Periyakulam (state assembly constituency)

Periyakulam
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
Country	India

Periyakulam is a state assembly constituency in Theni district in Tamil Nadu. Elections were not held in year 1957 and 1962.It includes the two major towns Theni & Periyakulam

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	P.K. Mookiah Thevar(Died) and V. Muthu		Forward Bloc (Marxist)
1967	K. M. M. Metha(Died)		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	N. Anbuchezhian		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	K. Pannai Sethuram (Died)		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	K. Gopalakrishnan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	Dr. T. Mohammed Saleem(Died)		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	L. Mookiah		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	M. Periyaveeran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	L. Mookiah		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	O. Panneerselvam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	O. Panneerselvam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	A. Laser		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2016-2017	K. Kathirkamu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	S. Saravana Kumar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	S. Saravana Kumar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Election 2021

election, 2021: Periyakulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Saravana Kumar	90360	45.71
	AIADMK	M. Murugan	70444	35.15
	AMMK	K. Kathirkamu	16317	8.14
	NTK	Vimala	11660	5.84
	MNM	Aarsupandi	5626	2.81
Majority
Turnout			201797
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

By-Election 2019

Bye-election, 2019: Periyakulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Saravana Kumar	88,393
	AIADMK	M. Mayilvel	68,073
	AMMK	K. Kathirkamu	26,338
	NTK	Shobana	5,825
	MNM	Prabhu	5,727
Majority
Turnout			1,99,385	73.98
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

Election 2016

election, 2016: Periyakulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Kathirkamu	90599	46.94%
	DMK	Anbazhagan	76249	39.51%
	CPI(M)	A. Laser	13525	7.01%
	BJP	Chellam K	5,825	2.6%
	NTK	M. Pushpalatha	1048	0.54%
	PMK	R. Kannan	1048	0.53%
	Independent		2902
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2275	1.18%
	TMMK	P. Balamurugan	163	0.08%
	SP	P. Jeyachandan	124	0.06%
	RPI(A)	K. Chandran	85	0.04%
Majority
Turnout
	AIADMK gain from CPI (M)		Swing

2011 Assembly Constituency Election

election, 2011: Periyakulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	A. Laser	76687	47.86%
	DMK	V. Anbazhagan	71046	44.34%
	BJP	Ganapathy M	3422	2.14%
	TMMK	Nalluchamy P	1129	0.7%
	Independent		6961
	BSP	C. Kumaresan	691	0.43%
	LJP	N. Pandian	306	0.19%
Majority
Turnout			160242	78.88%
	CPI (M) gain from DMK		Swing

2006 Assembly Constituency Election

election, 2006: Periyakulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	O. Panneerselvam	68345
	DMK	L. Mookiah	53511
	DMDK	M.Abdul Kather	11105
	BJP	P. Rajapandiyan	1097
	Independent		2028
	BSP	G. Senthil Kumar	907
	AIFB	T.Ananda Murugan	294
Majority
Turnout			137287
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

2001 Assembly Constituency Election

election, 2001: Periyakulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	O. Panneerselvam	62125	54.28%
	DMK	M.Abuthahir	44205	38.62%
	MDMK	A.Jeyaraman	5965	5.21%
	Independent		2168
Majority
Turnout			114463
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

1996 Assembly Constituency Election

election, 1996: Periyakulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	L. Mookiah	53427	46.75%
	AIADMK	K.M.Kader Mohideen	31520	27.58%
	MDMK	O.Rajangam	11076	9.69%
	Independent		12029
	AIIC(T)	A. Sharuz Ameed	3645	3.19%
	BJP	V.A.Sethumanickam	2379	2.08%
	JP	M.U.Krishnan Murugan	145	0.13%
Majority
Turnout			114283	66.56%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

1991 Assembly Constituency Election

election, 1991: Periyakulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M.Periyaveeran	70760	67.45%
	DMK	L. Mookiah	28718	27.37%
	BJP	P.Annavi	3431	3.27%
	PMK	A. Kennedy	930	0.89%
	Independent		506
	Tharasu Makkal Mandram	K. Navaneetha	293	0.28%
	JP	G.Krishnan	277	0.26%
Majority
Turnout			104915	61.17%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

References

Footnotes

Bibliography

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