Ambasamudram Assembly constituency

8.7°N 77.47°E / 8.7; 77.47

Ambasamudram
Constituency No. 225 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Lok Sabha constituency	Tirunelveli
Established	1951
Total electors	245,003
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Esakki Subaya
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Ambasamudram is a constituency in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly, that includes the city of Ambasamudram. It is a part of Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2011 election, the constituency had a total electorate of 193,552 comprising 96,157 males and 97,395 females. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Members of legislative Assembly

Madras State

Assembly	Year	Winner	Party
First	1952	P. Chockalingam		Independent
Second	1957	G. Gomathisankara Dikshidar		Indian National Congress
Third	1962
Fourth	1967

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Year	Winner	Party
Fifth	1971	S. Shanmugamuthu Thevar		Indian National Congress
Sixth	1977	Easwarmoorthy (Soranam)		Communist Party of India
Seventh	1980
Eighth	1984	Balasubramanian		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989	K. Ravi Arunan		Indian National Congress
Tenth	1991	R. Murugaiah Pandian		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996	R. Avudaiyappan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001	M. Sakthivel Murugan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006	R. Avudaiyappan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011	E. Subaya		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016	R. Murugaiah Pandian
Sixteenth	2021[1]	E. Subaya

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			47.96%
2016			45.80%
2011			55.11%
2006			45.66%
2001			48.04%
1996			48.89%
1991			65.33%
1989			34.17%
1984			54.75%
1980			47.39%
1977			35.33%
1971			46.52%
1967			46.35%
1962			38.16%
1957			50.52%
1952			43.14%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Esakki Subaya	85,211	47.96%	2.16%
	DMK	Avudaiappan R	68,296	38.44%	0.32%
	NTK	Shenbaga Valli	13,735	7.73%	6.69%
	AMMK	C. Rani Ranjitham	4,194	2.36%
	MNM	Sengulam Ganesan C	2,807	1.58%
	NOTA	Nota	1,673	0.94%	−0.25%
Margin of victory			16,915	9.52%	1.84%
Turnout			177,681	72.52%	−0.45%
Registered electors			245,003
	AIADMK hold		Swing	2.16%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Murugaiah Pandian	78,555	45.80%	−9.31%
	DMK	Avudaiappan. R	65,389	38.12%	−0.07%
	CPI(M)	P. Karpagavalli	13,690	7.98%
	BJP	V. Sasikala	4,711	2.75%	0.90%
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,041	1.19%
	NTK	S. Thennarasu	1,778	1.04%
	PMK	R. Anbalagan	1,310	0.76%
	Independent	S. P. Rajavelu	645	0.38%
	Independent	N. Ravichandran	635	0.37%
	Independent	Suresh Pandian. S	555	0.32%
	BSP	S. Eswari	416	0.24%	−0.10%
Margin of victory			13,166	7.68%	−9.24%
Turnout			171,528	72.97%	−2.11%
Registered electors			235,065
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-9.31%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Esakki Subaya	80,156	55.11%	24.00%
	DMK	R Avudaiappan	55,547	38.19%	−7.48%
	JMM	S Nambirajan	2,971	2.04%
	BJP	N Balachandran	2,688	1.85%	0.53%
	Independent	S Sureshkumar	1,466	1.01%
	Independent	Charles Ambedkar R	753	0.52%
	BSP	Mariammal @ Muthumari	497	0.34%	−0.55%
	Independent	Kumar M	342	0.24%
	Independent	Arunkumar @ Arulkumar	330	0.23%
	IJK	Sudaroli Murugan Yadav. S.	214	0.15%
	Independent	Avudaiyappan S	156	0.11%
Margin of victory			24,609	16.92%	2.36%
Turnout			193,734	75.08%	8.68%
Registered electors			145,460
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	9.44%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Avudaiappan	49,345	45.66%	2.11%
	AIADMK	Murugaiah Pandian. R.	33,614	31.11%	−16.93%
	JD(U)	Narayanan A	16,370	15.15%
	DMDK	Ponraj. S	2,412	2.23%
	AIFB	Venkatasalam. M	1,541	1.43%
	BJP	Anburaj Subramanian S. V	1,425	1.32%
	BSP	Ganesan. E	959	0.89%
	Independent	Velmurugan	650	0.60%
	Independent	Vaithiyalingam. R.	580	0.54%
	Independent	Ramesh. R	386	0.36%
	Independent	Ravindran. M. V.	278	0.26%
Margin of victory			15,731	14.56%	10.07%
Turnout			108,059	66.40%	8.56%
Registered electors			162,742
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-2.37%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Sakthivel Murugan. M.	43,021	48.04%	20.02%
	DMK	Avudaiappan. R	39,001	43.55%	−5.34%
	MDMK	Franklin Selvaraj	3,894	4.35%	−9.40%
	Independent	Thangaraja. K.	1,655	1.85%
	SP	Murugadasan. G	754	0.84%
	Independent	Singanatham Shanmuga Thevar. K. P	635	0.71%
	Independent	Arumugam. S	318	0.36%
	Independent	Arulmani. A.	151	0.17%
	Independent	Arinarayanan. M	125	0.14%
Margin of victory			4,020	4.49%	−16.38%
Turnout			89,554	57.84%	−10.65%
Registered electors			154,974
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-0.85%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Avudaiappan	46,116	48.89%
	AIADMK	R. Murugaiah Pandian	26,427	28.02%	−37.32%
	MDMK	K. Meena Zacharias	12,969	13.75%
	BJP	M. Mariyappan	1,863	1.98%
	JP	M. Arumugaperumal	1,802	1.91%
	Independent	R. Achutha Nadar	1,386	1.47%
	Independent	S. Pannai Krishna Kanthan (Lion)	1,284	1.36%
	AIIC(T)	C. Gunasekaran	1,199	1.27%
	Independent	R. Muthuraj	134	0.14%
	Independent	M. Abubacker	130	0.14%
	Independent	S. Gopal @ Gopi	127	0.13%
Margin of victory			19,689	20.87%	−12.36%
Turnout			94,324	68.49%	−0.30%
Registered electors			144,992
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-16.44%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Murukgaiah Pandian R.	57,433	65.33%	35.64%
	CPI(M)	Chellappa S.	28,219	32.10%	6.64%
	PMK	Poothathan S.	1,004	1.14%
	JP	Sivan P.	441	0.50%
	Independent	Ramasamy Mudaliar A.	253	0.29%
	THMM	Arunachalam P.	243	0.28%
	Independent	Ramasamy C.	151	0.17%
	Independent	Gopalakrishnan E.	103	0.12%
	Independent	Yovan M.	60	0.07%
Margin of victory			29,214	33.23%	28.76%
Turnout			87,907	68.79%	−5.35%
Registered electors			132,041
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	31.17%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ravi Arunan. K. M	31,337	34.17%	33.05%
	AIADMK	Murugiah. Pandian. R. M	27,234	29.69%	−25.06%
	CPI(M)	Pandian. M. M	23,354	25.46%	−18.67%
	Independent	Durai. R. S. K. M	5,762	6.28%
	Independent	Paramasivan. N. M	1,237	1.35%
	Independent	Ganapathy. R. M	636	0.69%
	Independent	Ramasamy. A. M	315	0.34%
	Independent	Shanmuga Thever. K. P. M	267	0.29%
	Independent	Gopalkrishnan. E. M	256	0.28%
	Independent	Sankaran. S. M	234	0.26%
	Independent	Ramaswamy. A. M	232	0.25%
Margin of victory			4,103	4.47%	−6.14%
Turnout			91,721	74.14%	−1.62%
Registered electors			125,960
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-20.58%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Balasubramanian	44,707	54.75%
	CPI(M)	Nallasivan A.	36,041	44.14%	−3.25%
	INC	Eramasamy. M.	910	1.11%	−39.78%
Margin of victory			8,666	10.61%	4.11%
Turnout			81,658	75.76%	11.72%
Registered electors			113,411
	AIADMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	7.36%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Easwarmoorthy Alias Soranam	31,262	47.39%	12.06%
	INC	Sangumuthu Thevarm S.	26,975	40.89%
	Independent	Subramaniam. K. V.	6,999	10.61%
	Independent	Sethuramasamy. N.	730	1.11%
Margin of victory			4,287	6.50%	3.80%
Turnout			65,966	64.04%	−2.96%
Registered electors			104,484
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	12.06%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Eswaramoorthy Alias Soranam	23,356	35.33%
	CPI	R. Nallakannu	21,569	32.63%
	JP	S.S. Rajalinga Raja	12,208	18.47%
	DMK	P. Arumugam	8,114	12.27%	−29.05%
	Independent	K.M. Arunasalam	863	1.31%
Margin of victory			1,787	2.70%	−2.49%
Turnout			66,110	67.00%	−7.92%
Registered electors			99,927
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	-11.19%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sangumuthu Thevar S.	31,192	46.52%	0.17%
	DMK	Ananthakrishnan R. V.	27,707	41.32%
	CPI(M)	Nallasivan A.	8,148	12.15%
Margin of victory			3,485	5.20%	1.40%
Turnout			67,047	74.93%	−2.37%
Registered electors			94,781
	INC hold		Swing	0.17%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. Gomathisankara Dikshidar	30,682	46.35%	8.19%
	CPI(M)	A. Nallasivan	28,169	42.55%
	CPI	R. Nallakannu	7,345	11.10%
Margin of victory			2,513	3.80%	−4.56%
Turnout			66,196	77.29%	0.96%
Registered electors			88,528
	INC hold		Swing	8.19%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. Gomathisankara Dikshidar	25,883	38.16%	−12.36%
	CPI	A. Nallasivan	20,216	29.81%
	DMK	S. Rathinavelpandian	17,107	25.22%
	SWA	R. K. Viswanathan	3,907	5.76%
	Independent	M. P. Annamalai	707	1.04%
Margin of victory			5,667	8.36%	−6.20%
Turnout			67,820	76.33%	23.28%
Registered electors			91,722
	INC hold		Swing	-12.36%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: 1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ambasamudram^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. Gomathisankara Dikshidar	25,552	50.52%	16.03%
	CPI	A. Nallasivan	18,191	35.97%
	Independent	S. Kandasamy	5,516	10.91%
	Independent	Annamali	1,316	2.60%
Margin of victory			7,361	14.55%	5.91%
Turnout			50,575	53.06%	−12.26%
Registered electors			95,325
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	7.38%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Chockalingam	21,538	43.14%
	INC	Lakshmi Sankara Iyer	17,220	34.49%	34.49%
	Socialist	Handare Subramaniam	6,144	12.31%
	Independent	Paul T. Diraviam	4,540	9.09%
	Independent	Ramalingam	485	0.97%
Margin of victory			4,318	8.65%
Turnout			49,927	65.32%
Registered electors			76,436
	Independent win (new seat)