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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thottiam&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a state assembly constituency in [[Tiruchirappalli district]] in [[Tamil Nadu]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{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= 22 January 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
==Members of Legislative Assembly==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;50%&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;background-color:#666666; color:white&amp;quot;|Year&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;background-color:#666666; color:white&amp;quot;|Winner&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;background-color:#666666; color:white&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; | Party&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1971]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[S. K. Vadivelu]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1977]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[K. P. Kathamuthu]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1980]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[R. Periasami]]&lt;br /&gt;
| style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1984]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Periyasamy]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1989]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[K. Kannaiyan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1991]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[N. R. Sivapathi]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1996]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[K. Kannaiyan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2001]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[P. Annavi]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2006]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[M. Rajasekharan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Election Results ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{bar box&lt;br /&gt;
|float=right&lt;br /&gt;
|title= Vote share of Winning candidates&lt;br /&gt;
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{{bar percent|[[#2006|2006]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|34.84}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{bar percent|[[#2001|2001]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|49.38}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{bar percent|[[#1996|1996]]|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|65.22}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{bar percent|[[#1991|1991]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|73.51}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{bar percent|[[#1989|1989]]|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|32.51}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{bar percent|[[#1984|1984]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|68.39}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{bar percent|[[#1980|1980]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|42.89}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{bar percent|[[#1977|1977]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|31.85}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{bar percent|[[#1971|1971]]|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|51.45}}&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===2006===					&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin|title=	[[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] : Thottiam&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = 2006 Election Statistical Report | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf | access-date = 12 May 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007200819/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf | archive-date = 7 Oct 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}				&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=Rajasekharan M. 	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=43,080	|percentage=34.84%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Natarajan R. 	|party=Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=43,027	|percentage=34.80%	|change=33.38% }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Kannaiyan K	|party=Independent politician	|votes=17,166	|percentage=13.88%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Manoharan P. 	|party=Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	|votes=12,445	|percentage=10.07%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Baskar V. P. 	|party=Independent politician	|votes=1,790	|percentage=1.45%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Natesan N. 	|party=Bharatiya Janata Party	|votes=1,709	|percentage=1.38%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Saraswathi G	|party=Bahujan Samaj Party	|votes=1,635	|percentage=1.32%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Senthilkumar P. 	|party=Independent politician	|votes=1,425	|percentage=1.15%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Usha C	|party=Independent politician	|votes=719	|percentage=0.58%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Krishnan R	|party=Independent politician	|votes=646	|percentage=0.52%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=53	|percentage=0.04%	|change=-11.26% }}		&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout	|votes=1,23,642	|percentage=74.58%	|change=	7.93%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 1,65,785	|change = }}			&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link	|winner=Indian National Congress	|loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|swing=	-14.54%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}					&lt;br /&gt;
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===2001===					&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin|title=	[[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] : Thottiam&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title = 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf |date = 12 May 2001  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006173934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}				&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=[[P. Annavi]]	|party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=57,449	|percentage=49.38%	|change=19.85% }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=[[K. Kannaiyan]]	|party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=44,301	|percentage=38.08%	|change=-27.14% }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Pitchai. T. 	|party=Independent politician	|votes=4,656	|percentage=4.00%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Thiagarajan. N. 	|party=Thaayaga Makkal Katchi	|votes=3,379	|percentage=2.90%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Periasamy . K. R. 	|party=Independent politician	|votes=2,478	|percentage=2.13%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Devadass . V. 	|party=Independent politician	|votes=1,741	|percentage=1.50%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Gopalakrishnan. N. 	|party=Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=1,646	|percentage=1.41%	|change=-2.39% }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Senthilvel Durai. P	|party=Janata Party	|votes=392	|percentage=0.34%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Kandasamy . P. 	|party=Independent politician	|votes=295	|percentage=0.25%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=13,148	|percentage=11.30%	|change=-24.38% }}		&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout	|votes=1,16,337	|percentage=66.65%	|change=	-6.66%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 1,74,589	|change = }}			&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link	|winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|loser=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|swing=	-15.84%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}					&lt;br /&gt;
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===1996===					&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin|title=	[[1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] : Thottiam&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = 1996 Election Statistical Report | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007221700/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf | archive-date = 7 October 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}				&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=[[K. Kannaiyan]]	|party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=74,903	|percentage=65.22%	|change=40.41% }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=N. Nedumaran	|party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=33,921	|percentage=29.54%	|change=-43.97% }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=E. P. Rathinam	|party=Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=4,367	|percentage=3.80%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=C. Guhanathan	|party=Independent politician	|votes=475	|percentage=0.41%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=P. Srinivasan	|party=Janata Party	|votes=352	|percentage=0.31%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=S. Manoharan	|party=Independent politician	|votes=340	|percentage=0.30%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=T. Sivalingam	|party=Independent politician	|votes=135	|percentage=0.12%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=T. Haribaskar	|party=Independent politician	|votes=117	|percentage=0.10%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=K. Vigneeswaran	|party=Independent politician	|votes=115	|percentage=0.10%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=M. P. Thangarasu	|party=Independent politician	|votes=89	|percentage=0.08%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=T. Subramanian	|party=Independent politician	|votes=32	|percentage=0.03%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=40,982	|percentage=35.68%	|change=-13.01% }}		&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout	|votes=1,14,846	|percentage=73.31%	|change=	4.04%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 1,65,008	|change = }}			&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link	|winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|swing=	-8.29%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}					&lt;br /&gt;
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===1991===					&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin|title=	[[1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] : Thottiam&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = 1991 Election Statistical Report | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007161404/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf | archive-date = 7 October 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}				&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=[[N. R. Sivapathi]]	|party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=79,594	|percentage=73.51%	|change=42.06% }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Kannaiyan K. 	|party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=26,868	|percentage=24.81%	|change=-7.69% }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Ramachandran K. 	|party=Pattali Makkal Katchi	|votes=868	|percentage=0.80%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Govindasamy K. P. 	|party=Tharasu Makkal Mandram	|votes=513	|percentage=0.47%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Manoharan A. 	|party=Independent politician	|votes=238	|percentage=0.22%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Maruthamuthu N. 	|party=Independent politician	|votes=197	|percentage=0.18%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=52,726	|percentage=48.70%	|change=47.64% }}		&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout	|votes=1,08,278	|percentage=69.26%	|change=	-6.81%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 1,59,843	|change = }}			&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link	|winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|loser=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|swing=	41.00%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}					&lt;br /&gt;
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===1989===					&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin|title=	[[1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] : Thottiam&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = 1989 Election Statistical Report | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006153620/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf | archive-date = 6 October 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}				&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=[[K. Kannaiyan]]	|party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=34,994	|percentage=32.51%	|change=4.98% }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Kathamuthu. K. P.	|party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=33,857	|percentage=31.45%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Periyasamy. R.	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=24,464	|percentage=22.73%	|change=-45.66% }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Rathinavelu. S.	|party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=9,778	|percentage=9.08%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Jayaraj. M. K.	|party=Independent politician	|votes=3,416	|percentage=3.17%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Karuppaiah. P.	|party=Independent politician	|votes=580	|percentage=0.54%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Karuppaiah. A.	|party=Independent politician	|votes=231	|percentage=0.21%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Elangovan. R.	|party=Independent politician	|votes=184	|percentage=0.17%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Rajendran. M.	|party=Independent politician	|votes=144	|percentage=0.13%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=1,137	|percentage=1.06%	|change=-39.81% }}		&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout	|votes=1,07,648	|percentage=76.07%	|change=	-3.31%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 1,44,492	|change = }}			&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link	|winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|loser=Indian National Congress	|swing=	-35.88%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}					&lt;br /&gt;
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===1984===					&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin|title=	[[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] : Thottiam&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = 1984 Election Statistical Report | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1984/StatisticalReportTamilNadu84.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007141448/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf | archive-date = 7 Oct 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}				&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=Periyasamy	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=66,131	|percentage=68.39%	|change=25.50% }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Vadivel S. R. 	|party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=26,615	|percentage=27.52%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Thangavel. R. 	|party=Independent politician	|votes=2,210	|percentage=2.29%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Palaniyandi. P. 	|party=Independent politician	|votes=664	|percentage=0.69%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Velusamy. K. 	|party=Independent politician	|votes=440	|percentage=0.46%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Veeramani. A. P. 	|party=Independent politician	|votes=421	|percentage=0.44%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Ramamoorthy A. P. 	|party=Independent politician	|votes=219	|percentage=0.23%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=39,516	|percentage=40.86%	|change=40.51% }}		&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout	|votes=96,700	|percentage=79.39%	|change=	6.68%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 1,27,712	|change = }}			&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box hold with party link	|winner=Indian National Congress	|loser=Indian National Congress	|swing=	25.50%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}					&lt;br /&gt;
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===1980===					&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin|title=	[[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] : Thottiam&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = 1980 Election Statistical Report  | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf  | access-date = 19 April 2009  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006231656/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf | archive-date = 6 Oct 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}				&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=Periasami. R. 	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=37,426	|percentage=42.89%	|change=12.27% }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Jayaraj. T. P. K. 	|party=Independent politician	|votes=37,119	|percentage=42.53%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Shanmugasundaram. K. M. 	|party=Independent politician	|votes=11,497	|percentage=13.17%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Musiri Masilamani	|party=Independent politician	|votes=524	|percentage=0.60%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Onthachi Pillai. P. 	|party=Independent politician	|votes=427	|percentage=0.49%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Kannaiyan. V. K. 	|party=Independent politician	|votes=275	|percentage=0.32%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=307	|percentage=0.35%	|change=-0.88% }}		&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout	|votes=87,268	|percentage=72.71%	|change=	2.94%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 1,21,278	|change = }}			&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link	|winner=Indian National Congress	|loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|swing=	11.04%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===1977===					&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin|title=	[[1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] : Thottiam&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = 1977 Election Statistical Report | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007141448/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf  | archive-date = 7 Oct 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}				&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=K.P. Kathamuthu	|party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=25,638	|percentage=31.85%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=K.M. Shanmugasundaram	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=24,648	|percentage=30.62%	|change=-17.93% }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=S.K. Vadivelu	|party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=16,648	|percentage=20.68%	|change=-30.77% }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=S.P.Ragendran	|party=Janata Party	|votes=11,049	|percentage=13.72%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=M. Arumugam	|party=Independent politician	|votes=2,046	|percentage=2.54%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=V. Eluvada	|party=Independent politician	|votes=479	|percentage=0.59%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=990	|percentage=1.23%	|change=-1.67% }}		&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout	|votes=80,508	|percentage=69.77%	|change=	-7.82%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 1,17,119	|change = }}			&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link	|winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|loser=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|swing=	-19.60%	}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===1971===					&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin|title=	[[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] : Thottiam&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = 1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results  | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf  | access-date = 19 April 2009  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006131227/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf  | archive-date = 6 Oct 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}				&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=S. K. Vadivelu	|party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|votes=39,821	|percentage=49.68%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=K. M. Shanmughasundaram	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=37,577	|percentage=48.55%	|change=  }}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=2,244	|percentage=2.90%	|change= }}		&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout	|votes=80,152 |percentage=77.59%	|change=		}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 1,03,305	|change = }}			&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box new seat win	|winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	|loser=	|swing=		}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|title= Statistical reports of assemb;y elections|accessdate= 8 July 2010|publisher= Election Commission of India|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|archivedate= 5 October 2010}}&lt;br /&gt;
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