Tirukkoyilur (state assembly constituency)

Tirukkoyilur is a state assembly constituency of Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu, India. It comprises a portion of Tirukkoyilur taluk and is a part of the Villupuram constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[1]

Thiru. A. Muthuswamy was the first M.L.A of thirukovilur town, at the period of 1952-1957. It was in existence from 1952 to 1971 state elections. After delimitation of constituencies in 2007, Mughaiyur constituency was reorganised into Tiruvottiyur constituency. It has 1,94,414 registered voters for 2011 election.[2]

Demographics
Demographics (2011)[3]
Category Data
Created 2016
Vanniyar 35%
Sengunthar Kaikola Mudaliyar 17%
Adi Dravida 30%
Nathama Udayar 5%
Konar, Nayudu, Pillaimar 07%
Others 6%
Total Electorate 2,50,669

[4]

Madras State
Year Winner Party
1952 A. Muthuswamy Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party
1957 S. A. M. Annamalai Odayar and
Kuppusami		 Independent and
Indian National Congress
1962 Lakshminarasimma Ammal Indian National Congress
1967 E. M. Subramaniam Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu
Year Winner Party
1971 A. S. Kumarasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tirukkoyilur was again formed after constituency delimitations 2008.[5]

Year Winner Party
2011 L. Venkatesan Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam
2016 K. Ponmudy[6] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

References
  1. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  2. "தொகுதி - ஓர் அறிமுகம்!: திருக்கோவிலூர் (பொது)". The Hindu. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  3. "Multifarious issues for the electorate". The Hindu. 30 April 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  4. Vikadan (2016). "மண்ணின் மைந்தர் வெற்றி பெறுவாரா".
  5. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitaion 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
  6. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 76. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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