Ulundurpet Assembly constituency

Ulundurpet is a state assembly constituency in Kallakurichi district of Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 77. It comprises Ulundurpettai taluk and is a part of Viluppuram Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

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Ulundurpet Assembly constituency

Ulundurpet is a state assembly constituency in Kallakurichi district of Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 77. It comprises Ulundurpettai taluk and is a part of Viluppuram Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

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>M. Kandaswamy Padayachi</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>M. Kandaswamy Padayachi</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>A. Manonmani Ammal</td><td></td><td>Swatantra Party</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>M. Kandaswami Padayachi</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>V. Subramaniam</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>V. Thulukkanam</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>K. Rangasamy</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>M. Anandan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>K. Angamuthu</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>M. Anandan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>A. Mani</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>N. Ramu</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>K. Thirunavukkarasu</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>R. Kumaraguru</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>A. J. Manikannan</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>SPA</td><td>G. R. Vasanthavelu</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK+</td><td>R. Kumaraguru</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Lokeswari</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>M. Sudhakar</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>287,413</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. J. Manikannan</td><td>115,451</td><td>47.59</td><td>+13.39</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>R. Kumaraguru</td><td>110,195</td><td>45.43</td><td>+9.39</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>L. Pushba Mary</td><td>9,000</td><td>3.71</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>K. G. P. Rajamani</td><td>2,848</td><td>1.17</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>2,280</td><td>0.94</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Manikkannan</td><td>2,107</td><td>0.87</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,256</td><td>2.17</td><td>0.34</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>242,573</td><td>82.69</td><td>−0.20</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>287</td><td>0.12</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>293,362</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>11.56</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>R. Kumaraguru</td><td>81,973</td><td>36.04</td><td>−24.05</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>G. R. Vasanthavel</td><td>77,809</td><td>34.21</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>Vijayakanth</td><td>34,447</td><td>15.14</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>K. Balu</td><td>20,233</td><td>8.89</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G. V. Saravanan</td><td>2,657</td><td>1.17</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Shanmugam</td><td>1,791</td><td>0.79</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>4,164</td><td>1.83</td><td>−26.18</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>227,476</td><td>82.89</td><td>−0.52</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>274,436</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-24.05</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>R. Kumaraguru</td><td>114,794</td><td>60.09</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>VCK</td><td>M. Mohamedyousuf</td><td>61,286</td><td>32.08</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. Chandirasekaran</td><td>3,642</td><td>1.91</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>A. Anbu</td><td>2,662</td><td>1.39</td><td>−0.69</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>L. Jagateesan</td><td>1,811</td><td>0.95</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(ML)L</td><td>M. Venkatesan</td><td>1,751</td><td>0.92</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G. Muthaiyan</td><td>1,743</td><td>0.91</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Johnpeter</td><td>1,576</td><td>0.82</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Arasan</td><td>1,018</td><td>0.53</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>53,508</td><td>28.01</td><td>15.41</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>191,047</td><td>83.41</td><td>14.00</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>229,056</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>16.04</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. Thirunavu Karasu</td><td>65,662</td><td>44.05</td><td>+6.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>VCK</td><td>E. Vijaya Raghavan</td><td>46,878</td><td>31.45</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>C. Shanmugam</td><td>30,411</td><td>20.40</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>V. Ramalingam</td><td>3,099</td><td>2.08</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Kannan</td><td>3,011</td><td>2.02</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>18,784</td><td>12.60</td><td>−4.48</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>149,061</td><td>69.40</td><td>7.14</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>214,774</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-11.04</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>N. Ramu</td><td>73,384</td><td>55.09</td><td>+17.74</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>K. Thirunavukkarasu</td><td>50,630</td><td>38.01</td><td>−16.33</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>K. Angamuthu</td><td>9,199</td><td>6.91</td><td>+2.16</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>22,754</td><td>17.08</td><td>0.09</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>133,213</td><td>62.26</td><td>−4.51</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>213,972</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>0.75</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. Mani</td><td>67,088</td><td>54.34</td><td>+30.27</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>M. Anandan</td><td>46,113</td><td>37.35</td><td>−27.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>K. Angamuthu</td><td>5,858</td><td>4.74</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIIC(T)</td><td>P. Thangaraju</td><td>3,043</td><td>2.46</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>20,975</td><td>16.99</td><td>−24.13</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>123,463</td><td>66.77</td><td>−0.01</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>196,587</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-10.85</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>M. Anandan</td><td>71,785</td><td>65.19</td><td>+49.11</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Mayilvahanan Pon</td><td>26,500</td><td>24.06</td><td>−17.56</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>A. P. Ramasamy</td><td>6,172</td><td>5.60</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Amaladoss Alias Amalan</td><td>3,105</td><td>2.82</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>R. Sekar</td><td>1,130</td><td>1.03</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G. Subramaniyan</td><td>771</td><td>0.70</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>45,285</td><td>41.12</td><td>29.97</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>110,122</td><td>66.79</td><td>−2.53</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>176,021</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>23.56</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. Angamuthu</td><td>44,422</td><td>41.63</td><td>+8.67</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V. Selvaraj</td><td>32,517</td><td>30.47</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>M. Anandan</td><td>17,159</td><td>16.08</td><td>−47.1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Thangaraju</td><td>9,145</td><td>8.57</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. Kuppan</td><td>1,082</td><td>1.01</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Mo. Kandaswamy Alias Singh</td><td>963</td><td>0.90</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. Asokan</td><td>690</td><td>0.65</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>11,905</td><td>11.16</td><td>−19.07</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>106,718</td><td>69.31</td><td>−2.29</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>159,159</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-21.56</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>AIADMK</td><td>K. Murugesan Anandan</td><td>56,200</td><td>63.18</td><td>+21.58</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>K. Varaharajulu</td><td>29,318</td><td>32.96</td><td>−22.39</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Rajamanickam</td><td>1,616</td><td>1.82</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Thangaraju</td><td>1,338</td><td>1.50</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G. Kalaivel</td><td>478</td><td>0.54</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>26,882</td><td>30.22</td><td>16.47</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>88,950</td><td>71.60</td><td>15.42</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>134,077</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>7.83</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>DMK</td><td>K. Rangasamy</td><td>40,068</td><td>55.35</td><td>+17.66</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Natesan Karu</td><td>30,113</td><td>41.60</td><td>+14.57</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. M. Dharmalingam</td><td>1,765</td><td>2.44</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Kandasamy</td><td>439</td><td>0.61</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>9,955</td><td>13.75</td><td>3.09</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>72,385</td><td>56.18</td><td>−1.97</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>131,665</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>17.66</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>V. Thulukkanam</td><td>26,788</td><td>37.70</td><td>−20.18</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Sathyavani Muthu</td><td>19,211</td><td>27.04</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>L. Elayaperumal</td><td>17,341</td><td>24.40</td><td>−15.95</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>M. Jayaraman</td><td>3,502</td><td>4.93</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Raju</td><td>1,805</td><td>2.54</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Kandasamy</td><td>1,668</td><td>2.35</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. S. Anbaiah</td><td>407</td><td>0.57</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,577</td><td>10.66</td><td>−6.86</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>71,058</td><td>58.15</td><td>−16.14</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>125,137</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-20.18</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>V. Subramanian</td><td>36,191</td><td>57.87</td><td>+13.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>N. Po. Nambalam</td><td>25,236</td><td>40.36</td><td>−6.87</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Samikkannu Padayachi</td><td>1,107</td><td>1.77</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>10,955</td><td>17.52</td><td>14.77</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>62,534</td><td>74.29</td><td>1.21</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>87,670</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>10.65</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>M. Kandaswamy Padayachi</td><td>26,796</td><td>47.23</td><td>+4.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>V. S. Padayachi</td><td>25,236</td><td>44.48</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. P. Ramasamy</td><td>4,707</td><td>8.30</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,560</td><td>2.75</td><td>−2.23</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>56,739</td><td>73.08</td><td>12.81</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>82,609</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from SWA</td><td>Swing</td><td>-0.93</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>SWA</td><td>Manonmani Ammal</td><td>25,234</td><td>48.16</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>M. Kandaswamy Padayachi</td><td>22,627</td><td>43.18</td><td>−0.03</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. S. N. Govindasami Gounder</td><td>4,535</td><td>8.66</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,607</td><td>4.98</td><td>0.39</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>52,396</td><td>60.27</td><td>3.02</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>92,580</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SWA gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>4.95</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>INC</td><td>M. Kandaswamy Padayachi</td><td>21,133</td><td>43.21</td><td>−5.32</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Manonmani Ammal</td><td>18,890</td><td>38.62</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ramasami Padayachi</td><td>5,815</td><td>11.89</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Chakkari</td><td>3,070</td><td>6.28</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,243</td><td>4.59</td><td>−9.20</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>48,908</td><td>57.25</td><td>2.94</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>85,430</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-5.32</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>M. Kandaswamy Padayachi</td><td>17,904</td><td>48.53</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TTP</td><td>Natesa Gounder</td><td>12,817</td><td>34.74</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Socialist Party (India)</td><td>Palani Pillai</td><td>6,174</td><td>16.73</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,087</td><td>13.79</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>36,895</td><td>54.31</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>67,933</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>