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	\|N. V. Venugopalakrishnasami <br>R.S.Appsami <br> S. Alagarsamy <br>M. Periasami <br>K.Venkataram Naidu		\|N. V. Venugopalakrishnasami <br>R.S.Appsami <br>] <br>M. Periasami <br>K.Venkataram Naidu
	\|INC <br>SWA <br>CPI <br>DMK <br>IND		\|INC <br>SWA <br>CPI <br>DMK <br>IND
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	\|S. Alagarsamy <br>V.O.C.A.Pillai <br>R.K.Thevar <br>R.Chairman		\|] <br>V.O.C.A.Pillai <br>R.K.Thevar <br>R.Chairman
	\|CPI <br>INC <br>IND <br> IND		\|CPI <br>INC <br>IND <br> IND
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	\|S. Alagarsamy <br>L.Subba Naicker		\|]<br>L.Subba Naicker
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	\|S. Alagarsamy <br>P.Seeniraj <br>A.K.C. Thangappandian <br>L.Sundararaj Naicker <br>R.Kovilpillai		\|]<br>P.Seeniraj <br>A.K.C. Thangappandian <br>L.Sundararaj Naicker <br>R.Kovilpillai
	\|CPI <br>ADMK <br>DMK <br>INP <br>IND		\|CPI <br>ADMK <br>DMK <br>INP <br>IND
	\|21985 <br>21588 <br>13778 <br>7187 <br>2602		\|21985 <br>21588 <br>13778 <br>7187 <br>2602
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	\|CPI <br> INC (I) <br>JNP (JP) <br>IND		\|CPI <br> INC (I) <br>JNP (JP) <br>IND
	\|39442<br>30792 <br>6281 <br>262		\|39442<br>30792 <br>6281 <br>262
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	\|S. Alagarsamy <br> S.Radhakrishnan <br> A.Palpandian <br>S.Dharmar <br>M.S.Iyyadurai <br>V.Anandasamy <br> R.P.Ramasamy <br> R.Ranjitkumar <br> A.Mariappan <br> M.Ayyadurai <br> S.Solaiappan <br>R. Gurusamy Naicker <br>R.Lingasamy <br> S.Sivasubramaniam <br> C.Joseph <br>T.Selvaraj		\|] <br> S.Radhakrishnan <br> A.Palpandian <br>S.Dharmar <br>M.S.Iyyadurai <br>V.Anandasamy <br> R.P.Ramasamy <br> R.Ranjitkumar <br> A.Mariappan <br> M.Ayyadurai <br> S.Solaiappan <br>R. Gurusamy Naicker <br>R.Lingasamy <br> S.Sivasubramaniam <br> C.Joseph <br>T.Selvaraj
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Kovilpatti (கோவில்பட்டி in Tamil) is located at 9.17°N 77.87°E. It has an average elevation of 106 metres (347 feet). Kovilpatti is a fast growing town in Tuticorin District with prominent commercial and industrial activity, including a large number of match factories, textile mills and factories manufacturing Fire Works. It is the gateway for entrants to Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts from the north and west, located 100 km south of Madurai city, 55 km north of Tirunelveli Town and 60 km north-west of Tuticorin. Kovilpatti is situated on the National Highway No.7 which connects Varanasi in the North and Kanyakumari in the South. The town lies approximately 130 m above mean sea Level, which gives a unique geographical look to this town. It has a small hill to its south east known as Swarna Kathiresa Malai. The deity is Lord Muruga.

Kovilpatti is an Assembly Constitution and was part of Sivakasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sivakasi Lok Sabha Constituency]] in Tamil Nadu. As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the Tamil Nadu, the Kovilpatti assembly constituency has been a segment of the new Thoothukkudi (Lok Sabha constituency). Delimitation was made effective for all elections in the state of Tamil Nadu that is held on or after 19 February 2008.

List of Longest Term Served Members

S. Alagarsamy

S. Alagarsamy சோ. அழகர்சாமி


Member of Legislative Assembly

Personal details
Born	(1926-08-05)5 August 1926 Ramanoothu, Tirunelveli Dist, Madras Province, British India
Died	6 March 2009(2009-03-06) (aged 82) Ettayapuram, Tamil Nadu, India
Political party	Communist Party of India

S. Alagarsamy (Template:Lang-ta; 5 August 1926 – 6 March 2009) was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly for 5 terms from 1967 to 1991 to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as an Communist Party of India candidate from Kovilpatti constituency in 1967, 1971, 1977, 1980 and 1989 elections.

Political career

He first contested for Madras State Assembly in 1957 and continued to contest in all subsequent State General Assembly Elections till 1989 from Kovilpatti constituency Prior to that he contested for Unified Tirunelveli Jilla Board in 1952.

The then unified Tirunelveli district consisted of the present Tirunelveli , Tuticorin, Kannayakumari Districts and part of Malabar and Ramnad District. He was leader of the CPI Legislative Group from 1971 till 1991 in The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

Thiru C.N.Annadurai was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, when he was the Member of the Legislative Assembly in 1967 and subsequently he continued to be M.L.A , when Thiru V.R. Nedunchezhiyan , Thiru. M. Karunanidhi and Thiru M. G. Ramachandran , were the Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu. He was well respected by the all Chief Ministers and other political leaders accross party lines.

He was affectionatlely called “ Annachi “ ( Template:Lang-ta ) by his thousands of followers and others . He gained respect and great loyal following due to his leadership ,honesty , simplicity , loyalty , hardwork, and openess. These qualities enabled him to win the Assembly Election continuously irespective of the political waves.

List of Elected Members

Madras State assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Ramasamy	Indian National Congress
1957	V. Suppaya Naicker	Independent
1962	N. V. Venugopalakrishnasami	Independent
1967	S. Alagarsamy	Communist Party of India

Tamil Nadu assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1971	S. Alagarsamy	Communist Party of India
1977	S. Alagarsamy	Communist Party of India
1980	S. Alagarsamy	Communist Party of India
1984	R. Rangasamy	Indian National Congress
1989	S. Alagarsamy	Communist Party of India
1991	R. Shyamala	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	L. Ayyalusamy	Communist Party of India
2001	S. Rajendran	Communist Party of India
2006	L. Radhakrishnan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	Kadambur Raju C	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Electoral records

Madras State Assembly

Year	Winner	Contestants	Party	Votes	%
1957	V. Suppaya Naicker	V.Suppaya Naicker Selvaraj S. Alagarsamy Ponnusamy	IND INC CPI IND	11425 10726 9901 3898	31.78% 29.84% 27.54% 10.84%
1962	N. V. Venugopalakrishnasami	N. V. Venugopalakrishnasami R.S.Appsami S. Alagarsamy M. Periasami K.Venkataram Naidu	INC SWA CPI DMK IND	22158 18059 15387 5030 543	36.22% 29.52% 25.15% 8.22% 0.89%
1967	S. Alagarsamy	S. Alagarsamy V.O.C.A.Pillai R.K.Thevar R.Chairman	CPI INC IND IND	33311 22885 3709 641	55.02% 37.80% 6.13% 1.06%

Tamil Nadu Assembly

Year	Winner	Contestants	Party	Votes	%
1971	S. Alagarsamy	S. Alagarsamy L.Subba Naicker	CPI NCO	38844 23646	62.16% 37.84%
1977	S. Alagarsamy	S. Alagarsamy P.Seeniraj A.K.C. Thangappandian L.Sundararaj Naicker R.Kovilpillai	CPI ADMK DMK INP IND	21985 21588 13778 7187 2602	32.75% 32.15% 20.52% 10.70% 3.88%
1980	S. Alagarsamy	S. Alagarsamy V.Jeyalakshmi S.Kalidas A.N.A. Gurusamy	CPI INC (I) JNP (JP) IND	39442 30792 6281 262	51.37% 40.11% 8.18% 0.34%
1984	R. Rangasamy	R.Rangasamy S. Alagarsamy P.Seenirasu V.Paulraj R.Paramasivam S.Perumalsamy T.N.P. Raju S.Solaippan	INC CPI IND IND IND IND IND IND	45623 28327 4655 977 715 633 627 283	55.75% 34.61% 5.69% 1.19% 0.87% 0.77 0.77 0.35
1989	S. Alagarsamy	S. Alagarsamy S.Radhakrishnan A.Palpandian S.Dharmar M.S.Iyyadurai V.Anandasamy R.P.Ramasamy R.Ranjitkumar A.Mariappan M.Ayyadurai S.Solaiappan R. Gurusamy Naicker R.Lingasamy S.Sivasubramaniam C.Joseph T.Selvaraj	CPI DMK IND M IND IND IND IFT IND IND IND IND IND IND IND IND IND	35008 31724 13981 6462 4759 3263 2742 240 229 128 116 116 104 77 70 50	35.34% 32.02% 14.11% 6.52% 4.80% 3.29% 2.77% 0.24% 0.23% 0.13% 0.12% 0.12% 0.10% 0.08% 0.07% 0.05%

References

"Statistical reports of assemby elections". Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 8, 2010.

Elections in Tamil Nadu

General elections

Legislative Council

Legislative Assembly

Assembly by-elections

Local elections

Municipal	2011 2022
Panchayat	2011 2019