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
Year | Winner | Party |
1952 | M. Subramanyam | CWP |
1957 | B. Bhaskar | Indian National Congress |
1962 | A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar | Indian National Congress |
1967 | Aranganathan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Tamil Nadu
Year | Winner | Party |
1971 | A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar | NCO |
1977 | S. J. Ramasamy Mudaliyar | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
1980 | C. Gopal Mudaliyar | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
1984 | N. Shanmugam | Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
1989 | A. M. Munirathinam Mudaliar | Indian National Congress |
1991 | A. M. Munirathinam Mudaliar | Indian National Congress |
1996 | A. M. Munirathinam Mudaliar | Tamil Maanila Congress |
2001 | R. Vilvanathan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
2006 | D. Arul Anbarasu | Indian National Congress |
2011 | P. R. Manogar | Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam |
2016 | N. G. Parthiban Mudaliar- Disqualification by Assembly Speaker 2017 | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
By-Election 2019 | G. Sampathu | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |