Chinnasalem Assembly constituency

Chinnasalem was a state assembly constituency in Kallakurichi district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] The constituency was formed after the discontinuation of Kallakurichi constituency and was in existence from 1977 until the 2008 delimitation. This constituency was discontinued by Election Commission Of India by converting it into Kallakurichi Assembly constituency from the 2011 election onwards.^[2]

Chinnasalem
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kallakurichi
Lok Sabha constituency	Rasipuram
Established	1977
Abolished	2008
Total electors	1,79,669
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1977	M. Subramanian		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	S. Sivaraman		Indian National Congress (I)
1984	S. Sivaraman		Independent
1989	T. Udhayasuriyan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	R. P. Paramasivam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	R. Mookappan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	P. Mohan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	T. Udhayasuriyan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chinnasalem^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. Udhayasuriyan	64,036	48.40%	4.78%
	AIADMK	P. Mohan	43,758	33.08%	−18.28%
	DMDK	R. Subbarayalu	19,476	14.72%
	Independent	M. P. Mannan	1,892	1.43%
	BSP	M. Kalaivendhan	840	0.63%
	BJP	Pon. Bala Subramanian	806	0.61%
	LJP	A. Mana Mohana Doss	792	0.60%
	Independent	K. Sekar	380	0.29%
	Independent	A. Arun Kennady	318	0.24%
Margin of victory			20,278	15.33%	7.60%
Turnout			132,298	73.63%	9.43%
Registered electors			179,669
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-2.95%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chinnasalem^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Mohan	60,554	51.35%	19.79%
	DMK	R. Mookappan	51,442	43.63%	−16.20%
	MDMK	A. Vaithilingam	2,285	1.94%	0.43%
	Independent	A. Manamohandoss	1,843	1.56%
	Independent	K. Sekar	1,220	1.03%
	Independent	B. Arumugam	572	0.49%
Margin of victory			9,112	7.73%	−20.54%
Turnout			117,916	64.21%	−4.88%
Registered electors			183,679
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-8.47%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chinnasalem^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Mookkappan	66,981	59.83%	32.98%
	AIADMK	P. Mohan	35,336	31.56%	−32.86%
	AIIC(T)	K. Narkunam	6,604	5.90%
	MDMK	K. Venkatapathy	1,684	1.50%
	Independent	C. Pachayapillai	373	0.33%
	BJP	Bala Govindarajan	363	0.32%
	Independent	K. Lakshmi	268	0.24%
	Independent	T. Selvaraj	206	0.18%
	Independent	R. Mookappan	141	0.13%
Margin of victory			31,645	28.27%	−9.31%
Turnout			111,956	69.09%	1.88%
Registered electors			168,685
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-4.60%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chinnasalem^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. P. Paramasivam	66,942	64.43%	41.50%
	DMK	R. Mookappan	27,900	26.85%	−9.43%
	PMK	M. Vayapuri	5,603	5.39%
	AMK	A. Subramaniyam	2,618	2.52%
	Independent	P. Preamanandan	649	0.62%
	Independent	H. Syed Hasheem	194	0.19%
Margin of victory			39,042	37.57%	24.22%
Turnout			103,906	67.21%	−7.89%
Registered electors			159,970
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	28.14%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chinnasalem^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. Udhayasuriyan	36,776	36.28%	−0.07%
	AIADMK	K. R. Ramalingam	23,238	22.93%
	INC	S. Sivaraman	21,526	21.24%
	Independent	P. Mohan	10,546	10.41%
	Independent	N. Dhanabal	6,676	6.59%
	Independent	K. Jayaram	1,911	1.89%
	Independent	A. Gothadaraman	312	0.31%
	Independent	S. Periyasamy	195	0.19%
	Independent	E. N. U. K. V. Soundharrajan	174	0.17%
Margin of victory			13,538	13.36%	−13.93%
Turnout			101,354	75.10%	0.07%
Registered electors			138,166
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing	-27.36%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chinnasalem^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. Sivaraman	53,630	63.65%
	DMK	D. Periyasamy	30,633	36.35%
Margin of victory			22,997	27.29%	20.30%
Turnout			84,263	75.03%	8.95%
Registered electors			117,749
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	11.19%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chinnasalem^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Sivaraman	39,370	52.45%	38.70%
	AIADMK	A. Ambayiram	34,123	45.46%	9.89%
	Independent	V. Kuppan	1,562	2.08%
Margin of victory			5,247	6.99%	2.27%
Turnout			75,055	66.08%	3.60%
Registered electors			115,587
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	16.88%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chinnasalem^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Subramanian	24,304	35.57%
	DMK	S. P. Pachayappan	21,081	30.86%
	JP	V. Jayalakshmi	12,638	18.50%
	INC	L. P. Ponnuvel	9,397	13.75%
	Independent	P. R. Annamal	529	0.77%
	Independent	M. Subbarayan	194	0.28%
	Independent	P. Arumugam	178	0.26%
Margin of victory			3,223	4.72%
Turnout			68,321	62.48%
Registered electors			111,367
	AIADMK win (new seat)