Gandarvakottai Assembly constituency

Gandarvakottai is a state assembly constituency in Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu. It was in existence from 1957 to 1971 state elections, and reappeared after the 2008 delimitation. It is a part of Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Gandarvakottai
Constituency No. 178 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Pudukottai
Lok Sabha constituency	Tiruchirappalli
Established	1957
Total electors	2,01,521[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent M. Chinnadurai
Party	CPI(M)
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1957	R. Krishnasami Gopalar		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	R. R. Durai

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	Durai Govindarajan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

After delimitation

Gandarvakottai (SC) constituency was formed again after the constituency delimitations in 2008.^[2] It is included in Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency.

Year	Winner	Party
2011	N. Subramanian		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	B. Arumugam
2021	M. Chinnadurai[3]		Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			44.65%
2016			43.84%
2011			54.85%
1971			57.59%
1967			52.68%
1962			41.99%
1957			46.03%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gandarvakottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. Chinnadurai	69,710	44.65%	35.12%
	AIADMK	S. Jayabharathi	56,989	36.50%	−7.33%
	AMMK	P. Lenin	12,840	8.22%
	NTK	M. Ramila	12,661	8.11%	7.13%
	NOTA	Nota	1,390	0.89%	−0.17%
	CPI(ML)L	P. Asaithambi	1,271	0.81%	0.50%
	MNM	Krm. Adhidravidar	848	0.54%
Margin of victory			12,721	8.15%	6.06%
Turnout			1,56,119	77.47%	−0.69%
Rejected ballots			11	0.01%
Registered electors			2,01,521
	CPI(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.81%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gandarvakottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	B. Arumugam	64,043	43.84%	−11.01%
	DMK	K. Anbarasan	60,996	41.75%	3.00%
	CPI(M)	M. Chinnadurai	13,918	9.53%
	BJP	Puratchikavidhasan @ Palaniyappan. M	1,600	1.10%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,556	1.07%
	NTK	C. Mohanraj	1,432	0.98%
	Independent	Chandrasekaran. C	558	0.38%
	PMK	Palanimanickam. M	530	0.36%
	Independent	Veeramuthu. B	514	0.35%
	CPI(ML)L	Vanitha. R	465	0.32%	−0.36%
	BSP	Thavamoorthy. T	284	0.19%	−0.68%
Margin of victory			3,047	2.09%	−14.01%
Turnout			1,46,090	78.16%	−1.98%
Registered electors			1,86,922
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-11.01%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gandarvakottai^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Subramanian. N	67,128	54.85%
	DMK	Kavithaipithan. S	47,429	38.76%
	IJK	Selvarani. R	2,974	2.43%
	Independent	Rethinam. V	1,357	1.11%
	BSP	Murugesan. M	1,073	0.88%
	Independent	Bharathy. K	842	0.69%
	CPI(ML)L	Asaithambi. P	824	0.67%
	Independent	Chitra. R	754	0.62%
Margin of victory			19,699	16.10%
Turnout			1,52,708	80.14%
Registered electors			1,22,381
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gandarvakottai^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Durai Govindarajan	42,025	57.59%	11.34%
	INC	R. Ramachandra Durai	28,239	38.70%	−13.98%
	Independent	A. Kaliaperumal	2,705	3.71%
Margin of victory			13,786	18.89%	12.46%
Turnout			72,969	80.73%	−1.76%
Registered electors			93,352
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	4.91%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Gandarvakottai^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. R. Durai	34,665	52.68%	10.69%
	DMK	D. G. Kalingarar	30,434	46.25%	9.01%
	Independent	N. R. Konar	706	1.07%
Margin of victory			4,231	6.43%	1.67%
Turnout			65,805	82.49%	12.69%
Registered electors			82,264
	INC hold		Swing	10.69%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Gandarvakottai^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Krishnaswamy Gopalar	24,878	41.99%	−4.04%
	DMK	Govindarasu Kalingarar	22,061	37.24%
	Independent	Ramachandra Dorai	12,308	20.77%
Margin of victory			2,817	4.75%	−17.35%
Turnout			59,247	69.80%	18.86%
Registered electors			89,012
	INC hold		Swing	-4.04%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Gandarvakottai^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Krishnasami Gopalar	18,928	46.03%
	Independent	Ramachandra Dorai	9,839	23.93%
	Independent	P.S.Thangamuthu Nattar	8,553	20.80%
	Independent	Marimuthu Odayar	1,638	3.98%
	Independent	Dharamaraja Merkondar	1,115	2.71%
	Independent	Rangasami Odayar	1,051	2.56%
Margin of victory			9,089	22.10%
Turnout			41,124	50.95%
Registered electors			80,716
	INC win (new seat)