Mayiladuthurai is a 38th district and a
legislative assembly constituency in the
India
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n state of
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...
.
Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below.
It was separated from Nagapattinam district and announced as Mayiladuthurai district on 24 March 2020. It is 38th district of Tamil Nadu.
Most successful party: DMK & INC (5 times). It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
History
N. Kittappa of the
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...
served as member for the Mayiladuthurai legislative constituency for four consecutive terms from 1967 to 1984.
The
Indian National Congress
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has won the seat four times (1957,
1962,
1991
and 2006
), the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, five times (1967,
1971,
1977,
1980,
1989); the
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief mini ...
,
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
The Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) (; TMC(M)) is an Indian Regionalism (politics), regional political party in the Federated state, state of Tamil Nadu. It is founded by the former Member of Parliament (India), Member of Parliament of the ...
and the
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...
,
once each.
Madras State
Tamil Nadu
Election results
2021
2016
2011
2006
2001
1996
1991
1989
1984
1980
1977
1971
1967
1962
1957
1952
References
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{{Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu
Mayiladuthurai district