Pudukkottai (State Assembly Constituency)
Pudukottai is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. Election was not held in year 1957. It comes under Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency for Parliament elections. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
Madras State
Year | Winner | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1952 | Balakrishnan | Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party | |
1962 | A. Thiagarajan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1967 | Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman | Indian National Congress |
Tamil Nadu
* By-Elections were held on the account of vacancy due to the demise of the sitting MLA
Election Results
2021
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | V. Muthuraja | 85,802 | 47.70% | +8.5 | |
AIADMK | V. R. Karthik Thondaiman | 72,801 | 40.47% | +2.5 | |
NTK | Sasikumar | 11,503 | 6.39% | +5.44 | |
MNM | S. Moorthy | 3,948 | 2.19% | New | |
DMDK | M. Subramanian | 1,873 | 1.04% | −3.55 | |
Margin of victory | 13,001 | 7.23% | 6.00% | ||
Turnout | 179,892 | 73.72% | −1.03% | ||
Rejected ballots | 114 | 0.06% | |||
Registered electors | 244,029 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | 8.50% |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Periyannan Arassu | 66,739 | 39.19% | −5.37 | |
AIADMK | V. R. Karthik Thondaiman | 64,655 | 37.97% | New | |
Independent | M. Chokkalingam | 22,973 | 13.49% | New | |
DMDK | Jahir Hussain | 7,810 | 4.59% | New | |
NOTA | NOTA | 1,637 | 0.96% | New | |
NTK | M. Arunmozhichozhan | 1,625 | 0.95% | New | |
IJK | G. Kumar | 1,061 | 0.62% | New | |
Independent | A. Radhakrishnan | 913 | 0.54% | New | |
Margin of victory | 2,084 | 1.22% | −0.99% | ||
Turnout | 170,282 | 74.75% | −4.14% | ||
Registered electors | 227,802 | ||||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -7.58% |
2012 By-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | V. R. Karthik Thondaiman | 1,01,998 | 71.16 | ||
DMDK | Jahir Hussain. N. | 30,500 | 21.28 | ||
IJK | Srinivasan N | 4,495 | 3.14 | ||
MNMK | Arivalagan | 1,370 | 0.96 | ||
Majority | 71,498 | 49.88 | |||
Turnout | 1,43,346 | 73.49 | |||
AIADMK gain from CPI | Swing |
2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI | S. P. Muthukumaran | 65,466 | 46.78% | New | |
DMK | Periyannan Arassu | 62,365 | 44.56% | +3.66 | |
IJK | N. Srinivasan | 4,098 | 2.93% | New | |
Independent | V. Bharathan | 3,901 | 2.79% | New | |
BJP | Pala. Selvam | 1,748 | 1.25% | −7.64 | |
Independent | C. Ravi | 832 | 0.59% | New | |
Independent | T. Sevanthilingam | 750 | 0.54% | New | |
Margin of victory | 3,101 | 2.22% | 0.94% | ||
Turnout | 139,957 | 78.89% | 3.40% | ||
Registered electors | 177,413 | ||||
CPI gain from AIADMK | Swing | 4.60% |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | R. Nedunchezhian | 64,319 | 42.18% | −11.78 | |
DMK | M. Jaffarali | 62,369 | 40.90% | +6.53 | |
BJP | Durai Dhiviyanathan | 13,559 | 8.89% | New | |
DMDK | S. Javaheer | 6,880 | 4.51% | New | |
TNJC | M. Arumugam | 837 | 0.55% | New | |
Independent | P. Vijayakumar | 811 | 0.53% | New | |
Independent | A. Vetriselvam | 770 | 0.50% | New | |
Margin of victory | 1,950 | 1.28% | −18.31% | ||
Turnout | 152,502 | 75.49% | 10.67% | ||
Registered electors | 202,027 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | -11.78% |
2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | Dr. C. Vijayabasker | 77,627 | 53.96% | New | |
DMK | Periyannan Arasu | 49,444 | 34.37% | −22.29 | |
MDMK | K. Kaliyamoorthy | 10,702 | 7.44% | −2.69 | |
CPI(ML)L | Kasi Viduthalaikkumaran | 2,199 | 1.53% | New | |
Independent | S. Vijayabaskar | 1,435 | 1.00% | New | |
Independent | M. Palanisamy | 960 | 0.67% | New | |
Margin of victory | 28,183 | 19.59% | −11.01% | ||
Turnout | 143,864 | 64.82% | −8.50% | ||
Registered electors | 221,966 | ||||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -2.70% |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | A. Periannan | 79,205 | 56.66% | +25.29 | |
INC | S. C. Swaminathan | 36,422 | 26.05% | −40.39 | |
MDMK | V. N. Mani | 14,165 | 10.13% | New | |
PMK | K. Shariff | 2,244 | 1.61% | New | |
Independent | K. R. Subbiah | 2,234 | 1.60% | New | |
BJP | P. Ravi | 1,348 | 0.96% | New | |
Independent | P. Balakrishnan | 978 | 0.70% | New | |
Margin of victory | 42,783 | 30.60% | −4.47% | ||
Turnout | 139,794 | 73.31% | 4.44% | ||
Registered electors | 199,005 | ||||
DMK gain from INC | Swing | -9.78% |
1991
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | C. Swaminathan | 82,205 | 66.44% | +46.91 | |
DMK | V. N. Mani | 38,806 | 31.36% | −4.87 | |
Margin of victory | 43,399 | 35.08% | 19.73% | ||
Turnout | 123,728 | 68.87% | −9.84% | ||
Registered electors | 183,488 | ||||
INC gain from DMK | Swing | 30.20% |
1989
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | A. Periannan | 45,534 | 36.24% | New | |
AIADMK | Erama Veerappan | 26,254 | 20.89% | New | |
AIADMK | S. Chellathurai | 25,703 | 20.45% | New | |
INC | J. Mohamed Gani | 24,536 | 19.53% | −42.84 | |
Independent | K. Saminathan | 1,836 | 1.46% | New | |
Margin of victory | 19,280 | 15.34% | −21.43% | ||
Turnout | 125,661 | 78.71% | 0.52% | ||
Registered electors | 162,152 | ||||
DMK gain from INC | Swing | -26.13% |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | J. Mohamed Gani | 63,877 | 62.37% | +12.66 | |
CPI | K. R. Subbiah | 26,214 | 25.60% | −22.79 | |
INC(J) | S. Chelladhuri | 7,354 | 7.18% | New | |
Independent | A. Sundaravel Udayar | 3,018 | 2.95% | New | |
Independent | R. Samiaiah Kadavarar | 1,023 | 1.00% | New | |
Independent | M. Lakshmanan | 690 | 0.67% | New | |
Margin of victory | 37,663 | 36.77% | 35.45% | ||
Turnout | 102,418 | 78.19% | 4.12% | ||
Registered electors | 137,340 | ||||
INC hold | Swing | 12.66% |
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman | 47,660 | 49.71% | +6.97 | |
CPI | K. R. Subbiah | 46,387 | 48.38% | New | |
Independent | R. Chidambaram | 708 | 0.74% | New | |
Independent | V. Kuttayan | 700 | 0.73% | New | |
Margin of victory | 1,273 | 1.33% | −18.69% | ||
Turnout | 95,877 | 74.07% | 5.25% | ||
Registered electors | 130,814 | ||||
INC hold | Swing | 6.97% |
1977
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman | 36,406 | 42.74% | −4.07 | |
AIADMK | C. Anbarasan | 19,352 | 22.72% | New | |
DMK | K. Chindambaram | 19,217 | 22.56% | New | |
JP | A. Karuppiah Udayar | 8,175 | 9.60% | New | |
Independent | J. Muthukrishnan | 1,103 | 1.29% | New | |
Independent | M. Uthrapathy | 937 | 1.10% | New | |
Margin of victory | 17,054 | 20.02% | 18.28% | ||
Turnout | 85,190 | 68.82% | −7.19% | ||
Registered electors | 125,055 | ||||
INC hold | Swing | -4.07% |
1971
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | M. Sathiamoorthy | 34,680 | 46.80% | −15.26 | |
CPI | K. R. Subbaiah | 33,393 | 45.07% | +41.7 | |
Independent | D. Jeyaraj | 4,996 | 6.74% | New | |
Independent | R. Chidambaram | 1,026 | 1.38% | New | |
Margin of victory | 1,287 | 1.74% | −25.76% | ||
Turnout | 74,095 | 76.01% | −7.03% | ||
Registered electors | 103,655 | ||||
INC hold | Swing | -15.26% |
1967
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman | 45,342 | 62.07% | +27.04 | |
DMK | Thiagarajan | 25,255 | 34.57% | −30.4 | |
CPI | Rengasamy | 2,458 | 3.36% | New | |
Margin of victory | 20,087 | 27.50% | −2.45% | ||
Turnout | 73,055 | 83.03% | 16.20% | ||
Registered electors | 91,205 | ||||
INC gain from DMK | Swing | -2.91% |
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | A. Thiagarajan | 37,563 | 64.97% | New | |
INC | V. Arunachala Thevar | 20,252 | 35.03% | New | |
Margin of victory | 17,311 | 29.94% | |||
Turnout | 57,815 | 66.83% | |||
Registered electors | 90,173 | ||||
DMK win (new seat) |
1952
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TTP | Balakrishnan | 22,954 | 52.53% | New | |
INC | Natesan Ambalakarar | 12,756 | 29.19% | New | |
Independent | Sivaswami Servai | 4,364 | 9.99% | New | |
Independent | Palaniyandi | 2,375 | 5.43% | New | |
Independent | T. R. Vythianatha Ayyar | 1,250 | 2.86% | New | |
Margin of victory | 10,198 | 23.34% | |||
Turnout | 43,699 | 53.68% | |||
Registered electors | 81,414 | ||||
TTP win (new seat) |