List of constituencies of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council

The Tamil Nadu Legislative Council was the upper house of the legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was a Vidhan Parishad and its members were chosen by a mixture of direct and indirect elections and nominations by the Governor of Tamil Nadu. The council was abolished in 1986 and was revived in 2010 by an act of parliament. The legislative council is a permanent body and is not subject to dissolution. The length of a member's term is six years and one third of the members retired every two years. The strength of the council was between 40 and 78 (one third of the strength of the assembly).

Methods of member selection The following table illustrates how the members of Council were selected:

Proportion Method of Selection 12 (1/6) Nominated by the Governor on the advice of the cabinet. They were supposed to have excelled in fields like arts, science, literature, cooperative movement or social service 26(1/3) Elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly by proportional representation using the Single Transferable Vote System 26 (1/3) Elected by the members of local self governmental bodies like corporations, municipalities and district boards. 7 (1/12) Elected by an electorate consisting of electors who have held Graduate degrees for a minimum of three years 7 (1/12) Elected by an electorate consisting of teachers of secondary schools, colleges and universities with a minimum experience of three years

List of constituencies Constituencies for the new council were identified in September 2010:Delimitation of Council Constituencies (Tamil Nadu), Order 2010

Local body constituencies S. No Constituency Geographical Area Covered No of Members 1Chennai Local Authorities Chennai District2 2Tiruvallur Local Authorities . Tiruvallur District1 3Kanchipuram Local Authorities Kanchipuram District1 4Vellore Local Authorities Vellore District1 5Tiruvannamalai Local AuthoritiesTiruvannamalai district1 6Villupuram Local AuthoritiesVillupuram District1 7Cuddalore-Ariyalur Local authoritiesCuddalore and Ariyalur districts1 8Dharmapuri Local AuthoritiesDharmapuri District1 9Krishnagiri Local AuthoritiesKrishnagiri District1 10Salem Local AuthoritiesSalem District1 11Namakkal-Karur Local AuthoritiesNamakkal and Karur districts1 12Coimbatore-Nilgiris Local AuthoritiesCoimbatore and Nilgiris districts1 13Erode Local AuthoritiesErode District1 14Tirupur Local AuthoritiesTirupur District1 15Dindigul-Theni Local AuthoritiesDindigul and Theni districts1 16Madurai Local AuthoritiesMadurai District1 17Tiruchirappalli–Perambalur Local AuthoritiesTrichy and Perambalur districts 1 18Nagapattinam- Tiruvarur Local AuthoritiesNagapattinam and Thiruvarur districts1 19Thanjavur Local Authorities Thanjavur District1 20Pudhukkottai Local AuthoritiesPudhukkottai District1 21Sivaganga-Ramanathapuram Local Authorities Sivagangai and Ramanathapuram districts1 22Virudhunagar Local Authorities Virudhunagar District1 23Thoothukudi Local AuthoritiesThoothukudi District1 24Tirunelveli Local AuthoritiesTirunelveli District1 25Kanyakumari Local AuthoritiesKanyakumari District1

Graduates' constituencies S. No Constituency Geographical Area Covered No of Members 1Chennai GraduatesChennai, Thiruvallur and Kanchipuram districts1 2Tamil Nadu North GraduatesVellore, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri and Thiruvannamalai districts1 3Tamil Nadu North Central GraduatesVillupram, Salem, Namakkal and Cuddalore districts1 4Tamil Nadu West GraduatesErode, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Karur and Tiruppur districts1 5Tamil Nadu East Central GraduatesTrichy, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Nagapattinam, Thiruvarur and Tanjavur districts1 6Tamil Nadu South Central GraduatesDindigal, Pudhukottai, Sivagangai, Madurai and Ramanathapuram districts1 7Tamil Nadu South GraduatesTheni, Virudhunagar, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts1

Teachers' constituencies S. No Constituency Geographical Area Covered No of Members 1Chennai TeachersChennai, Thiruvallur and Kanchipuram districts1 2Tamil Nadu North TeachersVellore, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri and Thiruvannamalai districts1 3Tamil Nadu North Central TeachersVillupram, Salem, Namakkal and Cuddalore districts1 4Tamil Nadu West TeachersErode, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Karur and Tiruppur districts1 5Tamil Nadu East Central TeachersTrichy, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Nagapattinam, Thiruvarur and Tanjavur districts1 6Tamil Nadu South Central TeachersDindigal, Pudhukottai, Sivagangai, Madurai and Ramanathapuram districts1 7Tamil Nadu South TeachersTheni, Virudhunagar, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts1

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