Theni Assembly constituency#Election results
{{Short description|Former constituency in Tamil Nadu, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Theni
| state = Tamil Nadu
| type = SLA
| map_image =
| established = 1957
| district = Theni
| loksabha_cons = Periyakulam
| electors =
| reservation = None
| abolished = 2008
}}
Theni was a state assembly constituency in Theni district in Tamil Nadu.{{cite web |url= http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/Const_map/map.htm |title= Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map |website= Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly |access-date= 22 January 2017}} The constituency was in existence from the 1957 election until 2008.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Winner ! colspan="2"| Party |
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="4"|Madras State |
| 1957
| N. M. Velappan and N. R. Thiagarajan | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1962
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} |
| 1967
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} |
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="4"|Tamil Nadu |
| 1971
| P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan | {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} |
| 1977
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} |
| 1980
| V. R. Jeyaraman | {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} |
| 1984
| V. R. Jeyaraman | {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} |
| 1989
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} |
| 1991
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} |
| 1996
| {{Full party name with color|Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)}} |
| 2001
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} |
| 2006
| D. Ganesan | {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} |
Election results
=1957=
{{Election box begin|title= 1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Theni{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Madras_1957.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2015-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127200447/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Madras_1957.pdf |archive-date=27 January 2013}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=N. R. Thiagarajan |party=Indian National Congress |votes=38,185 |percentage=26.62% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. S. Rajendran |party=Independent politician |votes=31,404 |percentage=21.90% |change= }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=N. M. Velappan |party=Indian National Congress |votes=26,673 |percentage=18.60% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Arunachalam |party=Independent politician |votes=15,308 |percentage=10.67% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=A. Ayyanar (SC) |party=Independent politician |votes=13,163 |percentage=9.18% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=R. Suruliammal (SC) |party=Praja Socialist Party |votes=10,731 |percentage=7.48% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Selvaraj (SC) |party=Independent politician |votes=7,960 |percentage=5.55% |change= }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=6,781 |percentage=4.73% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout |votes=1,43,424 |percentage=90.76% |change= }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 1,58,034 |change = }}
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Indian National Congress |loser= |swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
References
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External links
- {{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}}
{{Defunct assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu}}
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{{Theni district}}
{{Coord|10.01|77.47|display=title}}
Category:Former assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu
Category:Politics of Tamil Nadu
Category:Constituencies established in 1957
Category:1957 establishments in Madras State
Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2008
Category:2008 disestablishments in India
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