Rajathi Kunchithapatham was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. She was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 candidate from Tirunelveli constituency

Tirunelveli (State Assembly Constituency)

Tirunelveli is an assembly constituency located in Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the oldest assembly segments in Tamil Nadu since Independence.- Madras State assembly:- Tamil Nadu assembly:- References :...

 in 1957 and 1962 elections. She was one of the two winners in 1957 election, the other winner was Somasundaram

Somasundaram

Somasundaram was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the President of Indiaه- References :...

. She lost the 1971

Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1971

The fifth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held in March 1971. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam was re-elected, after its first victory under the leadership of C N Annadurai in 1967. This was the first time M. Karunanidhi, contested as the leader of DMK party won the election, since he...

 election to P. Padmanabhan

P. Padmanabhan

P. Padmanabhan was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Tirunelveli constituency in 1971 election....

in the same constituency by 16, 952 votes.