Velu |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=9,926 |percentage=19.75% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=N. Raman |party=Swatantra Party |votes=6,556 |percentage=13.04% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=M. Chidambaranathan |party=Independent politician |votes=1,105 |percentage=2.20% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=M. Ponnuchamy |party=Independent politician |votes=511 |percentage=1.02% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Arunachalam Kudumbar |party=Independent politician |votes=449 |percentage=0.89% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Baliah |party=Independent politician |votes=382 |percentage=0.76% |change= }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=3,768 |percentage=7.50% |change= }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=50,257 |percentage=58.67% |change= }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 89,573 |change = }}

{{Election box new seat win |winner=Indian National Congress |loser= |swing= }}

{{Election box end}}

References

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  • {{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|title= Statistical reports of assembly elections|accessdate= 8 July 2010|publisher= Election Commission of India|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|archivedate= 5 October 2010}}

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