Anaicut Assembly constituency
Anaicut is one of the 234 constituencies in the legislative assembly of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It includes the towns of Pallikonda and Odugathur, and the village Anaicut. It is part of Vellore Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.
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Anaicut Assembly constituency
Anaicut is one of the 234 constituencies in the legislative assembly of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It includes the towns of Pallikonda and Odugathur, and the village Anaicut. It is part of Vellore Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Anaicut Assembly constituency
<table><thead><tr><th>Assembly</th><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Sixth</td><td>1977</td><td>R. Margabandhu</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Seventh</td><td>1980</td><td>G. Viswanathan</td></tr><tr><td>Eighth</td><td>1984</td><td>V. R. Krishnasamy</td></tr><tr><td>Ninth</td><td>1989</td><td>S. P. Kannan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Tenth</td><td>1991</td><td>K. Dharamalingam</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Eleventh</td><td>1996</td><td>C. Gopu</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Twelfth</td><td>2001</td><td>K. Pandurangan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Thirteenth</td><td>2006</td></tr><tr><td>Fourteenth</td><td>2011</td><td>M. Kalai Arasu</td><td></td><td>Pattali Makkal Katchi</td></tr><tr><td>Fifteenth</td><td>2016</td><td>A. P. Nandakumar</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Sixteenth</td><td>2021</td></tr></tbody></table>
Election results
2026
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>SPA</td><td>A. P. Nandakumar</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK+</td><td>D.Velazhagan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Ravikumar</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>R. Velmurugan</td><td></td><td></td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>227,645</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>gain from</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2021
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>A. P. Nandakumar</td><td>95,159</td><td>48.55%</td><td>+6.12</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>D. Velazhagan</td><td>88,799</td><td>45.30%</td><td>+7.7</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>A. Sumithra</td><td>8,125</td><td>4.15%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,791</td><td>0.91%</td><td>+0.23</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Senthil Kumar</td><td>1,357</td><td>0.69%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>V. D. Sathish Kumar</td><td>1,140</td><td>0.58%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>6,360</td><td>3.24%</td><td>−1.58%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>196,014</td><td>77.00%</td><td>−1.31%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>588</td><td>0.30%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>254,562</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>6.12%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2016
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>A. P. Nandakumar</td><td>77,058</td><td>42.43%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>M. Kalai Arasu</td><td>68,290</td><td>37.60%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>K. L. Elavazagan</td><td>24,711</td><td>13.61%</td><td>−40.9</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TMC(M)</td><td>P. S. Palani</td><td>2,633</td><td>1.45%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>K. Vijayakumar</td><td>1,750</td><td>0.96%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,237</td><td>0.68%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>8,768</td><td>4.83%</td><td>−14.13%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>181,622</td><td>78.31%</td><td>0.25%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>231,928</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from PMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-12.08%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2011
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>M. Kalai Arasu</td><td>80,233</td><td>54.51%</td><td>+9.53</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>V. B. Velu</td><td>52,330</td><td>35.55%</td><td>+29.87</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MMKA</td><td>M. Dharman</td><td>4,696</td><td>3.19%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Velu</td><td>2,619</td><td>1.78%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Dr. R. Shanmugam</td><td>1,962</td><td>1.33%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IJK</td><td>Albert Anbarasu</td><td>1,369</td><td>0.93%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>S. Renu</td><td>1,018</td><td>0.69%</td><td>+0.13</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>27,903</td><td>18.96%</td><td>18.92%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>147,194</td><td>78.06%</td><td>8.91%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>188,555</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>9.49%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2006
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>K. Pandurangan</td><td>59,220</td><td>45.02%</td><td>−11.22</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>M. Varalakshmi</td><td>59,167</td><td>44.97%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>M. Venkatasan</td><td>7,470</td><td>5.68%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G. Veeramani</td><td>1,335</td><td>1.01%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>J. Kumaresan</td><td>1,287</td><td>0.98%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Panneerselvam</td><td>795</td><td>0.60%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>C. Sivam</td><td>733</td><td>0.56%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>53</td><td>0.04%</td><td>−19.26%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>131,556</td><td>69.16%</td><td>8.36%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>190,231</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-11.22%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2001
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>K. Pandurangan</td><td>61,333</td><td>56.24%</td><td>+30.35</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>G. Malarvizhi</td><td>40,282</td><td>36.93%</td><td>−18.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>K. P. Baskar Babu</td><td>2,829</td><td>2.59%</td><td>+0.54</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G. Vijayan</td><td>2,160</td><td>1.98%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Ebinesar Albert Benjamin</td><td>878</td><td>0.81%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G. P. Partheeban</td><td>646</td><td>0.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>21,051</td><td>19.30%</td><td>−10.61%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>109,064</td><td>60.80%</td><td>−3.37%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>179,523</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>0.44%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1996
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>C. Gopu</td><td>58,982</td><td>55.79%</td><td>+35.81</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>C. M. Suryakala</td><td>27,366</td><td>25.89%</td><td>−31.7</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIIC(T)</td><td>Balur E. Sampath</td><td>15,976</td><td>15.11%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>N. M. Murugesan</td><td>2,174</td><td>2.06%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>D. V. Raghavan</td><td>734</td><td>0.69%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>31,616</td><td>29.91%</td><td>−7.70%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>105,716</td><td>64.17%</td><td>1.94%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>172,760</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-1.80%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1991
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>K. Dharmalingam</td><td>54,413</td><td>57.59%</td><td>+25.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>S. P. Kannan</td><td>18,880</td><td>19.98%</td><td>−15.66</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>R. Mohan</td><td>17,163</td><td>18.16%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Palanivelan</td><td>1,872</td><td>1.98%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Govinda Rao</td><td>594</td><td>0.63%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>35,533</td><td>37.61%</td><td>33.69%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>94,484</td><td>62.23%</td><td>9.69%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>161,182</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>21.95%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1989
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>S. P. Kannan</td><td>25,709</td><td>35.64%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>G. Viswanathan</td><td>22,886</td><td>31.73%</td><td>−26.7</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>L. Balaraman</td><td>12,190</td><td>16.90%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>V. R. Krishnasamy</td><td>6,394</td><td>8.86%</td><td>−49.56</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>D. Thoppur Thiruvencadam</td><td>3,362</td><td>4.66%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. V. A. Purushothaman</td><td>866</td><td>1.20%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. Perumal</td><td>426</td><td>0.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,823</td><td>3.91%</td><td>−20.10%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>72,136</td><td>52.54%</td><td>−16.64%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>140,696</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-22.79%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1984
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>V. R. Krishnasamy</td><td>45,312</td><td>58.42%</td><td>+5.06</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. N. Rajagopal</td><td>26,692</td><td>34.42%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Munivelu</td><td>2,175</td><td>2.80%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Duraisamy</td><td>1,874</td><td>2.42%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Balasundaram</td><td>934</td><td>1.20%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Vajikoman</td><td>569</td><td>0.73%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>18,620</td><td>24.01%</td><td>14.99%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>77,556</td><td>69.18%</td><td>9.51%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>118,953</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>5.06%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1980
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>G. Viswanathan</td><td>35,242</td><td>53.37%</td><td>+4.59</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>R. Jeevarathinam</td><td>29,287</td><td>44.35%</td><td>+37.75</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. B. Vajjravel</td><td>1,505</td><td>2.28%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,955</td><td>9.02%</td><td>−18.68%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>66,034</td><td>59.67%</td><td>−1.97%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>112,926</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>4.59%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1977
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>R. Margabandhu</td><td>32,731</td><td>48.78%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>P. M. Vasudeva Reddiar</td><td>14,146</td><td>21.08%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>A. M. Ramalingam</td><td>13,985</td><td>20.84%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>T. K. Venkatesan</td><td>4,427</td><td>6.60%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Moorthy</td><td>1,091</td><td>1.63%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. Jayapalan</td><td>400</td><td>0.60%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>18,585</td><td>27.70%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>67,104</td><td>61.64%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>110,756</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>