| Pudukkottai | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 180 for theTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Pudukottai |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Tiruchirappalli |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,44,029[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | DMK |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Pudukottai is a state assembly constituency inTamil Nadu. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. An election was not held in year 1957. It comes underTiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency for Parliament elections.[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Balakrishnan | Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party | |
| 1962 | A. Thiagarajan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1967 | Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman | Indian National Congress | |
| 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% | |||
| 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% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 114 | 0.06% | |||
| Registered electors | 244,029 | ||||
| DMKhold | Swing | 8.50% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| DMKgain fromAIADMK | Swing | -7.58% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. R. Karthik Thondaiman | 1,01,998 | 71.16 | ||
| DMDK | Jahir Hussain. N. | 30,500 | 21.28 | ||
| IJK | Srinivasan N | 4,495 | 3.14 | ||
| MNMK | Arivalagan | 1,370 | 0.96 | ||
| Majority | 71,498 | 49.88 | |||
| Turnout | 1,43,346 | 73.49 | |||
| AIADMKgain fromCPI | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| CPIgain fromAIADMK | Swing | 4.60% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | -11.78% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromDMK | Swing | -2.70% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| DMKgain fromINC | Swing | -9.78% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| INCgain fromDMK | Swing | 30.20% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| DMKgain fromINC | Swing | -26.13% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | J. Mohamed Gani | 63,877 | 62.37% | +12.66 | |
| CPI | K. R. Subbiah | 26,214 | 25.60% | −22.79 | |
| INC(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 | ||||
| INChold | Swing | 12.66% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| INChold | Swing | 6.97% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| INChold | Swing | -4.07% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| INChold | Swing | -15.26% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| INCgain fromDMK | Swing | -2.91% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| DMKwin (new seat) | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| TTPwin (new seat) | |||||