Tiruvannamalai Assembly constituency

Tiruvannamalai is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 63. It comprises portions of Chengam and Tiruvannamalai taluks and is a part of Tiruvannamalai Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. Most successful party: DMK (ten times). It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

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Tiruvannamalai Assembly constituency

Tiruvannamalai is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 63. It comprises portions of Chengam and Tiruvannamalai taluks and is a part of Tiruvannamalai Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. Most successful party: DMK (ten times). 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>Thangavelu Ramachandra Reddiar</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>P. U. Shanmugam P. S. Santhanam</td><td></td><td>Independent</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>P Palani Pillai</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1963</td><td>P. U. Shanmugam</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>D Vijayaraj</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>P. U. Shanmugam</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>K. Narayanasamy</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress (I)</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>A. S. Ravindran</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>K. Pitchandi</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>V. Kannan</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>K. Pitchandi</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>E. V. Velu</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td>2021</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>E. V. Velu</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Yet to Announce</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>S. Vignesh</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>Arul Arumugam</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>276,839</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>E. V. Velu</td><td>137,876</td><td>66.72</td><td>+9.57</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>S. Thanigaivel</td><td>43,203</td><td>20.91</td><td>+19.96</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>J. Kamalakkannan</td><td>13,995</td><td>6.77</td><td>+5.95</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>R. Arul</td><td>6,246</td><td>3.02</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>2,194</td><td>1.06</td><td>+0.18</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>A. G. Panchatcharam</td><td>2,108</td><td>1.02</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>94,673</td><td>45.81</td><td>21.11</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>206,642</td><td>72.16</td><td>−7.71</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>130</td><td>0.06</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>286,380</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>9.57</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>E. V. Velu</td><td>116,484</td><td>57.15</td><td>+7.75</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Perumal Nagar K. Rajan</td><td>66,136</td><td>32.45</td><td>−13.96</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>L. Pandian</td><td>7,916</td><td>3.88</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>S. Manikandan</td><td>5,075</td><td>2.49</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Venkatachalapathi</td><td>1,935</td><td>0.95</td><td>+0.06</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,803</td><td>0.88</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>J. Kamalakkannan</td><td>1,686</td><td>0.83</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>50,348</td><td>24.70</td><td>21.72</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>203,825</td><td>79.87</td><td>−0.95</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>255,195</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>7.75</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>DMK</td><td>E. V. Velu</td><td>84,802</td><td>49.40</td><td>−0.49</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>S. Ramachandran</td><td>79,676</td><td>46.41</td><td>+5.07</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>A. Arjunan</td><td>1,519</td><td>0.88</td><td>−0.21</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Sathasivaraja</td><td>1,186</td><td>0.69</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>S. Raji</td><td>955</td><td>0.56</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,126</td><td>2.99</td><td>−5.56</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>171,679</td><td>80.82</td><td>11.15</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>212,430</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-0.49</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>K. Pitchandi</td><td>74,773</td><td>49.88</td><td>+2.14</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>R. Pavan Kumar</td><td>61,970</td><td>41.34</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>S. Kumaran</td><td>6,660</td><td>4.44</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Narayana Gandhi @ G. Gandhi</td><td>1,635</td><td>1.09</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>A. Kalingan</td><td>1,289</td><td>0.86</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>E. Pichandi</td><td>889</td><td>0.59</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>12,803</td><td>8.54</td><td>5.50</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>149,893</td><td>69.67</td><td>9.50</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>215,158</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>2.14</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>DMK</td><td>K. Pitchandi</td><td>64,115</td><td>47.75</td><td>−18.8</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>M. Shunmugasundaram</td><td>60,025</td><td>44.70</td><td>+39.11</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>J. Senthil Kumar</td><td>3,140</td><td>2.34</td><td>+0.57</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Mohan</td><td>2,518</td><td>1.88</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Alagesan</td><td>1,720</td><td>1.28</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Arumugam</td><td>764</td><td>0.57</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. Pakkiri</td><td>695</td><td>0.52</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>4,090</td><td>3.05</td><td>−39.06</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>134,281</td><td>60.17</td><td>−9.34</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>223,433</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-18.80</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>K. Pitchandi</td><td>83,731</td><td>66.55</td><td>+33.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>A. Arunachalam</td><td>30,753</td><td>24.44</td><td>−34.5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>B. Sekar</td><td>7,040</td><td>5.60</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>T. Elango</td><td>2,231</td><td>1.77</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>R. Pandurangan</td><td>671</td><td>0.53</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>52,978</td><td>42.11</td><td>16.68</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>125,822</td><td>69.50</td><td>1.25</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>188,514</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>7.61</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>V. Kannan</td><td>67,034</td><td>58.94</td><td>+36.97</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>K. Pitchandi</td><td>38,115</td><td>33.51</td><td>−21.1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>M. Shanmugasundaram</td><td>6,887</td><td>6.06</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>28,919</td><td>25.43</td><td>−7.22</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>113,737</td><td>68.26</td><td>−3.43</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>171,857</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>4.33</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>K. Pitchandi</td><td>57,556</td><td>54.61</td><td>+8.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>A. S. Ravindran</td><td>23,154</td><td>21.97</td><td>−29.34</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>K. P. Kannan</td><td>18,061</td><td>17.14</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G. Krishnamoorthy</td><td>4,431</td><td>4.20</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. C. Kannan</td><td>887</td><td>0.84</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Ramasamy</td><td>592</td><td>0.56</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>34,402</td><td>32.64</td><td>27.10</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>105,394</td><td>71.68</td><td>−6.49</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>150,265</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>3.30</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. S. Ravindran</td><td>49,782</td><td>51.31</td><td>−7.47</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>S. Murugaiyan</td><td>44,409</td><td>45.77</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. Ramanujam</td><td>2,385</td><td>2.46</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,373</td><td>5.54</td><td>−14.31</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>97,027</td><td>78.17</td><td>−0.02</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>129,693</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-7.47</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>K. Narayanasamy</td><td>54,437</td><td>58.78</td><td>+28.17</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>P. U. Shanmugam</td><td>36,052</td><td>38.93</td><td>+14.57</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Narayanasamy</td><td>634</td><td>0.68</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. R. Venkatesan</td><td>520</td><td>0.56</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>18,385</td><td>19.85</td><td>18.24</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>92,609</td><td>78.19</td><td>5.25</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>120,155</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>26.56</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>DMK</td><td>P. U. Shanmugam</td><td>27,148</td><td>32.22</td><td>−29.99</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>D. Pattuswamy</td><td>25,786</td><td>30.61</td><td>−7.18</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>K. R. Venkatesan</td><td>20,525</td><td>24.36</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>P. Thandavarayan</td><td>8,689</td><td>10.31</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. R. Sugunapandian</td><td>2,100</td><td>2.49</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,362</td><td>1.62</td><td>−22.81</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>84,248</td><td>72.94</td><td>−4.42</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>117,397</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-29.99</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. U. Shanmugam</td><td>46,633</td><td>62.21</td><td>+16.95</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>D. Annamalai Pillai</td><td>28,323</td><td>37.79</td><td>−11.6</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>18,310</td><td>24.43</td><td>20.30</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>74,956</td><td>77.36</td><td>−7.08</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>104,261</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>12.83</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>D. Vijayaraj</td><td>38,153</td><td>49.39</td><td>−0.68</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>P. U. Shanmugam</td><td>34,968</td><td>45.26</td><td>−2.31</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Arumugam</td><td>4,134</td><td>5.35</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,185</td><td>4.12</td><td>1.63</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>77,255</td><td>84.43</td><td>10.86</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>94,545</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-0.68</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>P. Palani Pillai</td><td>35,148</td><td>50.06</td><td>+30.46</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>P. U. Shanmugam</td><td>33,399</td><td>47.57</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SWA</td><td>P. Kanna Kandar</td><td>1,663</td><td>2.37</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,749</td><td>2.49</td><td>−2.87</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>70,210</td><td>73.57</td><td>−15.95</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>99,596</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from Independent</td><td>Swing</td><td>20.64</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>P. U. Shanmugham</td><td>48,447</td><td>29.42</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. Santhanam (SC)</td><td>39,622</td><td>24.06</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V. K. Annamalai Kounder</td><td>32,273</td><td>19.60</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>A. Arumugam</td><td>29,328</td><td>17.81</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Arunachalam (SC)</td><td>8,555</td><td>5.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Chinnasamy (SC)</td><td>2,537</td><td>1.54</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. Subbarayan (SC)</td><td>2,002</td><td>1.22</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Perumal Nainar</td><td>1,888</td><td>1.15</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>8,825</td><td>5.36</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,64,652</td><td>89.52</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,83,923</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent 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>INC</td><td>Ramachandra Reddiar</td><td>21,579</td><td>20.60</td><td>20.60</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Thangavelu</td><td>18,895</td><td>18.04</td><td>18.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Commonweal Party</td><td>Vadivalu Gounder</td><td>18,283</td><td>17.45</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. V. Devaraja Mudaliar</td><td>14,970</td><td>14.29</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Commonweal Party</td><td>Raghavan</td><td>9,620</td><td>9.18</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RPI</td><td>Santhanam</td><td>6,195</td><td>5.91</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Manickavelu Mudalier</td><td>5,304</td><td>5.06</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Akhil Bharat Hindu Maha Sabha</td><td>Rajagopal Naidu</td><td>3,009</td><td>2.87</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Vettaraya Gounder</td><td>3,008</td><td>2.87</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ponnuswamy</td><td>2,262</td><td>2.16</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ayyadurai Pillai</td><td>1,635</td><td>1.56</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,684</td><td>2.56</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,04,760</td><td>73.23</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,43,057</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>