Mayiladuturai Assembly constituency

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

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Mayiladuturai
Constituency No. 161 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Mayiladuthurai
LS constituency	Mayiladuturai
Established	1952
Total electors	2,45,987^[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent S. Rajakumar
Party	INC
Elected year	2021

Mayiladuthurai is a 38th district and a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[2] Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below. It was separated from Nagapattinam district and announced as Mayiladuthurai district on 24 March 2020. It is 38th district of Tamil Nadu. Most successful party: DMK & INC (5 times). It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

History

N. Kittappa of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam served as member for the Mayiladuthurai legislative constituency for four consecutive terms from 1967 to 1984.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] The Indian National Congress has won the seat four times (1957,^[7] 1962,^[8] 1991^[9] and 2006^[10]), the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, five times (1967,^[3] 1971,^[4] 1977,^[5] 1980,^[6] 1989); the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,^[11] Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)^[12] and the Bharatiya Janata Party,^[13] once each.

Madras State

Year	Winner
1952	K. R. Sambandan	Independent
1957	G. Narayanasamy Naidu	Indian National Congress
1962	G. Narayanasamy Naidu	Indian National Congress
1967	N. Kittappa	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	N. Kittappa	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977
1980
1984 (by election)	K. Sathiyaseelan
1984	M. Thangamani	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	A. Senguttuvan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	M. M. S. Abul Hassan	Indian National Congress
1996	M. M. S. Abul Hassan	Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	Jega Veerapandian	Bharatiya Janata Party
2006	S. Rajakumar	Indian National Congress
2011	R. Arulselvan	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	V. Rathakrishnan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	S. Rajakumar	Indian National Congress

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			42.17%
2016			42.02%
2011			44.64%
2006			46.27%
2001			49.51%
1996			58.50%
1991			55.34%
1989			42.73%
1984			51.87%
1980			48.89%
1977			39.34%
1971			50.69%
1967			51.21%
1962			51.10%
1957			30.81%
1952			28.23%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mayiladuturai^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Rajakumar	73,642	42.17%	*New*
	PMK	A. Palanisamy	70,900	40.60%	+32.83
	NTK	K. Kasiraman	13,186	7.55%	+6.56
	AMMK	R. K. Anbarasan Komal	7,282	4.17%	New
	MNM	N. Ravichandran	5,933	3.40%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,067	0.61%	-0.39
Margin of victory			2,742	1.57%	-1.26%
Turnout			174,640	71.00%	-1.41%
Rejected ballots			129	0.07%
Registered electors			245,987
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.15%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mayiladuturai^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Rathakrishnan	70,949	42.02%	*New*
	DMK	K. Anbazhagan	66,171	39.19%	New
	PMK	A. Ayyappan	13,115	7.77%	New
	DMDK	R. Arulselvan	12,294	7.28%	-37.36
	BJP	C. Muthukumarasamy	1,926	1.14%	-1.82
	NOTA	NOTA	1,688	1.00%	New
	NTK	J. Shahul Hameed	1,672	0.99%	New
Margin of victory			4,778	2.83%	0.70%
Turnout			168,856	72.40%	-4.28%
Registered electors			233,224
	AIADMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-2.63%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mayiladuturai^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	R. Arulselvan	63,326	44.64%	+42.67
	INC	S. Rajakumar	60,309	42.52%	-3.75
	Independent	B. Manimaran	6,023	4.25%	New
	BJP	G. Sethuraman	4,202	2.96%	+1.81
	Independent	S. Mathiyazhagan	1,678	1.18%	New
	IJK	S. K. Jayaraman	1,002	0.71%	New
	Independent	T. Murugan	963	0.68%	New
	BSP	M. Maithili	790	0.56%	+0.02
Margin of victory			3,017	2.13%	0.76%
Turnout			184,990	76.68%	4.01%
Registered electors			141,847
	DMDK gain from INC		Swing	-1.62%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mayiladuturai^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Rajakumar	53,490	46.27%	*New*
	MDMK	M. Mahalingam	51,912	44.90%	New
	Independent	T. Rajendar	4,346	3.76%	New
	DMDK	P. Thavamani	2,277	1.97%	New
	BJP	P. Vasudevan	1,327	1.15%	-48.36
	BSP	P. Muthusamy	624	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			1,578	1.36%	-1.00%
Turnout			115,612	72.67%	12.14%
Registered electors			159,101
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	-3.24%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mayiladuturai^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jega Veerapandian	51,303	49.51%	*New*
	AIADMK	R. Selvaraj	48,851	47.14%	New
	Independent	R. Mathanmohan	1,434	1.38%	New
	Independent	Pon. Prabaakaran	587	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			2,452	2.37%	-31.08%
Turnout			103,626	60.53%	-10.47%
Registered electors			171,477
	BJP gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-8.99%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mayiladuturai^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	M. M. S. Abul Hassan	60,522	58.50%	*New*
	INC	Rama Chidambaram	25,918	25.05%	-30.29
	PMK	K. Ramakrishnan	8,768	8.47%	New
	MDMK	M. Mahalingam	4,614	4.46%	New
	Independent	R. Marimuthu	1,103	1.07%	New
	Independent	V. Kubendhran	697	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			34,604	33.45%	9.79%
Turnout			103,459	71.00%	1.78%
Registered electors			151,914
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	3.16%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mayiladuturai^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. M. S. Abul Hassan	54,516	55.34%	+27.43
	DMK	A. Senguttivan	31,208	31.68%	-11.05
	PMK	K. Periyasamy	11,779	11.96%	New
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Margin of victory			23,308	23.66%	8.84%
Turnout			98,510	69.22%	2.94%
Registered electors			146,043
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	12.61%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mayiladuturai^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Senguttivan	36,793	42.73%	-4.55
	INC	M. M. S. Abul Hassan	24,034	27.91%	New
	AIADMK	S. R. G. Rajaraman	14,040	16.30%	-35.56
	Independent	P. Muthusamy	5,325	6.18%	New
	AIADMK	M. Thangamani	3,791	4.40%	-47.46
	BJP	V. Subbarayan	1,777	2.06%	New
Margin of victory			12,759	14.82%	10.23%
Turnout			86,110	66.28%	-13.43%
Registered electors			131,627
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-9.14%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mayiladuturai^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Thangamani	47,119	51.87%	+3.84
	DMK	K. Satiyaseelan	42,948	47.28%	-1.62
Margin of victory			4,171	4.59%	3.72%
Turnout			90,846	79.71%	8.71%
Registered electors			116,888
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	2.97%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mayiladuturai^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Kittappa	37,671	48.89%	+9.56
	AIADMK	Bala Velayutham	37,001	48.03%	+24.7
	Independent	K. P. Anbalagan	1,724	2.24%	New
	Independent	S. Santhanam	649	0.84%	New
Margin of victory			670	0.87%	-10.46%
Turnout			77,045	70.99%	-0.97%
Registered electors			109,869
	DMK hold		Swing	9.56%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mayiladuturai^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Kittappa	29,829	39.34%	-11.35
	INC	M. M. S. Abul Hassan	21,237	28.01%	-21.3
	AIADMK	Balavelayatham	17,687	23.33%	New
	JP	S. Somasundaram	7,071	9.33%	New
Margin of victory			8,592	11.33%	9.95%
Turnout			75,824	71.96%	-6.64%
Registered electors			106,786
	DMK hold		Swing	-11.35%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mayiladuturai^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Kittappa	37,311	50.69%	-0.52
	INC	M. R. Krishnappa	36,292	49.31%	+3.17
Margin of victory			1,019	1.38%	-3.69%
Turnout			73,603	78.60%	-2.37%
Registered electors			95,836
	DMK hold		Swing	-0.52%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Mayiladuturai^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Kittappa	33,721	51.21%	+16.72
	INC	G. N. Naidu	30,379	46.14%	-4.96
	Independent	Lakshmanan	938	1.42%	New
	Independent	P. Balakrishnan	807	1.23%	New
Margin of victory			3,342	5.08%	-11.53%
Turnout			65,845	80.97%	-2.12%
Registered electors			84,176
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	0.11%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Mayiladuturai^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. Narayanasamy Naidu	37,362	51.10%	+20.29
	DMK	Palanisamy Nadar	25,220	34.49%	New
	CPI	Gnanasambandan	8,163	11.16%	-1.67
	SWA	Angappan	2,373	3.25%	New
Margin of victory			12,142	16.61%	2.32%
Turnout			73,118	83.09%	-4.10%
Registered electors			91,209
	INC hold		Swing	20.29%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Mayiladuturai^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. Narayanasamy Naidu	49,188	30.81%	17.31%
	CPI	M. Kathamuthu	20,498	12.84%
	Independent	K. Kriahnamoorthi	12,061	7.55%
	Independent	B. Venkatakriahnan	9,564	5.99%
	Independent	G. Paramananthan	8,222	5.15%
	Independent	A. Veloo (SC)	4,137	2.59%
	Independent	T. Ramu (SC)	2,232	1.40%
Margin of victory			28,290	17.97%
Turnout			1,59,660	87.19%	-23.83%
Registered electors			1,83,122
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	2.58%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Mayiladuturai^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. R. Sambandan	47,323	28.23%
	INC	K. Pitchai	22,623	13.50%	13.50%
	Independent	M. S. Ponnuswami Iyer	17,105	10.20%
	CPI	N. Kataramuthu	12,251	7.31%
	RPI	I. B. S. Mani	9,180	5.48%
	Independent	Sidha Sankarananda	3,649	2.18%
Margin of victory			24,700	14.27%
Turnout			1,67,623	111.02%
Registered electors			1,50,988
	Independent win (new seat)

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