P. Seenivasan

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P. Seenivasan was an Indian politician of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Member of the Legislative Assembly Tamil Nadu. He served as the Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 1971 to 1972. [1] [2] He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Virudhunagar constituency and Sivakasi (State Assembly Constituency) in 1967, 1971 and 1989 elections. [3] [4] [5] He defeated the King maker K. Kamaraj in the 1967 assembly elections when he contested against him in the virudhunagar constituency.

Electoral performance

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election  : Virudhunagar [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK P. Seenivasan 33,421 49.90% New
INC K. Kamaraj 32,13647.98%New
Independent R. Periakaruppan8381.25%New
Independent K. P. Nadar5790.86%New
Margin of victory1,2851.92%
Turnout 66,97484.25%
Registered electors 82,606
DMK win (new seat)

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References

  1. "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: Details of terms of successive Legislative Assemblies constituted under the Constitution of India". Government of Tamil Nadu.
  2. "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: Details of terms of successive Legislative Assemblies constituted under the Constitution of India". Government of India. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  3. "Former MLA Seenivasan dead". 6 January 2009 via www.thehindu.com.
  4. "1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF).
  5. "1977 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF).
  6. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.