Kaveripattinam Assembly constituency

Kaveripattinam
Kaveripattinam
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Krishnagiri
Established	1967
Abolished	2008
Total electors	1,83,149

Kaveripattinam is a former state assembly constituency in Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu.^[1]

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Year	Winner
1971	V. C. Govindasamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	K. Samarasam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	K. Samarasam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	K. Samarasam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	V. C. Govindasamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	K. P. Munusamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	P. V. S. Venkatesan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	K. P. Munusamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	T. A. Meganathan	Pattali Makkal Katchi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	T. A. Meganathan	64,878	45.96%
	AIADMK	K. P. Munusamy	53,144	37.64%	−17.11%
	DMDK	K. R. Chinnaraj	14,892	10.55%
	Independent	V. Venkatesan	2,509	1.78%
	Independent	T. Rajamani	1,511	1.07%
	BSP	M. Arul Mozhi	1,173	0.83%
	Independent	D. Kuppusamy	1,069	0.76%
	Independent	S. Kaviarasu	1,043	0.74%
	BJP	K. Madappan	954	0.68%
Margin of victory			11,734	8.31%	−6.77%
Turnout			141,173	77.08%	11.72%
Registered electors			183,149
	PMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-8.80%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. P. Munusamy	67,241	54.75%	22.97%
	DMK	V. C. Govindasamy Gounder	48,724	39.67%	−22.84%
	MDMK	T. Subramani	3,785	3.08%	1.73%
	Independent	P. Jayaseelan	3,061	2.49%
Margin of victory			18,517	15.08%	−15.65%
Turnout			122,811	65.36%	−7.06%
Registered electors			187,940
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-7.76%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. V. S. Venkatesan	72,945	62.52%	39.77%
	AIADMK	K. P. Munusamy	37,086	31.78%	−37.88%
	PMK	Meganathan	3,032	2.60%
	MDMK	V. C. Govindasamy Gounder	1,582	1.36%
	PJP	P. Murugesan	984	0.84%
	Independent	T. Ravi	430	0.37%
	Independent	T. P. Gnanasekaran	274	0.23%
	Independent	T. Thotlan	195	0.17%
	Independent	G. Ramachandran	153	0.13%
Margin of victory			35,859	30.73%	−16.19%
Turnout			116,681	72.42%	3.48%
Registered electors			171,738
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.15%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. P. Munusamy	70,136	69.67%	36.43%
	DMK	V. C. Govindasamy Gounder	22,900	22.75%	−14.42%
	PMK	N. Gounder Thatha	6,084	6.04%
	Independent	C. Nagarajan	651	0.65%
	BJP	J. P. Krishnan	533	0.53%
	Independent	R. Sankar	259	0.26%
	Independent	P. M. Ranganathan	112	0.11%
Margin of victory			47,236	46.92%	42.98%
Turnout			100,675	68.94%	−6.22%
Registered electors			154,730
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	32.50%

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kaveripattinam^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. C. Govindasamy Gounder	37,612	37.17%	−1.02%
	AIADMK	P. Minisamy	33,628	33.23%
	INC	S. Kasilingam	20,538	20.30%
	AIADMK	K. V. Venkataraman	9,416	9.30%
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Margin of victory			3,984	3.94%	−15.05%
Turnout			101,194	75.16%	1.29%
Registered electors			138,478
	DMK gain from AKD		Swing	-20.01%

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kaveripattinam^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Samarasam	47,212	57.18%
	DMK	V. C. Govindasamy Gounder	31,533	38.19%	−7.86%
	Independent	V. Duri Ramchandran	3,820	4.63%
Margin of victory			15,679	18.99%	13.91%
Turnout			82,565	73.86%	9.85%
Registered electors			121,109
	AIADMK hold		Swing	6.05%

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kaveripattinam^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Samarasam	35,434	51.13%	11.17%
	DMK	S. Venkatesan	31,911	46.05%	28.95%
	Independent	T. Perumal Gounder	1,377	1.99%
	Independent	A. S. Varadarasan	574	0.83%
Margin of victory			3,523	5.08%	−4.93%
Turnout			69,296	64.02%	−1.13%
Registered electors			110,686
	AIADMK hold		Swing	11.17%

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kaveripattinam^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Samarasam	25,770	39.97%
	JP	E. Pattabi Naidu	19,312	29.95%
	DMK	P. V. S. Venkatesan	11,025	17.10%	−47.88%
	CPI	P. K. Pattabhiraman	8,374	12.99%
Margin of victory			6,458	10.02%	−19.94%
Turnout			64,481	65.15%	−9.26%
Registered electors			100,732
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-25.01%