Pudukkottai Assembly constituency

Pudukottai is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. An election was not held in year 1957. It comes under Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency for Parliament elections.^[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Pudukkottai
Constituency No. 180 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Pudukottai
Lok Sabha constituency	Tiruchirappalli
Established	1951
Total electors	2,44,029[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent V. Muthuraja
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Balakrishnan		Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party
1962	A. Thiagarajan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman		Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	M. Sathiyamurthy		Indian National Congress
1977	Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman		Indian National Congress
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1984	J. Mohammad Gani		Indian National Congress
1989	A. Periannan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	C. Swaminathan		Indian National Congress
1996	A. Periannan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1997*	P. Mari Ayya
2001	Dr. C. Vijayabaskar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	R. Nedunchezhiyan
2011	S. P. Muthukumaran		Communist Party of India
2012*	V. R. Karthik Thondaiman		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	Periyannan Arasu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	V. Muthuraja

• By-elections were held on the account of vacancy due to the demise of the sitting MLA.

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			47.70%
2016			39.19%
2012 by-election			71.16%
2011			46.78%
2006			42.18%
2001			53.96%
1996			56.66%
1991			66.44%
1989			36.24%
1984			62.37%
1980			49.71%
1977			42.74%
1971			46.80%
1967			62.07%
1962			64.97%
1952			52.53%

2021

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Muthuraja	85,802	47.70%	+8.5
	AIADMK	V. R. Karthik Thondaiman	72,801	40.47%	+2.5
	NTK	Sasikumar	11,503	6.39%	+5.44
	MNM	S. Moorthy	3,948	2.19%	New
	DMDK	M. Subramanian	1,873	1.04%	−3.55
Margin of victory			13,001	7.23%	6.00%
Turnout			179,892	73.72%	−1.03%
Rejected ballots			114	0.06%
Registered electors			244,029
	DMK hold		Swing	8.50%

2016

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Periyannan Arassu	66,739	39.19%	−5.37
	AIADMK	V. R. Karthik Thondaiman	64,655	37.97%	New
	Independent	M. Chokkalingam	22,973	13.49%	New
	DMDK	Jahir Hussain	7,810	4.59%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,637	0.96%	New
	NTK	M. Arunmozhichozhan	1,625	0.95%	New
	IJK	G. Kumar	1,061	0.62%	New
	Independent	A. Radhakrishnan	913	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			2,084	1.22%	−0.99%
Turnout			170,282	74.75%	−4.14%
Registered electors			227,802
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.58%

2012 by-election

Bye-election, 2012: Pudukkottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. R. Karthik Thondaiman	1,01,998	71.16
	DMDK	Jahir Hussain. N.	30,500	21.28
	IJK	Srinivasan N	4,495	3.14
	MNMK	Arivalagan	1,370	0.96
Majority			71,498	49.88
Turnout			1,43,346	73.49
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	S. P. Muthukumaran	65,466	46.78%	New
	DMK	Periyannan Arassu	62,365	44.56%	+3.66
	IJK	N. Srinivasan	4,098	2.93%	New
	Independent	V. Bharathan	3,901	2.79%	New
	BJP	Pala. Selvam	1,748	1.25%	−7.64
	Independent	C. Ravi	832	0.59%	New
	Independent	T. Sevanthilingam	750	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			3,101	2.22%	0.94%
Turnout			139,957	78.89%	3.40%
Registered electors			177,413
	CPI gain from AIADMK		Swing	4.60%

2006

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Nedunchezhian	64,319	42.18%	−11.78
	DMK	M. Jaffarali	62,369	40.90%	+6.53
	BJP	Durai Dhiviyanathan	13,559	8.89%	New
	DMDK	S. Javaheer	6,880	4.51%	New
	TNJC	M. Arumugam	837	0.55%	New
	Independent	P. Vijayakumar	811	0.53%	New
	Independent	A. Vetriselvam	770	0.50%	New
Margin of victory			1,950	1.28%	−18.31%
Turnout			152,502	75.49%	10.67%
Registered electors			202,027
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-11.78%

2001

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Dr. C. Vijayabasker	77,627	53.96%	New
	DMK	Periyannan Arasu	49,444	34.37%	−22.29
	MDMK	K. Kaliyamoorthy	10,702	7.44%	−2.69
	CPI(ML)L	Kasi Viduthalaikkumaran	2,199	1.53%	New
	Independent	S. Vijayabaskar	1,435	1.00%	New
	Independent	M. Palanisamy	960	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			28,183	19.59%	−11.01%
Turnout			143,864	64.82%	−8.50%
Registered electors			221,966
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-2.70%

1996

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Periannan	79,205	56.66%	+25.29
	INC	S. C. Swaminathan	36,422	26.05%	−40.39
	MDMK	V. N. Mani	14,165	10.13%	New
	PMK	K. Shariff	2,244	1.61%	New
	Independent	K. R. Subbiah	2,234	1.60%	New
	BJP	P. Ravi	1,348	0.96%	New
	Independent	P. Balakrishnan	978	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			42,783	30.60%	−4.47%
Turnout			139,794	73.31%	4.44%
Registered electors			199,005
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-9.78%

1991

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	C. Swaminathan	82,205	66.44%	+46.91
	DMK	V. N. Mani	38,806	31.36%	−4.87
Margin of victory			43,399	35.08%	19.73%
Turnout			123,728	68.87%	−9.84%
Registered electors			183,488
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	30.20%

1989

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Periannan	45,534	36.24%	New
	AIADMK	Erama Veerappan	26,254	20.89%	New
	AIADMK	S. Chellathurai	25,703	20.45%	New
	INC	J. Mohamed Gani	24,536	19.53%	−42.84
	Independent	K. Saminathan	1,836	1.46%	New
Margin of victory			19,280	15.34%	−21.43%
Turnout			125,661	78.71%	0.52%
Registered electors			162,152
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-26.13%

1984

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	J. Mohamed Gani	63,877	62.37%	+12.66
	CPI	K. R. Subbiah	26,214	25.60%	−22.79
	INC(J)	S. Chelladhuri	7,354	7.18%	New
	Independent	A. Sundaravel Udayar	3,018	2.95%	New
	Independent	R. Samiaiah Kadavarar	1,023	1.00%	New
	Independent	M. Lakshmanan	690	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			37,663	36.77%	35.45%
Turnout			102,418	78.19%	4.12%
Registered electors			137,340
	INC hold		Swing	12.66%

1980

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman	47,660	49.71%	+6.97
	CPI	K. R. Subbiah	46,387	48.38%	New
	Independent	R. Chidambaram	708	0.74%	New
	Independent	V. Kuttayan	700	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			1,273	1.33%	−18.69%
Turnout			95,877	74.07%	5.25%
Registered electors			130,814
	INC hold		Swing	6.97%

1977

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman	36,406	42.74%	−4.07
	AIADMK	C. Anbarasan	19,352	22.72%	New
	DMK	K. Chindambaram	19,217	22.56%	New
	JP	A. Karuppiah Udayar	8,175	9.60%	New
	Independent	J. Muthukrishnan	1,103	1.29%	New
	Independent	M. Uthrapathy	937	1.10%	New
Margin of victory			17,054	20.02%	18.28%
Turnout			85,190	68.82%	−7.19%
Registered electors			125,055
	INC hold		Swing	-4.07%

1971

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Sathiamoorthy	34,680	46.80%	−15.26
	CPI	K. R. Subbaiah	33,393	45.07%	+41.7
	Independent	D. Jeyaraj	4,996	6.74%	New
	Independent	R. Chidambaram	1,026	1.38%	New
Margin of victory			1,287	1.74%	−25.76%
Turnout			74,095	76.01%	−7.03%
Registered electors			103,655
	INC hold		Swing	-15.26%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman	45,342	62.07%	+27.04
	DMK	Thiagarajan	25,255	34.57%	−30.4
	CPI	Rengasamy	2,458	3.36%	New
Margin of victory			20,087	27.50%	−2.45%
Turnout			73,055	83.03%	16.20%
Registered electors			91,205
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-2.91%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Thiagarajan	37,563	64.97%	New
	INC	V. Arunachala Thevar	20,252	35.03%	New
Margin of victory			17,311	29.94%
Turnout			57,815	66.83%
Registered electors			90,173
	DMK win (new seat)

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TTP	Balakrishnan	22,954	52.53%	New
	INC	Natesan Ambalakarar	12,756	29.19%	New
	Independent	Sivaswami Servai	4,364	9.99%	New
	Independent	Palaniyandi	2,375	5.43%	New
	Independent	T. R. Vythianatha Ayyar	1,250	2.86%	New
Margin of victory			10,198	23.34%
Turnout			43,699	53.68%
Registered electors			81,414
	TTP win (new seat)