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Gummidipoondi is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] It consists of the Gummidipundi and Uthukkottai taluks. It falls under Thiruvallur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Madras State

Year	Winner
1967	K. Vezhavendan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1962	A. Raghava Reddy	Swatantra Party
1957	Kamalambuiammal	Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	K. A. Vezhavendan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	R. S. Munirathinam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	R. S. Munirathinam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	R. S. Munirathinam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	K. Venu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	R. Sakkubai	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	K. Venu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	K. Sudarsanam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	K. S. Vijayakumar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	C. H. Shekar	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	K. S. Vijayakumar^[3]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Govindarajan T. J	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2021

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Gummidipoondi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Govindarajan T. J	126,452	57.40%	26.64%
	PMK	Prakash M	75,514	34.28%
	NTK	Usha	11,701	5.31%	4.73%
	DMDK	Dilliy K. M	2,576	1.17%	−1.90%
	NOTA	Nota	1,783	0.81%	0.12%
	BSP	Nagaraj S	1,038	0.47%	−0.13%
	IJK	Saravanan V	816	0.37%
	Independent	Saravanan E	532	0.24%
	Independent	Devanathan R	482	0.22%
	Independent	Lakshmi R	374	0.17%
	Independent	Prakash K	351	0.16%
Margin of victory			50,938	23.12%	12.21%
Turnout			220,286	78.20%	−3.95%
Registered electors			281,688
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	15.73%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gummidipoondi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. S. Vijayakumar	89,332	41.68	+41.680
	DMK	C. H. Shekar	65,937	30.76	+30.76
	PMK	M. Selvaraj	43,055	20.09	−18.02
	DMDK	K. Geetha	6,585	3.07	−51.33
Margin of victory			23,395	10.92	-5.37
Turnout			2,14,348	82.16	−1.26
	AIADMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-12.72

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gummidipoondi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	C. H. Shekar	97,708	54.40	+40.49
	PMK	K. N. Sekar	68,452	38.11	−2.15
	Independent	R. Selvakumar	1,892	1.05	+1.05
	BJP	Chakravarthi Sriraman B	1,883	1.05	+0.63
Margin of victory			29,256	16.29	+16.14
Turnout			1,79,722	83.42	+3.46
	DMDK gain from AIADMK		Swing	+13.99

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gummidipoondi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. S. Vijayakumar	63,120	40.39%
	MDMK	Durai. Jeyavelu	62,674	40.11%
	DMDK	C. H. Shekar	21,731	13.91%
	Independent	Sekar.R	2,147	1.37%
	SP	Sekar.K	1,096	0.70%
	Independent	Murugesan.T	779	0.50%
Margin of victory			446	0.29%	-18.76%
Turnout			156,263	79.96%	−61.79%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-15.68%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gummidipoondi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Sudarsanam.K.	73,467	56.07%
	DMK	Venu. K	48,509	37.02%
	PB	Nedunchezhian. E.	2,376	1.81%
	MDMK	Balaji. R.	2,311	1.76%
	NCP	Isabella John. Selvi.J	1,613	1.23%
	Independent	Vausuthevan. P.T.	1,220	0.93%
Margin of victory			24,958	19.05%	1.70%
Turnout			131,019	62.59%	−8.67%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	6.39%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gummidipoondi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Venu. K	61,946	49.69%
	AIADMK	Munirathinam. R. S	40,321	32.34%
	PMK	Jayavelu Durai	17,648	14.16%
	MDMK	Natarajan. M	2,454	1.97%
	BJP	Bhaskaran. M	788	0.63%
	JP	Gunasekaran. D	401	0.32%
Margin of victory			21,625	17.35%	-12.18%
Turnout			124,675	71.26%	1.75%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-5.09%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gummidipoondi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Sakkubai R.	61,063	54.77%
	DMK	Venu. K	28,144	25.24%
	PMK	Manoharah S.	18,321	16.43%
	BJP	Sukumar P.	1,943	1.74%
	JP	Deenadayalan	638	0.57%
	TMM	Thangaraji M.	389	0.35%
Margin of victory			32,919	29.53%	25.95%
Turnout			111,484	69.51%	3.15%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	17.44%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gummidipoondi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Venu. K	36,803	37.33%
	AIADMK(JL)	Gopal. K.	33,273	33.75%
	INC	Dhasarathan. C. R.	13,420	13.61%
	AIADMK(JR)	Munirathinam. R. S.	12,543	12.72%
	Independent	Selvaraj. V.	1,240	1.26%
	Independent	Arivalagan. D.	723	0.73%
Margin of victory			3,530	3.58%	-8.54%
Turnout			98,590	66.36%	−12.13%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-18.23%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gummidipoondi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. S. Munirathinam	55,221	55.56%
	DMK	K. A. Vezhavendan	43,174	43.44%
	Independent	K. Palani	989	1.00%
Margin of victory			12,047	12.12%	2.96%
Turnout			99,384	78.49%	10.52%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	6.56%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gummidipoondi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. S. Munirathinam	41,845	49.01%
	DMK	Venu. K	34,019	39.84%
	JP	Parandaman.M	9,523	11.15%
Margin of victory			7,826	9.17%	-5.57%
Turnout			85,387	67.97%	4.13%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	6.75%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gummidipoondi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. S. Munirathinam	32,309	42.26%
	JP	G. Kamalambujammal	21,042	27.52%
	DMK	Venu. K	12,135	15.87%
	INC	K. Venkatasubbaraju	7,782	10.18%
	Independent	E. Vinayagam	1,436	1.88%
	Independent	S. Elumalai	1,148	1.50%
Margin of victory			11,267	14.74%	-2.08%
Turnout			76,456	63.84%	−13.86%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-16.15%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gummidipoondi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. A. Vezhavendan	43,355	58.41%
	INC	P Obul Reddy	30,875	41.59%
Margin of victory			12,480	16.81%	10.43%
Turnout			74,230	77.7%	2.29%
	DMK hold		Swing	5.83%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Gummidipoondi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. A. Vezhavendan	35,887	52.57%
	INC	K. Kamalambujammal	31,527	46.19%
	Independent	A. V. J. Natcker	848	1.24%
Margin of victory			4,360	6.39%	4.89%
Turnout			68,262	75.41%	16.80%
	DMK gain from Swatantra Party		Swing	23.90%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Gummidipoondi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	A. Raghava Reddi	19,575	28.68%
	INC	K. Kamalambujammal	18,946	27.75%
	Independent	G. Peddaiya	3,576	5.24%
Margin of victory			629	1.49%	1.22%
Turnout			42,097	58.61%	14.17%
	Swatantra Party gain from INC		Swing	15.49%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Gummidipoondi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Kamalambujammal	9,002	13.19%
	Independent	Venugopal Reddi	8,908	13.05%
	Independent	Dushyanthulu Raji	7,768	11.38%
	Independent	Marimuthu	3,998	5.86%
	Independent	T. V. Jeevarathnam	3,152	4.62%
	Independent	G. T. Kanniah Naidu	888	1.30%
Margin of victory			94	0.28%	-13.94%
Turnout			33,716	44.44%	−16.49%
	INC win (new seat)

References

↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
↑ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
↑ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 1. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

"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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[1] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[2] "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[3] "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 1. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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+| Parliamentary Constituency =	[[Thiruvallur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvallur ]]
+| CurrentMLAParty        = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
+| CurrentMLA             = 	[[Govindrajan T.J]]
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+! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner
+! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2" | Party
+|-
+| [[1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
+| [[K. Vezhavendan]]
+| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
+|-
+| [[1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
+| [[A. Raghava Reddy]]
+| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
+|-
+| [[1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
+| [[Kamalambuiammal]]
+| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
+|-
+|}
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-| [[1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
-| [[Kamalambuiammal]]
-| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
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-|candidate=M. Prakash
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-|votes=75,514
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-|percentage= 34.00
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-|change=+13.91
+{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Saravanan V	|party=Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi	|votes=816	|percentage=0.37%	|change=  }}
-}}
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-{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam|candidate=P. Ramkumar|votes=2,576	|percentage=1.16|change=-50.17}}
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-{{Election box margin of victory||votes=50,938|percentage=23.11|change=}}
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+{{Election box rejected|votes=123 |percentage=0.06% }}{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 281,688	|change = }}
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+{{Election box end}}
 ===2016===
 {{Election box begin | title=[[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Gummidipoondi]]}}
-{{Election box candidate with party link|
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
    |party      = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
    |candidate  =[[K. S. Vijayakumar]]
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 [[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Gummidipoondi]]}}
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    |party      = Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
    |candidate  =[[C. H. Shekar]]
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-{{Election box candidate |
+{{Election box candidate with party link|
-   |party      = [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
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    |candidate  =R. Selvakumar
    |votes      =1,892
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-{{Election box candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =  [[K. S. Vijayakumar]]  |votes=63,120   |percentage=40.39%  |change=}}
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =  [[K. S. Vijayakumar]]  |votes=63,120   |percentage=40.39%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =  Durai. Jeyavelu  |votes=62,674   |percentage=40.11%  |change=}}
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-{{Election box candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =  Sudarsanam.K.  |votes=73,467   |percentage=56.07%  |change=}}
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =  Sudarsanam.K.  |votes=73,467   |percentage=56.07%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =  [[K. Venu (Tamil Nadu politician)|Venu. K]]  |votes=48,509   |percentage=37.02%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Puratchi Bharatham  |candidate =  Nedunchezhian. E.  |votes=2,376   |percentage=1.81%  |change=}}
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-{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =  [[K. Venu (Tamil Nadu politician)|Venu. K]]  |votes=61,946   |percentage=49.69%  |change=}}
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =  [[K. Venu (Tamil Nadu politician)|Venu. K]]  |votes=61,946   |percentage=49.69%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =  Munirathinam. R. S|votes=40,321   |percentage=32.34%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Pattali Makkal Katchi  |candidate =  Jayavelu Durai  |votes=17,648   |percentage=14.16%  |change=}}
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 ===1991===
 {{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Gummidipoondi (State Assembly Constituency)|Gummidipoondi]]}}
-{{Election box candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate = Sakkubai R.  |votes=61,063   |percentage=54.77%  |change=}}
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate = Sakkubai R.  |votes=61,063   |percentage=54.77%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate = [[K. Venu (Tamil Nadu politician)|Venu. K]]  |votes=28,144   |percentage=25.24%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Pattali Makkal Katchi  |candidate = Manoharah S.  |votes=18,321   |percentage=16.43%  |change=}}
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 ===1989===
 {{Election box begin | title=[[1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Gummidipoondi (State Assembly Constituency)|Gummidipoondi]]}}
-{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =  [[K. Venu (Tamil Nadu politician)|Venu. K]]  |votes=36,803   |percentage=37.33%  |change=}}
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =  [[K. Venu (Tamil Nadu politician)|Venu. K]]  |votes=36,803   |percentage=37.33%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate ||party= AIADMK(JL)  |candidate =  Gopal. K.   |votes=33,273   |percentage=33.75%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Indian National Congress  |candidate =  Dhasarathan. C. R.   |votes=13,420   |percentage=13.61%  |change=}}
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 ===1984===
 {{Election box begin | title=[[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Gummidipoondi (State Assembly Constituency)|Gummidipoondi]]}}
-{{Election box candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =  [[R. S. Munirathinam]] |votes=55,221   |percentage=55.56%  |change=}}
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =  [[R. S. Munirathinam]] |votes=55,221   |percentage=55.56%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =  [[K. A. Vezhavendan]]  |votes=43,174   |percentage=43.44%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)  |candidate =  K. Palani  |votes=989   |percentage=1.00%  |change=}}
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 ===1980===
 {{Election box begin | title=[[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Gummidipoondi (State Assembly Constituency)|Gummidipoondi]]}}
-{{Election box candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =  [[R. S. Munirathinam]]  |votes=41,845   |percentage=49.01%  |change=}}
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =  [[R. S. Munirathinam]]  |votes=41,845   |percentage=49.01%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =  [[K. Venu (Tamil Nadu politician)|Venu. K]] |votes=34,019   |percentage=39.84%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Janata Party  |candidate =  Parandaman.M  |votes=9,523   |percentage=11.15%  |change=}}
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 ===1977===
 {{Election box begin | title=[[1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Gummidipoondi (State Assembly Constituency)|Gummidipoondi]]}}
-   {{Election box candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =  [[R. S. Munirathinam]]  |votes=32,309   |percentage=42.26%  |change=}}
+   {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party= All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =  [[R. S. Munirathinam]]  |votes=32,309   |percentage=42.26%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Janata Party  |candidate =  G. Kamalambujammal  |votes=21,042   |percentage=27.52%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate =  [[K. Venu (Tamil Nadu politician)|Venu. K]]  |votes=12,135   |percentage=15.87%  |change=}}
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 ===1971===
 {{Election box begin | title=[[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Gummidipoondi (State Assembly Constituency)|Gummidipoondi]]}}
-{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate = [[K. A. Vezhavendan]]  |votes=43,355   |percentage=58.41%  |change=}}
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate = [[K. A. Vezhavendan]]  |votes=43,355   |percentage=58.41%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Indian National Congress  |candidate = P Obul Reddy  |votes=30,875   |percentage=41.59%  |change=}}
 {{Election box margin of victory|  |votes=12,480   |percentage=16.81%  |change=10.43%}}
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 ===1967===
 {{Election box begin | title=[[1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Gummidipoondi (State Assembly Constituency)|Gummidipoondi]]}}
-   {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate = [[K. A. Vezhavendan]]  |votes=35,887   |percentage=52.57%  |change=}}
+   {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  |candidate = [[K. A. Vezhavendan]]  |votes=35,887   |percentage=52.57%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Indian National Congress  |candidate =  K. Kamalambujammal   |votes=31,527   |percentage=46.19%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)  |candidate = A. V. J. Natcker  |votes=848   |percentage=1.24%  |change=}}
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 ===1962===
 {{Election box begin | title=[[1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Gummidipoondi (State Assembly Constituency)|Gummidipoondi]]}}
-{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Swatantra Party  |candidate =A. Raghava Reddi  |votes=19,575   |percentage=28.68%  |change=}}
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party= Swatantra Party  |candidate =A. Raghava Reddi  |votes=19,575   |percentage=28.68%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Indian National Congress  |candidate =K. Kamalambujammal  |votes=18,946   |percentage=27.75%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)  |candidate =G. Peddaiya  |votes=3,576   |percentage=5.24%  |change=}}
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 ===1957===
 {{Election box begin | title=[[1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Gummidipoondi (State Assembly Constituency)|Gummidipoondi]]}}
-{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Indian National Congress  |candidate = K. Kamalambujammal   |votes=9,002   |percentage=13.19%  |change=}}
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party= Indian National Congress  |candidate = K. Kamalambujammal   |votes=9,002   |percentage=13.19%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)  |candidate =Venugopal Reddi  |votes=8,908   |percentage=13.05%  |change=}}
 {{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)  |candidate =Dushyanthulu Raji  |votes=7,768   |percentage=11.38%  |change=}}