Chidambaram Assembly constituency

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.

Chidambaram
Constituency No. 158 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

Madras State
Election Name Party
1952 Swami Sahajananda Indian National Congress
1957 G. Vagheesam Pillai
1962 S. Sivasubramanian
1967 R. Kanagasabai Pillai

Tamil Nadu
Election Duration Name Party
1971 1971-1977 P. Ponchokkalingam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 1977-1980 Kaliyamoorthy Durai
1980 1980-1984 K. R. Ganapathi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 1984-1989
1989 1989-1991 D. Krishnamoorthy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 1991-1996 K. S. Alagiri Indian National Congress
1996 1996-2001 Tamil Maanila Congress
2001 2001-2006 K. Durai Saravanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 2006-2011 A. Arunmozhithevan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011 2011-2016 K. Balakrishnan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2016 2016-2021 K. A. Pandian All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 2021-Incumbent

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%
JD(S) 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%
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%
TTP Swamikannu 30,517 21.09%
RPI Kuppuswami 9,606 6.64%
Socialist Govindarajan 5,861 4.05%
Margin of victory 8,992 4.20%
Turnout 1,44,680 109.98%
Registered electors 1,31,550
INC win (new seat)

References
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