P. Soundarapandian

P. Soundrapandian was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Krishnarayapuram constituency in 1967 and 1971 elections, and as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 1977 election.^[1]^[2]^[3]

P. Soundarapandiyan

Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office 1967 - 1972 1971 - 1976 1977 - 1982
Preceded by	P. M. Thangavelraj
Constituency	Krishnarayapuram

Personal details
Political party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Electoral performance edit

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Krishnarayapuram^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Soundarapandian	22,561	32.59%	*New*
	INC	P. M. Thangavelraj	21,967	31.73%	-12.42
	DMK	M. Aruna	14,577	21.05%	-33.98
	JP	S. Kalavathy	10,130	14.63%	New
Margin of victory			594	0.86%	-10.03%
Turnout			69,235	58.02%	-16.04%
Registered electors			1,20,967
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-22.45%

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Krishnarayapuram^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Soundarapandian	36,177	55.03%	+6.31
	INC	P. M. Thangavelraj	29,020	44.15%	-0.22
	Independent	P. Palaniyandi	540	0.82%	New
Margin of victory			7,157	10.89%	6.53%
Turnout			65,737	74.06%	4.10%
Registered electors			94,293
	DMK hold		Swing	6.31%

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Krishnarayapuram^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Soundarapandian	28,444	48.72%	*New*
	INC	T. V. Sannasi	25,903	44.37%	New
	Independent	P. Palaniyandi	2,873	4.92%	New
	Independent	P. Mookan	776	1.33%	New
	Independent	A. Rayar	385	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			2,541	4.35%
Turnout			58,381	69.96%
Registered electors			87,834
	DMK win (new seat)

^ 1967 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
^ 1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
^ 1977 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
^ Election Commission of India. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

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