Paramakudi (state assembly constituency)

Template:Infobox 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 politician
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
1991	S. Sundararaj		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	U. Thisaiveeran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	R. Ramprabhu		Tamil Maanila Congress
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

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021			46.59%
2019 By-election			%
2016			46.89%
2011			57.88%
2006			45.36%
2001			49.58%
1996			43.18%
1991			66.72%
1989			36.53%
1984			58.19%
1980			54.22%
1977			36.31%
1971			58.97%
1967			56.67%
1962			44.78%
1957			54.68%
1952			41.01%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Paramakudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Murugesan S	84,864	46.59%	6.43%
	AIADMK	N. Sadhan Prabhakar	71,579	39.30%	-7.60%
	NTK	Sasikala S	16,430	9.02%	7.45%
	MNM	Karuppu Raja M	3,488	1.91%
	DMDK	Selvi U	2,009	1.10%
	NOTA	Nota	1,258	0.69%	-0.25%
	Independent	Murukesan K	687	0.38%
	BSP	Govindan V	425	0.23%	-0.11%
	Independent	Rajiv Gandhi K	354	0.19%
	Independent	Udhayakumar M	208	0.11%
	Independent	Balamurugan S	198	0.11%
Margin of victory			13,285	7.29%	0.55%
Turnout			182,158	71.11%	2.40%
Registered electors			256,158
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-0.31%

2019 By-election

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Paramakudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Sambathkumar
	AIADMK	N. Sadhan Prabhakar
	MNM	A. Shankar
	AMMK	Dr. S. Muthiah
	NTK	Hemalatha
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]]		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Paramakudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Dr. S. Muthiah	79,254	46.89%	-10.98%
	DMK	U. Thisaiveeran	67,865	40.15%
	BJP	Balaganapathy. V. Pon	9,537	5.64%	2.43%
	VCK	Irulan. M	3,780	2.24%
	NTK	Hemalatha. V	2,655	1.57%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,598	0.95%
	PMK	Thangaraj. R	690	0.41%
	Independent	Baskaran. A	618	0.37%
	Independent	Raja. K. P	612	0.36%
	Independent	Kannathasan. R	576	0.34%
	BSP	Govindan. V	572	0.34%	-0.69%
Margin of victory			11,389	6.74%	-16.51%
Turnout			169,009	68.71%	-3.71%
Registered electors			245,978
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-10.98%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Paramakudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Dr. S. Sundararaj	86,150	57.88%	13.45%
	INC	R. Ramprabhu	51,544	34.63%	-10.73%
	BJP	Nagarajan. Suba	4,787	3.22%	1.36%
	BSP	Gandhi. R	1,538	1.03%	-0.44%
	Independent	Velu. V	1,522	1.02%
style="background-color: Template:Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam|Template:Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/shortname]]	Saravanakumar. M	1,444	0.97%
	Independent	Rasamoorthi. M	552	0.37%
	Independent	Muruganantham. V	388	0.26%
	Independent	Vadivel. G	358	0.24%
	Independent	Ganesan. G	290	0.19%
	Independent	Kumaresan. K	282	0.19%
Margin of victory			34,606	23.25%	22.31%
Turnout			205,541	72.42%	5.81%
Registered electors			148,855
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	12.52%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Paramakudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Ramprabhu	51,075	45.36%
	AIADMK	Dr. S. Sundararaj	50,021	44.42%
	DMDK	Thirumamalai Raja. A	4,554	4.04%
	BJP	Ugrapandian. K	2,090	1.86%
	BSP	Kalidass. A	1,654	1.47%
	Independent	Pandian. R	1,307	1.16%
	Independent	Kamarasan. U	614	0.55%
	Independent	Selvam. L	405	0.36%
	Independent	Karuppaiah. C	354	0.31%
	JD(U)	Ponvenda Solan. N	275	0.24%
	Independent	Alagu. M	251	0.22%
Margin of victory			1,054	0.94%	-4.42%
Turnout			112,600	66.61%	6.99%
Registered electors			169,035
	INC gain from TMC		Swing	-4.22%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Paramakudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC	R. Ramprabhu	53,746	49.58%
style="background-color: Template:Puthiya Tamilagam/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Puthiya Tamilagam|Template:Puthiya Tamilagam/meta/shortname]]	Chelliah S	47,939	44.22%
	MDMK	Durairaju K	4,153	3.83%	-1.61%
	Independent	Sakthivel M	1,497	1.38%
	Independent	Elavarasan B	1,075	0.99%
Margin of victory			5,807	5.36%	-12.99%
Turnout			108,410	59.62%	-6.28%
Registered electors			181,847
	TMC gain from DMK		Swing	6.40%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Paramakudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Thisaiveeran. U.	44,472	43.18%
	Independent	Muniasamy. K.	25,571	24.83%
	AIADMK	Sundararaj. S.	23,207	22.53%	-44.19%
	MDMK	T. K. Siraimeettan	5,604	5.44%
	PMK	Ugrapandian. K.	946	0.92%
	Independent	Ramasamy. S.	871	0.85%
	Independent	Thangasamy Devendiran S. M. R.	775	0.75%
	Independent	Mayan. P.	458	0.44%
	Independent	Devardasan. P. A. P.	319	0.31%
	Independent	Subramanian. S.	279	0.27%
	Independent	Murugan. M.	256	0.25%
Margin of victory			18,901	18.35%	-22.02%
Turnout			103,001	65.91%	6.56%
Registered electors			169,729
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-23.54%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Paramakudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Sundararaj	63,577	66.72%	30.19%
	CPI	Chandran N.	25,111	26.35%
	Independent	Madasamy R.	4,274	4.49%
	Independent	Sakkarai M.	1,229	1.29%
	Independent	Magarajan M.	1,100	1.15%
Margin of victory			38,466	40.37%	37.04%
Turnout			95,291	59.34%	-9.40%
Registered electors			171,075
	AIADMK hold		Swing	30.19%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Paramakudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Sundararaj	37,494	36.53%	-21.66%
	DMK	Kandasmay. K. V. R	34,080	33.20%	-6.89%
	INC	Rakkan. Kr. V.	19,681	19.17%
	AIADMK	Baluchamy. A.	8,473	8.25%	-49.94%
	BJP	Nagarajan. S.	2,164	2.11%
	Independent	Govindan. V.	749	0.73%
Margin of victory			3,414	3.33%	-14.77%
Turnout			102,641	68.75%	-4.72%
Registered electors			151,860
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-21.66%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Paramakudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Baluchamy	54,401	58.19%	3.97%
	DMK	T. K. Siraimeettan	37,480	40.09%	-3.17%
	Independent	Muthukkannu. K.	1,216	1.30%
	Independent	Govindan. V.	388	0.42%
Margin of victory			16,921	18.10%	7.14%
Turnout			93,485	73.47%	7.65%
Registered electors			133,365
	AIADMK hold		Swing	3.97%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Paramakudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Thavasi	43,710	54.22%	17.91%
	DMK	Elamaran. A.	34,876	43.26%	22.98%
	Independent	Kairasi Pandian. V.	1,298	1.61%
	Independent	Govindan. V.	383	0.48%
	Independent	Selvaraj. K. K. A. S.	349	0.43%
Margin of victory			8,834	10.96%	5.71%
Turnout			80,616	65.82%	2.72%
Registered electors			123,848
	AIADMK hold		Swing	17.91%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Paramakudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Ugrapandian	27,303	36.31%
	INC	K. Krishnan	23,357	31.06%	-3.35%
	DMK	T. K. Siraimeettan	15,254	20.29%	-38.69%
	JP	A.V. Swaminathan	8,156	10.85%
	Independent	V. Govindan Chatrakudi	817	1.09%
	Independent	R. Anbarasan	307	0.41%
Margin of victory			3,946	5.25%	-19.32%
Turnout			75,194	63.10%	-8.78%
Registered electors			120,599
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-22.66%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Paramakudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. K. Siraimeettan	42,614	58.97%	2.31%
	INC	Rakkan K. V.	24,864	34.41%	-1.98%
	Independent	Govindan V.	4,782	6.62%
Margin of victory			17,750	24.56%	4.29%
Turnout			72,260	71.88%	-6.10%
Registered electors			103,332
	DMK hold		Swing	2.31%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Paramakudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. K. Siraimeetan	40,428	56.67%	26.49%
	INC	R. Thavasi	25,962	36.39%	-8.39%
	CPI	Pasumalai	3,391	4.75%
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/shortname]]	K. Muthurakku	675	0.95%
	Independent	P. Kapuppiah	649	0.91%
	Independent	Balachandran	239	0.33%
Margin of victory			14,466	20.28%	5.67%
Turnout			71,344	77.99%	5.46%
Registered electors			94,043
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	11.89%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Paramakudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	C. Srinivasa Iyengar	33,301	44.78%	15.11%
	DMK	S. P. Thangavelan	22,439	30.17%
	CPI	M. Muttusamy	10,313	13.87%
	[[Swatantra Party|Template:Swatantra Party/meta/shortname]]	S. Ramasamy Thevar	3,945	5.30%
	[[Praja Socialist Party|Template:Praja Socialist Party/meta/shortname]]	M. Shanmugam Servai	2,283	3.07%
	Independent	K. Velu	2,091	2.81%
Margin of victory			10,862	14.60%	-10.41%
Turnout			74,372	72.52%	27.56%
Registered electors			106,433
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-9.91%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Paramakudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. Ramachandran	24,695	54.68%
	INC	Govindan	13,398	29.67%	-11.34%
	Independent	M. Sathivel	5,023	11.12%
	Independent	A. Thiagaraj	2,045	4.53%
Margin of victory			11,297	25.01%	4.98%
Turnout			45,161	44.96%	-6.70%
Registered electors			100,451
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	13.68%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Paramakudi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Govindan	13,859	41.01%	41.01%
	CPI	Natarajan	7,088	20.97%
	Independent	Srinivasa Naidu	6,088	18.01%
	SP	Pitchu	5,421	16.04%
	Independent	Sontiago	1,342	3.97%
Margin of victory			6,771	20.03%
Turnout			33,798	51.66%
Registered electors			65,430
	INC win (new seat)

Party leaders

இரா. ஜீவரத்தினம் Paramakudi North Town Secretary