Madurai North (state assembly constituency)

Madurai North is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Youngest Candidate of 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

Gopi Shankar Madurai, a 25-year-old gender activist, made a bid to contest as one of the youngest candidates in the Tamil Nadu Assembly election, and also as the first openly Intersex & Genderqueer person to do so. Gopi contested on the ticket of newly launched outfit Anaithu Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) for Madurai North. He secured 16th place out of 21 candidates by securing a 0.1% vote.[1][2][3][4]

Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below.[5]

Extent of Assembly Constituency

• Madurai South Taluk (Part).
• Madurai (M Corp.) Ward No.2 to 8, 11 to 15 and 17 to 20.
• Madurai North Taluk (Part)
• Melamadai (CT).

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Results

Year	Winner	Party
2011	A. K. Bose	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	V. V. Rajan Chellappa	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

References

1. "Intersex person to contest from Madurai North - TAMIL NADU". The Hindu. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
2. Share on FacebookShare on Twitter (22 April 2016). "3rd gender gets a new champion in Tamil Nadu poll ring - Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
3. Share on FacebookShare on Twitter (10 May 2016). "Intersex candidate alleges harassment - Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
4. "This intersex person is contesting TN polls, 'ze' wants to change your mind on sexual minorities". The News Minute. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
5. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf