Kurinjipadi Assembly constituency

Kurinjipadi is a legislative assembly constituency in Cuddalore district, which includes Vadalur municipality and Kurinjipadi Town Panchayat. There are 59 Panchayats, including 39 Village Panchayats of Kurinjipadi Panchayat Union and 20 Panchayats of Cuddalore Panchayat Union.^[2] It is a part of Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Before 1977, Kurinjipadi Assembly constituency was reserved for Scheduled Castes. Most successful party: DMK (ten times)

Kurinjipadi
Constituency No. 156 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Cuddalore
Lok Sabha constituency	Cuddalore
Established	1962
Total electors	2,43,164[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent M. R. K. Panneerselvam
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1962	N. Rajangam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	N. Rajangam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Duration	Winner	Party
Fifth	1971-77	N. Rajangam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977-80	M. Selvaraj		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-84	A. Thangarasu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984-89	A. Thangarasu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989-91	N. Ganeshmurthy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991-96	K. Sivasubramanian		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-01	M. R. K. Panneerselvam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-06
Thirteenth	2006-11
Fourteenth	2011-16	R. Rajendran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016-21	M. R. K. Panneerselvam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021-Incumbent

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			51.35%
2016			44.03%
2011			56.38%
2006			45.64%
2001			55.78%
1996			54.99%
1991			46.92%
1989			47.14%
1984			49.90%
1980			49.65%
1977			28.75%
1971			51.43%
1967			54.50%
1962			56.48%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kurinjipadi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. R. K. Panneerselvam	101,456	51.35%	7.32
	AIADMK	Selvi Ramajayam	83,929	42.48%	13.39
	NTK	S. Sumathi	8,512	4.31%	3.49
	NOTA	Nota	1,212	0.61%	0.21
	JD(S)	K. Chandramouli	1,189	0.60%	New
	AMMK	A. Vasanthakumar	837	0.42%	New
	Independent	R. Rajesh	515	0.26%	New
	BSP	T. Velayudham	482	0.24%	0.09
	Independent	R. Sarathkumar	154	0.08%	New
	AIADMK	R. Muthukrishnan	140	0.07%	29.02
	Independent	L. Madhiyazhagan	139	0.07%	New
Margin of victory			17,527	8.87%	−6.06%
Turnout			197,569	81.25%	−2.93%
Rejected ballots			468	0.24%
Registered electors			243,164
	DMK hold		Swing	7.32%

2016

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. R. K. Panneerselvam	82,864	44.03%	2.87
	AIADMK	R. Rajendran	54,756	29.09%	27.29
	PMK	S. Muthukrishnan	22,705	12.06%	New
	DMDK	K. M. S. Balamurugan	21,063	11.19%	New
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,541	0.82%	New
	NTK	V. Jaladeepan	1,534	0.82%	New
	BJP	Mu. Shakthi Ganapathy	957	0.51%	0.21
	Independent	A. Tatabirla	855	0.45%	New
	Independent	A. P. Muthukumaran	636	0.34%	New
	Independent	R. Murugan	342	0.18%	New
	BSP	S. Senthilmurugan	288	0.15%	0.4
Margin of victory			28,108	14.93%	−0.28%
Turnout			188,205	84.18%	−1.96%
Registered electors			223,575
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-12.35%

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Rajendran	88,345	56.38%	New
	DMK	M. R. K. Panneerselvam	64,497	41.16%	4.48
	Independent	R. Panneerselvam	1,863	1.19%	New
	BJP	A. S. Vairakannu	1,123	0.72%	0.09
	BSP	T. S. Premalatha	866	0.55%	0.04
Margin of victory			23,848	15.22%	13.67%
Turnout			181,914	86.14%	12.35%
Registered electors			156,694
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	10.74%

2006

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. R. K. Panneerselvam	56,462	45.64%	10.14
	MDMK	N. Ramalingam	54,547	44.09%	38.62
	DMDK	R. Sundara Moorthy	8,541	6.90%	New
	BJP	D. Saravanas Undaram	1,002	0.81%	New
	BSP	G. Hari Krishnan	636	0.51%	0.33
	RSP	C. Kaliyamoorthy	590	0.48%	New
	Independent	A. Bala Subramanian	515	0.42%	New
	Independent	V. Pazhni Murugan	431	0.35%	New
	Independent	B. Kantharajan	334	0.27%	New
	Independent	P. Chandra	276	0.22%	New
	JD(U)	S. Muralidharan	206	0.17%	New
Margin of victory			1,915	1.55%	−18.80%
Turnout			123,708	73.79%	13.62%
Registered electors			167,658
	DMK hold		Swing	-10.14%

2001

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. R. K. Panneerselvam	65,425	55.78%	0.8
	AIADMK	Sivasubramanian K	41,562	35.44%	12.4
	MDMK	N. Ramalingam	6,415	5.47%	New
	Independent	Susila G	1,007	0.86%	New
	BSP	M. Jawahar Mohan	985	0.84%	New
	Independent	B. S. Ramanathan	864	0.74%	New
	Independent	Rajendran C	594	0.51%	New
	Independent	Ravi G	431	0.37%	New
Margin of victory			23,863	20.35%	−11.60%
Turnout			117,283	60.17%	−6.83%
Registered electors			194,949
	DMK hold		Swing	0.80%

1996

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	MRK Panneer selvam	67,152	54.99%	19.47
	AIADMK	N. Pandarinathan	28,139	23.04%	23.88
	PMK	M. Gnanamoorthy	12,231	10.02%	New
	CPI(M)	K. Balakrishnan	11,387	9.32%	New
	BJP	M. Ashokkumar	1,717	1.41%	New
	Independent	T. Selvaraj	231	0.19%	New
	Independent	Muthupattusamy	216	0.18%	New
	Independent	N. Muthazhagan	186	0.15%	New
	Independent	G. Kumaraguru	139	0.11%	New
	Independent	S. S. Nathan	137	0.11%	New
	Independent	R. Baskar	123	0.10%	New
Margin of victory			39,013	31.95%	20.54%
Turnout			122,122	67.00%	1.42%
Registered electors			190,256
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	8.07%

1991

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Sivasubramanian	51,313	46.92%	30.07
	DMK	N. M. Ganeshmurthy	38,842	35.52%	11.62
	PMK	A. Thangarasu	18,638	17.04%	New
	Independent	R. N. Anbuduraisamy	571	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			12,471	11.40%	−18.89%
Turnout			109,364	65.59%	−0.21%
Registered electors			172,154
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-0.22%

1989

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Ganeshmurthy	44,887	47.14%	9.29
	AIADMK	R. Rasendran	16,043	16.85%	33.05
	INC	C. Natesan	15,000	15.75%	New
	AIADMK	R. Sivashanmugam	7,923	8.32%	41.58
	India Farmers and Tailers Party	R. Shanmugasundaram	6,311	6.63%	New
	Independent	K. V. Dakshinamurthy	1,019	1.07%	New
	Independent	V. Jayakumar	955	1.00%	New
	Independent	M. P. Thangavel	843	0.89%	New
	Independent	A. Arasuganesan	823	0.86%	New
	Independent	G. Dhanagopal	610	0.64%	New
	INS(SCS)	M. K. S. Rahiman Sait	319	0.34%	New
Margin of victory			28,844	30.29%	18.24%
Turnout			95,222	65.80%	−11.44%
Registered electors			147,835
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-2.76%

1984

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Thangarasu	45,400	49.90%	0.25
	DMK	C. Kuppusami	34,434	37.85%	7.98
	Independent	N. Pandarinathan	10,908	11.99%	New
	Independent	Murthupattusamy	239	0.26%	New
Margin of victory			10,966	12.05%	8.22%
Turnout			90,981	77.24%	9.36%
Registered electors			124,612
	AIADMK hold		Swing	0.25%

1980

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Thangarasu	38,349	49.65%	New
	DMK	M. Selvaraj	35,390	45.82%	17.07
	RPI	P. Elumalai	2,083	2.70%	New
	Independent	P. Dhayalan	929	1.20%	New
	Independent	K. T. P. Palaniappa Nadar	246	0.32%	New
	Independent	R. Palanivelu	118	0.15%	New
	Independent	Mathu Pattusamy	116	0.15%	New
Margin of victory			2,959	3.83%	0.11%
Turnout			77,231	67.88%	5.94%
Registered electors			115,509
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	20.90%

1977

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Selvaraj	19,523	28.75%	22.68
	CPI(M)	S. Natarrajan	16,997	25.03%	New
	INC	P. Radhakrishnan	14,663	21.60%	26.98
	JP	M. Balasubramaniyan	13,080	19.26%	New
	Independent	S. Ramaswamy	1,818	2.68%	New
	Independent	K. Dhanagopal	1,690	2.49%	New
	Independent	Muthupattusamy	127	0.19%	New
Margin of victory			2,526	3.72%	0.86%
Turnout			67,898	61.94%	−7.63%
Registered electors			111,845
	DMK hold		Swing	-22.68%

1971

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Rajangam	27,465	51.43%	3.07
	INC	M. Jayaraman	25,939	48.57%	9.58
Margin of victory			1,526	2.86%	−12.66%
Turnout			53,404	69.57%	3.69%
Registered electors			79,098
	DMK hold		Swing	-3.07%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kurinjipadi^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Rajangam	25,478	54.50%	1.98
	INC	M. Jayaraman	18,226	38.99%	0.4
	Independent	P. Vaithilingam	1,569	3.36%	New
	Independent	G. Dhanagopal	1,473	3.15%	New
Margin of victory			7,252	15.51%	−2.37%
Turnout			46,746	65.88%	3.49%
Registered electors			74,712
	DMK hold		Swing	-1.98%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kurinjipadi^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Rajangam	32,046	56.48%	New
	INC	M. Jayaraman	21,898	38.59%	New
	Independent	G. Dhanagopal	2,796	4.93%	New
Margin of victory			10,148	17.89%
Turnout			56,740	62.38%
Registered electors			94,690
	DMK win (new seat)