Sathankulam Assembly constituency

Sathankulam was an assembly constituency located in Thoothukudi district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] It fell under Tiruchendur Lok Sabha constituency. It was one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Sathankulam
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thoothukudi
Lok Sabha constituency	Tiruchendur
Established	1951
Abolished	2008
Total electors	2,95,239
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
Madras State
1952	K. T. Kosalram		Independent
1957	S. P. Adithanar		Independent
1962	K. T. Kosalram		Indian National Congress
1967	Martin		Indian National Congress
Tamil Nadu
1971	K. P. Kandasamy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	R. Jebamani		Janata Party
1980	S. N. Ramasamy		Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress
1984	S. N. Ramasamy		Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress
1989	Kumari Ananthan		Indian National Congress
1991	Kumari Ananthan		Indian National Congress
1996	S. S. Mani Nadar		Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	S. S. Mani Nadar		Tamil Maanila Congress
2003	Neelamega Varnam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	Rani Venkatesan		Indian National Congress

Election results

2006

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rani Venkatesan	45,446	52.22%
	MDMK	P. Nazareth Durai	29,938	34.40%
	DMDK	V. Diamond Raja	3,827	4.40%
	AIFB	S. Muthu Ramalingam	2,867	3.29%
	BJP	T. Siva Subramanian	1,883	2.16%	−39.81%
	BSP	M. Thangaraj	1,544	1.77%
	Independent	J. Jesubaskar	582	0.67%
	Independent	S. Ponpandi	280	0.32%
	Independent	T. Micheal Antony Ainrose	184	0.21%
	Independent	P. Balakrishnan	182	0.21%
	Independent	P. Sugumaran	162	0.19%
Margin of victory			15,508	17.82%	10.38%
Turnout			87,035	66.83%	21.54%
Registered electors			130,239
	INC gain from TMC(M)		Swing	2.80%

2002 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 2001–06 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections § Sathankulam.[edit]

Source: ECI^[3]
Election was necessitated due to death of S.S. Mani Nadar.

2002–03 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Sathankulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	L. Neelamegavarnam	56,945	57.0%
	INC	A. Mahendran	39,453	39.0%
Majority			17,492	18.0%	n/a
Turnout			100,446	64.8%	n/a
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sattangulam^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	S. S. Mani Nadar	38,308	49.42%	−5.10%
	BJP	A. N. Rajakkannan	32,542	41.98%	32.36%
	Independent	B. Stalin	2,600	3.35%
	Independent	D. Emi	2,079	2.68%
	JD(S)	R. J. Paul	709	0.91%
	Independent	R. Santhakumar	362	0.47%
	Independent	M. B. Jayaprakash Narayanan	247	0.32%
	Independent	I. Johnjebaraj	220	0.28%
	Independent	P. Esakkimuthunadar	166	0.21%
	Independent	T. Augustine Ebenezer	161	0.21%
	Independent	M. Pandi	127	0.16%
Margin of victory			5,766	7.44%	−23.56%
Turnout			77,521	45.28%	−8.46%
Registered electors			171,481
	TMC(M) hold		Swing	-5.10%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sattangulam^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	S. S. Mani Nadar	44,376	54.51%
	INC	B. Kasi Anantham	19,140	23.51%	−48.58%
	BJP	G. S. Rajagopal	7,832	9.62%
	KNMK	R. M. Shanmughanathan	4,738	5.82%
	JD	P. S. Siva Subramanian	3,005	3.69%
	Independent	I. Gopalasamy	968	1.19%
	ATMK	T. Jegadeesan	496	0.61%
	Independent	V. Paramasivan	184	0.23%
	Independent	T. Rathnakar	126	0.15%
	Independent	A. Sundar @ Rajeswaran	81	0.10%
	Independent	M. A. Krishnapandian	80	0.10%
Margin of victory			25,236	31.00%	−17.99%
Turnout			81,403	53.75%	5.91%
Registered electors			157,799
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-17.58%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sattangulam^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kumari Ananthan	52,719	72.09%	43.44%
	JD	M. A. Ganesa Pandiyan	16,894	23.10%
	JP	P. Thalavan	2,596	3.55%
	THMM	K. Sivasubbu	309	0.42%
	PMK	V. Ulagu	193	0.26%
	Independent	Soosai Gurunathan	179	0.24%
	Independent	R. Jebamani	134	0.18%
	Independent	David Rajaya	106	0.14%
Margin of victory			35,825	48.99%	47.61%
Turnout			73,130	47.84%	−16.32%
Registered electors			156,063
	INC hold		Swing	43.44%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sattangulam^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kumari Ananthan	24,913	28.65%
	DMK	P. Durai Raj	23,717	27.27%
	AIADMK	S. R. Subramania Athithan	20,127	23.14%
	Independent	D. G. Jayasingh	13,569	15.60%
	BJP	T. Arasuraja	2,891	3.32%
	Independent	N. Aelvaraj	1,063	1.22%
	India Farmers and Tailers Party	A. V. K. Balasubramanian	217	0.25%
	Independent	T. Pandaram	122	0.14%
	Independent	V. Shanmugam	81	0.09%
	Independent	S. Suriamuthu	77	0.09%
	Independent	T. Ratnam	52	0.06%
Margin of victory			1,196	1.38%	−10.83%
Turnout			86,968	64.16%	4.80%
Registered electors			137,325
	INC gain from GKC		Swing	-25.05%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sattangulam^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	GKC	S. N. Ramasamy	37,892	53.69%
	JP	M. A. Ganesapandian	29,275	41.48%
	Independent	R. Thangarasu	1,431	2.03%
	Independent	Soorimuthu Thevar	597	0.85%
	Independent	V. Ganapathi Andi	516	0.73%
	Independent	Murugesan Alias Durai Murugan	511	0.72%
	Independent	S. T. Jayapal	351	0.50%
Margin of victory			8,617	12.21%	10.52%
Turnout			70,573	59.36%	10.32%
Registered electors			125,821
	GKC hold		Swing	12.46%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sattangulam^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	GKC	S. N. Ramasamy	24,700	41.24%
	INC	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan	23,688	39.55%	14.08%
	JP	M. A. Ganesa Pandiyan	10,349	17.28%
	Independent	A. P. Raja Singh	695	1.16%
	Independent	C. Subrammaniam	260	0.43%
	Independent	S. R. Savarimuthu	208	0.35%
Margin of victory			1,012	1.69%	0.42%
Turnout			59,900	49.04%	−0.69%
Registered electors			123,284
	GKC gain from JP		Swing	13.87%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sattangulam^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	R. Jebamani	18,362	27.36%
	Independent	S. P. Adithanar	17,507	26.09%
	INC	M. S. Selvarajan	17,091	25.47%	−18.66%
	DMK	D. Nellai Nedumaran	10,879	16.21%	−35.51%
	Independent	Syed Shahul Hameed	2,274	3.39%
	Independent	C. Kandiah	988	1.47%
Margin of victory			855	1.27%	−6.32%
Turnout			67,101	49.72%	−20.81%
Registered electors			136,771
	JP gain from DMK		Swing	-24.36%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sattangulam^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. P. Kandasamy	33,510	51.72%	6.45%
	INC	T. Martin	28,592	44.13%	−8.38%
	Independent	Ramiah	2,687	4.15%
Margin of victory			4,918	7.59%	0.35%
Turnout			64,789	70.53%	3.38%
Registered electors			97,967
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-0.79%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sattangulam^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. Martin	31,143	52.51%	−15.90%
	DMK	S. P. Adithanar	26,846	45.27%
	CPI(M)	S. Poovalingam	1,317	2.22%
Margin of victory			4,297	7.25%	−33.84%
Turnout			59,306	67.15%	1.35%
Registered electors			91,835
	INC hold		Swing	-15.90%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sattangulam^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. T. Kosalram	43,428	68.42%	29.92%
	We Tamils	A. P. Rajsingh	17,351	27.33%
	SWA	K. Selladurai Valllikutti	2,698	4.25%
Margin of victory			26,077	41.08%	21.85%
Turnout			63,477	65.80%	8.25%
Registered electors			98,249
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	10.68%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sattangulam^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. B. Aadityan	33,636	57.73%
	INC	S. Kandasamy	22,429	38.50%
	Independent	M. Arunachalam	1,115	1.91%
	Independent	A. P. V. Athimuthu	1,083	1.86%
Margin of victory			11,207	19.24%
Turnout			58,263	57.55%
Registered electors			1,01,233
	Independent win (new seat)

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sattankulam^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kosalram	12,498	36.48%
	Independent	Meganathan	9,615	28.06%
	Independent	Jayaraj Nadar	8,071	23.56%
	Independent	Mohammad Hussain	4,078	11.90%
Margin of victory			2,883	8.41%
Turnout			34,262	51.15%
Registered electors			66,988
	Independent win (new seat)