Talavasal Assembly constituency

Talavasal is a former state assembly constituency in Salem district in Tamil Nadu.^[1][2] It was a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. An election was not held in the year 1957.

Talavasal
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kallakurichi
Lok Sabha constituency	Rasipuram
Established	1951
Abolished	2008
Total electors	182,114
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
Madras State
1952	A. Sambasivam		Indian National Congress
1962	A. Doraisamy		Indian National Congress
1967	Moo. Marimuthu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tamil Nadu
1971	Moo. Marimuthu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	S. M. Raju		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	T. Rajambal		Indian National Congress (I)
1984	T. Rajambal		Indian National Congress
1989	S. Gunasekaran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	K. Kandasamy		Indian National Congress
1996	K. Rani		Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	V. Alagammal		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	K. Chinnadurai		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2006			45.69%
2001			58.24%
1996			57.71%
1991			73.74%
1989			33.93%
1984			64.73%
1980			52.40%
1977			36.33%
1971			48.67%
1967			55.39%
1962			46.84%
1952			39.54%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Talavasal^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Chinnadurai	60,287	45.69%	11.42%
	AIADMK	P. Elangovan	50,238	38.08%	−20.17%
	DMDK	K. Geetha	12,824	9.72%
	Independent	P. Rajkumar	2,096	1.59%
	Independent	M. Paramasivam	1,476	1.12%
	BJP	S. Saravanan	1,309	0.99%
	Independent	K. Muthaiyan	1,189	0.90%
	BSP	P. Manivannan	1,106	0.84%
	Independent	J. Rajamani	548	0.42%
	SP	K. Chellamuthu	451	0.34%
	Independent	J. Poongothai	419	0.32%
Margin of victory			10,049	7.62%	−16.36%
Turnout			1,31,943	72.45%	11.72%
Registered electors			1,82,114
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-12.55%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Talavasal^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Alagammal	67,682	58.24%
	DMK	M. Pandiyarajan	39,825	34.27%
	MDMK	M. Singaravel	3,176	2.73%	0.40%
	Independent	P. Pandian	2,805	2.41%
	Independent	P. Sujatha	1,076	0.93%
	Independent	M. Kandasamy	915	0.79%
	Independent	A. P. N. Palaniappan	727	0.63%
Margin of victory			27,857	23.97%	−1.06%
Turnout			1,16,206	60.73%	−3.28%
Registered electors			1,91,351
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	0.53%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Talavasal^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	K. Rani	63,132	57.71%
	INC	K. Kaliaperumal	35,750	32.68%	−41.06%
	PMK	R. Ravichandran	6,147	5.62%
	MDMK	M. Singaravel	2,550	2.33%
	Independent	N. Thangavel @ Thangam Ambedkar	532	0.49%
	Independent	K. Jayakumar	367	0.34%
	Independent	V. Veerababu	197	0.18%
	Independent	A. S. Maran	160	0.15%
	Independent	P. Vimaladevi	144	0.13%
	Independent	F. Amaladoss @ Kumaran	96	0.09%
	Independent	K. Vaiyapuri	90	0.08%
Margin of victory			27,382	25.03%	−28.08%
Turnout			1,09,395	64.02%	2.50%
Registered electors			1,76,313
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-16.03%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Talavasal^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Kandasamy	74,204	73.74%	48.96%
	DMK	S. Gunasekaran	20,757	20.63%	−13.30%
	PMK	M. C. Rajendran	4,801	4.77%
	Independent	M. Kandasamy	474	0.47%
	RPI	G. Sankar	397	0.39%
Margin of victory			53,447	53.11%	46.73%
Turnout			1,00,633	61.52%	−3.51%
Registered electors			1,69,151
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	39.81%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Talavasal^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Gunasekaran	32,309	33.93%	3.10%
	AIADMK	T. Rajambal	26,230	27.54%
	INC	K. Kandasamy	23,596	24.78%	−39.95%
	AIADMK	P. Venkatachalam	10,855	11.40%
	Independent	P. Rajathi	685	0.72%
	Independent	M. Kandasamy	447	0.47%
	Independent	M. C. Rajendiran	351	0.37%
	Independent	K. Muthulingam	288	0.30%
	Independent	M. Sadeyan	206	0.22%
	Independent	Moo. Marimuthu	155	0.16%
	Independent	K. Maruthamuthu	107	0.11%
Margin of victory			6,079	6.38%	−27.52%
Turnout			95,229	65.03%	−2.36%
Registered electors			1,50,564
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-30.80%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Talavasal^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. Rajambal	53,104	64.73%	12.33%
	DMK	R. Ravichandar	25,291	30.83%
	Independent	M. Kandasamy	1,479	1.80%
	Independent	P. Kullandi	836	1.02%
	Independent	A. Raju	803	0.98%
	Independent	K. Kalia Perumal	278	0.34%
	Independent	C. Thangemuthu	246	0.30%
Margin of victory			27,813	33.90%	29.11%
Turnout			82,037	67.39%	11.00%
Registered electors			1,28,351
	INC hold		Swing	12.33%

1980

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. Rajambal	38,217	52.40%	24.42%
	AIADMK	M. Devarajan	34,718	47.60%	11.27%
Margin of victory			3,499	4.80%	−3.56%
Turnout			72,935	56.39%	4.51%
Registered electors			1,31,995
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	16.07%

1977

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. M. Raju	24,681	36.33%
	INC	K. Kaliyaperumal	19,004	27.97%	−15.89%
	DMK	K. R. Thangavelu	13,603	20.02%	−28.65%
	JP	C. Veermani	10,645	15.67%
Margin of victory			5,677	8.36%	3.55%
Turnout			67,933	51.88%	−14.27%
Registered electors			1,33,495
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-12.34%

1971

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Moo. Marimuthu	32,195	48.67%	−6.72%
	INC	T. Er. Sappan	29,013	43.86%	3.18%
	Independent	A. R. Palamuthu	4,289	6.48%
	Independent	A. Shanmugan	648	0.98%
Margin of victory			3,182	4.81%	−9.90%
Turnout			66,145	66.16%	−3.82%
Registered electors			1,04,113
	DMK hold		Swing	-6.72%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Talavasal^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Moo. Marimuthu	33,289	55.39%	18.85%
	INC	A. Doraisamy	24,448	40.68%	−6.16%
	Independent	K. Muthusamy	1,687	2.81%
	Independent	M. Vajjiravel	353	0.59%
	Independent	S. Arumugam	324	0.54%
Margin of victory			8,841	14.71%	4.41%
Turnout			60,101	69.97%	6.99%
Registered electors			89,072
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	8.55%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Talavasal^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Doraiswamy	22,286	46.84%
	DMK	K. R. Thangavel	17,386	36.54%
	TNP	T. Irusappan	6,402	13.45%
	SWA	S. Arumugham	1,507	3.17%
Margin of victory			4,900	10.30%
Turnout			47,581	62.98%
Registered electors			78,445
	INC hold		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Talavasal^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Sambasivam	14,738	39.54%	39.54%
	Independent	M. Gopala Chetty	11,522	30.92%
	Independent	P. Ugravel	7,458	20.01%
	Independent	Periasamy Moopan	3,551	9.53%
Margin of victory			3,216	8.63%
Turnout			37,269	49.72%
Registered electors			74,952
	INC win (new seat)