Tindivanam (state assembly constituency)

Tindivanam is a state assembly constituency in Viluppuram district of Tamil Nadu, India.^[1] The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. It comprises a portion of Tindivanam taluk and is a part of the Viluppuram constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[2]

Madras State[edit]

Year	Winner
1952	Venugopala Gounder and M. Jagannathan	Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party
1957	P. Veerappa Gounder and M. Jagannathan	Independent
1962	A. Thangavelu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	K. Ramamoorthy	Indian National Congress

Year	Winner
1971	G. Rajaram	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	T. R. Rajaram Reddy	Indian National Congress
1980	K. M. Thangamani Gounder	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	K. M. Thangamani	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	R. Masilamani	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	S. Pannirselvam	Indian National Congress
1996	R. Sedunathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	C. V. Shanmugam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	C. V. Shanmugam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	D. Haridoss	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	P. Seethapathy^[3]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	P. Seethapathy^[3]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tindivanam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Seethapathy	61,879	35.33	+35.33
	AIADMK	S. P. Rajendran	61,778	35.27	-17.32
	PMK	A. Kalidoss	29,848	17.04	-25.41
	DMDK	Udhaya Kumar M	14,928	8.52	+8.52
	NOTA	None of the above	2,112	1.21	+1.21
Margin of victory			101	0.06	-10.08
Turnout			1,75,157	78.95	-2.36
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-17.38

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tindivanam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Haridoss	80,553	52.59	+5.55
	PMK	M. P. Shankar	65,016	42.45	-2.73
	IND	M. Munusamy	2,071	1.35	+1.35
	IJK	R. Radhika	1,125	0.73	+0.73
	BJP	Venugopal M	1,010	0.66	+0.66
Margin of victory			15,537	10.14	+8.28
Turnout			1,53,240	81.31	+3.95
	AIADMK hold		Swing	+5.55

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tindivanam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. V. Shanmugam
	PMK

↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
↑ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
↑ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 72. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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