Rajapalayam (state assembly constituency)

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Coordinates: 9°27′0″N 77°33′0″E / 9.45000°N 77.55000°E / 9.45000; 77.55000 Template:Infobox state assembly constituency Rajapalayam is an assembly constituency located in Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu.[1] It falls under Tenkasi Lok Sabha Constituency.

Madras State assembly[edit]

Year Winner Party
1962 R. Krishnasamy Naidu Indian National Congress
1967 A. A. S. Raja Independent

Tamil Nadu assembly[edit]

Year Winner Party
1971 K. Suppu Communist Party of India
1977 K. Dhanuskodi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 P. Mokkian Independent
1984 K. Raman Indian National Congress
1989 V. P. Rajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 T. Sathiah All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 V. P. Rajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 M. Rajasekar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 M. Chandra
2011 K. Gopalsamy
2016 S. Thangappandian Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 S. Thangappandian

Rajapalayam (State Assembly Constituency) moved to Tenkasi (Lok Sabha constituency) after 2009.

Election Results[edit]

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
 41.50%
2016
 
 43.82%
2011
 
 53.80%
2006
 
 39.37%
2001
 
 47.63%
1996
 
 38.62%
1991
 
 63.45%
1989
 
 40.75%
1984
 
 54.49%
1980
 
 44.07%
1977
 
 37.55%
1971
 
 50.45%
1967
 
 53.29%
1962
 
 51.73%

2021[edit]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK S. Thangappandian 74,158 41.50%
AIADMK K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji 70,260 39.32%
NTK Jeyaraj V. 15,601 8.73%
AMMK Kalimuthu K. 7,664 4.29%
MNM Vivekananthan S. 4,057 2.27%
style="background-color: Template:Puthiya Tamilagam/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Puthiya Tamilagam|Template:Puthiya Tamilagam/meta/shortname]] Ayyar V. K. 3,384 1.89%
NOTA Nota 1,875 1.05%
Independent Manikumar M. 548 0.31%
Independent Jeyaprakash I. 336 0.19%
Independent Thangapandi S. 264 0.15%
Independent Vijayakumar E. 140 0.08%
Margin of victory 3,898 2.18% -0.63%
Turnout 178,708 74.63% -1.43%
Registered electors 239,461
DMK hold Swing -2.32%

2016[edit]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK S. Thangappandian 74,787 43.82%
AIADMK Shyam. A. A. S. 69,985 41.00%
CPI (M) Gurusamy. A. 12,505 7.33%
BJP Ramachandra Raja. A. N. 3,435 2.01%
NTK Jeyaraj. V. 2,414 1.41%
NOTA None Of The Above 2,290 1.34%
PMK Lakshmanan. P. 1,073 0.63%
Independent Jeyaprakash. I. 919 0.54%
Arasamani. K. #N/A 547 0.32%
Independent Jeyaraj. T. 451 0.26%
Independent Thangapandi. S. 402 0.24%
Margin of victory 4,802 2.81% -11.58%
Turnout 170,688 76.06% -4.18%
Registered electors 224,407
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -9.99%

2011[edit]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. Gopalsamy 80,125 53.80%
DMK S. Thangappandian 58,693 39.41%
BJP N. S. Ramakrishnan 5,428 3.64%
Independent V. Murugan 736 0.49%
Independent A. Jakir Hussian 701 0.47%
Independent J. Joseph Chellappah 672 0.45%
BSP S. Manivasagam 625 0.42%
Independent R. Suria Maharaja 570 0.38%
Independent K. Dharmalingam 302 0.20%
Independent M. Manmadhan 278 0.19%
Independent P. Ayyanar 213 0.14%
Margin of victory 21,432 14.39% 14.06%
Turnout 185,596 80.24% 6.47%
Registered electors 148,925
AIADMK hold Swing 14.43%

2006[edit]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK M. Chandra 58,320 39.37%
DMK V. P. Rajan 57,827 39.04%
BSP Kalimuthu. P 13,218 8.92%
DMDK Ayyanar. N. 10,251 6.92%
AIFB Vijayakumari. R. 4,082 2.76%
BJP Chellapandi. M. 1,640 1.11%
Independent Muniasamy. P 1,210 0.82%
Independent Madasamy. I 485 0.33%
Independent Manmathan. M. 403 0.27%
Independent Periyashamy. A. 181 0.12%
Independent Duraibalan. D. 179 0.12%
Margin of victory 493 0.33% -7.07%
Turnout 148,122 73.77% 9.88%
Registered electors 200,783
AIADMK hold Swing -8.25%

2001[edit]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK M. Rajasekar 61,740 47.63%
DMK V. P. Rajan 52,145 40.23%
MDMK Ramanathan P. 12,613 9.73%
Independent Vellaichamy. M 1,280 0.99%
Independent Ramachandran. T 736 0.57%
Independent Muthusamy. M 487 0.38%
Independent Manmathan . M. 333 0.26%
Independent Muniasamy P. 299 0.23%
Margin of victory 9,595 7.40% -7.23%
Turnout 129,633 63.89% -6.63%
Registered electors 203,123
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 9.01%

1996[edit]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK V. P. Rajan 49,984 38.62%
AIADMK P. Prabakar 31,045 23.99%
JP K. Dhanuskodi 26,706 20.63%
MDMK T. Sadhan Thirumalikumar 17,862 13.80%
BJP M. Thangaraj 1,805 1.39%
Independent C. Ayyadurai 434 0.34%
Independent M. Manmathan 406 0.31%
AIIC(T) O. S. Veluchami 355 0.27%
Independent P. Kanthan 245 0.19%
Independent P. Nathan 187 0.14%
Independent G. Gurusamy 164 0.13%
Margin of victory 18,939 14.63% -14.47%
Turnout 129,427 70.52% 7.80%
Registered electors 192,670
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -24.83%

1991[edit]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK T. Sathiah 68,657 63.45%
K. Dhanuskodi #N/A 37,169 34.35%
Independent M. Poomari 687 0.63%
Independent M. Sonai 640 0.59%
PMK T. Sakthivel 392 0.36%
style="background-color: Template:Tharasu Makkal Mandram/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Tharasu Makkal Mandram|Template:Tharasu Makkal Mandram/meta/shortname]] C. Manisekar 261 0.24%
Independent D. Chollathurai Manopal 184 0.17%
Independent M. Manmathan 157 0.15%
Independent M. P. Jeyapal 65 0.06%
Margin of victory 31,488 29.10% 25.77%
Turnout 108,212 62.72% -13.88%
Registered electors 177,434
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 22.69%

1989[edit]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK V. P. Rajan 49,137 40.75%
INC Arunachalam M 45,122 37.42%
AIADMK Dhanuskodi. K. M 20,339 16.87%
Independent Shanmugaveli. M. M 4,873 4.04%
Independent Amirtharaj. T. M 366 0.30%
style="background-color: Template:Indian Farmers and Tailers Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Indian Farmers and Tailers Party|Template:Indian Farmers and Tailers Party/meta/shortname]] Thamilselvan. D. M 267 0.22%
Independent Rajendran. M. M 235 0.19%
Independent Perumal. A. M 147 0.12%
Independent Nallathambi K. K 89 0.07%
Margin of victory 4,015 3.33% -6.38%
Turnout 120,575 76.59% 2.96%
Registered electors 159,823
DMK gain from INC Swing -13.74%

1984[edit]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. Raman 54,670 54.49%
CPI Paulraj-I 44,924 44.78%
Independent Pitchai Kannu-S 499 0.50%
Independent Ramasamy. A. 238 0.24%
Margin of victory 9,746 9.71% -0.15%
Turnout 100,331 73.63% 7.10%
Registered electors 141,300
INC gain from Independent Swing 10.42%

1980[edit]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent P. Mokkian 38,339 44.07%
INC Pottu Pottan K. 29,758 34.20%
Independent Chinnaswamy A. 17,119 19.68%
Independent Maran S. S. 1,298 1.49%
Independent Paraman K. 489 0.56%
Margin of victory 8,581 9.86% 4.71%
Turnout 87,003 66.53% 6.71%
Registered electors 131,952
Independent gain from AIADMK Swing 6.52%

1977[edit]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. Dhanuskodi 28,028 37.55%
INC K. Pottupoattan 24,181 32.39%
JP J.S. Baliah 11,702 15.68%
DMK K. Andi Alias Gurusamy 10,220 13.69%
Independent M. Sundaram 382 0.51%
Independent A. Ramaswamy 136 0.18%
Margin of victory 3,847 5.15% 4.24%
Turnout 74,649 59.82% -17.21%
Registered electors 126,020
AIADMK gain from CPI Swing -12.91%

1971[edit]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI K. Suppu 36,827 50.45%
INC Srirenga Raja K. R. 36,163 49.55%
Margin of victory 664 0.91% -17.24%
Turnout 72,990 77.03% -6.81%
Registered electors 98,432
CPI gain from Independent Swing -2.83%

1967[edit]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent A. A. S. Raja 38,936 53.29%
INC P. A. A. Raja 25,675 35.14%
CPI (M) T. Nadar 8,224 11.26%
Independent Ramalingam 231 0.32%
Margin of victory 13,261 18.15% -9.80%
Turnout 73,066 83.83% 3.99%
Registered electors 89,597
Independent gain from INC Swing 1.56%

1962[edit]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Krishnasamy Naidu 41,692 51.73%
[[Swatantra Party|Template:Swatantra Party/meta/shortname]] V. Ramakrishna Raja 19,165 23.78%
CPI S. Alagirisamy 18,063 22.41%
Independent A. Chelliah 1,674 2.08%
Margin of victory 22,527 27.95%
Turnout 80,594 79.84%
Registered electors 103,902
INC win (new seat)

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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