Thiruthuraipoondi Assembly constituency

Thiruthuraipundi is a state assembly constituency in Thiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu, which includes Thiruthuraipoondi.^[2] It is reserved for members of the Scheduled Castes. The constituency has been in existence since the 1957 election. Communist party members from the Thiruthuraipoondi area played a vital role in the abolition of "agricultural bond labours" (pannayal ozhipu) in delta districts. The act was enacted after their continuous struggle. The constituency comprises Kottur, Thiruthuraipoondi and Muthupettai panchayat unions. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Thiruthuraipoondi
Constituency No. 166 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvarur
Lok Sabha constituency	Nagapattinam
Established	1957
Total electors	2,40,072[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. Marimuthu
Party	CPI
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Election	Name	Party
1957	A. Vedarathnam and V. Vedayyan		Indian National Congress
1962	A. K. Subbiah		Communist Party of India
1967	N. Dharmalingam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Election	Name	Party
1971	C. Manali Kandasami		Communist Party of India
1977	P. Uthirapathy
1980			Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1984			Communist Party of India
1989	G. Palanisamy
1991
1996
2001
2006	K. Ulaganathan
2011
2016	P. Adalarasan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	K. Marimuthu		Communist Party of India

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			52.60%
2016			41.07%
2011			53.36%
2006			54.68%
2001			56.76%
1996			63.39%
1991			53.58%
1989			43.32%
1984			54.44%
1980			61.20%
1977			45.93%
1971			62.84%
1967			38.04%
1962			56.28%
1957			24.47%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruthuraipoondi^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	K. Marimuthu	97,092	52.60%	+33.79
	AIADMK	C. Suresh Kumar	67,024	36.31%	+2.79
	NTK	A. Aarthi	15,362	8.32%	+7.27
	AMMK	S. Rajanikanth	3,555	1.93%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,313	0.71%	−0.3
Margin of victory			30,068	16.29%	8.75%
Turnout			184,573	76.88%	−1.90%
Rejected ballots			149	0.08%
Registered electors			240,072
	CPI gain from DMK		Swing	11.53%

2016

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Adalarasan	72,127	41.07%	New
	AIADMK	K. Umamaheswari	58,877	33.53%	New
	CPI	K. Ulaganathan	33,038	18.81%	−34.55
	BJP	G. Udayakumar	3,937	2.24%	+0.31
	PMK	S. Rajamohan	2,005	1.14%	New
	NTK	J. S. Saravanakumar	1,844	1.05%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,768	1.01%	New
Margin of victory			13,250	7.54%	−6.71%
Turnout			175,620	78.78%	−1.85%
Registered electors			222,916
	DMK gain from CPI		Swing	-12.29%

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	K. Ulaganathan	83,399	53.36%	−1.32
	INC	P. Selvadurai	61,112	39.10%	New
	BJP	P. Sivashanmugam	3,025	1.94%	+0.09
	Independent	S. Rajkumar	1,981	1.27%	New
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	S. Saravanan	1,857	1.19%	New
	Independent	C. Singaperumal	1,726	1.10%	New
	BSP	Thai. Kandasamy	1,070	0.68%	New
	Independent	U. Ramachandran	898	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			22,287	14.26%	−2.21%
Turnout			156,294	80.63%	4.45%
Registered electors			193,844
	CPI hold		Swing	-1.32%

2006

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	K. Ulaganathan	75,371	54.68%	−2.08
	AIADMK	A. Umadevi	52,665	38.21%	New
	DMDK	K. Mohan Kumar	5,918	4.29%	New
	BJP	P. Shivashanmugam	2,546	1.85%	New
	NCP	M. Jayakumar	844	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			22,706	16.47%	−2.89%
Turnout			137,841	76.18%	5.18%
Registered electors			180,937
	CPI hold		Swing	-2.08%

2001

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	G. Palanisamy	73,451	56.76%	−6.64
	DMK	M. Poonguzhali	48,392	37.39%	New
	MDMK	C. Veeramani	4,959	3.83%	New
	Independent	N. Anbalagan	2,614	2.02%	New
Margin of victory			25,059	19.36%	−23.66%
Turnout			129,416	71.00%	−3.37%
Registered electors			182,303
	CPI hold		Swing	-6.64%

1996

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	G. Palanisamy	79,103	63.39%	+9.81
	INC	K. Gopalsami	25,415	20.37%	−22.93
	CPI(M)	P. N. Thangarasu	19,336	15.50%	New
	ATMK	S. Saravanan	727	0.58%	New
Margin of victory			53,688	43.02%	32.74%
Turnout			124,786	74.37%	0.43%
Registered electors			172,586
	CPI hold		Swing	9.81%

1991

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	G. Palanisamy	62,863	53.58%	+10.26
	INC	V. Vedaiyan	50,797	43.30%	+28.25
	PMK	M. Baskar	2,998	2.56%	New
Margin of victory			12,066	10.28%	3.11%
Turnout			117,327	73.93%	−5.50%
Registered electors			161,577
	CPI hold		Swing	10.26%

1989

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	G. Palanisamy	49,982	43.32%	−11.12
	DMK	N. Kuppusamy	41,704	36.15%	New
	INC	T. Dakshina Moorthi	17,363	15.05%	New
	AIADMK	J. Archunan	5,980	5.18%	−39.41
Margin of victory			8,278	7.17%	−2.66%
Turnout			115,379	79.43%	−3.90%
Registered electors			147,593
	CPI hold		Swing	-11.12%

1984

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	P. Uthirapathy	59,834	54.44%	New
	AIADMK	J. Archunan	49,019	44.60%	New
	Independent	K. Ambikapathi	1,065	0.97%	New
Margin of victory			10,815	9.84%	−12.55%
Turnout			109,918	83.33%	3.24%
Registered electors			134,745
	CPI gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-6.76%

1980

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. Uthirapathy	62,051	61.20%	New
	INC	V. Vedaiyan	39,345	38.80%	New
Margin of victory			22,706	22.39%	2.97%
Turnout			101,396	80.09%	2.18%
Registered electors			127,669
	CPI(M) gain from CPI		Swing	15.27%

1977

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	P. Uthirapathy	43,208	45.93%	−16.91
	DMK	N. Kuppusamy	24,934	26.50%	New
	Independent	M. P. Kannusamy	19,721	20.96%	New
	JP	T. Rajamanickam	6,216	6.61%	New
Margin of victory			18,274	19.42%	−9.28%
Turnout			94,079	77.91%	−3.49%
Registered electors			121,892
	CPI hold		Swing	-16.91%

1971

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	C. Manali Kandasami	40,714	62.84%	+27.21
	INC	G. Thayamanavang	22,118	34.14%	+7.81
	Independent	V. Pandian	1,960	3.03%	New
Margin of victory			18,596	28.70%	26.29%
Turnout			64,792	81.41%	−5.10%
Registered electors			81,504
	CPI gain from DMK		Swing	24.80%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiruthuraipoondi^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Dharumalingam	23,728	38.04%	New
	CPI	K. C. Manali	22,226	35.63%	−20.64
	INC	S. R. Pillai	16,424	26.33%	−17.39
Margin of victory			1,502	2.41%	−10.14%
Turnout			62,378	86.51%	1.08%
Registered electors			74,871
	DMK gain from CPI		Swing	-18.24%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiruthuraipoondi^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	A. K. Subbaiah	45,148	56.28%	+36.09
	INC	V. Vedaiyan	35,078	43.72%	+19.26
Margin of victory			10,070	12.55%	11.25%
Turnout			80,226	85.44%	−39.79%
Registered electors			97,640
	CPI gain from INC		Swing	31.81%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiruthuraipoondi^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Vedaiyan (Sc)	54,049	24.47%	New
	INC	A. Vedaratnam	51,168	23.16%	New
	CPI	C. Kandasamy	44,593	20.19%	New
	CPI	S. Vadivelu (Sc)	40,418	18.30%	New
	Independent	N. Dharmalinga Thevar	16,527	7.48%	New
	Independent	M. Ambikapathi (Sc)	14,161	6.41%	New
Margin of victory			2,881	1.30%
Turnout			220,916	125.23%
Registered electors			176,410
	INC win (new seat)