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Alangulam is a state legislative assembly constituency in Tenkasi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[1] It includes the city, Alangulam Tenkasi district. It is part of the Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency. Most successful candidate: DMK & ADMK (5 times)

Madras State

Year	Winner
1952	Chinnathambi Thevar	Indian National Congress
1957	Veluchamy Thevar	Independent
1962	S. Chellapandian Thevar	Indian National Congress
1967	Aladi Aruna (alias) V Arunachalam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Year	Winner
1971	Aladi Aruna (alias) V Arunachalam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	R. Navaneetha Krishna Thevar	Gandhi Kamaraj Congress Party
1984	N. Shanmugaiah Thevar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	S. S. Ramasubbu	Indian National Congress
1991	S. S. Ramasubbu	Indian National Congress
1996	Aladi Aruna (alias) V Arunachalam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	P. G. Rajendran Nadar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	P. G. Rajendran Nadar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	P. H. Manoj Pandian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alangulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	P. H. Manoj Pandian	74,153	36.44
	DMK	Dr.Poongothai Aladi Aruna	70,614	34.70
	Independent	Hari Nadar.A	37,727	18.54
	NTK	M.Sangeetha Esak	12,519	6.15
	DMDK	Rajendranathan	2,816	1.38
	NOTA	Nota	1,786	0.88
	MNM	S.Selvakumar	1,454	0.71
Margin of victory			3,539	1.73
Turnout			203,478
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alangulam
Party		Candidate	Votes
	DMK	Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna	88,891
	AIADMK	Hepzi Karthikeyan	84,137
	DMDK	Rajendranath	7,784
	BJP	S.V.Anburaj	4,660
	NTK	R .Vasanthi Ramalingam	2,495
	NOTA	Nota	2,089
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Margin of victory			4,754
Turnout			193,326
	DMK gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing