Kovilpatti Assembly constituency

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Indian electoral constituency

Kovilpatti
Indian electoral constituency
Area of Kovilpatti State Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thoothukudi
LS constituency	Thoothukkudi
Established	1952–present
Total electors	266,625
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kadambur C. Raju
Party	AIADMK
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

Kovilpatti State Assembly constituency (Template:Lang-ta) is one of the 234 state legislative assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu state in southern India. It is also one of the 6 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Thoothukkudi (Lok Sabha constituency). It is one of the oldest assembly segments in Tamil Nadu since Independence.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Assembly	Member		Tenure
1952	1st	Ramaswamy	Indian National Congress	1952-1957
1957	2nd	V. Suppaya	Independent	1957-1962
1962	3rd	N. V. Venugopalakrishnasami	Indian National Congress	1962-1967
1967	4th	S. Alagarsamy	Communist Party of India	1967-1971
1971	5th	S. Alagarsamy	Communist Party of India	1971-1977
1977	6th	S. Alagarsamy	Communist Party of India	1977-1980
1980	7th	S. Alagarsamy	Communist Party of India	1980-1984
1984	8th	R. Rangasamy	Indian National Congress	1984-1989
1989	9th	S. Alagarsamy	Communist Party of India	1989-1991
1991	10th	R. Shyamala	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1991-1996
1996	11th	L. Ayyalusamy	Communist Party of India	1996-2001
2001	12th	S. Rajendran	Communist Party of India	2001-2006
2006	13th	L. Radhakrishnan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2006-2011
2011	14th	Kadambur C. Raju	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2011-2016
2016	15th	Kadambur C. Raju	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2016-2021
2021	16th	Kadambur C. Raju	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2021-Incumbent

Election Results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			37.89%
2016			38.96%
2011			55.85%
2006			46.62%
2001			40.27%
1996			35.19%
1991			61.81%
1989			35.34%
1984			55.75%
1980			51.37%
1977			32.75%
1971			62.16%
1967			55.02%
1962			36.22%
1957			31.78%
1952			64.67%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kovilpatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Kadambur Raju	68,556	38.13%	−0.83%
	AMMK	T. T. V. Dhinakaran (CM Candidate)	56,153	31.23%
	CPI(M)	K. Srinivasan	37,380	20.79%
	NTK	M. Gomathi	9,213	5.12%	3.87%
	MNM	K. Kathiravan	3,667	2.04%
	NOTA	Nota	1,124	0.63%	−0.79%
	Independent	Athikaran @ Athikumar	643	0.36%
	Independent	Rameshkannan	499	0.28%
	Independent	Subash	448	0.25%
	Independent	Sivasubramanian	417	0.23%
	Independent	P. Gunasekaran	411	0.23%
Margin of victory			12,403	6.90%	6.64%
Turnout			179,804	67.62%	0.92%
Rejected ballots			576	0.32%
Registered electors			265,915
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-0.83%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kovilpatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Kadambur Raju	64,514	38.96%	−16.89%
	DMK	A. Subramanian	64,086	38.70%
	MDMK	Vinayaka Ramesh	28,512	17.22%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,350	1.42%
	NTK	T. Muthu Mari	2,070	1.25%
	PMK	G. Ramachandiran	1,075	0.65%
	TMMK	M. Ravikumar	826	0.50%
	BSP	T. S. K. Muthuraj	709	0.43%	−0.42%
	Independent	S. A. Subburaj	388	0.23%
	Independent	A. Veilumuthupandian	383	0.23%
	AIFB	R. Murugesan	255	0.15%
Margin of victory			428	0.26%	−20.00%
Turnout			165,607	66.70%	−5.48%
Registered electors			248,279
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-16.89%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kovilpatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Kadambur Raju	73,007	55.85%	9.24%
	PMK	G. Ramachandran	46,527	35.59%
	Independent	P. Mariappan	2,685	2.05%
	BJP	V. Rengarajan	2,186	1.67%	1.03%
	Independent	E. Visuvasam	1,232	0.94%
	BSP	S. Arumairaj	1,107	0.85%	−1.62%
	Independent	V. Kennady	1,068	0.82%
	Independent	P. Ramasamy	679	0.52%
	Independent	R. Maheshwaran	566	0.43%
	Independent	P. Karthick Rajan	452	0.35%
	Independent	K. Annadurai	397	0.30%
Margin of victory			26,480	20.26%	9.48%
Turnout			181,097	72.18%	7.46%
Registered electors			130,723
	AIADMK hold		Swing	9.24%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kovilpatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	L. Radhakrishnan	53,354	46.61%
	CPI	S. Rajendran	41,015	35.83%
	DMDK	T. Srinivasa Raghavan	11,633	10.16%
	BSP	K. Kovilselvan	2,827	2.47%
	AIFB	S. Chelladurai	2,560	2.24%
	Independent	V. Viswanathan	1,201	1.05%
	BJP	G. Somasundaram	733	0.64%
	Independent	R. Muthu Mariappan	409	0.36%
	Independent	S. D. Kalyanasundaram	360	0.31%
	Independent	K. V. K. Loganathan	240	0.21%
	Independent	I. Muthuraj	146	0.13%
Margin of victory			12,339	10.78%	2.83%
Turnout			114,478	64.73%	6.03%
Registered electors			176,858
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing	6.34%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kovilpatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	S. Rajendran	45,796	40.27%
	DMK	K. Rajaram	36,757	32.32%
	MDMK	K. Vishvamithran	27,809	24.45%	−4.03%
	Independent	M. Mariappan	1,881	1.65%
	Independent	R. Ayyalusamy	757	0.67%
	TLK	K. G. Muthurajan	726	0.64%
Margin of victory			9,039	7.95%	1.25%
Turnout			113,726	58.69%	−7.15%
Registered electors			193,861
	CPI hold		Swing	5.08%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kovilpatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	L. Ayyalusamy	39,315	35.19%
	MDMK	K. S. Radhakrishnan	31,828	28.49%
	AIADMK	L. Radhakrishnan	31,168	27.90%	−33.92%
	JP	V. R. Veeraragavan	5,321	4.76%
	Independent	S. Ayyasamy	866	0.78%
	BJP	V. Rengaraja	806	0.72%
	Independent	T. N. P. Raj	198	0.18%
	Independent	P. V. Viswanathan	187	0.17%
	Independent	S. Antonysamy	182	0.16%
	Independent	V. K. Sesunaicker	180	0.16%
Margin of victory			7,487	6.70%	−23.13%
Turnout			111,727	65.85%	5.87%
Registered electors			175,222
	CPI gain from AIADMK		Swing	-26.62%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kovilpatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Shyamala	58,535	61.81%
	CPI	L. Ayyalusamy	30,284	31.98%
	PMK	P. Krishnamoorthy	4,032	4.26%
	JP	S. Ganesh	403	0.43%
	Independent	M. Alagumuthu	310	0.33%
	THMM	M. Nainarapandian	227	0.24%
	Independent	K. Abdulkapoor	214	0.23%
	Independent	D. Arumugasamy	159	0.17%
	Independent	S. Rajaram	140	0.15%
	Independent	M. Jesumani	128	0.14%
	Independent	D. Sundaram	95	0.10%
Margin of victory			28,251	29.83%	26.52%
Turnout			94,698	59.98%	−10.36%
Registered electors			161,982
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing	26.48%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kovilpatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	S. Alagarsamy	35,008	35.34%
	DMK	S. Radhakrishnan	31,724	32.02%
	Independent	A. Palpandian	13,981	14.11%
	Independent	S. Dharmar	6,462	6.52%
	Independent	M. S. Iyyadurai	4,759	4.80%
	Independent	V. Anandasamy	3,263	3.29%
	India Farmers and Tailers Party	R. P. Ramasamy	2,742	2.77%
	Independent	R. Ranjitkumar	240	0.24%
	Independent	A. Mariappan	229	0.23%
	Independent	M. Ayyadurai	128	0.13%
	Independent	S. Solaiappan	116	0.12%
Margin of victory			3,284	3.31%	−17.82%
Turnout			99,069	70.34%	−1.44%
Registered electors			143,671
	CPI gain from INC		Swing	-20.41%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kovilpatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Rangasamy	45,623	55.75%	15.64%
	CPI	S. Alagarsamy	28,327	34.61%
	Independent	P. Seenirasu	4,655	5.69%
	Independent	V. Paulraj	977	1.19%
	Independent	R. Paramasivam	715	0.87%
	Independent	S. Perumalsamy	633	0.77%
	Independent	T. N. P. Raju	627	0.77%
	Independent	S. Solaippan	283	0.35%
Margin of victory			17,296	21.13%	9.87%
Turnout			81,840	71.78%	3.24%
Registered electors			120,666
	INC gain from CPI		Swing	4.37%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kovilpatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	S. Alagarsamy	39,442	51.37%
	INC	V. Jeyalakshmi	30,792	40.11%
	JP	S. Kalidas	6,281	8.18%
	Independent	A. N. A. Gurusamy	262	0.34%
Margin of victory			8,650	11.27%	10.68%
Turnout			76,777	68.54%	5.48%
Registered electors			113,218
	CPI hold		Swing	18.63%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kovilpatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	S. Alagarsamy	21,985	32.75%
	AIADMK	P. Seeniraj	21,588	32.15%
Margin of victory			397	0.59%	−23.73%
Turnout			67,140	63.06%	−9.03%
Registered electors			107,794
	CPI hold		Swing	-29.42%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kovilpatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	S. Alagarsamy	38,844	62.16%
	INC	L. Subba Naicker	23,646	37.84%	0.04%
Margin of victory			15,198	24.32%	7.10%
Turnout			62,490	72.09%	−2.89%
Registered electors			92,524
	CPI hold		Swing	7.14%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Kovilpatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	S. Alagarsamy	33,311	55.02%
	INC	V. O. C. A. Pillai	22,885	37.80%	1.58%
	Independent	R. K. Thevar	3,709	6.13%
	Independent	R. Chairman	641	1.06%
Margin of victory			10,426	17.22%	10.52%
Turnout			60,546	74.98%	−2.49%
Registered electors			84,101
	CPI gain from INC		Swing	18.80%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Kovilpatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. V. Venugopalakrishnasami	22,158	36.22%	6.38%
	SWA	R. S. Appasami	18,059	29.52%
	CPI	S. Alagarsamy	15,387	25.15%
	DMK	M. Periasami	5,030	8.22%
	Independent	K. Venkataram Naidu	543	0.89%
Margin of victory			4,099	6.70%	4.76%
Turnout			61,177	77.47%	31.88%
Registered electors			81,603
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	4.44%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Kovilpatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	V. Suppaya Naicker	11,425	31.78%
	INC	Selvaraj	10,726	29.84%	−34.83%
	CPI	S. Alagarsamy	9,901	27.54%
	Independent	Ponnusamy	3,898	10.84%
Margin of victory			699	1.94%	−41.94%
Turnout			35,950	45.60%	−7.15%
Registered electors			78,841
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	-32.89%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Kovilpatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramaswamy	25,282	64.67%	64.67%
	Independent	Shanmugham	8,124	20.78%
	Socialist	Subbiah	4,370	11.18%
	KMPP	Perumal	1,319	3.37%
Margin of victory			17,158	43.89%
Turnout			39,095	52.75%
Registered electors			74,113
	INC win (new seat)

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