Gangaikondan Assembly constituency

Gangaikondan was a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. It was in existence from the 1962^[1] to 1971 state elections.

Gangaikondan
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirunelveli
Established	1962
Abolished	1971
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1962	R. S. Arumugam		Indian National Congress
1967	A. Karuppiah		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971

Election results

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gangaikondan^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Karuppiah	32,963	58.83%	−0.76%
	INC	S. Koil Pillai	18,207	32.49%	−4.46%
	Independent	M. P. Karunanithi	3,221	5.75%
	Independent	P. Padmanabhan	1,641	2.93%
Margin of victory			14,756	26.33%	3.69%
Turnout			56,032	63.88%	−4.19%
Registered electors			95,985
	DMK hold		Swing	-0.76%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Gangaikondan^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Karuppiah	34,797	59.59%	39.84%
	INC	M. Chellappa	21,576	36.95%	2.03%
	Independent	P. Parasesi	1,029	1.76%
	Independent	N. Raman	602	1.03%
	Independent	M. Rmaswamy	389	0.67%
Margin of victory			13,221	22.64%	15.14%
Turnout			58,393	68.07%	9.40%
Registered electors			91,350
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	24.67%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Gangaikondan^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. S. Arumugam	17,548	34.92%
	Independent	S. Chelliah	13,780	27.42%
	DMK	T. K. Velu	9,926	19.75%
	SWA	N. Raman	6,556	13.04%
	Independent	M. Chidambaranathan	1,105	2.20%
	Independent	M. Ponnuchamy	511	1.02%
	Independent	P. Arunachalam Kudumbar	449	0.89%
	Independent	P. Baliah	382	0.76%
Margin of victory			3,768	7.50%
Turnout			50,257	58.67%
Registered electors			89,573
	INC win (new seat)