Jayankondam Assembly constituency

11.2121853°N 79.3458554°E / 11.2121853; 79.3458554

Jayankondam
Constituency No. 150 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ariyalur
Lok Sabha constituency	Chidambaram
Established	1951
Total electors	2,66,268[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ka. So. Ka. Kannan
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Jayankondam is a state assembly constituency in Ariyalur district in Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 150. It falls under Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency.^[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Most successful party: ADMK (six times).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Ayyavu		Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party
1957	K. R. Viswanathan		Indian National Congress
1962	Jegadambal Velayudam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	K. A. A. K. Moorthy

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	A. Chinnasamy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	V. Karunamurthy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	P. Thangavelu		Indian National Congress (I)
1984	N. Masilamani		Indian National Congress
1989	K. C. Ganesan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	K. K. Chinnappan		Indian National Congress
1996	K. C. Ganesan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	S. Annadurai		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	K. Rajendran
2011	J. Guru (alias) Gurunathan		Pattali Makkal Katchi
2016	J. K. N. Ramajeyalingam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Ka. So. Ka. Kannan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Demographics

Demographics (2016)

Category	Data
Created	2016
Vanniyar	37%
Sengunthar (Mudaliyar)	22%
Dalits	21%
Others	20%

^[3]

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			46.00%
2016			37.09%
2011			51.53%
2006			45.91%
2001			56.60%
1996			42.93%
1991			44.69%
1989			31.14%
1984			62.94%
1980			45.76%
1977			44.75%
1971			57.78%
1967			52.57%
1962			52.16%
1957			48.37%
1952			31.55%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Jayankondam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Ka. So. Ka. Kannan	99,529	46.00%
	PMK	K. Balu	94,077	43.48%
	NTK	Mahalingam Neela	9,956	4.60%	3.95%
	IJK	Sornalatha @ G. Latha	4,700	2.17%
	NOTA	Nota	1,864	0.86%	−0.09%
	AMMK	J. K. Siva	1,560	0.72%
	Independent	V. K. Kesavarajan	1,546	0.71%
	Independent	S. Rajkumar	946	0.44%
	BSP	K. Neelamegam	605	0.28%	−0.01%
	AIADMK	A. Natarajan	418	0.19%	−36.89%
	Independent	R. Sathishkumar	349	0.16%
Margin of victory			5,452	2.52%	−8.72%
Turnout			216,368	81.26%	−0.14%
Rejected ballots			408	0.19%
Registered electors			266,268
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	8.91%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Jayankondam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	J. K. N. Ramajeyalingam	75,672	37.09%	−6.03%
	PMK	Guru @ Gurunathan. J	52,738	25.85%
	INC	G. Rajendran	46,868	22.97%
	MDMK	M. S. Kandasamy	21,405	10.49%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,950	0.96%
	NTK	R. Krishnamoorthy	1,325	0.65%
	BJP	S. Krishnamoorthy	1,092	0.54%	−0.45%
	Independent	S. Rajkumar	605	0.30%
	BSP	S. Chinnadurai	584	0.29%	−0.41%
	NCP	N. Ulaganathan	414	0.20%
	Independent	Irulapo. Selvakumar	350	0.17%
Margin of victory			22,934	11.24%	2.83%
Turnout			204,038	81.40%	−1.85%
Registered electors			250,673
	AIADMK gain from PMK		Swing	-14.44%

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	Guru @ Gurunathan. J	92,739	51.53%
	AIADMK	P. Elavazhagan	77,601	43.12%	−2.80%
	BJP	S. Krishnamoorthy	1,775	0.99%	0.14%
	IJK	G. Ramachandran	1,771	0.98%
	Independent	V. Vadivel	1,698	0.94%
	BSP	N. Gnanasekaran	1,255	0.70%	−0.11%
	Independent	P. Ganesan	989	0.55%
	Independent	C. Chakkaravarthi	948	0.53%
	Independent	T. Mallika	916	0.51%
	RJD	P. Asaithambi	289	0.16%
Margin of victory			15,138	8.41%	6.89%
Turnout			216,216	83.24%	2.43%
Registered electors			179,981
	PMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	5.61%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Jayankondam^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Rajendran	61,999	45.91%	−10.68%
	PMK	J. Guru @ Gurunathan	59,948	44.40%
	DMDK	M. Johnson	6,435	4.77%
	Independent	K. Senthamil Selvi	1,866	1.38%
	Independent	S. Ramesh	1,189	0.88%
	BJP	R. Sasikumar	1,139	0.84%
	BSP	V. Umapathi	1,095	0.81%
	Independent	E. Kaviyarasi	976	0.72%
	Independent	R. Ayyappan	384	0.28%
Margin of victory			2,051	1.52%	−18.43%
Turnout			135,031	80.81%	10.54%
Registered electors			167,088
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-10.68%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Jayankondam^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Annadurai	70,948	56.60%
	DMK	K. C. Ganesan	45,938	36.65%	−6.29%
	MDMK	K. N. Ramachandran	4,511	3.60%	−1.01%
	Independent	V. S. Veeraswamy	2,029	1.62%
	Independent	G. C. Elaiyaradhakrishnan	1,262	1.01%
	Independent	K. Senthamizhchelvi	671	0.54%
Margin of victory			25,010	19.95%	9.72%
Turnout			125,359	70.28%	−7.70%
Registered electors			178,379
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	13.66%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Jayankondam^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. C. Ganesan	52,421	42.93%	18.69%
	PMK	Gurunathan Alias Guru	39,931	32.70%
	INC	N. Masilamani	22,500	18.43%	−26.26%
	MDMK	Dhana Sekhar	5,631	4.61%
	Independent	T. Ramalingam	962	0.79%
	Independent	Sentamil Selvi	248	0.20%
	JP	S. Panchamirtham	221	0.18%
	Independent	Pattusamy Asanc	121	0.10%
	Independent	Tk. Anna	66	0.05%
Margin of victory			12,490	10.23%	−4.39%
Turnout			122,101	77.98%	1.61%
Registered electors			165,927
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-1.76%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Jayankondam^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. K. Chinnappan	49,406	44.69%	32.07%
	PMK	S. Durairaju	33,238	30.06%
	DMK	K. C. Ganesan	26,801	24.24%	−6.90%
	THMM	K. R. Ganesan	569	0.51%
	Independent	T. K. Annan	431	0.39%
	Independent	V. N. Nehruji	112	0.10%
Margin of victory			16,168	14.62%	7.99%
Turnout			110,557	76.37%	21.36%
Registered electors			151,898
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	13.54%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Jayankondam^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. C. Ganesan	22,847	31.14%
	Independent	Muthukumarasamy	17,980	24.51%
	AIADMK	P. Muthaiyan	15,628	21.30%
	INC	N. Masilamani	9,256	12.62%	−50.32%
	AIADMK	N. Eramalingam	6,480	8.83%
	Independent	A. K. Moorthy Alias Kaliyamoorthy	822	1.12%
	Independent	A. Rathinam	216	0.29%
	Independent	V. Samidurai	64	0.09%
	Independent	P. Sowrirajan	37	0.05%
	Independent	G. Chitrarasu	27	0.04%
Margin of victory			4,867	6.63%	−31.36%
Turnout			73,357	55.02%	−23.82%
Registered electors			136,399
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-31.79%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Jayankondam^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Masilamani	57,468	62.94%	17.17%
	JP	J. Pannirselvam	22,778	24.95%
	Independent	G. Thiagarajan	6,778	7.42%
	INC(J)	S. Gangasalam	1,943	2.13%
	Independent	P. Anbarasan	1,432	1.57%
	Independent	T. K. Annan	529	0.58%
	Independent	A. K. Moorthy	262	0.29%
	Independent	K. R. Vijaya Kumari	120	0.13%
Margin of victory			34,690	37.99%	32.36%
Turnout			91,310	78.83%	4.34%
Registered electors			123,972
	INC hold		Swing	17.17%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Jayankondam^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Thangavelu	39,862	45.76%	35.82%
	AIADMK	T. Selvarajan	34,955	40.13%	−4.62%
	Independent	V. Karunamurthi	11,512	13.22%
	Independent	Era. Erajalakshimi	773	0.89%
Margin of victory			4,907	5.63%	−9.11%
Turnout			87,102	74.49%	1.15%
Registered electors			118,164
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	1.01%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Jayankondam^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Karunamurthy	35,540	44.75%
	DMK	K. C. Ganesan	23,828	30.01%	−27.77%
	INC	R. Mathivanan	7,898	9.95%	−30.79%
	Independent	S. Ramasamy	7,701	9.70%
	JP	U. S. Ramamoorthy	4,193	5.28%
	Independent	K. M. S. Alagesan Pillai	252	0.32%
Margin of victory			11,712	14.75%	−2.30%
Turnout			79,412	73.35%	−7.15%
Registered electors			109,695
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-13.03%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Jayankondam^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Chinnasamy	41,627	57.78%	5.21%
	INC	S. Ramasamy	29,346	40.73%	−2.82%
	Independent	P. K. Ramasamy	1,071	1.49%
Margin of victory			12,281	17.05%	8.03%
Turnout			72,044	80.50%	−0.52%
Registered electors			91,719
	DMK hold		Swing	5.21%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Jayankondam^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. A. A. K. Moorthy	34,751	52.57%	0.41%
	INC	S. Ramasami	28,791	43.56%	4.27%
	Independent	Rathinam	1,607	2.43%
	Independent	K. Nayathan	951	1.44%
Margin of victory			5,960	9.02%	−3.86%
Turnout			66,100	81.01%	8.38%
Registered electors			84,525
	DMK hold		Swing	0.41%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Jayankondam^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Jagadambal Velayudam	33,005	52.16%
	INC	S. Samikkannu Padayachi	24,856	39.28%	−9.09%
	Independent	K.M. K. Subbaraya Chettiar	2,668	4.22%
	Independent	E. K. Manickam	1,526	2.41%
	Independent	K. Thangarajan	842	1.33%
	Independent	G. Raghavan	374	0.59%
Margin of victory			8,149	12.88%	−10.09%
Turnout			63,271	72.63%	23.60%
Registered electors			91,628
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	3.79%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Jayankondam^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. R. Viswanathan	20,232	48.37%	30.79%
	Independent	Jayaramulu Chettiar	10,625	25.40%
	Independent	Ayyaru	5,133	12.27%
	Independent	Baskaran	2,517	6.02%
	Independent	Raghava Vandaiyar	2,023	4.84%
	Independent	Rathinam	1,296	3.10%
Margin of victory			9,607	22.97%	22.63%
Turnout			41,826	49.03%	−79.45%
Registered electors			85,309
	INC gain from TTP		Swing	16.82%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Jayankondam^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TTP	Ayyavu	58,397	31.55%
	INC	Muthukumaraswami Mudaliar	32,548	17.58%	17.58%
	Independent	Veeraswami	8,291	4.48%
Margin of victory			25,849	0.34%
Turnout			127,325	88.36%
Registered electors			144,066
	TTP win (new seat)