Ramanathapuram Assembly constituency

9.367°N 78.835°E / 9.367; 78.835

Ramanathapuram
Constituency No. 211 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ramanathapuram
Lok Sabha constituency	Ramanathapuram
Established	1951
Total electors	308,443
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Katharbatcha Muthuramalingam
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Ramanathapuram is a state assembly constituency in Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] It is a component of Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Shanmuga Rajeswara Sethupathy		Indian National Congress
1957			Independent
1962			Indian National Congress
1967	T. Thangappan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	M. S. K. Sathyendran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	T. Ramasamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
1984
1989	M. S. K. Rajendran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	M. Thennavan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	A. Rahman Khan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	A. Anwar Rhazza		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	K. Hussan Ali		Indian National Congress
2011	Prof. M. H. Jawahirullah		Manithaneya Makkal Katchi
2016	Dr. M. Manikandan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Katharbatcha Muthuramalingam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			51.88%
2016			46.30%
2011			40.96%
2006			46.43%
2001			50.21%
1996			51.22%
1991			59.00%
1989			36.21%
1984			59.91%
1980			57.63%
1977			46.86%
1971			65.05%
1967			56.82%
1962			61.92%
1957			81.99%
1952			62.38%

2021

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Katharbatcha Muthuramalingam	111,075	52.06	New
	BJP	D. Kuppuramu	60,763	28.48	+20.69
	NTK	K. Ilango	17,062	8.00	+5.92
	Independent	P. Malaichamy	10,845	5.08	New
	AMMK	G. Muniyasamy	6,776	3.18	New
	MNM	K. P Saravanan	1,996	0.94	New
	Independent	E. Vinoth	1,219	0.57	New
Margin of victory			50,312	23.58	+6.37
Turnout			213,345	69.20	+1.34
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	+5.76

2016

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Manikandan	89,365	46.30	New
	MNMK	Dr. M. H. Jawahirullah	56,143	29.09	New
	DMDK	M. A. Singai Jinnah	16,353	8.47	New
	BJP	D. Kannan	15,029	7.79	−9.67
	NTK	K. Sivakumar	4,001	2.07	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,528	0.79	New
Margin of victory			33,222	17.21	7.41
Turnout			193,002	67.86	−3.19
	AIADMK gain from MNMK		Swing	+5.34

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MNMK	Dr. M. H. Jawahirullah	65,831	40.96	New
	INC	K. Hussan Ali	50,074	31.16	−15.27
	BJP	D. Kannan	28,060	17.46	+13.56
	INL	K. Raja Hussain	3,606	2.24	New
Margin of victory			15,757	9.81	+0.53
Turnout			160,703	71.05	+2.54
	MNMK gain from INC		Swing	-5.46

2006

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Hussan Ali	66,922	46.43%	New
	MDMK	M. Palanichamy	53,555	37.15%	+34.3
	DMDK	S. Dharmaraj	12,070	8.37%	New
	BJP	A. Sathiah	5,624	3.90%	New
	Independent	C. Rajendiran	1,012	0.70%	New
	Independent	S. Viswanathan	974	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			13,367	9.27%	1.63%
Turnout			144,149	68.50%	1.45%
Registered electors			210,426
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-3.78%

2001

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Anwar Rhazza	59,824	50.21%	+29.73
	DMK	A. Rahman Khan	50,712	42.56%	−8.66
	MDMK	M. Patrick	3,399	2.85%	−1.26
	Independent	Rajaji N	2,285	1.92%	New
	Independent	M. Jeyakumar	1,458	1.22%	New
Margin of victory			9,112	7.65%	−23.10%
Turnout			119,150	67.05%	0.07%
Registered electors			177,797
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-1.01%

1996

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Rahman Khan	59,794	51.22%	+21.12
	AIADMK	S. K. G. Sekar	23,903	20.47%	−38.52
	Independent	T. Ramasamy	17,009	14.57%	New
	Independent	R. Kalanjiyam	7,647	6.55%	New
	MDMK	K. Singaraj	4,796	4.11%	New
	BJP	M. Rajan	2,161	1.85%	−0.98
Margin of victory			35,891	30.74%	1.85%
Turnout			116,745	66.98%	5.45%
Registered electors			186,156
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.78%

1991

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Thennavan	62,004	59.00	+35.97
	DMK	M. A. Kader	31,635	30.10	−6.11
	PMK	K. Raja Hussain	7,063	6.72	New
	BJP	M. A. Muniyasamy	2,971	2.83	New
Margin of victory			30,369	28.90	+15.71
Turnout			105,098	61.53	−8.11
Registered electors			176,322
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	+22.78

1989

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. S. K. Rajendran	38,747	36.21%	−1.65
	AIADMK	S. Sekar	24,636	23.03%	−36.88
	Independent	M. S. A. Shajahan	19,598	18.32%	New
	AIADMK	A. Anwar Raja	15,584	14.57%	−45.34
	Independent	S. K. Ganesan	4,746	4.44%	New
	Independent	A. Mohamed Moosa	1,766	1.65%	New
Margin of victory			14,111	13.19%	−8.85%
Turnout			106,993	69.64%	−5.50%
Registered electors			156,764
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-23.69%

1984

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. Ramasamy	56,342	59.91%	+2.27
	DMK	M. S. Abdul Raheem	35,615	37.87%	New
	Independent	P. Chellathurai	1,345	1.43%	New
Margin of victory			20,727	22.04%	4.58%
Turnout			94,047	75.14%	7.03%
Registered electors			130,455
	AIADMK hold		Swing	2.27%

1980

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. Ramasamy	46,987	57.63%	+10.77
	INC	Zeenath Sheriffdeen	32,755	40.18%	New
	JP	Y. Sahul Hameed	990	1.21%	New
Margin of victory			14,232	17.46%	−7.40%
Turnout			81,527	68.11%	2.78%
Registered electors			121,008
	AIADMK hold		Swing	10.77%

1977

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. Ramasamy	33,048	46.86%	New
	JP	S. K. Ganesan	15,520	22.01%	New
	DMK	S. Marimuthu	11,448	16.23%	−48.82
	CPI	M. Ramaswamy	9,984	14.16%	New
	Independent	A. Mani	524	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			17,528	24.85%	−8.79%
Turnout			70,524	65.33%	−6.43%
Registered electors			109,710
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-18.19%

1971

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. S. K. Sathyendran	40,690	65.05%	+8.24
	INC	R. Balagangadharan	19,649	31.41%	−11.77
	Independent	E. M. Abduliah	1,632	2.61%	New
	Independent	V. A. Mani	578	0.92%	New
Margin of victory			21,041	33.64%	20.01%
Turnout			62,549	71.76%	−5.05%
Registered electors			92,658
	DMK hold		Swing	8.24%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ramanathapuram^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. Thangappan	35,880	56.82%	New
	INC	Shanmugha Rajeswara Sethupathi	27,270	43.18%	−18.74
Margin of victory			8,610	13.63%	−22.99%
Turnout			63,150	76.81%	7.30%
Registered electors			84,526
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-5.11%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ramanathapuram^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shanmuga Rajeshwara Sethupathi	44,942	61.92%	New
	IUML	S. Abdul Rahim	18,363	25.30%	New
	SWA	N. Padmanaban	5,058	6.97%	New
	Independent	S. Kodangi	2,238	3.08%	New
	Independent	M. Sathiah	1,977	2.72%	New
Margin of victory			26,579	36.62%	−27.36%
Turnout			72,578	69.51%	18.08%
Registered electors			107,593
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-20.07%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ramanathapuram^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Shanmuga Rajeshwara Sethupathi	40,577	81.99%	New
	CPI	G. Mangalasamy	8,912	18.01%	−4.53
Margin of victory			31,665	63.98%	24.14%
Turnout			49,489	51.43%	−1.11%
Registered electors			96,220
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	19.61%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ramanathapuram^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shanmuga Rajeswara Sethupathy	26,131	62.38%	New
	CPI	Rajamanickam	9,440	22.53%	New
	KMPP	Meera Hussain	3,287	7.85%	New
Margin of victory			16,691	39.84%
Turnout			41,892	52.54%
Registered electors			79,728
	INC win (new seat)