Sholinghur (state assembly constituency)


Sholinghur is a state assembly constituency in Vellore district in Tamil Nadu, India. It consists of portions of the Walajah and Arakkonam taluks. It falls under Arakkonam constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.
The mostly rural constituency was politically dominated from the 1960s by four brothers, including A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar and A. M. Munirathinam Mudaliar, from a staunch Indian National Congress-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

YearWinnerParty
1952M. SubramanyamCWP
1957B. BhaskarIndian National Congress
1962A. M. Ponnuranga MudaliarIndian National Congress
1967AranganathanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

YearWinnerParty
1971A. M. Ponnuranga MudaliarNCO
1977S. J. Ramasamy MudaliyarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980C. Gopal MudaliyarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984N. ShanmugamAnna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989A. M. Munirathinam MudaliarIndian National Congress
1991A. M. Munirathinam MudaliarIndian National Congress
1996A. M. Munirathinam MudaliarTamil Maanila Congress
2001R. VilvanathanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006D. Arul AnbarasuIndian National Congress
2011P. R. ManogarDesiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam
2016N. G. Parthiban Mudaliar- Disqualification by Assembly Speaker 2017All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
By-Election 2019G. SampathuAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

By-Election 2019