Valangiman Assembly constituency

Valangiman was a state assembly constituency in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu.^[1] It was a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency. It was one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Valangiman
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Lok Sabha constituency	Thanjavur
Established	1967
Abolished	2008
Total electors	139,552

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1971	N. Somasundaram		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	A. Chellappa
1980	Gomathi Srinivasan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984
1989	Yasodha Chellappa		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	K. Panchavarnam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	Gomathi Srinivasan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	Boopathi Mariappan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	Ilamathi Subramanian

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2006			47.23%
2001			57.93%
1996			50.78%
1991			64.59%
1989			40.98%
1984			55.78%
1980			56.11%
1977			36.01%
1971			58.11%
1967			53.10%

2006

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Ilamathi Subramanian	51,939	47.23%	−10.70%
	DMK	S. Senthamil Chelvan	50,306	45.75%
	DMDK	R. Sooriyamurthi	4,554	4.14%
	Independent	M. Anbalagan	1,265	1.15%
	BSP	A. Senthilkumar	665	0.60%
	BJP	M. Palaniappan @ Puratchikavidhasan	658	0.60%
	Independent	Arjunan Malai	573	0.52%
Margin of victory			1,633	1.49%	−23.39%
Turnout			109,960	78.80%	12.39%
Registered electors			139,552
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-10.70%

2001

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Boopathi Mariappan	54,677	57.93%	28.84%
	PT	T. Nadaiyazhagan	31,200	33.06%
	MDMK	M. Thiagarajan	3,298	3.49%
	Independent	Gomathi Srinivasan	1,813	1.92%
	Independent	G. Marimuthu	1,412	1.50%
	Independent	S. Prabakaran	1,060	1.12%
	Independent	S. Kasthuri	925	0.98%
Margin of victory			23,477	24.87%	3.18%
Turnout			94,385	66.40%	−7.47%
Registered electors			142,156
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	7.15%

1996

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Gomathi Srinivasan	48,019	50.78%	16.76%
	AIADMK	V. Vivekanandan	27,508	29.09%	−35.50%
	Independent	B. John Pandian	11,984	12.67%
	CPI(M)	M. Malathi	4,567	4.83%
	Independent	M. Vasu	950	1.00%
	Independent	R. Pandiyan	473	0.50%
	JP	P. Boobalasubramanian	433	0.46%
	PMK	P. Kaliyamurthy	337	0.36%
	Independent	M. Gowthaman	195	0.21%
	Independent	O. Mahalingam	89	0.09%
Margin of victory			20,511	21.69%	−8.88%
Turnout			94,555	73.87%	1.70%
Registered electors			137,058
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-13.80%

1991

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Panchavarnam	58,504	64.59%	34.14%
	DMK	S. Senthamil Chelvan	30,816	34.02%	−6.96%
	AAP	T. Kaliamoorthy	646	0.71%
	PMK	P. Kalimurthy	613	0.68%
Margin of victory			27,688	30.57%	20.04%
Turnout			90,579	72.17%	−27.83%
Registered electors			129,813
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	23.61%

1989

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Yasotha Chellappa	38,522	40.98%	−0.12%
	AIADMK	Vivekananda	28,624	30.45%	−25.33%
	INC	V. R. Gopal	17,731	18.86%
	AIADMK	E. Thilagavathi	6,381	6.79%	−48.99%
	Independent	N. Mahalingam	1,710	1.82%
	Independent	C. Thirumavalavan	530	0.56%
	LKD	Malarkodi Gunasekaran	257	0.27%
	Independent	K. Mahalingam	253	0.27%
Margin of victory			9,898	10.53%	−4.15%
Turnout			94,008	100.00%	18.82%
Registered electors			96,050
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-14.80%

1984

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Gomathi Srinivasan	46,618	55.78%	−0.33%
	DMK	N. Somasundaram Sithmalli	34,347	41.10%	0.39%
	INC(J)	A. Nageswari	1,751	2.10%
	Independent	S. K. Swaminathan	861	1.03%
Margin of victory			12,271	14.68%	−0.72%
Turnout			83,577	81.18%	8.39%
Registered electors			107,560
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-0.33%

1980

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Gomathi Srinivasan	40,667	56.11%	25.11%
	DMK	A. Chellappa	29,502	40.70%	4.70%
	Independent	A. Srinivasan	1,967	2.71%
	JP	S. K. Kannusamy	343	0.47%
Margin of victory			11,165	15.40%	10.40%
Turnout			72,479	72.78%	2.03%
Registered electors			100,415
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	20.10%

1977

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Chellappa	24,270	36.01%	−22.10%
	AIADMK	P. Srinivasan	20,897	31.00%
	INC	A. Srinivasan	19,172	28.44%	−8.29%
	JP	A. Pichaiyan	3,065	4.55%
Margin of victory			3,373	5.00%	−16.37%
Turnout			67,404	70.76%	−8.12%
Registered electors			96,692
	DMK hold		Swing	-22.10%

1971

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Somasundaram	38,519	58.11%	5.01%
	INC	V. Thangavelu	24,351	36.73%	−10.17%
	Independent	K. Nedunchezian	2,683	4.05%
	Independent	A. Pichaiyan	525	0.79%
	Independent	Palanisamy	213	0.32%
Margin of victory			14,168	21.37%	15.18%
Turnout			66,291	78.87%	−2.24%
Registered electors			87,481
	DMK hold		Swing	5.01%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Valangiman^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Somasundaram	34,436	53.10%
	INC	R. Subramaniam	30,418	46.90%
Margin of victory			4,018	6.20%
Turnout			64,854	81.12%
Registered electors			82,620
	DMK win (new seat)