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A. S. Ponnammal was an Indian Politician and a seven time MLA to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly spanning from 1957 to 2001. She was part of Congress Party, Tamil Maanila Congress and Congress Jananayaka Peravai. She was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for five terms representing Nilakottai Assembly constituency and one term from each from the Palani Assembly constituency and Sholavandan Assembly constituency respectively. She was commonly referred to as Akka (elder sister). She died at Madurai at an age of 88 in 2015.[1]


Career

Ponnammal represented the Congress Party in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from 1957 to 1967, having been elected from the Sholavandan constituency in Madurai. She was subsequently elected to Tamil Nadu assembly in 1980 as an Independent candidate. In 1984, she was elected in the Palani constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate. She won the Nilakottai constituency in 1989 and 1991 as an Indian National Congress candidate and in 1996 as a Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) Ponnammal was a veteran M.L.A of Tamil Nadu. She served as the Pro-term speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative assembly post the state elections in 1989, 1991 and 1996.[2][3] She unsuccessfully contested the Nilakottai seat in 1967, 1971 and 2001 elections.[1]

Elections contested

Tamil Nadu Legislative elections

Elections Constituency Party Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage
1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election Nilakottai INC Won 19.24 M. Vadivel Independent 9.72
1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election Sholavandan INC Won 46.37 A. Muniandi DMK 33.01
1967 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Nilakottai INC Lost 38.55 A. Muniyandi DMK 57.71
1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Nilakottai INC Lost 38.88 A. Muniyandi DMK 61.12
1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Nilakottai Independent Won 61.60 A. Manivasagam DMK 38.40
1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Palani INC Won 66.27 N. Palanivel CPI(M) 38.40
1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Nilakottai INC Won 30.10 R. Paranthaman DMK 29.39
1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Nilakottai INC Won 65.75 M. Arivazhagan DMK 26.52
1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Nilakottai TMC(M) Won 54.48 A. Rasu INC 25.20
2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Nilakottai Independent Lost 7.09 G. Anbazhagan AIADMK 57.36

Awards

She was the Kamarajar award of the Government of Tamil Nadu in 2006 to recognise and honour her public service.[4][5]

Death

She died in 2015 at Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Seven-time MLA A.S. Ponnammal passes away". The Hindu. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Court verdict on reservation is against social justice". The Hindu. 8 April 2007. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012.
  3. ^ Tmt A S Ponnammal, the nominated person for the Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Award of the Government of Tamil Nadu called on the Hon'ble Chief Minister Archived 25 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/08/stories/2007040815900500.htm%7Ctitle=Court verdict on reservation is against social justice|publisher=The Hindu|date=8 April 2007
  5. ^ http://www.hindu.com/gallery/0464/046406.htm
  6. ^ Veteran Congress Leader Ponnammal passed away
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