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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, Ward & Village-wise Winner Parties- 2019, 2016, 2014, 2011 and 2009 Administrative Setup 3 District | Sub-district | Towns | Villages | Inhabited Villages | Uninhabited 10-14 Villages | Village Panchayat | Intermediate Panchayat Demographics 4 Population | Households | Rural/Urban Population | Towns, Ward and Villages 15-17 by 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 18-23 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 24-44 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, 45-163 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 164 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 166-180 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 182-184 11 Disclaimer 186

Tenkasi 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

Achankuttam Achankuttam Alangulam

Agaram Melaveeranam Alangulam

Anaikulam Anaikulam Kadayanallur

Avudaiyanoor Avudaiyanoor, Ariyappapura Keezhapavur

Ayiraperi Ayiraperi Tenkasi

Balabadraramapuram Balabhadraramapuram Alangulam

Courtallam Kasimajorpuram Tenkasi

Courtallam Slopes R.F. - -

Gunaramanallur Gunaramanallur Keezhapavur

Kallurani Kallurani, Sivanadanoor Keezhapavur

Karuvanda Karuvantha Alangulam

Keelakalangal Keelakkalangal Alangulam

Kulaiyaneri Kulayaneri Kadayanallur

Kulasekarapatti Kulasekarapatti Keezhapavur

Kuruchampatti Kurichampatti Alangulam

Kuthukalvalasai Kuthukkalvalasai Tenkasi

Marukkalankulam Marukkalangulam Alangulam

Mathalamparai Mathalamparai Tenkasi

Melakaangal Melakalangal Alangulam

Melamarudappapuram Melamarudappapuram Alangulam

Melapavoor Melappavur Keezhapavur

Muthammalpuram Seevalasamudramkaradiudaippu Alangulam

Navaneethakrishnapuram Navaneethakrishnapuram Alangulam

Pattakurichi Pattakurichi Tenkasi

Pattappathu Pattapathu Tenkasi

Rajagopalaperi Rajagopalaperi Keezhapavur

Sillaraipuravu Sillaraipuravu Tenkasi

Thippampatti Tippampatti, Ariyappapura Keezhapavur

Tiruchitrambalam Thiruchitrambalam Tenkasi

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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

1 0 0 1 5 16 7 5 35

Number of Towns by Population Size - 2011

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

1 1 2 1 0 0 5

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Electoral Features

Electors by Male & Female

Year Male Female Others Total Year Male Female Others Total

2019 PE 135922 139721 5 275648 1996 AE 86292 87387 - 173679

2016 AE 130276 133306 2 263584 1991 AE 80115 81537 - 161652

2014 PE 125527 126017 1 251545 1989 AE 71165 72711 - 143876

2011 AE 107917 107406 1 215324 1984 AE 61897 64005 - 125902

2009 PE - - - - 1980 AE 56370 58470 - 114840

2006 AE 92700 94229 - 186929 1977 AE 55214 47586 - 102800

2004 PE - - - - 1971 AE 44883 47777 - 92660

2001 AE 93760 97002 - 190762 1967 AE - - - 85612

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 %

Sarath Kumar.R AIADMK 92253 54.3

Karuppasami Pandian.Y DMK 69286 40.78

Anburaj.S.V BJP 2698 1.59

Arumugam.S ABHM 1507 0.89

Mariappan.D IND 1140 0.67

Vethala Iyyankan.M IND 1080 0.64

Paramasivan.S IND 954 0.56

Kannan.V BSP 501 0.29

Ramanathan.G IND 491 0.29

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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 Alagappapuram Hindu Middle School Kasimajorpuram New Building 1 19 West New Building Western Side Southern Portion

Panchayat Union Primary School Alagappapuram Township Primary School Courtallam Western 2 20 Main Building Northern Portion Building Western Portion

Panchayat Union Primary School Vedamputhur Township Primary School Courtallam Western 3 21 Eastern Building Western Portion Building Eastern Portion

Panchayat Union Primary School Ayyapuram Farook Memorial Primary School Kudiyiruppu 4 22 Northern Building Northern Old Building

Panchayat Union Primary School Ayyapuram Farook Memorial Primary School Kudiyiruppu 5 23 Eastern Building Northern New Building Eastren Portion

R.C. Primary School Kuthukalvalasai Western Old Venkdtachalam Primary School Nannagaram New 6 24 Building Building Western Portion

R.C. Primary School Kuthukalvalasai Northern New Venkatachalam Primary School Nannagaram New 7 25 Building Western Portion Building Eastern Portion

R.C. Primary School Kuthukalvalasai Northern New Govt. Hr. Sec. School Melagaram West Side 8 26 Building Eastern Portion Southern Building South Portion Hall No 4

T D T A Primary School Ilanji Western Building Govt. Hr. Sec. School Melagaram West Side 9 27 Southern Side Southern Building West Portion Hall No 2

Ramasamy Pillai Hr. Sec. School Ilanji Main Govt. Hr. Sec. School Melagaram North Side 10 28 Building Southern Wing Room No.1 Western Building East Portion Hall No 13

Ramasamy Pillai Hr. Sec. School Ilanji Main Govt. Hr. Sec. School Melagaram North Side 11 29 Building Middle Portion Room No.2 Eastern Building Eastern Portion Hall No 3

Ramasamy Pillai Hr. Sec. School Ilanji Main Govt. Hr. Sec. School Melagaram North Side 12 30 Building Northern Portion Room No.4 Eastern Building East Portion Hall No 2

Ramasamy Pillai Hr. Sec. School Ilanji New Joint Govt. Hr. Sec. School Melagaram North Side 13 31 Building Southern Portion Room No.6 Eastern Building West Portion Hall No 1

Ramasamy Pillai Hr. Sec. School Ilanji North Joint Panchayat Union Primary School Melagaram Old 14 32 Building Eastern Portion Facing To North Hall No 31 Building Northern Side

Ramasamy Pillai Hr. Sec. School Ilanji North Joint Panchayat Union Primary School Melagaram Middle 15 33 Building West Portion Facing To North Hall No 32 Building Facing To East

I C Iswaran Primary School Ilanji Eastern Side Panchayat Union Primary School Melagaram New 16 34 Building Southern Building

I C Iswaran Primary School Ilanji Western Building Anantha Primary School Chinthamani Southern 17 35 Southern Portion Building

Panchayat Union Primary School Kasimajorpuram S D A Matriculation Hr. Sec. School Tenkasi 18 36 Southern Building Northern Portion

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Polling Station Level Election Results

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

Runner- Number Winner - 3rd 4th - up - 5th - Total of Selvamohandas - Selvi Charles Palani Muthukumar NOTA Other Votes Polling Pandian S B N.D.S Nadar S C (NTK) Secured Station (AIADMK) (BJP) (TMC(M)) (INC) 36 239 200 153 29 9 9 5 644 37 256 156 129 21 8 19 8 597 38 349 150 113 25 6 5 10 658 39 313 141 120 44 1 11 4 634 40 174 279 87 41 2 17 13 613 41 304 268 49 32 6 12 13 684 42 183 316 30 20 8 14 10 581 43 210 426 75 38 9 17 15 790 44 110 187 68 31 16 12 5 429 45 123 229 44 31 8 11 7 453 46 283 204 63 15 5 14 10 594 47 511 352 49 53 7 28 36 1036 48 126 116 9 19 5 9 20 304 49 280 283 24 53 5 24 16 685 50 284 258 40 36 9 5 20 652 51 201 484 24 85 7 12 27 840 52 205 501 7 27 5 26 10 781 53 142 411 5 15 3 18 10 604 54 157 202 18 47 4 12 17 457 55 141 476 10 49 7 23 14 720 56 87 437 2 13 1 13 2 555 57 77 363 3 14 3 15 6 481 58 71 161 42 9 0 6 60 349 59 150 571 2 18 11 23 12 787 60 99 636 1 22 6 16 13 793 61 113 473 3 19 9 18 8 643 62 519 225 147 9 13 20 62 995 63 239 101 62 10 4 3 10 429 64 262 134 101 31 9 7 12 556 65 256 223 57 16 7 12 7 578 66 160 524 30 13 10 22 7 766 67 503 252 129 32 8 16 10 950 68 400 289 117 24 22 23 34 909 69 274 188 206 16 3 12 6 705 70 305 227 172 39 12 17 16 788 Contd....

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Polling Station Level Election Results

Winner, Runner-up and 3rd Party Position & Winning Margin According to Polling Stations in Tenkasi Assembly in Assembly Election (AE) under Tenkasi 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 195 (41.58) INC 155 (33.05) 40 (8.53) BJP 84 (17.91) 35 (7.46) 72 AIADMK 263 (44.73) INC 203 (34.52) 60 (10.21) BJP 71 (12.07) 51 (8.67) 73 INC 122 (53.28) AIADMK 61 (26.64) 61 (26.64) BJP 25 (10.92) 21 (9.17) 74 AIADMK 277 (38.74) INC 234 (32.73) 43 (6.01) BJP 130 (18.18) 74 (10.35) 75 INC 428 (57.53) AIADMK 197 (26.48) 231 (31.05) BJP 48 (6.45) 71 (9.54) 76 INC 392 (58.33) AIADMK 185 (27.53) 207 (30.8) BJP 48 (7.14) 47 (6.99) 77 INC 315 (62.87) AIADMK 138 (27.54) 177 (35.33) TMC(M) 14 (2.79) 34 (6.79) 78 INC 469 (76.26) AIADMK 82 (13.33) 387 (62.93) TMC(M) 26 (4.23) 38 (6.18) 79 INC 312 (71.4) AIADMK 85 (19.45) 227 (51.95) TMC(M) 14 (3.2) 26 (5.95) 80 INC 411 (75.41) AIADMK 97 (17.8) 314 (57.61) TMC(M) 8 (1.47) 29 (5.32) 81 INC 459 (74.63) AIADMK 116 (18.86) 343 (55.77) TMC(M) 17 (2.76) 23 (3.74) 82 AIADMK 561 (49.08) BJP 268 (23.45) 293 (25.63) INC 231 (20.21) 83 (7.26) 83 AIADMK 302 (48.4) BJP 147 (23.56) 155 (24.84) INC 128 (20.51) 47 (7.53) 84 INC 218 (40.67) AIADMK 206 (38.43) 12 (2.24) BJP 77 (14.37) 35 (6.53) 85 AIADMK 236 (42.52) INC 177 (31.89) 59 (10.63) BJP 99 (17.84) 43 (7.75) 86 INC 157 (39.25) AIADMK 128 (32) 29 (7.25) BJP 77 (19.25) 38 (9.5) 87 INC 377 (59.18) AIADMK 188 (29.51) 189 (29.67) BJP 24 (3.77) 48 (7.54) 88 AIADMK 537 (48.55) BJP 309 (27.94) 228 (20.61) INC 168 (15.19) 92 (8.32) 89 AIADMK 430 (53.95) BJP 192 (24.09) 238 (29.86) INC 101 (12.67) 74 (9.28) 90 AIADMK 504 (49.27) BJP 233 (22.78) 271 (26.49) INC 210 (20.53) 76 (7.43) 91 INC 482 (54.4) AIADMK 282 (31.83) 200 (22.57) BJP 45 (5.08) 77 (8.69) 92 AIADMK 330 (46.54) INC 215 (30.32) 115 (16.22) BJP 91 (12.83) 73 (10.3) 93 AIADMK 176 (45.71) INC 104 (27.01) 72 (18.7) BJP 80 (20.78) 25 (6.49) 94 INC 650 (78.6) AIADMK 119 (14.39) 531 (64.21) TMC(M) 23 (2.78) 35 (4.23) 95 INC 362 (49.66) AIADMK 206 (28.26) 156 (21.4) BJP 100 (13.72) 61 (8.37) 96 INC 467 (45.78) AIADMK 453 (44.41) 14 (1.37) BJP 36 (3.53) 64 (6.27) 97 INC 152 (53.33) AIADMK 95 (33.33) 57 (20) TMC(M) 15 (5.26) 23 (8.07) 98 AIADMK 381 (52.99) INC 290 (40.33) 91 (12.66) BJP 17 (2.36) 31 (4.31) 99 AIADMK 198 (51.56) INC 139 (36.2) 59 (15.36) BJP 25 (6.51) 22 (5.73) 100 AIADMK 238 (52.65) INC 170 (37.61) 68 (15.04) TMC(M) 18 (3.98) 26 (5.75) 101 INC 329 (64.13) AIADMK 115 (22.42) 214 (41.71) BJP 17 (3.31) 52 (10.14) 102 AIADMK 362 (49.18) INC 239 (32.47) 123 (16.71) BJP 62 (8.42) 73 (9.92) 103 INC 383 (42.41) AIADMK 370 (40.97) 13 (1.44) BJP 74 (8.19) 76 (8.42) 104 AIADMK 412 (47.25) INC 324 (37.16) 88 (10.09) TMC(M) 48 (5.5) 88 (10.09) 105 INC 278 (45.57) AIADMK 262 (42.95) 16 (2.62) BJP 26 (4.26) 44 (7.21) 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 27 (86) 8 (14) 1 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Private Primary School 28 (92) 7 (8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Middle School 17 (72) 18 (28) 6 (7) 3 (4) 0 (0)

Private Middle School 20 (73) 15 (27) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Secondary School 12 (56) 23 (44) 7 (9) 8 (22) 0 (0)

Private Secondary School 8 (32) 27 (68) 4 (6) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Senior Secondary School 8 (33) 27 (67) 10 (19) 13 (31) 1 (7)

Private Senior Secondary School 5 (23) 30 (77) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Arts and Science Degree College 0 (0) 35 (100) 1 (3) 11 (39) 7 (12)

Private Arts and Science Degree College 0 (0) 35 (100) 4 (5) 4 (13) 8 (27)

Govt. Engineering College 0 (0) 35 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (7)

Private Engineering College 0 (0) 35 (100) 1 (5) 8 (36) 25 (52)

Govt. Medicine College 0 (0) 35 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 35 (100)

Private Medicine College 0 (0) 35 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. Management Institute 0 (0) 35 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 31 (91)

Private Management Institute 0 (0) 35 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (9)

Govt. Polytechnic 0 (0) 35 (100) 0 (0) 1 (4) 1 (7)

Private Polytechnic 1 (9) 34 (91) 4 (21) 10 (24) 18 (35)

Govt. Vocational Training School/ITI 1 (4) 34 (96) 3 (5) 11 (37) 11 (30)

Private Vocational Training School/ITI 1 (5) 34 (95) 3 (6) 5 (13) 0 (0)

Govt. Non Formal Training Centre 29 (90) 6 (10) 6 (10) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Private Non Formal Training Centre 0 (0) 35 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Govt. School For Disabled 0 (0) 35 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (9)

Private School For Disabled 0 (0) 35 (100) 2 (6) 2 (16) 28 (70)

Government Others 0 (0) 35 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Private Others 0 (0) 35 (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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