Maduranthakam Assembly constituency

12.5101°N 79.8849°E / 12.5101; 79.8849

Maduranthakam
Constituency No. 35 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chengalpattu
Lok Sabha constituency	Kancheepuram
Established	1951
Total electors	2,26,685[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. Maragatham
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Madhuranthakam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 35. It forms a part of Kancheepuram Lok Sabha Constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[2] It is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	B. Parameswaran		Indian National Congress
1957	O. Venkatasubba Reddy		Independent
1962	B. Parameswaran		Indian National Congress
1967	Kothandam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	C. Arumugam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977
1980	S. D. Ugamchand		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	C. Arumugam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	S. D. Ugamchand		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	P. Chockalingam
1996	S. K. Venkatesan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	P. Vasudevan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	K. Gayathri Devi		Indian National Congress
2011	S. Kanitha Sampath		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	S. Pugazhenthi[3]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	K. Maragatham		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			47.20%
2016			41.43%
2011			53.64%
2006			43.52%
2001			51.10%
1996			49.79%
1991			54.11%
1989			41.93%
1984			46.21%
1980			56.84%
1977			36.08%
1971			64.53%
1967			59.20%
1962			51.67%
1957			19.20%
1952			19.57%

2021

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Maragatham	86,646	47.20%	+7.43
	MDMK	C. E. Sathya	83,076	45.25%	+3.83
	NTK	P. Sumitha	9,293	5.06%	New
	DMDK	N. Moorthi	2,137	1.16%	−5.45
	MNM	K. Dinesh	1,488	0.81%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,371	0.75%	−0.11
Margin of victory			3,570	1.94%	0.28%
Turnout			183,576	80.98%	−0.30%
Rejected ballots			223	0.12%
Registered electors			226,685
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	5.77%

2016

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Pugazhenthi	73,693	41.43%	New
	AIADMK	C. K. Thamizharasan	70,736	39.77%	−13.88
	PMK	E. Adhikesavan	16,215	9.12%	New
	DMDK	M. Thennarasu	11,773	6.62%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,525	0.86%	New
Margin of victory			2,957	1.66%	−10.86%
Turnout			177,879	81.29%	−0.57%
Registered electors			218,831
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-12.22%

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Kanitha Sampath	79,256	53.64%	+13.26
	INC	Dr. K. Jayakumar	60,762	41.13%	−2.4
	Independent	C. Jaisankar	1,885	1.28%	New
	BJP	R. Varadhan	1,630	1.10%	−0.84
	Independent	V. R. Paramasivam	1,223	0.83%	New
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	M. Dhanasekaran	886	0.60%	New
	BSP	S. Vinayagam	784	0.53%	−0.31
Margin of victory			18,494	12.52%	9.37%
Turnout			147,744	81.85%	5.87%
Registered electors			180,495
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	10.12%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Maduranthakam^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Ghayathri Devi	51,106	43.52%	New
	AIADMK	K. Appadurai	47,415	40.38%	−10.72
	DMDK	D. Gajendran	9,885	8.42%	New
	BJP	M. Sundara Moorthy	2,282	1.94%	New
	Independent	S. Menaka	1,840	1.57%	New
	Independent	C. Natarajan	1,256	1.07%	New
	Independent	M. Devaraj	1,178	1.00%	New
	BSP	P. Rajendrababu	989	0.84%	New
Margin of victory			3,691	3.14%	−7.23%
Turnout			117,418	75.98%	14.00%
Registered electors			154,532
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.58%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Maduranthakam^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Vasudevan	57,610	51.10%	+11.16
	DMK	S. D. Ugamchand	45,916	40.73%	−9.06
	MDMK	L. S. Raveendranath	4,070	3.61%	−0.72
	Independent	N. Venkatesan	1,895	1.68%	New
	Puratchi Bharatham	M. Abiramalingam	1,215	1.08%	New
	Independent	T. Maduraimuthu	700	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			11,694	10.37%	0.53%
Turnout			112,730	61.99%	−9.21%
Registered electors			181,901
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	1.31%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Maduranthakam^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. K. Venkatesan	53,563	49.79%	New
	AIADMK	Ugamchand. S. D.	42,970	39.94%	−14.17
	PMK	G. Gunasekaran	4,837	4.50%	New
	MDMK	K. R. Veeraraghavan	4,663	4.33%	New
Margin of victory			10,593	9.85%	−8.68%
Turnout			107,573	71.20%	1.00%
Registered electors			159,346
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-4.32%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Maduranthakam^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Chockalingam	53,752	54.11%	+12.18
	Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam	S. D. Ugamchand	35,349	35.59%	New
	PMK	K. Narayanaswamy Alias Mani Arasu	7,667	7.72%	New
	BJP	S. Adikesavalu	862	0.87%	New
	Independent	N. R. Janarthanan	503	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			18,403	18.53%	14.73%
Turnout			99,336	70.20%	0.03%
Registered electors			149,439
	AIADMK hold		Swing	12.18%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Maduranthakam^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. D. Ugamchand	38,704	41.93%	New
	DMK	C. Arumugam	35,196	38.13%	−8.08
	INC	A. Gopanna	10,676	11.57%	−31.93
	AIADMK	B. Dhanasekaran	6,205	6.72%	New
Margin of victory			3,508	3.80%	1.08%
Turnout			92,311	70.17%	−6.31%
Registered electors			134,445
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-4.28%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Maduranthakam^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Arumugam	40,105	46.21%	+3.68
	INC	Sachuthanandam	37,745	43.49%	New
	Independent	K. Kesavan	538	0.62%	New
	Independent	C. Angammal	458	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			2,360	2.72%	−11.59%
Turnout			86,784	76.48%	1.01%
Registered electors			120,021
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-10.63%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Maduranthakam^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. D. Ugamchand	46,922	56.84%	+32.19
	DMK	C. Arumugam	35,113	42.54%	+6.46
Margin of victory			11,809	14.31%	4.50%
Turnout			82,549	75.47%	2.66%
Registered electors			111,475
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	20.77%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Maduranthakam^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Arumugam	26,977	36.08%	−28.46
	INC	S. D. Ugamchand	19,645	26.27%	−9.2
	AIADMK	V. Venka	18,434	24.65%	New
	JP	O. N. Duraibaboo	8,019	10.72%	New
	Independent	D. Kanakasabapathy	968	1.29%	New
	Independent	V. T. R. Veerappan	736	0.98%	New
Margin of victory			7,332	9.80%	−19.26%
Turnout			74,779	72.81%	−3.71%
Registered electors			104,339
	DMK hold		Swing	-28.46%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Maduranthakam^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Arumugam	42,295	64.53%	+5.33
	INC	V. Gopal Reddiar	23,246	35.47%	−3.4
Margin of victory			19,049	29.06%	8.73%
Turnout			65,541	76.52%	−3.23%
Registered electors			88,600
	DMK hold		Swing	5.33%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Maduranthakam^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Kothandam	38,382	59.20%	New
	INC	G. Reddy	25,200	38.87%	−12.8
	Independent	V. Krishnaswamy	1,248	1.93%	New
Margin of victory			13,182	20.33%	2.41%
Turnout			64,830	79.75%	9.65%
Registered electors			84,920
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	7.53%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Maduranthakam^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. Parameswaran	29,743	51.67%	+32.48
	SWA	P. S. Ellappan	19,424	33.75%	New
	Independent	K. Ariasankaran	6,119	10.63%	New
	Independent	S. Dasarathan	2,274	3.95%	New
Margin of victory			10,319	17.93%	16.50%
Turnout			57,560	70.11%	−9.67%
Registered electors			88,704
	INC hold		Swing	32.48%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Maduranthakam^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	O. Venkatasubba Reddy	24,402	19.20%	−0.37
	Independent	O. N. Dorajbabu	22,585	17.77%	New
	Independent	V. L. Raja	19,250	15.14%	New
	Independent	Ellappan (Sc)	18,516	14.57%	New
	Independent	Kothandarama Reddy	15,784	12.42%	New
	Independent	Angesan (Sc)	8,230	6.47%	New
Margin of victory			1,817	1.43%	−1.49%
Turnout			127,112	79.77%	−4.51%
Registered electors			159,340
	INC hold		Swing	-0.37%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Maduranthakam^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. Parameswaran	20,926	19.57%	New
	RPI	K. Muthulinga Reddiar	13,431	12.56%	New
	Socialist	Kothandarama Reddiar	13,268	12.41%	New
	KMPP	V. Jayachandran	8,701	8.14%	New
	Independent	Venugopala Nayagar	6,286	5.88%	New
Margin of victory			3,120	2.92%
Turnout			106,947	84.29%
Registered electors			126,884
	INC win (new seat)