Sholavandan Assembly constituency

Sholavandan is a state assembly constituency in Madurai district in Tamil Nadu. Sholavandan Assembly constituency is a part of Theni Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

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Sholavandan Assembly constituency

Sholavandan is a state assembly constituency in Madurai district in Tamil Nadu. Sholavandan Assembly constituency is a part of Theni Lok Sabha constituency. 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 Legislative Assembly

Madras State

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1962</td><td>A. S. Ponnammal</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>P. S. Maniyan</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>P. S. Maniyan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>V. Balaguru</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>A. Chandrasekaran</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress (I)</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>D. Radhakrishnan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>A. M. Paramasivan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>L. Santhanam</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>V. R. Rajangam</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>P. Moorthy</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>M. V. Karuppiah</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>K. Manickam</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>A. Venkatesan</td><td></td><td>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>DMK</td><td>A. Venkatesan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>K. Manickam</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Nagalakshmi Thirumaran</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>M. V. Karuppaiah</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>212,502</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>A. Venkatesan</td><td>84,240</td><td>48.04%</td><td>+10.65</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>K. Manickam</td><td>67,195</td><td>38.32%</td><td>−14.02</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>G. Sengannan</td><td>13,936</td><td>7.95%</td><td>+7.01</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>M. Jeyalakshmi</td><td>3,582</td><td>2.04%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>S. Yoganathan</td><td>3,031</td><td>1.73%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>961</td><td>0.55%</td><td>−0.61</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>17,045</td><td>9.72%</td><td>−5.22%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>175,361</td><td>81.15%</td><td>0.60%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>55</td><td>0.03%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>216,106</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-4.30%</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>K. Manickam</td><td>87,044</td><td>52.33%</td><td>−7.5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>C. Bhavani</td><td>62,187</td><td>37.39%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>VCK</td><td>R. Pandiyammal</td><td>7,357</td><td>4.42%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>S. Palanivel Swamy</td><td>2,766</td><td>1.66%</td><td>+0.28</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,930</td><td>1.16%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>C. Sakthi</td><td>1,553</td><td>0.93%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>S. Muthaiah</td><td>857</td><td>0.52%</td><td>−33.96</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>24,857</td><td>14.94%</td><td>−10.42%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>166,324</td><td>80.55%</td><td>−2.11%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>206,488</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-7.50%</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>M. V. Karuppiah</td><td>86,376</td><td>59.84%</td><td>+18.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>M. Ilanseliyan</td><td>49,768</td><td>34.48%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>S. Palanivelswamy</td><td>2,002</td><td>1.39%</td><td>−0.29</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Veeran</td><td>1,998</td><td>1.38%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Vazhipiranthal</td><td>975</td><td>0.68%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>A. Aanantha Kumar</td><td>806</td><td>0.56%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>36,608</td><td>25.36%</td><td>23.95%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>144,348</td><td>82.66%</td><td>11.34%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>174,634</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>17.45%</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. Moorthy</td><td>47,771</td><td>42.39%</td><td>+9.62</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>L. Santhanam</td><td>46,185</td><td>40.98%</td><td>−10.61</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>P. Rajendran</td><td>13,942</td><td>12.37%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Pon. Karunanidhi</td><td>1,891</td><td>1.68%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIFB</td><td>P. N. Ammavasi</td><td>722</td><td>0.64%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Moorthy</td><td>637</td><td>0.57%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Karadi</td><td>614</td><td>0.54%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,586</td><td>1.41%</td><td>−17.41%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>112,702</td><td>71.32%</td><td>3.67%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>158,021</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-9.20%</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>V. R. Rajangam</td><td>54,392</td><td>51.59%</td><td>+20.07</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>P. Moorthy</td><td>34,551</td><td>32.77%</td><td>−16.52</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(S)</td><td>K. Duraisamy</td><td>5,110</td><td>4.85%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>S. Manoharan</td><td>3,967</td><td>3.76%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>R. Bitchal</td><td>3,075</td><td>2.92%</td><td>−9.93</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Chandrasekaran</td><td>2,146</td><td>2.04%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ATMK</td><td>I. C. Natarajan</td><td>737</td><td>0.70%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>19,841</td><td>18.82%</td><td>1.04%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>105,430</td><td>67.65%</td><td>−3.32%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>155,871</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>2.30%</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>L. Santhanam</td><td>52,151</td><td>49.29%</td><td>+17.93</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>A. M. Paramasivan</td><td>33,343</td><td>31.52%</td><td>−35.82</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>P. S. Manian</td><td>13,588</td><td>12.84%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>V. Sundaram</td><td>2,535</td><td>2.40%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. M. Muthunayagam</td><td>1,799</td><td>1.70%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. Thirupathi</td><td>650</td><td>0.61%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>18,808</td><td>17.78%</td><td>−18.20%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>105,796</td><td>70.96%</td><td>3.35%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>156,506</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-18.04%</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>A. M. Paramasivan</td><td>66,100</td><td>67.34%</td><td>+38.44</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>A. M. M. Ambikapathy</td><td>30,787</td><td>31.36%</td><td>−2.87</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>35,313</td><td>35.97%</td><td>30.64%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>98,163</td><td>67.62%</td><td>−8.00%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>149,340</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>33.10%</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>D. Radhakrishnan</td><td>33,726</td><td>34.24%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>P. S. Manian</td><td>28,467</td><td>28.90%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>A. Chandrasekaran</td><td>18,607</td><td>18.89%</td><td>−34.47</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. Jayachandran</td><td>15,679</td><td>15.92%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. Malaichamy</td><td>949</td><td>0.96%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,259</td><td>5.34%</td><td>−15.99%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>98,512</td><td>75.62%</td><td>1.84%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>132,766</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>-19.12%</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>A. Chandrasekaran</td><td>44,464</td><td>53.35%</td><td>+3.07</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>S. P. Rajangam</td><td>26,692</td><td>32.03%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Chellapandi</td><td>10,163</td><td>12.20%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>D. Valliammal</td><td>690</td><td>0.83%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Sundaramahalingam</td><td>526</td><td>0.63%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. V. Palanichamy Reddiar</td><td>497</td><td>0.60%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>17,772</td><td>21.33%</td><td>20.77%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>83,337</td><td>73.78%</td><td>0.38%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>120,399</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>3.07%</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>A. Chandrasekaran</td><td>41,720</td><td>50.28%</td><td>+18.96</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>P. S. Maniyan</td><td>41,255</td><td>49.72%</td><td>+9.7</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>465</td><td>0.56%</td><td>−8.14%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>82,975</td><td>73.40%</td><td>2.81%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>114,795</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>10.26%</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>V. Balaguru</td><td>29,968</td><td>40.02%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>A. Chandrasekaran</td><td>23,455</td><td>31.32%</td><td>−12.78</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>C. Duraipandi</td><td>17,781</td><td>23.75%</td><td>−31.49</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>Edakanathan</td><td>2,772</td><td>3.70%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Sundaramahalingam</td><td>903</td><td>1.21%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>6,513</td><td>8.70%</td><td>−2.43%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>74,879</td><td>70.60%</td><td>−6.45%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>107,271</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-15.21%</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>P. S. Maniyan</td><td>43,254</td><td>55.23%</td><td>−4.96</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>R. Sundarajan Servai</td><td>34,542</td><td>44.11%</td><td>+5.87</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Thnv Sundaramahalingam</td><td>516</td><td>0.66%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>8,712</td><td>11.12%</td><td>−10.83%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>78,312</td><td>77.05%</td><td>−4.75%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>107,175</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-4.96%</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>P. S. Maniyan</td><td>45,221</td><td>60.19%</td><td>+27.19</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>R. S. Servai</td><td>28,728</td><td>38.24%</td><td>−8.13</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Chidambaram</td><td>1,178</td><td>1.57%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>16,493</td><td>21.95%</td><td>8.59%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>75,127</td><td>81.80%</td><td>7.02%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>94,581</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>13.83%</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>A. S. Ponnammal</td><td>25,911</td><td>46.37%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>A. Muniandi</td><td>18,445</td><td>33.01%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>C. Nilamegam</td><td>6,473</td><td>11.58%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SWA</td><td>I. Sonaimuthu</td><td>2,942</td><td>5.26%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Kanniappan</td><td>1,342</td><td>2.40%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Tamilnad Socialist Labour Party</td><td>K. Subbiah Alias Alagumalai</td><td>770</td><td>1.38%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,466</td><td>13.36%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>55,883</td><td>74.78%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>78,247</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>