Melur (state assembly constituency)

Melur is a legislative assembly constituency in Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[1] Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below. Most successful party: INC (7 times)

Madras State[]

Year	Winner
1952	and	Indian National Congress
1957	and P. Kakkan	Indian National Congress
1962		Indian National Congress
1967	Melur South-, Melur North-P. Malaichamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu[]

Year	Winner
1971	P. Malaichamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980		Indian National Congress (I)
1984		Indian National Congress
1989	K. V. V. Rajamanickam	Indian National Congress
1991	K. V. V. Rajamanickam	Indian National Congress
1996	K. V. V. Rajamanickam	Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	R. Samy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	R. Samy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	R. Samy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	Periyapullan, alias	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Periyapullan Alias Selvam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[]

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Melur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	Periyapullan @ Selvam P	83,344	45.6
	INC	Ravichandran T	48,182	26.36
	AMMK	Selvaraj K	34,262	18.74
	NTK	Karuppusamy P	10,669	5.84
Majority
Turnout			1,82,782
	AIADMK hold		Swing

References[]

^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

Coordinates: 10°03′N 78°20′E / 10.05°N 78.33°E / 10.05; 78.33

[1] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

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