Chidambaram (State Assembly Constituency)

Chidambaram
Constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictCuddalore
LS constituencyChidambaram
Established1952
Total electors2,50,998[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AIADMK
Elected year2021

Chidambaram is a legislative assembly in Cuddalore district, which includes the city, Chidambaram.[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 Vagheesan Pillai and
Swami Sahajananda 		Indian National Congress
1957 G. Vagheesam Pillai and
Swami Sahajananda 		Indian National Congress
1962 S. Sivasubramanian Indian National Congress
1967 R. Kanagasabai Pillai Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu

Assembly Duration Winner Party
Fifth 1971-1977 P. Ponchokkalingam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth 1977-1980 Kaliyamoorthy Durai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh 1980-1984 K. R. Ganapathi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth 1984-1989 K. R. Ganapathi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth 1989-1991 D. Krishnamoorthy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth 1991-1996 K. S. Alagiri Indian National Congress
Eleventh 1996-2001 K. S. Alagiri Tamil Maanila Congress
Twelfth 2001-2006 K. Durai Saravanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth 2006-2011 A. Arunmozhithevan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth 2011-2016 K. Balakrishnan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Fifteenth 2016-2021 K. A. Pandian All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth 2021-Incumbent K. A. Pandian All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. A. Pandian 91,961 50.49% 16.17%
IUML S. Abdul Rahman 75,024 41.19%
NTK Natarajan Krishnamoorthy 9,071 4.98% 4.22%
MNM G. Devasagayam 2,953 1.62%
AMMK M. Nanthinidevi 1,388 0.76%
NOTA Nota 1,202 0.66% -0.34%
Margin of victory 16,937 9.30% 8.42%
Turnout 1,82,150 72.57% -1.88%
Rejected ballots 378 0.21%
Registered electors 2,50,998
AIADMK hold Swing 16.17%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. A. Pandian 58,543 34.31%
DMK Senthilkumar K R 57,037 33.43% -12.95%
PMK Arul R 24,226 14.20%
CPI(M) Balakrishnan K 23,314 13.66% -34.64%
SDPI Abdul Satthar G 1,775 1.04%
NOTA None Of The Above 1,714 1.00%
NTK Sathishkumar B (A) Baakyaa 1,295 0.76%
BJP Manimaran G 1,079 0.63% -2.07%
Independent Vinoba C 440 0.26%
Independent Dhivakar S 388 0.23%
Independent Senthilkumar R 302 0.18%
Margin of victory 1,506 0.88% -1.05%
Turnout 1,70,619 74.45% -3.46%
Registered electors 2,29,162
AIADMK gain from CPI(M) Swing -13.99%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Balakrishnan. K 72,054 48.30% 12.72%
DMK Sridhar Vandaiyar 69,175 46.37%
BJP V. Kannan 4,034 2.70% 1.76%
LJP R. Panneer 1,010 0.68%
Independent C. Vinoba 933 0.63%
Independent S. Sankar 591 0.40%
Independent A. Arulprakasam 478 0.32%
Independent K. Sathyamoorthy 459 0.31%
BSP K. Chellaiah 432 0.29% -0.12%
Margin of victory 2,879 1.93% -13.21%
Turnout 1,91,446 77.92% 2.47%
Registered electors 1,49,166
CPI(M) gain from AIADMK Swing -2.41%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK A. Arunmozhithevan 56,327 50.71%
CPI(M) Balakrishnan. K 39,517 35.58%
DMDK Rajamannan. P 10,303 9.28%
BJP Srinivasan. A. 1,054 0.95%
Independent Velmurugan. P 954 0.86%
Independent Vinoba. C 797 0.72%
BSP Barathidasan. K 453 0.41%
Independent Sundaravinayagam. N 326 0.29%
Independent Balakrishnan. R 275 0.25%
Independent Jaisankar. P 207 0.19%
Independent Balakrishnan. K 147 0.13%
Margin of victory 16,810 15.14% 3.65%
Turnout 1,11,066 75.44% 13.33%
Registered electors 1,47,220
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -1.98%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Saravanan Durai K. 54,647 52.70%
PMK T. Arivuselvan 42,732 41.21%
MDMK K. V. Mohana Sundar 3,765 3.63% -2.31%
Independent Jayaraj. V 1,089 1.05%
Independent S. Anbazhagan 958 0.92%
RJD K. Aravamuthan 262 0.25%
Janata Dal (Secular) N. Ramamoorthy 249 0.24%
Margin of victory 11,915 11.49% -16.67%
Turnout 1,03,702 62.12% -8.80%
Registered electors 1,67,006
DMK gain from TMC(M) Swing 2.17%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC(M) K. S. Alagiri 52,066 50.52%
INC A. Radhakrishnan 23,050 22.37% -28.83%
PMK K. Devadoss 19,737 19.15%
MDMK Durai Krishnamoorthy 6,121 5.94%
Independent N. Manickam 241 0.23%
Independent R. Palanivel 238 0.23%
Independent K. Saravanan 206 0.20%
Independent M. Azhappan 157 0.15%
Independent K. Panneerselvam 153 0.15%
Independent B. Sekar 149 0.14%
Independent A. Santhanam 139 0.13%
Margin of victory 29,016 28.16% 7.52%
Turnout 1,03,050 70.91% 1.77%
Registered electors 1,51,992
TMC(M) gain from INC Swing -0.68%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. S. Alagiri 48,767 51.20% 28.78%
DMK M. R. K. Panneerselvam 29,114 30.57% -11.57%
PMK Devadasu K. 15,913 16.71%
Independent Sanjeevi K. 443 0.47%
Independent Deivanayagam K. 277 0.29%
THMM Thangaraj R. 246 0.26%
Independent Dharman K. 234 0.25%
Independent Azeezkhan M. P. 148 0.16%
Independent Subramanian Thanga 102 0.11%
Margin of victory 19,653 20.63% 0.92%
Turnout 95,244 69.14% 1.55%
Registered electors 1,42,369
INC gain from DMK Swing 9.06%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Krishnamoorthy. D. 35,738 42.14% -1.70%
INC Radhakrishnan. A. 19,018 22.42%
Independent Arumugam. N. 12,363 14.58%
AIADMK Panneerselvam. K.P. 10,088 11.89% -42.65%
CPI Manivasagam. T. 5,371 6.33%
Independent Dharuman. K. 706 0.83%
Independent Umapathi. B. 496 0.58%
Independent Rathinasamy. N. 450 0.53%
Independent Arasan. P. 359 0.42%
Independent Paramaguru. R.K. 96 0.11%
Independent Balasekaran. S. 81 0.10%
Margin of victory 16,720 19.71% 9.00%
Turnout 84,813 67.60% -11.60%
Registered electors 1,27,893
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -12.41%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. R. Ganapathi 47,067 54.55% 2.84%
DMK K. S. Subramanian 37,824 43.84% -3.82%
Independent D. Arulmozhi 1,171 1.36%
Independent K. Tharuman Pathar 223 0.26%
Margin of victory 9,243 10.71% 6.66%
Turnout 86,285 79.20% 6.37%
Registered electors 1,14,114
AIADMK hold Swing 2.84%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. R. Ganapathi 41,728 51.71% 24.96%
DMK Kaliyamoorthy Durai 38,461 47.66% 16.36%
Independent Murugesan. A 281 0.35%
Independent Dharuman Pathar. K 229 0.28%
Margin of victory 3,267 4.05% -0.50%
Turnout 80,699 72.83% 5.14%
Registered electors 1,12,269
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 20.41%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Kaliyamoorthy Durai 22,917 31.30% -19.04%
AIADMK Muthugovindarajan 19,586 26.75%
INC B. Umapathy 15,644 21.36% -26.61%
JP A. Sambandam 10,960 14.97%
Independent N. Rathinasamy 1,817 2.48%
Independent M. Sanjeevi 1,422 1.94%
Independent K. Dharuman 474 0.65%
Independent R. Kannusamy 406 0.55%
Margin of victory 3,331 4.55% 2.19%
Turnout 73,226 67.68% -8.92%
Registered electors 1,09,561
DMK hold Swing -19.04%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK P. Ponchokkalingam 35,750 50.33% 3.34%
INC R. Gopalkrishnan 34,071 47.97% -1.21%
Independent Satchidanandama 1,206 1.70%
Margin of victory 1,679 2.36% 0.17%
Turnout 71,027 76.60% -4.86%
Registered electors 95,620
DMK gain from INC Swing 1.15%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Kanagasabai Pillai 34,911 49.18% -4.16%
DMK P. Ponchockalingam 33,356 46.99% 8.97%
Independent R. Govindarajan 1,881 2.65%
Independent P. Natarajan 834 1.17%
Margin of victory 1,555 2.19% -13.12%
Turnout 70,982 81.46% 15.15%
Registered electors 90,560
INC hold Swing -4.16%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. Sivasubramanian 33,438 53.34% 30.59%
DMK Arumugham K. 23,837 38.02%
CPI A. Munusami 5,413 8.63%
Margin of victory 9,601 15.32% 15.21%
Turnout 62,688 66.31% -32.83%
Registered electors 98,172
INC hold Swing 30.59%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC G. Vagheesam Pillai 37,255 22.75% -4.56%
INC Swami Sahajananda 37,089 22.64% -4.66%
Independent Chockalingam 30,345 18.53%
Independent S. Sivasubramanian 26,489 16.17%
Independent Gopalakrishnan 23,546 14.38%
Independent V. Kuppusamy (Sc) 5,420 3.31%
Independent A. Shanmugam (Sc) 3,643 2.22%
Margin of victory 166 0.10% -4.10%
Turnout 1,63,787 99.14% -10.84%
Registered electors 1,65,203
INC hold Swing -4.56%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Swami Sahajananda 39,509 27.31% 27.31%
INC G. Vagheesam Pillai 33,427 23.10% 23.10%
TTP Swamikannu 30,517 21.09%
TTP Sivasubramanian 25,760 17.80%
RPI Kuppuswami 9,606 6.64%
Socialist Govindarajan 5,861 4.05%
Margin of victory 6,082 4.20%
Turnout 1,44,680 109.98%
Registered electors 1,31,550
INC win (new seat)

References

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