Tiruvannamalai Assembly constituency

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Tiruvannamalai
Constituency No. 63 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
LS constituency	Tiruvannamalai
Total electors	2,86,380
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent E. V. Velu
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Tiruvannamalai is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 63. It comprises portions of the Chengam and Tiruvannamalai taluks and is a part of the similarly named constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. Most successful party: DMK (10 times). It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Madras State

Year	Winner
1952	Thangavelu and Ramachandra Reddiar	Indian National Congress
1957	P U Shanmugam and C Santhanam	Independent
1962	P Palani Pillai	Indian National Congress
1963 by election	P U Shanmugam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	D Vijayaraj	Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	P. U. Shanmugam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	P. U. Shanmugam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	K. Narayanasamy	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	A. S. Ravindran	Indian National Congress
1989	K. Pitchandi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	V. Kannan	Indian National Congress
1996	K. Pitchandi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001
2006
2011	E. V. Velu
2016
2021

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			66.72%
2016			57.15%
2011			49.40%
2006			49.88%
2001			47.75%
1996			66.55%
1991			58.94%
1989			54.61%
1984			51.31%
1980			58.78%
1977			32.22%
1971			62.21%
1967			49.39%
1963 By-election			0.0%
1962			50.06%
1957			29.42%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvannamalai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. V. Velu	137,876	66.72%	+9.57
	BJP	S. Thanigaivel	43,203	20.91%	+19.96
	NTK	J. Kamalakkannan	13,995	6.77%	+5.95
	MNM	R. Arul	6,246	3.02%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,194	1.06%	+0.18
	AMMK	A. G. Panchatcharam	2,108	1.02%	New
Margin of victory			94,673	45.81%	21.11%
Turnout			206,642	72.16%	−7.71%
Rejected ballots			130	0.06%
Registered electors			286,380
	DMK hold		Swing	9.57%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvannamalai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. V. Velu	116,484	57.15%	+7.75
	AIADMK	K. Rajan	66,136	32.45%	−13.96
	PMK	L. Pandian	7,916	3.88%	New
	DMDK	S. Manikandan	5,075	2.49%	New
	BJP	Venkatachalapathi	1,935	0.95%	+0.06
	NOTA	NOTA	1,803	0.88%	New
	NTK	J. Kamalakkannan	1,686	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			50,348	24.70%	21.72%
Turnout			203,825	79.87%	−0.95%
Registered electors			255,195
	DMK hold		Swing	7.75%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvannamalai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. V. Velu	84,802	49.40%	−0.49
	AIADMK	S. Ramachandran	79,676	46.41%	+5.07
	BJP	A. Arjunan	1,519	0.88%	−0.21
	Independent	S. Sathasivaraja	1,186	0.69%	New
	BSP	S. Raji	955	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			5,126	2.99%	−5.56%
Turnout			171,679	80.82%	11.15%
Registered electors			212,430
	DMK hold		Swing	-0.49%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvannamalai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Pitchandi	74,773	49.88%	+2.14
	AIADMK	R. Pavan Kumar	61,970	41.34%	New
	DMDK	S. Kumaran	6,660	4.44%	New
	BJP	Narayana Gandhi @ G. Gandhi	1,635	1.09%	New
	SP	A. Kalingan	1,289	0.86%	New
	Independent	E. Pichandi	889	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			12,803	8.54%	5.50%
Turnout			149,893	69.67%	9.50%
Registered electors			215,158
	DMK hold		Swing	2.14%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvannamalai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Pitchandi	64,115	47.75%	−18.8
	PMK	M. Shunmugasundaram	60,025	44.70%	+39.11
	MDMK	J. Senthil Kumar	3,140	2.34%	+0.57
	Independent	K. Mohan	2,518	1.88%	New
	Independent	A. Alagesan	1,720	1.28%	New
	Independent	P. Arumugam	764	0.57%	New
	Independent	T. Pakkiri	695	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			4,090	3.05%	−39.06%
Turnout			134,281	60.17%	−9.34%
Registered electors			223,433
	DMK hold		Swing	-18.80%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvannamalai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Pitchandi	83,731	66.55%	+33.04
	INC	A. Arunachalam	30,753	24.44%	−34.5
	PMK	B. Sekar	7,040	5.60%	New
	MDMK	T. Elango	2,231	1.77%	New
	BJP	R. Pandurangan	671	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			52,978	42.11%	16.68%
Turnout			125,822	69.50%	1.25%
Registered electors			188,514
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	7.61%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvannamalai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Kannan	67,034	58.94%	+36.97
	DMK	K. Pitchandi	38,115	33.51%	−21.1
	PMK	M. Shanmugasundaram	6,887	6.06%	New
Margin of victory			28,919	25.43%	−7.22%
Turnout			113,737	68.26%	−3.43%
Registered electors			171,857
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	4.33%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvannamalai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Pitchandi	57,556	54.61%	+8.84
	INC	A. S. Ravindran	23,154	21.97%	−29.34
	AIADMK	K. P. Kannan	18,061	17.14%	New
	Independent	G. Krishnamoorthy	4,431	4.20%	New
	Independent	T. C. Kannan	887	0.84%	New
	Independent	V. Ramasamy	592	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			34,402	32.64%	27.10%
Turnout			105,394	71.68%	−6.49%
Registered electors			150,265
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	3.30%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvannamalai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. S. Ravindran	49,782	51.31%	−7.47
	DMK	S. Murugaiyan	44,409	45.77%	New
	Independent	N. Ramanujam	2,385	2.46%	New
Margin of victory			5,373	5.54%	−14.31%
Turnout			97,027	78.17%	−0.02%
Registered electors			129,693
	INC hold		Swing	-7.47%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvannamalai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Narayanasamy	54,437	58.78%	+28.17
	AIADMK	P. U. Shunmugam	36,052	38.93%	+14.57
	Independent	S. Narayanasamy	634	0.68%	New
	Independent	K. R. Venkatesan	520	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			18,385	19.85%	18.24%
Turnout			92,609	78.19%	5.25%
Registered electors			120,155
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	26.56%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvannamalai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. U. Shanmugam	27,148	32.22%	−29.99
	INC	D. Pattuswamy	25,786	30.61%	−7.18
	AIADMK	K. R. Venkatesan	20,525	24.36%	New
	JP	P. Thandavarayan	8,689	10.31%	New
	Independent	A. R. Sugunapandian	2,100	2.49%	New
Margin of victory			1,362	1.62%	−22.81%
Turnout			84,248	72.94%	−4.42%
Registered electors			117,397
	DMK hold		Swing	-29.99%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvannamalai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. U. Shanmugam	46,633	62.21%	+16.95
	INC	D. Annamalai Pillai	28,323	37.79%	−11.6
Margin of victory			18,310	24.43%	20.30%
Turnout			74,956	77.36%	−7.08%
Registered electors			104,261
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	12.83%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvannamalai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Vijayaraj	38,153	49.39%	−0.68
	DMK	P. U. Shanmugam	34,968	45.26%	−2.31
	Independent	M. Arumugam	4,134	5.35%	New
Margin of victory			3,185	4.12%	1.63%
Turnout			77,255	84.43%	10.86%
Registered electors			94,545
	INC hold		Swing	-0.68%

1963 By-election

P U Shanmugam Wins

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvannamalai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Palani Pillai	35,148	50.06%	+30.46
	DMK	P. U. Shanmugam	33,399	47.57%	New
	SWA	P. Kanna Kandar	1,663	2.37%	New
Margin of victory			1,749	2.49%	−2.87%
Turnout			70,210	73.57%	−15.95%
Registered electors			99,596
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	20.64%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvannamalai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	P. U. Shanmugham	48,447	29.42%
	Independent	C. Santhanam (SC)	39,622	24.06%
	INC	V. K. Annamalai Kounder	32,273	19.60%
	INC	A. Arumugam	29,328	17.81%
	Independent	K. Arunachalam (SC)	8,555	5.20%
	Independent	S. Chinnasamy (SC)	2,537	1.54%
	Independent	N. Subbarayan (SC)	2,002	1.22%
	Independent	M. Perumal Nainar	1,888	1.15%
Margin of victory			8,825	5.36%
Turnout			1,64,652	89.52%
Registered electors			1,83,923
	Independent win (new seat)

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvannamalai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramachandra Reddiar	21,579	20.60%	20.60%
	INC	Thangavelu	18,895	18.04%	18.04%
	Commonweal Party	Vadivalu Gounder	18,283	17.45%
	Independent	T. V. Devaraja Mudaliar	14,970	14.29%
	Commonweal Party	Raghavan	9,620	9.18%
	RPI	Santhanam	6,195	5.91%
	Independent	Manickavelu Mudalier	5,304	5.06%
	Akhil Bharat Hindu Maha Sabha	Rajagopal Naidu	3,009	2.87%
	Independent	Vettaraya Gounder	3,008	2.87%
	Independent	Ponnuswamy	2,262	2.16%
	Independent	Ayyadurai Pillai	1,635	1.56%
Margin of victory			2,684	2.56%
Turnout			1,04,760	73.23%
Registered electors			1,43,057
	INC win (new seat)

References

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External links

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

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