M. C. Sampath

M. C. Sampath is an Indian politician and former member of the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Cuddalore constituency. He is the former Minister for Industrial Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. He represents Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party.^[1][2]

M. C. Sampath

Sampath was Minister for Special Program Implementation until November 2011 when a cabinet reshuffle by Jayalalithaa resulted in him becoming Minister for Rural Industries, where he replaced C. Shanmugavelu.^[3]

Electoral performance

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Iyappan	84,563	46.46%	+19.53
	AIADMK	M. C. Sampath	79,412	43.63%	+2.56
	NTK	V. Jaladeepan	9,563	5.25%	−1.98
	MNM	K. Anandraj	4,040	2.22%	New
	DMDK	A. Gnanapandithan	1,499	0.82%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,236	0.68%	−0.51
Margin of victory			5,151	2.83%	−11.31%
Turnout			182,001	76.35%	1.66%
Rejected ballots			391	0.21%
Registered electors			238,364
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	5.39%

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. C. Sampath	70,922	41.07%	−19.49
	DMK	Ela. Pugazhendi	46,509	26.93%	−9.9
	TMC(M)	A. S. Chandarasekaran	20,608	11.93%	New
	PMK	Pazha. Thamaraikannan	16,905	9.79%	New
	NTK	Seeman	12,497	7.24%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,062	1.19%	New
	BJP	P. Selvam	1,964	1.14%	+0.02
Margin of victory			24,413	14.14%	−9.59%
Turnout			172,688	74.69%	−3.33%
Registered electors			231,205
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-19.49%

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. C. Sampath	85,953	60.56%	+17.27
	DMK	E. Pugazhendi	52,275	36.83%	−10.93
	BJP	R. Gunasekaran	1,579	1.11%	−0.17
	Independent	S. V. Rajan	892	0.63%	New
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	T. E. Chithrakala	774	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			33,678	23.73%	19.26%
Turnout			141,930	78.02%	6.48%
Registered electors			181,920
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	12.80%

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2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nellikkuppam^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. C. Sampath	56,349	50.93%	+20.67
	DMK	V. C. Shanmugham	48,967	44.26%	−9.58
	MDMK	A. S. Soundhararajan	2,713	2.45%	−2.96
	Independent	P. Jeyachandran	1,716	1.55%	New
	Independent	K. Sekar	886	0.80%	New
Margin of victory			7,382	6.67%	−16.90%
Turnout			110,631	68.95%	−3.64%
Registered electors			160,479
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-2.90%