Mugaiyur Assembly constituency

Mugaiyur is a state assembly constituency in Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] After the delimitation of constituencies in 2008, it was reorganised into Tirukkoyilur Assembly constituency.^[2]

Mugaiyur
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Villupuram
Established	1967
Abolished	2008
Total electors	1,88,747

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1967	A. Govindasamy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	A. G. Padmavathi		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	G. Rangothaman		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	R. Sundaramurthy		Indian National Congress (I)
1984	M. Chandrasekhar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	A. G. Sampath		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	R. Savithiri Ammal		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	A. G. Sampath		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	G. Gothandaraman		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	V. A. T. Kaliyavarthan		Pattali Makkal Katchi

Election results

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mugaiyur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	V. A. T. Kaliyavarathan	46,313	36.10%
	VCK	Sinthanaiselvan	26,807	20.89%
	DMDK	L. Vengatesan	24,686	19.24%
	Independent	A. G. Sambath	21,384	16.67%
	Independent	N. Ragu	2,900	2.26%
	Independent	A. V. Sampath	1,701	1.33%
	Independent	R. Sampath	1,087	0.85%
	Independent	R. Krishnamoorthy	738	0.58%
	Independent	R. Sakthivel	534	0.42%
	SP	K. Kumar	503	0.39%
	Independent	V. Sampath	420	0.33%
Margin of victory			19,506	15.20%	5.98%
Turnout			128,303	67.98%	5.60%
Registered electors			188,747
	PMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-15.20%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mugaiyur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Gothandaraman	57,484	51.30%	27.19%
	DMK	A. G. Sampath	47,143	42.07%	−19.70%
	MDMK	P. Susainathan	3,245	2.90%	0.22%
	Independent	G. Lakshminarayanan	2,625	2.34%
	Independent	K. P. Palaniappan	1,091	0.97%
	Independent	T. Kumar	475	0.42%
Margin of victory			10,341	9.23%	−28.44%
Turnout			112,063	62.37%	−5.29%
Registered electors			179,691
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-10.47%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mugaiyur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. G. Sampath	68,215	61.77%	31.19%
	AIADMK	T. M. Arangarathan	26,619	24.10%	−31.81%
	PMK	V. A. T. Kalivaradhan	10,371	9.39%
	MDMK	P. Rajagopal	2,950	2.67%
	Independent	V. Yesu @ Yesudasan	711	0.64%
	CPI(ML)L	I. V. Kovalan	537	0.49%
	Independent	G. Mohanraj	232	0.21%
	Independent	S. Rajendran	204	0.18%
	Independent	S. Subramani	146	0.13%
	Independent	A. Sivaglanam	116	0.11%
	Independent	E. Govindarajan	111	0.10%
Margin of victory			41,596	37.67%	12.34%
Turnout			110,432	67.66%	−0.08%
Registered electors			168,995
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	5.86%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mugaiyur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Ammal Savithiri	56,118	55.91%	41.51%
	DMK	A. G. Sampath	30,698	30.58%	−14.64%
	PMK	A. Subramaniam	13,020	12.97%
	Independent	M. Kesavan	249	0.25%
	Independent	K. Somalingam	193	0.19%
	Independent	C. Arjunan	93	0.09%
Margin of victory			25,420	25.33%	10.81%
Turnout			100,371	67.74%	−4.05%
Registered electors			155,325
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	10.69%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mugaiyur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. G. Sampath	43,585	45.22%	6.62%
	INC	M. Longan	29,599	30.71%
	AIADMK	G. Ragothaman	13,875	14.40%	−42.48%
	AIADMK	G. Gothanda Raman	7,426	7.70%	−49.17%
	Independent	S. Subramani	311	0.32%
	INC(J)	G. J. Raman Yadav	304	0.32%
	Independent	N. Kumar	283	0.29%
	Independent	R. Basi Raja	279	0.29%
	Independent	C. Dhanarajan	235	0.24%
	Independent	S. Palanisamy	232	0.24%
	Independent	M. P. Panneer Selvam	141	0.15%
Margin of victory			13,986	14.51%	−3.76%
Turnout			96,380	71.79%	−1.71%
Registered electors			137,681
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-11.65%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mugaiyur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Chandrasekar	45,863	56.87%	13.94%
	DMK	A. G. Sampath	31,128	38.60%
	Independent	S. Periyanayagam	2,590	3.21%
	Independent	A. Subramaniyam	624	0.77%
	Independent	T. Balakrishnan	248	0.31%
	Independent	Arjunan	188	0.23%
Margin of victory			14,735	18.27%	8.04%
Turnout			80,641	73.50%	10.85%
Registered electors			119,737
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	3.70%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mugaiyur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Sundaramurthy	39,490	53.17%	45.96%
	AIADMK	G. Ragothuman	31,889	42.94%	−2.80%
	JP	N. Ramu	985	1.33%
	Independent	S. Natesa Kander	897	1.21%
	Independent	R. Vijayakumar	775	1.04%
	Independent	S. Joseph	233	0.31%
Margin of victory			7,601	10.23%	−9.04%
Turnout			74,269	62.65%	−2.22%
Registered electors			120,828
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	7.43%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mugaiyur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Rangothaman	31,531	45.74%
	DMK	M. Shanmugam	18,248	26.47%	−33.51%
	JP	P. G. Krishnaswamy	12,012	17.43%
	INC	G. Janakiraman	4,970	7.21%	−23.14%
	Independent	I. Elumalai	834	1.21%
	Independent	S. Pandurangan	740	1.07%
	Independent	T. S. Mohamad Usman	598	0.87%
Margin of victory			13,283	19.27%	−10.36%
Turnout			68,933	64.87%	−7.60%
Registered electors			108,393
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-14.24%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mugaiyur^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. G. Padmavathi	38,744	59.98%	3.56%
	INC	K. A. Ranganathan	19,605	30.35%	−8.00%
	Independent	M. Govindarasan	4,581	7.09%
	Independent	E. Venkatesaperumal	1,662	2.57%
Margin of victory			19,139	29.63%	11.56%
Turnout			64,592	72.47%	−7.28%
Registered electors			95,971
	DMK hold		Swing	3.56%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Mugaiyur^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Govindasamy	37,598	56.42%
	INC	N. K Ganapathy	25,555	38.35%
	Independent	A. Antoniswamy	2,674	4.01%
	Independent	S. N. Kander	810	1.22%
Margin of victory			12,043	18.07%
Turnout			66,637	79.75%
Registered electors			87,691
	DMK win (new seat)