Polur Assembly constituency

Polur is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 66. It comprises portions of the Chetpet, Pernamallur, Kalambur and Polur towns and unions. Polur is a part of Arani 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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Polur Assembly constituency

Polur is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 66. It comprises portions of the Chetpet, Pernamallur, Kalambur and Polur towns and unions. Polur is a part of Arani 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>Manickavelu Naicker</td><td></td><td>Commonweal Party</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>S. M. Annamalai</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>Kesava Reddiar</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>S. Kuppammal</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</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>T. P. Srinivasan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>K. J. Subramanian</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>L. Balaraman</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress (I)</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>J. Rajababu</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>A. Rajendran</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>T. Vediyappan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>A. Rajendran</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>Nalini Manokaran</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>P. S. Vijayakumar</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>L. Jaya Sudha</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>K. V. Sekaran</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>S. S. Agri Krishnamurthy</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</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>DMDK</td><td>T. P. Saravanan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>C.R.Baskaran</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Umadevi Prakash</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>R. Abishek</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>242,707</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>Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy</td><td>97,732</td><td>48.65%</td><td>+18.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>K.V. Sekaran.</td><td>88,007</td><td>43.81%</td><td>+9.79</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>L. Lavanya</td><td>10,197</td><td>5.08%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>G. Kalavathi</td><td>1,580</td><td>0.79%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Daksnamoorthy</td><td>1,188</td><td>0.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,144</td><td>0.57%</td><td>−0.06</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>9,725</td><td>4.84%</td><td>0.61%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>200,868</td><td>82.38%</td><td>−3.48%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>366</td><td>0.18%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>243,833</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>14.63%</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>K. V. Sekaran</td><td>66,588</td><td>34.02%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>M. Murugan</td><td>58,315</td><td>29.80%</td><td>−25.63</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. Elumalai</td><td>38,861</td><td>19.86%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>A. Velayutham</td><td>17,184</td><td>8.78%</td><td>−29.52</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>P. Selvan</td><td>5,000</td><td>2.55%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Dhashanamoorthy</td><td>1,858</td><td>0.95%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>D. Tamilarasi</td><td>1,232</td><td>0.63%</td><td>−0.19</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,230</td><td>0.63%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>8,273</td><td>4.23%</td><td>−12.90%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>195,714</td><td>85.86%</td><td>1.02%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>227,936</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-21.40%</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>L. Jaya Sudha</td><td>92,391</td><td>55.42%</td><td>+14.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>G. Ediroli Manian</td><td>63,846</td><td>38.30%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IJK</td><td>V. Perumal</td><td>2,320</td><td>1.39%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Munisamy</td><td>2,132</td><td>1.28%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>D. Murugesan</td><td>1,881</td><td>1.13%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>N. Venkatesan</td><td>1,360</td><td>0.82%</td><td>−1.03</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>28,545</td><td>17.12%</td><td>11.06%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>166,702</td><td>84.85%</td><td>13.32%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>196,477</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>8.34%</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>INC</td><td>P. S. Vijayakumar</td><td>58,595</td><td>47.08%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>T. Vediyappan</td><td>51,051</td><td>41.02%</td><td>−10.3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>S. C. Purushothaman</td><td>6,867</td><td>5.52%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>G. Elangeswaran</td><td>2,299</td><td>1.85%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. B. Lakshmanan</td><td>2,089</td><td>1.68%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>G. Shanmugam</td><td>2,011</td><td>1.62%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Durairaj</td><td>815</td><td>0.65%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. Sankar</td><td>729</td><td>0.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,544</td><td>6.06%</td><td>−3.23%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>124,456</td><td>71.53%</td><td>5.29%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>173,999</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-4.23%</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>Nalini Manokaran</td><td>59,678</td><td>51.31%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>C. Elumalai</td><td>48,871</td><td>42.02%</td><td>−13.43</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>J. Jayachandran</td><td>2,524</td><td>2.17%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>A. Karthikeyan</td><td>1,896</td><td>1.63%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Puratchi Bharatham</td><td>J. Bhaskar</td><td>1,647</td><td>1.42%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Durairaj</td><td>1,002</td><td>0.86%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Muniappan</td><td>680</td><td>0.58%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>10,807</td><td>9.29%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>116,298</td><td>66.23%</td><td>−4.75%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>175,601</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-4.14%</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>A. Rajendran</td><td>59,070</td><td>55.45%</td><td>+33.15</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>{{{votes}}}</td><td>{{{percentage}}}</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>106,525</td><td>70.98%</td><td>3.85%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>159,775</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-6.67%</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>T. Vediyappan</td><td>60,262</td><td>62.13%</td><td>+35.83</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>A. Rajendran</td><td>21,637</td><td>22.31%</td><td>−16.49</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>K. G. Elumalai</td><td>13,026</td><td>13.43%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AAP</td><td>S. Santha</td><td>705</td><td>0.73%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Annamalai</td><td>505</td><td>0.52%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>38,625</td><td>39.82%</td><td>27.32%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>97,001</td><td>67.13%</td><td>4.37%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>151,807</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>23.33%</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>A. Rajendran</td><td>31,478</td><td>38.80%</td><td>+2.71</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>S. Kannan</td><td>21,334</td><td>26.29%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>J. Rajababu</td><td>15,453</td><td>19.05%</td><td>−43.36</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>A. Selvan</td><td>12,096</td><td>14.91%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. C. Manilingam</td><td>527</td><td>0.65%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>10,144</td><td>12.50%</td><td>−13.82%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>81,137</td><td>62.76%</td><td>−12.26%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>132,966</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>-23.61%</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>INC</td><td>J. Rajababu</td><td>52,437</td><td>62.40%</td><td>+13.48</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>T. K. Subramantan</td><td>30,319</td><td>36.08%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Shunmugam</td><td>1,273</td><td>1.51%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>22,118</td><td>26.32%</td><td>23.35%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>84,029</td><td>75.02%</td><td>8.74%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>116,495</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>13.48%</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>INC</td><td>L. Balaraman</td><td>35,456</td><td>48.92%</td><td>+39.14</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>A. Selvan</td><td>33,303</td><td>45.95%</td><td>+8.14</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. G. Vediappan</td><td>1,898</td><td>2.62%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. J. Subramanian</td><td>1,183</td><td>1.63%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. C. Murugesa Gounder</td><td>635</td><td>0.88%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,153</td><td>2.97%</td><td>−1.22%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>72,475</td><td>66.28%</td><td>4.05%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>111,477</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>11.11%</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>K. J. Subramanian</td><td>24,631</td><td>37.82%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>S. Murugaiyan</td><td>21,902</td><td>33.63%</td><td>−24.29</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>T. M. Subramanian</td><td>11,279</td><td>17.32%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>S. M. Annamalai</td><td>6,373</td><td>9.78%</td><td>−32.3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. P. Ramachandran</td><td>950</td><td>1.46%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,729</td><td>4.19%</td><td>−11.65%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>65,135</td><td>62.23%</td><td>−11.05%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>107,103</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-20.10%</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>T. P. Srinivasan</td><td>34,728</td><td>57.92%</td><td>+0.99</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>T. R. Natesa Gounder</td><td>25,232</td><td>42.08%</td><td>+7.5</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>9,496</td><td>15.84%</td><td>−6.51%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>59,960</td><td>73.28%</td><td>−1.93%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>85,660</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>0.99%</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>DMK</td><td>S. Kuppamal</td><td>33,292</td><td>56.92%</td><td>−5.23</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>S. M. Annamalai</td><td>20,224</td><td>34.58%</td><td>−3.26</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Kothandaraman</td><td>4,969</td><td>8.50%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>13,068</td><td>22.34%</td><td>−1.97%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>58,485</td><td>75.20%</td><td>15.23%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>81,835</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-5.23%</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>Kesava Reddiar</td><td>29,283</td><td>62.16%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Periasami</td><td>17,828</td><td>37.84%</td><td>+18.85</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>11,455</td><td>24.31%</td><td>7.84%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>47,111</td><td>59.98%</td><td>11.10%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>82,973</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from Independent</td><td>Swing</td><td>19.20%</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>Independent</td><td>S. M. Annamalai</td><td>17,222</td><td>42.96%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. B. Kesava Reddiar</td><td>10,616</td><td>26.48%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V. Krishnakanthan</td><td>7,613</td><td>18.99%</td><td>−26.36</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Vediappa Mudaliar</td><td>4,059</td><td>10.13%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Purushothama Mudali</td><td>578</td><td>1.44%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>6,606</td><td>16.48%</td><td>7.18%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>40,088</td><td>48.88%</td><td>−5.51%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>82,019</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent gain from Commonweal Party</td><td>Swing</td><td>-11.69%</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>Commonweal Party</td><td>M. A. Manickavelu Naicker</td><td>19,508</td><td>54.65%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Annamalai Chetty</td><td>16,190</td><td>45.35%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,318</td><td>9.29%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>35,698</td><td>54.39%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>65,635</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Commonweal Party win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>