Madurai South (state assembly constituency)

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Madurai (South)
Constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictMadurai
LS constituencyMadurai
Established1952
Total electors2,30,133[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  DMK
Elected year2021

Madurai South is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below.[2]

Extent of Assembly Constituency

  • Madurai South Taluk (Part)
  • Madurai (M Corp.) Ward No.9, 10, 16, 39 and 43 to 59

[2] This is a new constituency which includes majority of the erstwhile Madurai East Constituency.

Results

Year Winner Party
2011 R. Annadurai Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2016 S.S.Saravanan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 M. Boominathan Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK)

Election Results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
42.49%
2016
42.75%
2011
61.59%
1952
46.95%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Madurai (South)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK M. Boominathan 62,812 42.49% +15.94
AIADMK S. S. Saravanan 56,297 38.08% -4.67
MNM G. Eswaran 12,821 8.67% New
NTK M. Abbas 10,483 7.09% +5.32
AMMK Sha. Raajalingam 2,672 1.81% New
NOTA Nota 1,551 1.05% -0.94
Independent R. Saravanan 257 0.17% New
Independent K. Jeya 178 0.12% New
Independent Rajkumar (A) K. Manikandan 162 0.11% New
Independent T. S. Vengadachalapathy 159 0.11% New
NGPP S. Bharathi Kannamma 140 0.09% New
Margin of victory 6,515 4.41% -11.80%
Turnout 147,833 64.24% -2.60%
Rejected ballots 131 0.09%
Registered electors 230,133
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -0.27%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Madurai (South)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. S. Saravanan 62,683 42.75% New
DMK M. Balachandran 38,920 26.55% New
MDMK M. Boominathan 19,443 13.26% New
BJP A. R. Mahalakshmi 16,069 10.96% +6.38
NOTA None Of The Above 2,918 1.99% New
NTK B. Vijayakumar 2,594 1.77% New
Socialistic Democratic Party S. Najima Begum 2,210 1.51% New
PMK S. Mari Selvam 864 0.59% New
Independent A. Mujeeb Rahuman 267 0.18% New
Independent N. K. Mahalakshmi 194 0.13% New
UCPI U. Ganesan 177 0.12% New
Margin of victory 23,763 16.21% -17.34%
Turnout 146,611 66.84% -8.96%
Registered electors 219,349
AIADMK gain from CPI(M) Swing -18.84%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Madurai (South)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) R. Annadurai 83,441 61.59% New
INC S. P. Varadharajan 37,990 28.04% New
Independent K. Anuppanadi Jeya 6,243 4.61% New
BJP N. S. R. Santharam 6,204 4.58% New
IJK A. Josephine Mary 1,061 0.78% New
Margin of victory 45,451 33.55%
Turnout 178,736 75.79%
Registered electors 135,472
CPI(M) win (new seat)

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Madurai (South)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC T. K. Rama 20,838 46.95% New
Independent A. Dharmaraj Santhosam 18,070 40.72% New
Independent K. N. Krishnan 3,277 7.38% New
KMPP Vidi V. Krishnan 1,101 2.48% New
Independent K. R. C. Chari 1,095 2.47% New
Margin of victory 2,768 6.24%
Turnout 44,381 64.96%
Registered electors 68,320
INC win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2011.{cite web}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  4. ^ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  5. ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1951" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.