Thandarambattu Assembly constituency

Thandarampattu
Thandarampattu
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvannamalai
Lok Sabha constituency	Thirupattur
Established	1971
Abolished	2008
Total electors	187,339
Reservation	None

Thandarambattu is a former state assembly constituency in Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.^[1]^[2]

Quick Facts Thandarampattu, Constituency details ...

Year	Winner
1971	M. S. Radhakrishnan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	D. Venugopal
1980	D. Venugopal
1984	E. V. Velu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	D. Ponnumudi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	M. K. Sundaram	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	K. Manivarma	Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	E. V. Velu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	E. V. Velu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Vote share of winning candidates

2006			56.67%
2001			48.86%
1996			62.96%
1991			64.26%
1989			45.62%
1984			58.96%
1980			63.86%
1977			38.01%
1971			58.82%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. V. Velu	81,592	56.67	7.82
	AIADMK	Ramachandran S	50,891	35.35
	DMDK	Mohammad M	4,582	3.18
	Independent	Murugesan A	1,333	0.93
	SP	Kuppan M	1,293	0.90
	BJP	Dharuman M R	1,069	0.74
	Independent	Rajendran A N	704	0.49
	Independent	Palani Mohan P	652	0.45
	BSP	Baskaran. M. R	527	0.37
	Independent	Mayavan N	492	0.34
	Independent	Mani M	267	0.19
Margin of victory			30,701	21.32	17.61
Turnout			1,43,976	76.85	8.10
Registered electors			1,87,339
	DMK hold		Swing	7.82

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. V. Velu	63,599	48.86
	TMC(M)	K. Manivarma	58,762	45.14
	MDMK	Kulanthaivel. K.	2,487	1.91	−2.47
	Independent	Velusamy. M.	1,475	1.13
	Independent	Anbazhagan. M.	1,398	1.07
	Independent	Ranganathan. A.	911	0.70
	Independent	Vadivel. G.	841	0.65
	Independent	Theerthagiri. P.	706	0.54
Margin of victory			4,837	3.72	−30.79
Turnout			1,30,179	68.75	−3.95
Registered electors			1,89,344
	DMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-14.10

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	K. Manivarma	72,636	62.96
	AIADMK	Kuppusamy. A. P.	32,822	28.45	−35.81
	MDMK	Jhayabal. V.	5,051	4.38
	PMK	Masilamani. A.	3,013	2.61
	Independent	Murugesan. A.	1,266	1.10
	BSP	Govindaraj. C.	259	0.22
	SAP	Rajavel. P.	107	0.09
	Independent	Sadayan. A.	102	0.09
	Independent	Elumalai. P. K.	78	0.07
	Independent	Sanniyasi. C.	42	0.04
Margin of victory			39,814	34.51	0.39
Turnout			1,15,376	72.70	0.55
Registered electors			1,67,532
	TMC(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.31

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thandarambattu^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. K. Sundaram	69,433	64.26	37.19
	DMK	D. Ponnumudi	32,570	30.14	−15.47
	PMK	Babu Kandar S.	5,212	4.82
	Independent	Devaraj P.	308	0.29
	Independent	Narayanasamy P.	274	0.25
	THMM	Mani A.	250	0.23
Margin of victory			36,863	34.12	15.58
Turnout			1,08,047	72.15	−6.77
Registered electors			1,54,707
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	18.64

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thandarambattu^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. Ponnumudi	48,048	45.62	7.38
	AIADMK	Velu. E.V.	28,519	27.08	−31.88
	AIADMK	Sundaram. M.K.	13,052	12.39	−46.56
	INC	Sahadevar. K.	12,481	11.85
	Independent	Devaraju. P.	1,451	1.38
	Independent	Jaganathan. S.	835	0.79
	Independent	Venkatakrishnan. N.P.	492	0.47
	Independent	Nadesan. K.M.	275	0.26
	Independent	Velu. S.	175	0.17
Margin of victory			19,529	18.54	−2.18
Turnout			1,05,328	78.92	−1.06
Registered electors			1,36,462
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-13.34

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thandarambattu^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. Venugopal	46,326	63.86	25.86
	GKC	U. Kasinathan	25,257	34.82
	Independent	K. Munusamy Kandar	593	0.82
	Independent	B. Ramu Reddiar	364	0.50
Margin of victory			21,069	29.04	19.82
Turnout			72,540	66.48	−5.05
Registered electors			1,10,889
	DMK hold		Swing	25.86

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thandarambattu^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. Venugopal	28,605	38.01	−20.81
	AIADMK	A. Ramalingam	21,661	28.78
	INC	M.A. Ponnusamv Reddy	18,933	25.16	−16.03
	JP	K. Munusamy Kandar	6,064	8.06
Margin of victory			6,944	9.23	−8.41
Turnout			75,263	71.53	−3.43
Registered electors			1,07,350
	DMK hold		Swing	-20.81