Sattur Assembly constituency

Sattur is an assembly constituency located in Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] It falls under Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency served as the Chief Minister's constituency in the years 1957 and 1962 respectively, as it was won by then Chief Minister K. Kamaraj. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Sattur
Constituency No. 204 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Virudhunagar
Lok Sabha constituency	Virudhunagar
Established	1951
Total electors	253,363
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent A. R. R. Raghuraman
Party	MDMK
Elected year	2021

In the 2021 election, the DMK party's allainace party MDMK's candidate won the election against the candidate of AIADMK.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	S. Ramaswamy Naidu		Indian National Congress
1957	K. Kamaraj (Chief Minister)
1962
1967	S. Ramaswamy Naidu		Swatantra Party

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	S. Alagu Thevar		All India Forward Bloc
1977	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
1984
1989	S. S. Karuppasamy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran		Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam
1996	K. M. Vijayakumar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran
2006
2011	R. B. Udhaya Kumar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	S. G. Subramanian
2019 By-election	M. S. R. Rajavarman
2021	A. R. R. Raghuraman		Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			38.68%
2019 by-election			42.20%
2016			40.65%
2011			58.32%
2006			49.58%
2001			42.91%
1996			43.20%
1991			48.63%
1989			42.01%
1984			51.03%
1980			44.10%
1977			43.24%
1971			55.43%
1967			64.11%
1962			56.38%
1957			53.46%
1952			48.00%

2021

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDMK	A. R. R. Raghuraman	74,174	38.94%	+0.81
	AIADMK	R. K. Ravichandhran	62,995	33.07%	−7.58
	AMMK	M. S. R. Rajavarman	32,916	17.28%	New
	NTK	K. Pandi	12,626	6.63%	+5.76
	IJK	M. Bharathi	1,751	0.92%	New
	PT	G. Marikannan	1,599	0.84%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,297	0.68%	−0.15
Margin of victory			11,179	5.87%	3.35%
Turnout			190,486	75.18%	−3.04%
Rejected ballots			218	0.11%
Registered electors			253,363
	MDMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.71%

2019 by-election

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Sattur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. S. R. Rajavarman	76,977	42.20	+1.55
	DMK	V. Srinivasan	76,521	41.60	+3.47
	AMMK	S. G. Subramanian	12,428	6.84	+6.84
	NTK	P. Sureshkumar	5,004	2.76	+1.90
	MNM	N. Sundararaj	3,899	2.15	+2.15
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,728	0.93	N/A
Majority			456	0.25	−2.37
Turnout			1,81,083	77.01	−1.30
Registered electors			2,36,696
	AIADMK hold		Swing	+1.55

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sattur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. G. Subramanian	71,513	40.65%	−17.67
	DMK	V. Srinivasan	67,086	38.13%	−0.94
	MDMK	A. R. R. Raghuraman	25,442	14.46%	New
	BJP	P. Gnanapandithan	3,407	1.94%	New
	NTK	S. Muthuvel Nachiar	1,520	0.86%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,455	0.83%	New
	AIFB	K. Pasupathidevan	958	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			4,427	2.52%	−16.73%
Turnout			175,939	78.22%	−3.94%
Registered electors			224,931
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-17.67%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sattur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. B. Udhaya Kumar	88,918	58.32%	+22.72
	DMK	A. Kadarkarairaj	59,573	39.07%	−10.51
	Independent	P. Jayasankar	1,310	0.86%	New
Margin of victory			29,345	19.25%	5.27%
Turnout			152,462	82.16%	9.20%
Registered electors			185,572
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	8.74%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sattur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	73,918	49.58%	+6.67
	AIADMK	G. Chockeswaran	53,073	35.60%	New
	DMDK	S. S. K. Sankaralingam	15,391	10.32%	New
	BSP	R. Rajendran	1,560	1.05%	New
	AIFB	G. Sethu Ramalingam	1,447	0.97%	New
	Independent	G. Vairamuthu	1,104	0.74%	New
	BJP	R. Vetrivel	995	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			20,845	13.98%	10.71%
Turnout			149,088	72.96%	10.24%
Registered electors			204,350
	DMK hold		Swing	6.67%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sattur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	57,953	42.91%	−0.29
	INC	A. Rajendran	53,538	39.64%	New
	MDMK	S. Rajachockalingam	19,338	14.32%	+2.06
	Independent	V. Jeyaram	1,296	0.96%	New
	Independent	A. Jeyasankar	740	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			4,415	3.27%	−3.59%
Turnout			135,045	62.72%	−7.70%
Registered electors			215,350
	DMK hold		Swing	-0.29%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sattur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. M. Vijayakumar	58,972	43.20%	New
	AIADMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	49,608	36.34%	−10.47
	MDMK	M. Gnanaprakasam	16,732	12.26%	New
	Independent	C. Ramachandran	5,686	4.17%	New
	AIIC(T)	P. Thangavel	1,227	0.90%	New
Margin of victory			9,364	6.86%	5.04%
Turnout			136,502	70.42%	4.19%
Registered electors			201,201
	DMK gain from Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam		Swing	-5.43%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sattur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	59,942	48.63%	New
	AIADMK	Sannasi Karuppasamy	57,703	46.81%	+17.63
	PMK	M. Gnanasekaran	1,673	1.36%	New
Margin of victory			2,239	1.82%	−11.01%
Turnout			123,261	66.23%	−7.60%
Registered electors			192,024
	Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam gain from DMK		Swing	6.62%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sattur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. S. Karuppasamy	52,608	42.01%	−2.59
	AIADMK	R. Kothanaraman	36,546	29.18%	−21.85
	INC	P. Subbiah	17,375	13.87%	New
	AIADMK	V. Veerasubramanian	16,512	13.18%	−37.85
Margin of victory			16,062	12.83%	6.39%
Turnout			125,236	73.84%	−3.52%
Registered electors			172,451
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-9.02%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sattur^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	58,745	51.03%	−18.37
	DMK	S. S. Karuppasamy	51,338	44.60%	+0.5
	Independent	A. Narayanan	4,245	3.69%	New
Margin of victory			7,407	6.43%	−7.42%
Turnout			115,117	77.36%	13.80%
Registered electors			152,911
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-18.37%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sattur^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	54,720	69.40%	+26.16
	DMK	S. Saudi Sundara Barati	43,795	44.10%	+34.46
Margin of victory			10,925	13.86%	−5.04%
Turnout			78,847	63.56%	−6.83%
Registered electors			125,588
	AIADMK hold		Swing	26.16%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sattur^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	38,772	43.24%	New
	INC	M. Veerasamy	21,830	24.35%	New
	JP	S. Mookiah Nadar	16,748	18.68%	New
	DMK	V. Karamegasamy	8,637	9.63%	New
	Independent	S. Thurairaj	2,105	2.35%	New
	Independent	K. Gurusamy Naicker	606	0.68%	New
	Independent	T. Periyasamy	544	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			16,942	18.90%	4.63%
Turnout			89,659	70.39%	4.43%
Registered electors			128,786
	AIADMK gain from AIFB		Swing	-12.19%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sattur^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	S. Alagu Thevar	32,610	55.43%	New
	SWA	R. Dorairaj Naicker	24,216	41.16%	New
	Independent	P. Solaimalai	921	1.57%	New
	Independent	V. Srinivasan	528	0.90%	New
	Independent	K. Veluchaminaicker	407	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			8,394	14.27%	−13.96%
Turnout			58,827	65.96%	−17.91%
Registered electors			96,002
	AIFB gain from SWA		Swing	-8.68%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sattur^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	S. Ramaswamy Naidu	45,223	64.11%	New
	INC	R. Krishnasamy Naidu	25,313	35.89%	−20.5
Margin of victory			19,910	28.23%	12.08%
Turnout			70,536	83.87%	−0.75%
Registered electors			86,398
	SWA gain from INC		Swing	7.73%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sattur^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Kamaraj (Chief Minister)	46,950	56.38%	+2.92
	SWA	P. Ramamoorthy	33,506	40.24%	New
	Independent	R. Ramasamy Reddiar	2,811	3.38%	New
Margin of victory			13,444	16.15%	9.22%
Turnout			83,267	84.63%	9.60%
Registered electors			101,991
	INC hold		Swing	2.92%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sattur^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Kamaraj (Chief Minister)	36,400	53.46%	+5.47
	Independent	Jayarama Reddiar	31,683	46.54%	New
Margin of victory			4,717	6.93%	4.59%
Turnout			68,083	75.03%	3.55%
Registered electors			90,740
	INC hold		Swing	5.47%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sattur^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Ramaswamy Naidu	21,038	48.00%	New
	Independent	Rajarathnam	20,012	45.66%	New
	Independent	Rajamani	2,781	6.34%	New
Margin of victory			1,026	2.34%
Turnout			43,831	71.48%
Registered electors			61,321
	INC win (new seat)