St. Thomas Mount Assembly constituency

The St. Thomas Mount Assembly constituency was one of the 234 state legislative assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India. It was in existence for the 1967 and 1971 assembly elections. At that time, this constituency was represented only by the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran. Later, it was merged with the Alandur assembly constituency from the 1977 assembly election.

St. Thomas Mount
Former constituency No. 16 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Dr. M. G. Ramachandran - only M.L.A. from this constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChingleput
Established1967
Abolished1976
Total electors163,527
ReservationNone

List of members of legislative assembly

No. Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Assembly
(Election)
Political party
Assumed office Left office
1 M. G. Ramachandran
(1917–1987)
15 March 1967 5 January 1971 4th
(1967)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
22 March 1971 14 October 1972 5th
(1971)
17 October 1972 31 January 1976 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

Vote share of winning candidates
1971
61.11%
1967
66.67%

Assembly election 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: St. Thomas Mount[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK M. G. Ramachandran 65,405 61.11 Decrease5.56
INC(O) T. L. Raghupathy 40,773 38.10 New
Independent M. Varadarajan 850 0.79 New
Majority 24,632 23.01 Decrease11.09
Turnout 107,028 67.31 Decrease9.26
DMK hold Swing Decrease5.56

Assembly election 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: St. Thomas Mount[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK M. G. Ramachandran 54,106 66.67 New
INC T. L. Raghupathy 26,432 32.57 New
ABJS K. Kasinathan 613 0.76 New
Majority 27,674 34.10 New
Turnout 81,151 76.57 New
DMK win (new seat)

References

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