Panruti Assembly constituency

Panruti is a legislative assembly in Cuddalore district, which includes the city of Panruti.^[2] It is a part of Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency. This constituency is notable for Panruti Ramachandran or Panruttiar, who was elected to this constituency six times, under three different parties, DMK, AIADMK and PMK. Elections were not held in the years 1957 and 1962. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.^[3]

Panruti
Constituency No. 154 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Cuddalore
Lok Sabha constituency	Cuddalore
Established	1951
Total electors	2,45,451[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent T. Velmurugan
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	S. Radhakrishnan		Tamil Nadu Toilers Party
1967	S. Ramachandran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Duration	Winner	Party
Fifth	1971-77	S. Ramachandaran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977-80	S. Ramachandaran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-84	S. Ramachandaran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984-89	S. Ramachandaran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989-91	K. Nanda Gopalakirutinan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991-96	S. Ramachandaran		Pattali Makkal Katchi
Eleventh	1996-01	V. Ramaswamy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-06	T. Velmurugan		Pattali Makkal Katchi
Thirteenth	2006-11	T. Velmurugan		Pattali Makkal Katchi
Fourteenth	2011-16	P. Sivakozhundu		Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016-21	Sathya Panneerselvam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021-Incumbent	T. Velmurugan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			47.60%
2016			39.01%
2011			50.91%
2006			38.18%
2001			37.67%
1996			57.32%
1991			37.51%
1989			56.24%
1984			53.97%
1980			51.88%
1977			59.24%
1971			52.06%
1967			60.82%
1952			55.34%

2021

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. Velmurugan	93,801	47.60%	+10.28
	AIADMK	R. Rajendran	89,104	45.22%	+6.21
	NTK	R. Subhashini	6,547	3.32%	+2.64
	DMDK	P. Sivakozhundu	3,362	1.71%	−8.22
	MNM	Jaylani	1,670	0.85%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,323	0.67%	−0.4
Margin of victory			4,697	2.38%	0.70%
Turnout			197,049	80.28%	−1.69%
Rejected ballots			495	0.25%
Registered electors			245,451
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	8.59%

2016

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Sathya	72,353	39.01%	New
	DMK	Ponkumar	69,225	37.33%	−6.95
	PMK	A. Dharmalingam	18,666	10.06%	New
	DMDK	P. Sivakozhundu	18,409	9.93%	−40.98
	NOTA	NOTA	1,988	1.07%	New
	BJP	S. R. Saravanan	1,373	0.74%	+0.08
	NTK	S. Mahaboobasha	1,262	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			3,128	1.69%	−4.95%
Turnout			185,465	81.97%	−1.28%
Registered electors			226,257
	AIADMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-11.90%

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	P. Sivakozhundu	82,187	50.91%	+29.86
	DMK	Saba Rajendran	71,471	44.27%	New
	IJK	R. Sankar	1,570	0.97%	New
	Puratchi Bharatham	M. Deiveegadas	1,155	0.72%	New
	BJP	R. M. Selvakumar	1,064	0.66%	New
	Independent	N. S. Velmurugan	943	0.58%	New
	BSP	K. K. Iyappan	859	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			10,716	6.64%	6.53%
Turnout			161,443	83.25%	1.59%
Registered electors			193,924
	DMDK gain from PMK		Swing	12.73%

2006

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	T. Velmurugan	54,653	38.18%	+0.51
	AIADMK	R. Rajendiran	54,505	38.08%	New
	DMDK	S. Ramachandran	30,133	21.05%	New
	Independent	S. Balu	1,366	0.95%	New
	Independent	V. K. Kumaraguru	793	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			148	0.10%	−4.03%
Turnout			143,148	81.66%	9.02%
Registered electors			175,294
	PMK hold		Swing	0.51%

2001

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	T. Velmurugan	45,963	37.67%	+29.26
	DMK	V. Ramaswamy	40,915	33.54%	−23.79
	MNK(PLP)	S. Ramachandran	30,459	24.97%	New
	MDMK	K. M. Selvamani	2,555	2.09%	−7.28
	Independent	V. K. Kumaraguru	2,111	1.73%	New
Margin of victory			5,048	4.14%	−28.84%
Turnout			122,003	72.65%	−4.50%
Registered electors			168,037
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	-19.65%

1996

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Ramaswamy	68,021	57.32%	+31.62
	AIADMK	R. Rajendran	28,891	24.35%	−12.11
	MDMK	K. Nandagopalakrishnan	11,123	9.37%	New
	PMK	N. Murugavel	9,988	8.42%	New
Margin of victory			39,130	32.98%	31.92%
Turnout			118,663	77.15%	1.24%
Registered electors			161,495
	DMK gain from PMK		Swing	19.81%

1991

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	S. Ramachandaran	39,911	37.51%	New
	AIADMK	R. M. Devasudaram	38,789	36.45%	+17.68
	DMK	A. Mani	27,354	25.71%	−30.53
Margin of victory			1,122	1.05%	−36.41%
Turnout			106,407	75.91%	3.83%
Registered electors			147,023
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	-18.73%

1989

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Nanda Gopalakirutinan	52,395	56.24%	+10.21
	AIADMK	R. Devasudaram	17,487	18.77%	−35.2
	INC	G. Asokan	8,636	9.27%	New
	AIADMK	R. Krishnamurthy	7,223	7.75%	−46.22
	Independent	T. Kaliyamurthy	7,104	7.63%	New
Margin of victory			34,908	37.47%	29.53%
Turnout			93,166	72.08%	−13.39%
Registered electors			132,406
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	2.27%

1984

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Ramachandaran	51,900	53.97%	+2.09
	DMK	K. Nandagopala Krishnan	44,263	46.03%	−0.62
Margin of victory			7,637	7.94%	2.72%
Turnout			96,163	85.47%	8.21%
Registered electors			117,364
	AIADMK hold		Swing	2.09%

1980

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Ramachandaran	44,557	51.88%	−7.36
	DMK	K. Nandagopala Krishnan	40,070	46.65%	New
	JP	Seenuvasan Alias Seenu	681	0.79%	New
Margin of victory			4,487	5.22%	−16.18%
Turnout			85,891	77.26%	3.72%
Registered electors			112,744
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-7.36%

1977

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Ramachandaran	43,330	59.24%	New
	JP	K. Nandagopala Krishnan	27,673	37.83%	New
	INC	S. Thiyagarajan	2,139	2.92%	−38.04
Margin of victory			15,657	21.41%	10.31%
Turnout			73,142	73.54%	−0.52%
Registered electors			100,977
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	7.18%

1971

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Ramachandaran	42,141	52.06%	−8.76
	INC	S. V. Vadivelu Padayachi	33,156	40.96%	+1.78
	CPI(M)	S. Natarajan	5,643	6.97%	New
Margin of victory			8,985	11.10%	−10.54%
Turnout			80,940	74.06%	4.21%
Registered electors			116,399
	DMK hold		Swing	-8.76%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Panruti^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Ramachandaran	43,745	60.82%	New
	INC	S. V. Vadivelu Padayachi	28,179	39.18%	New
Margin of victory			15,566	21.64%
Turnout			71,924	69.85%
Registered electors			106,540
	DMK win (new seat)

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Panruti^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TTP	S. Radhakrishnan	28,972	55.34%	New
	INC	P. A. Raganatha Padayachi	18,427	35.20%	New
	Independent	B. Peter	2,592	4.95%	New
	Socialist	P. V. Pandarinathan	2,357	4.50%	New
Margin of victory			10,545	20.14%
Turnout			52,348	61.50%
Registered electors			85,118
	TTP win (new seat)