D. Yasodha

D. Yasodha (27 March 1944 – 27 December 2020) was an Indian politician and four times Member of Legislative assembly. She was elected to Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Sriperumbudur constituency 1980, 1984, 2001 and 2006 elections as an Indian National Congress candidate.^[2][3][4]

D. Yasodha
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency	Sriperumbudur
In office 1980–1989
In office 2001–2011
Personal details
Born	(1944-03-27)March 27, 1944 Chennai, Egmore, Tamil Nadu
Died	27 December 2020(2020-12-27) (aged 76)[1] Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Political party	INC
Residence	Chennai
As of 27 December, 2020

Yasodha died on 27 December 2020, in Chennai due to illness.^[5]

Electoral performance

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2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Yasodha	70,066	43.78%	−6.15
	VCK	K. Balakrishnan	52,272	32.66%	New
	DMDK	C. Palani	30,096	18.81%	New
	BJP	G. Sivakumar	2,866	1.79%	New
	Independent	R. Ranganathan	1,803	1.13%	New
	Independent	A. Anbazagan	1,350	0.84%	New
	Independent	M. Kadirvelu	911	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			17,794	11.12%	−1.03%
Turnout			1,60,042	67.04%	3.58%
Registered electors			2,38,710
	INC hold		Swing	-6.15%

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Yasodha	70,663	49.93%	+21.11
	DMK	Raghavan M	53,470	37.78%	−20.93
	Puratchi Bharatham	M. Moorthy	9,322	6.59%	New
	MDMK	Sampath V	4,864	3.44%	−1.3
	Independent	N. Nithi Alias Karunanithi	1,834	1.30%	New
	SPSP	Selvam N	1,362	0.96%	New
Margin of victory			17,193	12.15%	−17.74%
Turnout			1,41,515	63.47%	−4.12%
Registered electors			2,22,968
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-8.78%

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1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Egmore^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Parithi Ilamvazhuthi	23,139	50.47%	+0.67
	INC	D. Yasodha	21,936	47.84%	+25.5
	Independent	Sivakumar	276	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			1,203	2.62%	−24.83%
Turnout			45,849	35.95%	−31.35%
Registered electors			1,28,272
	DMK hold		Swing	0.67%

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1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ponneri^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Sundaram	51,928	44.53%	+4.57
	AIADMK	K. Tamizharasan	44,321	38.01%	−21.05
	INC	D. Yasodha	14,410	12.36%	New
	AIADMK	K. P. K. Sekar Alias Kulasekaran	5,280	4.53%	−54.53
Margin of victory			7,607	6.52%	−12.57%
Turnout			1,16,616	71.28%	−5.12%
Registered electors			1,66,812
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-14.52%

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1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Yasodha	46,421	53.94%	+0.97
	DMK	K. M. Panchatcharam	34,601	40.21%	New
	Independent	T. S. Lakshmanan	3,403	3.95%	New
	Independent	T. C. Gopal	595	0.69%	New
	Independent	K. Sambandan	471	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			11,820	13.73%	5.19%
Turnout			86,059	75.06%	13.90%
Registered electors			1,20,459
	INC hold		Swing	0.97%

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Yasodha	37,370	52.97%	+40.08
	AIADMK	S. Jaganathan	31,341	44.42%	+1.43
	JP	T. Ayyavoo	1,842	2.61%	New
Margin of victory			6,029	8.55%	−3.50%
Turnout			70,553	61.16%	−2.45%
Registered electors			1,16,937
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	9.97%

References

1. "Four-time Congress MLA Yasodha is dead". www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
2. 1980 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
3. 1984 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
4. 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
5. Govardan, D. (27 December 2020). "Tamil Nadu: Four-time Congress MLA and Dalit face of the party D Yasodha passes away". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
6. Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
7. Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
8. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
9. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
10. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
11. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.