Thottiam Assembly constituency

Thottiam is a state assembly constituency in Tiruchirappalli district in Tamil Nadu.^[1]

Thottiam
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Trichy
Lok Sabha constituency	Karur
Established	1971
Abolished	2008
Total electors	165,785 (2006)
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1971	S. K. Vadivelu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	K. P. Kathamuthu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	R. Periasami		Indian National Congress (I)
1984	Periyasamy		Indian National Congress
1989	K. Kannaiyan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	N. R. Sivapathi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	K. Kannaiyan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	P. Annavi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	M. Rajasekharan		Indian National Congress

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2006			34.84%
2001			49.38%
1996			65.22%
1991			73.51%
1989			32.51%
1984			68.39%
1980			42.89%
1977			31.85%
1971			51.45%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thottiam^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajasekharan M.	43,080	34.84%
	MDMK	Natarajan R.	43,027	34.80%	33.38%
	Independent	Kannaiyan K	17,166	13.88%
	DMDK	Manoharan P.	12,445	10.07%
	Independent	Baskar V. P.	1,790	1.45%
	BJP	Natesan N.	1,709	1.38%
	BSP	Saraswathi G	1,635	1.32%
	Independent	Senthilkumar P.	1,425	1.15%
	Independent	Usha C	719	0.58%
	Independent	Krishnan R	646	0.52%
Margin of victory			53	0.04%	−11.26%
Turnout			1,23,642	74.58%	7.93%
Registered electors			1,65,785
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-14.54%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thottiam^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Annavi	57,449	49.38%	19.85%
	DMK	K. Kannaiyan	44,301	38.08%	−27.14%
	Independent	Pitchai. T.	4,656	4.00%
	Thaayaga Makkal Katchi	Thiagarajan. N.	3,379	2.90%
	Independent	Periasamy . K. R.	2,478	2.13%
	Independent	Devadass . V.	1,741	1.50%
	MDMK	Gopalakrishnan. N.	1,646	1.41%	−2.39%
	JP	Senthilvel Durai. P	392	0.34%
	Independent	Kandasamy . P.	295	0.25%
Margin of victory			13,148	11.30%	−24.38%
Turnout			1,16,337	66.65%	−6.66%
Registered electors			1,74,589
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-15.84%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thottiam^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Kannaiyan	74,903	65.22%	40.41%
	AIADMK	N. Nedumaran	33,921	29.54%	−43.97%
	MDMK	E. P. Rathinam	4,367	3.80%
	Independent	C. Guhanathan	475	0.41%
	JP	P. Srinivasan	352	0.31%
	Independent	S. Manoharan	340	0.30%
	Independent	T. Sivalingam	135	0.12%
	Independent	T. Haribaskar	117	0.10%
	Independent	K. Vigneeswaran	115	0.10%
	Independent	M. P. Thangarasu	89	0.08%
	Independent	T. Subramanian	32	0.03%
Margin of victory			40,982	35.68%	−13.01%
Turnout			1,14,846	73.31%	4.04%
Registered electors			1,65,008
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-8.29%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thottiam^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. R. Sivapathi	79,594	73.51%	42.06%
	DMK	Kannaiyan K.	26,868	24.81%	−7.69%
	PMK	Ramachandran K.	868	0.80%
	THMM	Govindasamy K. P.	513	0.47%
	Independent	Manoharan A.	238	0.22%
	Independent	Maruthamuthu N.	197	0.18%
Margin of victory			52,726	48.70%	47.64%
Turnout			1,08,278	69.26%	−6.81%
Registered electors			1,59,843
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	41.00%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thottiam^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Kannaiyan	34,994	32.51%	4.98%
	AIADMK	Kathamuthu. K. P.	33,857	31.45%
	INC	Periyasamy. R.	24,464	22.73%	−45.66%
	AIADMK	Rathinavelu. S.	9,778	9.08%
	Independent	Jayaraj. M. K.	3,416	3.17%
	Independent	Karuppaiah. P.	580	0.54%
	Independent	Karuppaiah. A.	231	0.21%
	Independent	Elangovan. R.	184	0.17%
	Independent	Rajendran. M.	144	0.13%
Margin of victory			1,137	1.06%	−39.81%
Turnout			1,07,648	76.07%	−3.31%
Registered electors			1,44,492
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-35.88%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thottiam^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Periyasamy	66,131	68.39%	25.50%
	DMK	Vadivel S. R.	26,615	27.52%
	Independent	Thangavel. R.	2,210	2.29%
	Independent	Palaniyandi. P.	664	0.69%
	Independent	Velusamy. K.	440	0.46%
	Independent	Veeramani. A. P.	421	0.44%
	Independent	Ramamoorthy A. P.	219	0.23%
Margin of victory			39,516	40.86%	40.51%
Turnout			96,700	79.39%	6.68%
Registered electors			1,27,712
	INC hold		Swing	25.50%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thottiam^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Periasami. R.	37,426	42.89%	12.27%
	Independent	Jayaraj. T. P. K.	37,119	42.53%
	Independent	Shanmugasundaram. K. M.	11,497	13.17%
	Independent	Musiri Masilamani	524	0.60%
	Independent	Onthachi Pillai. P.	427	0.49%
	Independent	Kannaiyan. V. K.	275	0.32%
Margin of victory			307	0.35%	−0.88%
Turnout			87,268	72.71%	2.94%
Registered electors			1,21,278
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	11.04%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thottiam^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K.P. Kathamuthu	25,638	31.85%
	INC	K.M. Shanmugasundaram	24,648	30.62%	−17.93%
	DMK	S.K. Vadivelu	16,648	20.68%	−30.77%
	JP	S.P.Ragendran	11,049	13.72%
	Independent	M. Arumugam	2,046	2.54%
	Independent	V. Eluvada	479	0.59%
Margin of victory			990	1.23%	−1.67%
Turnout			80,508	69.77%	−7.82%
Registered electors			1,17,119
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-19.60%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thottiam^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. K. Vadivelu	39,821	49.68%
	INC	K. M. Shanmughasundaram	37,577	48.55%
Margin of victory			2,244	2.90%
Turnout			80,152	77.59%
Registered electors			1,03,305
	DMK win (new seat)