Madurai East Assembly constituency

Madurai East is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Election results from this constituency are listed below. For the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Madurai East was one of 17 assembly constituencies to use voter-verified paper audit trail.

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Madurai East Assembly constituency

Madurai East is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Election results from this constituency are listed below. For the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Madurai East was one of 17 assembly constituencies to use voter-verified paper audit trail.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Assembly</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th><th>Tenure</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1957</td><td>2nd</td><td>P. K. R. Lakshmi Kanthan</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>1957–1962</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>3rd</td><td>1962–1967</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>4th</td><td>K. P. Janakiammal</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>1967–1971</td></tr></tbody></table>

Tamil Nadu

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Assembly</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th><th>Tenure</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1971</td><td>5th</td><td>K. S. Ramakrishnan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td><td>1971–1977</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>6th</td><td>N. Sankariah</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>1977–1980</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>7th</td><td>N. Sankariah</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>1980–1984</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>8th</td><td>K. Kalimuthu</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td><td>1984–1989</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>9th</td><td>S. R. Eradha (Leader of the Opposition)</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td><td>1989–1991</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>10th</td><td>O. S. Amarnath</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td><td>1991–1996</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>11th</td><td>V. Velusamy</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td><td>1996–2001</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>12th</td><td>N. Nanmaran</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>2001–2006</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>13th</td><td>N. Nanmaran</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>2006–2011</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>14th</td><td>K. Tamilarasan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td><td>2011–2016</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>15th</td><td>P. Moorthy</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td><td>2016–2021</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>16th</td><td>Incumbent</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>P. Moorthy</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK+</td><td>Mankulam K. Mahendran</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Selvam</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>S. Karthikeyan</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>330,993</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>P. Moorthy</td><td>122,729</td><td>51.59%</td><td>+0.97</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>R. Gopalakrishnan</td><td>73,125</td><td>30.74%</td><td>−4.6</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>J. Latha</td><td>17,668</td><td>7.43%</td><td>+5.89</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>I. Muthukrishnan</td><td>11,993</td><td>5.04%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>T. Saravanan</td><td>6,729</td><td>2.83%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>None of the above</td><td>None of the above</td><td>1,944</td><td>0.82%</td><td>−0.7</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PT</td><td>A. Balamurugan</td><td>1,755</td><td>0.74%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>49,604</td><td>20.85%</td><td>5.57%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>237,892</td><td>72.31%</td><td>−2.48%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>53</td><td>0.02%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>328,990</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>0.97%</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>P. Moorthy</td><td>108,569</td><td>50.62%</td><td>+11.32</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>P. Pandi</td><td>75,797</td><td>35.34%</td><td>−19.95</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>P. Kalithasan</td><td>11,599</td><td>5.41%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>M. Suseendran</td><td>6,181</td><td>2.88%</td><td>+1.39</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Sengannan</td><td>3,296</td><td>1.54%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>None of the above</td><td>None of the above</td><td>3,246</td><td>1.51%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>Alaguraja</td><td>1,113</td><td>0.52%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>32,772</td><td>15.28%</td><td>−0.71%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>214,473</td><td>74.79%</td><td>−2.39%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>286,766</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-4.67%</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>K. Tamilarasan</td><td>99,447</td><td>55.29%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>P. Moorthy</td><td>70,692</td><td>39.30%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>K. Srinivasan</td><td>2,677</td><td>1.49%</td><td>−0.14</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Govindaraj</td><td>2,287</td><td>1.27%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IJK</td><td>K. G. Gnanasekaran</td><td>1,008</td><td>0.56%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>A. Dhavamani</td><td>929</td><td>0.52%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>28,755</td><td>15.99%</td><td>15.93%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>233,061</td><td>77.18%</td><td>6.34%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>179,869</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td>17.09%</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>CPI(M)</td><td>N. Nanmaran</td><td>36,383</td><td>38.20%</td><td>−5.09</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>M. Boominathan</td><td>36,332</td><td>38.15%</td><td>+35.64</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>A. Dhamodharan</td><td>18,632</td><td>19.56%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>A. P. Prabakaran</td><td>1,553</td><td>1.63%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIFB</td><td>N. Subbaiah</td><td>655</td><td>0.69%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>L. Thangavel</td><td>654</td><td>0.69%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>51</td><td>0.05%</td><td>−7.02%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>95,244</td><td>70.84%</td><td>15.92%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>134,455</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-5.09%</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>CPI(M)</td><td>N. Nanmaran</td><td>32,461</td><td>43.29%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>V. Velusamy</td><td>27,157</td><td>36.22%</td><td>−10.02</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. L. Vasu</td><td>11,837</td><td>15.79%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>M. Boominathan</td><td>1,878</td><td>2.50%</td><td>−2.12</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>Jarina Begam</td><td>586</td><td>0.78%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(U)</td><td>A. C. Kamaraj</td><td>507</td><td>0.68%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,304</td><td>7.07%</td><td>−15.53%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>74,980</td><td>54.92%</td><td>−6.84%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>136,526</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-2.94%</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>V. Velusamy</td><td>39,478</td><td>46.24%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>T. R. Janardhanan</td><td>20,181</td><td>23.64%</td><td>−40.36</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>N. L. Vasu</td><td>14,915</td><td>17.47%</td><td>+10.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>V. Muniyandi</td><td>3,946</td><td>4.62%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>J. Jebathurai</td><td>3,586</td><td>4.20%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIIC(T)</td><td>R. Ramachandran</td><td>1,596</td><td>1.87%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>19,297</td><td>22.60%</td><td>−15.65%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>85,381</td><td>61.76%</td><td>5.76%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>143,887</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-17.76%</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>O. S. Amarnath</td><td>50,336</td><td>64.00%</td><td>+15.12</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>P. M. Kumar</td><td>20,248</td><td>25.74%</td><td>−7.06</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>R. V. Seshachario</td><td>5,841</td><td>7.43%</td><td>+6.44</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TMUL</td><td>M. Ali Akbar</td><td>1,465</td><td>1.86%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>30,088</td><td>38.26%</td><td>22.18%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>78,650</td><td>56.00%</td><td>−10.53%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>142,993</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>15.12%</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>S. R. Eradha</td><td>40,519</td><td>48.88%</td><td>−2.2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>N. Sankaraiah</td><td>27,196</td><td>32.81%</td><td>−10.9</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>M. K. Ramakrishnan</td><td>12,778</td><td>15.42%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>T. R. Gopalan</td><td>817</td><td>0.99%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>13,323</td><td>16.07%</td><td>8.70%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>82,892</td><td>66.53%</td><td>−5.73%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>126,225</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-2.20%</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. Kalimuthu</td><td>43,210</td><td>51.08%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>P. M. Kumar</td><td>36,972</td><td>43.71%</td><td>−5.64</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>J. S. Krishnan</td><td>1,663</td><td>1.97%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Brinda Janardhanan</td><td>879</td><td>1.04%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC(J)</td><td>O. K. (Obula) Lakshmanan</td><td>638</td><td>0.75%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>6,238</td><td>7.37%</td><td>−0.58%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>84,590</td><td>72.26%</td><td>15.24%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>120,711</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td>1.74%</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>CPI(M)</td><td>N. Sankaraiah</td><td>36,862</td><td>49.35%</td><td>+15.9</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>M. A. Ramamoorthy</td><td>30,923</td><td>41.40%</td><td>+10.68</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>N. S. Ramamoorthy</td><td>5,647</td><td>7.56%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>O. K. (Obula) Lakshmanan</td><td>382</td><td>0.51%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,939</td><td>7.95%</td><td>5.21%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>74,701</td><td>57.02%</td><td>−2.03%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>132,153</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>15.90%</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>CPI(M)</td><td>N. Sankaraiah</td><td>24,263</td><td>33.45%</td><td>+23.76</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>A. G. Subbraman</td><td>22,278</td><td>30.71%</td><td>−9.6</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>R. V. Seshachari</td><td>15,629</td><td>21.55%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>M. R. Sankaran</td><td>9,644</td><td>13.29%</td><td>−30.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. V. Siddha</td><td>508</td><td>0.70%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,985</td><td>2.74%</td><td>−1.08%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>72,539</td><td>59.04%</td><td>−12.79%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>123,951</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-10.69%</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>K. S. Rama Krishnan</td><td>27,884</td><td>44.13%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>L. K. T. Muthuram</td><td>25,472</td><td>40.32%</td><td>+2.89</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>V. Veera Badhran</td><td>6,118</td><td>9.68%</td><td>−40.64</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ABJS</td><td>S. K. Balakrishnan</td><td>3,707</td><td>5.87%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,412</td><td>3.82%</td><td>−9.08%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>63,181</td><td>71.83%</td><td>−7.28%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>92,937</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td>-6.19%</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>CPI(M)</td><td>K. P. Janakiammal</td><td>32,173</td><td>50.32%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>A. G. Subburaman</td><td>23,929</td><td>37.43%</td><td>−10.69</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ABJS</td><td>R. V. Seshachari</td><td>7,396</td><td>11.57%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>8,244</td><td>12.89%</td><td>0.50%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>63,936</td><td>79.11%</td><td>1.96%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>82,764</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>2.21%</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>P. K. R. Lakshmi Kantham</td><td>36,679</td><td>48.11%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>N. Sankaraiah</td><td>27,228</td><td>35.72%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SWA</td><td>Ramu Servai</td><td>7,404</td><td>9.71%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ABJS</td><td>Ramia Seshachari</td><td>4,922</td><td>6.46%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>9,451</td><td>12.40%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>76,233</td><td>77.15%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>101,097</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>