Madurai South Assembly constituency

One of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India

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Madurai (South)
Constituency No. 192 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
LS constituency	Madurai
Established	1952
Total electors	2,30,133^[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent M. Boominathan
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Madurai South is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below.^[2]

Extent of Assembly Constituency

Madurai South Taluk (Part)
Madurai (M Corp.) Ward No.9, 10, 16, 39 and 43 to 59

^[2] This is a new constituency which includes majority of the erstwhile Madurai East Constituency.

Results

Year	Winner
2011	R. Annadurai	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2016	S.S.Saravanan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	M. Boominathan	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK)

Election Results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			42.49%
2016			42.75%
2011			61.59%
1952			46.95%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Madurai (South)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Boominathan	62,812	42.49%	+15.94
	AIADMK	S. S. Saravanan	56,297	38.08%	-4.67
	MNM	G. Eswaran	12,821	8.67%	New
	NTK	M. Abbas	10,483	7.09%	+5.32
	AMMK	Sha. Raajalingam	2,672	1.81%	New
	NOTA	Nota	1,551	1.05%	-0.94
	Independent	R. Saravanan	257	0.17%	New
	Independent	K. Jeya	178	0.12%	New
	Independent	Rajkumar (A) K. Manikandan	162	0.11%	New
	Independent	T. S. Vengadachalapathy	159	0.11%	New
	NGPP	S. Bharathi Kannamma	140	0.09%	New
Margin of victory			6,515	4.41%	-11.80%
Turnout			147,833	64.24%	-2.60%
Rejected ballots			131	0.09%
Registered electors			230,133
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-0.27%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Madurai (South)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. S. Saravanan	62,683	42.75%	*New*
	DMK	M. Balachandran	38,920	26.55%	New
	MDMK	M. Boominathan	19,443	13.26%	New
	BJP	A. R. Mahalakshmi	16,069	10.96%	+6.38
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,918	1.99%	New
	NTK	B. Vijayakumar	2,594	1.77%	New
	Socialistic Democratic Party	S. Najima Begum	2,210	1.51%	New
	PMK	S. Mari Selvam	864	0.59%	New
	Independent	A. Mujeeb Rahuman	267	0.18%	New
	Independent	N. K. Mahalakshmi	194	0.13%	New
	UCPI	U. Ganesan	177	0.12%	New
Margin of victory			23,763	16.21%	-17.34%
Turnout			146,611	66.84%	-8.96%
Registered electors			219,349
	AIADMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-18.84%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Madurai (South)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	R. Annadurai	83,441	61.59%	*New*
	INC	S. P. Varadharajan	37,990	28.04%	New
	Independent	K. Anuppanadi Jeya	6,243	4.61%	New
	BJP	N. S. R. Santharam	6,204	4.58%	New
	IJK	A. Josephine Mary	1,061	0.78%	New
Margin of victory			45,451	33.55%
Turnout			178,736	75.79%
Registered electors			135,472
	CPI(M) win (new seat)

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Madurai (South)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. K. Rama	20,838	46.95%	*New*
	Independent	A. Dharmaraj Santhosam	18,070	40.72%	New
	Independent	K. N. Krishnan	3,277	7.38%	New
	KMPP	Vidi V. Krishnan	1,101	2.48%	New
	Independent	K. R. C. Chari	1,095	2.47%	New
Margin of victory			2,768	6.24%
Turnout			44,381	64.96%
Registered electors			68,320
	INC win (new seat)

References

^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "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. "Statistical Report on General Election 1951" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.