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Sholinghur is a state assembly constituency in Vellore district in Tamil Nadu. It consists of portions of the Walajah and Arakkonam taluks. It falls under Arakkonam (Lok Sabha constituency). Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.
The mostly rural constituency was politically dominated from the 1960s by four brothers, including Ponnuranga and A. M. Munirathinam, from a staunch INC-supporting family. One or other of the brothers either won or was runner-up in eight of the twelve state assembly elections between 1962 and 2011.
Madras State
| Year | Winner | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | M. Subramanyam | CWP |
| 1957 | B. Bhaskar | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Aranganathan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Tamil Nadu
References
- "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- Ziegfeld, Adam (2016). Why Regional Parties?. Cambridge University Press. pp. 106–107. ISBN 978-1-10711-868-3.
- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
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