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Lok Sabha election in 1957 WON by INC party with 23% vote share
Winner: R. Kanagasabai Pillai
CandidatePartyVotes
R. Kanagasabai Pillai INC176,501
Elayaperumal INC175,589
Arumugham IND118,491
Dandapani Padyachai IND109,521
Kulandaimoopan IND85,943
Kattimuthu IND62,114
Kaliamurthi IND32,381
Sivasubrananian IND0
Lok Sabha election in 1962 WON by INC party with 45% vote share
Winner: R. Kangagosabai
CandidatePartyVotes
R. Kangagosabai INC140,731
R. Thillaivaillalan DMK136,671
D. Govindasami Kachirayar SWA18,021
A. Subramaniam IND10,249
A. Rathinam IND9,666
Vidhan Sabha election in 1967 WON by INC party with 49% vote share
Winner: R. K. Pillai
CandidatePartyVotes
R. K. Pillai INC34,911
P. Ponchockalingam DMK33,356
R. Govindarajan IND1,881
P. Natarajan IND834
Lok Sabha election in 1967 WON by DMK party with 52% vote share
Winner: V. Mayavan
CandidatePartyVotes
V. Mayavan DMK205,193
L. Elayaperumal INC187,764
Lok Sabha election in 1971 WON by DMK party with 51% vote share
Winner: V. Mayavan
CandidatePartyVotes
V. Mayavan DMK203,059
L. Elayaperumal NCO180,661
A. Gavarnar IND13,698
Vidhan Sabha election in 1971 WON by DMK party with 50% vote share
Winner: P. Ponchokkalingam
CandidatePartyVotes
P. Ponchokkalingam DMK35,750
R. Gopalkrishnan NCO34,071
Satchidanandama IND1,206
Vidhan Sabha election in 1977 WON by DMK party with 31% vote share
Winner: Kaliyamoorthy Durai
CandidatePartyVotes
Kaliyamoorthy Durai DMK22,917
Muthugovindarajan ADMK19,586
B. Umapathy INC15,644
A. Sambandam JNP10,960
N. Rathinasamy IND1,817
M. Sanjeevi IND1,422
K. Dharuman IND474
R. Kannusamy IND406
Lok Sabha election in 1977 WON by ADK party with 62% vote share
Winner: Murugesan A.
CandidatePartyVotes
Murugesan A. ADK278,406
Rajangam N. DMK169,172
Lok Sabha election in 1980 WON by DMK party with 64% vote share
Winner: Kulandaivelu V.
CandidatePartyVotes
Kulandaivelu V. DMK302,523
Mahalingam S. CPM163,798
Duraiswamy R.N. IND5,984
Duraivelavan D. IND3,430
Vidhan Sabha election in 1980 WON by ADMK party with 52% vote share
Winner: Ganapathy K. R
CandidatePartyVotes
Ganapathy K. R ADMK41,728
Kaliyamoorthy Durai DMK38,461
Murugesan A IND281
Dharuman Pathar K IND229
Vidhan Sabha election in 1984 WON by ADMK party with 55% vote share
Winner: K.R.Ganpathi
CandidatePartyVotes
K.R.Ganpathi ADMK47,067
K.S. Subramanian DMK37,824
D.Arulmozhi IND1,171
K.Tharuman Pathar IND223
Lok Sabha election in 1984 WON by INC party with 61% vote share
Winner: Vallalperuman P.
CandidatePartyVotes
Vallalperuman P. INC329,892
Kannapiran S. DMK209,001
Lok Sabha election in 1989 WON by INC party with 31% vote share
Winner: Vallalperuman P.
CandidatePartyVotes
Vallalperuman P. INC205,229
Ayyasamy A. DMK176,946
Elumalai R. PMK158,155
Elayaperumal L. HPI120,197
Veeramani R. TMM2,025
Vidhan Sabha election in 1989 WON by DMK party with 42% vote share
Winner: Krishnamoorthy D.
CandidatePartyVotes
Krishnamoorthy D. DMK35,738
Radhakrishnan A. INC19,018
Arumugam N. IND12,363
Panneerselvam K.P. ADK(JR)10,088
Manivasagam T. CPI5,371
Dharuman K. IND706
Umapathi B. IND496
Rathinasamy N. IND450
Arasan P. IND359
Paramaguru R.K. IND96
Balasekaran S. IND81
Pattusamy C. IND47
Lok Sabha election in 1991 WON by INC party with 49% vote share
Winner: Vallalperuman P.
CandidatePartyVotes
Vallalperuman P. INC306,121
Sulochana Ayyasamy (W) DMK169,231
Elumalai R. PMK144,946
Siva M.P. TMM2,687
Samidurai D. BSP1,970
Chindambaram S. IND1,715
Anbu Duraisamy R.N. IND1,006
Vidhan Sabha election in 1991 WON by INC party with 51% vote share
Winner: Alagiri S.
CandidatePartyVotes
Alagiri S. INC48,767
Panneerselvam M.R.K. DMK29,114
Devadasu K. PMK15,913
Sanjeevi K. IND443
Deivanayagam K. IND277
Thangaraj R. TMM246
Dharman K. IND234
Azeezkhan M.P. IND148
Subramanian Thanga IND102
Vidhan Sabha election in 1996 WON by TMC(M) party with 51% vote share
Winner: S. Azhagiri
CandidatePartyVotes
S. Azhagiri TMC(M)52,066
A. Radhakrishnan INC23,050
K. Devadoss PMK19,737
Durai Krishnamoorthy MDMK6,121
N. Manickam IND241
R. Palanivel IND238
K. Saravanan IND206
M. Azhappan IND157
K. Panneerselvam IND153
B. Sekar IND149
A. Santhanam IND139
S. Subramanian IND128
K. Dharman IND107
R. Manivel IND98
R. Alagiriswamy IND80
T. Arulmozhi IND78
M. Jai Sankar IND75
A. Perumal IND68
S.N. Natesan SAP59
T. Ramalingam IND50
T. Venkateswaran IND50
Lok Sabha election in 1996 WON by DMK party with 49% vote share
Winner: Ganesan V
CandidatePartyVotes
Ganesan V DMK336,164
Elumalai.R PMK159,898
Vallal Peruman P INC144,478
Mahalingam.P.S CPM28,646
Kirubanidhi S.P BJP7,954
Selvamani K. Tmt IND5,795
Palani.S IND2,714
Ashokan.A IND1,544
Perumal.A IND1,338
Chidambaram.S IND1,104
Asokan S IND812
Lok Sabha election in 1998 WON by PMK party with 46% vote share
Winner: Elumalai Alias Ezhilmalai R.
CandidatePartyVotes
Elumalai Alias Ezhilmalai R. PMK305,372
Ganesan V. DMK297,417
Vallalperuman Dr. P. INC43,214
Nagappan P. BSP19,922
Jayaraj S. IND351
Janakiraman V. IND318
Lok Sabha election in 1999 WON by PMK party with 48% vote share
Winner: Ponnuswamy E.
CandidatePartyVotes
Ponnuswamy E. PMK345,331
Thirumavalavan R. TMC(M)225,768
Sumathi Udayakumar Thirumathi T. INC150,794
Muruganantham D. IND1,606
Kanagasabai R. IND422
Kamaraj V. IND384
Vidhan Sabha election in 2001 WON by DMK party with 53% vote share
Winner: Saravanan Durai K.
CandidatePartyVotes
Saravanan Durai K. DMK54,647
T.Arivuselvan PMK42,732
K.V.Mohana Sundar MDMK3,765
Jayaraj. V IND1,089
S.Anbazhagan IND958
K.Aravamuthan RJD262
N.Ramamoorthy JD(S)249
Lok Sabha election in 2004 WON by PMK party with 46% vote share
Winner: Ponnuswamy E.
CandidatePartyVotes
Ponnuswamy E. PMK343,424
Thirumaavalavan Thol JD(U)255,773
Periasamy. D BJP113,974
Ramalingam. D IND6,051
Jawaharlal Nehru. P JP5,526
Kumar. K BSP5,092
Ponnusamy. V E IND3,159
Periyasamy. S A IND2,828
Ramamoorthy. IND2,003
Kanagasabai. R IND1,758
Archunan. T IND1,486
Purushothman. K IND1,274
Thiravidamani. S IND1,062
Vidhan Sabha election in 2006 WON by ADMK party with 51% vote share
Winner: Arunmozhidevan.A.
CandidatePartyVotes
Arunmozhidevan.A. ADMK56,327
Balakrishnan.K. CPI(M)39,517
Rajamannan.P DMDK10,303
Srinivasan.A. BJP1,054
Velmurugan.P IND954
Vinoba.C IND797
Barathidasan.K BSP453
Sundaravinayagam.N IND326
Balakrishnan.R IND275
Jaisankar.P IND207
Balakrishnan.K IND147
Vasu.S SP126
Balakrishnan.K IND115
Barathimohan.K AIFB114
Ramachandran.G IND107
Abdul Ali.A IND97
Archunan.T IND83
Abdulhalim.A IND64
Lok Sabha election in 2009 WON by VCK party with 49% vote share
Winner: Thirumaavalavan, Thol
CandidatePartyVotes
Thirumaavalavan, Thol VCK428,804
Ponnuswamy,E PMK329,721
Sasikumar, S DMDK66,283
Manikandan, V IND9,799
Marudhamuthu, V IND8,367
Kaviyarasan, N IND6,173
Rajendiran, N.R BSP5,718
Susila , L IND4,178
Selvakumar, C RKSP3,140
Dharmalingam, C IND2,678
Sakthivel,P IND1,950
Senthamil Selvi , K IND1,500
Kanagasabai, R IND1,398
Vidhan Sabha election in 2011 WON by CPM party with 48% vote share
Winner: K.Balakrishnan
CandidatePartyVotes
K.Balakrishnan CPM72,054
Sridhar Vandaiyar DMK69,175
V.Kannan BJP4,034
R. Panneer LJP1,010
C.Vinoba IND933
S.Sankar IND591
A.Arulprakasam IND478
K.Sathyamoorthy IND459
K.Chellaiah BSP432
Lok Sabha election in 2014 WON by ADMK party with 39% vote share
Winner: Chandrakasi, M
CandidatePartyVotes
Chandrakasi, M ADMK429,536
Thirumaavalavan, Thol VCK301,041
Sudhamanirathinem PMK279,016
Vallal Peruman, P INC28,988
None Of The Above NOTA12,138
Anandan Alias Kavignar Ananthamaalai, S IND8,875
Ezhumalai, V ABHM6,824
Rajendran, K BSP5,179
Rajkumar, S IND4,896
Thirusangu, A IND3,370
Pazhanivel, P IND1,772
Parvathi, S IND1,543
Pushparaj, S IND1,523
Senthamizhselvi, K IND1,469
Chandragasan, N IND1,182
Sanmugam, A IND1,071
Vidhan Sabha election in 2016 WON by ADMK party with 34% vote share
Winner: Pandian K A
CandidatePartyVotes
Pandian K A ADMK58,543
Senthilkumar K R DMK57,037
Arul R PMK24,226
Balakrishnan K CPM23,314
Abdul Satthar G SDPI1,775
None Of The Above NOTA1,714
Sathishkumar B (A) Baakyaa NTK1,295
Manimaran G BJP1,079
Vinoba C IND440
Dhivakar S IND388
Senthilkumar R IND302
Thirunavukkarasu N IND261
Karvannan K IND152
Thangapandiyan R IND93
Lok Sabha election in 2019 WON by VCK party with 43% vote share
Winner: Thirumaavalavan Thol
CandidatePartyVotes
Thirumaavalavan Thol VCK500,229
Chandrasekar P ADMK497,010
Elavarasan A IND62,308
Sivajothi M NTK37,471
Nota NOTA15,535
Ravi T MNM15,334
Gurusamy P IND7,012
Krishnaraj M AMPK4,675
Parvathi S DMSK4,100
Jagatheesan M IND2,993
Kalaiyarasan R IND2,155
Krishnakumari A IND1,706
Periyasamy T IND1,464
Kittu T IND1,200
Vidhan Sabha election in 2021 WON by ADMK party with 50% vote share
Winner: K.A. Pandian
CandidatePartyVotes
K.A. Pandian ADMK91,961
S. Abdul Rahman IUML75,024
Natarajan Krishnamoorthy NTK9,071
G. Devasagayam MNM2,953
M. Nanthinidevi AMMKMNKZ1,388
Nota NOTA1,202
D. Chandra Prabu BSP478
S. Balamurugan IND337
K. Udaya Selvan AMPK305
C. Vinoba IND245
B. Narayanamoorthy IND242
M. Raghunathan IMK146