Pennagaram Assembly constituency
Pennagaram is a state assembly constituency in Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 58. It comprises Pennagaram taluk and a portion of Palacode taluk. It is a part of Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
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Pennagaram Assembly constituency
Pennagaram is a state assembly constituency in Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 58. It comprises Pennagaram taluk and a portion of Palacode taluk. It is a part of Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. 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>S. Kandaswami Gounder</td><td></td><td>Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>S. Hemalatha Devi</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>M. V. Karivengadam</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>P. K. C. Muthusamy</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</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>N. Manickam</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>K. Appunu Gounder</td><td></td><td>Janata Party</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>P. Theertha Raman</td><td></td><td>Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>H. G. Arumugam</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>N. Nanjappan</td><td></td><td>Independent</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>V. Purushothaman</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>G. K. Mani</td><td></td><td>Pattali Makkal Katchi</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>P. N. Periannan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>P. N. P. Inbasekaran</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>N. Nanjappan</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>P. N. P. Inbasekharan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>G. K. Mani</td><td></td><td>Pattali Makkal Katchi</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>INC</td><td>GKM Tamilkumaran</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>Padi Ve.Selvam</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Palaniammal</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>Kajendran</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>2,46,293</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>PMK</td><td>G. K. Mani</td><td>106,123</td><td>50.46%</td><td>+21.21</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>P. N. P. Inbasekaran</td><td>84,937</td><td>40.39%</td><td>+1.89</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>R. Tamilazhagan</td><td>8,945</td><td>4.25%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>R. Uthayakumar</td><td>2,921</td><td>1.39%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Periyananjappan</td><td>1,968</td><td>0.94%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,759</td><td>0.84%</td><td>−0.21</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>K. Shakila</td><td>1,471</td><td>0.70%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>21,186</td><td>10.07%</td><td>0.83%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>210,305</td><td>85.22%</td><td>−2.82%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>437</td><td>0.21%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>246,772</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>11.97%</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. N. P. Inbasekaran</td><td>76,848</td><td>38.49%</td><td>−3.71</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>Anbumani Ramadoss</td><td>58,402</td><td>29.25%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>K. P. Munusamy</td><td>51,687</td><td>25.89%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>N. Nanjappan</td><td>5,624</td><td>2.82%</td><td>−46.5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>2,081</td><td>1.04%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>18,446</td><td>9.24%</td><td>2.13%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>199,635</td><td>88.04%</td><td>5.03%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>226,746</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from CPI</td><td>Swing</td><td>-10.82%</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>CPI</td><td>N. Nanjappan</td><td>80,028</td><td>49.31%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>P. N. P. Inbasekaran</td><td>68,485</td><td>42.20%</td><td>−7.23</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Munusamy</td><td>3,047</td><td>1.88%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>K. P. Kandasamy</td><td>2,660</td><td>1.64%</td><td>+1.02</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Shanmugam</td><td>1,546</td><td>0.95%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>M. Venkatesan</td><td>1,478</td><td>0.91%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Muniappan</td><td>1,208</td><td>0.74%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. K. Samykannu</td><td>853</td><td>0.53%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>11,543</td><td>7.11%</td><td>−10.85%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>162,288</td><td>83.02%</td><td>10.96%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>195,492</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-0.12%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2010 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>DMK</td><td>P. N. P Inbasekaran</td><td>77,669</td><td>45.48%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>G. K. M Tamil Kumaran</td><td>41,285</td><td>24.17%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>R. Anbazhagan</td><td>26,787</td><td>15.68%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>Kaveryverman</td><td>11,406</td><td>6.67%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>36,386</td><td>14.6%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,70,755</td><td>84.95%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></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>DMK</td><td>P. N. Periannan</td><td>74,109</td><td>49.43%</td><td>+33.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>S. R. Vetrivel</td><td>47,177</td><td>31.47%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>P. Dhandapani</td><td>10,567</td><td>7.05%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Muthulakshme</td><td>9,871</td><td>6.58%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Balamurugan</td><td>1,738</td><td>1.16%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>E. Periyannan</td><td>1,269</td><td>0.85%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Murugan</td><td>1,010</td><td>0.67%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>K. P. Kandasami</td><td>933</td><td>0.62%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>26,932</td><td>17.96%</td><td>5.05%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>149,932</td><td>72.05%</td><td>16.29%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>208,084</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from PMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>5.35%</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>PMK</td><td>G. K. Mani</td><td>49,125</td><td>44.08%</td><td>+12.45</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. N. Periannan</td><td>34,729</td><td>31.16%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>M. Kumar</td><td>17,371</td><td>15.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. N. Periannan</td><td>2,290</td><td>2.05%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>K. E. Sekar</td><td>1,466</td><td>1.32%</td><td>−0.15</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. Murugan</td><td>1,404</td><td>1.26%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Anbalagan</td><td>1,318</td><td>1.18%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>UCPI</td><td>P. Ravi</td><td>1,262</td><td>1.13%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>C. K. Murugan</td><td>1,245</td><td>1.12%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. C. Anbalagan</td><td>725</td><td>0.65%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>14,396</td><td>12.92%</td><td>12.55%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>111,444</td><td>55.76%</td><td>−9.07%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>199,848</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>12.45%</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>PMK</td><td>G. K. Mani</td><td>34,906</td><td>31.63%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>M. Arumugam</td><td>34,500</td><td>31.26%</td><td>+15.77</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>R. Anbalagan</td><td>25,217</td><td>22.85%</td><td>−28.94</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>UCPI</td><td>N. Nanjappan</td><td>11,717</td><td>10.62%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>K. E. Sekar</td><td>1,616</td><td>1.46%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>K. P. Kandasamy</td><td>682</td><td>0.62%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Rajendran</td><td>611</td><td>0.55%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>406</td><td>0.37%</td><td>−19.30%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>110,373</td><td>64.83%</td><td>2.15%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>184,582</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-20.16%</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>V. Purushothaman</td><td>49,585</td><td>51.79%</td><td>+31.98</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>N. M. Subramaniam</td><td>30,757</td><td>32.12%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>M. Arumugam</td><td>14,830</td><td>15.49%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>18,828</td><td>19.66%</td><td>18.38%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>95,746</td><td>62.69%</td><td>11.16%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>160,888</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from Independent</td><td>Swing</td><td>30.69%</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>Independent</td><td>N. Nanjappan</td><td>15,498</td><td>21.09%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>P. Srinivasan</td><td>14,555</td><td>19.81%</td><td>−35.17</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>M. Rajarathanam</td><td>9,808</td><td>13.35%</td><td>−41.63</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>S. Kumaran</td><td>9,209</td><td>12.53%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Rajamanikkam</td><td>8,877</td><td>12.08%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Lakshmanan</td><td>7,364</td><td>10.02%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Chandiran</td><td>2,571</td><td>3.50%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. K. G. Gunalan</td><td>2,431</td><td>3.31%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Kannan</td><td>660</td><td>0.90%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. Karunanidhi</td><td>628</td><td>0.85%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Samraj</td><td>550</td><td>0.75%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>943</td><td>1.28%</td><td>−22.25%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>73,468</td><td>51.53%</td><td>−16.50%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>147,380</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-33.89%</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>H. G. Arumugam</td><td>44,616</td><td>54.98%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>N. Nanjappan</td><td>25,518</td><td>31.45%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. M. Subramaniam</td><td>9,580</td><td>11.81%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Samadharamam</td><td>747</td><td>0.92%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Murugesan</td><td>682</td><td>0.84%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>19,098</td><td>23.54%</td><td>12.70%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>81,143</td><td>68.03%</td><td>8.87%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>126,479</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from GKC</td><td>Swing</td><td>2.25%</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>GKC</td><td>P. Theertha Raman</td><td>34,590</td><td>52.74%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>K. Marumuthu</td><td>27,481</td><td>41.90%</td><td>+26.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>K. Appunu Gounder</td><td>3,520</td><td>5.37%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,109</td><td>10.84%</td><td>9.63%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>65,591</td><td>59.16%</td><td>3.82%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>112,908</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>GKC gain from JP</td><td>Swing</td><td>20.61%</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>JP</td><td>K. Appunu Gounder</td><td>17,591</td><td>32.13%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Krishnan</td><td>16,932</td><td>30.92%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>B. K. Narasimhan</td><td>11,086</td><td>20.25%</td><td>−27.39</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>K. Marimuthu</td><td>8,487</td><td>15.50%</td><td>−36.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. M. Munniappan</td><td>660</td><td>1.21%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>659</td><td>1.20%</td><td>−3.53%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>54,756</td><td>55.34%</td><td>−13.53%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>100,327</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-20.24%</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>N. Manickkam</td><td>33,298</td><td>52.36%</td><td>+5.53</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>P. K. C. Muthuswami</td><td>30,291</td><td>47.64%</td><td>−1.57</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,007</td><td>4.73%</td><td>2.36%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>63,589</td><td>68.87%</td><td>3.89%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>99,155</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>3.16%</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>P. K. C. Muthusamy</td><td>27,913</td><td>49.20%</td><td>+14.57</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>N. Manickam</td><td>26,570</td><td>46.84%</td><td>−7.02</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>R. P. Gounder</td><td>2,246</td><td>3.96%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,343</td><td>2.37%</td><td>−16.86%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>56,729</td><td>64.98%</td><td>12.41%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>90,966</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-4.65%</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>DMK</td><td>M. V. Karivengadam</td><td>26,911</td><td>53.86%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>S. Hemalatha Devi</td><td>17,303</td><td>34.63%</td><td>+3.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. S. Veerappa Chettiar</td><td>2,995</td><td>5.99%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SWA</td><td>B. Munisami Gounder</td><td>1,623</td><td>3.25%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. R. Rajan</td><td>1,134</td><td>2.27%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>9,608</td><td>19.23%</td><td>7.53%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>49,966</td><td>52.57%</td><td>21.45%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>99,007</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>22.27%</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>S. Hemalatha Devi</td><td>8,791</td><td>31.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>D. K. Gorunatha Chettiar</td><td>5,536</td><td>19.89%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Thandavan</td><td>3,443</td><td>12.37%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. B. Munussamy Gounder</td><td>3,165</td><td>11.37%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Kandasami Gounder</td><td>3,017</td><td>10.84%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Govindan</td><td>2,297</td><td>8.25%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Latchumi</td><td>864</td><td>3.10%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Manthiri Thayappa Gounder</td><td>717</td><td>2.58%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,255</td><td>11.70%</td><td>7.40%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>27,830</td><td>31.12%</td><td>−11.80%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>89,416</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from TTP</td><td>Swing</td><td>2.27%</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>TTP</td><td>S. Kandaswami Gounder</td><td>8,050</td><td>29.32%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. N. Raja Chettiar</td><td>6,870</td><td>25.02%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Subbarao</td><td>6,261</td><td>22.81%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Dhaddi Alias Perumalu</td><td>5,181</td><td>18.87%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. M. Pachiappa Gounder</td><td>1,092</td><td>3.98%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,180</td><td>4.30%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>27,454</td><td>42.93%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>63,955</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TTP win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>