Tirukostiyur Assembly constituency

Tirukostiyur was former constituency in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu, a southern state of India. It was in Sivaganga district.

Tirukostiyur
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Sivaganga
Lok Sabha constituency	Tirukostiyur Assembly constituency
Established	1957
Abolished	1967
Total electors	93,641

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Madras State MLAs

Year	Winner	Party
1962	S. Madhavan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1957	N. V. Chokkalingam Ambalam		Indian National Congress

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
1962			37.95%
1957			44.22%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tirukostiyur^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Madhavan	24,833	37.95%
	INC	N. V. Chokkalingam Ambalam	21,284	32.53%	−11.70%
	CPI	S. Shanmugam	15,613	23.86%
	Independent	P. V. Muthiah Ambalam	3,707	5.66%
Margin of victory			3,549	5.42%	−14.05%
Turnout			65,437	72.72%	19.25%
Registered electors			93,641
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-6.27%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tirukostiyur^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. V. Chokkalingam Ambalam	20,611	44.22%
	CPI	S. Shanmugam	11,533	24.75%
	Independent	Kannadasan	9,389	20.15%
	Independent	N. K. Muthulingam	3,184	6.83%
	Independent	P. A. K. Muhamud Yusuff Lebbai	1,890	4.06%
Margin of victory			9,078	19.48%
Turnout			46,607	53.47%
Registered electors			87,159
	INC win (new seat)