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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1940)}}<br /> {{BLP sources|date=December 2025}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}}<br /> {{Infobox officeholder<br /> | name = A. Devandiran<br /> | image = <br /> | image size = <br /> | caption = <br /> | birth_date = {{birth date|1940|2|22|df=y}}<br /> | birth_place = Mayiladuthurai<br /> | death_date = <br /> | death_place = <br /> | office1 = Member-Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly<br /> | constituency1 = [[Nannilam Assembly constituency|Nannilam]]<br /> | term_start1 = 1971<br /> | term_end1 = 1976<br /> | predecessor1 = [[P. Jayaraj]]<br /> | successor1 = [[M. Manimaran]]<br /> | office2 = <br /> | constituency2 = <br /> | term_start2 = <br /> | term_end2 = <br /> | successor2 =<br /> | term_start3 = <br /> | term_end3 = <br /> | term_start4 = <br /> | term_end4 = <br /> | party = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br /> | spouse = <br /> | alma_mater = <br /> | relations = <br /> | children = <br /> | profession = Farmer<br /> | footnotes = <br /> | date = <br /> | year = <br /> | website =<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;A. Devandiran&#039;&#039;&#039; is an [[Indian politician]] and a former member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]. His home town is Kurainadu in [[Mayiladuthurai district]]. He studied up to the tenth standard at Mayiladuthurai High School. Devandiran belongs to the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK). In the [[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]], he contested and won the [[Nannilam Assembly constituency]], becoming a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA).Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly &lt;ref&gt;”Who&#039;s Who” 1971. Madras-9: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Secretariat. January 1972. p. 78.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Electoral Performance==<br /> ===1971===<br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: Nannilam&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web| last = Election Commission of India| title = Statistical Report on General Election 1971| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006131227/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf | archive-date = 6 Oct 2010}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=A. Devandiran |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=36,740 |percentage=59.42% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039; }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=V. S. Arunachalam |party=Indian National Congress |votes=21,432 |percentage=34.66% |change=-11.7 }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=K. S. Packirisamy |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=3,663 |percentage=5.92% |change=-28.9 }}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=15,308 |percentage=24.76% |change= 13.22% }}<br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=61,835 |percentage=80.63% |change= -1.15% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 79,081 |change = }}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link |winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= 13.05% }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Devandiran, A.}}<br /> [[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 1971–1976]]<br /> [[Category:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]<br /> [[Category:1940 births]]<br /> [[Category:Living people]]</div>

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