Valavanur Assembly constituency

Valavanur is a former state assembly constituency in Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu, India.

Valavanur
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictViluppuram
LS constituencyViluppuram
Established1957
Abolished1962
Total electors1,02,634
ReservationNone

Madras State
Year Winner Party
1962K. M. Krishna Goundar Indian National Congress
1957A. Govindasam Nayagar Independent politician

Election results
Vote share of Winning candidates
1962
 
 54.88%
1957
 
 61.39%

1962
1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Valavanur[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. M. Krishna Goundar 38,580 54.88% 23.54%
DMK A. Govindasamy 31,718 45.12%
Margin of victory 6,862 9.76% -20.28%
Turnout 70,298 71.54% 16.44%
Registered electors 1,02,634
INC gain from Independent Swing -6.51%

1957
1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Valavanur[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent A. Govindasam Nayagar 31,836 61.39%
INC K. M. Krishna Goundar 16,256 31.35%
Independent P. Alagappa 3,769 7.27%
Margin of victory 15,580 30.04%
Turnout 51,861 55.10%
Registered electors 94,114
Independent win (new seat)

References
  1. "1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 Jan 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 Jan 2013. Retrieved 2015-07-26.

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