Theni Assembly constituency

Theni was a state assembly constituency in Theni district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] The constituency was in existence from the 1957 election until 2008.

Theni
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Theni
Lok Sabha constituency	Periyakulam
Established	1957
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
Madras State
1957	N. M. Velappan and N. R. Thiagarajan		Indian National Congress
1962	S. S. Rajendran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tamil Nadu
1971	P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	V. R. Jayaraman		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	V. R. Jeyaraman		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	V. R. Jeyaraman		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	G. Ponnu Pillai		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	N. R. Alagaraja		Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	D. Ganesan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	D. Ganesan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Theni^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. R. Thiagarajan	38,185	26.62%
	Independent	S. S. Rajendran	31,404	21.90%
	INC	N. M. Velappan	26,673	18.60%
	Independent	S. Arunachalam	15,308	10.67%
	Independent	A. Ayyanar (SC)	13,163	9.18%
	PSP	R. Suruliammal (SC)	10,731	7.48%
	Independent	P. Selvaraj (SC)	7,960	5.55%
Margin of victory			6,781	4.73%
Turnout			1,43,424	90.76%
Registered electors			1,58,034
	INC win (new seat)