Thoothukkudi Assembly constituency

Thoothukkudi Assembly constituency (Tamil: தூத்துக்குடி சட்டமன்ற தொகுதி) is one of the 234 state legislative assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu in southern India. It is also one of the six state legislative assembly constituencies included in Thoothukkudi Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the oldest assembly segments in Tamil Nadu, being in existence since independence. This constituency has had VVPAT facilities with EVMs since the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.^[1][2]

Thoothukkudi
Constituency No. 214 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Area of Thoothukkudi Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thoothukkudi
Lok Sabha constituency	Thoothukkudi
Established	1951
Total electors	285,497
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent P. Geetha Jeevan
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021
Preceded by	S. T. Chellapandian

Members of Legislative Assembly

No.	Name	Term of office		Assembly (Election)	Political party
		Assumed office	Left office
1	J. L. P. Roche Victoria	3 May 1952	31 March 1957	1st (1952)		Indian National Congress
2	P. P. M. T. Ponnuswami	29 April 1957	24 April 1958	2nd (1957)
3	A. Samuel	3 September 1958	29 July 1959
4	R. J. Sundar Singh	10 March 1960	1 March 1962
5	S. Ponnusamy	29 March 1962	28 February 1967	3rd (1962)
6	M. S. Sivasami	15 March 1967	5 January 1971	4th (1967)		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
7	R. Ramalingam	22 March 1971	31 January 1976	5th (1971)
8	N. Dhanasekaran	4 July 1977	17 February 1980	6th (1977)		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
9	S. N. Rajendran	19 June 1980	15 November 1984	7th (1980)
		25 February 1985	30 January 1988	8th (1984)
10	N. Periyasamy	6 February 1989	30 January 1991	9th (1989)		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
11	V. P. R. Ramesh	1 July 1991	13 May 1996	10th (1991)		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
(10)	N. Periyasamy	22 May 1996	14 May 2001	11th (1996)		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
12	S. Rajammal	22 May 2001	12 May 2006	12th (2001)		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
13	P. Geetha Jeevan	17 May 2006	14 May 2011	13th (2006)		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
14	S. T. Chellapandian	23 May 2011	21 May 2016	14th (2011)		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
(13)	P. Geetha Jeevan	25 May 2016	3 May 2021	15th (2016)		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
		11 May 2021	Incumbent	16th (2021)

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			49.00%
2016			46.46%
2011			56.78%
2006			50.70%
2001			51.40%
1996			38.16%
1991			66.09%
1989			31.90%
1984			56.54%
1980			57.61%
1977			29.29%
1971			56.98%
1967			60.61%
1962			43.88%
1957			36.79%
1952			48.16%

2021

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Geetha Jeevan	92,314	49.00	+2.94
	AIADMK	S. D. R. Vijayaseelan	42,004	22.29	−12.95
	NTK	V. Velraj	30,937	16.42	+14.59
	MNM	N. Sundar	10,534	5.59	New
	DMDK	U. Chandran	4,040	2.14	New
	Independent	J. Sivaneswaran	2,866	1.52	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,569	0.83	−0.84
Margin of victory			50,310	26.93	+15.89
Turnout			188,407	65.99	−3.92
Registered electors			285,497
	DMK hold		Swing	+2.94

2016

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Geetha Jeevan	88,045	46.46	+6.4
	AIADMK	S. T. Chellapandian	67,137	35.43	−21.35
	MDMK	Fatima	17,798	9.39	New
	BJP	M. R. Kanagaraj	6,250	3.30	New
	NTK	P. Maria Judy Hema	3,733	1.97	New
	NOTA	None of the above	3,177	1.68	New
Margin of victory			20,908	11.03	−5.67
Turnout			189,488	69.36	−4.37
Registered electors			273,187
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-10.31

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. T. Chellapandian	89,010	56.78	+15.81
	DMK	P. Geetha Jeevan	62,817	40.07	−10.63
	JMM	V. Venkatesh	1,025	0.65	New
Margin of victory			26,193	16.71	6.98
Turnout			156,774	73.73	8.72
Registered electors			212,628
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	6.08

2006

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Geetha Jeevan	79,821	50.70	+10.65
	AIADMK	S. Daniel Raj	64,498	40.97	−10.43
	DMDK	G. V. Peter Raj	7,572	4.81	New
	BJP	T. Sivamurugan	1,788	1.14	New
	BSP	T. Kasipandian	1,266	0.80	New
	AIFB	M. Saravana Muthu	1,007	0.64	New
Margin of victory			15,323	9.73	−1.62
Turnout			157,446	65.01	15.02
Registered electors			242,170
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-0.70

2001

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Rajammal	73,286	51.40	+28.72
	DMK	N. Periasamy	57,100	40.05	+1.89
	MDMK	R. R. Parthiban	7,695	5.40	+1.6
	Independent	G. Panneer Selvam	1,496	1.05	New
	SP	P. Govindasamy	1,004	0.70	New
Margin of victory			16,186	11.35	−3.08
Turnout			142,582	49.99	−16.42
Registered electors			285,292
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	13.24

1996

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Periasamy	56,511	38.16	+6.46
	Independent	J. L. P. Bono Venture Roche	35,140	23.73	New
	AIADMK	R. Henry	33,578	22.67	−43.42
	PMK	C. Pasupathy Pandian	12,459	8.41	New
	MDMK	T. S. M. Sampath Kumar	5,623	3.80	New
	BJP	S. Shanmugasundaram	3,161	2.13	New
Margin of victory			21,371	14.43	−19.96
Turnout			148,087	66.41	7.84
Registered electors			229,353
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-27.93

1991

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. P. R. Ramesh	79,552	66.09	+48.27
	DMK	N. Periasamy	38,157	31.70	−0.2
	JP	G. Uttarapandi	958	0.80	New
Margin of victory			41,395	34.39	33.95
Turnout			120,361	58.57	−11.10
Registered electors			208,186
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	34.20

1989

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Periasamy	39,688	31.90	−3.71
	INC	V. Shunmugam	39,141	31.46	New
	AIADMK	V. Jabaraj	22,181	17.83	−38.72
	AIADMK	R. Krishnan	21,351	17.16	−39.38
	Independent	W. Megton	791	0.64	New
Margin of victory			547	0.44	−20.49
Turnout			124,423	69.67	−1.30
Registered electors			180,816
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-24.65

1984

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. N. Rajendran	59,622	56.54	−1.06
	DMK	A. Ayyasamy	37,549	35.61	−6.25
	Independent	G. Anthony Fernando	6,564	6.23	New
	Independent	V. Arunachalam	936	0.89	New
Margin of victory			22,073	20.93	5.19
Turnout			105,442	70.98	4.64
Registered electors			152,824
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-1.06

1980

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. N. Rajendran	54,171	57.61	+28.32
	DMK	R. Krishnan	39,365	41.86	+20.01
	Independent	V. Arunachalam	496	0.53	New
Margin of victory			14,806	15.75	14.23
Turnout			94,032	66.34	1.20
Registered electors			142,776
	AIADMK hold		Swing	28.32

1977

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. Dhanasekaran	23,598	29.29	New
	INC	R. Naoroji	22,379	27.78	−15.25
	DMK	R. Krishnan	17,606	21.85	−35.12
	JP	M. Chockalingam	16,656	20.67	New
Margin of victory			1,219	1.51	−12.44
Turnout			80,565	65.14	−5.18
Registered electors			124,642
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-27.68

1971

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Ramalingam	39,030	56.98	−3.64
	INC	Naoroji Ammal	29,473	43.02	+3.64
Margin of victory			9,557	13.95	−7.28
Turnout			68,503	70.32	−6.02
Registered electors			101,713
	DMK hold		Swing	-3.64

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thoothukkudi^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. S. Sivasami	41,851	60.61	+32.66
	INC	S. P. Nadar	27,193	39.39	−4.5
Margin of victory			14,658	21.23	5.30
Turnout			69,044	76.34	−0.27
Registered electors			92,648
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	16.73

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thoothukkudi^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ponnusami Nadar	31,280	43.88	+7.09
	DMK	R. Ramalingam	19,924	27.95	New
	CPI	Isaac	10,534	14.78	−16.15
	SWA	Venkata Krishna	9,545	13.39	New
Margin of victory			11,356	15.93	11.42
Turnout			71,283	76.61	21.30
Registered electors			95,771
	INC hold		Swing	7.09

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thoothukkudi^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ponnusami Nadar	17,438	36.79	−11.37
	Independent	M. S. Sivasami	15,298	32.28	New
	CPI	S. A. Muruganandam	14,661	30.93	+15.55
Margin of victory			2,140	4.52	−14.45
Turnout			47,397	55.31	−5.06
Registered electors			85,697
	INC hold		Swing	-11.37

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thoothukkudi^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	J. L. P. Roche Victoria	19,728	48.16	New
	Independent	K. V. K. Swamy	11,957	29.19	New
	CPI	Isaac	6,303	15.39	New
	Socialist	Mariadoss	1,757	4.29	New
	Independent	A. K. Gnanmuthu	697	1.70	New
	Independent	Muthu	523	1.28	New
Margin of victory			7,771	18.97
Turnout			40,965	60.37
Registered electors			67,856
	INC win (new seat)

List of ministers from the constituency

No.	Name	Designation	Term of office			Assembly (Election)	Political party		Chief Minister
			Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
1	S. N. Rajendran	Minister for Handlooms and Khadi	9 June 1980	10 January 1982	1 year, 215 days	7th (1980)	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. G. Ramachandran
		Minister for Khadi and Public Works	11 January 1982	30 June 1983	1 year, 170 days
		Minister for Public Works	1 July 1983	23 February 1984	237 days
		Minister for Environmental Pollution Control	24 February 1984	15 November 1984	265 days
2	P. Geetha Jeevan	Minister for Animal Husbandry	13 May 2006	19 August 2008	2 years, 98 days	13th (2006)	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. Karunanidhi
		Minister for Social Welfare	20 August 2008	14 May 2011	2 years, 267 days
3	S. T. Chellapandian	Minister for Labour	16 May 2011	17 June 2013	2 years, 32 days	14th (2011)	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		J. Jayalalithaa
(2)	P. Geetha Jeevan	Minister for Social Welfare and Women Empowerment	7 May 2021	Incumbent	4 years, 18 days	16th (2021)	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. K. Stalin