Paramakudi (state assembly constituency)

Paramakudi is a state assembly constituency in Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu. It is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency. It is a component of Ramanathapuram Lok sabha constituency.

Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Govindan	Indian National Congress
1957	K. Ramachandran	Independent
1962	C. Srinivasa Iyengar	Indian National Congress
1967	T. K. Siraimeetan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	T. K. Siraimeettan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	K. Ugrapandian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	R. Thavasi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	K. Baluchamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	S. Sundararaj	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Jayalalithaa)
1991	S. Sundararaj	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	U. Thisaiveeran	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	R. Ramprabhu	Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
2006	R. Ramprabhu	Indian National Congress
2011	Dr. S. Sundararaj	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	Dr. S. Muthiah - disqualification by Assembly Speaker 2017	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
By-Election 2019	N. Sadhan Prabhakar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	S.Murugesan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Paramakudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Murugesan	84,864	46.59%	13,285
	AIADMK	Sathan Prabhakar	71,579	39.30%
	NTK	Sasikala	16,430	9.02%
	MNM	K Raja	3,488	1.91%
	DMDK	Ku.chandraprakash	2,009	1.10%
	NOTA	None of the above	1,258	0.69%
Majority
Turnout				70.51%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

Party leaders

இரா. ஜீவரத்தினம் Paramakudi North Town Secretary