Tenkasi (state assembly constituency)

Tenkasi
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
Country	India

Tenkasi state assembly constituency in Tenkasi District Tamil Nadu. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. It is part of the Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency.

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Subramaniam Pillai		Indian National Congress
1957	K. Sattanatha Karayalar		Independent
1962	A. R. Subbiah Mudaliar		Indian National Congress
1967	I. A. Chidambaram Pillai		Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	Samsudeen alias Kathiravan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	S. Muthusamy Karayalar		Indian National Congress
1980	A. K. Sattanatha Karayalar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	T. R. Venkataraman		Indian National Congress
1989	S. Peter Alphonse		Indian National Congress
1991	S. Peter Alphonse		Indian National Congress
1996	K. Ravi Arunan		Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	K. Annamalai		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	V. Karuppasamy Pandian		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	R. Sarathkumar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	S. Selvamohandas Pandian		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	S. Palani Nadar		Indian National Congress

Election Results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021			41.71%
2016			42.58%
2011			54.30%
2006			49.98%
2001			51.41%
1996			52.82%
1991			62.10%
1989			36.29%
1984			60.45%
1980			49.88%
1977			41.36%
1971			55.66%
1967			49.86%
1962			44.33%
1957			52.89%
1952			44.53%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Palani Nadar	89,315	41.71%	−0.64%
	AIADMK	S. Selvamohandas Pandian	88,945	41.54%
	NTK	Vincentraj. R	15,336	7.16%	5.73%
	AMMK	Mohamed. S	9,944	4.64%
	MNM	Thirumalaimuthu. R	2,188	1.02%
	Independent	Madasamy. A	1,978	0.92%
	NOTA	Nota	1,159	0.54%	−1.13%
	PT	Chandrasegar. S	878	0.41%
	AIADMK	Udhayakumar. K. M	690	0.32%	−42.26%
	Independent	Ramesh. R	684	0.32%
	Independent	Palanimurugan. P	628	0.29%
Margin of victory			370	0.17%	-0.06%
Turnout			2,14,108	73.19%	−3.74%
Registered electors			2,92,538
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-0.86%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Selvamohandas Pandian	86,339	42.58%	−11.72%
	INC	S. Palani Nadar	85,877	42.35%
	BJP	Selvi B	11,716	5.78%	4.19%
	TMC(M)	Charles N. D. S	7,324	3.61%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,391	1.67%
	NTK	Muthukumar C	2,898	1.43%
	Independent	Madasamy A	1,621	0.80%
	PMK	Seetharaman P	1,222	0.60%
	AIFB	Periya Durai P	885	0.44%
	Independent	Uthami K	562	0.28%
	TMMK	Chelladurai T	489	0.24%
Margin of victory			462	0.23%	-13.29%
Turnout			2,02,775	76.93%	−1.98%
Registered electors			2,63,584
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-11.72%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Sarathkumar	92,253	54.30%
	DMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	69,286	40.78%	−9.20%
	BJP	Anburaj. S. V	2,698	1.59%	−2.13%
	ABHM	Arumugam. S	1,507	0.89%
	Independent	Mariappan. D	1,140	0.67%
	Independent	Vethala Iyyankan. M	1,080	0.64%
	Independent	Paramasivan. S	954	0.56%
	BSP	Kannan. V	501	0.29%	−1.57%
	Independent	Ramanathan. G	491	0.29%
Margin of victory			22,967	13.52%	0.15%
Turnout			2,15,324	78.91%	4.24%
Registered electors			1,69,910
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	4.32%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	69,755	49.98%	5.80%
	MDMK	Udayasuriyan. Rama	51,097	36.61%
	BJP	Ravi Arunan. K	5,190	3.72%
	DMDK	Kamaraj. S	5,081	3.64%
	BSP	Chandran. S	2,607	1.87%
	Independent	Mariappan. N	2,095	1.50%
	AIFB	Muthuraja. A	1,645	1.18%
	Independent	Balasubramanian. K	1,166	0.84%
	Independent	Thangappan. S. S	423	0.30%
	RLD	Ravichandran. R	315	0.23%
	Independent	Arumugasamy. P	196	0.14%
Margin of victory			18,658	13.37%	6.13%
Turnout			1,39,570	74.66%	10.87%
Registered electors			1,86,929
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.44%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Annamalai	62,454	51.41%
	DMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	53,662	44.18%
	Independent	Sankarasubramanian M. Alias Lala M. Mani	2,064	1.70%
	Independent	Balasubramanian K	1,712	1.41%
	Independent	Iyappan. S.	861	0.71%
	Independent	Subramanian K.	720	0.59%
Margin of victory			8,792	7.24%	-19.50%
Turnout			1,21,473	63.79%	−5.22%
Registered electors			1,90,762
	AIADMK gain from TMC		Swing	-1.40%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	K. Ravi Arunan	60,758	52.82%
	INC	Aladi Sankaraiya	29,998	26.08%	−36.03%
	MDMK	Asan Ibrahim	10,250	8.91%
	BJP	Deena Dayalan. S. P.	9,962	8.66%	1.77%
	AIIC(T)	Thanga Samy Nadar. S.	1,224	1.06%
	Independent	Seenivasa Pandian. M. A.	500	0.43%
	Independent	Vanaraj. E.	224	0.19%
		Subbiah. A. M.	213	0.19%
	Independent	Nagoor Mydeen. N.	205	0.18%
	Independent	Vargheese. M.	164	0.14%
	Independent	Peer Mohammed. N.	160	0.14%
Margin of victory			30,760	26.74%	-8.42%
Turnout			1,15,038	69.02%	1.75%
Registered electors			1,73,679
	TMC gain from INC		Swing	-9.29%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Peter Alphonse	65,142	62.10%	25.82%
	DMK	Ramakrishnan S.	28,263	26.94%	−3.31%
	BJP	Sastha R. T.	7,228	6.89%
	IUML	Chellathurai N.	3,185	3.04%
	THMM	Kumar M.	273	0.26%
	Independent	Balraj A.	271	0.26%
	Independent	Poorvamprakash T. S. P.	172	0.16%
	Independent	Rajaiah A.	124	0.12%
	Independent	Varadaraj P.	91	0.09%
	Independent	Palani T.	74	0.07%
	Independent	Davidraman S.	70	0.07%
Margin of victory			36,879	35.16%	29.12%
Turnout			1,04,893	67.27%	−10.25%
Registered electors			1,61,652
	INC hold		Swing	25.82%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Peter Alphonse	39,643	36.29%	−24.16%
	DMK	Pandivalavan. V. M	33,049	30.25%	−7.27%
	AIADMK	Gani A. M. M	20,578	18.84%
	Independent	Venkataramana T. S. R	12,860	11.77%
	Independent	Samudram. S. M	1,221	1.12%
	Independent	Chellappa P. M	427	0.39%
	Independent	Kalandher. E. M	304	0.28%
	Independent	Subbiah. S. M	253	0.23%
	Independent	Arunachalapandian. S. M	233	0.21%
	Independent	Paramasivan. K. M	231	0.21%
	Independent	Thankappan K. M	177	0.16%
Margin of victory			6,594	6.04%	-16.90%
Turnout			1,09,248	77.52%	−1.44%
Registered electors			1,43,876
	INC hold		Swing	-24.16%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. R. Venkataraman	57,011	60.45%	11.49%
	DMK	M. Kuthalingam	35,383	37.52%
	Independent	A. M. Subbniah	849	0.90%
	Independent	A. S. Thirumalai	726	0.77%
	Independent	M. Mohaidden Pichai	343	0.36%
Margin of victory			21,628	22.93%	22.01%
Turnout			94,312	78.96%	14.03%
Registered electors			1,25,902
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	10.57%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. K. Sattanatha Karayalar	36,638	49.88%
	INC	Ramanan Alias Venkataramanan. T. R.	35,963	48.96%	7.60%
	Independent	Mohideen Pichai. M.	452	0.62%
	Independent	Kalyana Sundaram. S. H.	404	0.55%
Margin of victory			675	0.92%	-15.18%
Turnout			73,457	64.93%	−7.22%
Registered electors			1,14,840
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	8.52%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Muthusamy Karayalar	30,273	41.36%	−2.98%
	Independent	J. Abdul Jabbar	18,489	25.26%
	DMK	V. Pandi Valavan	12,745	17.41%	−38.25%
	JP	L. Arumugasamy	10,529	14.39%
	Independent	T.K.V. Natarajan	1,158	1.58%
Margin of victory			11,784	16.10%	4.77%
Turnout			73,194	72.15%	−6.01%
Registered electors			1,02,800
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-14.30%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Samsudeen Alias Kathiravan	39,110	55.66%	6.88%
	INC	Iswar An I. C.	31,150	44.34%	−5.52%
Margin of victory			7,960	11.33%	10.26%
Turnout			70,260	78.16%	−4.99%
Registered electors			92,660
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	5.81%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	I. A. Chidambaram Pillai	34,561	49.86%	5.53%
	DMK	K. M. K. Samsudin	33,818	48.79%
	Independent	M. Pitchai	939	1.35%
Margin of victory			743	1.07%	-18.05%
Turnout			69,318	83.15%	7.86%
Registered electors			85,612
	INC hold		Swing	5.53%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. R. Subbiah Mudaliar	29,684	44.33%	1.03%
	IUML	Reboi Sahib	16,882	25.21%
	CPI	N. Shanmugam	13,003	19.42%
	SWA	Sankaranarayana Iyer	4,138	6.18%
	Independent	Palanichami	2,139	3.19%
	Independent	Muthiah Thevar	1,117	1.67%
Margin of victory			12,802	19.12%	9.53%
Turnout			66,963	75.30%	3.58%
Registered electors			91,851
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-8.56%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. Sattanatha Karayalar	31,145	52.89%
	INC	I. A. Chidambaram Pillai	25,499	43.30%	−1.23%
	Independent	A. Srinivasan	2,243	3.81%
Margin of victory			5,646	9.59%	4.88%
Turnout			58,887	71.72%	−0.47%
Registered electors			82,107
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	8.36%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Subramaniam Pillai	26,340	44.53%	44.53%
	Independent	Sevagupandia Thevar	23,557	39.82%
	SP	Pichia Mudaliar	9,256	15.65%
Margin of victory			2,783	4.70%
Turnout			59,153	72.19%
	{{{winner}}} win (new seat)
	INC win (new seat)

References

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