Gudiyatham (state assembly constituency)

Gudiyatham (SC) state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India.^[1] It comprises portions of the Gudiyattam and Vaniyambadi taluks and is a part of the Vellore parliamentary constituency for national elections.^[2] The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes.^[3] Most successful party: CPI-M (6 times)

Madras State[edit]

Year	Winner
1952	Rathnaswamy and A. J. Arunachala Mudaliar	Indian National Congress
1954	K. Kamaraj (Chief Minister)	Indian National Congress
1957	V. K. Kothandaraman and T. Manavalan	Communist Party of India and Indian National Congress
1962	T. Manavalan	Indian National Congress
1967	V. K. Kothandaraman	Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Year	Winner
1971	E. K. Duraiswamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	V. K. Gothandaraman	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1980	K. R. Sundaram	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1984	R. Govindasamy	Indian National Congress
1989	K. R. Sundaram	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991	V. Dhandayuthapani	Indian National Congress
1996	V. G. Dhanapal	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	C. M. Suryakala	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	G. Latha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011	K. Lingamuthu^[4]	Communist Party of India
2016	C. Jayanthi Padmanabhan -Disqualification by Assembly Speaker 2017^[5]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
By-Election 2019	S. Kathavarayan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	V. Amulu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudiyattam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	V. Amulu	1,00,412	47.45
	AIADMK	Paritha.G	93,511	44.19
	NTK	R. Kalaiyenthiri	11,834	5.59
	AMMK	Jayanthi Padmanaban C	1,810	0.86
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,699	0.8
Margin of victory			6,901
Turnout			2,11,630
	DMK hold		Swing

Bye-election, 2019: Gudiyattam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Kathavarayan	1,06,137	52.05
	AIADMK	R. Moorthy	78,296	38.40
	AMMK	C. Jayanthi Padmanabhan	8,186	4.01	+4.01
	NTK	R. Kalaiyenthiri	4,670	2.29	+2.29
	MNM	S. Venkatesan	3,287	1.69	+1.69
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,838	1.39	+1.39
Majority			27,841	13.65
Turnout			2,03,959	75.23
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudiyattam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	C. Jayanthi Padmanabhan	94,689	48.56
	DMK	Rajamarthandan, K	83,219	42.68
	PMK	Deepa B	7,505	3.85
	CPI	K. Lingamuthu	3,140	1.61
	NOTA	None of the above	2,241	1.15
Majority			11,470	5.88
Turnout			1,95,174	74.18
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudiyattam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	K. Lingamuthu	79,416	49.07
	DMK	K Rajamarthandan	73,574	45.46
	IJK	C Bharathi	1,687	1.04
	IND	P Vadivelan	1,416	0.87
	BSP	E Karunanithi	1,335	0.82
Majority			5,842	3.61
Turnout			1,62,009	77.08
	CPI gain from CPI (M)		Swing

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↑ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
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"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.