Vasudevanallur Assembly constituency
Vasudevanallur is a legislative assembly constituency in Tenkasi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is reserved for members of the Scheduled Castes. 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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Vasudevanallur Assembly constituency
Vasudevanallur is a legislative assembly constituency in Tenkasi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is reserved for members of the Scheduled Castes. 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.
Demographics
Vasudevanallur Assembly constituency
Gender demographics of Vasudevanallur Assembly constituency as of 01.05.2021, taken ahead of the state general elections in 2021.
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Female</th><th>Male</th><th>Transgender</th><th>Total</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2021</td><td>1,18,227</td><td>1,22,101</td><td>39</td><td>2,40,367</td></tr></tbody></table>
Members of Legislative Assembly
Madras State
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1967</td><td>A. Velladurai</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>A. Velladurai</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>R. Krishnan</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>R. Eswaran</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td></td><td>Tamil Maanila Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>Dr. T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar</td><td></td><td>Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>Dr. S. Duraiappa</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>A. Manoharan</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>Dr. T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar</td><td></td><td>Marumalarchi 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>E. Raja</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Ananthan Ayyasamy</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Isai Mathivanan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>R. Amudha Rani</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>MDMK</td><td>Dr. T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar</td><td>68,730</td><td>39.57</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>A. Manoharan</td><td>66,363</td><td>38.20</td><td>−6.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>S. S. Mathivanan</td><td>16,731</td><td>9.63</td><td>+7.19</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>S. Thangaraj</td><td>13,376</td><td>7.70</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PT</td><td>V. Petchiammal</td><td>3,651</td><td>2.10</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>2,171</td><td>1.25</td><td>−0.43</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>M. Chinnasamy</td><td>2,139</td><td>1.23</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,367</td><td>1.36</td><td>−10.07</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>173,710</td><td>72.05</td><td>−2.09</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>8</td><td>0.00</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>241,109</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-5.50</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>A. Manoharan</td><td>73,904</td><td>45.06</td><td>−11.71</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PT</td><td>S. Anbalagan</td><td>55,146</td><td>33.62</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>R. Samuthirakani</td><td>13,735</td><td>8.37</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>N. Rajkumar</td><td>7,121</td><td>4.34</td><td>+2.69</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>G. Palanisamy</td><td>4,008</td><td>2.44</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Arunachalam</td><td>3,865</td><td>2.36</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>2,763</td><td>1.68</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Samy</td><td>1,343</td><td>0.82</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>K. Kasipandiyan</td><td>1,198</td><td>0.73</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>18,758</td><td>11.44</td><td>−8.34</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>164,007</td><td>74.14</td><td>−2.35</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>221,225</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-11.71</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>Dr. S. Duraiappa</td><td>80,633</td><td>56.77</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>S. Ganesan</td><td>52,543</td><td>37.00</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>N. Rajkumar</td><td>2,340</td><td>1.65</td><td>−0.62</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Ramalingam</td><td>2,291</td><td>1.61</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Poosaipandi</td><td>1,862</td><td>1.31</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>S. Pandi</td><td>1,130</td><td>0.80</td><td>−11.71</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Pitchaikani</td><td>778</td><td>0.55</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>28,090</td><td>19.78</td><td>13.83</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>142,026</td><td>76.49</td><td>6.09</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>185,683</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from MDMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>16.50</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>MDMK</td><td>Dr. T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar</td><td>45,790</td><td>40.27</td><td>+26.81</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>R. Krishnan</td><td>39,031</td><td>34.33</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PT</td><td>D. Anandan</td><td>14,220</td><td>12.51</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>S. Pitchai</td><td>6,390</td><td>5.62</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIFB</td><td>K. Babu</td><td>4,332</td><td>3.81</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>C. Selvakani</td><td>2,579</td><td>2.27</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Chandra Sekaran</td><td>1,363</td><td>1.20</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>6,759</td><td>5.94</td><td>−5.37</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>113,705</td><td>70.40</td><td>9.44</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>161,517</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK gain from TMC(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td>-6.77</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>TMC(M)</td><td>R. Eswaran</td><td>48,019</td><td>47.05</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PT</td><td>S. Thangapandian</td><td>36,467</td><td>35.73</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>G. Ganesh Kumar</td><td>13,742</td><td>13.46</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Durai Raj</td><td>2,775</td><td>2.72</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. Samuthirapandian</td><td>1,066</td><td>1.04</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>11,552</td><td>11.32</td><td>10.71</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>102,069</td><td>60.96</td><td>−8.40</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>167,586</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TMC(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>14.55</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>R. Eswaran</td><td>32,693</td><td>32.50</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>P. Suresh Babu</td><td>32,077</td><td>31.89</td><td>−26.39</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>R. Krishnan</td><td>20,302</td><td>20.18</td><td>−16.45</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Gopalakrishnan</td><td>8,950</td><td>8.90</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>A. Singarayan</td><td>2,843</td><td>2.83</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>S. Murugan</td><td>1,705</td><td>1.69</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>616</td><td>0.61</td><td>−21.04</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>100,597</td><td>69.36</td><td>4.01</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>153,308</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TMC(M) gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>-25.78</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>R. Eswaran</td><td>54,688</td><td>58.28</td><td>+26.13</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>S. Madasamy</td><td>34,374</td><td>36.63</td><td>+4.91</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IUML</td><td>K. Paulraj</td><td>3,567</td><td>3.80</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>THMM</td><td>R. Krishnan</td><td>572</td><td>0.61</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>20,314</td><td>21.65</td><td>21.22</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>93,835</td><td>65.35</td><td>−6.74</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>149,712</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>26.13</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>R. Eswaran</td><td>30,805</td><td>32.15</td><td>−30.19</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>R. Krishnan</td><td>30,394</td><td>31.72</td><td>−2.83</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>S. Kanagasabai</td><td>17,325</td><td>18.08</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>T. Rengasay</td><td>17,043</td><td>17.79</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>411</td><td>0.43</td><td>−27.37</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>95,816</td><td>72.09</td><td>1.67</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>135,907</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-30.19</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>R. Eswaran</td><td>50,303</td><td>62.34</td><td>+16.69</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>M. S. Periasamy</td><td>27,875</td><td>34.55</td><td>−15.97</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Muthiah</td><td>865</td><td>1.07</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Vijayan</td><td>595</td><td>0.74</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Maruthan</td><td>588</td><td>0.73</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Sankarapandian</td><td>460</td><td>0.57</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>22,428</td><td>27.80</td><td>22.94</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>80,686</td><td>70.41</td><td>13.35</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>120,134</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td>11.83</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>CPI(M)</td><td>R. Krishnan</td><td>33,107</td><td>50.51</td><td>+17.26</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>R. Eswaran</td><td>29,921</td><td>45.65</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>Ayyadurai Alias Anantharaj</td><td>2,513</td><td>3.83</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,186</td><td>4.86</td><td>−1.83</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>65,541</td><td>57.06</td><td>6.27</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>116,791</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>17.26</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>CPI(M)</td><td>R. Krishnan</td><td>20,092</td><td>33.25</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>I. Muthuraj</td><td>16,048</td><td>26.56</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>Ayyadurai Alias Anantharaj</td><td>10,826</td><td>17.92</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>M. Duraisamy</td><td>10,330</td><td>17.10</td><td>−39.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Kattapan</td><td>2,472</td><td>4.09</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Maruthan</td><td>650</td><td>1.08</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>4,044</td><td>6.69</td><td>−7.22</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>60,418</td><td>50.79</td><td>−14.90</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>121,099</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-23.70</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>A. Velladurai</td><td>35,954</td><td>56.96</td><td>+6.72</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>A. Gopa Thevar</td><td>27,169</td><td>43.04</td><td>+3.15</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>8,785</td><td>13.92</td><td>3.56</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>63,123</td><td>65.69</td><td>−9.79</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>99,614</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>6.72</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>A. Velladurai</td><td>33,865</td><td>50.24</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>M. P. Swamy</td><td>26,885</td><td>39.89</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>K. C. Thevar</td><td>6,653</td><td>9.87</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>6,980</td><td>10.36</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>67,403</td><td>75.48</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>92,896</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>