Pernambut Assembly constituency

Pernambut is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. It is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Peranambattu
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvannamalai
Established	1971
Abolished	2008
Total electors	188,544
Reservation	SC

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1971	N. Krishnan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	L. Tamilarasan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	G. Moorthy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	K. Thamizharasan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	V. Govindan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	J. Parandaman		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	V. Govindan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	C. Kanagathara[1]		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	A. Chinnasamy[2]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2006			50.05%
2001			59.07%
1996			58.36%
1991			67.54%
1989			42.94%
1984			56.17%
1980			45.31%
1977			37.21%
1971			59.61%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pernambut^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Chinnasamy	65,805	50.05%
	AIADMK	S. Chandra Settu	48,890	37.18%	−21.89%
	DMDK	H. Kandappan	12,296	9.35%
	Independent	Chinnuswamy	1,527	1.16%
	BSP	P. Subramani	1,042	0.79%	−0.62%
	BJP	R. Panneerselvam	1,023	0.78%	−32.22%
	Independent	S. Karunanithi	908	0.69%
Margin of victory			16,915	12.86%	−13.21%
Turnout			131,491	69.74%	8.82%
Registered electors			188,544
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-9.03%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pernambut^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Kanagathara	65,366	59.07%	29.29%
	BJP	S. Thondral Nayagan	36,511	32.99%	30.24%
	Independent	Dr. H. Kandappan	2,615	2.36%
	Independent	G. Sureshkumar	1,759	1.59%
	BSP	L. Gangadharan	1,560	1.41%
	JD(S)	R. Kamalavalli	1,232	1.11%
	Independent	K. Raghavan	1,017	0.92%
	LJSP	C. Dhansing	598	0.54%
Margin of victory			28,855	26.08%	−2.51%
Turnout			110,658	60.92%	−7.27%
Registered electors			181,724
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	0.71%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pernambut^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Govindan	63,655	58.36%	33.41%
	AIADMK	I. Tamizharasan	32,481	29.78%	−37.76%
	AIIC(T)	D. Stalin	5,166	4.74%
	BJP	K. Muthukrishnan	3,004	2.75%	−1.12%
	JD	R. S. J. Ashok Ilayaraja	2,544	2.33%
	Independent	H. Kandappan	860	0.79%
	Independent	N. Gajendran	357	0.33%
	Independent	Amudha	241	0.22%
	Independent	K. Raghavan	165	0.15%
	Independent	A. Rajendran	137	0.13%
	Independent	T. P. Saravanan	97	0.09%
Margin of victory			31,174	28.58%	−14.01%
Turnout			109,071	68.19%	4.06%
Registered electors			169,817
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-9.18%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pernambut^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	J. Parandaman	67,398	67.54%	36.23%
	DMK	V. Govindan	24,900	24.95%	−17.98%
	BJP	A. C. Ventaktasamy	3,870	3.88%
	PMK	S. S. Pandian	2,566	2.57%
	JP	T. Thirumal	646	0.65%
	Independent	P. Subramani	260	0.26%
	Independent	M. Chinnakuppan	144	0.14%
Margin of victory			42,498	42.59%	30.96%
Turnout			99,784	64.13%	−7.89%
Registered electors			161,962
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	24.61%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pernambut^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Govindan	42,264	42.94%	0.16%
	AIADMK	I. Tamilarasan	30,818	31.31%	−24.86%
	INC	C. Rajaratnam	17,106	17.38%
	AIADMK	C. Sagadevan	7,386	7.50%	−48.66%
	Independent	P. Subramani	337	0.34%
	Independent	K. Samannan	296	0.30%
	Independent	Subramani	224	0.23%
Margin of victory			11,446	11.63%	−1.75%
Turnout			98,431	72.02%	−2.52%
Registered electors			139,817
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-13.23%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pernambut^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Thamizharasan	47,813	56.17%	10.86%
	DMK	V. Govindan	36,420	42.78%
	Independent	A. Raghunathan	895	1.05%
Margin of victory			11,393	13.38%	5.34%
Turnout			85,128	74.54%	14.96%
Registered electors			119,028
	AIADMK hold		Swing	10.86%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pernambut^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Moorthy	30,048	45.31%	8.10%
	INC	C. Rajarathinam	24,713	37.26%	31.76%
	JP	P. Rajagopal	8,982	13.54%
	Independent	K. Samannan	1,044	1.57%
	Independent	S. Munisamy	731	1.10%
	Independent	B. Perumal	517	0.78%
	Independent	A. Tamilarasan	288	0.43%
Margin of victory			5,335	8.04%	2.49%
Turnout			66,323	59.58%	−5.14%
Registered electors			113,142
	AIADMK hold		Swing	8.10%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pernambut^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	I. Tamilarsan	24,536	37.21%
	JP	P. Rajagopal	20,873	31.66%
	DMK	V. Govindan	15,862	24.06%	−35.56%
	INC	R. P. Ulaganambi	3,628	5.50%	−30.57%
	Independent	K. Saman	1,040	1.58%
Margin of victory			3,663	5.56%	−17.99%
Turnout			65,939	64.72%	−7.57%
Registered electors			103,535
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-22.40%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pernambut^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Krishnan	35,804	59.61%
	INC	P. Rajagopal	21,665	36.07%
	Independent	Anairaj	2,195	3.65%
	Independent	L. Balakrishnan	399	0.66%
Margin of victory			14,139	23.54%
Turnout			60,063	72.30%
Registered electors			86,711
	DMK win (new seat)