T. Palur Assembly constituency

T. Palur was former constituency in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu, a southern state of India. It was in Ariyalur district.

T. Palur
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ariyalur
Established	1957
Abolished	1967
Total electors	88,957
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
Madras State
1962	S. Ramasami		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1957	T. K. Subbiah		Indian National Congress

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
1962			60.06%
1957			43.37%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: T. Palur^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Ramasami	40,593	60.06%
	INC	T. K. Subbiah	22,969	33.98%	−9.39%
	SWA	G. Rathinam	2,540	3.76%
	Independent	K. M. S. Alagesa Pillai	1,484	2.20%
Margin of victory			17,624	26.08%	21.32%
Turnout			67,586	79.66%	30.02%
Registered electors			88,957
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	16.69%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: T. Palur^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. K. Subbiah	17,522	43.37%
	Independent	Ramasamy	15,602	38.62%
	Independent	Chinnasamy	7,276	18.01%
Margin of victory			1,920	4.75%
Turnout			40,400	49.64%
Registered electors			81,385
	INC win (new seat)