Andipatti (state assembly constituency)

Template:Infobox state assembly constituency Andipatti is a constituency in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly, that includes the city, Andipatti. It is part of the Theni (Lok Sabha constituency).

Madras State

Assembly	Year	Winner	Party
Third	1962	A. Krishnaveni		Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967	S. Paramasivam		Swatantra Party

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Year	Winner	Party
Sixth	1977-80	K. Kandasamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-84	S. S. Rajendran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984-89	M. G. Ramachandran (Chief Minister)		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989-91	P. Aasiyan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991-96	K. Thavasi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-01	P. Aasiyan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-02	Thanga Tamil Selvan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2002-06	J. Jayalalithaa (Chief Minister)		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006-2011	J. Jayalalithaa (Opposition Leader)		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011-2016	Thanga Tamil Selvan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016-2017	Thanga Tamil Selvan (Disqualified by Assembly Speaker 2017)		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2019 (By-election)	A. Maharajan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021-2026	A. Maharajan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Andipatti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Maharajan	93,541	44.64
	AIADMK	A.Logirajan	85,003	40.57
	AMMK	R.Jeyakumar	11,896	5.68
	NTK	Jeyakumar	11,216	5.35
	MNM	S.Gunasekaran	3,010	1.44
	NOTA	Nota	1,333	0.64
Margin of victory			8,538
Turnout			209,540
	DMK hold		Swing

2019 By-election

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections : Andipatti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Maharajan	87,079	42.71
	AIADMK	A. Logirajan	74,756	36.66
	AMMK	R. Jeyakumar	28,313	13.89
	NTK	Aruna Devi	5,180	2.54
	MNM	G. Alagarsamy	2,408	1.18
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,246	1.10
Majority			12,323	6.04
Turnout			2,03,900	77.08
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Andipatti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Thanga Tamil Selvan	1,03,129	51.93
	DMK	L. Mookiah	72,933	36.72
	DMDK	Krishnamoorthy M N	10,776	5.43
	BJP	Chakkaravarthi R	3,465	1.74
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,909	0.96
Majority			30,196	15.21
Turnout			1,98,757	78.30
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Andipatti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Thanga Tamil Selvan	91,721	53.75
	DMK	L. Mookiah	70,690	41.42
	BJP	Kumar R	1,660	0.97
	JMM	Rajapandi R	1,015	0.59
Majority			21,031	12.33
Turnout			1,70,926	81.74
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2006 Election results

2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election: Andipatti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	J. Jayalalithaa	73,927	55.04%	-3.18%
	DMK	Seeman	48,741	36.29%	+9%
	Independent	V.S. Chandran*	6,795	5.06%	n/a
Majority
Turnout			1,34,307	73.15
	AIADMK hold		Swing

• V.S. Chandran belonged to DMDK, led by actor turned politician Vijaykanth.

2002 By-Election results

2002 Tamil Nadu assembly by-election: Andipatti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	J. Jayalalithaa	78,437	58.22	+4.44
	DMK	Vaigai Sekar	37,236	27.64	-4.03
	MDMK	Jayachandran	8,421	6.25	-5.94
Majority
Turnout			1,34,744	64.60
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2001 Election results

2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election: Andipatti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Thanga Tamil Selvan	60,817	53.78
	DMK	P. Aasiyan	35,808	31.67
	MDMK	T.R.N Varatharajan	13,783	12.19
Majority
Turnout			1,13,150	59.10
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

References

• "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
• "Andipatti Electoral History". Archived from the original on 1 June 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)