Bhuvanagiri (State Assembly Constituency)

Bhuvanagiri
Constituency No. 157 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictCuddalore
LS constituencyChidambaram
Established1952
Total electors2,48,157[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AIADMK
Elected year2021

Bhuvanagiri is a legislative assembly in Cuddalore district, which includes the city, Bhuvanagiri, Tamil Nadu.[2] It is a part of the Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Madras State

Year Winner Party
1952 V. Krishnasami Padayachi Indian National Congress
1957 Samikannu Padayachi Indian National Congress
1962 Ramachandra Rayar Indian National Congress
1967 A. Govindarasan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Assembly Duration Winner Party
Fifth 1971-1977 M. A. Abusali Independent
Sixth 1977-1980 V. Raghuraman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh 1980-1984 V. V. Swaminathan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth 1984-1989 V. V. Swaminathan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth 1989-1991 S. Sivalogam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth 1991-1996 G. Malliga All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh 1996-2001 A. V. Abdul Naser Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth 2001-2006 P. S. Arul Independent* (supported AIADMK after election)
Thirteenth 2006-2011 Selvi Ramajayam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth 2011-2016 Selvi Ramajayam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth 2016-2021 K. Saravanan Durai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth 2021-Incumbent A. Arunmozhithevan[3] All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK A. Arunmozhithevan 96,453 48.92% 20.07%
DMK Saravanan. Durai. K 88,194 44.73% 13.00%
NTK Rathinavel. R. 6,958 3.53% 2.96%
AMMK Balamurugan. K. S. K 2,470 1.25%
NOTA Nota 1,058 0.54% -0.06%
Margin of victory 8,259 4.19% 1.31%
Turnout 1,97,165 79.45% -0.46%
Rejected ballots 253 0.13%
Registered electors 2,48,157
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 17.19%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Saravanan. Durai. K 60,554 31.73%
AIADMK Selvi Ramajayam 55,066 28.85% -22.49%
PMK Ashokkumar 33,681 17.65%
VCK Sinthanai Selvan 33,662 17.64%
Independent Marimuthu. R. 1,345 0.70%
NOTA None Of The Above 1,132 0.59%
NTK Rathinavel Ra 1,091 0.57%
BJP Muthu A 910 0.48%
Independent Murugavel. K. 781 0.41%
Independent Veeramani. T. 753 0.39%
Independent Eswan Ali. J. 563 0.29%
Margin of victory 5,488 2.88% -4.83%
Turnout 1,90,854 79.91% -2.12%
Registered electors 2,38,837
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -19.61%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Selvi. R 87,413 51.34% 0.10%
PMK T. Arivuselvan 74,296 43.64%
Independent K. Murugavel 2,511 1.47%
JMM A. Muthu 1,475 0.87%
LJP R. Kamalakannan 1,189 0.70%
BSP N. Samy 1,031 0.61% 0.25%
Independent P. Panneerselvam 603 0.35%
Independent P. Soundararajan 584 0.34%
Independent A. Mani 349 0.20%
Janata Dal (United) G. Thiruvarasamoorthy 243 0.14%
Independent K. Dhanarasu 233 0.14%
Margin of victory 13,117 7.70% -3.89%
Turnout 2,07,558 82.03% 5.88%
Registered electors 1,70,265
AIADMK hold Swing 0.10%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Selvi Ramajayam 65,505 51.24%
PMK Devadass. K. 50,682 39.65%
DMDK Shafiuddin. S. 7,292 5.70%
BJP Elumalai. S. 1,237 0.97%
Independent Venkatachalapathy. R 580 0.45%
Independent Babu. S 512 0.40%
BSP Jayabalan. K 454 0.36% -0.74%
Independent Bhuvanendiran. A. G 379 0.30%
SP Venkatesan. V 302 0.24%
Independent Radhakrishnan. R 259 0.20%
Independent Balasubramaniyan. K 217 0.17%
Margin of victory 14,823 11.60% 8.20%
Turnout 1,27,834 76.16% 12.32%
Registered electors 1,67,859
AIADMK gain from Independent Swing 6.39%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Arul . P. S 49,753 44.85%
MTD Gopalakrishanan. M 45,989 41.46%
MDMK Gunasekaran . A. N. 4,247 3.83% 0.03%
Janata Dal (Secular) Fazlurrahaman. Z 3,413 3.08%
Independent Chidambara Naddan A. P. 1,802 1.62%
BSP Murugesan. A 1,217 1.10%
Independent Veerasamy A. K 1,155 1.04%
Independent Thirusangumurthy. R 813 0.73%
Independent Abdullah . C. S. 774 0.70%
Independent Abdulrahman. A. R. 654 0.59%
Independent Rathakrishnan Raja 626 0.56%
Margin of victory 3,764 3.39% -13.74%
Turnout 1,10,930 63.84% -8.42%
Registered electors 1,73,785
Independent gain from DMK Swing 1.05%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. V. Abdul Naser 49,457 43.80% 17.29%
PMK P. D. Elangovan 30,112 26.67%
AIADMK P. M. Rasavel 27,904 24.71% -21.67%
MDMK D. Anbarasan 4,294 3.80%
Independent R. Radhakrishnan 209 0.19%
Independent V. V. R. Elanchezhian 198 0.18%
Independent T. Kolanji 177 0.16%
Independent H. Mohamed Abdul Khadar 164 0.15%
Independent S. Charkaravarthi 148 0.13%
Independent M. Jaisankar 142 0.13%
Independent V. Chellaperumal 115 0.10%
Margin of victory 19,345 17.13% -2.74%
Turnout 1,12,920 72.26% 0.60%
Registered electors 1,63,025
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -2.58%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK G. Malliga 48,164 46.38% 30.39%
DMK R. T. Sabapathy Mohan 27,530 26.51% -19.99%
PMK P. D. Aruimozhi 27,511 26.49%
Independent M. Thamayanthi 260 0.25%
BSP R. Radhakrishnan 220 0.21%
Independent R. Meideenkhan 168 0.16%
Margin of victory 20,634 19.87% -5.93%
Turnout 1,03,853 71.66% 7.32%
Registered electors 1,49,984
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -0.12%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Sivalogam. S. 39,430 46.50% 3.61%
Independent Rathakrishnan. R. 17,553 20.70%
AIADMK Swaminathan. V.V. 13,555 15.99% -40.21%
AIADMK Kalaimani. K. 7,212 8.51% -47.70%
INC Sundaramurthy. R. 6,247 7.37%
Independent Sankaradoss. S. 369 0.44%
Independent Siva. P. 257 0.30%
Independent Murthy. T.K. 120 0.14%
Independent Kaliuaperumal. A. 52 0.06%
Margin of victory 21,877 25.80% 12.49%
Turnout 84,795 64.34% -15.33%
Registered electors 1,34,779
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -9.70%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. V. Swaminathan 51,922 56.20% 7.10%
DMK Durai Krishnamoorthy 39,621 42.89%
Independent M. Kanagaraj 844 0.91%
Margin of victory 12,301 13.31% 5.78%
Turnout 92,387 79.66% 7.71%
Registered electors 1,22,059
AIADMK hold Swing 7.10%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. V. Swaminathan 41,207 49.10%
Independent Asanudeen. K. S 34,883 41.56%
JP Nedunchezhiyan. A 6,647 7.92%
Independent Satchidanandam. A 1,194 1.42%
Margin of victory 6,324 7.53% 1.92%
Turnout 83,931 71.95% 3.92%
Registered electors 1,18,301
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 20.76%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK V. Raghuraman 21,638 28.33%
JP T.M.D. Mahalingam 17,350 22.72%
INC P. Balraj 17,282 22.63% -13.43%
Independent M.A. Abusali 14,870 19.47%
Independent V. Radhakrishnan 3,613 4.73%
Independent P. Arumugam 1,390 1.82%
Independent C. Ramalingam 226 0.30%
Margin of victory 4,288 5.61% -2.63%
Turnout 76,369 68.03% -4.96%
Registered electors 1,14,210
DMK gain from Independent Swing -15.97%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent M. A. Abusali 28,615 44.31%
INC R. Balakrishnan 23,291 36.06% -4.90%
Independent K. Arumugam 9,962 15.42%
Independent C. Venkatakrishnan 1,618 2.51%
Independent P. Subrarayan 865 1.34%
Independent Mohamed Shaik V. 234 0.36%
Margin of victory 5,324 8.24% -7.08%
Turnout 64,585 72.99% -3.35%
Registered electors 97,115
Independent gain from DMK Swing -11.98%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. Govindarasan 38,795 56.28% 14.91%
INC D. Ramachandran 28,234 40.96% -2.59%
Independent M. Chellappa 1,900 2.76%
Margin of victory 10,561 15.32% 13.15%
Turnout 68,929 76.34% 4.59%
Registered electors 93,496
DMK gain from INC Swing 12.73%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ramachandra Rayar 29,434 43.55% -5.73%
DMK Vaithilingam 27,964 41.38%
Independent Venkatakrishna Naidu 5,982 8.85%
SWA Balakrishnan 3,358 4.97%
Independent Pattusami 847 1.25%
Margin of victory 1,470 2.18% -30.22%
Turnout 67,585 71.75% 23.17%
Registered electors 98,934
INC hold Swing -5.73%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Samikannu Pandayachi 21,553 49.28% 10.96%
Independent R. Balagurusamy 7,386 16.89%
CPI T. M. Somasundiram 7,099 16.23%
Independent C. Govindarasu 5,668 12.96%
Independent Gandhi 2,029 4.64%
Margin of victory 14,167 32.39% 29.76%
Turnout 43,735 48.58% -9.63%
Registered electors 90,032
INC hold Swing 10.96%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC V. Krishnaswamy Padayachi 13,709 38.32% 38.32%
TTP S. Tiruvenkata Nainar 12,768 35.69%
Independent V. Pattuswamisethuvaryar 2,591 7.24%
Independent S. Paramananda Rayar 2,380 6.65%
Independent S. Sundaramoorthy 2,319 6.48%
Socialist M. S. Zainulabuddin 2,011 5.62%
Margin of victory 941 2.63%
Turnout 35,778 58.21%
Registered electors 61,462
INC win (new seat)

References

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