Washermanpet Assembly constituency

13.1131°N 80.2886°E / 13.1131; 80.2886

Washermanpet
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Established	1951
Abolished	1976
Total electors	1,09,476
Reservation	None

Washermanpet was an Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. The elections conducted in the constituency and winners are listed below. It existed from the 1951 delimitation to 1971 elections.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Jeevanandam		Communist Party of India
1957	M. Mayandi Nadar		Indian National Congress
1962	M. Mayandi Nadar		Indian National Congress
1967	M. Vedachalam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	M. Vedachalam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
1971			54.04%
1967			50.70%
1962			37.77%
1957			29.49%
1952			33.22%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Washermanpet^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Vedachalam	38,989	54.04%	3.35%
	INC	Ananthan	32,231	44.68%	4.60%
	Independent	K V Manavala Naicker	923	1.28%
Margin of victory			6,758	9.37%	−1.25%
Turnout			72,143	67.46%	−9.22%
Registered electors			1,09,476
	DMK hold		Swing	3.35%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Washermanpet^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Vedachalam	34,571	50.70%	15.33%
	INC	M. Mayandi Nadar	27,329	40.08%	2.31%
	Independent	R. Nayakar	6,072	8.90%
	Independent	K. Balakrishnan	218	0.32%
Margin of victory			7,242	10.62%	8.22%
Turnout			68,190	76.68%	1.36%
Registered electors			91,287
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	12.93%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Washermanpet^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Mayandi Nadar	25,732	37.77%	8.28%
	DMK	M. Vedachalam	24,095	35.37%
	CPI	P. Jeevanandham	10,049	14.75%
	SWA	P. M. Lingesan	8,250	12.11%
Margin of victory			1,637	2.40%	1.17%
Turnout			68,126	75.32%	33.96%
Registered electors			93,359
	INC hold		Swing	8.28%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Washermanpet^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Mayandi Nadar	11,770	29.49%	3.20%
	Independent	N. Jeevarathanam	11,279	28.26%
	Independent	P. M. Lingesan	9,152	22.93%
	CPI	A. S. K. Lyengar	7,005	17.55%
	Independent	S. Daivasigamoney	707	1.77%
Margin of victory			491	1.23%	−5.70%
Turnout			39,913	41.37%	−7.16%
Registered electors			96,480
	INC gain from CPI		Swing	-3.73%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Washermanpet^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	P. Jeevanandham	12,526	33.22%
	INC	Radhakrishna Pillai	9,914	26.29%	26.29%
	Independent	Albert Jesudason	3,649	9.68%
	Independent	Jevarathinam	3,618	9.59%
	Independent	Pandian	2,409	6.39%
	TTP	Parthasarathy Naicker	1,791	4.75%
	Independent	B. Paramanandam	1,311	3.48%
	KMPP	Seetharaman Nayudu	734	1.95%
	Independent	Arjuna Nayudu	582	1.54%
	Independent	Arjuna Naicker	448	1.19%
	Independent	Ramanathan	298	0.79%
Margin of victory			2,612	6.93%
Turnout			37,710	48.53%
Registered electors			77,709
	CPI win (new seat)