Srivilliputhur (state assembly constituency)

Srivilliputhur
Srivilliputhur
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
Country	India

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Srivilliputhur is an assembly constituency located in Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] It comes under Tenkasi Lok Sabha Constituency. P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja, former Chief Minister of Madras State was defeated in this constituency in 1952 election.

Madras State assembly

Year	Winner	Party	Runner up	Party
1952	1) D. K. Raja 3) A. Vaikuntam	IND INC	2) P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja 4) K. Arumugha Perumal	INC IND
1957	1) R. Krishnasamy Naidu 2) A. Chinnasami	INC INC	3) S. Alagarsamy 4) G. A. Appan	CPI IND
1962	M. Chelliah	INC	G. Gurusamy	DMK
1967	K. A. A. Gurusamy	DMK	S. P. Dharmaraj	INC

Tamil Nadu assembly

Year	Winner
1971	K. Gurusamy alias Andi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	R. Thamaraikani	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	R. Thamaraikani
1984	R. Thamaraikani
1989	A. Thangam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	R. Thamaraikani	Independent
1996	R. Thamaraikani	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	R. T. Inbathamilan
2006	T. Ramasamy	Communist Party of India
2011	V. Ponnupandi
2016	M. Chandra Prabha	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	E. Manraj

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			38.09%
2016			49.32%
2011			47.79%
2006			40.92%
2001			43.88%
1996			38.50%
1991			34.28%
1989			38.65%
1984			53.35%
1980			52.36%
1977			31.91%
1971			63.34%
1967			53.34%
1962			57.60%
1957			26.22%
1952			20.43%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Srivilliputhur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	E. Manraj	70,475	38.09%
	INC	Madhavarao. P. S. W.	57,737	31.20%
	AMMK	Sangeethapriya. S.	23,682	12.80%
	NTK	Abinaya. B.	20,348	11.00%
	PT	Shanthi. S.	4,985	2.69%
	MNM	Guruvaiya. K.	3,512	1.90%
	NOTA	Nota	1,666	0.90%
	Tamil Nadu Ilangyar Katchi	Irulandi. Dr. V.	942	0.51%
	Independent	Muthulakshmi.R.	363	0.20%
	Independent	Kannan. A.	238	0.13%
	Anaithu Makkal Puratchi Katchi	Pandiyaraj. K.	209	0.11%
Margin of victory			12,738	6.88%	-13.65%
Turnout			185,039	73.83%	−2.79%
Registered electors			250,640
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-11.23%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Srivilliputhur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Chandra Prabha	88,103	49.32%
	PT	Muthukumar. C	51,430	28.79%
	CPI	P. Lingam	19,415	10.87%
	BJP	Ramasamy. I	5,497	3.08%
	NTK	Kalyanasundaram. A	3,833	2.15%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,166	1.21%
	Independent	Thamaraiselvam. K	1,695	0.95%
	Independent	Ganesan. S	1,631	0.91%
	PMK	Vellaisamy. V	1,119	0.63%
	Independent	Karthikeyan. B	958	0.54%
	Independent	Muniyandi. M	596	0.33%
Margin of victory			36,673	20.53%	16.48%
Turnout			178,630	76.61%	−3.42%
Registered electors			233,156
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing	1.53%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Srivilliputhur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	V. Ponnupandi	73,485	47.79%
	DMK	R. V. K. Durai	67,257	43.74%
	Independent	S. Chinnapparaj	5,720	3.72%
	BSP	I. Sundarraj	1,309	0.85%
	Independent	M. K. Ganesan	1,263	0.82%
	Independent	M. Muniyandi	1,248	0.81%
	Independent	S. Subramanian	1,106	0.72%
	Independent	P. Sundarammal	1,021	0.66%
	Independent	V. Karuppasamy	745	0.48%
	Independent	M. Kannan	605	0.39%

Margin of victory			6,228	4.05%	-0.83%
Turnout			192,117	80.03%	7.49%
Registered electors			153,759
	CPI hold		Swing	6.87%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Srivilliputhur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	T. Ramasamy	55,473	40.92%
	AIADMK	Vinayagamoorthy. R	48,857	36.04%
	DMDK	Dhamotharakannan. R	11,218	8.28%
	BSP	Ramaraj. T	10,876	8.02%
	AIFB	Murugan. P	3,699	2.73%
	Independent	Rajendran. P	1,590	1.17%
	BJP	Gnanapandithan. P	1,264	0.93%
	Independent	Ramasamy. A	801	0.59%
	Independent	Ramar. P	404	0.30%
	Independent	Mariappan. I	393	0.29%
	Independent	Ramasamy. M	387	0.29%
Margin of victory			6,616	4.88%	-2.70%
Turnout			135,549	72.55%	11.93%
Registered electors			186,842
	CPI gain from AIADMK		Swing	-2.96%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Srivilliputhur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. T. Inbathamilan	53,095	43.88%
	BJP	Mohanrajulu S	43,921	36.30%
	Independent	R. Thamaraikani	15,928	13.16%
	Independent	Parameswaran G	2,385	1.97%
	Independent	Manokaran . K.	2,031	1.68%
	Independent	Jeyaraj P.	1,784	1.47%
	Independent	Gurusamy E. M.	595	0.49%
	Independent	Perumalsamy G	525	0.43%
	Independent	Thangiah M.	287	0.24%
	Independent	Thavasianantham K.	253	0.21%
	Independent	Chellappa. K.	190	0.16%
Margin of victory			9,174	7.58%	0.83%
Turnout			120,994	60.61%	−12.15%
Registered electors			199,642
	AIADMK hold		Swing	5.38%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Srivilliputhur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Thamaraikani	49,436	38.50%
	CPI	T. Ramasamy	40,769	31.75%
	JP	Gurusamy. E. M.	20,364	15.86%
	MDMK	Sivasubramanian. M.	12,246	9.54%
	BJP	Sivaramakrishnan. G.	1,385	1.08%
	Independent	Manokaran. M. K.	762	0.59%
	Independent	Veeran. K. P.	592	0.46%
	Independent	Perumal. P.	425	0.33%
	Independent	Rathinavel. S.	385	0.30%
	PMK	Arivazhagan. S.	299	0.23%
	Independent	Sundaramahalingam. S.	251	0.20%
Margin of victory			8,667	6.75%	5.72%
Turnout			128,393	72.77%	4.68%
Registered electors			183,930
	AIADMK gain from Independent		Swing	4.22%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Srivilliputhur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Thamaraikani	38,908	34.28%
	AIADMK	R. Vinayagamoorthi	37,739	33.25%
	CPI	R. Venkadasami	33,102	29.16%
	PMK	K. Radhamani	2,183	1.92%
	Independent	A. Ramasamy	600	0.53%
	Independent	S. R. Rajendram	295	0.26%
	THMM	G. Govindan	243	0.21%
	Independent	G. Uthayasooriyan	168	0.15%
	Independent	G. Munisamy	143	0.13%
		M. Somasundaram	121	0.11%
Margin of victory			1,169	1.03%	-10.40%
Turnout			113,502	68.08%	−9.08%
Registered electors			172,833
	Independent gain from DMK		Swing	-4.37%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Srivilliputhur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Thangam	45,628	38.65%
	AIADMK	R. Thamaraikani	32,133	27.22%
	INC	Suppu. K. M	21,126	17.89%
	AIADMK	Vinayakamoorthy. R. M	14,375	12.18%
	Independent	Govindan. K. M	1,193	1.01%
	Independent	Thangaiah. M. M	989	0.84%
	Independent	Pandi. G. M	255	0.22%
	Independent	Sakthivel. K. M	249	0.21%
	Independent	Somasundaram. M. M	235	0.20%
	Independent	Chandran. E. M	209	0.18%
	Independent	Raj. S. P. M	200	0.17%
Margin of victory			13,495	11.43%	3.38%
Turnout			118,063	77.16%	0.89%
Registered electors			156,247
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-14.71%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Srivilliputhur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Thamaraikani	54,458	53.35%
	DMK	Senivasan. P.	46,245	45.31%
	Independent	Gnanasekaran Alias Philavedran. M.	449	0.44%
	Independent	Somasundaram. M.	434	0.43%
	Independent	Pandi. G.	293	0.29%
	Independent	Rajakuberapandian. R.	193	0.19%
Margin of victory			8,213	8.05%	-11.68%
Turnout			102,072	76.27%	6.21%
Registered electors			139,529
	AIADMK hold		Swing	0.99%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Srivilliputhur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Thamaraikani	46,882	52.36%
	INC	Karruppiah Thevar P.	29,216	32.63%
	Independent	Kalasalingam T.	12,459	13.92%
	Independent	Suriyanarayanan R.	406	0.45%
	Independent	Pandi K.	366	0.41%
	Independent	Muthiah A.	207	0.23%
Margin of victory			17,666	19.73%	11.12%
Turnout			89,536	70.06%	2.69%
Registered electors			129,712
	AIADMK hold		Swing	20.45%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Srivilliputhur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Thamaraikani	25,990	31.91%
	DMK	V. Vaikundam	18,974	23.30%
	CPI	S. Alagarasami	18,876	23.18%
	JP	A.A. Anandan	14,901	18.30%
	Independent	S. Sandiran	1,590	1.95%
	Independent	G. Karuppiah Alias Arivarasan	446	0.55%
	Independent	C. Ponniah	403	0.49%
	Independent	M. Sundaramahalingam	267	0.33%
Margin of victory			7,016	8.61%	-18.06%
Turnout			81,447	67.37%	−4.85%
Registered electors			122,386
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-31.43%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Srivilliputhur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Gurusamy Alias Andi	41,522	63.34%
	INC	Dharmaraj S. P.	24,036	36.66%
Margin of victory			17,486	26.67%	13.69%
Turnout			65,558	72.22%	−6.26%
Registered electors			97,077
	DMK hold		Swing	9.99%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Srivilliputhur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. A. A. Gurusamy	36,732	53.34%
	INC	S. P. Dharmaraj	27,791	40.36%
	CPI	K. Paliyan	4,339	6.30%
Margin of victory			8,941	12.98%	-2.21%
Turnout			68,862	78.47%	7.30%
Registered electors			92,069
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-4.25%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Srivilliputhur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Chelliah	36,122	57.60%
	DMK	G. Gurusamy Alias Andi	26,595	42.40%
Margin of victory			9,527	15.19%	5.43%
Turnout			62,717	71.18%	−26.81%
Registered electors			92,752
	INC hold		Swing	31.37%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Srivilliputhur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Krishnasamy Naidu	49,498	26.22%
	INC	A. Chinnasami	31,070	16.46%
	CPI	S. Alagarsamy	26,181	13.87%
	Independent	Gurusami	20,250	10.73%
	Independent	G. A. Appan	18,214	9.65%
	Independent	M. Singappan	18,047	9.56%
	Independent	P. S. Chinnavenkata Raja	9,781	5.18%
	Independent	S. Chelliah	8,551	4.53%
	Independent	K. Karuppanan	5,386	2.85%
	Independent	K. A. Ramasami Raja	1,022	0.54%
	Independent	M. Dharmar Thevar	758	0.40%
Margin of victory			18,428	9.76%	9.69%
Turnout			188,758	97.99%	−20.99%
Registered electors			192,625
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	5.79%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Srivilliputhur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. K. Raja	35,473	20.43%
	INC	P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja	35,355	20.36%
	INC	A. Vaikuntam	25,172	14.50%
	Independent	K. Arumugha Perumal	15,860	9.13%
	Independent	M. Siruguppa	15,286	8.80%
	Independent	S. K. Muthuswami Thevar	13,755	7.92%
	SP	S. P. Dharmaraj	9,496	5.47%
	Independent	S. Annamalai	8,589	4.95%
	Independent	G. A. Appan	8,432	4.86%
	Independent	C. Govinda Tharaganar	6,210	3.58%
Margin of victory			118	0.07%	0.07%
Turnout			173,628	118.98%
Registered electors			145,933
	Independent win (new seat)

References

↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

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

[1] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

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