Athoor Assembly constituency
Athoor is a legislative assembly in Dindigul district, that includes the city of Athoor. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 129. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Athoor assembly constituency is a part of Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency.
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Athoor Assembly constituency
Athoor is a legislative assembly in Dindigul district, that includes the city of Athoor. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 129. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Athoor assembly constituency is a part of Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Madras State
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1952</td><td>T.S.Soundram</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>M. A. B. Arumugasamy</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>V. S. S. Mani</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>V. S. S. Mani</td></tr></tbody></table>
Tamil Nadu
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1971</td><td>A. M. T. Nachiappan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>A. Vellaisamy</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>V.R. Nedunchezhiyan</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>I. Periasamy</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>S. M. Durai</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>I. Periasamy</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>P. K. T. Natarajaan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>I. Periyasamy</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td></tr><tr><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>DMK</td><td>I. Periyasamy</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK+</td><td>A. Viswanathan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>A. Simon Justin</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>N. Kalaiselvi</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>259,846</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>I. Periyasamy</td><td>165,809</td><td>72.60%</td><td>19.50%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>Thilagabama M</td><td>30,238</td><td>13.24%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Simon Justin A</td><td>17,168</td><td>7.52%</td><td>7.08%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>Sivasakthivel P</td><td>3,241</td><td>1.42%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>Selvakumar P</td><td>3,017</td><td>1.32%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Savadamuthu A</td><td>1,722</td><td>0.75%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>Nota</td><td>1,564</td><td>0.68%</td><td>−0.23%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Palraj R</td><td>1,357</td><td>0.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>APTADMK</td><td>Muthulakshmi R</td><td>1,180</td><td>0.52%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PT</td><td>Silambarasan M</td><td>880</td><td>0.39%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Karthigaiselvan K</td><td>749</td><td>0.33%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,35,571</td><td>59.36%</td><td>47.52%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>2,28,376</td><td>78.36%</td><td>−6.90%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>326</td><td>0.14%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>2,91,442</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>19.50%</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>I. Periyasamy</td><td>121,738</td><td>53.10%</td><td>−6.48%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Natham. R. Viswanathan</td><td>94,591</td><td>41.26%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>Packiya Selvaraj M</td><td>3,741</td><td>1.63%</td><td>−29.45%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None Of The Above</td><td>2,105</td><td>0.92%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Ilanchezhiyan S. P</td><td>1,365</td><td>0.60%</td><td>−0.58%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Mariagunasekaran R</td><td>1,013</td><td>0.44%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>Nirmala Gnanasoundari I</td><td>671</td><td>0.29%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>LJP</td><td>Arumugam K</td><td>650</td><td>0.28%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Viswanathan M</td><td>632</td><td>0.28%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Palraj R</td><td>521</td><td>0.23%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Periyasamy M</td><td>446</td><td>0.19%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>27,147</td><td>11.84%</td><td>−16.66%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>2,29,252</td><td>85.26%</td><td>1.84%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>2,68,876</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-6.48%</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>DMK</td><td>I. Periyasamy</td><td>112,751</td><td>59.58%</td><td>6.38%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>Balasubramani. S</td><td>58,819</td><td>31.08%</td><td>23.07%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Balasubramani. S.</td><td>6,685</td><td>3.53%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Raja. T</td><td>3,207</td><td>1.69%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Bharanidharan. J.</td><td>2,233</td><td>1.18%</td><td>−0.07%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ramamoorthy. K.</td><td>1,384</td><td>0.73%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Raja. B.</td><td>1,191</td><td>0.63%</td><td>−0.08%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IJK</td><td>Ilanchelian. M.</td><td>799</td><td>0.42%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Palanisamy. K</td><td>591</td><td>0.31%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Muruganantham. M.</td><td>581</td><td>0.31%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Alagupandian. R.</td><td>501</td><td>0.26%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>53,932</td><td>28.50%</td><td>9.98%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>2,26,859</td><td>83.42%</td><td>12.56%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,89,245</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>6.38%</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>DMK</td><td>I. Periyasamy</td><td>76,308</td><td>53.20%</td><td>6.84%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Sreenivasan. C</td><td>49,747</td><td>34.68%</td><td>−14.44%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>Rajesh Perumalp</td><td>11,485</td><td>8.01%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Muthuramalingam. D</td><td>1,794</td><td>1.25%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Muruganandam. S</td><td>1,086</td><td>0.76%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Saravanakumar. P</td><td>1,012</td><td>0.71%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Puthumai. C</td><td>603</td><td>0.42%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Pothiraj. S</td><td>484</td><td>0.34%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Balusamyc</td><td>275</td><td>0.19%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Shanmugam. A</td><td>227</td><td>0.16%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sivakumar. S</td><td>207</td><td>0.14%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>26,561</td><td>18.52%</td><td>15.75%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,43,432</td><td>70.86%</td><td>9.57%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>2,02,430</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>4.08%</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>P. K. T. Natarajaan</td><td>64,053</td><td>49.13%</td><td>24.20%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>I. Periyasamy</td><td>60,447</td><td>46.36%</td><td>−17.73%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>Jeyaraj. C.</td><td>2,570</td><td>1.97%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Mathialagan. A.</td><td>1,791</td><td>1.37%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Thampidurai. M.</td><td>711</td><td>0.55%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>David Jeyaprakash. A.</td><td>277</td><td>0.21%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Singaravelan . P. V.</td><td>270</td><td>0.21%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Krishnasamy. V.</td><td>265</td><td>0.20%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,606</td><td>2.77%</td><td>−36.40%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,30,384</td><td>61.29%</td><td>−7.90%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>2,12,758</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-14.96%</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>I. Periyasamy</td><td>82,294</td><td>64.09%</td><td>34.28%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Chinnamuthu. C.</td><td>32,002</td><td>24.92%</td><td>−43.81%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Nagalakshmi. K.</td><td>10,743</td><td>8.37%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Jeyaraman. K.</td><td>936</td><td>0.73%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ATMK</td><td>Murugavel. P.</td><td>366</td><td>0.29%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIIC(T)</td><td>Palaniswamy. R.</td><td>354</td><td>0.28%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>Chandrasekaran. S.</td><td>268</td><td>0.21%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Antony. S.</td><td>237</td><td>0.18%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Mayilraj. N. A.</td><td>131</td><td>0.10%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ponnuchamy. M.</td><td>100</td><td>0.08%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sundaram. K.</td><td>81</td><td>0.06%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>50,292</td><td>39.17%</td><td>0.24%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,28,403</td><td>69.19%</td><td>4.89%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,93,792</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-4.65%</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>S.M. Durai</td><td>81,394</td><td>68.74%</td><td>46.49%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>I. Periyasamy</td><td>35,297</td><td>29.81%</td><td>−2.41%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Anbu Selvan M. C.</td><td>840</td><td>0.71%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Mani A. T. S.</td><td>171</td><td>0.14%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Palani Andavar S.</td><td>168</td><td>0.14%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Balusamy S.</td><td>128</td><td>0.11%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Chinnasamy A. P.</td><td>123</td><td>0.10%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Puratchi Mani P. C. R.</td><td>123</td><td>0.10%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Natarajan P. V.</td><td>86</td><td>0.07%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Chandra Bose C.</td><td>85</td><td>0.07%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>46,097</td><td>38.93%</td><td>35.72%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,18,415</td><td>64.30%</td><td>−6.31%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,89,272</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>36.52%</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>I. Periyasamy</td><td>37,469</td><td>32.22%</td><td>−3.13%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Abdul Kadhar. N.</td><td>33,733</td><td>29.01%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Srinivasan. G.</td><td>25,869</td><td>22.25%</td><td>−40.91%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Thirumalaisamy. S.</td><td>16,604</td><td>14.28%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sebastian. Y.</td><td>562</td><td>0.48%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Raju. O.</td><td>478</td><td>0.41%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TNC(K)</td><td>Varadharajan. R.V.</td><td>421</td><td>0.36%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Alagumalai. R.</td><td>392</td><td>0.34%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Kasthuri Rangasamy</td><td>264</td><td>0.23%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Jeganathan. R.</td><td>215</td><td>0.18%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Muthusamy. M.P.</td><td>168</td><td>0.14%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,736</td><td>3.21%</td><td>−24.59%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,16,289</td><td>70.61%</td><td>−1.88%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,68,597</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-30.94%</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. Nedunchezhiyan</td><td>67,178</td><td>63.16%</td><td>4.99%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Rajambal K.</td><td>37,605</td><td>35.35%</td><td>−5.61%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Pandy. K.</td><td>591</td><td>0.56%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Krishnasamy</td><td>320</td><td>0.30%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Palanisamy S.</td><td>290</td><td>0.27%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Krishnasamy G.</td><td>225</td><td>0.21%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Hassanullah A.</td><td>157</td><td>0.15%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>29,573</td><td>27.80%</td><td>10.60%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,06,366</td><td>72.49%</td><td>9.60%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,52,731</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>4.99%</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>A. Vellaisamy</td><td>55,359</td><td>58.17%</td><td>12.77%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Rajambal</td><td>38,990</td><td>40.97%</td><td>20.94%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Panneer Selvam Odayar. P.</td><td>507</td><td>0.53%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Palanichamy. R.</td><td>315</td><td>0.33%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>16,369</td><td>17.20%</td><td>−8.17%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>95,171</td><td>62.89%</td><td>13.76%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,53,445</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>12.77%</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>A. Vellaisamy</td><td>31,590</td><td>45.40%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>A. M. T. Nachiappan</td><td>13,938</td><td>20.03%</td><td>−39.67%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>R.S. Mani Bharathi</td><td>12,200</td><td>17.53%</td><td>−18.50%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>S.N. Rajagopal</td><td>9,476</td><td>13.62%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M.S. Rayappan</td><td>2,382</td><td>3.42%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>17,652</td><td>25.37%</td><td>1.70%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>69,586</td><td>49.13%</td><td>−21.87%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,43,340</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-14.31%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1971
<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. M. T. Nachiappan</td><td>42,195</td><td>59.70%</td><td>9.00%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Lakshmanan T. P. S.</td><td>25,467</td><td>36.03%</td><td>−12.32%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sadasivam R.</td><td>3,013</td><td>4.26%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>16,728</td><td>23.67%</td><td>21.32%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>70,675</td><td>70.99%</td><td>−6.04%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,07,556</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>9.00%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1967
<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>V. S. S. Mani Chettiyar</td><td>37,879</td><td>50.70%</td><td>0.40%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>R. R. Reddiar</td><td>36,124</td><td>48.36%</td><td>6.04%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. V. Thevar</td><td>702</td><td>0.94%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,755</td><td>2.35%</td><td>−5.63%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>74,705</td><td>77.04%</td><td>9.44%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,00,535</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>0.40%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1962
<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>V. S. S. Mani Chettiyar</td><td>34,632</td><td>50.30%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>M. A. B. Arumugasamy Chettiar</td><td>29,136</td><td>42.32%</td><td>0.09%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Sadasivam</td><td>5,080</td><td>7.38%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,496</td><td>7.98%</td><td>−10.91%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>68,848</td><td>67.59%</td><td>18.27%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,05,730</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>8.07%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1957
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>M. A. B. Arumugasamy</td><td>22,929</td><td>42.23%</td><td>−12.84%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. S. S. Mani</td><td>12,669</td><td>23.33%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>L. K. A. Jeyaram</td><td>10,139</td><td>18.67%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. N. Kamatchi</td><td>6,077</td><td>11.19%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sadasivam</td><td>2,480</td><td>4.57%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>10,260</td><td>18.90%</td><td>−3.39%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>54,294</td><td>49.32%</td><td>−13.60%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,10,089</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-12.84%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1952
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Soundaram Ramachandran</td><td>25,849</td><td>55.08%</td><td>55.08%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. S. S. Mani Chettiyar</td><td>15,388</td><td>32.79%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>KMPP</td><td>Sadasivam</td><td>5,697</td><td>12.14%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>10,461</td><td>22.29%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>46,934</td><td>62.91%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>74,601</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>