Ambasamudram (state assembly constituency)

Ambasamudram is a constituency in Tamil Nadu legislative assembly, that includes the city, Ambasamudram. It is part of the Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency. In 2011 election, the constituency had 193,552 total electorate comprising 96,157 males and 97,395 females. It has many Maravar, Scheduled Caste and Nadar voters. Other castes forming a sizeable number of voters are Brahmins,Illathu Pillaimars, Chettiars, Muslims and Sengunthar Mudaliars.^[1]

Madras State

Assembly	Year	Winner
First	1952	P. Chockalingam	Independent
Second	1957	G. Gomathisankara Dikshidar	Indian National Congress
Third	1962		Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967		Indian National Congress

Assembly	Year	Winner
Fifth	1971	S. Shanmugamuthu Thevar	Indian National Congress
Sixth	1977	Easwarmoorthy (Soranam)	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Seventh	1980	Easwarmoorthy (Soranam)	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Eighth	1984	Balasubramanian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989	K. Ravi Arunan	Indian National Congress
Tenth	1991	R. Murugaiah Pandian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996	R. Avudaiyappan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001	M. Sakthivel Murugan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006	R. Avudaiyappan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011	E. Subaya	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016	R. Murugaiah Pandian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021^[2]	E. Subaya	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	E.Subaya	85,211	47.96
	DMK	R.Avudaiappan	68,296	38.44
	NTK	Shenbaga Valli	13,735	7.73
	AMMK	C.Rani Ranjitham	4,194	2.36
	MNM	C.Ganesan	2,807	1.58
	None of the Above	Nota	1,673	0.94
	BSP	Manimaran	509	0.29
Margin of victory			16,915
Turnout			177,681
	AIADMK hold		Swing

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.