Bodinayakkanur Assembly constituency

Bodinayakkanur is a state assembly constituency in Theni district in Tamil Nadu.^[1][2][3] The constituency has been in existence since 1957 election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu. Former chief minister Jayalalithaa, first contested assembly polls in 1989, from this constituency. From 2011, her protége former chief minister O. Pannerselvam represented this constituency.

Bodinayakkanur
Constituency No. 200 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Lok Sabha constituency	Theni
Established	1957
Total electors	2,78,815
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent O. Panneerselvam
Party	Independent
Elected year	2021

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
Madras State
1957	A. S. Subbaraj		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	S. Srinivasan
Tamil Nadu
1971	M. Surulivel		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	P. Ramadass		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	K. M. S. Subramanian
1984	K. S. M. Ramachandran		Indian National Congress
1989	J. Jayalalithaa		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	V. Panneerselvam
1996	A. Sudalaimuthu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	S. Ramaraj		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	S. Lakshmanan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	O. Panneerselvam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016
2021

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			46.58%
2016			49.38%
2011			56.69%
2006			43.86%
2001			49.94%
1996			51.26%
1991			62.98%
1989			54.41%
1984			61.00%
1980			59.77%
1977			41.12%
1971			54.43%
1967			49.83%
1962			54.61%
1957			58.11%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	O. Panneerselvam	100,050	46.58%	−2.80%
	DMK	Thanga Tamil Selvan	89,029	41.45%	−0.18%
	NTK	M. Prem Chandar	11,114	5.17%	4.52%
	AMMK	M. Muthusamy	5,649	2.63%	New
	MNM	P. Ganesh Kumar	4,128	1.92%	New
	NOTA	Nota	1,403	0.65%	−0.32%
Margin of victory			11,021	5.13%	−2.61%
Turnout			2,14,795	77.04%	−1.24%
Registered electors			2,78,815
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-2.80%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	O. Panneerselvam	99,531	49.38%	−7.31%
	DMK	S. Lakshmanan	83,923	41.63%	2.75%
	DMDK	A. Veerabadran	6,889	3.42%
	BJP	V. Venkateswaran	3,250	1.61%	0.66%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,966	0.98%	New
	NTK	P. Anbalagan	1,324	0.66%	New
	BSP	V. Thangadurai	594	0.29%	−0.26%
	Independent	S. Manikandan	592	0.29%	New
	Independent	M. Mariselvam	438	0.22%	New
	PMK	A. Ramakrishnan	405	0.20%	New
	SS	D. Maheswari	385	0.19%	New
Margin of victory			15,608	7.74%	−10.06%
Turnout			2,01,579	78.28%	−2.71%
Registered electors			2,57,500
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-7.31%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	O. Panneerselvam	95,235	56.69%	13.59%
	DMK	S. Lakshmanan	65,329	38.89%	−4.98%
	BJP	Veerasamy S N	1,598	0.95%	−0.22%
	BSP	Arumugam S	927	0.55%	−0.32%
	Independent	Mehalingam P	611	0.36%	New
		Ramaraj G	600	0.36%	New
	Independent	Lakshmanan V	501	0.30%	New
	Independent	Perumalappan S	489	0.29%	New
	Independent	Pitchaimani M	335	0.20%	New
	Independent	Muruganandan C	266	0.16%	New
	Independent	Balasubramani P	256	0.15%	New
Margin of victory			29,906	17.80%	17.04%
Turnout			2,07,412	81.00%	9.91%
Registered electors			1,67,998
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	12.82%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Lakshmanan	51,474	43.86%	4.47%
	AIADMK	Parthipan R	50,576	43.10%	−6.84%
	Independent	Muthuvelraj P	5,460	4.65%	New
	DMDK	Atchayakannan A	4,973	4.24%	New
	BJP	Subramani E	1,379	1.18%	New
	BSP	Thangapandi R	1,022	0.87%	New
	Independent	Bagavandass S	625	0.53%	New
	Independent	Ramakrishnan C	611	0.52%	New
	AIFB	Eswaran M	600	0.51%	New
	Independent	Nagamanisenthil R	425	0.36%	New
	Independent	Parthipan S	202	0.17%	New
Margin of victory			898	0.77%	−9.78%
Turnout			1,17,347	71.09%	12.00%
Registered electors			1,65,069
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-6.07%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Ramaraj. S	53,410	49.94%	23.03%
	DMK	Sudalaimuthu. A	42,132	39.39%	−11.87%
	MDMK	Aroselvan. G	8,439	7.89%	−6.10%
	Independent	Rajaram . N	895	0.84%	New
	Independent	Ganesan. G	832	0.78%	New
	Independent	Mariappan. V. P	400	0.37%	New
	Independent	Sekar. V	329	0.31%	New
	Independent	Suruli. S	272	0.25%	New
	Independent	Karuppiah. P	248	0.23%	New
Margin of victory			11,278	10.54%	−13.82%
Turnout			1,06,957	59.09%	−5.85%
Registered electors			1,81,022
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-1.33%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Sudalaimuthu. A.	54,893	51.26%	25.14%
	AIADMK	Jeyakumar. S. P.	28,806	26.90%	−36.08%
	MDMK	Subramani. R.	14,979	13.99%	New
	BJP	Sundaram. E. M.	3,578	3.34%	−0.21%
	PMK	Ravichandran. S.	2,904	2.71%	New
	Independent	Kannan. P. M.	618	0.58%	New
	Independent	Muthuraman. V. S. K.	238	0.22%	New
	Independent	Subramani. V.	161	0.15%	New
	Independent	Lakshmanaraju. A.	127	0.12%	New
	Independent	Selvam. K. S.	101	0.09%	New
	Independent	Manokaran. S. N.	87	0.08%	New
Margin of victory			26,087	24.36%	−12.49%
Turnout			1,07,079	64.93%	4.13%
Registered electors			1,69,113
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-11.71%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Panneer Selvam V.	63,297	62.98%	8.57%
	DMK	Ponnu Pillai G.	26,253	26.12%	−1.15%
	PMK	Chelliah S.	7,136	7.10%	New
	BJP	Sundaram M.	3,568	3.55%	New
	Independent	Pownraj R.	92	0.09%	New
	Independent	Kerelaputhiran M.	71	0.07%	New
	Independent	Shanmugam A.	64	0.06%	New
	Independent	Veeranan A.	26	0.03%	New
Margin of victory			37,044	36.86%	9.72%
Turnout			1,00,507	60.80%	−10.47%
Registered electors			1,68,572
	AIADMK hold		Swing	8.57%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	J. Jayalalithaa	57,603	54.41%
	DMK	Muthu Manoharan	28,872	27.27%	−11.38%
	INC	Ramachandran. K. S. M.	12,220	11.54%	−49.46%
	AIADMK	Santhi Alias Nirmala. B.	6,354	6.00%
	Independent	Kaja Mohideen. S.	246	0.23%	New
	Independent	Veerappa Goundar. V. T. R.	175	0.17%	New
	Independent	Arulraj. C.	164	0.15%	New
	Independent	Muthiah. M.	160	0.15%	New
	Independent	Sekar. S. V.	77	0.07%	New
Margin of victory			28,731	27.14%	4.79%
Turnout			1,05,871	71.27%	2.09%
Registered electors			1,50,663
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	-6.59%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. S. M. Ramachandran	54,231	61.00%	21.11%
	DMK	Muthu Manoharan	34,359	38.65%	New
	Independent	P. Kamatchi	312	0.35%	New
Margin of victory			19,872	22.35%	2.47%
Turnout			88,902	69.17%	3.34%
Registered electors			1,34,056
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	1.23%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Subramanian. K. M. S.	50,972	59.77%	18.66%
	INC	Ramachandran. K. S. M.	34,013	39.89%	11.51%
	Independent	Muthiah Pillai. M. R.	290	0.34%	New
Margin of victory			16,959	19.89%	7.15%
Turnout			85,275	65.83%	7.07%
Registered electors			1,31,024
	AIADMK hold		Swing	18.66%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Ramadass	29,022	41.12%
	INC	K.S.M. Ramachandran	20,030	28.38%	New
	JP	T. Govindraj	14,625	20.72%	New
	DMK	M. Muthuchamy	6,907	9.79%	−44.64%
Margin of victory			8,992	12.74%	−12.42%
Turnout			70,584	58.77%	−11.17%
Registered electors			1,21,366
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-13.31%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Surulivel M.	35,427	54.43%
	Independent	Yellanna A.	19,050	29.27%	New
	Independent	Soundaravel S. At. A. P.	10,614	16.31%	New
Margin of victory			16,377	25.16%	24.06%
Turnout			65,091	69.94%	−6.24%
Registered electors			1,01,621
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	4.60%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Srinivasan	34,671	49.83%	−4.78%
	CPI(M)	P. V. Durairaj	33,905	48.73%	New
	Independent	P. R. Chetty	1,007	1.45%	New
Margin of victory			766	1.10%	−27.65%
Turnout			69,583	76.17%	2.20%
Registered electors			94,970
	INC hold		Swing	-4.78%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. S. Subbaraj	35,398	54.61%	−3.50%
	Independent	R. Subbiah	16,759	25.85%	New
	Tamilnad Socialist Labour Party	R. K. Rajan	12,668	19.54%	New
Margin of victory			18,639	28.75%	12.53%
Turnout			64,825	73.97%	13.59%
Registered electors			91,637
	INC hold		Swing	-3.50%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. S. Subbaraj	31,188	58.11%	New
	Independent	M. Muthiala	22,483	41.89%	New
Margin of victory			8,705	16.22%
Turnout			53,671	60.38%
Registered electors			88,886
	INC win (new seat)