Rishivandiyam Assembly constituency

Rishivandiyam is a state assembly constituency in Kallakurichi district of Tamil Nadu, India.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 78. It comprises portions of Tirukkoyilur and Sankarapuram taluks. It is part of Kallakurichi Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Rishivandiyam
Constituency No. 78 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kallakurichi
Lok Sabha constituency	Kallakurichi
Established	1962
Total electors	2,68,231[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. Karthikeyan
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Demographics

Demographics (2011)^[4]

Category	Data
Created	2016
Adi Dravidar	42%
Vanniyar	40%
Mudaliar	12%
Konar	08%
Kamma Naidu	07%
Muslims	05%
Christians	03%
Chettiars	02%
Others	05%
Total Electorate	2,40,469

^[5]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1962	L. Anandan		Indian National Congress
1967	M. Anandan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	N. Dharmalingam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	M. Sundaram		Indian National Congress
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1984	S. Sivaraj		Indian National Congress
1989	Ekal M. Natesan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	M. Govindaraju		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	S. Sivaraj		Tamil Maanila Congress
2001
2006			Indian National Congress
2011	Vijayakanth		Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	K. Karthikeyan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			53.56%
2016			47.08%
2011			53.19%
2006			42.74%
2001			52.37%
1996			61.34%
1991			61.56%
1989			46.96%
1984			51.95%
1980			51.11%
1977			38.42%
1971			51.86%
1967			49.60%
1962			58.82%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Rishivandiyam^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Karthikeyan	113,912	53.56%	+6.48
	AIADMK	S. A. Santhosh	72,184	33.94%	−2.72
	NTK	R. Suresh Manivannan	12,066	5.67%	New
	AMMK	S. Prabhu	10,387	4.88%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,420	1.14%	New
	Independent	K. Murugan	1,508	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			41,728	19.62%	9.20%
Turnout			212,686	79.29%	−1.18%
Rejected ballots			345	0.16%
Registered electors			268,231
	DMK hold		Swing	6.48%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Rishivandiyam^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Karthikeyan	92,607	47.08%	New
	AIADMK	K. Dhandapani	72,104	36.66%	New
	DMDK	V. J. P. Vincent Jayaraj	14,239	7.24%	−45.95
	PMK	K. P. Pandiyan	8,148	4.14%	New
	Independent	S. Barath	1,710	0.87%	New
	Independent	C. Raphael Raj	1,090	0.55%	New
	Independent	V. Chandrasekaran	1,022	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			20,503	10.42%	−7.54%
Turnout			196,697	80.47%	−2.40%
Registered electors			244,427
	DMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-6.11%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Rishivandiyam^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	Vijayakanth	91,164	53.19%	+37.36
	INC	S. Sivaraj	60,369	35.22%	−7.52
	Independent	M. Vijayakanth	7,355	4.29%	New
	IJK	P. Natarajan	3,227	1.88%	New
	Independent	M. Ramajayam	2,044	1.19%	New
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	J. Selvaraju	1,860	1.09%	New
	BJP	B. Rajasundaram	1,793	1.05%	−0.51
	Independent	K. Senthil	1,587	0.93%	New
	Independent	V. Murugan	1,299	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			30,795	17.97%	11.78%
Turnout			171,405	82.87%	14.12%
Registered electors			206,830
	DMDK gain from INC		Swing	10.44%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Rishivandiyam^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Sivaraj	54,793	42.74%	New
	AIADMK	L. Athinarayanan	46,858	36.55%	New
	DMDK	T. K. Govindan	20,283	15.82%	New
	Independent	M. Govindaraj	2,757	2.15%	New
	BJP	B. Raja Sundaram	1,992	1.55%	New
	LJP	Marur N. Dharmalingam	1,511	1.18%	New
Margin of victory			7,935	6.19%	−17.22%
Turnout			128,194	68.75%	6.42%
Registered electors			186,451
	INC gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-9.63%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Rishivandiyam^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	S. Sivaraj	57,108	52.37%	New
	PNK	T. K. T. Murali	31,576	28.96%	New
	MDMK	Marudur N. Durairaj	15,470	14.19%	+4.54
	Independent	G. Arumugam	4,891	4.49%	New
Margin of victory			25,532	23.41%	−14.26%
Turnout			109,045	62.34%	−5.30%
Registered electors			174,987
	TMC(M) hold		Swing	-8.97%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Rishivandiyam^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	S. Sivaraj	65,230	61.34%	New
	AIADMK	P. Annadurai	25,166	23.66%	−37.9
	MDMK	N. Durairaj	10,263	9.65%	New
	PMK	N. Subramanian	3,971	3.73%	New
Margin of victory			40,064	37.67%	2.53%
Turnout			106,344	67.64%	0.13%
Registered electors			164,019
	TMC(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-0.22%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Rishivandiyam^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Dr.M. Govindarajalu	58,030	61.56%	+53.31
	DMK	M. Thangam	24,899	26.41%	−20.54
	PMK	P. Vijalakshmi	9,568	10.15%	New
	Independent	K. Thoppalan	918	0.97%	New
Margin of victory			33,131	35.15%	29.32%
Turnout			94,263	67.51%	−12.84%
Registered electors			148,616
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	14.61%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Rishivandiyam^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Ekal M. Netesa Vdyar	48,030	46.96%	+1.13
	INC	S. Sivaraj	42,069	41.13%	−10.82
	AIADMK	T. N. Moorthy	8,436	8.25%	New
	AIADMK	P. Vijayanan	2,497	2.44%	New
	India Farmers and Tailers Party	V. Venkataraman	746	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			5,961	5.83%	−0.30%
Turnout			102,287	80.36%	2.10%
Registered electors			130,994
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-4.99%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Rishivandiyam^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Sivaraj	43,439	51.95%	+0.84
	DMK	M. Natesha Udayar	38,318	45.82%	New
	Independent	K. Thoppalan	1,040	1.24%	New
Margin of victory			5,121	6.12%	−0.45%
Turnout			83,619	78.26%	7.71%
Registered electors			112,187
	INC hold		Swing	0.84%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Rishivandiyam^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Sundaram	38,238	51.11%	+12.69
	AIADMK	M. Deiveekan	33,317	44.54%	+12.21
	Independent	P. Govindasami	2,552	3.41%	New
	Independent	T. Abdul Wahab	703	0.94%	New
Margin of victory			4,921	6.58%	0.48%
Turnout			74,810	70.54%	3.21%
Registered electors			108,377
	INC hold		Swing	12.69%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Rishivandiyam^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Sundaram	25,530	38.42%	−9.72
	AIADMK	M. Deivigam	21,478	32.32%	New
	JP	K. Jayachandran	12,177	18.33%	New
	DMK	J. V. Keerthy	5,323	8.01%	−43.85
	Independent	D. Govindarajan	814	1.23%	New
	Independent	T. Abdulwahab	685	1.03%	New
Margin of victory			4,052	6.10%	2.37%
Turnout			66,448	67.33%	−7.53%
Registered electors			101,448
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-13.44%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Rishivandiyam^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Dharmalingam	29,350	51.86%	+2.27
	INC	K. Mappan	27,242	48.14%	−0.86
Margin of victory			2,108	3.72%	3.13%
Turnout			56,592	74.87%	−1.95%
Registered electors			78,419
	DMK hold		Swing	2.27%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Rishivandiyam^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Anandan	26,491	49.60%	+8.41
	INC	L. Anandan	26,173	49.00%	−9.82
	Independent	N. T. Singaram	750	1.40%	New
Margin of victory			318	0.60%	−17.04%
Turnout			53,414	76.81%	24.47%
Registered electors			72,950
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-9.22%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Rishivandiyam^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	L. Anandan	25,057	58.82%	New
	DMK	M. Anadan	17,544	41.18%	New
Margin of victory			7,513	17.64%
Turnout			42,601	52.34%
Registered electors			86,840
	INC win (new seat)