Nagapattinam Assembly constituency

Nagapattinam is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and winners from this constituency are listed below. It comprises the entirety of Thirumarugal union block and part of Nagapattinam union block.

Nagapattinam
Constituency No. 163 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
Lok Sabha constituency	Nagapattinam
Established	1951
Total electors	1,97,901[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Aloor Shanavas
Party	VCK
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Vadivelu and Sivaraj		Communist Party of India
1957	N. S. Ramalingam		Indian National Congress
1962	A. M. P. S. Balagangadaran
1967	K. R. Gnanasambandan		Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	Rajamanickam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	R. Umanath		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1980
1984	G. Veeraiyan
1989
1991	R. Kodimari		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	G. Nizamudeen		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	R. Jeevanantham		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	V. Marimuthu		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011	K. A. Jayapal		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	Thamimum Ansari[2]
2021	J. Mohamed Shanavas		Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			46.46%
2016			48.28%
2011			51.26%
2006			45.83%
2001			53.55%
1996			43.68%
1991			52.20%
1989			44.70%
1984			48.24%
1980			51.38%
1977			39.65%
1971			44.80%
1967			56.40%
1962			42.89%
1957			52.09%
1952			24.14%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nagapattinam^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	VCK	Aloor Shanavas	66,281	46.46	New
	AIADMK	Thanka Kathiravan	59,043	41.39	−6.89
	NTK	S. Augustine Arputharaj	9,976	6.99	+5.83
	AMMK	C. Manjula	3,503	2.46	New
	MNM	Syed Anas Mohideen Sahip	2,540	1.78	New
	NOTA	None of the above	895	0.63	−0.11
Margin of victory			7,238	5.07	−10.21
Turnout			142,665	72.09	−1.33
	VCK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.82

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nagapattinam^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Thamimum Ansari	64,903	48.28	−2.99
	MNMK	A. Mohamed Jafarullah	44,353	32.99	New
	CPI	A. B. Dhameem Ansari Sahib	11,088	8.25	New
	BJP	K. Nethaji	6,005	4.47	+2.83
	NTK	T. Niraintha Selvam	1,557	1.16	New
	PMK	A. Balraj	1,036	0.77	New
	Independent	J. Jabarullah	1,018	0.76	New
	NOTA	None of the above	996	0.74	New
Margin of victory			20,550	15.29	10.53
Turnout			134,439	73.42	−6.05
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-2.99

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nagapattinam^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. A. Jayapal	61,870	51.26	+7.31
	DMK	Mohamed Sheik Dawood	56,127	46.51	New
	BJP	M. Muruganantham	1,972	1.63	+0.23
	BSP	A. Jagabar Sathick	721	0.60	New
Margin of victory			5,743	4.76	2.88
Turnout			151,882	79.46	+3.59
	AIADMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	5.43

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nagapattinam^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	V. Marimuthu	57,315	45.83%	New
	AIADMK	K. A. Jayapal	54,971	43.96%	−9.6
	DMDK	Peru. Mathiyalagan	9,949	7.96%	New
	BJP	S. Karthikeyan	1,758	1.41%	New
	NCP	S. Basheer	655	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			2,344	1.87%	−13.09%
Turnout			125,060	75.88%	9.05%
Registered electors			164,819
	CPI(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.72%

2001

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Jeevanantham	59,808	53.55%	+28.4
	DMK	S. P. Thangaiya	43,091	38.59%	−5.09
	Independent	G. Nizamudeen	4,919	4.40%	New
	MDMK	Ragu Kumar G	2,368	2.12%	New
	Independent	V. S. Packirisami	1,490	1.33%	New
Margin of victory			16,717	14.97%	−3.55%
Turnout			111,676	66.83%	−5.91%
Registered electors			167,176
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	9.88%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nagapattinam^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Nizamudeen	46,533	43.68%	New
	AIADMK	R. Jeevanantham	26,805	25.16%	−27.04
	CPI(M)	V. Marimuthu	20,990	19.70%	−22.72
	AIIC(T)	P. Rajendren	9,992	9.38%	New
	BJP	S. Pugazhendi	1,578	1.48%	+0.17
Margin of victory			19,728	18.52%	8.74%
Turnout			106,542	72.74%	2.41%
Registered electors			154,116
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-8.52%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nagapattinam^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Sivasamy	53,050	52.20%	+35.51
	CPI(M)	G. Veeraiyan	43,116	42.42%	−2.27
	PMK	P. V. Chockalingam	3,411	3.36%	New
	BJP	V. A. R. Ambikapathy	1,329	1.31%	New
Margin of victory			9,934	9.77%	−4.03%
Turnout			101,629	70.33%	−6.39%
Registered electors			149,065
	AIADMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	7.50%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nagapattinam^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	G. Veeraiyan	44,681	44.70%	−3.55
	INC	Pon Palanivelu	30,884	30.90%	New
	AIADMK	N. Ila Muruguselvam	16,682	16.69%	−26.05
	AIADMK	S. Thengovan	6,800	6.80%	−35.94
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Margin of victory			13,797	13.80%	8.30%
Turnout			99,963	76.72%	−2.58%
Registered electors			132,478
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-3.55%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nagapattinam^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	G. Veeraiyan	43,684	48.24%	−3.13
	AIADMK	S. Thenkovan	38,698	42.74%	New
	Independent	K. Kannabiran	6,248	6.90%	New
	INC(J)	N. Elamuruguselvan	850	0.94%	New
Margin of victory			4,986	5.51%	2.75%
Turnout			90,547	79.30%	2.21%
Registered electors			118,310
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-3.13%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nagapattinam^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	R. Umanath	44,105	51.38%	+11.73
	INC	S. S. R. Ramanatha Thevar	41,738	48.62%	+34.07
Margin of victory			2,367	2.76%	1.86%
Turnout			85,843	77.09%	5.35%
Registered electors			112,499
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	11.73%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nagapattinam^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	R. Umanath	31,519	39.65%	+19.61
	DMK	A. Ambalavanan	30,809	38.76%	−6.04
	INC	M. Basheer Ahmed	11,570	14.56%	−20.6
	JP	D. Chakrapany	5,590	7.03%	New
Margin of victory			710	0.89%	−8.75%
Turnout			79,488	71.74%	−4.57%
Registered electors			111,891
	CPI(M) gain from DMK		Swing	-5.15%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nagapattinam^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Rajamanickam	29,744	44.80%	New
	INC	Ramanatha Thevar	23,342	35.16%	−5.62
	CPI(M)	K. R. Ganasampandan	13,306	20.04%	−36.35
Margin of victory			6,402	9.64%	−5.97%
Turnout			66,392	76.31%	−5.58%
Registered electors			91,497
	DMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-11.59%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Nagapattinam^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. R. Gnanasambandan	36,596	56.40%	New
	INC	R. R. V. Naidu	26,462	40.78%	−2.12
	CPI	V. Mahalingam	1,428	2.20%	−29.61
	Independent	Thandapani	406	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			10,134	15.62%	4.53%
Turnout			64,892	81.89%	1.26%
Registered electors			81,237
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	13.50%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Nagapattinam^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. M. P. S. Balagangadharan	27,447	42.89%	−9.2
	CPI	G. Bhaktavachalam	20,355	31.81%	+2.43
	IUML	Sarana baskaran T.M.M.Ahamed (koothanallur)	16,186	25.30%	New
Margin of victory			7,092	11.08%	−11.63%
Turnout			63,988	80.63%	22.98%
Registered electors			81,745
	INC hold		Swing	-9.20%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Nagapattinam^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. S. Ramalingam	24,552	52.09%	+30.44
	CPI	P. Jeevanandam	13,847	29.38%	+5.23
	Independent	M. Hanifa	6,527	13.85%	New
	Independent	S. Rajagopal Naidu	2,207	4.68%	New
Margin of victory			10,705	22.71%	21.36%
Turnout			47,133	57.65%	−57.79%
Registered electors			81,753
	INC gain from CPI		Swing	27.95%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Nagapattinam^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Sivaraj	39,027	24.14%	New
	CPI	Vadivelu	36,846	22.79%	New
	INC	Doraiswami	34,996	21.65%	New
	INC	Shanmugasundaram Pillai	32,226	19.94%	New
	Socialist	Appu Ayyar	5,704	3.53%	New
	Independent	Lasa Maricayar	5,210	3.22%	New
	RPI	Arumugham	4,655	2.88%	New
	Independent	Ganapathi Thevar	2,981	1.84%	New
Margin of victory			2,181	1.35%
Turnout			161,645	115.44%
Registered electors			140,027
	CPI win (new seat)