Madurai West Assembly constituency

Madurai West is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and winners from this constituency are listed below.

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Madurai West Assembly constituency

Madurai West is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and winners from this constituency are listed below.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Madurai West Assembly constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1967</td><td>N. Sankaraiah</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1971</td><td>K. T. K. Thangamani</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>T. P. M. Periyaswamy</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>M. G. Ramachandran (Chief Minister)</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>Pon. Muthuramalingam</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>S. V. Shanmugam</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>Valarmathi Jebaraj</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>S. V. Shanmugam</td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>K. S. K. Rajendran</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>Sellur K. Raju</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</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>AIADMK</td><td>Sellur K. Raju</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Ragu Balaji</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Vignesh Kumar</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>S. R. Thangapandi</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>271,341</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>AIADMK</td><td>Sellur K. Raju</td><td>83,883</td><td>41.96%</td><td>−2.85</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>C. Chinnammal</td><td>74,762</td><td>37.40%</td><td>+1.49</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>C. Vetri Kumaran</td><td>18,224</td><td>9.12%</td><td>+7.24</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>V. Muniyasamy</td><td>15,849</td><td>7.93%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>P. Balachandran</td><td>3,417</td><td>1.71%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Tamil Nadu Ilangyar Katchi</td><td>K. Nagajothi</td><td>2,509</td><td>1.26%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>Nota</td><td>1,774</td><td>0.89%</td><td>−0.61</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. Ramu</td><td>368</td><td>0.18%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ABHM</td><td>R. Karthikeyan</td><td>318</td><td>0.16%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Venkatesan</td><td>126</td><td>0.06%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Premkumar</td><td>122</td><td>0.06%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>9,121</td><td>4.56%</td><td>−4.34%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>199,920</td><td>65.09%</td><td>−0.49%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>425</td><td>0.21%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>307,141</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-2.85%</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>Sellur K. Raju</td><td>82,529</td><td>44.81%</td><td>−14.83</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>G. Thalapathi</td><td>66,131</td><td>35.91%</td><td>+0.65</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>U. Vasuki</td><td>19,991</td><td>10.85%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>A. Sasikumar</td><td>5,705</td><td>3.10%</td><td>+1.12</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>V. Thirunavukkarasu</td><td>3,454</td><td>1.88%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None Of The Above</td><td>2,759</td><td>1.50%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>R. Krishnakumar</td><td>927</td><td>0.50%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Venkatesan</td><td>360</td><td>0.20%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Muthupandian</td><td>332</td><td>0.18%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SMK</td><td>V. C. Meenakshi</td><td>310</td><td>0.17%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Gandhiya Makkal Iyakkam</td><td>S. Eswaran</td><td>277</td><td>0.15%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>16,398</td><td>8.90%</td><td>−15.48%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>184,180</td><td>65.58%</td><td>−8.55%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>280,863</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-14.83%</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>Sellur K. Raju</td><td>94,798</td><td>59.64%</td><td>+15.98</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>G. Thalapathi</td><td>56,037</td><td>35.25%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>M. Rajarathinam</td><td>3,149</td><td>1.98%</td><td>+0.57</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Paul Pandi</td><td>2,959</td><td>1.86%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IJK</td><td>P. Moorthy</td><td>897</td><td>0.56%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>38,761</td><td>24.39%</td><td>21.74%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>214,423</td><td>74.13%</td><td>3.40%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>158,950</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>15.98%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2007

<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.K. Rajendiran</td><td>60,933</td><td>51.68%</td><td>+10.67</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Sellur K. Raju</td><td>29,818</td><td>25.59%</td><td>−15.72</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>Siva Muthukumaran</td><td>21,272</td><td>18.04%</td><td>+6.95</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>31,115</td><td>n/a</td><td>n/a</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>117,904</td><td>n/a</td><td>n/a</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>S. V. Shanmugam</td><td>57,208</td><td>43.66%</td><td>−4.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>N. Perumal</td><td>53,741</td><td>41.01%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>Dr. S. Manimaran</td><td>14,527</td><td>11.09%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>P. Bhakavathi</td><td>1,851</td><td>1.41%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>B. Ramakrishnan</td><td>1,261</td><td>0.96%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIFB</td><td>L. K. Saravanan</td><td>814</td><td>0.62%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,467</td><td>2.65%</td><td>1.94%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>131,030</td><td>70.72%</td><td>21.72%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>185,269</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-4.40%</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>Valarmathi Jebaraj</td><td>48,465</td><td>48.06%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan</td><td>47,757</td><td>47.36%</td><td>−15.06</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>M. Manoharan</td><td>2,574</td><td>2.55%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>M. Balasubramani</td><td>627</td><td>0.62%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Dr. M. Meenakshi Sundram</td><td>569</td><td>0.56%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>708</td><td>0.70%</td><td>−44.05%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>100,840</td><td>49.01%</td><td>−10.40%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>205,790</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-14.35%</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>P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan</td><td>61,723</td><td>62.42%</td><td>+27.69</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>R. Muthusamy</td><td>17,465</td><td>17.66%</td><td>−45.69</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD</td><td>K. John Moses</td><td>13,965</td><td>14.12%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>A. G. Karunakaran</td><td>4,206</td><td>4.25%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>44,258</td><td>44.75%</td><td>16.13%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>98,890</td><td>59.41%</td><td>7.29%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>171,126</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>-0.93%</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>INC</td><td>S. V. Shanmugam</td><td>59,586</td><td>63.35%</td><td>+34.55</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Pon. Muthuramalingam</td><td>32,664</td><td>34.73%</td><td>−15.6</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>{{{party}}}</td><td>{{{candidate}}}</td><td>{{{votes}}}</td><td>{{{percentage}}}</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>26,922</td><td>28.62%</td><td>7.10%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>94,060</td><td>52.11%</td><td>−18.96%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>183,245</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>13.03%</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>Pon. Muthuramalingam</td><td>45,579</td><td>50.32%</td><td>−0.91</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>R. V. S. Premkumar</td><td>26,087</td><td>28.80%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>A. Karunaidasan</td><td>20,871</td><td>23.04%</td><td>−24.88</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Vadivarsan</td><td>8,455</td><td>9.34%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G. Mariappan</td><td>826</td><td>0.91%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>19,492</td><td>21.52%</td><td>18.21%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>90,572</td><td>71.08%</td><td>2.55%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>128,999</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-0.91%</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>DMK</td><td>Pon. Muthuramalingam</td><td>48,247</td><td>51.24%</td><td>+13.65</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>S. Pandian</td><td>45,131</td><td>47.93%</td><td>−11.69</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,116</td><td>3.31%</td><td>−18.72%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>94,167</td><td>68.53%</td><td>5.36%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>142,850</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-8.38%</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>M. G. Ramachandran</td><td>57,019</td><td>59.61%</td><td>+16.55</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Pon. Muthuramalingam</td><td>35,953</td><td>37.59%</td><td>+16</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>A. C. Kamaraj</td><td>2,178</td><td>2.28%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>21,066</td><td>22.02%</td><td>0.55%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>95,646</td><td>63.17%</td><td>9.24%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>152,756</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>16.55%</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>T. P. M. Periyaswamy</td><td>32,342</td><td>43.06%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Pon. Muthuramalingam</td><td>16,211</td><td>21.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>A. C. Kamaraj</td><td>13,168</td><td>17.53%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>K. T. K. Thangamani</td><td>12,190</td><td>16.23%</td><td>−31.65</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIFB</td><td>S. Mayandi</td><td>1,192</td><td>1.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>16,131</td><td>21.48%</td><td>10.77%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>75,103</td><td>53.93%</td><td>−11.46%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>140,580</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from CPI</td><td>Swing</td><td>-4.81%</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>CPI</td><td>K. T. K. Thangamani</td><td>40,899</td><td>47.88%</td><td>+36.46</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>P. Anandam</td><td>31,753</td><td>37.17%</td><td>+8</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>N. Sankariah</td><td>12,774</td><td>14.95%</td><td>−44.47</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>9,146</td><td>10.71%</td><td>−19.55%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>85,426</td><td>65.39%</td><td>−7.14%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>137,117</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td>-11.54%</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>N. Sankaraiah</td><td>46,882</td><td>59.42%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>M. Chelliah</td><td>23,012</td><td>29.17%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>K. T. K. Thangamani</td><td>9,005</td><td>11.41%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>23,870</td><td>30.25%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>78,899</td><td>72.52%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>111,707</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>