Pudukkottai Assembly constituency

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Pudukkottai
Constituency No. 180 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictPudukottai
Lok Sabha constituencyTiruchirappalli
Established1951
Total electors225,944
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  DMK  
Elected year2026

Pudukottai is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. An election was not held in year 1957. It comes under Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency for Parliament elections.[1] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Madras State[edit | edit source]

Year Winner Party
1952 Balakrishnan Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party
1962 A. Thiagarajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967 Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu[edit | edit source]

Year Winner Party
1971 M. Sathiyamurthy Indian National Congress
1977 Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman Indian National Congress
1980 Indian National Congress (I)
1984 J. Mohammad Gani Indian National Congress
1989 A. Periannan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 C. Swaminathan Indian National Congress
1996 A. Periannan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1997* P. Mari Ayya
2001 Dr. C. Vijayabaskar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 R. Nedunchezhiyan
2011 S. P. Muthukumaran Communist Party of India
2012* V. R. Karthik Thondaiman All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 Periyannan Arasu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 V. Muthuraja
2026 V. Muthuraja
  • By-elections were held on the account of vacancy due to the demise of the sitting MLA.

Election results[edit | edit source]

Vote share of winning candidates
2021
 
 47.70%
2016
 
 39.19%
2012 by-election
 
 71.16%
2011
 
 46.78%
2006
 
 42.18%
2001
 
 53.96%
1996
 
 56.66%
1991
 
 66.44%
1989
 
 36.24%
1984
 
 62.37%
1980
 
 49.71%
1977
 
 42.74%
1971
 
 46.80%
1967
 
 62.07%
1962
 
 64.97%
1952
 
 52.53%

2026[edit | edit source]

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2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK V. Muthuraja
BJP N. Ramachandran
NTK Ezhilarasi
TVK K. M. Shareef New
NOTA NOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Registered electors 2,23,928
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

2021[edit | edit source]

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK V. Muthuraja 85,802 47.70% +8.5
AIADMK V. R. Karthik Thondaiman 72,801 40.47% +2.5
NTK Sasikumar 11,503 6.39% +5.44
MNM S. Moorthy 3,948 2.19% New
DMDK M. Subramanian 1,873 1.04% −3.55
Margin of victory 13,001 7.23% 6.00%
Turnout 179,892 73.72% −1.03%
Registered electors 244,029
DMK hold Swing 8.50%

2016[edit | edit source]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Periyannan Arassu 66,739 39.19% −5.37
AIADMK V. R. Karthik Thondaiman 64,655 37.97% New
Independent M. Chokkalingam 22,973 13.49% New
DMDK Jahir Hussain 7,810 4.59% New
NOTA NOTA 1,637 0.96% New
NTK M. Arunmozhichozhan 1,625 0.95% New
IJK G. Kumar 1,061 0.62% New
Independent A. Radhakrishnan 913 0.54% New
Margin of victory 2,084 1.22% -0.99%
Turnout 170,282 74.75% −4.14%
Registered electors 227,802
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -7.58%

2012 by-election[edit | edit source]

Bye-election, 2012: Pudukkottai
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. R. Karthik Thondaiman 0 0
DMDK Jahir Hussain. N. 40000 88.28
IJK Srinivasan N 4,495 3.14
MNMK Arivalagan 1,370 0.96
Majority 71,498 49.88
Turnout 1,43,346 73.49
AIADMK gain from CPI Swing

2011[edit | edit source]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI S. P. Muthukumaran 65,466 46.78% New
DMK Periyannan Arassu 62,365 44.56% +3.66
IJK N. Srinivasan 4,098 2.93% New
Independent V. Bharathan 3,901 2.79% New
BJP Pala. Selvam 1,748 1.25% −7.64
Independent C. Ravi 832 0.59% New
Independent T. Sevanthilingam 750 0.54% New
Margin of victory 3,101 2.22% 0.94%
Turnout 139,957 78.89% 3.40%
Registered electors 177,413
CPI gain from AIADMK Swing 4.60%

2006[edit | edit source]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK R. Nedunchezhian 64,319 42.18% −11.78
DMK M. Jaffarali 62,369 40.90% +6.53
BJP Durai Dhiviyanathan 13,559 8.89% New
DMDK S. Javaheer 6,880 4.51% New
TNJC M. Arumugam 837 0.55% New
Independent P. Vijayakumar 811 0.53% New
Independent A. Vetriselvam 770 0.50% New
Margin of victory 1,950 1.28% -18.31%
Turnout 152,502 75.49% 10.67%
Registered electors 202,027
AIADMK hold Swing -11.78%

2001[edit | edit source]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Dr. C. Vijayabasker 77,627 53.96% New
DMK Periyannan Arasu 49,444 34.37% −22.29
MDMK K. Kaliyamoorthy 10,702 7.44% −2.69
CPI(ML)L Kasi Viduthalaikkumaran 2,199 1.53% New
Independent S. Vijayabaskar 1,435 1.00% New
Independent M. Palanisamy 960 0.67% New
Margin of victory 28,183 19.59% -11.01%
Turnout 143,864 64.82% −8.50%
Registered electors 221,966
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -2.70%

1996[edit | edit source]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. Periannan 79,205 56.66% +25.29
INC S. C. Swaminathan 36,422 26.05% −40.39
MDMK V. N. Mani 14,165 10.13% New
PMK K. Shariff 2,244 1.61% New
Independent K. R. Subbiah 2,234 1.60% New
BJP P. Ravi 1,348 0.96% New
Independent P. Balakrishnan 978 0.70% New
Margin of victory 42,783 30.60% -4.47%
Turnout 139,794 73.31% 4.44%
Registered electors 199,005
DMK gain from INC Swing -9.78%

1991[edit | edit source]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. Swaminathan 82,205 66.44% +46.91
DMK V. N. Mani 38,806 31.36% −4.87
Margin of victory 43,399 35.08% 19.73%
Turnout 123,728 68.87% −9.84%
Registered electors 183,488
INC gain from DMK Swing 30.20%

1989[edit | edit source]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. Periannan 45,534 36.24% New
AIADMK Erama Veerappan 26,254 20.89% New
AIADMK S. Chellathurai 25,703 20.45% New
INC J. Mohamed Gani 24,536 19.53% −42.84
Independent K. Saminathan 1,836 1.46% New
Margin of victory 19,280 15.34% -21.43%
Turnout 125,661 78.71% 0.52%
Registered electors 162,152
DMK gain from INC Swing -26.13%

1984[edit | edit source]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC J. Mohamed Gani 63,877 62.37% +12.66
CPI K. R. Subbiah 26,214 25.60% −22.79
Indian Congress (J) S. Chelladhuri 7,354 7.18% New
Independent A. Sundaravel Udayar 3,018 2.95% New
Independent R. Samiaiah Kadavarar 1,023 1.00% New
Independent M. Lakshmanan 690 0.67% New
Margin of victory 37,663 36.77% 35.45%
Turnout 102,418 78.19% 4.12%
Registered electors 137,340
INC hold Swing 12.66%

1980[edit | edit source]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman 47,660 49.71% +6.97
CPI K. R. Subbiah 46,387 48.38% New
Independent R. Chidambaram 708 0.74% New
Independent V. Kuttayan 700 0.73% New
Margin of victory 1,273 1.33% -18.69%
Turnout 95,877 74.07% 5.25%
Registered electors 130,814
INC hold Swing 6.97%

1977[edit | edit source]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman 36,406 42.74% −4.07
AIADMK C. Anbarasan 19,352 22.72% New
DMK K. Chindambaram 19,217 22.56% New
JP A. Karuppiah Udayar 8,175 9.60% New
Independent J. Muthukrishnan 1,103 1.29% New
Independent M. Uthrapathy 937 1.10% New
Margin of victory 17,054 20.02% 18.28%
Turnout 85,190 68.82% −7.19%
Registered electors 125,055
INC hold Swing -4.07%

1971[edit | edit source]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC M. Sathiamoorthy 34,680 46.80% −15.26
CPI K. R. Subbaiah 33,393 45.07% +41.7
Independent D. Jeyaraj 4,996 6.74% New
Independent R. Chidambaram 1,026 1.38% New
Margin of victory 1,287 1.74% -25.76%
Turnout 74,095 76.01% −7.03%
Registered electors 103,655
INC hold Swing -15.26%

1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman 45,342 62.07% +27.04
DMK Thiagarajan 25,255 34.57% −30.4
CPI Rengasamy 2,458 3.36% New
Margin of victory 20,087 27.50% -2.45%
Turnout 73,055 83.03% 16.20%
Registered electors 91,205
INC gain from DMK Swing -2.91%

1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. Thiagarajan 37,563 64.97% New
INC V. Arunachala Thevar 20,252 35.03% New
Margin of victory 17,311 29.94%
Turnout 57,815 66.83%
Registered electors 90,173
DMK win (new seat)

1952[edit | edit source]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TTP Balakrishnan 22,954 52.53% New
INC Natesan Ambalakarar 12,756 29.19% New
Independent Sivaswami Servai 4,364 9.99% New
Independent Palaniyandi 2,375 5.43% New
Independent T. R. Vythianatha Ayyar 1,250 2.86% New
Margin of victory 10,198 23.34%
Turnout 43,699 53.68%
Registered electors 81,414
Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2016 - Tamil Nadu - Election Commission of India". Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Pudukkottai Election Result". Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  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.
  16. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1951" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.


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