Tenkasi Assembly constituency

Tenkasi state assembly constituency is in Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. It is a part of Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

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Tenkasi Assembly constituency

Tenkasi state assembly constituency is in Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. It is a part of Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency. 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>Subramaniam Pillai</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>K. Sattanatha Karayalar</td><td></td><td>Independent</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>A. R. Subbiah Mudaliar</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>I. A. Chidambaram Pillai</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>Samsudeen alias Kathiravan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>S. Muthusamy Karayalar</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>A. K. Sattanatha Karayalar</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>T. R. Venkataraman</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>S. Peter Alphonse</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>K. Ravi Arunan</td><td></td><td>Tamil Maanila Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>K. Annamalai</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>V. Karuppasamy Pandian</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>R. Sarathkumar</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>S. Selvamohandas Pandian</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>S. Palani Nadar</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2026</td><td>[[]]</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>AIADMK</td><td>S. Selvamohandas Pandian</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Dr. Kalai Kathiravan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Pushpalatha Mahalingam</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>A. Raja Prakash</td><td></td><td></td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PT</td><td>THIRUMALAIKUMAR</td><td></td><td></td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIPTMMK</td><td>Poosadurai</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></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>INC</td><td>S. Palani Nadar</td><td>89,315</td><td>41.94%</td><td>−0.41</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>S. Selvamohandas Pandian</td><td>88,945</td><td>41.77%</td><td>−0.81</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>R. Vincentraj</td><td>15,336</td><td>7.20%</td><td>+5.77</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>S. Mohamed</td><td>9,944</td><td>4.67%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>R. Thirumalaimuthu</td><td>2,188</td><td>1.03%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Madasamy</td><td>1,978</td><td>0.93%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,159</td><td>0.54%</td><td>−1.13</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>370</td><td>0.17%</td><td>−0.05%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>2,12,949</td><td>72.89%</td><td>−4.04%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>382</td><td>0.18%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>2,92,168</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-0.64%</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>S. Selvamohandas Pandian</td><td>86,339</td><td>42.58%</td><td>−11.72</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>S. Palani Nadar</td><td>85,877</td><td>42.35%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>B. Selvi</td><td>11,716</td><td>5.78%</td><td>+4.19</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TMC(M)</td><td>N. D. S. Charles</td><td>7,324</td><td>3.61%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>3,391</td><td>1.67%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>C. Muthukumar</td><td>2,898</td><td>1.43%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Madasamy</td><td>1,621</td><td>0.80%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>P. Seetharaman</td><td>1,222</td><td>0.60%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>462</td><td>0.23%</td><td>−13.29%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>2,02,775</td><td>76.93%</td><td>−1.98%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>2,63,584</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-11.72%</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>SMK</td><td>R. Sarathkumar</td><td>92,253</td><td>54.30%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>V. Karuppasamy Pandian</td><td>69,286</td><td>40.78%</td><td>−9.2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>S. V. Anburaj</td><td>2,698</td><td>1.59%</td><td>−2.13</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ABHM</td><td>S. Arumugam</td><td>1,507</td><td>0.89%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>D. Mariappan</td><td>1,140</td><td>0.67%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Vethala Iyyankan</td><td>1,080</td><td>0.64%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Paramasivan</td><td>954</td><td>0.56%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>22,967</td><td>13.52%</td><td>0.15%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,69,910</td><td>78.91%</td><td>4.24%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>2,15,324</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>4.32%</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>V. Karuppasamy Pandian</td><td>69,755</td><td>49.98%</td><td>+5.8</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>Rama. Udayasuriyan</td><td>51,097</td><td>36.61%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>K. Ravi Arunan</td><td>5,190</td><td>3.72%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>S. Kamaraj</td><td>5,081</td><td>3.64%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>S. Chandran</td><td>2,607</td><td>1.87%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. Mariappan</td><td>2,095</td><td>1.50%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIFB</td><td>A. Muthuraja</td><td>1,645</td><td>1.18%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Bala Subramanian</td><td>1,166</td><td>0.84%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>18,658</td><td>13.37%</td><td>6.13%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,39,570</td><td>74.66%</td><td>10.87%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,86,929</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-1.44%</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>K. Annamalai</td><td>62,454</td><td>51.41%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>V. Karuppasamy Pandian</td><td>53,662</td><td>44.18%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Sankarasubramanian Alias Lala M. Mani</td><td>2,064</td><td>1.70%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Balasubramanian</td><td>1,712</td><td>1.41%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Iyappan</td><td>861</td><td>0.71%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Subramanian</td><td>720</td><td>0.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>8,792</td><td>7.24%</td><td>−19.50%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,21,473</td><td>63.79%</td><td>−5.22%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,90,762</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from TMC(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td>-1.40%</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>TMC(M)</td><td>K. Ravi Arunan</td><td>60,758</td><td>52.82%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Aladi Sankaraiya</td><td>29,998</td><td>26.08%</td><td>−36.03</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>Asan Ibrahim</td><td>10,250</td><td>8.91%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>S. P. Deena Dayalan</td><td>9,962</td><td>8.66%</td><td>+1.77</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIIC(T)</td><td>S. Thanga Samy Nadar</td><td>1,224</td><td>1.06%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>30,760</td><td>26.74%</td><td>−8.42%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,15,038</td><td>69.02%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,73,679</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TMC(M) gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>-9.29%</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>S. Peter Alphonse</td><td>65,142</td><td>62.10%</td><td>+25.82</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>S. Ramakrishnan</td><td>28,263</td><td>26.94%</td><td>−3.31</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>R. T. Sastha</td><td>7,228</td><td>6.89%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IUML</td><td>N. Chellathurai</td><td>3,185</td><td>3.04%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>36,879</td><td>35.16%</td><td>29.12%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,04,893</td><td>67.27%</td><td>−10.25%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,61,652</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>25.82%</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>INC</td><td>S. Peter Alphonse</td><td>39,643</td><td>36.29%</td><td>−24.16</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>V. Pandivalavan</td><td>33,049</td><td>30.25%</td><td>−7.27</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>A. M. Gani</td><td>20,578</td><td>18.84%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. S. R. Venkataramana</td><td>12,860</td><td>11.77%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Samudram</td><td>1,221</td><td>1.12%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>6,594</td><td>6.04%</td><td>−16.90%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,09,248</td><td>77.52%</td><td>−1.44%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,43,876</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-24.16%</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>T. R. Venkataraman</td><td>57,011</td><td>60.45%</td><td>+11.49</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>M. Kuthalingam</td><td>35,383</td><td>37.52%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. M. Subbniah</td><td>849</td><td>0.90%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. S. Thirumalai</td><td>726</td><td>0.77%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>21,628</td><td>22.93%</td><td>22.01%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>94,312</td><td>78.96%</td><td>14.03%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,25,902</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>10.57%</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>AIADMK</td><td>A. K. Sattanatha Karayalar</td><td>36,638</td><td>49.88%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>T. R. Ramanan Alias Venkataramanan</td><td>35,963</td><td>48.96%</td><td>+7.6</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Mohideen Pichai</td><td>452</td><td>0.62%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. H. Kalyana Sundaram</td><td>404</td><td>0.55%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>675</td><td>0.92%</td><td>−15.18%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>73,457</td><td>64.93%</td><td>−7.22%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,14,840</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>8.52%</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>S. Muthusamy Karayalar</td><td>30,273</td><td>41.36%</td><td>−2.98</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>J. Abdul Jabbar</td><td>18,489</td><td>25.26%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>V. Pandi Valavan</td><td>12,745</td><td>17.41%</td><td>−38.25</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>L. Arumugasamy</td><td>10,529</td><td>14.39%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. K. V. Natarajan</td><td>1,158</td><td>1.58%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>11,784</td><td>16.10%</td><td>4.77%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>73,194</td><td>72.15%</td><td>−6.01%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,02,800</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-14.30%</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>Samsudeen Alias Kathiravan</td><td>39,110</td><td>55.66%</td><td>+6.88</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>I. C. Iswaran</td><td>31,150</td><td>44.34%</td><td>−5.52</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,960</td><td>11.33%</td><td>10.26%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>70,260</td><td>78.16%</td><td>−4.99%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>92,660</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>5.81%</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>I. A. Chidambaram Pillai</td><td>34,561</td><td>49.86%</td><td>+5.53</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>K. M. K. Samsudin</td><td>33,818</td><td>48.79%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Pitchai</td><td>939</td><td>1.35%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>743</td><td>1.07%</td><td>−18.05%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>69,318</td><td>83.15%</td><td>7.86%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>85,612</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>5.53%</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. R. Subbiah Mudaliar</td><td>29,684</td><td>44.33%</td><td>+1.03</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IUML</td><td>Reboi Sahib</td><td>16,882</td><td>25.21%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>N. Shanmugam</td><td>13,003</td><td>19.42%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SWA</td><td>Sankaranarayana Iyer</td><td>4,138</td><td>6.18%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Palanichami</td><td>2,139</td><td>3.19%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Muthiah Thevar</td><td>1,117</td><td>1.67%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>12,802</td><td>19.12%</td><td>9.53%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>66,963</td><td>75.30%</td><td>3.58%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>91,851</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from Independent</td><td>Swing</td><td>-8.56%</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>K. Sattanatha Karayalar</td><td>31,145</td><td>52.89%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>I. A. Chidambaram Pillai</td><td>25,499</td><td>43.30%</td><td>−1.23</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Srinivasan</td><td>2,243</td><td>3.81%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,646</td><td>9.59%</td><td>4.88%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>58,887</td><td>71.72%</td><td>−0.47%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>82,107</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>8.36%</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>INC</td><td>Subramaniam Pillai</td><td>26,340</td><td>44.53%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sevagupandia Thevar</td><td>23,557</td><td>39.82%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Socialist Party (India)</td><td>Pichia Mudaliar</td><td>9,256</td><td>15.65%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,783</td><td>4.70%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>59,153</td><td>72.19%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>81,944</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>