Ilaiyangudi Assembly constituency

Ilaiyangudi is a state assembly constituency in Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.^[1]

Ilaiyangudi
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Sivaganga
Lok Sabha constituency	Sivaganga
Established	1967
Abolished	2008
Total electors	1,45,800 (2006)
Reservation	None

In 2008, under a Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituency Order, the Ilaiyangudi assembly constituency was merged with Manamadurai.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1967	V. Malaikannan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	V. Malaikannan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	S. Sivasamy		Communist Party of India
1980	S. Sivasamy		Communist Party of India
1984	Anbalangan, P		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	M. Sathiah		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	M. S. M. Ramachandran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	M. Tamilkudimagan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	V. D. Natarajan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	R. S. Rajakannappan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2009	Suba. Mathiarasan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2006

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Raja Kannappan	50,952	52.28%
	AIADMK	K. Ayyachamy	38,246	39.24%	−8.62%
	DMDK	V. Manimaran	2,705	2.78%
	BJP	M. Deivendran	1,344	1.38%
	Independent	R. Murugesan	1,229	1.26%
	AIFB	M. Saravanan	1,123	1.15%
	BSP	S. Sethubathi Durai	614	0.63%
	Independent	S. Ayyasamy	434	0.45%
	JD(U)	S. S. Balakrishnan	348	0.36%
	Independent	R. Baskaran	272	0.28%
	Independent	S. A. Krishnan	198	0.20%
Margin of victory			12,706	13.04%	8.09%
Turnout			97,465	66.85%	4.73%
Registered electors			145,800
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	4.42%

2001

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. D. Nadarajan	45,342	47.86%	15.45%
	MTD	S. Kannappan	40,660	42.92%
	MDMK	V. Malaikannan	4,080	4.31%	−8.06%
	Independent	A. Joseph Vincent Amalraj	2,379	2.51%
	Independent	M. Maliraju	844	0.89%
	Independent	P. M. K. Rasool Khan	843	0.89%
	Independent	A. Jesu	595	0.63%
Margin of victory			4,682	4.94%	−12.02%
Turnout			94,743	62.12%	−0.33%
Registered electors			152,529
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-1.51%

1996

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Tamilkudimagan	43,080	49.37%	15.64%
	AIADMK	V. D. Nadarajan	28,276	32.40%	−29.52%
	MDMK	V. Malaikannan	10,790	12.37%
	Independent	M. Gnanathiraviam	2,182	2.50%
	PMK	A. Ramu	1,438	1.65%
	Independent	J. Arockiasamy	539	0.62%
	Independent	V. Alagar	232	0.27%
	Independent	P. Ananthan	228	0.26%
	Independent	A. Mani	199	0.23%
	Independent	A. N. A. Abdul Sukkur	140	0.16%
	Independent	N. Alagar	113	0.13%
Margin of victory			14,804	16.97%	−11.23%
Turnout			87,260	62.45%	−0.14%
Registered electors			147,929
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-12.55%

1991

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Ma. Sa. Ma. Ramachandran	52,994	61.92%	38.52%
	DMK	N. Nallasethupathi	28,864	33.73%	−12.23%
	IUML	N. H. Mohamed Cassim	2,784	3.25%
	Independent	S. Jeyarani	346	0.40%
	Independent	M. Selvam	325	0.38%
	Independent	A. Mani	269	0.31%
Margin of victory			24,130	28.20%	7.12%
Turnout			85,582	62.58%	−8.46%
Registered electors			143,630
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	15.96%

1989

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Sathiah	41,914	45.96%	2.31%
	INC	S. Palanichamy	22,692	24.88%
	AIADMK	M. K. Khaja Najumudeen	21,344	23.40%	−25.24%
	Independent	N. Rajendiran	2,724	2.99%
	Independent	K. Malaikhannan	1,679	1.84%
	Independent	S. Siva Kumar	448	0.49%
	Independent	P. Aruldoss	252	0.28%
	Independent	A. Mani	146	0.16%
Margin of victory			19,222	21.08%	16.09%
Turnout			91,199	71.04%	−5.25%
Registered electors			130,395
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-2.68%

1984

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Anbalangan	40,974	48.64%
	DMK	V. Malaikannan	36,771	43.65%	−2.78%
	Independent	A. Rethinam	5,065	6.01%
	Independent	A. Vedamanickam	694	0.82%
	Independent	Panai A. Mani	427	0.51%
	Independent	N. N. K. Seenippulavar	303	0.36%
Margin of victory			4,203	4.99%	4.91%
Turnout			84,234	76.30%	8.05%
Registered electors			116,902
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing	2.14%

1980

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	S. Sivasamy	34,437	46.51%
	DMK	V. Malaikkannan	34,381	46.43%	23.29%
	Independent	M. P. Kalimuthan	3,343	4.51%
	Independent	R. Subramanian	1,342	1.81%
	Independent	N. N. K. Seenippulavar	545	0.74%
Margin of victory			56	0.08%	−1.01%
Turnout			74,048	68.24%	−2.05%
Registered electors			109,607
	CPI hold		Swing	22.29%

1977

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	R. Sivasamy	17,677	24.22%
	DMK	V. Malaikkannan	16,887	23.14%
	Independent	Muhammed Sheriff	15,362	21.05%
	Independent	S. Mathavan	15,055	20.63%
	JP	R. Sankar	5,303	7.27%
	Independent	R. Thangiah	1,707	2.34%
	Independent	N. N. Seeni Pulavar	877	1.20%
	Independent	S. N. K. J. Naina Mohamed	115	0.16%
Margin of victory			790	1.08%
Turnout			72,983	70.29%	−57.58%
Registered electors			105,262
	CPI gain from DMK		Swing

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ilaiyangudi^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Malaikannan	45,551	61.99%	4.55%
	INC	S. Ramakrishna Thevar	24,138	32.85%	−9.71%
	Independent	S. Viaguiam Udayar	2,397	3.26%
	Independent	N. M. Nagainam Aboobacker	771	1.05%
	Independent	Candidate Name Not Given	625	0.85%
Margin of victory			21,413	29.14%	14.26%
Turnout			73,482	127.87%	48.54%
Registered electors			58,857
	DMK hold		Swing	4.55%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ilaiyangudi^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Malaikannan	40,461	57.44%
	INC	S. Ramachandran	29,978	42.56%
Margin of victory			10,483	14.88%
Turnout			70,439	79.32%
Registered electors			90,804
	DMK win (new seat)