Thoothukudi (State Assembly Constituency)

Thoothukudi is an assembly constituency located in Thoothukudi Lok Sabha Constituency in Tamil Nadu. Before 2009 General elections, Thoothukudi assembly constituency was part of Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency. Thoothukudi will be one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2016.^[1][2]

Madras State assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1952	J. L. P. Roche Victoria	Indian National Congress
1957	Ponnusami Nadar	Indian National Congress
1962	Ponnusami Nadar	Indian National Congress
1967	M. S. Sivasami	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1971	R. Ramalingam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	N. Dhanasekaran	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	S. N. Rajendran	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	S. N. Rajendran	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	N. Periasamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	V. P. R. Ramesh	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	N. Periasamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	S. Rajammal	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	P. Geetha Jeevan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	S.T. Chellapandian	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

References

1. "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes".
2. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/new-poll-facility-for-thoothukudi/article8344830.ece

• "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 8, 2010.