Vasudevanallur (state assembly constituency)

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Vasudevanallur is a legislative assembly constituency in Tirunelveli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[1] It is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. It is part of the Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency.

Demographics

The Devendra Kula Velalar, Maravar, Senguntha Mudaliar, Nadar and Yadhava castes are highly concentrated in this constituency.[2]

Madras State

Year Winner Party
1967 A. Velladurai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year Winner Party
1971 A. Velladurai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 R. Krishnan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1980 R. Krishnan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1984 R. Eswaran Indian National Congress
1989 R. Eswaran Indian National Congress
1991 R. Eswaran Indian National Congress
1996 R. Eswaran Tamil Maanila Congress
2001 R. Eswaran Tamil Maanila Congress
2006 Dr. T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011 Dr. S. Duraiappa All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 A.Manoharan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 Dr. T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
 39.08%
2016
 
 45.06%
2011
 
 56.77%
2006
 
 40.27%
2001
 
 47.05%
1996
 
 32.50%
1991
 
 58.28%
1989
 
 32.15%
1984
 
 62.34%
1980
 
 50.51%
1977
 
 33.25%
1971
 
 56.96%
1967
 
 50.24%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vasudevanallur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Dr. T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar 68,730 39.08%
AIADMK Manoharan A 66,363 37.73% −7.33%
NTK Mathivanan S S 16,731 9.51% 7.07%
AMMK Thangaraj S 13,376 7.61%
PT Petchiammal V 3,651 2.08%
NOTA Nota 2,171 1.23% −0.45%
MNM Chinnasamy M 2,139 1.22%
NGPP Eswaran M 795 0.45%
Independent Ramamoorthy P 716 0.41%
Tamil Nadu Ilangyar Katchi Jayakumar P L A 544 0.31%
MIDP Karuppasamy K 342 0.19%
Margin of victory 2,367 1.35% -10.09%
Turnout 1,75,881 72.75% −1.38%
Registered electors 2,41,748
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -5.98%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vasudevanallur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Manoharan A 73,904 45.06% −11.71%
PT Anbalagan S 55,146 33.62%
CPI Samuthirakani R 13,735 8.37%
BJP Rajkumar N 7,121 4.34% 2.69%
NTK Palanisamy G 4,008 2.44%
Independent Arunachalam M 3,865 2.36%
NOTA None Of The Above 2,763 1.68%
Independent Samy M 1,343 0.82%
PMK Kasipandiyan K 1,198 0.73%
BSP Nirmal Kumar M 522 0.32% −0.48%
Independent Manokaran M 402 0.25%
Margin of victory 18,758 11.44% -8.34%
Turnout 1,64,007 74.14% −2.35%
Registered electors 2,21,225
AIADMK hold Swing -11.71%


2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vasudevanallur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Dr. S. Duraiappa 80,633 56.77%
INC Ganesan. S 52,543 37.00%
BJP Rajkumar. N 2,340 1.65% −0.62%
Independent Ramalingam. M 2,291 1.61%
Independent Poosaipandi. V 1,862 1.31%
BSP Pandi. S 1,130 0.80% −11.71%
Independent Pitchaikani. S 778 0.55%
Independent Thangamalai. G 449 0.32%
Margin of victory 28,090 19.78% 13.83%
Turnout 1,85,683 76.49% 6.09%
Registered electors 1,42,026
AIADMK gain from MDMK Swing 16.50%


2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vasudevanallur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MDMK Dr. T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar 45,790 40.27% 26.81%
CPI(M) Krishnan. R 39,031 34.33%
BSP Anandan. D 14,220 12.51%
DMDK Pitchai. S. 6,390 5.62%
AIFB Babu. K 4,332 3.81%
BJP Selvakani. C 2,579 2.27%
Independent Chandrasekaran. K 1,363 1.20%
Margin of victory 6,759 5.94% -5.37%
Turnout 1,13,705 70.40% 9.44%
Registered electors 1,61,517
MDMK gain from TMC Swing -6.77%


2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vasudevanallur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC(M) R. Eswaran 48,019 47.05% 14.55%
PT Thangapandian S 36,467 35.73%
MDMK Ganesh Kumar G 13,742 13.46%
Independent Durai Raj S 2,775 2.72%
Independent Samuthirapandian T 1,066 1.04%
Margin of victory 11,552 11.32% 10.71%
Turnout 1,02,069 60.96% −8.40%
Registered electors 1,67,586
TMC(M) hold Swing 14.55%


1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vasudevanallur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC(M) R. Eswaran 32,693 32.50%
INC Suresh Babu. P. 32,077 31.89% −26.39%
CPI(M) Krishnan. R. 20,302 20.18% −16.45%
Independent Gopalakrishnan. V. 8,950 8.90%
BJP Singarayan. A. 2,843 2.83%
PMK Murugan. S. 1,705 1.69%
Independent Muniasamy. A. 502 0.50%
Independent Karuppasamy. R. 341 0.34%
Independent Karuppasamy. M. 308 0.31%
Independent Karadi Radasamy. V. 249 0.25%
Independent Chandrasekaran. A. 205 0.20%
Margin of victory 616 0.61% -21.04%
Turnout 1,00,597 69.36% 4.01%
Registered electors 1,53,308
TMC gain from INC Swing -25.78%


1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vasudevanallur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Eswaran 54,688 58.28% 26.13%
CPI(M) Krishnan R. 34,374 36.63% 4.91%
IUML Paulraj K. 3,567 3.80%
THMM Madasamy S. 572 0.61%
Independent Karadi Madasamy V. 420 0.45%
Independent Manikkam A. 214 0.23%
Margin of victory 20,314 21.65% 21.22%
Turnout 93,835 65.35% −6.74%
Registered electors 1,49,712
INC hold Swing 26.13%


1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vasudevanallur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Eswaran 30,805 32.15% −30.19%
CPI(M) Krishnan. R. 30,394 31.72% −2.83%
CPI Kanagasabai. S. 17,325 18.08%
AIADMK Rengasay. T. 17,043 17.79%
Independent Sabapathy. K. S. 249 0.26%
Margin of victory 411 0.43% -27.37%
Turnout 95,816 72.09% 1.67%
Registered electors 1,35,907
INC hold Swing -30.19%


1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vasudevanallur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Eswaran 50,303 62.34% 16.69%
CPI(M) Periasamy. M. S. 27,875 34.55% −15.97%
Independent Muthiah. S. 865 1.07%
Independent Vijayan. V. 595 0.74%
Independent Maruthan K. 588 0.73%
Independent Sankarapandian. V. 460 0.57%
Margin of victory 22,428 27.80% 22.94%
Turnout 80,686 70.41% 13.35%
Registered electors 1,20,134
INC gain from CPI (M) Swing 11.83%


1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vasudevanallur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) R. Krishnan 33,107 50.51% 17.26%
INC Eswaran. R. 29,921 45.65%
JP Ayyadurai Alias Anantharaj 2,513 3.83%
Margin of victory 3,186 4.86% -1.83%
Turnout 65,541 57.06% 6.27%
Registered electors 1,16,791
CPI(M) hold Swing 17.26%


1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vasudevanallur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) R. Krishnan 20,092 33.25%
CPI I. Muthuraj 16,048 26.56%
JP Ayyadurai Alias Anantharaj 10,826 17.92%
DMK M. Duraisamy 10,330 17.10% −39.86%
Independent S. Kattapan 2,472 4.09%
Independent K. Maruthan 650 1.08%
Margin of victory 4,044 6.69% -7.22%
Turnout 60,418 50.79% −14.90%
Registered electors 1,21,099
CPI (M) gain from DMK Swing -23.70%


1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vasudevanallur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. Velladurai 35,954 56.96% 6.72%
INC Gopa Thevar A. 27,169 43.04% 3.15%
Margin of victory 8,785 13.92% 3.56%
Turnout 63,123 65.69% −9.79%
Registered electors 99,614
DMK hold Swing 6.72%


1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Vasudevanallur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. Velladurai 33,865 50.24%
INC M. P. Swamy 26,885 39.89%
CPI K. C. Thevar 6,653 9.87%
Margin of victory 6,980 10.36%
Turnout 67,403 75.48%
Registered electors 92,896
DMK win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Flow of recycled promises in Vasudevanallur". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
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