Melur South Assembly constituency

Not to be confused with Melur Assembly constituency or Melur North Assembly constituency.

Melur South is a state assembly constituency in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, India. It existed from 1967 to 1971.

Melur (South)
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Established	1967
Abolished	1971
Total electors	1,09,718

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1971	O. P. Raman		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	O. P. Raman		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
1971			58.80%
1967			63.41%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Melur (South)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	O. P. Raman	45,090	58.80%	−4.61%
	INC	C. Karuthanan	28,214	36.79%	0.20%
	Independent	P. Poosari	2,574	3.36%
	Independent	M. Gandhi Veeran	807	1.05%
Margin of victory			16,876	22.01%	−4.82%
Turnout			76,685	75.80%	−8.16%
Registered electors			1,09,718
	DMK hold		Swing	-4.61%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Melur (South)^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	O. P. Raman	50,913	63.41%
	INC	P. Kakkan	29,376	36.59%
Margin of victory			21,537	26.82%
Turnout			80,289	83.96%
Registered electors			98,125
	DMK win (new seat)