Tenkasi Assembly constituency

Tenkasi
Tenkasi
Constituency for the State Assembly
	File:Constitution-Tenkasi.svg
Constituency Details
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Total electors	2,92,538
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	S. Palani Nadar
Party	INC
Elected year	2021

Tenkasi state assembly constituency in Tenkasi District Tamil Nadu.^[1] Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. It is part of the Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency.

Madras State[edit]

Year	Winner
1952	Subramaniam Pillai	Indian National Congress
1957	K. Sattanatha Karayalar	Independent
1962	A. R. Subbiah Mudaliar	Indian National Congress
1967	I. A. Chidambaram Pillai	Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu[edit]

Year	Winner
1971	Samsudeen alias Kathiravan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	S. Muthusamy Karayalar	Indian National Congress
1980	A. K. Sattanatha Karayalar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	T. R. Venkataraman	Indian National Congress
1989	S. Peter Alphonse	Indian National Congress
1991	S. Peter Alphonse	Indian National Congress
1996	K. Ravi Arunan	Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	K. Annamalai	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	R. Sarathkumar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	S. Selvamohandas Pandian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	S. Palani Nadar	Indian National Congress

Election Results[edit]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			41.71%
2016			42.58%
2011			54.30%
2006			49.98%
2001			51.41%
1996			52.82%
1991			62.10%
1989			36.29%
1984			60.45%
1980			49.88%
1977			41.36%
1971			55.66%
1967			49.86%
1962			44.33%
1957			52.89%
1952			44.53%

2021[edit]

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Palani Nadar	89,315	41.94%	-0.41
	AIADMK	S. Selvamohandas Pandian	88,945	41.77%	-0.81
	NTK	R. Vincentraj	15,336	7.20%	+5.77
	AMMK	S. Mohamed	9,944	4.67%	New
	MNM	R. Thirumalaimuthu	2,188	1.03%	New
	Independent	A. Madasamy	1,978	0.93%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,159	0.54%	-1.13
Margin of victory			370	0.17%	-0.05%
Turnout			2,12,949	72.89%	-4.04%
Registered electors			2,92,168
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-0.64%

2016[edit]

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2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Selvamohandas Pandian	86,339	42.58%	-11.72
	INC	S. Palani Nadar	85,877	42.35%	New
	BJP	B. Selvi	11,716	5.78%	+4.19
	TMC	N. D. S. Charles	7,324	3.61%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	3,391	1.67%	New
	NTK	C. Muthukumar	2,898	1.43%	New
	Independent	A. Madasamy	1,621	0.80%	New
	PMK	P. Seetharaman	1,222	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			462	0.23%	-13.29%
Turnout			2,02,775	76.93%	-1.98%
Registered electors			2,63,584
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-11.72%

2011[edit]

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2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Sarathkumar	92,253	54.30%	*New*
	DMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	69,286	40.78%	-9.2
	BJP	S. V. Anburaj	2,698	1.59%	-2.13
	ABHM	S. Arumugam	1,507	0.89%	New
	Independent	D. Mariappan	1,140	0.67%	New
	Independent	M. Vethala Iyyankan	1,080	0.64%	New
	Independent	S. Paramasivan	954	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			22,967	13.52%	0.15%
Turnout			1,69,910	78.91%	4.24%
Registered electors			2,15,324
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	4.32%

2006[edit]

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2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	69,755	49.98%	+5.8
	MDMK	Rama. Udayasuriyan	51,097	36.61%	New
	BJP	K. Ravi Arunan	5,190	3.72%	New
	DMDK	S. Kamaraj	5,081	3.64%	New
	BSP	S. Chandran	2,607	1.87%	New
	Independent	N. Mariappan	2,095	1.50%	New
	AIFB	A. Muthuraja	1,645	1.18%	New
	Independent	K. Bala Subramanian	1,166	0.84%	New
Margin of victory			18,658	13.37%	6.13%
Turnout			1,39,570	74.66%	10.87%
Registered electors			1,86,929
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.44%

2001[edit]

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2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Annamalai	62,454	51.41%	*New*
	DMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	53,662	44.18%	New
	Independent	M. Sankarasubramanian Alias Lala M. Mani	2,064	1.70%	New
	Independent	K. Balasubramanian	1,712	1.41%	New
	Independent	S. Iyappan	861	0.71%	New
	Independent	K. Subramanian	720	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			8,792	7.24%	-19.50%
Turnout			1,21,473	63.79%	-5.22%
Registered electors			1,90,762
	AIADMK gain from TMC		Swing	-1.40%

1996[edit]

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1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC	K. Ravi Arunan	60,758	52.82%	*New*
	INC	Aladi Sankaraiya	29,998	26.08%	-36.03
	MDMK	Asan Ibrahim	10,250	8.91%	New
	BJP	S. P. Deena Dayalan	9,962	8.66%	+1.77
	AIIC(T)	S. Thanga Samy Nadar	1,224	1.06%	New
Margin of victory			30,760	26.74%	-8.42%
Turnout			1,15,038	69.02%	1.75%
Registered electors			1,73,679
	TMC gain from INC		Swing	-9.29%

1991[edit]

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1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Peter Alphonse	65,142	62.10%	+25.82
	DMK	S. Ramakrishnan	28,263	26.94%	-3.31
	BJP	R. T. Sastha	7,228	6.89%	New
	IUML	N. Chellathurai	3,185	3.04%	New
Margin of victory			36,879	35.16%	29.12%
Turnout			1,04,893	67.27%	-10.25%
Registered electors			1,61,652
	INC hold		Swing	25.82%

1989[edit]

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1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Peter Alphonse	39,643	36.29%	-24.16
	DMK	V. Pandivalavan	33,049	30.25%	-7.27
	AIADMK	A. M. Gani	20,578	18.84%	New
	Independent	T. S. R. Venkataramana	12,860	11.77%	New
	Independent	S. Samudram	1,221	1.12%	New
Margin of victory			6,594	6.04%	-16.90%
Turnout			1,09,248	77.52%	-1.44%
Registered electors			1,43,876
	INC hold		Swing	-24.16%

1984[edit]

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1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. R. Venkataraman	57,011	60.45%	+11.49
	DMK	M. Kuthalingam	35,383	37.52%	New
	Independent	A. M. Subbniah	849	0.90%	New
	Independent	A. S. Thirumalai	726	0.77%	New
Margin of victory			21,628	22.93%	22.01%
Turnout			94,312	78.96%	14.03%
Registered electors			1,25,902
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	10.57%

1980[edit]

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1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. K. Sattanatha Karayalar	36,638	49.88%	*New*
	INC	T. R. Ramanan Alias Venkataramanan	35,963	48.96%	+7.6
	Independent	M. Mohideen Pichai	452	0.62%	New
	Independent	S. H. Kalyana Sundaram	404	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			675	0.92%	-15.18%
Turnout			73,457	64.93%	-7.22%
Registered electors			1,14,840
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	8.52%

1977[edit]

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1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Muthusamy Karayalar	30,273	41.36%	-2.98
	Independent	J. Abdul Jabbar	18,489	25.26%	New
	DMK	V. Pandi Valavan	12,745	17.41%	-38.25
	JP	L. Arumugasamy	10,529	14.39%	New
	Independent	T. K. V. Natarajan	1,158	1.58%	New
Margin of victory			11,784	16.10%	4.77%
Turnout			73,194	72.15%	-6.01%
Registered electors			1,02,800
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-14.30%

1971[edit]

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1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Samsudeen Alias Kathiravan	39,110	55.66%	+6.88
	INC	I. C. Iswaran	31,150	44.34%	-5.52
Margin of victory			7,960	11.33%	10.26%
Turnout			70,260	78.16%	-4.99%
Registered electors			92,660
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	5.81%

1967[edit]

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1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	I. A. Chidambaram Pillai	34,561	49.86%	+5.53
	DMK	K. M. K. Samsudin	33,818	48.79%	New
	Independent	M. Pitchai	939	1.35%	New
Margin of victory			743	1.07%	-18.05%
Turnout			69,318	83.15%	7.86%
Registered electors			85,612
	INC hold		Swing	5.53%

1962[edit]

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1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. R. Subbiah Mudaliar	29,684	44.33%	+1.03
	IUML	Reboi Sahib	16,882	25.21%	New
	CPI	N. Shanmugam	13,003	19.42%	New
	[[Swatantra Party\|Template:Swatantra Party/meta/shortname]]	Sankaranarayana Iyer	4,138	6.18%	New
	Independent	Palanichami	2,139	3.19%	New
	Independent	Muthiah Thevar	1,117	1.67%	New
Margin of victory			12,802	19.12%	9.53%
Turnout			66,963	75.30%	3.58%
Registered electors			91,851
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-8.56%

1957[edit]

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1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. Sattanatha Karayalar	31,145	52.89%	*New*
	INC	I. A. Chidambaram Pillai	25,499	43.30%	-1.23
	Independent	A. Srinivasan	2,243	3.81%	New
Margin of victory			5,646	9.59%	4.88%
Turnout			58,887	71.72%	-0.47%
Registered electors			82,107
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	8.36%

1952[edit]

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1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tenkasi^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Subramaniam Pillai	26,340	44.53%	*New*
	Independent	Sevagupandia Thevar	23,557	39.82%	New
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (India)/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Socialist Party (India)\|Template:Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]]	Pichia Mudaliar	9,256	15.65%	New
Margin of victory			2,783	4.70%
Turnout			59,153	72.19%
Registered electors			81,944
	INC win (new seat)

References[edit]

↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
↑ "tenkasi Election Result". Retrieved 18 July 2022.
↑ "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.
↑ 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.
↑ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
↑ Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
↑ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1957" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1951" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

[1] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

[2] "tenkasi Election Result". Retrieved 18 July 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 1957" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

[17] 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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