Radhapuram Assembly constituency

8°16′03″N 77°40′38″E

Radhapuram
Constituency No. 228 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirunelveli
Lok Sabha constituency	Tirunelveli
Established	1957
Total electors	270,760
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent M. Appavu
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Radhapuram is a legislative assembly constituency in the Tirunelveli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[1] The constituency has been in existence since the 1957 election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1957	A. V. Thomas		Indian National Congress
1962	N. Soundarapandian
1967

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	V. Karthesan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	Y. S. M. Yusuf		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	E. Muthuramalingam		Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress
1984	Kumari Ananthan
1989	Ramani Nallathambi		Indian National Congress
1991
1996	M. Appavu		Tamil Maanila Congress
2001			Independent
2006			Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	S. Michael Rayappan		Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	I. S. Inbadurai		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	M. Appavu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			43.95%
2016			40.62%
2011			48.36%
2006			43.36%
2001			45.40%
1996			46.60%
1991			62.83%
1989			32.19%
1984			53.99%
1980			53.95%
1977			38.68%
1971			51.68%
1967			50.44%
1962			67.04%
1957			58.78%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Radhapuram^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Appavu	82,331	44.17	+3.58
	AIADMK	I. S. Inbadurai	76,406	40.99	+0.37
	NTK	R. Jesu Dhasan	19,371	10.39	+8.57
	DMDK	K. Jeyabalan	2,432	1.30	−3.58
	Independent	G. Deva Peran	1,224	0.66	New
Margin of victory			5,925	3.18	3.15
Turnout			186,407	68.85	−2.52
Rejected ballots			341	0.18
Registered electors			270,760
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	3.55

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Radhapuram^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	I. S. Inbadurai	69,590	40.62	New
	DMK	M. Appavu	69,541	40.59	New
	BJP	S. Kani Amudha	11,131	6.50	+2.67
	DMDK	S. Sivananaintha Perumal	8,362	4.88	−43.48
	Independent	S. P. Udayakumar	4,891	2.85	New
	NTK	S. Lobin	3,125	1.82	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,821	1.06	New
Margin of victory			49	0.03	−15.46
Turnout			171,337	71.37	0.28
Registered electors			240,072
	AIADMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-7.74

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Radhapuram^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	S. Michael Rayappan	67,072	48.36	+42.72
	INC	P. Veldurai.	45,597	32.88	New
	JMM	N. Nallakannu	6,336	4.57	New
	Independent	M. Vijaya Kumar	6,154	4.44	New
	BJP	R. Shanthi Ragavan	5,305	3.82	−0.88
	Independent	Jesupani Vazhan	2,716	1.96	New
	Independent	D. Iniyan John @ John Felix	1,020	0.74	New
	IJK	S. Kingsly Isacc Jebaraj	733	0.53	New
Margin of victory			21,475	15.48	6.07
Turnout			138,694	71.09	5.67
Registered electors			195,099
	DMDK gain from DMK		Swing	5.00

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Radhapuram^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Appavu	49,249	43.36	+21.38
	AIADMK	L. Gnanapunitha	38,552	33.94	New
	Independent	K. P. K. Selvaraj	9,017	7.94	New
	DMDK	S. Sivanaintha Perumal	6,404	5.64	New
	BJP	Thamizhisai	5,343	4.70	New
	AIFB	A. Parvathi	1,059	0.93	New
	Independent	A. Selvaraj	1,051	0.93	New
	Independent	S. Thanam	994	0.88	New
Margin of victory			10,697	9.42	−9.18
Turnout			113,584	65.42	11.13
Registered electors			173,633
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing	-2.04

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Radhapuram^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Appavu	44,619	45.40	New
	PMK	S. Jothi	26,338	26.80	New
	DMK	T. Venus Veera Arasu	21,600	21.98	New
	MDMK	N. Sargunaraj	2,055	2.09	−9.04
	Independent	T. Jothi	1,463	1.49	New
	Independent	M. Arumugam	922	0.94	New
	Independent	K. Appavu	876	0.89	New
Margin of victory			18,281	18.60	−10.85
Turnout			98,284	54.29	−7.19
Registered electors			181,038
	Independent gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-1.21

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Radhapuram^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	M. Appavu	45,808	46.60	New
	INC	S. K. Chandrasekaran	16,862	17.15	−45.67
	BJP	R. Ponnuvel	13,265	13.50	+2.31
	MDMK	M. Raymond	10,937	11.13	New
	Independent	S. Balraj	9,460	9.62	New
	AIIC(T)	Nallathamby	909	0.92	New
Margin of victory			28,946	29.45	−10.61
Turnout			98,294	61.48	7.71
Registered electors			167,737
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-16.22

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Radhapuram^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramani Nallathambi	51,331	62.83	+30.63
	DMK	N. Sargunaraj	18,600	22.77	−4.5
	BJP	S. Jeyaraj	9,136	11.18	+6.73
	AAP	S. Thangavel	1,738	2.13	New
	JP	T. Masanamuthu	472	0.58	New
Margin of victory			32,731	40.06	35.14
Turnout			81,704	53.77	−11.08
Registered electors			159,398
	INC hold		Swing	30.63

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Radhapuram^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramani Nallathambi	29,432	32.19	New
	DMK	V. Karthesan	24,930	27.27	New
	Independent	N. Sountmara Pandian	23,995	26.25	New
	AIADMK	D. Thangaraj	7,980	8.73	New
	BJP	S. Jeyaraj	4,068	4.45	New
Margin of victory			4,502	4.92	−15.40
Turnout			91,424	64.85	−0.13
Registered electors			143,444
	INC gain from GKC		Swing	-21.80

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Radhapuram^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	GKC	Kumari Ananthan	40,213	53.99	New
	Independent	B. Subramania Nadar	25,075	33.66	New
	Independent	S. K. John Devaerakkam	5,987	8.04	New
	Independent	S. Lazer	735	0.99	New
	Independent	C. Saravana Perumal	700	0.94	New
	Independent	T. Ramasamy	660	0.89	New
	Independent	S. Lakshmana Thevar	561	0.75	New
Margin of victory			15,138	20.32	10.91
Turnout			74,484	64.98	3.95
Registered electors			124,210
	GKC hold		Swing	0.04

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Radhapuram^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	GKC	E. Muthuramalingam	38,044	53.95	New
	DMK	Nellai Nedumaran	31,408	44.54	+26.92
	Independent	A. Kirupanithi	480	0.68	New
Margin of victory			6,636	9.41	4.15
Turnout			70,519	61.03	3.35
Registered electors			116,959
	GKC gain from AIADMK		Swing	15.27

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Radhapuram^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Y. S. M. Yusuf	26,404	38.68	New
	JP	P. Paul Pandian	22,810	33.41	New
	DMK	I. Rayer	12,028	17.62	−34.06
	INC	T. Martin	6,524	9.56	−38.76
Margin of victory			3,594	5.26	1.91
Turnout			68,265	57.69	−14.19
Registered electors			119,868
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-13.00

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Radhapuram^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Karthesan	33,678	51.68	+2.12
	INC	K. P. Karuthiah	31,489	48.32	−2.12
Margin of victory			2,189	3.36	2.48
Turnout			65,167	71.88	−0.48
Registered electors			95,720
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	1.24

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Radhapuram^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Soundarapandian	31,588	50.44	−16.6
	DMK	V. Karthesan	31,040	49.56	New
Margin of victory			548	0.88	−35.65
Turnout			62,628	72.36	3.72
Registered electors			88,803
	INC hold		Swing	-16.60

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Radhapuram^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Soundarapandian	42,334	67.04	+8.26
	SWA	P. R. Carmel	19,271	30.52	New
	Independent	N. Arul Doss Thillaipazham	1,189	1.88	New
	Independent	K. S. Perumal Mudaliar	356	0.56	New
Margin of victory			23,063	36.52	8.94
Turnout			63,150	68.64	22.80
Registered electors			94,640
	INC hold		Swing	8.26

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Radhapuram^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. V. Thomas	24,953	58.78	New
	Independent	V. Karthesan	13,244	31.20	New
	Independent	M. Gnanamuthu	2,389	5.63	New
	Independent	Abraham Nadar	1,867	4.40	New
Margin of victory			11,709	27.58
Turnout			42,453	45.84
Registered electors			92,611
	INC win (new seat)