Alangulam (state assembly constituency)

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Alangulam is a state legislative assembly constituency in Tenkasi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[1] It includes the city, Alangulam Tenkasi district. It is part of the Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency. Most successful candidate: DMK & ADMK (5 times)

Madras State[edit]

Year Winner Party
1952 Chinnathambi Thevar Indian National Congress
1957 Veluchamy Thevar Independent
1962 S. Chellapandian Thevar Indian National Congress
1967 Aladi Aruna (alias) V Arunachalam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu[edit]

Year Winner Party
1971 Aladi Aruna (alias) V Arunachalam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 V. Karuppasamy Pandian All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 R. Navaneetha Krishna Thevar Gandhi Kamaraj Congress Party
1984 N. Shanmugaiah Thevar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 S. S. Ramasubbu Indian National Congress
1991 S. S. Ramasubbu Indian National Congress
1996 Aladi Aruna (alias) V Arunachalam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 P. G. Rajendran Nadar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011 P. G. Rajendran Nadar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 P. H. Manoj Pandian All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[edit]

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
 36.44%
2016
 
 45.98%
2011
 
 47.29%
2006
 
 46.05%
2001
 
 48.95%
1996
 
 46.10%
1991
 
 62.69%
1989
 
 28.57%
1984
 
 54.49%
1980
 
 53.88%
1977
 
 28.43%
1971
 
 51.29%
1967
 
 51.26%
1962
 
 51.44%
1957
 
 51.64%
1952
 
 32.57%

2021[edit]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. H. Manoj Pandian 74,153 36.44% -7.08%
DMK Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna 70,614 34.70% -11.28%
Independent Hari Nadar. A 37,727 18.54%
NTK M. Sangeetha Esak 12,519 6.15% 4.86%
DMDK Rajendranathan 2,816 1.38% -2.64%
NOTA Nota 1,786 0.88% -0.20%
MNM S. Selvakumar 1,454 0.71%
style="background-color: Template:Puthiya Tamilagam/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Puthiya Tamilagam|Template:Puthiya Tamilagam/meta/shortname]] A. Udhayakumar 1,105 0.54%
Independent Arunkumar. K 492 0.24%
Independent K. Sivaram 436 0.21%
Independent S. Sankar Ganesh Yadav 376 0.18%
Margin of victory 3,539 1.74% -0.72%
Turnout 2,03,478 78.05% -0.99%
Registered electors 2,60,688
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -9.54%


2016[edit]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna 88,891 45.98% -1.13%
AIADMK Hepzi Karthikeyan 84,137 43.52% -3.77%
DMDK Rajendranath 7,784 4.03%
BJP S. V. Anburaj 4,660 2.41% 0.80%
NTK R . Vasanthi Ramalingam 2,495 1.29%
NOTA None Of The Above 2,089 1.08%
Independent M. Ramar 911 0.47%
PMK P. Gunasekaran 674 0.35%
Independent M. Murugan Yadav 630 0.33%
Independent Vaithilingam 461 0.24%
AIFB S. Parthibarajan 311 0.16%
Margin of victory 4,754 2.46% 2.28%
Turnout 1,93,326 79.04% -1.98%
Registered electors 2,44,588
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -1.31%


2011[edit]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. G. Rajendran 78,098 47.29% 6.31%
DMK Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna 77,799 47.11% 1.07%
BJP S. Sudalaiyandi 2,664 1.61% 0.01%
BSP E. Murugesan 1,234 0.75% -4.15%
Independent N. Rajendran 1,099 0.67%
Independent S. Thanga Raja 1,058 0.64%
Independent R. Ramalingam 924 0.56%
Independent Prakash G. 793 0.48%
Independent R. Kesavaraja 629 0.38%
Independent M. Murugan 408 0.25%
Independent A. Gnana Arul 228 0.14%
Margin of victory 299 0.18% -4.88%
Turnout 2,03,826 81.02% 7.23%
Registered electors 1,65,134
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 1.25%


2006[edit]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna 62,299 46.05% 0.54%
AIADMK Pandiaraj. M 55,454 40.99% -7.96%
BSP Sivakumar. M 6,620 4.89%
AIFB Samynathan. P 4,664 3.45%
DMDK Muthukumarasamy @ Durai K 2,751 2.03%
BJP Arulselvan. M 2,170 1.60%
Independent Meeran. A 1,336 0.99%
Margin of victory 6,845 5.06% 1.62%
Turnout 1,35,294 73.79% 8.42%
Registered electors 1,83,349
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -2.90%

2001[edit]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. G. Rajendran 58,498 48.95%
DMK Aladi Aruna 54,387 45.51% -0.59%
MDMK Krishnasamy . S. S 3,320 2.78% -9.58%
Independent Vaikuntam S. 1,561 1.31%
Independent Ravi Kumar . P. 821 0.69%
Independent Madasamy . G 542 0.45%
Independent Aruna. P. 380 0.32%
Margin of victory 4,111 3.44% -17.58%
Turnout 1,19,509 65.37% -7.55%
Registered electors 1,82,877
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 2.85%

1996[edit]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Aladi Aruna 53,374 46.10% 12.72%
INC Kamaraj. M. S. 29,038 25.08% -37.61%
MDMK Murugiah. M. P. 14,309 12.36%
AIIC(T) Ramasubbu. S. S. 6,475 5.59%
BJP Anburaj. S. V. 3,236 2.80%
Independent Poolpandian. I. 2,186 1.89%
Independent Murugiah @ Murugiah Pandian. S. 1,500 1.30%
Independent Shunmugaih Pandian. S. 864 0.75%
Independent Narayanan. Y. 512 0.44%
Independent Maruthasamy 389 0.34%
Independent Ramaswamy. K. 331 0.29%
Margin of victory 24,336 21.02% -8.29%
Turnout 1,15,771 72.92% 3.47%
Registered electors 1,67,697
DMK gain from INC Swing -16.59%


1991[edit]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. S. Ramasubbu 66,637 62.69% 34.12%
DMK Gurunathan S. 35,487 33.39% 5.26%
PMK Pavanasam C. 1,491 1.40%
style="background-color: Template:Tharasu Makkal Mandram/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Tharasu Makkal Mandram|Template:Tharasu Makkal Mandram/meta/shortname]] Palani Sankar M. 1,154 1.09%
JP Samraj Edward Pandian R. 491 0.46%
Independent Ramakrishnan M. 275 0.26%
Independent Rayappan M. 223 0.21%
Independent Vivekananthan T. 203 0.19%
Independent Devaraj J. 175 0.16%
Independent Karuppasamy R. 152 0.14%
Margin of victory 31,150 29.31% 28.87%
Turnout 1,06,288 69.45% -9.97%
Registered electors 1,57,887
INC hold Swing 34.12%

1989[edit]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. S. Ramasubbu 31,314 28.57%
DMK Murugiah M. P. 30,832 28.13% -2.53%
AIADMK V. Karuppasamy Pandian 23,964 21.87% -32.62%
AIADMK Aladi Aruna 20,867 19.04% -35.45%
Independent Rayappan. M. 414 0.38%
Independent Karaupasamy. R. 397 0.36%
Independent Ramiah (Thalapathy) M. 335 0.31%
Independent Kanniah. M. 309 0.28%
Independent Nachiar M 296 0.27%
Independent Subbiah Nadar M. 238 0.22%
Independent Antony S. 233 0.21%
Margin of victory 482 0.44% -23.38%
Turnout 1,09,598 79.43% 3.67%
Registered electors 1,40,927
INC gain from AIADMK Swing -25.92%


1984[edit]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Shanmuchiah Pendian N. 48,109 54.49%
DMK Thambi Thurai. P. 27,076 30.67% -14.48%
Independent Sekar. T. 5,922 6.71%
Independent Emarajan. S. P. 3,866 4.38%
Independent Thangaraj Pandian N. 2,448 2.77%
Independent Rayappan. M. 548 0.62%
Independent Kanniah M. 325 0.37%
Margin of victory 21,033 23.82% 15.10%
Turnout 88,294 75.76% 8.46%
Registered electors 1,24,914
AIADMK gain from Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress Swing 0.61%


1980[edit]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
style="background-color: Template:Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress|Template:Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress/meta/shortname]] Navaneetha Krishna Pandian. R. 41,271 53.88%
DMK Dorai Singh. E. 34,587 45.15% 28.82%
Independent Rayappan Nadar. M. 504 0.66%
Independent Ramakrishnan. M. 242 0.32%
Margin of victory 6,684 8.73% 6.13%
Turnout 76,604 67.29% 4.40%
Registered electors 1,15,519
Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress gain from AIADMK Swing 25.44%


1977[edit]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. Karuppasamy Pandian 20,183 28.43%
JP R. Navaneetha Krishna Pandian 18,342 25.84%
INC S. Ukkirama Pandian 17,997 25.35% -23.36%
DMK P. Thambi Durai 11,592 16.33% -34.96%
Independent S. Arulappan Nadar 1,024 1.44%
AIFB T. Thirumaran 861 1.21%
Independent S. Subbiah Thevar 663 0.93%
Independent M. Royappan Nadar 325 0.46%
Margin of victory 1,841 2.59% 0.01%
Turnout 70,987 62.89% -15.40%
Registered electors 1,14,602
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -22.86%


1971[edit]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Aladi Aruna 36,526 51.29% 0.04%
INC Ramachandran S. K. T. 34,688 48.71% 1.39%
Margin of victory 1,838 2.58% -1.35%
Turnout 71,214 78.29% 1.26%
Registered electors 93,471
DMK hold Swing 0.04%


1967[edit]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Aladi Aruna 33,509 51.26% 38.04%
INC A. B. Balagan 30,938 47.32% -4.12%
Independent M. Royappan 930 1.42%
Margin of victory 2,571 3.93% -12.16%
Turnout 65,377 77.03% 8.00%
Registered electors 87,529
DMK gain from INC Swing -0.18%


1962[edit]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. Chellapandian Thevar 32,650 51.44% 10.67%
[[Swatantra Party|Template:Swatantra Party/meta/shortname]] N. H. M. Pandian 22,438 35.35%
DMK V. Arunachalam Nadar 8,387 13.21%
Margin of victory 10,212 16.09% 5.22%
Turnout 63,475 69.02% 29.33%
Registered electors 95,066
INC gain from Independent Swing -0.21%


1957[edit]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Veluchamy Thevar 19,458 51.64%
INC S. Chellapandian Thevar 15,362 40.77% 8.20%
Independent Ambalavana Pillai 2,858 7.59%
Margin of victory 4,096 10.87% 1.98%
Turnout 37,678 39.70% -14.07%
Registered electors 94,908
Independent gain from INC Swing 19.07%


1952[edit]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Chinnathambi Thevar 13,433 32.57% 32.57%
Independent Thangarathnasami Nadar 9,765 23.68%
Independent Peter Arulmani 7,440 18.04%
SP Velikandanatha Pillai 5,463 13.25%
Independent Maria Louis Pandian 5,144 12.47%
Margin of victory 3,668 8.89%
Turnout 41,245 53.77%
Registered electors 76,713
INC win (new seat)

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.


Coordinates: 8°52′12″N 77°30′00″E / 8.8700°N 77.5000°E / 8.8700; 77.5000

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