Thattanchavady Assembly constituency

Thattanchavady is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. Thattanchavady Assembly constituency is a part of Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency.^[1][2]

Thattanchavady
Constituency No. 9 for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Puducherry
Lok Sabha constituency	Puducherry
Established	1974
Total electors	30,483
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent N. Rangasamy
Party	All India N.R. Congress
Elected year	2021

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1974	V. Pethaperumal		Indian National Congress
1977	V. Pethaperumal		Janata Party
1980	V. Pethaperumal		Janata Party
1985	V. Pethaperumal		Janata Party
1990	V. Pethaperumal		Janata Dal
1991	N. Rangasamy		Indian National Congress
1996	N. Rangasamy		Indian National Congress
2001	N. Rangasamy		Indian National Congress
2006	N. Rangasamy		Indian National Congress
2011	Ashok Anand		All India N.R. Congress
2016	Ashok Anand		All India N.R. Congress
2019 by-election	K. Venkatesan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	N. Rangaswamy		All India N.R. Congress

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			55.02%
2019 by-election			%
2016			53.81%
2011			67.99%
2006			90.16%
2001			58.90%
1996			42.95%
1991			69.71%
1990			51.31%
1985			44.66%
1980			48.85%
1977			54.46%
1974			46.85%

Assembly Election 2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Thattanchavady^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AINRC	N. Rangaswamy	12,978	55.02%
	CPI	K. Sethu @ Sethu Selvam	7,522	31.89%	9.55%
	NTK	D. Ramesh	1,183	5.02%
	MNM	R. Rajendhiran	1,029	4.36%
	NOTA	Nota	438	1.86%	−2.03%
	Independent	C. Anusuya	128	0.54%
Margin of victory			5,456	23.13%	−8.33%
Turnout			23,586	76.89%	−0.70%
Registered electors			30,674		0.40%
	AINRC hold		Swing	1.22%

Assembly Election 2016

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Thattanchavady^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AINRC	Ashok Anand	12,754	53.81%
	CPI	K. Sethu @ Sethuselvam	5,296	22.34%
	AIADMK	S. Cassinadin	1,649	6.96%
	DMK	N. Kaliaperumal	1,467	6.19%	−1.94%
	NOTA	None of the Above	922	3.89%
	BJP	P. Sivanandame	897	3.78%	1.10%
	NTK	T. Kannadhasan	361	1.52%
	PMK	M. Murugasamy	227	0.96%
Margin of victory			7,458	31.46%	−17.47%
Turnout			23,704	77.59%	−2.44%
Registered electors			30,551		13.88%
	AINRC hold		Swing	-14.18%

Assembly Election 2011

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Thattanchavady

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AINRC	Ashok Anand	14,597	67.99%
	Independent	N. Arjunan	4,091	19.05%
	DMK	A. Ilango	1,745	8.13%
	BJP	P. Sivanandame	577	2.69%	1.49%
	Independent	E. Bastian	192	0.89%
	Independent	Masthanji Mohamed Kalimulla	179	0.83%
Margin of victory			10,506	48.93%	−34.46%
Turnout			21,470	80.03%	−4.27%
Registered electors			26,827		−24.55%
	AINRC gain from INC		Swing	-22.17%

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thattanchavady^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Rangaswamy	27,024	90.16%	31.26%
	AIADMK	T. Gunasekaran	2,026	6.76%	4.14%
	BJP	Baskaran	359	1.20%
	RSP	K. Lenin	241	0.80%
	Independent	M. R. Govindan	173	0.58%
Margin of victory			24,998	83.40%	60.56%
Turnout			29,975	84.30%	16.43%
Registered electors			35,557		−0.85%
	INC hold		Swing	31.26%

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thattanchavady^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Rangaswamy	14,323	58.90%	15.94%
	JD(U)	V. Pethaperumal	8,769	36.06%
	AIADMK	N. Ragupathy	638	2.62%
	Independent	A. Perumal	358	1.47%
	MDMK	S. Apparsamy	231	0.95%
Margin of victory			5,554	22.84%	12.99%
Turnout			24,319	67.87%	3.17%
Registered electors			35,863		9.33%
	INC hold		Swing	-10.81%

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thattanchavady^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Rangaswamy	9,989	42.95%	−26.76%
	JD	V. Pethaperumal	7,699	33.11%
	DMK	V. Rathinavelu	5,223	22.46%
	Independent	K. Rajasekaran	112	0.48%
	Independent	R. Manogaran	110	0.47%
Margin of victory			2,290	9.85%	−30.49%
Turnout			23,255	72.14%	7.43%
Registered electors			32,803		15.54%
	INC hold		Swing	-26.76%

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thattanchavady^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Rangaswamy	12,545	69.71%	23.71%
	JD	V. Pethaperumal	5,285	29.37%
	PMK	S. Radhakrishnan	113	0.63%	−1.54%
Margin of victory			7,260	40.34%	35.04%
Turnout			17,996	64.70%	−2.12%
Registered electors			28,392		1.76%
	INC gain from JD		Swing	18.40%

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thattanchavady^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	V. Pethaperumal	9,503	51.31%
	INC	N. Rangaswamy	8,521	46.00%	17.85%
	PMK	T. Govindasamy	401	2.16%
Margin of victory			982	5.30%	−11.21%
Turnout			18,522	66.83%	−8.13%
Registered electors			27,900		48.97%
	JD gain from JP		Swing	6.64%

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thattanchavady^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	V. Pethaperumal	6,228	44.66%
	INC	T. Murugesan	3,926	28.16%
	DMK	A. V. Shunmugam	3,790	27.18%
Margin of victory			2,302	16.51%	−6.48%
Turnout			13,944	74.96%	−3.90%
Registered electors			18,729		43.03%
	JP hold		Swing	-4.19%

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thattanchavady^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	V. Pethaperumal	4,824	48.85%
	CPI	N. Kandeban	2,554	25.86%	2.48%
	INC(I)	A. R. Soosairaj	2,497	25.29%
Margin of victory			2,270	22.99%	−8.09%
Turnout			9,875	78.86%	7.56%
Registered electors			13,094		8.18%
	JP hold		Swing	-5.61%

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thattanchavady^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	V. Pethaperumal	4,669	54.46%
	CPI	V. Narayanasamy	2,005	23.39%	−13.22%
	AIADMK	N. Jayaraman	1,355	15.81%
	DMK	M. C. Thanagavelan	402	4.69%	−11.85%
	Independent	K. S. Kullayappa	142	1.66%
Margin of victory			2,664	31.07%	20.83%
Turnout			8,573	71.30%	−12.43%
Registered electors			12,104		32.73%
	JP gain from INC(O)		Swing	7.61%

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thattanchavady^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(O)	V. Pethaperumal	3,468	46.85%
	CPI	N. Gurusamy	2,710	36.61%
	DMK	P. K. Veeraragavalu	1,224	16.54%
Margin of victory			758	10.24%
Turnout			7,402	83.73%
Registered electors			9,119
	INC(O) win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• Puducherry district