Tiruvarur Assembly constituency

Tiruvarur is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.^[2] It was reserved for the Scheduled Castes before being changed to have no reservation from the 2011 general elections. It consists of Thiruvarur, Koradacherry and part of Kodavasal panchayat union. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Tiruvarur
Constituency No. 168 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvarur
Lok Sabha constituency	Nagapattinam
Established	1962
Total electors	2,82,708[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. Poondi Kalaivanan
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1962	C. M. Ambikapathy		Indian National Congress
1967	P. S. Dhanushkodi		Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	Karunanidhi Thazhai		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977
1980	M. Sellamuthu		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1984
1989	V. Thambusamy
1991
1996	A. Asokan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001
2006	U. Mathivanan
2011	M. Karunanidhi
2016
2019^	K. Poondi Kalaivanan[3]
2021

^by-election

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			52.29%
2019 by-election			57.00%
2016			61.73%
2011			62.96%
2006			56.77%
2001			47.63%
1996			60.03%
1991			51.22%
1989			47.75%
1984			55.99%
1980			50.18%
1977			44.27%
1971			47.46%
1967			48.04%
1962			44.89%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvarur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Poondi Kalaivanan	108,906	52.29%	−9.44
	AIADMK	A. N. R. Pannerselvam	57,732	27.72%	+0.73
	NTK	R. Vinothini	26,300	12.63%	+11.9
	SDPI	M. A. Naseema Banu [koothanallur]	6,364	3.06%	New
	MNM	P. Kabilarasan	4,068	1.95%	New
	Tamil Nadu Ilangyar Katchi	Thiyagasutharam	1,008	0.48%	−0.31
Margin of victory			51,174	24.57%	−10.17%
Turnout			208,290	73.68%	−4.04%
Rejected ballots			191	0.09%
Registered electors			282,708
	DMK hold		Swing	-9.44%

2019 by-election

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Thiruvarur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Poondi Kalaivanan	117,616	57.00
	AIADMK	R. Jeevanantham	53,045	25.71
	AMMK	S. Kamaraj	19,133	9.27
	NTK	R. Vinothini	8,144	3.95
	MNM	K. Arun Chidambaram	4,251	2.06
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,413	0.68
Majority			64,571	31.29
Rejected ballots			226
Turnout			2,04,935
Registered electors			2,96,159
	DMK hold		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvarur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Karunanidhi	121,473	61.73%	−1.23
	AIADMK	R. Pannerselvam	53,107	26.99%	−6.95
	CPI	P. S. Masilamani	13,158	6.69%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,177	1.11%	New
	PMK	R. Sivakumar	1,787	0.91%	New
	NTK	Thendral Chandrasekar	1,427	0.73%	New
	BJP	N. Rengadass	1,254	0.64%	−0.09
Margin of victory			68,366	34.74%	5.72%
Turnout			196,795	77.71%	−4.93%
Registered electors			253,227
	DMK hold		Swing	-1.23%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvarur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Karunanidhi	109,014	62.96%	+6.19
	AIADMK	M. Rajendran	58,765	33.94%	−2.95
	Independent	P. N. Sriramachandran	1,741	1.01%	New
	BJP	R. Pingalan	1,263	0.73%	+0.1
Margin of victory			50,249	29.02%	9.14%
Turnout			173,159	82.64%	5.91%
Registered electors			209,530
	DMK hold		Swing	6.19%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvarur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	U. Mathivanan	76,901	56.77%	+9.13
	AIADMK	A. Thangamani	49,968	36.89%	New
	DMDK	N. Mohankumar	5,198	3.84%	New
	BJP	Dr. A. Ganesan	848	0.63%	New
	Independent	A. P. Veeramani	780	0.58%	New
Margin of victory			26,933	19.88%	18.81%
Turnout			135,462	76.73%	10.04%
Registered electors			176,537
	DMK hold		Swing	9.13%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvarur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Asokan	58,425	47.63%	−12.4
	CPI(M)	K. Rengasamy	57,111	46.56%	+29.61
	MDMK	A. Kamalavendhan	2,846	2.32%	New
	Independent	S. Veerasamy	2,375	1.94%	New
	Independent	U. Ulaganathan	1,331	1.09%	New
Margin of victory			1,314	1.07%	−37.41%
Turnout			122,652	66.70%	−5.64%
Registered electors			183,974
	DMK hold		Swing	-12.40%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvarur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Asokan	69,212	60.03%	New
	INC	P. Arumuga Pandian	24,845	21.55%	−24.84
	CPI(M)	S. Veerasamy	19,551	16.96%	−34.26
	BJP	M. Ganesan	1,275	1.11%	New
Margin of victory			44,367	38.48%	33.65%
Turnout			115,293	72.34%	1.58%
Registered electors			169,664
	DMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	8.82%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvarur^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	V. Thambusamy	55,653	51.22%	+3.47
	INC	M. Ramasamy	50,406	46.39%	+26.72
	PMK	Pon. Subramanian	1,979	1.82%	New
	THMM	G. Pappaiyan	627	0.58%	New
Margin of victory			5,247	4.83%	−18.83%
Turnout			108,665	70.75%	−6.82%
Registered electors			158,043
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	3.47%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvarur^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	V. Thambusamy	52,520	47.75%	−8.25
	AIADMK	Nagooran Raja	26,500	24.09%	New
	INC	Padma	21,637	19.67%	−24.34
	Independent	M. Kamaraj	8,543	7.77%	New
Margin of victory			26,020	23.66%	11.67%
Turnout			109,995	77.58%	−2.77%
Registered electors			144,125
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-8.25%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvarur^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. Sellamuthu	56,273	55.99%	+5.81
	INC	P. Selvadurai	44,227	44.01%	New
Margin of victory			12,046	11.99%	10.23%
Turnout			100,500	80.35%	5.25%
Registered electors			131,246
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	5.81%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvarur^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. Sellamuthu	45,557	50.18%	+22.29
	DMK	Kovi. Kuppusamy	43,959	48.42%	+4.15
	JP	G. Pannerselvam (Manali Nethaji)	1,270	1.40%	New
Margin of victory			1,598	1.76%	−14.62%
Turnout			90,786	75.10%	1.37%
Registered electors			121,907
	CPI(M) gain from DMK		Swing	5.91%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvarur^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Karunanithi Thazhai	38,528	44.27%	−3.19
	CPI(M)	P. S. Dhanushokody	24,274	27.89%	+4.13
	CPI	S. Thangaiyan	20,221	23.23%	New
	JP	K. M. Chellaiya	4,008	4.61%	New
Margin of victory			14,254	16.38%	−2.32%
Turnout			87,031	73.73%	−7.31%
Registered electors			119,219
	DMK hold		Swing	-3.19%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvarur^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Karunanithi Thazhai	30,828	47.46%	New
	INC	V. Vedaiyan	18,686	28.77%	−15.25
	CPI(M)	V. Thambuchchamy	15,436	23.77%	−24.28
Margin of victory			12,142	18.69%	14.67%
Turnout			64,950	81.04%	−0.57%
Registered electors			84,603
	DMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-0.58%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvarur^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P.S. Dhanushokody	30,510	48.04%	New
	INC	V. Vedaiyan	27,956	44.02%	−0.87
	CPI	S. Vadivel	5,040	7.94%	−28.72
Margin of victory			2,554	4.02%	−4.21%
Turnout			63,506	81.62%	6.50%
Registered electors			80,116
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	3.15%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvarur^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	C. M. Ambikapathy	29,384	44.89%	New
	CPI	S. Vadivelu	23,993	36.66%	New
	SWA	Veeran Ilanchingam	10,658	16.28%	New
	Independent	N. Santhanam	1,419	2.17%	New
Margin of victory			5,391	8.24%
Turnout			65,454	75.12%
Registered electors			90,165
	INC win (new seat)