Kunnam Assembly constituency

Kunnam is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India newly formed after constituency delimitations in 2008.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 148. It is included in Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Kunnam
Constituency No. 148 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Perambalur
Lok Sabha constituency	Chidambaram
Established	2008
Total electors	2,73,461[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent S. S. Sivasankar
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
2011	S. S. Sivasankar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	R. T. Ramachandran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	S. S. Sivasankar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			47.43%
2016			38.15%
2011			46.89%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kunnam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. S. Sivasankar	103,922	47.43%	18.45
	AIADMK	R. T. Ramachandran	97,593	44.54%	6.39
	NTK	P. Arul	9,354	4.27%	3.46
	AMMK	S. Kaarthikeyan	2,118	0.97%	New
	Independent	R. Selvaraju	977	0.45%	New
	Independent	S. Balamurugan	934	0.43%	New
	NOTA	Nota	753	0.34%	1.13
	MNM	A. S. Sathik Basha	739	0.34%	New
	Independent	M. R. Prakash	604	0.28%	New
	BSP	S. Pandiyan	494	0.23%	0.31
	Independent	M. Vinothkumar	451	0.21%	New
Margin of victory			6,329	2.89%	−6.28%
Turnout			219,126	80.13%	−0.02%
Rejected ballots			151	0.07%
Registered electors			273,461
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	9.28%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kunnam^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. T. Ramachandran	78,218	38.15%	New
	DMK	T. Durairaj	59,422	28.98%	17.91
	PMK	G. Vaithilingam	37,271	18.18%	New
	VCK	J. Mohamed Shanavas	19,853	9.68%	New
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,024	1.47%	New
	NTK	P. Arul	1,665	0.81%	New
	IJK	A. V. R. Ragupathi	1,168	0.57%	New
	BSP	K. Rajendran	1,092	0.53%	0.34
	Independent	R. Durairaj	1,055	0.51%	New
	Independent	M. Ramalingam	586	0.29%	New
	Independent	N. Silambarasan	566	0.28%	New
Margin of victory			18,796	9.17%	−4.00%
Turnout			205,044	80.15%	−1.76%
Registered electors			255,823
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-8.74%

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. S. Sivasankar	81,723	46.89%	New
	DMDK	Durai. Kamaraj	58,766	33.72%	New
	IJK	P. Jayaseelan	13,735	7.88%	New
	Independent	P. Ponnivalavan	8,395	4.82%	New
	BJP	T. Baskaran	2,509	1.44%	New
	Independent	B. Ramesh	2,264	1.30%	New
	BSP	K. Rajendiran	1,526	0.88%	New
	JMM	G. Maruthadurai	1,433	0.82%	New
	Independent	M. Kumar	1,411	0.81%	New
	RJD	M. Thangavel	1,070	0.61%	New
	Independent	P. Saminathan	901	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			22,957	13.17%
Turnout			212,789	81.91%
Registered electors			174,294
	DMK win (new seat)