Tiruppattur, Sivaganga Assembly constituency

For the similarly named Tiruppattur constituency in Vellore, see Tiruppattur, Vellore Assembly constituency.

Tirupattur (194) is a state assembly constituency in Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.^[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. Elections were not held in year 1957 and 1962. Most successful party: DMK (eight times).

Tiruppattur
Constituency No. 185 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Sivaganga
Lok Sabha constituency	Sivaganga
Established	1951
Total electors	2,91,677[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. R. Periyakaruppan
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Muthiah Chettiar		Independent
1967	S. Madhavan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	S. Madhavan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	S. Shanmugam Koothakudi		Communist Party of India
1980	V. Valmigi		Indian National Congress (I)
1984	S. Madhavan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	S. S. Thennarasu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	S. Kannappan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	R. Sivaraman		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	K. K. Umadhevan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	K. R. Periyakaruppan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011
2016
2021

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			49.39%
2016			55.72%
2011			48.25%
2006			44.85%
2001			38.69%
1996			47.56%
1991			56.77%
1989			29.47%
1984			53.93%
1980			43.94%
1977			29.66%
1971			70.13%
1967			61.38%
1952			56.50%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Sivaganga)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. R. Periyakaruppan	103,682	49.39%	−6.33
	AIADMK	Marudhu Alaguraj	66,308	31.59%	−3
	NTK	Kottaikumar	14,571	6.94%	+5.53
	Independent	C. Paramasivam	13,202	6.29%	New
	AMMK	K. K. Umadhevan	7,448	3.55%	New
Margin of victory			37,374	17.80%	−3.34%
Turnout			209,913	71.97%	−2.14%
Rejected ballots			481	0.23%
Registered electors			291,677
	DMK hold		Swing	-6.33%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Sivaganga)^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. R. Periyakaruppan	110,719	55.72%	+7.47
	AIADMK	K. R. Asokan	68,715	34.58%	−12.75
	CPI	N. Sathiah	7,380	3.71%	New
	NTK	Asaiselvan	2,801	1.41%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,939	0.98%	New
	Independent	M. Muthusamy	1,443	0.73%	New
	IJK	I. Antony Lawrance	1,128	0.57%	New
	Independent	K. R. Periyakaruppan	1,040	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			42,004	21.14%	20.22%
Turnout			198,690	74.10%	−5.10%
Registered electors			268,126
	DMK hold		Swing	7.47%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Sivaganga)^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. R. Periyakaruppan	83,485	48.25%	+3.4
	AIADMK	Raja Kannappan	81,901	47.34%	+7.73
	Independent	M. Manickavalli	1,289	0.75%	New
	IJK	M. Singaravelu	1,270	0.73%	New
	BJP	M. Sheik Dawood	1,154	0.67%	−1.22
Margin of victory			1,584	0.92%	−4.33%
Turnout			173,020	79.20%	8.60%
Registered electors			218,453
	DMK hold		Swing	3.40%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Sivaganga)^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. R. Periyakaruppan	48,128	44.85%	+13.17
	AIADMK	K. K. Umadhevan	42,501	39.61%	+0.92
	DMDK	M. Alaguraj	12,111	11.29%	New
	BJP	S. Sivaraman	2,029	1.89%	New
	Independent	G. Lakshmi	1,332	1.24%	New
	BSP	A. P. Akbar	1,211	1.13%	New
Margin of victory			5,627	5.24%	−1.77%
Turnout			107,312	70.60%	8.34%
Registered electors			151,997
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	6.16%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Sivaganga)^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. K. Umadhevan	50,165	38.69%	+6.68
	DMK	R. Sivaraman	41,075	31.68%	−15.88
	MDMK	Sevanthiappan Pulavar	4,589	3.54%	−0.08
	Independent	P. Gunasekaran	1,646	1.27%	New
	NCP	S. U. Gahan Raam Chattrapathi	1,142	0.88%	New
Margin of victory			9,090	7.01%	−8.55%
Turnout			129,674	62.26%	−4.42%
Registered electors			208,277
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-8.87%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Sivaganga)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Sivaraman	58,925	47.56%	+19
	AIADMK	S. Kannappan	39,648	32.00%	−24.77
	MDMK	S. Sevanthiappan	4,488	3.62%	New
Margin of victory			19,277	15.56%	−12.65%
Turnout			123,897	66.68%	3.01%
Registered electors			193,029
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-9.21%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Sivaganga)^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Raja Kannappan	63,297	56.77%	+38.09
	DMK	S. Seventhiappan	31,841	28.56%	−0.91
Margin of victory			31,456	28.21%	18.67%
Turnout			111,503	63.67%	−9.11%
Registered electors			181,330
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	27.30%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Sivaganga)^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. S. Thennarasu	33,639	29.47%	−1.55
	INC	R. Arunagiri	22,746	19.93%	New
	AIADMK	Raja Kannappan	21,322	18.68%	−35.25
	AIADMK	S. Madhavan	16,626	14.57%	−39.36
	Independent	U. Balu Yaday	1,929	1.69%	New
	Independent	Mugavai Ramachandran	527	0.46%	New
Margin of victory			10,893	9.54%	−13.36%
Turnout			114,148	72.79%	−1.33%
Registered electors			159,767
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-24.46%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Sivaganga)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Madhavan	51,581	53.93%	New
	DMK	P. R. Algu	29,673	31.02%	New
	Independent	M. Krishnan	3,863	4.04%	New
	Independent	C. Sethu	626	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			21,908	22.90%	4.70%
Turnout			95,649	74.12%	10.65%
Registered electors			134,589
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	9.99%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Sivaganga)^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Valmigi	34,342	43.94%	New
	Independent	S. Madhavan	20,116	25.74%	New
	CPI	S. Shanmugam Koothakudi	18,141	23.21%	−6.45
	Independent	Samiappan Alias Andiappan	8,199	10.49%	New
	Independent	A. Vallanattan	696	0.89%	New
Margin of victory			14,226	18.20%	17.73%
Turnout			78,158	63.47%	1.05%
Registered electors			124,811
	INC gain from CPI		Swing	14.28%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Sivaganga)^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	S. Shanmugam Koothagudi	21,579	29.66%	New
	AIADMK	C. T. Rajachidambaram	21,238	29.19%	New
	DMK	M. Radhakrishanan	18,898	25.97%	−44.16
	Independent	N. A. R. Nagarajan	16,496	22.67%	New
Margin of victory			341	0.47%	−39.80%
Turnout			72,761	62.42%	−17.19%
Registered electors			118,361
	CPI gain from DMK		Swing	-40.48%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Sivaganga)^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Madhavan	54,117	70.13%	+8.75
	INC	S. Sethuramalingam	23,047	29.87%	−10.67
Margin of victory			31,070	40.26%	19.43%
Turnout			77,164	79.60%	−2.14%
Registered electors			98,591
	DMK hold		Swing	8.75%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Sivaganga)^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Madhavan	40,170	61.38%	New
	INC	V. S. S. Chettiar	26,532	40.54%	New
	Independent	A. S. Pillai	1,698	2.59%	New
Margin of victory			13,638	20.84%
Turnout			65,446	81.74%
Registered electors			82,816
	DMK win (new seat)

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Sivaganga)^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Muthiah Chettiar	24,961	56.50%	New
	CPI	Veerabhadran	10,680	24.17%	New
	Independent	Ayyadurai	8,537	19.32%	New
Margin of victory			14,281	32.33%
Turnout			44,178	59.49%
Registered electors			74,256
	Independent win (new seat)