Kalasapakkam Assembly constituency

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Kalasapakkam
Constituency No. 65 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Lok Sabha constituency	Tiruvannamalai
Established	1951
Total electors	2,42,800[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent P. S. T. Saravanan
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Kalasapakkam is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu, India.^[2] It comprises portions of the Kalasapakkam, Polur and Chengam taluks and is a part of Tiruvannamalai Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[3] This constituency did not exist during the elections held in 1957 and 1962. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Nataraja Mudaliar		Independent
1957
1962
1967	S. Murugaiyan		Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	S. Murugaiyan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	P. S. Thiruvengadam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	P. S. Thiruvengadam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	M. Pandurangan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	P. S. Thiruvengadam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	M. Sundarasami		Indian National Congress
1996	P. S. Thiruvengadam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	S. Ramachandran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	S. S. Krishnamoorthy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	S. S. Krishnamoorthy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	V. Panneerselvam[4]		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	P. S. T. Saravanan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			47.92%
2016			45.41%
2011			58.95%
2006			48.23%
2001			58.05%
1996			59.12%
1991			57.35%
1989			48.24%
1984			58.78%
1980			54.49%
1977			35.39%
1971			58.88%
1967			51.37%
1952			54.09%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kalasapakkam^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. S. T. Saravanan	94,134	47.92%	New
	AIADMK	V. Panneerselvam	84,912	43.23%	−2.18
	NTK	E. Balaji	8,822	4.49%	New
	DMDK	M. Nehru	2,756	1.40%	−3.94
	NOTA	NOTA	1,595	0.81%	−0
Margin of victory			9,222	4.69%	−9.52%
Turnout			196,434	80.90%	−3.85%
Rejected ballots			146	0.07%
Registered electors			242,800
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	2.51%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kalasapakkam^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Panneerselvam	84,394	45.41%	−13.54
	INC	G. Kumar	57,980	31.20%	−3.21
	PMK	R. Kalidass	23,825	12.82%	New
	DMDK	M. Nehru	9,932	5.34%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,510	0.81%	New
	Independent	P. Rajaprabu	1,387	0.75%	New
	Independent	E. Rajkumar	1,047	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			26,414	14.21%	−10.33%
Turnout			185,859	84.75%	−1.61%
Registered electors			219,301
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-13.54%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kalasapakkam^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy	91,833	58.95%	+10.71
	INC	P. S. Vijayakumar	53,599	34.40%	New
	Independent	A. Vijayakumar	2,615	1.68%	New
	BSP	S. Devendiran	1,656	1.06%	New
	IJK	M. S. Rajendran	1,329	0.85%	New
	BJP	K. Amesh	1,323	0.85%	−0.43
Margin of victory			38,234	24.54%	19.15%
Turnout			155,790	86.36%	8.23%
Registered electors			180,390
	AIADMK hold		Swing	10.71%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kalasapakkam^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy	68,586	48.23%	−9.81
	PMK	R. Kalodoss	60,920	42.84%	New
	DMDK	L. Sankar	5,069	3.56%	New
	Independent	M. Jagadeeswaran	1,902	1.34%	New
	BJP	V. Ramakrishnan	1,818	1.28%	New
	Independent	S. Arumugam	1,103	0.78%	New
	Independent	S. Selvaraj	978	0.69%	New
	Independent	V. Sekar	944	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			7,666	5.39%	−16.71%
Turnout			142,192	78.14%	9.02%
Registered electors			181,980
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-9.81%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kalasapakkam^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Ramachandran	75,880	58.05%	New
	DMK	P. S. Thiruvengadam	46,990	35.95%	−23.17
	Independent	N. Raju	3,103	2.37%	New
	MDMK	A. A. Rajamanickam	2,328	1.78%	+0.8
	Independent	P. Chandra	1,051	0.80%	New
Margin of victory			28,890	22.10%	−6.18%
Turnout			130,721	69.12%	−5.10%
Registered electors			189,131
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-1.07%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kalasapakkam^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. S. Thiruvengadam	72,177	59.12%	+30.79
	INC	M. Sundarasami	37,647	30.83%	−26.52
	PMK	S. Babu Kander	9,901	8.11%	New
	MDMK	S. Arivalagan	1,194	0.98%	New
Margin of victory			34,530	28.28%	−0.74%
Turnout			122,092	74.22%	−1.04%
Registered electors			169,589
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	1.76%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kalasapakkam^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Sundarasami	65,096	57.35%	+41.87
	DMK	P. S. Thiruvengadam	32,152	28.33%	−19.91
	PMK	R. Kalaiselvan	12,762	11.24%	New
	BJP	P. Sripathi	1,501	1.32%	New
	Independent	S. Praphu	984	0.87%	New
	Independent	M. Saravanan	668	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			32,944	29.03%	7.01%
Turnout			113,497	75.25%	2.97%
Registered electors			156,148
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	9.11%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kalasapakkam^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. S. Thiruvengadam	47,535	48.24%	+10.49
	AIADMK	S. Krishnamurthy	25,840	26.22%	−32.55
	INC	K. P. K. Thangamani	15,257	15.48%	New
	AIADMK	M. Pandurangan	8,533	8.66%	−50.12
	Independent	L. Chokkalan	510	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			21,695	22.02%	0.99%
Turnout			98,533	72.28%	−8.35%
Registered electors			140,054
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-10.54%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kalasapakkam^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Pandurangan	54,969	58.78%	+18.79
	DMK	P. S. Thiruvengadam	35,303	37.75%	−16.74
	Independent	M. Seetharaman	3,245	3.47%	New
Margin of victory			19,666	21.03%	6.53%
Turnout			93,517	80.63%	7.04%
Registered electors			123,335
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	4.29%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kalasapakkam^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. S. Thiruvengadam	44,923	54.49%	+19.1
	AIADMK	C. N. Visvanathan	32,972	39.99%	+6.64
	Independent	C. Dhanapal	2,994	3.63%	New
	Independent	A. P. Natesan	1,554	1.88%	New
Margin of victory			11,951	14.50%	12.46%
Turnout			82,443	73.60%	6.33%
Registered electors			114,081
	DMK hold		Swing	19.10%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kalasapakkam^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. S. Thiruvengadam	26,841	35.39%	−23.49
	AIADMK	S. Sundaresa Udayar	25,298	33.35%	New
	INC	A. Mannankatti Kandar	16,893	22.27%	−18.85
	JP	G. Rajakumar	5,591	7.37%	New
	Independent	N. C. Marimuthu	1,228	1.62%	New
Margin of victory			1,543	2.03%	−15.72%
Turnout			75,851	67.26%	−10.06%
Registered electors			114,750
	DMK hold		Swing	-23.49%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kalasapakkam^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Murugaiyan	42,893	58.88%	+26.58
	INC	M. Sundraswamy	29,960	41.12%	−10.25
Margin of victory			12,933	17.75%	−1.33%
Turnout			72,853	77.32%	4.52%
Registered electors			96,470
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	7.50%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kalasapakkam^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Murugaiyan	32,697	51.37%	New
	DMK	M. Sundarasan	20,554	32.30%	New
	Independent	K. R. K. Gounder	10,393	16.33%	New
Margin of victory			12,143	19.08%
Turnout			63,644	72.80%
Registered electors			92,766
	INC win (new seat)

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kalasapakkam^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nataraja Mudaliar	16,184	54.09%	New
	INC	Periasami Gounder	12,460	41.64%	New
	Independent	Adithyan	1,276	4.26%	New
Margin of victory			3,724	12.45%
Turnout			29,920	45.71%
Registered electors			65,462
	Independent win (new seat)