Mannargudi Assembly constituency

Mannargudi is a legislative assembly constituency in Thiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

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Mannargudi Assembly constituency

Mannargudi is a legislative assembly constituency in Thiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Dr. T. R. B. Rajaa is the current MLA from Mannargudi, having been elected three times consecutively.

Elections and winners from this constituency are listed below.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1952</td><td>Manali C. Kandasami</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>T. S. Swaminatha Odayar</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td></tr></tbody></table>

Tamil Nadu

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1971</td><td>K. Balakrishnan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>M. Ambigapathi</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>S. Gnanasundaram</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>K. Ramachandran</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>K. Srinivasan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>V. Sivapunniam</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>Dr. T R B Rajaa</td><td></td><td>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>DMK</td><td>T. R. B. Rajaa</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>S. Kamaraj</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>R. Bharathi Selvan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>U. V. M. Rajarajan</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>231,935</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>T. R. B. Rajaa</td><td>87,172</td><td>45.34%</td><td>−3.37</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Siva Rajamanickam</td><td>49,779</td><td>25.89%</td><td>−17.51</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>S. Kamaraj</td><td>40,481</td><td>21.05%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Aravindan Rama</td><td>10,438</td><td>5.43%</td><td>+4.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. Kumaresan</td><td>1,845</td><td>0.96%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>S. Anbanandam</td><td>1,366</td><td>0.71%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>960</td><td>0.50%</td><td>−0.45</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>37,393</td><td>19.45%</td><td>14.14%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>192,269</td><td>73.94%</td><td>−3.56%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>356</td><td>0.19%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>260,042</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-3.37%</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>T. R. B. Rajaa</td><td>91,137</td><td>48.71%</td><td>−0.23</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>S. Kamaraj</td><td>81,200</td><td>43.40%</td><td>−3.14</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>A. Murugaiyan Babu</td><td>5,966</td><td>3.19%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>S. Balasubramaniyan</td><td>1,983</td><td>1.06%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>E. Balamurugan</td><td>1,923</td><td>1.03%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,774</td><td>0.95%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>B. Sivakumar</td><td>1,744</td><td>0.93%</td><td>+0.07</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>9,937</td><td>5.31%</td><td>2.91%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>187,110</td><td>77.49%</td><td>−3.37%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>241,448</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-0.23%</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>T. R. B. Rajaa</td><td>81,320</td><td>48.93%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Siva. Rajamanickam</td><td>77,338</td><td>46.54%</td><td>+2.17</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Jayachandran</td><td>1,863</td><td>1.12%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>P. Vasudevan</td><td>1,435</td><td>0.86%</td><td>−0.51</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Vetrivel</td><td>924</td><td>0.56%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,982</td><td>2.40%</td><td>−2.65%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>205,522</td><td>80.86%</td><td>5.71%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>166,186</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from CPI</td><td>Swing</td><td>-0.48%</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</td><td>V. Sivapunniam</td><td>68,144</td><td>49.42%</td><td>−6.98</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>R. Kamaraj</td><td>61,186</td><td>44.37%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>N. Muthiya</td><td>4,500</td><td>3.26%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>K. Kalayana Raman</td><td>1,894</td><td>1.37%</td><td>−38.91</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Muthu Lingam</td><td>836</td><td>0.61%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>6,958</td><td>5.05%</td><td>−11.07%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>137,898</td><td>75.15%</td><td>7.80%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>183,489</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-6.98%</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</td><td>V. Sivapunniam</td><td>70,644</td><td>56.40%</td><td>−3.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>S. Gnanasekaran</td><td>50,454</td><td>40.28%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Neduncheyan</td><td>1,722</td><td>1.37%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Senguttuvan Vandaiyur</td><td>1,467</td><td>1.17%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. V. Kaliamurthy</td><td>969</td><td>0.77%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>20,190</td><td>16.12%</td><td>−17.06%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>125,256</td><td>67.35%</td><td>−5.92%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>185,994</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-3.40%</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>CPI</td><td>V. Sivapunniam</td><td>71,803</td><td>59.80%</td><td>+14.13</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>K. Kaliyaperumal</td><td>31,969</td><td>26.62%</td><td>−25.69</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>P. Tamilarasan</td><td>14,582</td><td>12.14%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>R. Dhanalakshmi</td><td>875</td><td>0.73%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>39,834</td><td>33.17%</td><td>26.52%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>120,076</td><td>73.27%</td><td>1.61%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>170,116</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>7.48%</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>K. Srinivasan</td><td>58,194</td><td>52.32%</td><td>+43.07</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>V. Veerasenan</td><td>50,798</td><td>45.67%</td><td>+4.98</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>T. Vaduganathan</td><td>1,258</td><td>1.13%</td><td>New</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>7,396</td><td>6.65%</td><td>4.24%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>111,232</td><td>71.66%</td><td>−7.64%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>159,854</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>9.22%</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>K. Ramachandran</td><td>48,809</td><td>43.10%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>V. Veerasenan</td><td>46,084</td><td>40.69%</td><td>−2.98</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>S. Gnana Sundaram</td><td>10,478</td><td>9.25%</td><td>−38.71</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Ambigapathy</td><td>6,482</td><td>5.72%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. A. M. Amaan Khan</td><td>879</td><td>0.78%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,725</td><td>2.41%</td><td>−1.89%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>113,259</td><td>79.29%</td><td>−1.77%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>144,950</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-4.87%</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>S. Gnanasundaram</td><td>49,471</td><td>47.96%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>P. Ramalingam</td><td>45,044</td><td>43.67%</td><td>−12.66</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC(J)</td><td>S. Ganesekaran</td><td>8,079</td><td>7.83%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Parthibhan</td><td>553</td><td>0.54%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>4,427</td><td>4.29%</td><td>−15.62%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>103,147</td><td>81.06%</td><td>4.44%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>131,490</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from CPI</td><td>Swing</td><td>-8.36%</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</td><td>M. Ambigapathi</td><td>51,818</td><td>56.33%</td><td>+18.43</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>M. Gopalasamy Thenkondar</td><td>33,496</td><td>36.41%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Kunchithapatham</td><td>5,895</td><td>6.41%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>P. Veeraiya Thevar</td><td>787</td><td>0.86%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>18,322</td><td>19.92%</td><td>11.72%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>91,996</td><td>76.62%</td><td>0.34%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>121,083</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>18.43%</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</td><td>M. Ambigapathi</td><td>34,298</td><td>37.89%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>K. Balakrishnan</td><td>26,881</td><td>29.70%</td><td>−22.35</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>A. Thirunayukkarasu</td><td>22,160</td><td>24.48%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>P. Veeraiya</td><td>6,830</td><td>7.55%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,417</td><td>8.19%</td><td>−2.34%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>90,515</td><td>76.28%</td><td>−6.13%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>119,893</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-14.16%</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. Balakrishnan</td><td>35,211</td><td>52.05%</td><td>+3.38</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>T. S. Swaminatha Odayar</td><td>28,083</td><td>41.51%</td><td>−8.58</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>P. Venktesa Solagar</td><td>4,055</td><td>5.99%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,128</td><td>10.54%</td><td>9.11%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>67,648</td><td>82.41%</td><td>−2.03%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>88,422</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>1.95%</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>T. S. Swaminatha Odayar</td><td>32,481</td><td>50.10%</td><td>−1.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>S. Narayanaswamy</td><td>31,558</td><td>48.67%</td><td>+22.06</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>O. R. B. Thevar</td><td>797</td><td>1.23%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>923</td><td>1.42%</td><td>−23.90%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>64,836</td><td>84.44%</td><td>3.28%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>81,429</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-1.84%</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>T. S. Swaminatha Odayar</td><td>37,117</td><td>51.94%</td><td>+7.34</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>P. Narayanasami</td><td>19,021</td><td>26.62%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>R. Thangaraj</td><td>15,321</td><td>21.44%</td><td>+4.2</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>18,096</td><td>25.32%</td><td>5.84%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>71,459</td><td>81.17%</td><td>18.66%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>91,758</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>7.34%</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>T. S. Swaminatha Odayar</td><td>25,095</td><td>44.60%</td><td>+21.22</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. K. Sivanada Saluvar</td><td>14,135</td><td>25.12%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>P. Venkatesan</td><td>9,699</td><td>17.24%</td><td>−8.25</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. Arunachalam</td><td>7,337</td><td>13.04%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>10,960</td><td>19.48%</td><td>17.37%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>56,266</td><td>62.51%</td><td>−63.29%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>90,015</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from CPI</td><td>Swing</td><td>19.11%</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>CPI</td><td>M. Kandaswami</td><td>51,498</td><td>25.49%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Ramachandra Naidu</td><td>47,228</td><td>23.38%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Socialist Party (India)</td><td>Govindaswami</td><td>9,521</td><td>4.71%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Kulandavelu Nainar</td><td>7,189</td><td>3.56%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>4,270</td><td>2.11%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>202,039</td><td>125.79%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>160,613</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>