Kangayam Assembly constituency
Kangayam is a state assembly constituency in Tiruppur district in Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 102. It consists of Kangayam taluk and a portion of Perundurai taluk. It falls under Erode Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
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Kangayam Assembly constituency
Kangayam is a state assembly constituency in Tiruppur district in Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 102. It consists of Kangayam taluk and a portion of Perundurai taluk. It falls under Erode Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
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>A. K. Subbaraya Gounder</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1953</td><td>K. G. Palanisamy Gounder</td><td></td><td>Independent</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>K. S. Nataraja Gounder</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>A. Senapathi Gounder</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>Kovai Chezhiyan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>R. K. S. Dhanapandi</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>K. G. Krishnasamy</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>K. C. Palanisamy</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>P. Marappan</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>J. Jayalalithaa (Resigned and retained Bargur)</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>R. M. Veerappan (by-election)</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>N. S. Rajkumar Manraadiar</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>M. Selvi</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>Vidiyal Sehar</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>N. S. N. Nataraj</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>U. Thaniyarasu</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>M. P. Saminathan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</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>M. P. Saminathan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>N. S. N. Nataraj</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Dr. Karmegam</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>T. Mani</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>216,646</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>M. P. Saminathan</td><td>94,197</td><td>47.38</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>A. S. Ramalingam</td><td>86,866</td><td>43.70</td><td>−1.48</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>K. Sivanantham</td><td>11,307</td><td>5.69</td><td>4.13</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Appasamy</td><td>2,327</td><td>1.17</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>Nota</td><td>1,027</td><td>0.52</td><td>−1.19</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>C. Ramesh</td><td>474</td><td>0.24</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Immanuvel</td><td>435</td><td>0.22</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>N. Ayyavu</td><td>421</td><td>0.21</td><td>−0.40</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Manikandan</td><td>330</td><td>0.17</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. Nithiyandhan</td><td>285</td><td>0.14</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Nallamuthu</td><td>276</td><td>0.14</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,331</td><td>3.69</td><td>−3.43</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>198,791</td><td>77.32</td><td>−1.57</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>558</td><td>0.28</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>257,102</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>2.20</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>AIADMK</td><td>U. Thaniyarasu</td><td>83,325</td><td>45.18</td><td>−15.45</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>P. Gopi</td><td>70,190</td><td>38.06</td><td>3.80</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>K. G. Muthuvenkateshwaran</td><td>12,108</td><td>6.57</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>M. Ushadevi</td><td>7,161</td><td>3.88</td><td>2.69</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None Of The Above</td><td>3,141</td><td>1.70</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>V. P. Shanmugam</td><td>2,871</td><td>1.56</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>V. Amirtavalli</td><td>1,544</td><td>0.84</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>G. Thangavel</td><td>1,136</td><td>0.62</td><td>−0.10</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>B. Rajendran</td><td>759</td><td>0.41</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IDMMK</td><td>Poovathal</td><td>519</td><td>0.28</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Kavinraja</td><td>369</td><td>0.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>13,135</td><td>7.12</td><td>−19.26</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>184,428</td><td>78.89</td><td>−2.90</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>233,793</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-15.45</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>AIADMK</td><td>N. S. N. Nataraj</td><td>96,005</td><td>60.63</td><td>20.45</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>S. Videyal Sekar</td><td>54,240</td><td>34.26</td><td>−11.83</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>C. Ponnusamy</td><td>1,884</td><td>1.19</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. Rajamanickam</td><td>1,802</td><td>1.14</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. K. Periyasamy</td><td>1,165</td><td>0.74</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>K. Perumal</td><td>1,129</td><td>0.71</td><td>−0.16</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Krishna Moorthi</td><td>525</td><td>0.33</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Ramasamy</td><td>464</td><td>0.29</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Chellamuthu</td><td>427</td><td>0.27</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. Sukumaran</td><td>388</td><td>0.25</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. R. Mani</td><td>309</td><td>0.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>41,765</td><td>26.38</td><td>20.47</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>193,597</td><td>81.79</td><td>5.79</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>158,338</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>14.54</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>INC</td><td>S. Sekar</td><td>56,946</td><td>46.09</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>N. M. S. Palaniswami</td><td>49,650</td><td>40.18</td><td>−10.88</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>P. Kumarasamy</td><td>11,354</td><td>9.19</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(U)</td><td>K. Subramaniyam</td><td>1,883</td><td>1.52</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Rajendran</td><td>1,443</td><td>1.17</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>K. Perumal</td><td>1,081</td><td>0.87</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Palanisamy</td><td>665</td><td>0.54</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Sekar</td><td>292</td><td>0.24</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Kamatchidevi</td><td>245</td><td>0.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,296</td><td>5.90</td><td>−3.90</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>123,559</td><td>75.99</td><td>10.61</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>162,590</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-4.97</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>M. Selvi</td><td>58,700</td><td>51.06</td><td>17.49</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>N. S. Rajkumar Manraadiar</td><td>47,426</td><td>41.25</td><td>−15.42</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>S. Jagadesan</td><td>4,777</td><td>4.16</td><td>−2.50</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Venkataramanan</td><td>1,797</td><td>1.56</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Raju</td><td>677</td><td>0.59</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Sampath</td><td>422</td><td>0.37</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. P. Periasamy</td><td>317</td><td>0.28</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. M. Karthikeyan</td><td>233</td><td>0.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. K. Krishnan</td><td>229</td><td>0.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Thangamani</td><td>207</td><td>0.18</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Chinnasamy</td><td>177</td><td>0.15</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>11,274</td><td>9.81</td><td>−13.30</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>114,962</td><td>65.38</td><td>−3.73</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>175,834</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-5.61</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>N. S. Rajkumar Manraadiar</td><td>63,801</td><td>56.67</td><td>56.67</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>N. Ramasamy</td><td>37,792</td><td>33.57</td><td>63</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>K. Periyasamy</td><td>7,497</td><td>6.66</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>M. S. Venkatachalam</td><td>816</td><td>0.72</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. P. Chinnasamy Gounder</td><td>353</td><td>0.31</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Chandrasekaran</td><td>337</td><td>0.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. Ramasamy</td><td>276</td><td>0.25</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Mani @ Manian</td><td>271</td><td>0.24</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. P. Chandran</td><td>201</td><td>0.18</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. R. Rajan</td><td>195</td><td>0.17</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. Loganathan</td><td>166</td><td>0.15</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>26,009</td><td>23.10</td><td>−7.48</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>112,575</td><td>69.11</td><td>−1.47</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>167,708</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-6.76</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1991 by-election
<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. M. Veerappan</td><td>98,783</td><td>96.57</td><td>33.13</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Amnachalam.C.S</td><td>1,072</td><td>1.05</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R.S.Pon</td><td>800</td><td>0.78</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G.Murthy</td><td>420</td><td>0.41</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Palanisamy.P.N</td><td>136</td><td>0.13</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Veerappan.V.T.R</td><td>131</td><td>0.13</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Gurusamy.R</td><td>129</td><td>0.13</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Rajendran.M.L.G.K</td><td>108</td><td>0.11</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K.Pandian.T.K</td><td>90</td><td>0.09</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>J.Kumari</td><td>85</td><td>0.08</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C.Vathiyarv</td><td>78</td><td>0.08</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>97,711</td><td>95.52</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,02,297</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></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>J. Jayalalithaa</td><td>69,050</td><td>63.44</td><td>23.14</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>N. S. Rajkumar Manraadiar</td><td>35,759</td><td>32.85</td><td>−0.39</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>V. P. Chandramohan</td><td>623</td><td>0.57</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. P. Chinnasamy</td><td>435</td><td>0.40</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>THMM</td><td>A. K. Krishnan</td><td>379</td><td>0.35</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. K. Mohammed</td><td>271</td><td>0.25</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Ponnusamy</td><td>238</td><td>0.22</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. Subramaniam</td><td>190</td><td>0.17</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. S. Mani</td><td>186</td><td>0.17</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. C. Shanmugam</td><td>150</td><td>0.14</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. M. Palanisamy</td><td>126</td><td>0.12</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>33,291</td><td>30.58</td><td>23.53</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>108,849</td><td>70.58</td><td>−4.44</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>160,773</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>23.14</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>AIADMK</td><td>P. Marappan</td><td>43,834</td><td>40.30</td><td>−17.49</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>P. Rathingamy</td><td>36,163</td><td>33.25</td><td>−6.69</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>K. Chinnasamy Gr</td><td>21,259</td><td>19.54</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Appu Alias Chinnasamy</td><td>4,002</td><td>3.68</td><td>−54.11</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Krishnasamy</td><td>962</td><td>0.88</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. G. Sivasabapathy</td><td>477</td><td>0.44</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Aruchamy</td><td>453</td><td>0.42</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Ponusamy</td><td>292</td><td>0.27</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Koladan Alias Kolandasamy</td><td>277</td><td>0.25</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Rasendiran</td><td>251</td><td>0.23</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sahdevan</td><td>183</td><td>0.17</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,671</td><td>7.05</td><td>−10.80</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>108,776</td><td>75.02</td><td>−1.12</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>148,106</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-17.49</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>K. C. Palanisamy</td><td>54,252</td><td>57.78</td><td>16.47</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>M. Sivasabapathy</td><td>37,495</td><td>39.94</td><td>9.06</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Namasivayam</td><td>921</td><td>0.98</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Chinnasmay</td><td>882</td><td>0.94</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Arumugham</td><td>337</td><td>0.36</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>16,757</td><td>17.85</td><td>7.41</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>93,887</td><td>76.14</td><td>5.72</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>130,059</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>16.47</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>K. G. Krishnaswamy</td><td>45,950</td><td>41.32</td><td>−0.78</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>M. Sivasabapathi</td><td>34,341</td><td>30.88</td><td>6.29</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. J. Subbaramaniam</td><td>826</td><td>0.74</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. Chenniappan</td><td>471</td><td>0.42</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Murugesan</td><td>326</td><td>0.29</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>11,609</td><td>10.44</td><td>−7.07</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>111,215</td><td>70.42</td><td>9.38</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>159,871</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-0.78</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. K. S. Dhandapani</td><td>31,665</td><td>42.09</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>M. Sivasabapathy</td><td>18,498</td><td>24.59</td><td>−41.81</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>K. G. Subbiah Gounder</td><td>15,935</td><td>21.18</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>M. Arjunan</td><td>6,883</td><td>9.15</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. J. Subramaniam</td><td>1,412</td><td>1.88</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Nachimuthu</td><td>830</td><td>1.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>13,167</td><td>17.50</td><td>−16.97</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>75,223</td><td>61.04</td><td>−10.23</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>125,068</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-24.31</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>Kovai Chezhiyan</td><td>42,461</td><td>66.41</td><td>30.21</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. G. Palanisamy Gounder</td><td>20,419</td><td>31.93</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Raman</td><td>1,062</td><td>1.66</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>22,042</td><td>34.47</td><td>34.26</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>63,942</td><td>71.27</td><td>−6.33</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>95,885</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>30.00</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>INC</td><td>A. Senapathi Gounder</td><td>24,800</td><td>36.41</td><td>−25.15</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Velusami</td><td>24,654</td><td>36.19</td><td>−0.90</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>N. K. Palaniswamy</td><td>17,691</td><td>25.97</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Gounder</td><td>974</td><td>1.43</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>146</td><td>0.21</td><td>−24.25</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>68,119</td><td>77.59</td><td>4.40</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>93,288</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-25.15</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>INC</td><td>K. S. Nataraja Gounder</td><td>41,006</td><td>61.56</td><td>13.49</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>M. Palanisamy Gounder</td><td>24,711</td><td>37.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PSP</td><td>N. Lingasamy Gounder</td><td>898</td><td>1.35</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>16,295</td><td>24.46</td><td>3.73</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>66,615</td><td>73.20</td><td>34.82</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>93,651</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>13.49</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>K. G. Palaniswamy Gounder</td><td>17,952</td><td>48.06</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Muthuswamy Gounder</td><td>10,209</td><td>27.33</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Mutuiswamy Gounder</td><td>9,189</td><td>24.60</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,743</td><td>20.73</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>37,350</td><td>38.37</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>97,337</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></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>A. K. Subbaraya Gounder</td><td>Unopposed</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>67,808</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>