Madurai East Assembly constituency

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Madurai East
Constituency No. 189 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictMadurai
Lok Sabha constituencyMadurai
Established1957
Total electors336,527
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  [[Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam|Template:Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam/meta/shortname]]  
Elected year2026

Madurai East is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Election results from this constituency are listed below. For the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Madurai East was one of 17 assembly constituencies to use voter-verified paper audit trail.[1][2]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Madras State[edit | edit source]

Year Assembly Winner Party Tenure
1957 2nd P. K. R. Lakshmi Kanthan Indian National Congress 1957–1962
1962 3rd 1962–1967
1967 4th K. P. Janakiammal Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1967–1971

Tamil Nadu[edit | edit source]

Year Assembly Winner Party Tenure
1971 5th K. S. Ramakrishnan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1971–1977
1977 6th N. Sankariah Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1977–1980
1980 7th N. Sankariah Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1980–1984
1984 8th K. Kalimuthu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1984–1989
1989 9th S. R. Eradha (Leader of the Opposition) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1989–1991
1991 10th O. S. Amarnath All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1991–1996
1996 11th V. Velusamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1996–2001
2001 12th N. Nanmaran Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2001–2006
2006 13th N. Nanmaran Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2006–2011
2011 14th K. Tamilarasan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2011–2016
2016 15th P. Moorthy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2016–2021
2021 16th 2021-2026
2026 17th S. Karthikeyan Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam Incumbent

Election results[edit | edit source]

Vote share of winning candidates
2026
 
 43.74%
2021
 
 51.59%
2016
 
 50.62%
2011
 
 55.29%
2006
 
 38.20%
2001
 
 43.29%
1996
 
 46.24%
1991
 
 64.00%
1989
 
 48.88%
1984
 
 51.08%
1980
 
 49.35%
1977
 
 33.45%
1971
 
 44.13%
1967
 
 50.32%
1962
 
 48.11%

2026[edit | edit source]

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2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai (East)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TVK S. Karthikeyan 1,18,777 43.74 New
DMK P. Moorthy 1,02,230 37.64 Decrease13.95
AIADMK Mankulam K. Mahendran 31,016 11.42 Decrease19.32
NTK Selvam 13,629 5.02 Decrease2.41
NOTA NOTA 1,177 0.43 Decrease0.39
Margin of victory 16,547 6.09 Decrease14.76
Turnout 2,71,566
Registered electors 3,30,993
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam gain from DMK Swing Increase43.74

2021[edit | edit source]

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK P. Moorthy 122,729 51.59% +0.97
AIADMK R. Gopalakrishnan 73,125 30.74% −4.6
NTK J. Latha 17,668 7.43% +5.89
MNM I. Muthukrishnan 11,993 5.04% New
AMMK T. Saravanan 6,729 2.83% New
None of the above None of the above 1,944 0.82% -0.7
PT A. Balamurugan 1,755 0.74% New
Margin of victory 49,604 20.85% 5.57%
Turnout 237,892 72.31% −2.48%
Registered electors 328,990
DMK hold Swing 0.97%

2016[edit | edit source]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK P. Moorthy 108,569 50.62% +11.32
AIADMK P. Pandi 75,797 35.34% −19.95
CPI P. Kalithasan 11,599 5.41% New
BJP M. Suseendran 6,181 2.88% +1.39
NTK Sengannan 3,296 1.54% New
None of the above None of the above 3,246 1.51% New
PMK Alaguraja 1,113 0.52% New
Margin of victory 32,772 15.28% -0.71%
Turnout 214,473 74.79% −2.39%
Registered electors 286,766
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -4.67%

2011[edit | edit source]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. Tamilarasan 99,447 55.29% New
DMK P. Moorthy 70,692 39.30% New
BJP K. Srinivasan 2,677 1.49% −0.14
Independent V. Govindaraj 2,287 1.27% New
IJK K. G. Gnanasekaran 1,008 0.56% New
BSP A. Dhavamani 929 0.52% New
Margin of victory 28,755 15.99% 15.93%
Turnout 233,061 77.18% 6.34%
Registered electors 179,869
AIADMK gain from CPI (M) Swing 17.09%

2006[edit | edit source]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai East[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) N. Nanmaran 36,383 38.20% −5.09
MDMK M. Boominathan 36,332 38.15% +35.64
DMDK A. Dhamodharan 18,632 19.56% New
BJP A. P. Prabakaran 1,553 1.63% New
AIFB N. Subbaiah 655 0.69% New
Independent L. Thangavel 654 0.69% New
Margin of victory 51 0.05% -7.02%
Turnout 95,244 70.84% 15.92%
Registered electors 134,455
CPI(M) hold Swing -5.09%

2001[edit | edit source]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai East[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) N. Nanmaran 32,461 43.29% New
DMK V. Velusamy 27,157 36.22% −10.02
Independent N. L. Vasu 11,837 15.79% New
MDMK M. Boominathan 1,878 2.50% −2.12
JP Jarina Begam 586 0.78% New
JD(U) A. C. Kamaraj 507 0.68% New
Margin of victory 5,304 7.07% -15.53%
Turnout 74,980 54.92% −6.84%
Registered electors 136,526
CPI (M) gain from DMK Swing -2.94%

1996[edit | edit source]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai East[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK V. Velusamy 39,478 46.24% New
AIADMK T. R. Janardhanan 20,181 23.64% −40.36
BJP N. L. Vasu 14,915 17.47% +10.04
MDMK V. Muniyandi 3,946 4.62% New
JP J. Jebathurai 3,586 4.20% New
AIIC(T) R. Ramachandran 1,596 1.87% New
Margin of victory 19,297 22.60% -15.65%
Turnout 85,381 61.76% 5.76%
Registered electors 143,887
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -17.76%

1991[edit | edit source]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai East[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK O. S. Amarnath 50,336 64.00% +15.12
CPI(M) P. M. Kumar 20,248 25.74% −7.06
BJP R. V. Seshachario 5,841 7.43% +6.44
TMUL M. Ali Akbar 1,465 1.86% New
Margin of victory 30,088 38.26% 22.18%
Turnout 78,650 56.00% −10.53%
Registered electors 142,993
AIADMK hold Swing 15.12%

1989[edit | edit source]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai East[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. R. Eradha 40,519 48.88% −2.2
CPI(M) N. Sankaraiah 27,196 32.81% −10.9
INC M. K. Ramakrishnan 12,778 15.42% New
BJP T. R. Gopalan 817 0.99% New
Margin of victory 13,323 16.07% 8.70%
Turnout 82,892 66.53% −5.73%
Registered electors 126,225
AIADMK hold Swing -2.20%

1984[edit | edit source]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai East[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. Kalimuthu 43,210 51.08% New
CPI(M) P. M. Kumar 36,972 43.71% −5.64
Independent J. S. Krishnan 1,663 1.97% New
Independent Brinda Janardhanan 879 1.04% New
Indian Congress (J) O. K. (Obula) Lakshmanan 638 0.75% New
Margin of victory 6,238 7.37% -0.58%
Turnout 84,590 72.26% 15.24%
Registered electors 120,711
AIADMK gain from CPI (M) Swing 1.74%

1980[edit | edit source]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai East[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) N. Sankaraiah 36,862 49.35% +15.9
INC M. A. Ramamoorthy 30,923 41.40% +10.68
JP N. S. Ramamoorthy 5,647 7.56% New
Independent O. K. (Obula) Lakshmanan 382 0.51% New
Margin of victory 5,939 7.95% 5.21%
Turnout 74,701 57.02% −2.03%
Registered electors 132,153
CPI(M) hold Swing 15.90%

1977[edit | edit source]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai East[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) N. Sankaraiah 24,263 33.45% +23.76
INC A. G. Subbraman 22,278 30.71% −9.6
JP R. V. Seshachari 15,629 21.55% New
DMK M. R. Sankaran 9,644 13.29% −30.84
Independent R. V. Siddha 508 0.70% New
Margin of victory 1,985 2.74% -1.08%
Turnout 72,539 59.04% −12.79%
Registered electors 123,951
CPI (M) gain from DMK Swing -10.69%

1971[edit | edit source]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai East[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. S. Rama Krishnan 27,884 44.13% New
INC L. K. T. Muthuram 25,472 40.32% +2.89
CPI(M) V. Veera Badhran 6,118 9.68% −40.64
ABJS S. K. Balakrishnan 3,707 5.87% New
Margin of victory 2,412 3.82% -9.08%
Turnout 63,181 71.83% −7.28%
Registered electors 92,937
DMK gain from CPI (M) Swing -6.19%

1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Madurai East[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) K. P. Janakiammal 32,173 50.32% New
INC A. G. Subburaman 23,929 37.43% −10.69
ABJS R. V. Seshachari 7,396 11.57% New
Margin of victory 8,244 12.89% 0.50%
Turnout 63,936 79.11% 1.96%
Registered electors 82,764
CPI (M) gain from INC Swing 2.21%

1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Madurai East[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC P. K. R. Lakshmi Kantham 36,679 48.11% New
CPI N. Sankaraiah 27,228 35.72% New
SWA Ramu Servai 7,404 9.71% New
ABJS Ramia Seshachari 4,922 6.46% New
Margin of victory 9,451 12.40%
Turnout 76,233 77.15%
Registered electors 101,097
INC win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu. 11 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "20,000 personnel to be deployed for election work". The Hindu. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  4. ↑ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
  6. ↑ Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  7. ↑ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  8. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  9. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  10. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  11. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  12. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  13. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  14. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  15. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
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