Lalgudi Assembly constituency

Lalgudi is a state assembly constituency in Tiruchirappalli district in Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 143. It comes under Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency. Most successful party: DMK (ten times). It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

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Lalgudi Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th colspan="2">Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1952</td><td>Rajachidambaram</td><td></td><td>Independent</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>S. Lazar</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>Anbil P. Dharmalingam</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>D. Natarajan</td></tr></tbody></table>

Tamil Nadu

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th colspan="2">Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1971</td><td>V. N. Muthamil Selvan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>K. N. Shanmugam</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>Anbil P. Dharmalingam</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>K. Venkatachalam</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>K. N. Nehru</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>J. Logambal</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>K. N. Nehru</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>S. M. Balan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td rowspan="4">A. Soundara Pandian</td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="4">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td></tr><tr><td>2026</td><td>Leemarose Martin</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

2026

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>Leemarose Martin</th><td>60,795</td><td>32.82</td><td>6.34</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><th>Ku Pa Krishnan</th><td>58,056</td><td>31.35</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>T. Parivallal</th><td>55,565</td><td>30.00</td><td>18.93</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><th>N. Madhan</th><td>6,992</td><td>3.78</td><td>5.58</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>R. Dineshkumar</th><td>403</td><td>0.22</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Samaniya Makkal Nala Katchi</td><th>K. Immaculate Mary</th><td>399</td><td>0.22</td><td>0.06</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><th>NOTA</th><td>390</td><td>0.21</td><td>0.48</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><th>Pratheeba</th><td>348</td><td>0.19</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>R. Ponsilambu</th><td>340</td><td>0.18</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>Dhanamoorthy.R</th><td>220</td><td>0.12</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam</td><th>Josephin</th><td>192</td><td>0.10</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Tamilaga Makkal Nala Katchi</td><th>E. Yesudoss</th><td>183</td><td>0.10</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>V. Muthusamy</th><td>170</td><td>0.09</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>Jinnah Jakeer Hussain</th><td>139</td><td>0.08</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><th>P. Saravanan</th><td>135</td><td>0.07</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PT</td><th>P. Elanchezhiyan</th><td>131</td><td>0.07</td><td>0.00</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>K. Senthilkumar</th><td>130</td><td>0.07</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>M. Rameshkumar</th><td>120</td><td>0.06</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>Mansoor Alikhan</th><td>101</td><td>0.05</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>K. Dharmaraj</th><td>86</td><td>0.05</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>A. Jegan Salamondoss</th><td>72</td><td>0.04</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>A. Amalan Savarimuthu</th><td>68</td><td>0.04</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>M. Krishnan</th><td>66</td><td>0.04</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>Mohamed Abubakkar Siddiq</th><td>60</td><td>0.03</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>R. Tamilarasan</th><td>52</td><td>0.03</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>2,739</td><td>1.47</td><td>8.30</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>1,85,213</td><td>87.20</td><td>7.64</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>2,12,403</td><td></td><td>5,728</td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">AIADMK gain from DMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>6.34</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>A. Soundara Pandian</th><td>84,914</td><td>48.93</td><td>2.13</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>D. R. Dharmaraj</th><td>67,965</td><td>39.16</td><td>5.33</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><th>I. Malar Tamil Prabha</th><td>16,248</td><td>9.36</td><td>8.45</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><th>M. Vijayamurthy</th><td>2,941</td><td>1.69</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><th>Nota</th><td>1,200</td><td>0.69</td><td>0.48</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>U. Johnson</th><td>304</td><td>0.18</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SMKNK</td><th>K. Kamaraj</th><td>270</td><td>0.16</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>Anbil K Thangamani</th><td>247</td><td>0.14</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMGRDMK</td><th>R. Silambarasan</th><td>138</td><td>0.08</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PT</td><th>P. Nambirajan</th><td>124</td><td>0.07</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>K. Dharmaraj</th><td>120</td><td>0.07</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>16,949</td><td>9.77</td><td>7.46</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>173,554</td><td>79.56</td><td>−2.11</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Rejected ballots</th><td>169</td><td>0.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>218,131</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">DMK hold</td><th>Swing</th><td>2.13</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>A. Soundara Pandian</th><td>77,946</td><td>46.80</td><td>2.09</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>M. Vijayamurthy</th><td>74,109</td><td>44.50</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><th>M. Jayaseelan</th><td>6,784</td><td>4.07</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><th>None Of The Above</th><td>1,953</td><td>1.17</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><th>P. Sampath</th><td>1,521</td><td>0.91</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IJK</td><th>K. Selvakumar</th><td>892</td><td>0.54</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>K. Murugavel</th><td>766</td><td>0.46</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><th>R. Umamaheswaran</th><td>745</td><td>0.45</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>S. Jayachandran</th><td>504</td><td>0.30</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>A. Jeyakumar</th><td>381</td><td>0.23</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SS</td><th>S. Karthik</th><td>294</td><td>0.18</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>3,837</td><td>2.30</td><td>−2.59</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>166,554</td><td>81.68</td><td>−1.78</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>203,917</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">DMK hold</td><th>Swing</th><td>2.09</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>A. Soundara Pandian</th><td>65,363</td><td>44.71</td><td>2.91</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><th>A. D. Sendhureswaran</th><td>58,208</td><td>39.81</td><td>36.5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IJK</td><th>P. Parkkavan Pachamuthu</th><td>14,004</td><td>9.58</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><th>M. S. Lohithasan</th><td>2,413</td><td>1.65</td><td>0.43</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>K. Thangamani</th><td>1,452</td><td>0.99</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>A. Jeyakumar</th><td>1,437</td><td>0.98</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><th>C. Chinnappan</th><td>1,167</td><td>0.80</td><td>0.01</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>P. Ravi</th><td>583</td><td>0.40</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>K. Murugavel</th><td>477</td><td>0.33</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>P. Balasubramanian</th><td>472</td><td>0.32</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>S. Ayyasamy</th><td>346</td><td>0.24</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>7,155</td><td>4.89</td><td>2.20</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>175,172</td><td>83.46</td><td>7.64</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>146,201</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">DMK hold</td><th>Swing</th><td>-2.91</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2006

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>A. Soundara Pandian</th><td>62,937</td><td>47.62</td><td>1.81</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>T. Rajaram</th><td>59,380</td><td>44.93</td><td>2.19</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><th>S. Ramu</th><td>4,376</td><td>3.31</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><th>D. Rajendran</th><td>1,607</td><td>1.22</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><th>A. Ganapathi</th><td>1,039</td><td>0.79</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>N. Rajaram</th><td>757</td><td>0.57</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>A. Muthusamy</th><td>474</td><td>0.36</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><th>P. Duraisamy</th><td>447</td><td>0.34</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>U. Krishna Moorthy</th><td>375</td><td>0.28</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>M. Nataraj</th><td>373</td><td>0.28</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TNJC</td><th>P. Bala Subramanian</th><td>251</td><td>0.19</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>3,557</td><td>2.69</td><td>1.39</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>132,167</td><td>75.83</td><td>8.67</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>174,305</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">DMK gain from AIADMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>0.51</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2001

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>S. M. Balan</th><td>58,288</td><td>47.11</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>K. N. Nehru</th><td>56,678</td><td>45.81</td><td>22.66</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><th>C. Adhanam</th><td>4,665</td><td>3.77</td><td>6.72</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>P. Stephen</th><td>1,412</td><td>1.14</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>R. Pappu</th><td>946</td><td>0.76</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>J. Akthar Ali</th><td>875</td><td>0.71</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>K. M. Mohankumar</th><td>512</td><td>0.41</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>S. N. Gunasekaran</th><td>343</td><td>0.28</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>1,610</td><td>1.30</td><td>−47.14</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>123,719</td><td>67.15</td><td>−9.70</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>184,259</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">AIADMK gain from DMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>-21.36</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1996

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>K. N. Nehru</th><td>84,113</td><td>68.47</td><td>24.88</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>J. Logambal</th><td>24,609</td><td>20.03</td><td>34.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><th>Pon. Pandian</th><td>12,890</td><td>10.49</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>P. Subramanian</th><td>267</td><td>0.22</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>R. Sriramulu</th><td>219</td><td>0.18</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>P. K. Krishnamoorthi</th><td>185</td><td>0.15</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>C. Sreerangammal</th><td>167</td><td>0.14</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>N. Mookkan</th><td>128</td><td>0.10</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>S. Kandasami</th><td>97</td><td>0.08</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>A. Manivannan</th><td>92</td><td>0.07</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>Rajappa</th><td>73</td><td>0.06</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>59,504</td><td>48.44</td><td>37.16</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>122,840</td><td>76.85</td><td>2.61</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>167,192</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">DMK gain from INC</td><th>Swing</th><td>13.60</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1991

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>J. Logambal</th><td>65,742</td><td>54.88</td><td>36.44</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>K. N. Nehru</th><td>52,225</td><td>43.59</td><td>2.35</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><th>S. Prabakaran</th><td>394</td><td>0.33</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>S. Kandasamy</th><td>243</td><td>0.20</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><th>P. Rajendran</th><td>239</td><td>0.20</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>E. Krishnamoorthy</th><td>215</td><td>0.18</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>S. Alagan</th><td>199</td><td>0.17</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>P. Pandian</th><td>176</td><td>0.15</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>S. Rathakrishanan</th><td>160</td><td>0.13</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>R. Daiusamy</th><td>122</td><td>0.10</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>T. Balasubramaniam</th><td>83</td><td>0.07</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>13,517</td><td>11.28</td><td>−8.35</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>119,798</td><td>74.24</td><td>−6.37</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>166,783</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">INC gain from DMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>8.93</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1989

1984

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>K. Venkatachalam</th><td>61,590</td><td>60.09</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TNC(K)</td><th>A. Swaminkan</th><td>36,468</td><td>35.58</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>G. Gandhi</th><td>2,345</td><td>2.29</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>S. P. Nagarajan</th><td>1,057</td><td>1.03</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>S. Kandasamy</th><td>532</td><td>0.52</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>Angarai Govindarajan</th><td>508</td><td>0.50</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>25,122</td><td>24.51</td><td>21.71</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>102,500</td><td>80.55</td><td>3.10</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>132,489</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">INC gain from DMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>19.19</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1980

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>Anbil P. Dharmalingam</th><td>40,899</td><td>40.90</td><td>6.5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>A. Swamickan</th><td>38,099</td><td>38.10</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>R. Gangadharan</th><td>16,016</td><td>16.02</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>A. K. Perumal</th><td>4,981</td><td>4.98</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>2,800</td><td>2.80</td><td>1.14</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>99,995</td><td>77.45</td><td>5.14</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>130,260</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">DMK gain from AIADMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>4.84</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1977

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>K. N. Shanmugam</th><td>33,322</td><td>36.06</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>R. Gangadhran</th><td>31,789</td><td>34.40</td><td>20.11</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>N. S. Abedanandham</th><td>14,266</td><td>15.44</td><td>22.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><th>K. N. Thangavelu</th><td>12,230</td><td>13.23</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>S. Kandaswamy</th><td>808</td><td>0.87</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>1,533</td><td>1.66</td><td>−14.56</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>92,415</td><td>72.31</td><td>−8.38</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>129,589</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">AIADMK gain from DMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>-18.45</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1971

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>V. N. Muthamil Selvan</th><td>40,213</td><td>54.51</td><td>3.88</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>D. Rengasamy Udayar</th><td>28,250</td><td>38.29</td><td>8.76</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>S. Kandasamy</th><td>3,927</td><td>5.32</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>P. V. Chidambaram</th><td>1,021</td><td>1.38</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>P. Ravanan</th><td>364</td><td>0.49</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>11,963</td><td>16.22</td><td>12.64</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>73,775</td><td>80.70</td><td>−3.51</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>95,464</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">DMK hold</td><th>Swing</th><td>3.88</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1967

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>D. Natarajan</th><td>37,352</td><td>50.63</td><td>1.22</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>D. R. Udaiyar</th><td>34,712</td><td>47.05</td><td>4.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>R. Ramadoss</th><td>841</td><td>1.14</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>S. Irudayanesan</th><td>568</td><td>0.77</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>S. Ayinraju</th><td>303</td><td>0.41</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>2,640</td><td>3.58</td><td>−6.07</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>73,776</td><td>84.21</td><td>6.00</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>90,310</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">DMK hold</td><th>Swing</th><td>-1.22</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1962

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>Anbil P. Dharmalingam</th><td>38,951</td><td>51.85</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>I. Antoniswamy</th><td>31,707</td><td>42.21</td><td>13.17</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SWA</td><th>S. Thangavel</th><td>4,459</td><td>5.94</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>7,244</td><td>9.64</td><td>−1.12</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>75,117</td><td>78.21</td><td>17.43</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>98,811</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">DMK gain from INC</td><th>Swing</th><td>-3.53</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1957

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>S. Lazar</th><td>30,232</td><td>55.38</td><td>17.59</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>Anbil P. Dharmalingam</th><td>24,354</td><td>44.62</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>5,878</td><td>10.77</td><td>−13.65</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>54,586</td><td>60.78</td><td>−8.52</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>89,815</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">INC gain from Independent</td><th>Swing</th><td>-6.83</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1952

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>Rajachidambaram</th><td>26,009</td><td>62.21</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>Varadarajan</th><td>15,799</td><td>37.79</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>10,210</td><td>24.42</td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>41,808</td><td>69.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>60,333</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><th colspan="5">Independent win (new seat)</th></tr></tbody></table>