Politicians contesting from 2
seats are known ~ have you heard of 2 (or multi) seat constituencies ….. ?
‘spreading of risks’ is one
the basic tenets of insurance … ‘wise men will not put all eggs in one basket’ –
and successful Insurers will have spread of risk, geographically and
portfolio-wise. Diversification is an
essential part of building your investment portfolio too ~ in adverse market
conditions, diversified portfolio may keep you in good stead. Away in
the World of gambling, ‘spread-betting’ is a type of wagering where the pay-off
is based on the accuracy of the wager, rather than a simple "win or
lose" outcome…..
To some the political equivalent of
spread betting, vying from two constituencies ~ even seasoned politicians do
that in India…. Congress party president Sonia Gandhi and Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Akhilesh Yadav have both done so in the past and in the upcoming
election starting April 7, Rahul Gandhi, has hinted that he may contest from a
constituency in South India as well as his current seat of Amethi, according to
a local media report. Under section 33 of the Representation of People Act,
1951, a person is allowed to contest polls, whether a general election, more
than one by-elections or biennial elections, from a maximum of two seats.
Before this law, candidates could run in any number of constituencies. If by
chance, they happen to win both the seats – they keep one and resign the others
– thus in someway neglecting the people who voted for them.
Chidambaram in Cuddalore district is
known for the temple. The town is believed to be of significant antiquity and
has been ruled, at different times, by the Cholas, Pandyas, Vijayanagar Empire,
Marathas and the British. The town is known for the Thillai Nataraja
Temple Govindaraja
Perumal Temple
Chidambaram is a Lok Sabha constituency – presently a
reserved one.. it has undergone some change due to delimitation and now comprises of : Kunnam; Bhuvanagiri; Kattumannarkoil
(SC); Chidambaram; Ariyalur & Jayamkondam assembly constituencies. Tamilnadu is to witness multi-cornered
contests …… one one side the Saffron party claims a huge Na Mo wave and seeks
to have some representation from Tamil Nadu, which is denied by Congress
politicians…….. and there are also reports that Senior Congress leaders have
decided not to contest Lok Sabha elections. Newspaper reports quoting Congress headquarters in Delhi
In an interesting ‘misreporting’ Economic Times on 6th March 2014 made a howler stating ‘DMK
allots P Chidambaram constituency to VCK’ …… the report on its caption
mentioned it as ‘P Chidambaram constituency”…. It read the DMK inked a seat
sharing agreement with Dalit party VCK allotting it Tamil Nadu's Chidambaram
constituency for the general elections. ….. after many persons pointed out that
‘Chidambaram’ is a place and P Chidamabaram, the finance Minister actually is
from Sivaganga, it was corrected …. Now the report stands amended : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/dmk-allots-p-chidambaram-constituency-to-vck/articleshow/31553998.cms...
incidentally, the tag to the post still puts it as : ‘Insurability’ … what is
the connection to Insurance here ??.... here is a screenshot of its page – see the
comments made there…
Here is the result of 1957 Parliamentary election
of Chidambaram constituency :
1 . R. Kanagasabai Pillai (INC) 176501
23.21%
2 . Elaya Perumal (INC) INC 175589 23.09%
3 . Arumugham
(ind) 118491 15.58%
4 . Dandapani
Padayachi (ind
.......... and 4 more….. both Kanagasabai
& Elaya Perumal were declared elected and represented Chidambaram
constituency… strange, one may feel now !!!!............................. the second general elections, which were
conducted for 494 seats in 403 constituencies, represented 13 Indian states and
4 union territories. At that time, there were 312 one-seat, and 91 two-seat and
no three-seat constituency. The multi-seat constituencies were discontinued
since the third general elections in 1962.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar .
14th Mar 2014.
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