Kovilpatti Assembly constituency
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Kovilpatti is one of the 234 state legislative assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu in southern India. It is also one of the 6 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Thoothukkudi Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the oldest assembly segments in Tamil Nadu since Independence.[1]
Kovilpatti | |
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Constituency No. 218 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Thoothukudi |
LS constituency | Thoothukkudi |
Established | 1952 |
Total electors | 266,625 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | AIADMK |
Alliance | NDA |
Elected year | 2021 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly edit
Election | Assembly | Member | Political Party | Tenure | |
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1952 | 1st | Ramaswamy | Indian National Congress | 1952-1957 | |
1957 | 2nd | V. Suppaya | Independent | 1957-1962 | |
1962 | 3rd | N. V. Venugopalakrishnasami | Indian National Congress | 1962-1967 | |
1967 | 4th | S. Alagarsamy | Communist Party of India | 1967-1971 | |
1971 | 5th | S. Alagarsamy | Communist Party of India | 1971-1977 | |
1977 | 6th | S. Alagarsamy | Communist Party of India | 1977-1980 | |
1980 | 7th | S. Alagarsamy | Communist Party of India | 1980-1984 | |
1984 | 8th | R. Rangasamy | Indian National Congress | 1984-1989 | |
1989 | 9th | S. Alagarsamy | Communist Party of India | 1989-1991 | |
1991 | 10th | R. Shyamala | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1991-1996 | |
1996 | 11th | L. Ayyalusamy | Communist Party of India | 1996-2001 | |
2001 | 12th | S. Rajendran | Communist Party of India | 2001-2006 | |
2006 | 13th | L. Radhakrishnan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 2006-2011 | |
2011 | 14th | Kadambur C. Raju | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 2011-2016 | |
2016 | 15th | Kadambur C. Raju | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 2016-2021 | |
2021 | 16th | Kadambur C. Raju | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 2021-Incumbent |
Election results edit
2021 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | Kadambur Raju | 68,556 | 38.13% | -0.83 | |
AMMK | T. T. V. Dhinakaran | 56,153 | 31.23% | New | |
CPI(M) | K. Srinivasan | 37,380 | 20.79% | New | |
NTK | M. Gomathi | 9,213 | 5.12% | +3.87 | |
MNM | K. Kathiravan | 3,667 | 2.04% | New | |
NOTA | NOTA | 1,124 | 0.63% | -0.79 | |
Margin of victory | 12,403 | 6.90% | 6.64% | ||
Turnout | 1,79,804 | 67.62% | 0.92% | ||
Rejected ballots | 576 | 0.32% | |||
Registered electors | 2,65,915 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | -0.83% |
2016 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | Kadambur Raju | 64,514 | 38.96% | -16.89 | |
DMK | A. Subramanian | 64,086 | 38.70% | New | |
MDMK | Vinayaka Ramesh | 28,512 | 17.22% | New | |
NOTA | NOTA | 2,350 | 1.42% | New | |
NTK | T. Muthu Mari | 2,070 | 1.25% | New | |
PMK | G. Ramachandiran | 1,075 | 0.65% | -34.94 | |
Margin of victory | 428 | 0.26% | -20.00% | ||
Turnout | 1,65,607 | 66.70% | -5.48% | ||
Registered electors | 2,48,279 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | -16.89% |
2011 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | Kadambur Raju | 73,007 | 55.85% | +9.24 | |
PMK | G. Ramachandran | 46,527 | 35.59% | New | |
Independent | P. Mariappan | 2,685 | 2.05% | New | |
BJP | V. Rengarajan | 2,186 | 1.67% | +1.03 | |
Independent | E. Visuvasam | 1,232 | 0.94% | New | |
BSP | S. Arumairaj | 1,107 | 0.85% | -1.62 | |
Independent | V. Kennady | 1,068 | 0.82% | New | |
Independent | P. Ramasamy | 679 | 0.52% | New | |
Margin of victory | 26,480 | 20.26% | 9.48% | ||
Turnout | 1,30,723 | 72.18% | 7.46% | ||
Registered electors | 1,81,097 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | 9.24% |
2006 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | L. Radhakrishnan | 53,354 | 46.61% | New | |
CPI | S. Rajendran | 41,015 | 35.83% | -4.44 | |
DMDK | T. Srinivasa Raghavan | 11,633 | 10.16% | New | |
PT | K. Kovilselvan | 2,827 | 2.47% | New | |
AIFB | S. Chelladurai | 2,560 | 2.24% | New | |
Independent | V. Viswanathan | 1,201 | 1.05% | New | |
BJP | G. Somasundaram | 733 | 0.64% | New | |
Margin of victory | 12,339 | 10.78% | 2.83% | ||
Turnout | 1,14,478 | 64.73% | 6.03% | ||
Registered electors | 1,76,858 | ||||
AIADMK gain from CPI | Swing | 6.34% |
2001 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI | S. Rajendran | 45,796 | 40.27% | +5.08 | |
DMK | K. Rajaram | 36,757 | 32.32% | New | |
MDMK | K. Vishvamithran | 27,809 | 24.45% | -4.03 | |
Independent | M. Mariappan | 1,881 | 1.65% | New | |
Independent | R. Ayyalusamy | 757 | 0.67% | New | |
TLK | K. G. Muthurajan | 726 | 0.64% | New | |
Margin of victory | 9,039 | 7.95% | 1.25% | ||
Turnout | 1,13,726 | 58.69% | -7.15% | ||
Registered electors | 1,93,861 | ||||
CPI hold | Swing | 5.08% |
1996 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI | L. Ayyalusamy | 39,315 | 35.19% | +3.21 | |
MDMK | K. S. Radhakrishnan | 31,828 | 28.49% | New | |
AIADMK | L. Radhakrishnan | 31,168 | 27.90% | -33.92 | |
JP | V. R. Veeraragavan | 5,321 | 4.76% | New | |
BJP | V. Rengaraja | 806 | 0.72% | New | |
Margin of victory | 7,487 | 6.70% | -23.13% | ||
Turnout | 1,11,727 | 65.85% | 5.87% | ||
Registered electors | 1,75,222 | ||||
CPI gain from AIADMK | Swing | -26.62% |
1991 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | R. Shyamala | 58,535 | 61.81% | New | |
CPI | L. Ayyalusamy | 30,284 | 31.98% | -3.36 | |
PMK | P. Krishnamoorthy | 4,032 | 4.26% | New | |
Margin of victory | 28,251 | 29.83% | 26.52% | ||
Turnout | 94,698 | 59.98% | -10.36% | ||
Registered electors | 1,61,982 | ||||
AIADMK gain from CPI | Swing | 26.48% |
1989 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI | S. Alagarsamy | 35,008 | 35.34% | +0.72 | |
DMK | S. Radhakrishnan | 31,724 | 32.02% | New | |
Independent | A. Palpandian | 13,981 | 14.11% | New | |
Independent | S. Dharmar | 6,462 | 6.52% | New | |
Independent | M. S. Iyyadurai | 4,759 | 4.80% | New | |
Independent | V. Anandasamy | 3,263 | 3.29% | New | |
India Farmers and Tailers Party | R. P. Ramasamy | 2,742 | 2.77% | New | |
Margin of victory | 3,284 | 3.31% | -17.82% | ||
Turnout | 99,069 | 70.34% | -1.44% | ||
Registered electors | 1,43,671 | ||||
CPI gain from INC | Swing | -20.41% |
1984 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | R. Rangasamy | 45,623 | 55.75% | +15.64 | |
CPI | S. Alagarsamy | 28,327 | 34.61% | -16.76 | |
Independent | P. Seenirasu | 4,655 | 5.69% | New | |
Independent | V. Paulraj | 977 | 1.19% | New | |
Independent | R. Paramasivam | 715 | 0.87% | New | |
Independent | S. Perumalsamy | 633 | 0.77% | New | |
Independent | T. N. P. Raju | 627 | 0.77% | New | |
Margin of victory | 17,296 | 21.13% | 9.87% | ||
Turnout | 81,840 | 71.78% | 3.24% | ||
Registered electors | 1,20,666 | ||||
INC gain from CPI | Swing | 4.37% |
1980 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI | S. Alagarsamy | 39,442 | 51.37% | +18.63 | |
INC | V. Jeyalakshmi | 30,792 | 40.11% | New | |
JP | S. Kalidas | 6,281 | 8.18% | New | |
Margin of victory | 8,650 | 11.27% | 10.68% | ||
Turnout | 76,777 | 68.54% | 5.48% | ||
Registered electors | 1,13,218 | ||||
CPI hold | Swing | 18.63% |
1977 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI | S. Alagarsamy | 21,985 | 32.75% | -29.42 | |
AIADMK | P. Seeniraj | 21,588 | 32.15% | New | |
Margin of victory | 397 | 0.59% | -23.73% | ||
Turnout | 67,140 | 63.06% | -9.03% | ||
Registered electors | 1,07,794 | ||||
CPI hold | Swing | -29.42% |
1971 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI | S. Alagarsamy | 38,844 | 62.16% | +7.14 | |
INC | L. Subba Naicker | 23,646 | 37.84% | +0.04 | |
Margin of victory | 15,198 | 24.32% | 7.10% | ||
Turnout | 62,490 | 72.09% | -2.89% | ||
Registered electors | 92,524 | ||||
CPI hold | Swing | 7.14% |
1967 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI | S. Alagarsamy | 33,311 | 55.02% | +29.87 | |
INC | V. O. C. A. Pillai | 22,885 | 37.80% | +1.58 | |
Independent | R. K. Thevar | 3,709 | 6.13% | New | |
Independent | R. Chairman | 641 | 1.06% | New | |
Margin of victory | 10,426 | 17.22% | 10.52% | ||
Turnout | 60,546 | 74.98% | -2.49% | ||
Registered electors | 84,101 | ||||
CPI gain from INC | Swing | 18.80% |
1962 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | N. V. Venugopalakrishnasami | 22,158 | 36.22% | +6.38 | |
SWA | R. S. Appasami | 18,059 | 29.52% | New | |
CPI | S. Alagarsamy | 15,387 | 25.15% | -2.39 | |
DMK | M. Periasami | 5,030 | 8.22% | New | |
Independent | K. Venkataram Naidu | 543 | 0.89% | New | |
Margin of victory | 4,099 | 6.70% | 4.76% | ||
Turnout | 61,177 | 77.47% | 31.88% | ||
Registered electors | 81,603 | ||||
INC gain from Independent | Swing | 4.44% |
1957 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | V. Subbaiah Naicker | 11,425 | 31.78% | New | |
INC | Selvaraj | 10,726 | 29.84% | -34.83 | |
CPI | S. Alagarsamy | 9,901 | 27.54% | New | |
Independent | Ponnusamy | 3,898 | 10.84% | New | |
Margin of victory | 699 | 1.94% | -41.94% | ||
Turnout | 35,950 | 45.60% | -7.15% | ||
Registered electors | 78,841 | ||||
Independent gain from INC | Swing | -32.89% |
1952 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Ramasamy | 25,282 | 64.67% | New | |
Independent | Shanmugham | 8,124 | 20.78% | New | |
Socialist | Subbiah | 4,370 | 11.18% | New | |
KMPP | Perumal | 1,319 | 3.37% | New | |
Margin of victory | 17,158 | 43.89% | |||
Turnout | 39,095 | 52.75% | |||
Registered electors | 74,113 | ||||
INC win (new seat) |
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