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'''Rishivandiyam''' is a [[Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu|state assembly]] constituency in [[Kallakurichi district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], India.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/Const_map/map.htm |title= Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map |website= Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly |access-date= 23 January 2017}}</ref> It comprises portions of the [[Tirukkoyilur taluk|Tirukkoyilur]] and [[Sankarapuram taluk]]s. It is part of the [[Kallakurichi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kallakurichi constituency]] for national elections to the [[Parliament of India]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Tamilnadu/Final%20Notification%20&%20Order%20.pdf |title= Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order |website= Delimitation Commission of India |publisher= National Informatics Centre |access-date= 26 January 2017}}</ref>

==Demographics==

{| class="wikitable" "width:300px"
|+ Demographics (2011)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/30/stories/2004043005930400.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041118213931/http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/30/stories/2004043005930400.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 18 November 2004 |title =Multifarious issues for the electorate | date = 30 April 2004 | work = [[The Hindu]] | access-date = 2009-07-20}}</ref>
! Category
! Data
|-
|Created
|2016
|-
|[[Sengunthar|Sengunthar Kaikola Mudaliyar]]
|9%
|-
|[[Vanniyar]]
|39%
|-
|[[Adi Dravida]]
|24%
|-
| Konar
|12%
|-
|[[Kamma (caste)|Kamma Naidu]]/ Vellala Pillai/ Agamidaiya Udayar
|07%
|-
|Others
|10%
|-
|Total Electorate
|2,40,469
|-
|}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://m.dinamalar.com/detail.php?id=210884 |publisher=[[Dinamalar]]|script-title=ta:ரிஷிவந்தியம் தொகுதியில் காங்கிரஸ் சார்பில் சிவராஜ் போட்டியிடுவது உறுதி |language=ta|year=2011 |access-date=2021-11-28}}</ref>

== Madras State ==

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2" | Party
|-
| [[1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| [[L. Anandan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| M. Anandan
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|}

Senguntha Mudaliyar candidate won seven times in this constituency.

==Tamil Nadu==
{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2" | Party
|-
| [[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
| [[N. Dharmalingam]]
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|-
| [[1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| [[M. Sundaram]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| [[M. Sundaram]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
| [[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1984]]
| [[S. Sivaraj]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1989]]
| [[Ekal M. Natesa Odayar]]
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|-
| [[1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
| [[M. Govindaraju]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|-
| [[1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| [[S. Sivaraj]]
| {{Full party name with color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}
|-
| [[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| [[S. Sivaraj]]
| {{Full party name with color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}
|-
| [[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| [[S. Sivaraj]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| [[Vijayakanth]]
| {{Full party name with color|Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}}
|-
| [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| Vasantham Karthikeyan
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|-
| [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| Vasantham Karthikeyan
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|}

==Election Results==
===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Rishivandiyam]]
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|n|party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=Vasantham Karthikeyan|votes=1,13,912|percentage=52.96%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=S.A. Santhosh|votes=72,184|percentage=33.56%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Makkal Needhi Maiam|candidate=K. Shanmuga Sundaram|votes=640|percentage=0.3%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link |
|party =Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate =S. Prabhu
|votes =10,387
|percentage =4.83%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority||votes=2,13,873|percentage=40%|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner =Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|loser =Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* {{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|title= Statistical reports of assembly elections|access-date= 8 July 2010|publisher= Election Commission of India|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|archive-date= 5 October 2010}}

{{Tamil Nadu assembly elections|state=expanded}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu}}

{{coord missing|Tamil Nadu}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Viluppuram district]]

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