Srirangam Assembly constituency

Srirangam is a state assembly constituency in Tiruchirappalli district in Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 139. It comes under Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency for Parliament elections. It is one of the oldest assembly segments in Tamil Nadu, being in existence since the 1952 election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. The majority of people are Mutharaiyar and other people next to it, Brahmin and Devendrakula Velalar, play a major role in Srirangam Assembly constituency, as a majority of voters are from these communities.

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Srirangam Assembly constituency

Srirangam is a state assembly constituency in Tiruchirappalli district in Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 139. It comes under Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency for Parliament elections. It is one of the oldest assembly segments in Tamil Nadu, being in existence since the 1952 election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. The majority of people are Mutharaiyar and other people next to it, Brahmin and Devendrakula Velalar, play a major role in Srirangam Assembly constituency, as a majority of voters are from these communities.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th colspan="2">Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1952</td><td>Chitrambalam</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>K. Vasudevan</td><td rowspan="3"></td><td rowspan="3">Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>N. Subramanian Chettiar</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>S. Ramalingam</td></tr></tbody></table>

Tamil Nadu – Srirangam

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th colspan="2">Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1971</td><td>Jothi Venkatachalam</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress (O)</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td rowspan="3">R. Soundararajan</td><td rowspan="3"></td><td rowspan="3">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>Y. Venkatesa Dikshidar</td><td></td><td>Janata Party</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>Ku. Pa. Krishnan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>T. P. Mayavan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>K. K. Balasubramanian</td><td rowspan="5"></td><td rowspan="5">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>M. Paranjothi</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>J. Jayalalithaa</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td rowspan="2">S. Valarmathi</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>M. Palaniyandi</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2026</td><td>S. Ramesh</td><td></td><td>Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

2026

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><th>S. Ramesh</th><td>103,235</td><td>40.49</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>S. Durairaj</th><td>69,645</td><td>27.31</td><td>20.58</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>R. Manoharan</th><td>65,819</td><td>25.81</td><td>13.71</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><th>Dharmaraj M.</th><td>11,026</td><td>4.32</td><td>3.21</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><th>None of the above</th><td>929</td><td>0.36</td><td>0.66</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>33,590</td><td>13.18</td><td>4.81</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>2,54,985</td><td>88.78</td><td>12.49</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>2,87,214</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">TVK gain from DMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>40.49</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>M. Palaniyandi</th><td>113,904</td><td>47.89</td><td>+6.19</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>Ku. Pa. Krishnan</th><td>93,989</td><td>39.52</td><td>−8.57</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><th>K. Selvarathi</th><td>17,911</td><td>7.53</td><td>+6.16</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>Y. Jacob</th><td>4,082</td><td>1.72</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><th>Sarubala R. Thondaiman</th><td>3,487</td><td>1.47</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><th>NOTA</th><td>2,417</td><td>1.02</td><td>−0.81</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>19,915</td><td>8.37</td><td>1.98</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>237,823</td><td>76.29</td><td>−3.25</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Rejected ballots</th><td>183</td><td>0.08</td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>311,716</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">DMK gain from AIADMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>-0.20</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>S. Valarmathi</th><td>108,400</td><td>48.09</td><td>−10.9</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>M. Palaniyandi</th><td>93,991</td><td>41.70</td><td>+6.15</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><th>A. Rajeshkumar</th><td>5,988</td><td>2.66</td><td>+1.53</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><th>V. Pushpam</th><td>5,646</td><td>2.51</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><th>NOTA</th><td>4,110</td><td>1.82</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><th>V. Rajamanickam</th><td>3,095</td><td>1.37</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><th>S. Umamaheshwari</th><td>1,548</td><td>0.69</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>14,409</td><td>6.39</td><td>−17.05</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>225,389</td><td>79.54</td><td>−1.19</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>283,355</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">AIADMK hold</td><th>Swing</th><td>-20.44</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2015 by-election

Due to the conviction and jailing of then Chief Minister and MLA J Jayalalithaa in the Disproportionate assets case against Jayalalithaa in September 2014, the MLA position became vacant. Bye-elections were announced.

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>S. Valarmathi</th><td>1,51,561</td><td>68.53</td><td>+9.54</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>N. Anand</th><td>55,045</td><td>24.89</td><td>−10.66</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><th>M. Subramaniam</th><td>5,015</td><td>2.27</td><td>+1.14</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><th>K. Annadurai</th><td>1,552</td><td>0.70</td><td>+0.70</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IND.</td><th>K. R. Ramaswamy</th><td>1,167</td><td>0.53</td><td>+0.53</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><th>None of the Above</th><td>1,919</td><td>0.87</td><td>+0.87</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>96,516</td><td>43.64</td><td>+20.20</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>2,21,173</td><td>81.80</td><td>+0.58</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>2,70,377</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">AIADMK hold</td><th>Swing</th><td>+9.54</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>J. Jayalalithaa</th><td>105,328</td><td>58.99</td><td>+13.01</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>N. Anand</th><td>63,480</td><td>35.55</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><th>K. A. S. Arivalagon</th><td>2,017</td><td>1.13</td><td>−1.39</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IJK</td><th>V. Tamilarasi</th><td>1,221</td><td>0.68</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><th>S. Natarajan</th><td>928</td><td>0.52</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>41,848</td><td>23.44</td><td>17.80</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>178,547</td><td>80.73</td><td>6.13</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>221,158</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">AIADMK hold</td><th>Swing</th><td>13.01</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2006

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>M. Paranjothi</th><td>89,135</td><td>45.98</td><td>−7.09</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>G. Jerome Arokiaraj</th><td>78,213</td><td>40.35</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><th>A. Ramesh</th><td>16,522</td><td>8.52</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><th>P. Parthiban</th><td>4,878</td><td>2.52</td><td>−41.34</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>K. Meiyanathan</th><td>1,503</td><td>0.78</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>10,922</td><td>5.63</td><td>−3.58</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>193,841</td><td>74.60</td><td>16.73</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>259,848</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">AIADMK hold</td><th>Swing</th><td>-7.09</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2001

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>K. K. Balasubramanian</th><td>72,993</td><td>53.07</td><td>+20.02</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><th>M. Soundarapandian</th><td>60,317</td><td>43.86</td><td>+41.92</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>S. Prasanna Venkatesan</th><td>1,694</td><td>1.23</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>J. Paul Felominraj Easu</th><td>1,042</td><td>0.76</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>M. Anbuselvan</th><td>941</td><td>0.68</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>12,676</td><td>9.22</td><td>−13.47</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>137,531</td><td>57.87</td><td>−11.06</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>237,683</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">AIADMK gain from DMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>-2.67</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1996

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>T. P. Mayavan</th><td>73,371</td><td>55.74</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>M. Paranjothi</th><td>43,512</td><td>33.06</td><td>−37.45</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><th>Perur Dharmalingam</th><td>9,971</td><td>7.58</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><th>K. Mahalingam</th><td>2,550</td><td>1.94</td><td>−0.03</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>29,859</td><td>22.69</td><td>−21.39</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>131,623</td><td>68.92</td><td>3.94</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>199,316</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">DMK gain from AIADMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>-14.76</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1991

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>Ku. Pa. Krishnan</th><td>82,462</td><td>70.51</td><td>+42.08</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD</td><th>R. Jayabalan</th><td>30,918</td><td>26.44</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><th>K. Seshagiri Rao</th><td>2,305</td><td>1.97</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><th>V. Jayabal</th><td>617</td><td>0.53</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>51,544</td><td>44.07</td><td>37.50</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>116,957</td><td>64.98</td><td>−9.14</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>188,175</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">AIADMK gain from JP</td><th>Swing</th><td>35.50</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1989

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><th>Y. Venkatesa Dikshidar</th><td>42,629</td><td>35.00</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>Ku. Pa. Krishnan</th><td>34,621</td><td>28.43</td><td>−28.09</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>M. Rajasekaran</th><td>26,169</td><td>21.49</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>G. Ramachandran</th><td>12,868</td><td>10.57</td><td>−45.95</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>V. T. R. Veerappa Gounder</th><td>973</td><td>0.80</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>V. Sadagopan</th><td>937</td><td>0.77</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>N. P. Ravishankar</th><td>683</td><td>0.56</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>8,008</td><td>6.58</td><td>−13.07</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>121,783</td><td>74.12</td><td>−4.13</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>167,690</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">JP gain from AIADMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>-21.51</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1984

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>R. Soudararajan</th><td>58,861</td><td>56.52</td><td>+3.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><th>C. Ramasamy Udayar</th><td>38,399</td><td>36.87</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>Murugan T. Alias Murugesan</th><td>4,226</td><td>4.06</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>P. S. Govindan</th><td>1,248</td><td>1.20</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>Hari Rao</th><td>751</td><td>0.72</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>K. Pitchaimani</th><td>660</td><td>0.63</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>20,462</td><td>19.65</td><td>12.69</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>104,145</td><td>78.25</td><td>6.49</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>139,831</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">AIADMK hold</td><th>Swing</th><td>3.04</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1980

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>R. Soudararajan</th><td>49,160</td><td>53.48</td><td>+22.17</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>V. Swaminathan</th><td>42,761</td><td>46.52</td><td>+27.92</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>6,399</td><td>6.96</td><td>0.91</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>91,921</td><td>71.76</td><td>3.77</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>129,664</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">AIADMK hold</td><th>Swing</th><td>22.17</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1977

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>R. Soudararajan</th><td>26,200</td><td>31.31</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>M. Dharamalingam</th><td>21,135</td><td>25.26</td><td>−21.81</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><th>C. Ramasamy</th><td>19,782</td><td>23.64</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>V. K. Ranaganathan</th><td>15,562</td><td>18.60</td><td>−32.63</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>K. P. Krishnan</th><td>532</td><td>0.64</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>S. Thangayan</th><td>464</td><td>0.55</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>5,065</td><td>6.05</td><td>1.90</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>83,675</td><td>68.00</td><td>−7.34</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>124,560</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">AIADMK gain from INC</td><th>Swing</th><td>-19.91</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1971

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>Jothi Venkatachalam</th><td>36,172</td><td>51.22</td><td>+0.74</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>R. Kamatchiammal</th><td>33,239</td><td>47.07</td><td>−1.77</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>S. Thangaiyan</th><td>1,204</td><td>1.71</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>2,933</td><td>4.15</td><td>2.52</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>70,615</td><td>75.33</td><td>−2.25</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>98,039</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">INC hold</td><th>Swing</th><td>0.74</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1967

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>S. Ramalingam</th><td>34,474</td><td>50.48</td><td>−4.28</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>M. Aruna</th><td>33,356</td><td>48.84</td><td>+14.32</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>A. Kalimuthu</th><td>463</td><td>0.68</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>1,118</td><td>1.64</td><td>−18.60</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>68,293</td><td>77.59</td><td>−0.01</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>92,048</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">INC hold</td><th>Swing</th><td>-4.28</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1962

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>N. Subramanian Chettiar</th><td>39,101</td><td>54.76</td><td>+5.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>T. Oraisamy</th><td>24,651</td><td>34.52</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SWA</td><th>K. Vasudevan</th><td>6,788</td><td>9.51</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PSP</td><th>P. Angusamy</th><td>870</td><td>1.22</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>14,450</td><td>20.24</td><td>−13.96</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>71,410</td><td>77.60</td><td>23.88</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>94,737</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">INC hold</td><th>Swing</th><td>5.84</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1957

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>K. Vasudevan</th><td>22,756</td><td>48.92</td><td>+12.88</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>Chitrambalam</th><td>6,847</td><td>14.72</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>M. Narayanasamy</th><td>6,221</td><td>13.37</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>P. Kathaperumal</th><td>5,842</td><td>12.56</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>P. R. Ramasami</th><td>4,854</td><td>10.43</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>15,909</td><td>34.20</td><td>17.64</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>46,520</td><td>53.72</td><td>−11.54</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>86,594</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">INC gain from CPI</td><th>Swing</th><td>-3.69</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1952

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><th>Chitrambalam</th><td>25,343</td><td>52.60</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>Srinivasan</th><td>17,364</td><td>36.04</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>Meneenakshi Sundaram</th><td>3,854</td><td>8.00</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Akhil Bharat Hindu Maha Sabha</td><th>Mahalingam</th><td>882</td><td>1.83</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>Subramanian</th><td>442</td><td>0.92</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>Tirulokasitaram</th><td>293</td><td>0.61</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>7,979</td><td>16.56</td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>48,178</td><td>65.26</td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>73,823</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><th colspan="5">CPI win (new seat)</th></tr></tbody></table>