Monday, March 21, 2011

Rishivandiyam - Vijayakanth - DMDK

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Rishivandiyam is a town panchayat located in the Viluppuram district.

Rishivandhiyam is one of the 22 blocks of Villupuram. Rishivandhiyam has 53 panchayat villages in it.

Vijaykanth to contest from Rishivandiyam in Tamil Nadu polls

Actor-politician Vijayakanth will seek election from Rishivandiyam in Villupuram district in the April 13 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.

The DMDK today released the first list of 11 candidates for the polls. The actor, who was elected from Virudhachalam in the neighbouring Cuddalore district in the 2006 elections, has changed his constituency this time.

He was the lone winner for the party, which had contested on itsown in all but two of the 234 constituencies in the 2006 assembly elections.

Vijayakanth will take on sitting Congress MLA, S Sivaraj if the Congress renominates him in the constituency. The DMK has allotted the seat to the Congress.

The DMDK is contesting 41 seats in alliance with the AIADMK. Party Presidium Chairman and former AIADMK minister Panruti S Ramachandran, who unsuccessfuly contested from his native town of Panrutiin 2006, has also shifted his constituency. He is contesting in Alandur in the city now.


Demographics

Total population: 118665
Male: 59905
Female: 58760


Rishivandiyam is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Madras State

Year Winner Party
1962 L. Anandan Indian National Congress
1967 M. Anandan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year Winner Party
1971 N. Dharmalingam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 M. Sundaram Indian National Congress
1980 M. Sundaram Indian National Congress (Indira)
1984 S. Sivaraj Indian National Congress
1989 Ekal M. Natesa Udayar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 M. Govindaraju Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 S. Sivaraj Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
2001 S. Sivaraj Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
2006 S. Sivaraj Indian National Congress
Monday, March 21, 2011 by deivam P Mohanraj · 0

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