Pudukkottai Assembly constituency
Pudukottai is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. An election was not held in year 1957. It comes under Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency for Parliament elections. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
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Pudukkottai Assembly constituency
Pudukottai is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. An election was not held in year 1957. It comes under Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency for Parliament elections. 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>Balakrishnan</td><td></td><td>Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>A. Thiagarajan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman</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>M. Sathiyamurthy</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress (I)</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>J. Mohammad Gani</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>A. Periannan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>C. Swaminathan</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>A. Periannan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>P. Mari Ayya</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>Dr. C. Vijayabaskar</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>R. Nedunchezhiyan</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>S. P. Muthukumaran</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>V. R. Karthik Thondaiman</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Periyannan Arasu</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>V. Muthuraja</td></tr></tbody></table>
• By-elections were held on the account of vacancy due to the demise of the sitting MLA.
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>V. Muthuraja</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Ezhilarasi</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>K. M. Shareef</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>2,23,928</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>V. Muthuraja</td><td>85,802</td><td>47.70%</td><td>+8.5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>V. R. Karthik Thondaiman</td><td>72,801</td><td>40.47%</td><td>+2.5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Sasikumar</td><td>11,503</td><td>6.39%</td><td>+5.44</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>S. Moorthy</td><td>3,948</td><td>2.19%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>M. Subramanian</td><td>1,873</td><td>1.04%</td><td>−3.55</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>13,001</td><td>7.23%</td><td>6.00%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>179,892</td><td>73.72%</td><td>−1.03%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>114</td><td>0.06%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>244,029</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>8.50%</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>Periyannan Arassu</td><td>66,739</td><td>39.19%</td><td>−5.37</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>V. R. Karthik Thondaiman</td><td>64,655</td><td>37.97%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Chokkalingam</td><td>22,973</td><td>13.49%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>Jahir Hussain</td><td>7,810</td><td>4.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,637</td><td>0.96%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>M. Arunmozhichozhan</td><td>1,625</td><td>0.95%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IJK</td><td>G. Kumar</td><td>1,061</td><td>0.62%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Radhakrishnan</td><td>913</td><td>0.54%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,084</td><td>1.22%</td><td>−0.99%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>170,282</td><td>74.75%</td><td>−4.14%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>227,802</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-7.58%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2012 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>AIADMK</td><td>V. R. Karthik Thondaiman</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>Jahir Hussain. N.</td><td>40000</td><td>88.28</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IJK</td><td>Srinivasan N</td><td>4,495</td><td>3.14</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNMK</td><td>Arivalagan</td><td>1,370</td><td>0.96</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>71,498</td><td>49.88</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,43,346</td><td>73.49</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from CPI</td><td>Swing</td><td></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>S. P. Muthukumaran</td><td>65,466</td><td>46.78%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Periyannan Arassu</td><td>62,365</td><td>44.56%</td><td>+3.66</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IJK</td><td>N. Srinivasan</td><td>4,098</td><td>2.93%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Bharathan</td><td>3,901</td><td>2.79%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Pala. Selvam</td><td>1,748</td><td>1.25%</td><td>−7.64</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. Ravi</td><td>832</td><td>0.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. Sevanthilingam</td><td>750</td><td>0.54%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,101</td><td>2.22%</td><td>0.94%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>139,957</td><td>78.89%</td><td>3.40%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>177,413</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>4.60%</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>AIADMK</td><td>R. Nedunchezhian</td><td>64,319</td><td>42.18%</td><td>−11.78</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>M. Jaffarali</td><td>62,369</td><td>40.90%</td><td>+6.53</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Durai Dhiviyanathan</td><td>13,559</td><td>8.89%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>S. Javaheer</td><td>6,880</td><td>4.51%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TNJC</td><td>M. Arumugam</td><td>837</td><td>0.55%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Vijayakumar</td><td>811</td><td>0.53%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Vetriselvam</td><td>770</td><td>0.50%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,950</td><td>1.28%</td><td>−18.31%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>152,502</td><td>75.49%</td><td>10.67%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>202,027</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-11.78%</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>Dr. C. Vijayabasker</td><td>77,627</td><td>53.96%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Periyannan Arasu</td><td>49,444</td><td>34.37%</td><td>−22.29</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>K. Kaliyamoorthy</td><td>10,702</td><td>7.44%</td><td>−2.69</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(ML)L</td><td>Kasi Viduthalaikkumaran</td><td>2,199</td><td>1.53%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Vijayabaskar</td><td>1,435</td><td>1.00%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Palanisamy</td><td>960</td><td>0.67%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>28,183</td><td>19.59%</td><td>−11.01%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>143,864</td><td>64.82%</td><td>−8.50%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>221,966</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-2.70%</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. Periannan</td><td>79,205</td><td>56.66%</td><td>+25.29</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>S. C. Swaminathan</td><td>36,422</td><td>26.05%</td><td>−40.39</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>V. N. Mani</td><td>14,165</td><td>10.13%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>K. Shariff</td><td>2,244</td><td>1.61%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. R. Subbiah</td><td>2,234</td><td>1.60%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>P. Ravi</td><td>1,348</td><td>0.96%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Balakrishnan</td><td>978</td><td>0.70%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>42,783</td><td>30.60%</td><td>−4.47%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>139,794</td><td>73.31%</td><td>4.44%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>199,005</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>-9.78%</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>C. Swaminathan</td><td>82,205</td><td>66.44%</td><td>+46.91</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>V. N. Mani</td><td>38,806</td><td>31.36%</td><td>−4.87</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>43,399</td><td>35.08%</td><td>19.73%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>123,728</td><td>68.87%</td><td>−9.84%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>183,488</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>30.20%</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. Periannan</td><td>45,534</td><td>36.24%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Erama Veerappan</td><td>26,254</td><td>20.89%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>S. Chellathurai</td><td>25,703</td><td>20.45%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>J. Mohamed Gani</td><td>24,536</td><td>19.53%</td><td>−42.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Saminathan</td><td>1,836</td><td>1.46%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>19,280</td><td>15.34%</td><td>−21.43%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>125,661</td><td>78.71%</td><td>0.52%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>162,152</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>-26.13%</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. Mohamed Gani</td><td>63,877</td><td>62.37%</td><td>+12.66</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>K. R. Subbiah</td><td>26,214</td><td>25.60%</td><td>−22.79</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC(J)</td><td>S. Chelladhuri</td><td>7,354</td><td>7.18%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Sundaravel Udayar</td><td>3,018</td><td>2.95%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Samiaiah Kadavarar</td><td>1,023</td><td>1.00%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Lakshmanan</td><td>690</td><td>0.67%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>37,663</td><td>36.77%</td><td>35.45%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>102,418</td><td>78.19%</td><td>4.12%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>137,340</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>12.66%</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>Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman</td><td>47,660</td><td>49.71%</td><td>+6.97</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>K. R. Subbiah</td><td>46,387</td><td>48.38%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Chidambaram</td><td>708</td><td>0.74%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Kuttayan</td><td>700</td><td>0.73%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,273</td><td>1.33%</td><td>−18.69%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>95,877</td><td>74.07%</td><td>5.25%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>130,814</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>6.97%</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>INC</td><td>Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman</td><td>36,406</td><td>42.74%</td><td>−4.07</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>C. Anbarasan</td><td>19,352</td><td>22.72%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>K. Chindambaram</td><td>19,217</td><td>22.56%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>A. Karuppiah Udayar</td><td>8,175</td><td>9.60%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>J. Muthukrishnan</td><td>1,103</td><td>1.29%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Uthrapathy</td><td>937</td><td>1.10%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>17,054</td><td>20.02%</td><td>18.28%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>85,190</td><td>68.82%</td><td>−7.19%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>125,055</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-4.07%</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>INC</td><td>M. Sathiamoorthy</td><td>34,680</td><td>46.80%</td><td>−15.26</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>K. R. Subbaiah</td><td>33,393</td><td>45.07%</td><td>+41.7</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>D. Jeyaraj</td><td>4,996</td><td>6.74%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Chidambaram</td><td>1,026</td><td>1.38%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,287</td><td>1.74%</td><td>−25.76%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>74,095</td><td>76.01%</td><td>−7.03%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>103,655</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-15.26%</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>Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman</td><td>45,342</td><td>62.07%</td><td>+27.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Thiagarajan</td><td>25,255</td><td>34.57%</td><td>−30.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>Rengasamy</td><td>2,458</td><td>3.36%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>20,087</td><td>27.50%</td><td>−2.45%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>73,055</td><td>83.03%</td><td>16.20%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>91,205</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-2.91%</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>A. Thiagarajan</td><td>37,563</td><td>64.97%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V. Arunachala Thevar</td><td>20,252</td><td>35.03%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>17,311</td><td>29.94%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>57,815</td><td>66.83%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>90,173</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK win (new seat)</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>Balakrishnan</td><td>22,954</td><td>52.53%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Natesan Ambalakarar</td><td>12,756</td><td>29.19%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sivaswami Servai</td><td>4,364</td><td>9.99%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Palaniyandi</td><td>2,375</td><td>5.43%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. R. Vythianatha Ayyar</td><td>1,250</td><td>2.86%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>10,198</td><td>23.34%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>43,699</td><td>53.68%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>81,414</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TTP win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>