Nedungadu Assembly constituency

Nedungadu is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India.^[1] Nedungadu assembly constituency was part of Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency. This assembly constituency has been reserved for SC candidates from 1974.^[1]

Nedungadu
Constituency No. 24 for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Karaikal
Lok Sabha constituency	Puducherry
Established	1964
Total electors	31,494
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Chandira Priyanga
Party	All India N.R. Congress
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Sitting and previous MLAs from Nedungadu Assembly Constituency are:^[2]

Election	Member	Party
1974	R. Coupousamy		Indian National Congress
1977	P. Selvaraj		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	M. Chandirakasu		Indian National Congress
1985	M. Chandirakasu		Indian National Congress
1990	M. Chandirakasu		Indian National Congress
1991	M. Chandirakasu		Indian National Congress
1996	A. Marimuthu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	M. Chandirakasu		All India N.R. Congress
2006	A. Marimuthu		Independent
2011	M. Chandirakasu		All India N.R. Congress
2016	S. Chandra Priyanga		All India N.R. Congress
2021	S. Chandra Priyanga		All India N.R. Congress

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			40.20%
2016			34.47%
2011			55.05%
2006			43.47%
2001			45.35%
1996			54.93%
1991			55.25%
1990			55.68%
1985			67.60%
1980			65.23%
1977			39.15%
1974			41.18%
1969			50.16%
1964			65.60%

Assembly Election 2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Nedungadu^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AINRC	Chandira Priyanga	10,774	40.20
	INC	A. Marimuthu	8,560	31.94	1.76
	Independent	Dr. V. Vigneswaran	5,606	20.92
	NTK	V. Geetha	788	2.94
	NOTA	Nota	254	0.95	−0.79
	Independent	Andoor Mathi	252	0.94
	DMDK	A. Gnanasegaran	246	0.92
	AMMK	T. Rajendiran	153	0.57
Margin of victory			2,214	8.26	3.97
Turnout			26,798	84.92	1.74
Registered electors			31,557		2.95
	AINRC hold		Swing	5.73

Assembly Election 2016

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Nedungadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AINRC	Chandira Priyanga	8,789	34.47
	INC	A. Marimottou	7,695	30.18
	AIADMK	G. Panneer Selvam	2,957	11.60
	Independent	Jayaseelan	1,806	7.08
	Independent	Anandhan	1,594	6.25
	Independent	R. Mahendiran	828	3.25
	BJP	U. Kamaraj	711	2.79
	NOTA	None of the Above	444	1.74
	CPI	P. Mathiazhagan	277	1.09
	PMK	Munisamy	223	0.87
	NTK	Dhanabal	167	0.66
Margin of victory			1,094	4.29	−28.77
Turnout			25,496	83.18	−1.09
Registered electors			30,653		14.00
	AINRC hold		Swing	-20.58

Assembly Election 2011

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Nedungadu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AINRC	M. Chandirakasu	12,474	55.05
	Independent	A. Marimuthu	4,984	22.00
	Independent	R. Vadivelu	4,340	19.15
	Independent	N. Ramesh Kumar	330	1.46
	Independent	Sankar	311	1.37
	Independent	N. Ravichandiran	219	0.97
Margin of victory			7,490	33.06	27.13
Turnout			22,658	84.27	−4.14
Registered electors			26,888		68.19
	AINRC gain from Independent		Swing	11.59

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nedungadu^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Marimuthu	6,143	43.47
	INC	M. Chandirakasu	5,306	37.54	−7.81
	AIADMK	R. Vaithinathan	2,106	14.90	−0.97
	MDMK	K. M. Kaliyaperumal	362	2.56
	BSP	Suba Sureshrajan	127	0.90
	CPI(ML)L	K. Ganesan	89	0.63
Margin of victory			837	5.92	−2.48
Turnout			14,133	88.40	12.23
Registered electors			15,987		−3.49
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	-1.89

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nedungadu^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Chandirakasu	5,720	45.35	4.62
	DMK	A. Marimuthu	4,660	36.95	−17.98
	AIADMK	P. Packirisamy	2,002	15.87
	Independent	Rajeswari	230	1.82
Margin of victory			1,060	8.40	−5.79
Turnout			12,612	76.17	0.43
Registered electors			16,565		7.17
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-9.89

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nedungadu^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Marimuthu	6,899	54.93	10.18
	INC	M. Chandirakasu	5,116	40.74	−14.51
	CPI(M)	M. Kaliaperumal	479	3.81
	Independent	S. Rajendiran	65	0.52
Margin of victory			1,783	14.20	3.70
Turnout			12,559	83.17	7.43
Registered electors			15,457		5.72
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-0.31

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nedungadu^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Chandirakasu	5,955	55.25	−0.43
	DMK	S. A. Marimuthu	4,824	44.75
Margin of victory			1,131	10.49	−21.82
Turnout			10,779	75.75	−1.37
Registered electors			14,621		0.77
	INC hold		Swing	-0.43

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nedungadu^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Chandirakasu	6,174	55.68	−11.93
	Independent	R. Kuppusamy	2,591	23.37
	CPI	P. Thangarasu	1,265	11.41
	PMK	G. Raja	590	5.32
	Independent	R. Gurusamy	424	3.82
Margin of victory			3,583	32.31	−4.50
Turnout			11,089	77.12	−2.28
Registered electors			14,509		31.64
	INC hold		Swing	-11.93

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nedungadu^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Chandirakasu	5,870	67.60
	CPI(M)	M. Kaliaperumal	2,674	30.80
	Independent	V. K. Thangavelu	139	1.60
Margin of victory			3,196	36.81	−5.49
Turnout			8,683	79.40	−4.05
Registered electors			11,022		14.47
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	2.37

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nedungadu^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	M. Chandirakasu	4,981	65.23
	AIADMK	P. Natesan	1,751	22.93	−16.22
	CPI	R. Gurusamy	904	11.84
Margin of victory			3,230	42.30	40.88
Turnout			7,636	83.45	6.44
Registered electors			9,629		2.95
	INC(I) gain from AIADMK		Swing	26.08

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nedungadu^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Selvaraj	2,789	39.15	7.92
	INC	R. Kuppusamy	2,688	37.73	−3.45
	DMK	M. Packirisamy	995	13.97	−12.57
	JP	A. Munisamy	652	9.15
Margin of victory			101	1.42	−8.53
Turnout			7,124	77.00	−10.59
Registered electors			9,353		13.15
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	-2.03

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nedungadu^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Coupousamy	2,934	41.18	−8.98
	AIADMK	P. Selvaraj	2,225	31.23
	DMK	N. Rasangam	1,891	26.54	−23.30
	CPI(M)	M. Kaliaperumal	75	1.05
Margin of victory			709	9.95	9.63
Turnout			7,125	87.59	−2.28
Registered electors			8,266		18.12
	INC hold		Swing	-8.98

Assembly Election 1969

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nedungadu^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Shanmugam	3,103	50.16	−15.43
	DMK	A. Savundararangan	3,083	49.84
Margin of victory			20	0.32	−30.87
Turnout			6,186	89.87	3.72
Registered electors			6,998		5.26
	INC hold		Swing	-15.43

Assembly Election 1964

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Nedungadu^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Shanmugam	3,697	65.60
	Independent	Maric Paul Andre Alias Paul	1,939	34.40
Margin of victory			1,758	31.19
Turnout			5,636	86.15
Registered electors			6,648
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• Karaikal district