Nellikkuppam Assembly constituency

Nellikkuppam is the legislative assembly in Cuddalore district, that includes the city, Nellikuppam.^[1] Nellikkupam Assembly constituency is a part of Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Nellikkuppam
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Cuddalore
Established	1957
Abolished	2008
Total electors	1,64,369
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
Madras State
1957[a]	S. Thangavelu		Indian National Congress
	Sivachidambara Ramasamy Padayachi
1962	V. Krishnamurthy Gounder		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	C. Govindarajan		Communist Party of India (Marxist)

1. 2-member constituency

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Duration	Winner	Party
Fifth	1971-77	V. Krishnamoorthi Gounder		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977-80	C. Govindarajan		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Seventh	1980-84	V. Krishnamoorthi		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984-89	Anbarasan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989-91	C. Govindarajan		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Tenth	1991-96	M.C. Dhamodaran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-96	A. Mani		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	1996-2000	S. Krishnamoorthy[a]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	2000-01	V.C. Shanmugam[b]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-06	M. C. Sampath		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006-Incumbent	Saba Rajendran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

1. By-election due to the death of A. Mani in 1996.^[2]
2. By-election due to the resignation of S. Krishnamoorthy in 2000.^[3]

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2006			46.16%
2001			50.93%
1996			53.84%
1991			59.61%
1989			31.88%
1984			56.71%
1980			55.17%
1977			32.75%
1971			44.93%
1967			47.24%
1962			56.14%
1957			27.38%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nellikkuppam^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Saba Rajendran	57,403	46.16%	+1.9
	MDMK	R. T. Sabapathi Mohan	45,323	36.44%	+33.99
	DMDK	P. Sivakolunthu	15,853	12.75%	New
	BJP	J. Sugumaran	1,160	0.93%	New
	Independent	M. Saravanan	1,043	0.84%	New
	BSP	K. Iyappan	947	0.76%	New
	Independent	P. Sarangapani	924	0.74%	New
	CPI(ML)L	N. Kaliyamoorthy	889	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			12,080	9.71%	3.04%
Turnout			124,365	75.66%	6.71%
Registered electors			164,369
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-4.78%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nellikkuppam^[5]

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%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nellikkuppam^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Mani	57,977	53.84%	New
	AIADMK	M. C. Dhamodaran	32,594	30.27%	−29.34
	PMK	A. Devanathan	7,180	6.67%	New
	MDMK	V. Krishnamoorthi	5,827	5.41%	New
	Independent	J. Balasubramanian	2,133	1.98%	New
	BJP	M. Selvakumar	589	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			25,383	23.57%	−12.91%
Turnout			107,689	72.59%	2.89%
Registered electors			155,744
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-5.77%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nellikkuppam^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Damotharan	57,373	59.61%	+42.42
	CPI(M)	C. Govindarajan	22,265	23.13%	−8.75
	PMK	A. Devanathan	15,610	16.22%	New
	Independent	M. Selvam	540	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			35,108	36.48%	22.59%
Turnout			96,250	69.71%	5.13%
Registered electors			145,061
	AIADMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	27.72%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nellikkuppam^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Krishnamoorthy	26,233	31.88%	+0.42
	Independent	N. V. Jayaseelan	14,804	17.99%	New
	AIADMK	C. Damodharan	14,143	17.19%	−39.52
	INC	Vasu Selvaraju	11,981	14.56%	New
	Independent	M. Velayutham	9,241	11.23%	New
	Independent	S. Kaliyaperumal Padayatchi	3,173	3.86%	New
	Independent	S. D. Krishnamurthy	1,423	1.73%	New
	Independent	S. Veeraputhiran	540	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			11,429	13.89%	−11.35%
Turnout			82,278	64.57%	−12.72%
Registered electors			130,637
	CPI(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-24.82%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nellikkuppam^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Anbarasan Alias Ramalingam	48,018	56.71%	New
	CPI(M)	C. Govindarajan	26,641	31.46%	−7.22
	Independent	Pandurangan	7,520	8.88%	New
	Independent	Rajalakshmi	763	0.90%	New
	Independent	Arjunan	490	0.58%	New
	Independent	Abdul Wahab	448	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			21,377	25.25%	8.76%
Turnout			84,676	77.29%	10.58%
Registered electors			117,487
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	1.54%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nellikkuppam^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Krishnamurthy Gounder	40,526	55.17%	+29.26
	CPI(M)	C. Govindarajan	28,415	38.68%	+5.93
	JP	C. Dhandapani	3,655	4.98%	New
	RPI	R. V. Seetharaman	859	1.17%	New
Margin of victory			12,111	16.49%	9.65%
Turnout			73,455	66.71%	−0.89%
Registered electors			111,615
	DMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	22.42%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nellikkuppam^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	C. Govindarajan	23,077	32.75%	+20.65
	DMK	V. Krishnamurthy Gounder	18,260	25.91%	−19.02
	JP	S. L. Krishnamoorthy	14,217	20.18%	New
	INC	K. G. Kandhan	9,444	13.40%	−22.1
	Independent	N. V. Jayaseelan	5,466	7.76%	New
Margin of victory			4,817	6.84%	−2.59%
Turnout			70,464	67.60%	−9.40%
Registered electors			106,084
	CPI(M) gain from DMK		Swing	-12.18%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nellikkuppam^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Krishnamurthy Gounder	27,741	44.93%	New
	INC	K. G. Kandan	21,921	35.50%	−3.37
	CPI(M)	C. Govindaranjan	7,471	12.10%	−35.14
	Independent	C. Gunasekaran	4,325	7.01%	New
Margin of victory			5,820	9.43%	1.06%
Turnout			61,741	76.99%	0.82%
Registered electors			87,406
	DMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-2.31%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Nellikkuppam^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	C. Govindarajan	28,090	47.24%	New
	INC	A. Lakshminarayanan	23,117	38.88%	−3.12
	Independent	S. S. Chandrasekaran	5,537	9.31%	New
	Independent	M. Gangachalam	1,633	2.75%	New
	Independent	V. Rajaram	1,085	1.82%	New
Margin of victory			4,973	8.36%	−5.78%
Turnout			59,462	76.18%	3.94%
Registered electors			84,171
	CPI(M) gain from DMK		Swing	-8.90%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Nellikkuppam^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Krishnamurthy Gounder	37,419	56.14%	New
	INC	L. Subbarayalu Reddiar	27,989	41.99%	+14.61
	Independent	G. Ramachandran	1,245	1.87%	New
Margin of victory			9,430	14.15%	12.57%
Turnout			66,653	72.24%	−24.16%
Registered electors			95,780
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	28.76%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Nellikkuppam^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sivachidambara Ramasamy Padayachi	42,890	27.38%	New
	Independent	Krishnamoorthy Goundar	40,417	25.80%	New
	INC	S. Thangavelu	34,299	21.90%	New
	Independent	Rajaangam (Sc)	29,492	18.83%	New
	Independent	Perumal (Sc)	9,554	6.10%	New
Margin of victory			2,473	1.58%
Turnout			156,652	96.40%
Registered electors			162,499
	INC win (new seat)