Villianur Assembly constituency

Villianur is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India.^[1][2] Villianur Assembly constituency is part of Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency.

Villianur
Constituency No. 5 for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Puducherry
Lok Sabha constituency	Puducherry
Established	1964
Total electors	42,329
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent R. Siva
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1964	Thillai Kanakarasu		Indian National Congress
1969	S. Arumugam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1974	M. K. Jeevarathina Odayar		Indian National Congress
1977	S. Pazhaninathan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	M. Venugopal		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1985	R. Subbaraya Gounder		Indian National Congress
1990	P. Anandabaskaran		Indian National Congress
1991	P. Anandabaskaran		Indian National Congress
1996	C. Jayakumar		Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	C. Djeacoumar		Tamil Maanila Congress
2006	J. Narayanasamy		Independent politician
2011	A. Namassivayam		Indian National Congress
2016	A. Namassivayam		Indian National Congress
2021	R. Siva[3]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			55.73%
2016			57.09%
2011			52.03%
2006			49.35%
2001			50.51%
1996			64.56%
1991			54.09%
1990			54.30%
1985			52.34%
1980			44.23%
1977			35.00%
1974			37.00%
1969			59.95%
1964			57.70%

Assembly Election 2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Villianur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Siva	19,653	55.73%
	AINRC	S. V. Sugumaran	12,703	36.02%
	NTK	Praveena	1,182	3.35%
	MNM	A. Banumathi	609	1.73%
	NOTA	Nota	478	1.36%	−0.06%
	AMMK	Kumaravel	162	0.46%
Margin of victory			6,950	19.71%	−6.54%
Turnout			35,266	83.08%	−2.70%
Registered electors			42,448		15.44%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-1.36%

Assembly Election 2016

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Villianur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Namassivayam	18,009	57.09%	5.06%
	AINRC	Jayakumar	9,728	30.84%
	VCK	A. Mohamad Halid	1,598	5.07%
	AIADMK	V. Subramanian	704	2.23%
	NOTA	None of the Above	445	1.41%
	BJP	S. Mohankumar	361	1.14%	0.41%
	SDPI	A. Rabick Mansure	195	0.62%
Margin of victory			8,281	26.25%	20.13%
Turnout			31,545	85.79%	−2.66%
Registered electors			36,772		29.12%
	INC hold		Swing	5.06%

Assembly Election 2011

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Villianur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Namassivayam	13,105	52.03%	8.91%
	AINRC	K. Nadarajan	11,564	45.91%
	BJP	M. S. Perumal	186	0.74%	−0.44%
	Independent	Sivakumar	155	0.62%
	Independent	K. Athiriyen	136	0.54%
Margin of victory			1,541	6.12%	−0.11%
Turnout			25,188	88.45%	−0.65%
Registered electors			28,478		4.78%
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	2.68%

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Villianur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Narayanasamy	11,950	49.35%
	INC	C. Djeacoumar	10,441	43.12%
	PMC	C. Ramadassou	1,101	4.55%
	BJP	P. Cannane	286	1.18%
	Independent	A. Selvalatchoumy	196	0.81%
	DMDK	Dr. C. Rajasekaran	127	0.52%
Margin of victory			1,509	6.23%	−13.75%
Turnout			24,216	89.10%	8.38%
Registered electors			27,179		7.21%
	Independent gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-1.16%

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Villianur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	C. Djeacoumar	10,335	50.51%
	PMC	J. Narayanasamy	6,246	30.52%
	Independent	Ananda Baskaran	2,926	14.30%
	AIADMK	Ramane	546	2.67%
	Independent	R. Arunachalam	215	1.05%
	Independent	B. Sandanam	107	0.52%
Margin of victory			4,089	19.98%	−10.14%
Turnout			20,462	80.72%	5.73%
Registered electors			25,350		9.43%
	TMC(M) hold		Swing	-3.58%

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Villianur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	C. Jayakumar	12,205	64.56%
	INC	P. Anandabaskaran	6,509	34.43%	−19.66%
Margin of victory			5,696	30.13%	20.55%
Turnout			18,906	83.35%	8.36%
Registered electors			23,166		11.58%
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	10.46%

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Villianur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Anandabaskaran	8,190	54.09%	−0.21%
	JD	C. Jayakumar	6,740	44.51%
Margin of victory			1,450	9.58%	−14.46%
Turnout			15,141	74.99%	−1.75%
Registered electors			20,762		1.59%
	INC hold		Swing	-0.21%

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Villianur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Anandabaskaran	8,442	54.30%	1.96%
	DMK	M. Venugopal	4,706	30.27%	−17.39%
	PMK	R. Thulasidasan	2,252	14.49%
Margin of victory			3,736	24.03%	19.35%
Turnout			15,546	76.74%	−3.40%
Registered electors			20,438		48.59%
	INC hold		Swing	1.96%

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Villianur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Subbaraya Gounder	5,696	52.34%
	DMK	M. Venugopal	5,187	47.66%	3.43%
Margin of victory			509	4.68%	−3.97%
Turnout			10,883	80.15%	−2.05%
Registered electors			13,755		23.91%
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	8.11%

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Villianur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Venugopal	3,810	44.23%	23.63%
	AIADMK	S. Sellappan Alias Meenakshisundaram	3,065	35.58%	0.58%
	Independent	N. Sinnathambi	1,739	20.19%
Margin of victory			745	8.65%	6.68%
Turnout			8,614	82.20%	2.38%
Registered electors			11,101		5.97%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	9.23%

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Villianur^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Pazhaninathan	2,891	35.00%	0.72%
	JP	P. Varadarassu	2,728	33.03%
	DMK	M. A. Shanmugam	1,701	20.60%	−8.12%
	INC	N. Devadass	939	11.37%
Margin of victory			163	1.97%	−0.74%
Turnout			8,259	79.82%	−7.83%
Registered electors			10,476		16.75%
	AIADMK gain from INC(O)		Swing	-1.99%

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Villianur^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(O)	M. K. Jeevarathina Odayar	2,812	37.00%
	AIADMK	K. Thirukamu	2,606	34.28%
	DMK	S. Arumugam	2,183	28.72%	−31.23%
Margin of victory			206	2.71%	−17.20%
Turnout			7,601	87.65%	2.92%
Registered electors			8,973		8.03%
	INC(O) gain from DMK		Swing	-22.96%

Assembly Election 1969

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Villianur^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Arumugam	4,132	59.95%
	INC	S. V. Murugesa Nadar	2,760	40.05%	−17.65%
Margin of victory			1,372	19.91%	−1.70%
Turnout			6,892	84.73%	3.44%
Registered electors			8,306		−5.04%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	2.26%

Assembly Election 1964

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Villianur^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Thillai Kanakarasu	4,025	57.70%
	IPF	M. Abdul Rahiman	2,518	36.10%
	Independent	Pakir Mohamed Sahib	433	6.21%
Margin of victory			1,507	21.60%
Turnout			6,976	81.30%
Registered electors			8,747
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• Puducherry district