Tiruchendur Assembly constituency

Tiruchendur 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.^[1]

Tiruchendur
Constituency No. 215 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Area of Tiruchendur State Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thoothukudi
Lok Sabha constituency	Thoothukkudi
Established	1951
Total electors	245,144
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Anitha R. Radhakrishnan
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Assembly	Winner	Party		Tenure
1952	1st	S. T. Adityan		Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party	1952-1957
1957	2nd	M. S. Selvarajan		Indian National Congress	1957-1962
1962	3rd	M. S. Selvarajan		Indian National Congress	1962-1967
1967	4th	E. Fernando		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1967-1971

Tamil Nadu

Year	Assembly	Winner	Party		Tenure
1971	5th	G. R. Edmund		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1971-1977
1977	6th	R. Amirtharaj		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1977-1980
1980	7th	S. Kesava Athithan			1980-1982
1983	7th	R. Amirtharaj			1983-1984
1984	8th	S. R. Subramania Athithan			1984-1989
1989	9th	K. P. Kandasamy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1989-1991
1991	10th	A. Chelladurai		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1991-1996
1996	11th	S. Jennifer Chandran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1996-2001
2001	12th	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2001-2006
2006	13th			All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2006-2009
2009	13th			Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2009-2011
2011	14th				2011-2016
2016	15th				2016-2021
2021	16th				2021-Incumbent

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			50.58%
2016			52.97%
2011			47.07%
2009			67.81%
2006			52.52%
2001			53.01%
1996			59.22%
1991			58.63%
1989			42.48%
1984			50.70%
1980			49.49%
1977			29.13%
1971			53.54%
1967			56.06%
1962			58.00%
1957			63.60%
1952			23.51%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchendur^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	88,274	50.58	2.39
	AIADMK	M. Radhakrishnan	63,011	36.10	1.28
	NTK	S. Gloriyan	15,063	8.63	7.41
	AMMK	S. Vadamalaipandian	3,766	2.16	New
	MNM	M. Jayanthi	1,965	1.13	New
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1,054	0.6	0.49
Majority			25,263	14.48	1.11
Turnout			174,536	71.20	2.26
	DMK hold		Swing	2.39

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchendur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	88,357	52.97%	+5.93
	AIADMK	R. Sarathkumar	62,356	37.38%	−9.22
	DMDK	S. A. Senthilkumar	6,330	3.79%	New
	BJP	V. Jeyaraman	4,289	2.57%	+0.91
	NTK	S. Gloriyan	2,041	1.22%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,814	1.09%	New
Margin of victory			26,001	15.59%	15.15%
Turnout			1,66,808	73.46%	−3.46%
Registered electors			2,27,058
	DMK hold		Swing	5.95%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchendur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	68,741	47.07	20.74
	AIADMK	P. R. Manoharan	68,101	46.60	21.02
	JMM	N. Nattar	3,240	2.22	New
	BJP	N. Rameswaran	2,429	1.66	New
	BSP	B. Deva Gnana Sigamani	626	0.43	New
	IJK	K. Sudalaikannu	534	0.37	New
Majority			640	0.44	41.77
Turnout			146,141	76.92	1.08
	DMK hold		Swing	20.74

2009 by-election

2009 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly bye-election: Tiruchendur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	75,223	67.81	27.76
	AIADMK	Amman T. Narayanan	28,362	25.57	26.95
	DMDK	Gomathy R. Ganesan	4,186	3.77	0.40
Majority			46,861	42.21	29.74
Turnout			110,931	78.00	11.10
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	27.76

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchendur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	58,600	52.52	0.49
	DMK	A. D. K. Jeyaseelan	44,684	40.05	1.76
	DMDK	A. Ganesan	3,756	3.37	New
	BJP	Dr. C. Kannan	1,398	1.26	New
	AIFB	S. P. Parisamuthu	430	0.39	New
	BSP	V. Kumar	218	0.20	New
Majority			13,916	12.47	1.27
Turnout			111,580	66.90	14.64
	AIADMK hold		Swing	0.49

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchendur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	52,990	53.01	24.83
	DMK	S. Jennifer Chandran	41,797	41.81	17.41
	MDMK	V. P. R. Ramesh	2,662	2.66	1.30
Majority			11,193	11.20	19.84
Turnout			99,999	52.26	4.75
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	24.83

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchendur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Jennifer Chandran	59,206	59.22	29.29
	AIADMK	T. Thamotharan	28,175	28.18	30.45
	BJP	A. N. Rajakkannan	6,967	6.97	2.00
	MDMK	D. Ramachandran	3,961	3.96	New
	PMK	M. Arikrishna Devendrar	348	0.35	New
Majority			31,031	31.04	2.34
Turnout			102,925	57.01	2.21
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	29.29

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchendur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Chelladurai	54,442	58.63	37.34
	DMK	A. S. Pandian	27,794	29.93	12.55
	BJP	K. Poovanam	4,615	4.97	3.14
Majority			26,648	28.70	11.36
Turnout			94,977	54.80	10.43
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	37.34

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchendur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. P. Kandasamy	42,084	42.48	5.59
	INC	K. Shunmugasundaram Kasimari	24,903	25.14	New
	AIADMK	A. Chelladurai	21,095	21.29	29.41
	AIADMK	Kayal Moulana	7,808	7.88	New
	BJP	V. P. Jeyakumar	1,815	1.83	New
Majority			17,181	17.34	14.71
Turnout			100,228	65.23	1.11
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	5.59

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchendur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. R. Subramania Adityan	45,953	50.70	1.21
	DMK	K. P. Kandasamy	43,565	48.07	0.26
Majority			2,388	2.63	0.95
Turnout			94,617	66.34	11.92
	AIADMK hold		Swing	1.21

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchendur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Kesava Adithan	35,499	49.49	20.36
	DMK	Samsudin @ Kathiravan	34,294	47.81	23.47
	Independent	K. Kesavan	948	1.32	New
	JP	G. A. T. John Britto	707	0.99	26.56
Majority			1,205	1.68	0.10
Turnout			72,248	54.42	2.57
	AIADMK hold		Swing	20.36

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchendur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Amirtharaj	20,871	29.13	New
	JP	Subramaniya Adityan	19,736	27.55	New
	DMK	S. Syed Ahmed	17,441	24.34	29.20
	INC	Raj Victoria	12,477	17.42	New
Majority			1,135	1.58	6.36
Turnout			72,302	51.85	17.30
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	New

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchendur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Edmund	39,974	53.54	2.52
	INC(O)	Ganesasundaram	34,045	45.60	New
Majority			5,929	7.94	7.13
Turnout			78,350	69.15	0.36
	DMK hold		Swing	2.52

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchendur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. Fernando	39,619	56.06	New
	INC	S. Nadar	28,971	40.99	17.01
Majority			10,648	15.07	2.28
Turnout			73,021	69.51	0.43
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	New

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchendur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. S. Selvaraj	39,944	58.00	5.60
	Independent	S. P. Adithanar	27,994	40.65	New
Majority			11,950	17.35	13.45
Turnout			69,967	69.08	21.47
	INC hold		Swing	5.60

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchendur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. S. Selvaraj	30,106	63.60	42.62
	Independent	M. R. Meganathan	15,529	32.80	New
Majority			14,577	30.80	28.27
Turnout			47,340	47.61	21.20
	INC gain from KMPP		Swing	42.62

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiruchendur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KMPP	S. T. Adityan	25,030	23.51%
	INC	V. Arumugam (Indian politician)	22,341	20.98%	20.98%
	INC	Subramania Adityan	21,224	19.93%	19.93%
	Socialist	Pitchu	9,177	8.62%
	Independent	Shanmugham	4,850	4.56%
	Independent	G. E. Muthu	4,791	4.50%
	Independent	Muthiah	4,691	4.41%
	Independent	Annal Jabaaith	3,886	3.65%
	Independent	V. Alagappan	3,127	2.94%
	Independent	Seeni Kudumben	2,696	2.53%
	Independent	N. Velunarayanan	1,834	1.72%
Margin of victory			2,689	2.53%
Turnout			1,06,475	68.81%
Registered electors			1,54,748
	KMPP win (new seat)