Kaniyambadi Assembly constituency

Kaniyambadi
Kaniyambadi
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Established	1967
Abolished	1976
Total electors	86,907
Reservation	None

Kaniyambadi was former constituency in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu a southern state of India. It was in Vellore district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1971	Thopputhiruvengadam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	L. Balaraman		Indian National Congress

Vote share of Winning candidates

1971			54.11%
1967			49.62%

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kaniyambadi^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Thopputhiruvengadam	34,435	54.11%	6.87%
	INC	L. Balaraman	24,647	38.73%	−10.89%
	Independent	R. Shanmugam	3,084	4.85%
	Independent	C. Rathinam	1,182	1.86%
	Independent	Jayarama Gounder	292	0.46%
Margin of victory			9,788	15.38%	13.01%
Turnout			63,640	76.58%	−1.06%
Registered electors			86,907
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	4.49%

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kaniyambadi^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	L. Balaraman	29,512	49.62%
	DMK	T. Thiruvengadam	28,100	47.24%
	RPI	K. Mayakrishnan	1,867	3.14%
Margin of victory			1,412	2.37%
Turnout			59,479	77.64%
Registered electors			80,337
	INC win (new seat)

^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 Oct 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

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