Dindigul (state assembly constituency)

Dindigul is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Dindigul will be one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.[2]

Dindigul
state assembly constituency
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
Existence1971-present
ReservationGeneral
PartyAIADMK
Elected Year2016
Total Electors2,48,336 [1]
Most Successful PartyCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (5 times)

Madras State

Year Winner Party
1952 Munisamy Pillai Indian National Congress
1957 M. J. Jamal Mohideen
1962 R. Rengasamy
1967 A. Balasubramanyam Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Tamil Nadu

Year Winner Party
1971 O. N. Sundaram Pillai NCO
1977 N. Varadarajan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1980 Independent
1984 A. Premkumar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 S. A. Thangarajan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991 B. Nirmala All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 R. Manimaran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 K. Balabharathi Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2006
2011
2016 - incumbent Dindigul C. Sreenivasan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

References

  1. "Assembly wise final electoral count-29April2016" (PDF). Tamil Nadu Election Commission. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  2. "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

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