Valavanur Assembly constituency

Valavanur is a former state assembly constituency in Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu, India.

Valavanur
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Lok Sabha constituency	Viluppuram
Established	1957
Abolished	1962
Total electors	1,02,634
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1962	K. M. Krishna Goundar		Indian National Congress
1957	A. Govindasam Nayagar		Independent politician

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
1962			54.88%
1957			61.39%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Valavanur^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. M. Krishna Goundar	38,580	54.88%	23.54%
	DMK	A. Govindasamy	31,718	45.12%
Margin of victory			6,862	9.76%	−20.28%
Turnout			70,298	71.54%	16.44%
Registered electors			1,02,634
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-6.51%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Valavanur^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Govindasam Nayagar	31,836	61.39%
	INC	K. M. Krishna Goundar	16,256	31.35%
	Independent	P. Alagappa	3,769	7.27%
Margin of victory			15,580	30.04%
Turnout			51,861	55.10%
Registered electors			94,114
	Independent win (new seat)