Sholinghur (state assembly constituency)

Sholinghur is a state assembly constituency in Vellore district in Tamil Nadu, India.[1] It consists of portions of the Walajah and Arakkonam taluks. It falls under Arakkonam constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[2]

The mostly rural constituency was politically dominated from the 1960s by four brothers, including Ponnuranga and A. M. Munirathinam, from a staunch Indian National Congress-supporting family. One or other of the brothers either won or was runner-up in eight of the twelve state assembly elections between 1962 and 2011.[3]

Madras State

Year Winner Party
1952 M. Subramanyam CWP
1957 B. Bhaskar Indian National Congress
1962 A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar Indian National Congress
1967 Aranganathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year Winner Party
1971 A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar NCO
1977 S. J. Ramasamy Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 C. Gopal Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984 N. Shanmugam Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 A. M. Munirathinam Indian National Congress
1991 A. M. Munirathinam Indian National Congress
1996 A. M. Munirathinam Tamil Maanila Congress
2001 R. Vilvanathan Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 D. Arul Anbarasu Indian National Congress
2011 P. R. Manogar Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam
2016 N. G. Parthiban[4] Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

References

  1. ↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Ziegfeld, Adam (2016). Why Regional Parties?. Cambridge University Press. pp. 106–107. ISBN 978-1-10711-868-3.
  4. ↑ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 39. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  • "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

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