Chidambaram Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 11°24′N 79°42′E / 11.4°N 79.7°E / 11.4; 79.7
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Chidambaram
Constituency No. 158 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictCuddalore
LS constituencyChidambaram
Established1952
Total electors2,50,998[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AIADMK
Elected year2021

Chidambaram is a legislative assembly in Cuddalore district, which includes the city, Chidambaram.[2] It is a part of the Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Madras State[edit]

Election Name Party
1952 Swami Sahajananda Indian National Congress
1957 G. Vagheesam Pillai
1962 S. Sivasubramanian
1967 R. Kanagasabai Pillai

Tamil Nadu[edit]

Election Duration Name Party
1971 1971-1977 P. Ponchokkalingam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 1977-1980 Kaliyamoorthy Durai
1980 1980-1984 K. R. Ganapathi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 1984-1989
1989 1989-1991 D. Krishnamoorthy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 1991-1996 K. S. Alagiri Indian National Congress
1996 1996-2001 Tamil Maanila Congress
2001 2001-2006 K. Durai Saravanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 2006-2011 A. Arunmozhithevan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011 2011-2016 K. Balakrishnan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2016 2016-2021 K. A. Pandian All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 2021-Incumbent

Election results[edit]

2021[edit]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. A. Pandian 91,961 50.49% 16.17%
IUML S. Abdul Rahman 75,024 41.19%
NTK Natarajan Krishnamoorthy 9,071 4.98% 4.22%
MNM G. Devasagayam 2,953 1.62%
AMMK M. Nanthinidevi 1,388 0.76%
NOTA Nota 1,202 0.66% -0.34%
Margin of victory 16,937 9.30% 8.42%
Turnout 1,82,150 72.57% -1.88%
Rejected ballots 378 0.21%
Registered electors 2,50,998
AIADMK hold Swing 16.17%

2016[edit]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. A. Pandian 58,543 34.31%
DMK Senthilkumar K R 57,037 33.43% -12.95%
PMK Arul R 24,226 14.20%
CPI(M) Balakrishnan K 23,314 13.66% -34.64%
SDPI Abdul Satthar G 1,775 1.04%
NOTA None Of The Above 1,714 1.00%
NTK Sathishkumar B (A) Baakyaa 1,295 0.76%
BJP Manimaran G 1,079 0.63% -2.07%
Independent Vinoba C 440 0.26%
Independent Dhivakar S 388 0.23%
Independent Senthilkumar R 302 0.18%
Margin of victory 1,506 0.88% -1.05%
Turnout 1,70,619 74.45% -3.46%
Registered electors 2,29,162
AIADMK gain from CPI(M) Swing -13.99%

2011[edit]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Balakrishnan. K 72,054 48.30% 12.72%
DMK Sridhar Vandaiyar 69,175 46.37%
BJP V. Kannan 4,034 2.70% 1.76%
LJP R. Panneer 1,010 0.68%
Independent C. Vinoba 933 0.63%
Independent S. Sankar 591 0.40%
Independent A. Arulprakasam 478 0.32%
Independent K. Sathyamoorthy 459 0.31%
BSP K. Chellaiah 432 0.29% -0.12%
Margin of victory 2,879 1.93% -13.21%
Turnout 1,91,446 77.92% 2.47%
Registered electors 1,49,166
CPI(M) gain from AIADMK Swing -2.41%

2006[edit]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK A. Arunmozhithevan 56,327 50.71%
CPI(M) Balakrishnan. K 39,517 35.58%
DMDK Rajamannan. P 10,303 9.28%
BJP Srinivasan. A. 1,054 0.95%
Independent Velmurugan. P 954 0.86%
Independent Vinoba. C 797 0.72%
BSP Barathidasan. K 453 0.41%
Independent Sundaravinayagam. N 326 0.29%
Independent Balakrishnan. R 275 0.25%
Independent Jaisankar. P 207 0.19%
Independent Balakrishnan. K 147 0.13%
Margin of victory 16,810 15.14% 3.65%
Turnout 1,11,066 75.44% 13.33%
Registered electors 1,47,220
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -1.98%

2001[edit]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Saravanan Durai K. 54,647 52.70%
PMK T. Arivuselvan 42,732 41.21%
MDMK K. V. Mohana Sundar 3,765 3.63% -2.31%
Independent Jayaraj. V 1,089 1.05%
Independent S. Anbazhagan 958 0.92%
RJD K. Aravamuthan 262 0.25%
JD(S) N. Ramamoorthy 249 0.24%
Margin of victory 11,915 11.49% -16.67%
Turnout 1,03,702 62.12% -8.80%
Registered electors 1,67,006
DMK gain from TMC(M) Swing 2.17%

1996[edit]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC(M) K. S. Alagiri 52,066 50.52%
INC A. Radhakrishnan 23,050 22.37% -28.83%
PMK K. Devadoss 19,737 19.15%
MDMK Durai Krishnamoorthy 6,121 5.94%
Independent N. Manickam 241 0.23%
Independent R. Palanivel 238 0.23%
Independent K. Saravanan 206 0.20%
Independent M. Azhappan 157 0.15%
Independent K. Panneerselvam 153 0.15%
Independent B. Sekar 149 0.14%
Independent A. Santhanam 139 0.13%
Margin of victory 29,016 28.16% 7.52%
Turnout 1,03,050 70.91% 1.77%
Registered electors 1,51,992
TMC(M) gain from INC Swing -0.68%

1991[edit]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. S. Alagiri 48,767 51.20% 28.78%
DMK M. R. K. Panneerselvam 29,114 30.57% -11.57%
PMK Devadasu K. 15,913 16.71%
Independent Sanjeevi K. 443 0.47%
Independent Deivanayagam K. 277 0.29%
THMM Thangaraj R. 246 0.26%
Independent Dharman K. 234 0.25%
Independent Azeezkhan M. P. 148 0.16%
Independent Subramanian Thanga 102 0.11%
Margin of victory 19,653 20.63% 0.92%
Turnout 95,244 69.14% 1.55%
Registered electors 1,42,369
INC gain from DMK Swing 9.06%

1989[edit]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Krishnamoorthy. D. 35,738 42.14% -1.70%
INC Radhakrishnan. A. 19,018 22.42%
Independent Arumugam. N. 12,363 14.58%
AIADMK Panneerselvam. K.P. 10,088 11.89% -42.65%
CPI Manivasagam. T. 5,371 6.33%
Independent Dharuman. K. 706 0.83%
Independent Umapathi. B. 496 0.58%
Independent Rathinasamy. N. 450 0.53%
Independent Arasan. P. 359 0.42%
Independent Paramaguru. R.K. 96 0.11%
Independent Balasekaran. S. 81 0.10%
Margin of victory 16,720 19.71% 9.00%
Turnout 84,813 67.60% -11.60%
Registered electors 1,27,893
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -12.41%

1984[edit]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. R. Ganapathi 47,067 54.55% 2.84%
DMK K. S. Subramanian 37,824 43.84% -3.82%
Independent D. Arulmozhi 1,171 1.36%
Independent K. Tharuman Pathar 223 0.26%
Margin of victory 9,243 10.71% 6.66%
Turnout 86,285 79.20% 6.37%
Registered electors 1,14,114
AIADMK hold Swing 2.84%

1980[edit]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. R. Ganapathi 41,728 51.71% 24.96%
DMK Kaliyamoorthy Durai 38,461 47.66% 16.36%
Independent Murugesan. A 281 0.35%
Independent Dharuman Pathar. K 229 0.28%
Margin of victory 3,267 4.05% -0.50%
Turnout 80,699 72.83% 5.14%
Registered electors 1,12,269
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 20.41%

1977[edit]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Kaliyamoorthy Durai 22,917 31.30% -19.04%
AIADMK Muthugovindarajan 19,586 26.75%
INC B. Umapathy 15,644 21.36% -26.61%
JP A. Sambandam 10,960 14.97%
Independent N. Rathinasamy 1,817 2.48%
Independent M. Sanjeevi 1,422 1.94%
Independent K. Dharuman 474 0.65%
Independent R. Kannusamy 406 0.55%
Margin of victory 3,331 4.55% 2.19%
Turnout 73,226 67.68% -8.92%
Registered electors 1,09,561
DMK hold Swing -19.04%

1971[edit]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK P. Ponchokkalingam 35,750 50.33% 3.34%
INC R. Gopalkrishnan 34,071 47.97% -1.21%
Independent Satchidanandama 1,206 1.70%
Margin of victory 1,679 2.36% 0.17%
Turnout 71,027 76.60% -4.86%
Registered electors 95,620
DMK gain from INC Swing 1.15%

1967[edit]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Kanagasabai Pillai 34,911 49.18% -4.16%
DMK P. Ponchockalingam 33,356 46.99% 8.97%
Independent R. Govindarajan 1,881 2.65%
Independent P. Natarajan 834 1.17%
Margin of victory 1,555 2.19% -13.12%
Turnout 70,982 81.46% 15.15%
Registered electors 90,560
INC hold Swing -4.16%

1962[edit]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. Sivasubramanian 33,438 53.34% 30.59%
DMK Arumugham K. 23,837 38.02%
CPI A. Munusami 5,413 8.63%
Margin of victory 9,601 15.32% 15.21%
Turnout 62,688 66.31% -32.83%
Registered electors 98,172
INC hold Swing 30.59%

1957[edit]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC G. Vagheesam Pillai 37,255 22.75% -4.56%
Independent Chockalingam 30,345 18.53%
Independent S. Sivasubramanian 26,489 16.17%
Independent Gopalakrishnan 23,546 14.38%
Independent V. Kuppusamy (Sc) 5,420 3.31%
Independent A. Shanmugam (Sc) 3,643 2.22%
Margin of victory 166 0.10% -4.10%
Turnout 1,63,787 99.14% -10.84%
Registered electors 1,65,203
INC hold Swing -4.56%

1952[edit]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Swami Sahajananda 39,509 27.31% 27.31%
TTP Swamikannu 30,517 21.09%
RPI Kuppuswami 9,606 6.64%
Socialist Govindarajan 5,861 4.05%
Margin of victory 8,992 4.20%
Turnout 1,44,680 109.98%
Registered electors 1,31,550
INC win (new seat)

References[edit]

  • "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
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  7. ^ Election Commission of India. "1991 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  8. ^ Election Commission of India. "1989 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  9. ^ Election Commission of India. "1984 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
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