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Introduction 1 Assembly Constituency - (Vidhan Sabha) at a Glance | Features of Assembly 1-2 as per Delimitation Commission of India (2008) Location and Political Maps Location Map | Boundaries of Assembly Constituency - (Vidhan Sabha) in 2 District | Boundaries of Assembly Constituency under Parliamentary 3-9 Constituency - (Lok Sabha) | Town & Village-wise Winner Parties- 2019, 2016, 2014, 2011 and 2009 Administrative Setup 3 District | Sub-district | Towns | Villages | Inhabited Villages | Uninhabited 10-13 Villages | Village Panchayat | Intermediate Panchayat Demographics 4 Population | Households | Rural/Urban Population | Towns and Villages by 14-15 Population Size | Sex Ratio (Total & 0-6 Years) | Religious Population | Social Population | Literacy Rate Electoral Features Important Dates of Last Elections Held | Electors by Gender | Service 5 Electors | Voters | Voters Turnout | Polling Stations & Average Number of 16-21 Electors per Polling Station | Electors by Age Group | Present Elected Representatives Historical Summary Election Results Vote Share of Major Parties | Winning Margin (Number & Percentage) | 6 Polarity of Parties | Summary Result of Assembly Segment of Parliamentary 22-42 Elections 2019, 2014, 2009, 2004 and 1999 | Summary Result of Assembly Elections 2016, 2011, 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991, 1989, 1984, 1980, 1977, 1971 and 1967 Polling Station Level Election Results Name and Number of Polling Station 2019, 2016, 2014, 2011 and 2009 | 7 Polling Station-wise Electors, Voters & Voters Turnout 2019, 2016, 2014, 43-152 2011 and 2009 | Polling Station wise Elections Results 2019, 2016, 2014, 2011 and 2009 Share of Assembly Constituency 8 Share of Assembly Constituency - (Vidhan Sabha) in State, District and 153 Parliamentary Constituency - (Lok Sabha) Socio-Economic Amenities Access to Administrative Units | Agricultural, Manufacturing and Industrial Commodities | Demographic Indicators | Education | Health & Manpower | 9 Drinking Water Supply | Sanitation | Entertainment and Recreations 155-169 Infrastructure | Power | Food Allocation Distribution and Marketing of Agriculture Commodities Infrastructure | Transport and Road Infrastructure | Communication | Banking and Financial Services | Land Use | Irrigation Source 10 Abbreviation & Sources 171-173 11 Disclaimer 175

Ambasamudram Assembly Constituency Assembly Factbook™

Location & Political Map

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Administrative Setup

List of Village Panchayat & Intermediate Panchayat (Block) Name

Intermediate Panchayat Village Name Village Panchayat Name Name

Adaiya Karungulam Adaiyakarungulam Ambasamudram

Athalanallur Athalanallur Pappakudi

Ayan Thiruvaleeswaram Ayanthiruvaleswaram Ambasamudram

Ayansingampatti Ayansingampatti Ambasamudram

Brahmadesam Brahmadesam Ambasamudram

Ekambarapuram Kodarangulam Ambasamudram

Giriyammalpuram Harikesavanallur Pappakudi

Harikesavanallur Harikesavanallur Pappakudi

Karisalpatti Karisalpatti Cheranmahadevi

Kodarangulam Kodarangulam Ambasamudram

Kuniyur Kuniyur Cheranmahadevi

Malaiyankulam Malaiyankulam Cheranmahadevi

Manapaaranallur Harikesavanallur Pappakudi

Mannarkovil Ambasamudram

Pappankulam (South) Therkupappankulam Ambasamudram

Pudukkudi Pudukudi Cheranmahadevi

Pungadaiyankulam Karisalpatti Cheranmahadevi

Sattupattu Sattupathu Pappakudi

Singampatti Zaminsingampatti Ambasamudram

Tentiruppavanam Harikesavanallur Pappakudi

Terku Ariyanayakipuram Therku Ariyanayakipuram Cheranmahadevi

Therku Pottal, Moolachi Cheranmahadevi

Therku Viravanallur Therkuveeravanallur Cheranmahadevi

Thiruviruttanpuli Thiruviruthanpuli Cheranmahadevi

Tiruppudaimarudur Thirupudaimarudur Pappakudi

Udaiyamartandapuram Therku Ariyanayakipuram Cheranmahadevi

Ulagankulam Ulagankulam Cheranmahadevi

Vadakku Karaikurichchi Vadakkukaraikuruchi Cheranmahadevi

Vagaikulam Vagaikulam Ambasamudram

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Demographics

Number of Villages by Population Size - 2011

Less 10000 100- 200- 500- 1000- 2000- 5000- Total than and 200 500 1000 2000 5000 10000 Village 100 Above

0 1 3 3 7 14 4 0 32

Number of Towns by Population Size - 2011

Less than 10000- 20000- 50000- 100000 and Total 5000-9999 4999 19999 49999 99999 Above Town

0 1 6 3 0 0 10

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Electoral Features

Electors by Male & Female

Year Male Female Others Total Year Male Female Others Total

2019 PE 117949 124507 6 242462 1996 AE 71063 73929 - 144992

2016 AE 114569 120495 1 235065 1991 AE 59586 72455 - 132041

2014 PE 111248 114127 0 225375 1989 AE 61708 64252 - 125960

2011 AE 96275 97459 - 193734 1984 AE 55343 58068 - 113411

2009 PE - - - - 1980 AE 51073 53411 - 104484

2006 AE 79480 83262 - 162742 1977 AE 48948 50979 - 99927

2004 PE - - - - 1971 AE 46356 48425 - 94781

2001 AE 75370 79604 - 154974 1967 AE - - - 88528

1999 PE - - - -

Note : AE : Assembly Election, PE : Assembly Segment of Parliamentary Election

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Historical Summary Election Results

Summary Result of Assembly Election - 2011

Candidate Name Party Votes Votes %

E Subaya AIADMK 80156 55.11

R Avudaiappan DMK 55547 38.19

S Nambirajan JMM 2971 2.04

N Balachandran BJP 2688 1.85

S Sureshkumar IND 1466 1.01

Charles Ambedkar R IND 753 0.52

Mariammal @ Muthumari BSP 497 0.34

Kumar M IND 342 0.24

Arunkumar @ Arulkumar IND 330 0.23

Sudaroli Murugan Yadav, S. IJK 214 0.15

Avudaiyappan S IND 156 0.11

Esakkimuthu IND 124 0.09

Esakki G IND 113 0.08

Esakkiraj C IND 103 0.07

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Polling Station Level Election Results

Number and Name of Polling Stations (PS) (2016)

Number Number of Polling Name of Polling Stations of Polling Name of Polling Stations Stations Stations

Panchayat Union Primary School New Building St Josephs Primary School Western Building 1 19 Upperdam Vickramasingapuram Southern Portion Vickramasingapuram

Panchayat Union Primary School Middle Portion St Josephs Primary School Western Building Middle 2 20 Servalar Portion Vickramasingapuram

Panchayat Union Primary School Middle Portion St Josephs Primary School Western Building 3 21 Servalar Southern Portion Vickramasingapuram

Panchayat Union Primary School Middle Portion St Mary`S Hr Sec School Western Building North 4 22 Servalar Portion Vickramasingapuram

Tiruvalluvar College History Block Western Portion St Mary`S Hr Sec School Western Building Middle 5 23 Papanasam Portion Vickramasingapuram

Tiruvalluvar College History Block Eastern Portion St Mary`S Hr Sec School Eastern Building Northern 6 24 Papanasam Portion Vickramasingapuram

Tiruvalluvar College New South Portion Hall No 15 Panchayat Union Middle School Northern Portion 7 25 Papanasam Sannathi Street Vickramasingapuram

Tiruvalluvar College New South Portion Hall No 18 Panchayat Union Middle School Southern Portion 8 26 Papanasam Sannathi Street Vickramasingapuram

Tiruvalluvar College Eastern Portion Papanasam P L W A Primary School Eastern Building Middle 9 27 Vickramasingapuram Portion Vickramasingapurm

Tiruvalluvar College Eastern Portion Papanasam P L W A Primary School Northern Building Middle 10 28 Vickramasingapuram Portion Vickramasingapurm

St Xavier Middle School South Building North St Therasa Middle School New Building 11 Portion Devasahayapuram Adivaram 29 Vickramasingapuram Vickramasingapuram

St Xavier Middle School Suvishesapuram St Therasa Middle School Northern Building Ground 12 Devasahayapuram Main Road Adivaram 30 Floor East Portion St No 1 Main Road Vickramasingapuram Vickramasingapuram

Andrews Metriculation Hr Sec School South St Therasa Middle School Eastern Building Main 13 Building Western Portion Std 1 A East Kottaram 31 Building Vickramasingapuram Vickramasingapuram

Andrews Metriculation Hr Sec School South Senaiathalaivar Primary School South Building 14 Building Western Portion Std 1 A East Kottaram 32 Western Portion Vickramasingapuram Vickramasingapuram

P L W A Primary School Southern Building Eastern Senaiathalaivar Primary School South Building 15 33 Portion Vickramasingapuram Eastern Portion Vickramasingapuram

P L W A Primary School Southern Building Western Senaiathalaivar Higher Secondary School South 16 34 Portion Vickramasingapuram Building Western Portion Vickramasingapuram

P L W A Primary School West Portion Northern Senaiathalaivar Higher Secondary School South 17 35 Building Vickramasingapuram Building Eastern Portion Vickramasingapuram

St Josephs Primary School Western Building P L W A Hr Sec School Southern Building Room No 18 36 Northern Portion Vickramasingapuram 12 Vickramasingapuram

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Polling Station Level Election Results

Polling Station-wise Votes Secured by Overall Top Five Parties in Ambasamudram Assembly in Assembly Election (AE) under Parliamentary Constituency in Tamil Nadu (2016)

Winner - Number 4th - R. Runner-up - 3rd - P. 5th - S. Total of V. Murugaiah Avudaiappan. Karpagavalli Thennarasu NOTA Other Votes Polling Sasikala Pandian R (DMK) (CPM) (NTK) Secured Station (BJP) (AIADMK) 36 249 259 54 12 13 10 24 621 37 182 145 47 10 6 5 14 409 38 339 255 45 14 6 5 29 693 39 158 236 53 14 8 9 9 487 40 325 248 71 25 12 20 12 713 41 260 253 47 19 18 17 16 630 42 303 287 97 13 11 7 21 739 43 169 127 9 2 9 4 9 329 44 566 236 30 15 13 8 27 895 45 398 219 77 18 7 6 27 752 46 479 255 34 23 13 7 25 836 47 292 104 13 8 5 3 15 440 48 172 134 44 11 3 7 8 379 49 267 209 35 7 2 4 16 540 50 284 171 50 6 2 6 21 540 51 188 131 36 12 6 2 10 385 52 265 227 76 8 0 7 20 603 53 214 307 76 17 14 8 14 650 54 567 340 30 9 2 3 17 968 55 191 148 16 2 4 2 9 372 56 348 220 57 16 6 7 29 683 57 230 190 46 11 2 8 12 499 58 240 211 37 7 10 0 22 527 59 224 212 99 10 4 9 19 577 60 235 205 63 7 1 2 21 534 61 274 263 62 9 3 4 18 633 62 151 288 85 0 0 1 11 536 63 359 209 41 14 3 9 13 648 64 352 352 50 26 4 5 34 823 65 348 195 16 4 1 4 30 598 66 292 139 22 7 4 7 9 480 67 223 185 38 13 6 4 5 474 68 367 218 56 15 18 13 15 702 69 521 264 69 21 7 9 22 913 70 131 155 41 23 10 8 7 375 Contd....

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Polling Station Level Election Results

Winner, Runner-up and 3rd Party Position & Winning Margin According to Polling Stations in Ambasamudram Assembly in Assembly Election (AE) under Tirunelveli Parliamentary Constituency in Tamil Nadu (2016)

Winning Third Polling Winner Runner- Winner Runner- Margin Third Party Other Station Votes up Votes Party up Party Votes Party Votes Votes (%) Number (%) (%) (%) (%) 71 AIADMK 201 (45.37) DMK 149 (33.63) 52 (11.74) CPM 50 (11.29) 43 (9.71) 72 AIADMK 208 (38.88) DMK 203 (37.94) 5 (0.94) CPM 58 (10.84) 66 (12.34) 73 AIADMK 329 (52.06) DMK 174 (27.53) 155 (24.53) CPM 78 (12.34) 51 (8.07) 74 AIADMK 260 (52.63) DMK 172 (34.82) 88 (17.81) CPM 25 (5.06) 37 (7.49) 75 AIADMK 262 (50.68) DMK 193 (37.33) 69 (13.35) CPM 24 (4.64) 38 (7.35) 76 AIADMK 279 (54.17) DMK 161 (31.26) 118 (22.91) CPM 41 (7.96) 34 (6.6) 77 AIADMK 223 (54.13) DMK 130 (31.55) 93 (22.58) CPM 17 (4.13) 42 (10.19) 78 DMK 201 (43.51) AIADMK 188 (40.69) 13 (2.82) CPM 34 (7.36) 39 (8.44) 79 DMK 201 (43.41) AIADMK 198 (42.76) 3 (0.65) CPM 31 (6.7) 33 (7.13) 80 AIADMK 410 (46.75) DMK 360 (41.05) 50 (5.7) CPM 48 (5.47) 59 (6.73) 81 AIADMK 197 (50.9) DMK 124 (32.04) 73 (18.86) CPM 47 (12.14) 19 (4.91) 82 AIADMK 468 (54.99) DMK 264 (31.02) 204 (23.97) CPM 45 (5.29) 74 (8.7) 83 AIADMK 286 (57.09) DMK 117 (23.35) 169 (33.74) CPM 47 (9.38) 51 (10.18) 84 AIADMK 251 (47.72) DMK 213 (40.49) 38 (7.23) CPM 39 (7.41) 23 (4.37) 85 DMK 266 (46.91) AIADMK 228 (40.21) 38 (6.7) CPM 44 (7.76) 29 (5.11) 86 AIADMK 311 (59.13) DMK 165 (31.37) 146 (27.76) CPM 24 (4.56) 26 (4.94) 87 AIADMK 546 (56.46) DMK 279 (28.85) 267 (27.61) CPM 93 (9.62) 49 (5.07) 88 AIADMK 241 (47.82) DMK 184 (36.51) 57 (11.31) CPM 50 (9.92) 29 (5.75) 89 AIADMK 436 (51.05) DMK 354 (41.45) 82 (9.6) CPM 26 (3.04) 38 (4.45) 90 AIADMK 375 (46.7) DMK 317 (39.48) 58 (7.22) CPM 71 (8.84) 40 (4.98) 91 AIADMK 409 (49.76) DMK 314 (38.2) 95 (11.56) CPM 38 (4.62) 61 (7.42) 92 AIADMK 377 (50.95) DMK 280 (37.84) 97 (13.11) CPM 36 (4.86) 47 (6.35) 93 DMK 309 (58.75) AIADMK 154 (29.28) 155 (29.47) CPM 25 (4.75) 38 (7.22) 94 DMK 295 (55.87) AIADMK 191 (36.17) 104 (19.7) CPM 17 (3.22) 25 (4.73) 95 DMK 212 (63.28) AIADMK 91 (27.16) 121 (36.12) CPM 26 (7.76) 6 (1.79) 96 DMK 123 (49.6) AIADMK 107 (43.15) 16 (6.45) CPM 10 (4.03) 8 (3.23) 97 DMK 190 (48.22) AIADMK 182 (46.19) 8 (2.03) CPM 8 (2.03) 14 (3.55) 98 DMK 42 (57.53) AIADMK 27 (36.99) 15 (20.54) CPM 1 (1.37) 3 (4.11) 99 DMK 230 (42.12) AIADMK 178 (32.6) 52 (9.52) CPM 86 (15.75) 52 (9.52) 100 DMK 359 (42.84) AIADMK 335 (39.98) 24 (2.86) CPM 84 (10.02) 60 (7.16) 101 AIADMK 346 (45.53) DMK 280 (36.84) 66 (8.69) CPM 87 (11.45) 47 (6.18) 102 AIADMK 78 (46.99) DMK 58 (34.94) 20 (12.05) CPM 15 (9.04) 15 (9.04) 103 AIADMK 425 (46.7) DMK 380 (41.76) 45 (4.94) CPM 58 (6.37) 47 (5.16) 104 AIADMK 417 (45.13) DMK 319 (34.52) 98 (10.61) CPM 85 (9.2) 103 (11.15) 105 AIADMK 297 (36.58) CPM 291 (35.84) 6 (0.74) DMK 172 (21.18) 52 (6.4) Contd....

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Socio-Economic Amenities - Rural

Access to Education Facilities

Number of Village (% of Population)

If Not Available Particulars Available Not Available (Distance of Nearest Facility)

A B C

Govt. Primary School 21 (74) 11 (26) 2 (3) 2 (1) 0 (0)

Private Primary School 17 (62) 15 (38) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Middle School 8 (38) 24 (62) 12 (24) 4 (5) 0 (0)

Private Middle School 10 (42) 22 (58) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Secondary School 4 (25) 28 (75) 11 (40) 7 (11) 0 (0)

Private Secondary School 4 (19) 28 (81) 6 (10) 1 (3) 0 (0)

Govt. Senior Secondary School 2 (9) 30 (91) 17 (54) 10 (23) 0 (0)

Private Senior Secondary School 3 (14) 29 (86) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Arts and Science Degree College 0 (0) 32 (100) 4 (17) 11 (40) 7 (15)

Private Arts and Science Degree College 1 (2) 31 (98) 4 (13) 5 (12) 0 (0)

Govt. Engineering College 0 (0) 32 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Private Engineering College 0 (0) 32 (100) 5 (16) 8 (31) 19 (53)

Govt. Medicine College 0 (0) 32 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 32 (100)

Private Medicine College 0 (0) 32 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Management Institute 0 (0) 32 (100) 1 (1) 0 (0) 21 (74)

Private Management Institute 0 (0) 32 (100) 1 (4) 1 (1) 8 (19)

Govt. Polytechnic 0 (0) 32 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Private Polytechnic 0 (0) 32 (100) 5 (16) 8 (31) 19 (53)

Govt. Vocational Training School/ITI 0 (0) 32 (100) 3 (13) 10 (38) 14 (34)

Private Vocational Training School/ITI 1 (6) 31 (94) 1 (4) 3 (5) 0 (0)

Govt. Non Formal Training Centre 23 (82) 9 (18) 7 (13) 2 (5) 0 (0)

Private Non Formal Training Centre 0 (0) 32 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. School For Disabled 0 (0) 32 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 23 (69)

Private School For Disabled 1 (4) 31 (96) 2 (3) 2 (10) 4 (14)

Government Others 0 (0) 32 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Private Others 0 (0) 32 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Note : Distance A : Less than 5 km; B : Between 5-10 km; C : 10+ km.; Source : Data Analysis is based on 2011 Census.

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