Kuttalam Assembly constituency

Kuttalam is a state assembly constituency in Mayiladuthurai district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Kuttalam
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Mayiladuthurai
Established	1967
Abolished	2008
Total electors	1,67,513

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1971	S. Ganesan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	R. Rajamanickam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	R. Rajamanickam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	Pappa Subramanian		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	R. Rajamanickam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	S. Asaimani		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	P. Kalayanam Kuttalam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	Natarajan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	Anbazhagam Kuttalam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kuttalam^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Kuttalam K. Anbazhagan	66,841	51.77%	5.42%
	AIADMK	S. Rajendran	55,236	42.78%	−5.86%
	DMDK	K. Sarangambani	3,240	2.51%
	Independent	D. Malarvizhi	1,435	1.11%
	SP	R. Kathamuthu Sharma	905	0.70%
	BJP	T. Mohana Sundaram	813	0.63%
	BSP	R. Kudiyarasan	653	0.51%
Margin of victory			11,605	8.99%	6.69%
Turnout			129,123	77.08%	8.06%
Registered electors			167,513
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	3.12%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kuttalam^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Natarajan	55,921	48.64%	17.35%
	DMK	P. Kalyanam	53,277	46.34%	−7.80%
	MDMK	A. S. Mohan	2,054	1.79%	−4.81%
	Independent	Ramadoss	1,585	1.38%
	Independent	G. Senthi Vasan	1,028	0.89%
	Independent	M. Dhakshinamoorthi	872	0.76%
	Independent	Anbalagan	228	0.20%
Margin of victory			2,644	2.30%	−20.55%
Turnout			114,965	69.03%	−6.06%
Registered electors			166,639
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-5.50%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kuttalam^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Kalayanam Kuttalam	60,940	54.14%	18.52%
	AIADMK	M. Rajendran	35,219	31.29%	−25.73%
	PMK	Pappa Subramanian	8,267	7.34%
	MDMK	R. Rajamanickam	7,424	6.60%
	Independent	A. V. Murugan	139	0.12%
	Independent	C. Kaliaperumal	133	0.12%
	Independent	A. R. Sabarulla	77	0.07%
	Independent	S. Saminathan	74	0.07%
	Independent	A. Abdul Jaleel	70	0.06%
	Independent	D. Nacooran	66	0.06%
	Independent	Balasubramaniam	63	0.06%
Margin of victory			25,721	22.85%	1.45%
Turnout			112,557	75.09%	0.26%
Registered electors			157,532
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-2.87%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kuttalam^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S.Asaimani	60,617	57.02%	41.17%
	DMK	Ko. Si. Mani	37,866	35.62%	−11.95%
	PMK	K. Kasinathan	7,036	6.62%
	THMM	A. Ramakrishanan	261	0.25%
	Independent	S. Saminathan	228	0.21%
	Independent	A. R. Sabarulla	222	0.21%
	Independent	Singara Muthusamy	85	0.08%
Margin of victory			22,751	21.40%	−3.55%
Turnout			106,315	74.83%	−0.18%
Registered electors			148,950
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	9.45%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kuttalam^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Rajamanickam	47,559	47.57%	4.23%
	INC	S. Dhinakaran	22,609	22.61%
	AIADMK	N. Rethinam	15,843	15.85%	−39.78%
	AIADMK	M. Rajendran	12,451	12.45%	−43.17%
	Independent	M. Mailaiyan	869	0.87%
	Independent	C. Saminatha Odayar	245	0.25%
	Independent	K. Balu	243	0.24%
	Independent	C. Ramalinga Shatriyar	166	0.17%
Margin of victory			24,950	24.95%	12.66%
Turnout			99,985	75.01%	−7.47%
Registered electors			135,941
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-8.06%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kuttalam^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Pappa Subbramanian	53,214	55.63%
	DMK	R. Rajamanickam	41,454	43.33%	−10.06%
	Independent	Rama Sampath	621	0.65%
	INC(J)	V. Rajendran	376	0.39%
Margin of victory			11,760	12.29%	−0.84%
Turnout			95,665	82.48%	7.87%
Registered electors			120,416
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	2.24%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kuttalam^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Rajamanickam	44,254	53.39%	13.47%
	CPI(M)	G. Veeraiyan	33,364	40.25%	11.03%
	Independent	R. Idumpaiyan	5,274	6.36%
Margin of victory			10,890	13.14%	2.44%
Turnout			82,892	74.61%	3.36%
Registered electors			112,552
	DMK hold		Swing	13.47%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kuttalam^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Rajamaniam	30,819	39.92%	−14.66%
	CPI(M)	G. Veeraiyan	22,556	29.22%
	INC	V. Dhakshinamurthy Kalingaryar	19,666	25.47%	−9.92%
	JP	Govindarajan Pon	3,924	5.08%
	Independent	A. B. Jaganatha Sharma	241	0.31%
Margin of victory			8,263	10.70%	−8.48%
Turnout			77,206	71.26%	−9.69%
Registered electors			110,107
	DMK hold		Swing	-14.66%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kuttalam^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Ganesan	34,781	54.57%
	INC	K. K. Deen	22,554	35.39%	−7.08%
	CPI(M)	C. Nataraja Pillai	5,886	9.24%
	Independent	M. Somasundaram	512	0.80%
Margin of victory			12,227	19.18%	7.66%
Turnout			63,733	80.94%	−0.63%
Registered electors			81,421
	DMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	0.58%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kuttalam^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	G. B. Mohan	31,548	53.99%
	INC	M. Sivakadaksham	24,812	42.47%
	Independent	N. Subbaih	1,243	2.13%
	Independent	A. B. J. Sharma	825	1.41%
Margin of victory			6,736	11.53%
Turnout			58,428	81.58%
Registered electors			76,359
	CPI(M) win (new seat)