Samayanallur Assembly constituency

Samayanallur was a state assembly constituency in Madurai district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] It was a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency. Elections and winners from this constituency are listed below.

Samayanallur
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Lok Sabha constituency	Madurai
Established	1962
Abolished	2008
Total electors	411,325
Reservation	SC

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
Madras State
1962	P. Kakkan		Indian National Congress
Tamil Nadu
1977	S. Selvaraj		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	A. Baluchamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	A. Sivakumar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	N. Soundarapandian		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	M. Kalirajan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	S. Selvaraj		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	P. Ponnambalam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	A. Tamilarasi Ravikumar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2006			43.45%
2001			52.67%
1996			60.01%
1991			69.98%
1989			38.06%
1984			58.44%
1980			53.61%
1977			44.50%
1962			52.23%

2006

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Tamilarasi	124,656	43.45%	1.59%
	AIADMK	P. Lakshmi	119,012	41.48%	−11.19%
	DMDK	K. Baskaran	35,684	12.44%
	BJP	S. Palanivelu Swamy	2,005	0.70%
	Independent	D. Veerapandi	1,532	0.53%
	JD(U)	K. Murugavel Rajan	927	0.32%
	AIFB	R. G. Rajasingh	766	0.27%
	BSP	M. Palanichamy	760	0.26%
	Independent	P. Muthukrishnan	629	0.22%
	Independent	S. Suresh	476	0.17%
	Independent	M. P. Thamilappandi	460	0.16%
Margin of victory			5,644	1.97%	−8.84%
Turnout			286,907	69.75%	17.83%
Registered electors			411,325
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-9.22%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Samayanallur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Ponnampalam	97,060	52.67%	25.46%
	DMK	S. Kasthuri Sivasamy	77,136	41.86%	−18.16%
	MDMK	P. Chinna Raja	4,803	2.61%	−4.09%
	Independent	G. Jeyaraj	1,337	0.73%
	RLD	S. B. Swaminathan	1,141	0.62%
	JP	A. Thirumaraimuthalvan	1,026	0.56%
	Independent	S. Paulraj	515	0.28%
	Independent	S. M. Muthiah Muthuganesan	501	0.27%
	LJP	V. Pandy	270	0.15%
	Independent	P. Somasundaram	250	0.14%
	Independent	A. Pandi	238	0.13%
Margin of victory			19,924	10.81%	−21.99%
Turnout			184,277	51.92%	−8.94%
Registered electors			354,936
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-7.34%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Samayanallur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Selvaraj	101,807	60.01%	31.69%
	AIADMK	R. Raja Selvaraj	46,159	27.21%	−42.77%
	MDMK	P. Pandiammal	11,363	6.70%
	JP	Palanivel Rajan Solai	4,790	2.82%
	BJP	S. Palanivel	2,332	1.37%
	PMK	K. Murugavel Rajan	2,122	1.25%
	Independent	S. Baskar	248	0.15%
	Independent	R. Palanichamy	159	0.09%
	Independent	R. G. Rajasingh	130	0.08%
	Independent	K. M. Murugan	102	0.06%
	Independent	V. Jeevaraj	74	0.04%
Margin of victory			55,648	32.80%	−8.85%
Turnout			169,638	60.86%	5.15%
Registered electors			292,129
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-9.97%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Samayanallur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Kalirajan	93,161	69.98%	43.30%
	DMK	N. Soundarapandian	37,705	28.32%	−9.73%
	PMK	S. Sarvathikari	734	0.55%
	Independent	A. Lakshmiperiyasamy	263	0.20%
	THMM	P. Perumal	252	0.19%
	AAP	P. Subbiyan	251	0.19%
	Independent	R. Raguparan	145	0.11%
	Independent	N. Rakkan	127	0.10%
	Independent	K. P. Arasan Alias Boominathan	118	0.09%
	Independent	K. Selvam	96	0.07%
	Independent	I. Thiagarajan	79	0.06%
Margin of victory			55,456	41.66%	30.28%
Turnout			133,126	55.72%	−11.68%
Registered electors			245,314
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	31.92%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Samayanallur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Soundarapandian	53,360	38.06%	−2.52%
	AIADMK	O. P. Eraman	37,410	26.68%	−31.76%
	INC	V. Maruthaimuthu	29,106	20.76%
	AIADMK	S. M. Muthian Muthuganesan	18,629	13.29%	−45.16%
	Independent	A. Lakshmi Periyasami	472	0.34%
	Independent	G. Pandian	360	0.26%
	Independent	K. Kumar	259	0.18%
	Independent	S. Vellaisamy	204	0.15%
	Independent	P. Pandi	200	0.14%
	Independent	K. Periyasamy	151	0.11%
	Independent	K. Jerayaman	61	0.04%
Margin of victory			15,950	11.38%	−6.49%
Turnout			140,212	67.40%	−4.22%
Registered electors			212,675
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-20.39%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Samayanallur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Sivakumar	65,883	58.44%	4.83%
	DMK	S. Selvaraj	45,746	40.58%	−4.92%
	Independent	A. Lakshimi Perisamy	394	0.35%
	Independent	S. Renuga	372	0.33%
	Independent	P. Ponnamaravarthy	336	0.30%
Margin of victory			20,137	17.86%	9.76%
Turnout			112,731	71.62%	8.92%
Registered electors			166,057
	AIADMK hold		Swing	4.83%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Samayanallur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Baluchamy	50,612	53.61%	9.11%
	DMK	P. Subashchandra Bose	42,958	45.50%	30.48%
	Independent	M. Chinnappan	303	0.32%
	Independent	Rakkan	284	0.30%
	Independent	K. Muniyandi	253	0.27%
Margin of victory			7,654	8.11%	−10.68%
Turnout			94,410	62.69%	3.43%
Registered electors			152,150
	AIADMK hold		Swing	9.11%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Samayanallur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Selvaraj	34,019	44.50%
	INC	C. Karuthanan	19,658	25.71%
	DMK	P. Subhas Chandra Bose	11,484	15.02%
	JP	P. Vadivelu	9,733	12.73%
	Independent	P. Selvaraj	685	0.90%
	Independent	M. Rakkan	526	0.69%
	Independent	S. Karmegam	343	0.45%
Margin of victory			14,361	18.79%
Turnout			76,448	59.27%
Registered electors			130,768
	AIADMK win (new seat)