Anaicut Assembly constituency

Anaicut
Anaicut
Constituency No. 44 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Lok Sabha constituency	Vellore
Established	1977
Total electors	2,54,562
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent A. P. Nandakumar
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

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Anaicut is one of the 234 constituencies in the legislative assembly of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It includes the towns of Pallikonda and Odugathur, and the village Anaicut. It is part of Vellore Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.

Assembly	Year	Winner
Sixth	1977	R. Margabandhu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980	G. Viswanathan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984	V. R. Krishnasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989	S. P. Kannan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991	K. Dharamalingam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996	C. Gopu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001	K. Pandurangan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006	K. Pandurangan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011	M. Kalai Arasu	Pattali Makkal Katchi
Fifteenth	2016	A. P. Nandakumar^[2]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021	A. P. Nandakumar^[3]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			48.55%
2016			42.43%
2011			54.51%
2006			45.02%
2001			56.24%
1996			55.79%
1991			57.59%
1989			35.64%
1984			58.42%
1980			53.37%
1977			48.78%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. P. Nandakumar	95,159	48.55%	+6.12
	AIADMK	D. Velazhagan	88,799	45.30%	+7.7
	NTK	A. Sumithra	8,125	4.15%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,791	0.91%	+0.23
	Independent	M. Senthil Kumar	1,357	0.69%	New
	AMMK	V. D. Sathish Kumar	1,140	0.58%	New
Margin of victory			6,360	3.24%	−1.58%
Turnout			196,014	77.00%	−1.31%
Rejected ballots			588	0.30%
Registered electors			254,562
	DMK hold		Swing	6.12%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. P. Nandakumar	77,058	42.43%	*New*
	AIADMK	M. Kalai Arasu	68,290	37.60%	New
	PMK	K. L. Elavazagan	24,711	13.61%	−40.9
	TMC(M)	P. S. Palani	2,633	1.45%	New
	BJP	K. Vijayakumar	1,750	0.96%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,237	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			8,768	4.83%	−14.13%
Turnout			181,622	78.31%	0.25%
Registered electors			231,928
	DMK gain from PMK		Swing	-12.08%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	M. Kalai Arasu	80,233	54.51%	+9.53
	DMDK	V. B. Velu	52,330	35.55%	+29.87
	MMKA	M. Dharman	4,696	3.19%	New
	Independent	K. Velu	2,619	1.78%	New
	Independent	Dr. R. Shanmugam	1,962	1.33%	New
	IJK	Albert Anbarasu	1,369	0.93%	New
	BSP	S. Renu	1,018	0.69%	+0.13
Margin of victory			27,903	18.96%	18.92%
Turnout			147,194	78.06%	8.91%
Registered electors			188,555
	PMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	9.49%

Members of the Legislative Assembly

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anaicut^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Pandurangan	59,220	45.02%	−11.22
	PMK	M. Varalakshmi	59,167	44.97%	New
	DMDK	M. Venkatasan	7,470	5.68%	New
	Independent	G. Veeramani	1,335	1.01%	New
	BJP	J. Kumaresan	1,287	0.98%	New
	Independent	S. Panneerselvam	795	0.60%	New
	BSP	C. Sivam	733	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			53	0.04%	−19.26%
Turnout			131,556	69.16%	8.36%
Registered electors			190,231
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-11.22%

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anaicut^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Pandurangan	61,333	56.24%	+30.35
	DMK	G. Malarvizhi	40,282	36.93%	−18.86
	MDMK	K. P. Baskar Babu	2,829	2.59%	+0.54
	Independent	G. Vijayan	2,160	1.98%	New
	Independent	S. Ebinesar Albert Benjamin	878	0.81%	New
	Independent	G. P. Partheeban	646	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			21,051	19.30%	−10.61%
Turnout			109,064	60.80%	−3.37%
Registered electors			179,523
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	0.44%

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anaicut^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Gopu	58,982	55.79%	+35.81
	AIADMK	C. M. Suryakala	27,366	25.89%	−31.7
	AIIC(T)	Balur E. Sampath	15,976	15.11%	New
	MDMK	N. M. Murugesan	2,174	2.06%	New
	Independent	D. V. Raghavan	734	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			31,616	29.91%	−7.70%
Turnout			105,716	64.17%	1.94%
Registered electors			172,760
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.80%

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anaicut^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Dharmalingam	54,413	57.59%	+25.86
	DMK	S. P. Kannan	18,880	19.98%	−15.66
	PMK	R. Mohan	17,163	18.16%	New
	Independent	A. Palanivelan	1,872	1.98%	New
	Independent	Govinda Rao	594	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			35,533	37.61%	33.69%
Turnout			94,484	62.23%	9.69%
Registered electors			161,182
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	21.95%