Kandamangalam Assembly constituency

Kandamangalam
Kandamangalam
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Villupuram
Established	1967
Abolished	2008
Total electors	1,86,058
Reservation	None

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Kandamangalam was former state assembly constituency in Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] It is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency.

Year	Winner
1971	M. Raman	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	M. Kannan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	M. Kannan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	V. Subramaniyan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	S. Alaguvelu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	V. Subramanian	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	S. Alaguvelu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	V. Subramanian	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	S. Pushparaj	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Pushparaj	64,620	46.34%	8.90%
	AIADMK	V. Subramaniyan	57,245	41.05%	−15.24%
	DMDK	P. Rajachandra Sekar	12,509	8.97%
	Independent	V. Veeramuthu	1,728	1.24%
	AIVP	K. Palaraman	966	0.69%
	BSP	P. Selvam	627	0.45%
	BJP	K. Devi	531	0.38%
	Independent	S. Sudhakar	408	0.29%
	Independent	J. M. Sakthivel	330	0.24%
	Independent	B. Tamilarasan	255	0.18%
	Independent	E. Subramani	222	0.16%
Margin of victory			7,375	5.29%	−13.56%
Turnout			139,441	74.94%	11.51%
Registered electors			186,058
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-9.95%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Subramanian	67,574	56.29%	27.33%
	DMK	E. Vijayaragavan	44,946	37.44%	−16.88%
	MDMK	R. Veerapandian	3,883	3.23%	−3.26%
	Independent	S. Murugaiyan	2,215	1.85%
	Independent	S. Pushpa Gandhi	824	0.69%
	Independent	K. Anandan	327	0.27%
	Independent	R. Dhakshnamurthy	276	0.23%
Margin of victory			22,628	18.85%	−6.51%
Turnout			120,045	63.44%	−5.50%
Registered electors			189,255
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	1.97%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Alaguvelu	64,256	54.32%	30.42%
	AIADMK	V. Subramanian	34,261	28.96%	−28.20%
	PMK	S. Poongavanam	10,694	9.04%
	MDMK	P. Venkatachalapathy	7,686	6.50%
	Independent	M. G. Nagamani	1,008	0.85%
	Independent	K. Anandhan	393	0.33%
Margin of victory			29,995	25.36%	−7.91%
Turnout			118,298	68.94%	2.09%
Registered electors			179,154
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-2.84%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Subramanian	60,628	57.16%	39.33%
	DMK	S. Alaguvelu	25,348	23.90%	−23.04%
	PMK	G. N. Sampathkumar	18,657	17.59%
	JP	Anandavalli	609	0.57%
	Independent	J. R. V. Seetharaman	347	0.33%
	Independent	A. Gurunathan	199	0.19%
	RPI	M. G. Nagamani	186	0.18%
	Independent	K. G. Varatharaj	92	0.09%
Margin of victory			35,280	33.26%	4.16%
Turnout			106,066	66.85%	7.06%
Registered electors			166,813
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	10.22%

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kandamangalam^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Alaguvelu	40,624	46.94%	4.95%
	AIADMK	M. Kannan	15,433	17.83%	−40.18%
	AIADMK	V. Subramanian	14,919	17.24%	−40.77%
	INC	Kasthuri Chellaram	12,577	14.53%
	Independent	M. G. Nagamani	1,685	1.95%
	Independent	V. Arumugam	413	0.48%
	Independent	M. P. Narayansamy	305	0.35%
	Independent	S. Gopala Krishnan	210	0.24%
	Independent	R. Dhasarathan	140	0.16%
	Independent	S. Rajaram	103	0.12%
	Independent	S. Shanmuagm	74	0.09%
Margin of victory			25,191	29.11%	13.08%
Turnout			86,550	59.79%	−15.34%
Registered electors			149,262
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-11.07%

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kandamangalam^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Kannan	34,368	49.49%	10.77%
	INC	P. Madhavan	32,011	46.09%
	JP	V. Dasarathan	1,897	2.73%
	Independent	G. Nagamani	765	1.10%
	Independent	Kanthimathi	409	0.59%
Margin of victory			2,357	3.39%	0.26%
Turnout			69,450	52.27%	−5.84%
Registered electors			134,779
	AIADMK hold		Swing	10.77%

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kandamangalam^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Kannan	25,403	38.71%
	DMK	S. Alaguvelu	23,349	35.58%	−21.75%
	JP	V. Dasarathan	10,006	15.25%
	CPI	P. Rangaswamy	3,711	5.66%
	Independent	K. Munian	1,769	2.70%
	Independent	M. Raman	1,381	2.10%
Margin of victory			2,054	3.13%	−17.58%
Turnout			65,619	58.11%	−10.80%
Registered electors			115,036
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-18.62%

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kandamangalam^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Raman	32,293	57.33%	1.50%
	INC	P. P. Mathavan	20,628	36.62%	−7.55%
	Independent	K. Munian	3,408	6.05%
Margin of victory			11,665	20.71%	9.05%
Turnout			56,329	68.91%	−7.24%
Registered electors			91,603
	DMK hold		Swing	1.50%