Villupuram Assembly constituency

11.941°N 79.493°E / 11.941; 79.493

Villupuram
Constituency No. 74 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Villupuram
Lok Sabha constituency	Vilupuram
Established	1951
Total electors	2,62,068[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent R. Lakshmanan
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Villupuram is a state legislative assembly constituency in Viluppuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 74. It comprises a portion of Viluppuram taluk and is a part of Viluppuram Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Villupuram was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) facilities with EVMs in the state elections of 2016.^[4]

Most successful party: DMK (nine times).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Nagarajan		Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party
1957	Sarangapani Gounder		Indian National Congress
1962	M. Shanmugam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	M. Shanmugam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	M. Shanmugam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	P. Krishnan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	K. P. Palaniappan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	M. Mani Rajarathinam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	K. Ponmudy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	D. Janardhanan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	K. Ponmudy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	K. Ponmudy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	K. Ponmudy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	C. V. Shanmugam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	C. V. Shanmugam[5]		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	R. Lakshmanan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			50.16%
2016			36.74%
2011			52.18%
2006			46.87%
2001			47.45%
1996			58.24%
1991			48.82%
1989			47.18%
1984			52.71%
1980			52.02%
1977			37.69%
1971			51.41%
1967			53.73%
1962			59.36%
1957			50.87%
1952			43.46%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villupuram^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Lakshmanan	102,271	50.16%	New
	AIADMK	C. V. Shanmugam	87,403	42.87%	+6.13
	NTK	J. Selvam	6,375	3.13%	+2.48
	MNM	K. Dass	3,242	1.59%	New
	AMMK	R. Balasundaram	1,695	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			14,868	7.29%	−4.50%
Turnout			203,890	77.80%	1.40%
Rejected ballots			286	0.14%
Registered electors			262,068
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	13.42%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villupuram^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. V. Shanmugam	69,421	36.74%	−15.45
	IUML	S. M. Ameer Abbas	47,130	24.94%	New
	PMK	P. Palanivel	36,456	19.29%	New
	DMDK	L. Vengatesan	24,907	13.18%	New
	BJP	Jayakumar Rama	2,188	1.16%	+0.52
	NOTA	NOTA	1,701	0.90%	New
	NTK	K. Subramani	1,231	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			22,291	11.80%	4.81%
Turnout			188,964	76.40%	−6.24%
Registered electors			247,327
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-15.45%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villupuram^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. V. Shanmugam	90,304	52.18%	+11.62
	DMK	K. Ponmudy	78,207	45.19%	−1.68
	BJP	C. Arokiyasamy	1,100	0.64%	−0.01
Margin of victory			12,097	6.99%	0.69%
Turnout			173,050	82.64%	9.94%
Registered electors			209,392
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	5.31%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villupuram^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Ponmudy	72,462	46.87%	−0.58
	AIADMK	R. Pasupathy	62,714	40.57%	New
	DMDK	D. Duraisamy	13,621	8.81%	New
	Independent	V. Vetriselvan	1,523	0.99%	New
	BJP	V. Sukumar	994	0.64%	New
	Independent	M. Mohamad Jakkiriya	845	0.55%	New
	BSP	V. Vaikunthan	804	0.52%	−0.04
Margin of victory			9,748	6.31%	4.71%
Turnout			154,600	72.71%	11.30%
Registered electors			212,630
	DMK hold		Swing	-0.58%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villupuram^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Ponmudy	65,693	47.45%	−10.8
	PMK	R. Pasupathy	63,488	45.86%	New
	MDMK	V. Govindarajulu	2,982	2.15%	−5.41
	Independent	K. Sadagopan	1,853	1.34%	New
	Independent	M. Mohamed Ali Jinna	1,116	0.81%	New
	Independent	V. Ponmudi	851	0.61%	New
	BSP	G. Kaliyamoorthy	781	0.56%	New
	Independent	C. Faruklal	704	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			2,205	1.59%	−30.75%
Turnout			138,453	61.40%	−8.06%
Registered electors			225,528
	DMK hold		Swing	-10.80%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villupuram^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Ponmudy	74,891	58.24%	+24.87
	AIADMK	S. S. Panneer Selvam	33,305	25.90%	−22.92
	MDMK	M. Panneer Selvam	9,727	7.56%	New
	AIIC(T)	G. Janagiraman	8,331	6.48%	New
	BJP	K. Mani	848	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			41,586	32.34%	16.89%
Turnout			128,581	69.46%	2.63%
Registered electors			190,500
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	9.42%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villupuram^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Janaardhanan	55,105	48.82%	+32.99
	DMK	K. Ponmudy	37,665	33.37%	−13.81
	Independent	V. Krishna Murthy	18,304	16.22%	New
	Independent	U. Mohamed Younus	636	0.56%	New
	INS(SCS)	D. Deenadhayalan	598	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			17,440	15.45%	−8.34%
Turnout			112,866	66.83%	4.31%
Registered electors			176,980
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	1.64%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villupuram^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Ponmudy	45,145	47.18%	+9.03
	INC	S. Abdul Latheef	22,380	23.39%	New
	AIADMK	P. Selvaraj	15,148	15.83%	−36.88
	Independent	V. G. Chellappa	9,929	10.38%	New
	Independent	M. Bala Shanmugam	1,038	1.08%	New
Margin of victory			22,765	23.79%	9.23%
Turnout			95,677	62.52%	−14.40%
Registered electors			156,154
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-5.53%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villupuram^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Rajarathinam Mani	50,156	52.71%	+6.54
	DMK	K. P. Palaniappan	36,302	38.15%	−13.87
	Independent	M. Balashanugam	7,562	7.95%	New
	Independent	H. Sohan Lal Jain	661	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			13,854	14.56%	8.72%
Turnout			95,152	76.92%	10.09%
Registered electors			131,319
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	0.69%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villupuram^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. P. Palaniappan	45,952	52.02%	+17.98
	AIADMK	M. Rajarathinam	40,792	46.18%	+8.49
	Independent	Jothi V	1,065	1.21%	New
	Independent	G. Ramakrishna Padayachi	531	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			5,160	5.84%	2.19%
Turnout			88,340	66.82%	3.05%
Registered electors			133,842
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	14.33%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villupuram^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Krishnan	27,882	37.69%	New
	DMK	K. P. Palaniappan	25,183	34.04%	−17.37
	JP	L. Athikesavalu Naidu	12,161	16.44%	New
	INC	T. Thirumal	8,754	11.83%	−29.14
Margin of victory			2,699	3.65%	−6.79%
Turnout			73,980	63.77%	−9.91%
Registered electors			117,651
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-13.73%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villupuram^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Shanmugam	35,838	51.41%	−2.32
	INC	V. P. Sharangapani Gounder	28,562	40.98%	−4.28
	Independent	A. Ramalingam	5,304	7.61%	New
Margin of victory			7,276	10.44%	1.96%
Turnout			69,704	73.68%	−3.67%
Registered electors			102,546
	DMK hold		Swing	-2.32%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Villupuram^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Shanmugam	37,605	53.73%	−5.63
	INC	V. P. S. Gounder	31,674	45.26%	+6.43
	Independent	T. S. Ramachandran	706	1.01%	New
Margin of victory			5,931	8.47%	−12.06%
Turnout			69,985	77.35%	5.11%
Registered electors			94,260
	DMK hold		Swing	-5.63%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Villupuram^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Shanmugam	39,923	59.36%	New
	INC	V. P. Sarangapani Koundar	26,115	38.83%	−12.04
	Independent	G. Kothandaraman Koundar	735	1.09%	New
	Independent	A. Ramalingam	485	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			13,808	20.53%	18.79%
Turnout			67,258	72.24%	18.10%
Registered electors			96,487
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	8.49%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Villupuram^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sarangapani Gounder	25,000	50.87%	+15.81
	Independent	Shanmugha Udayar	24,147	49.13%	New
Margin of victory			853	1.74%	−6.67%
Turnout			49,147	54.15%	−5.17%
Registered electors			90,763
	INC gain from TTP		Swing	7.40%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Villupuram^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TTP	Nagarajan	21,762	43.46%	New
	INC	S. D. Chinnas Alias Reddy	17,555	35.06%	New
	Independent	M. Shumuga U Yar	10,752	21.47%	New
Margin of victory			4,207	8.40%
Turnout			50,069	59.32%
Registered electors			84,403
	TTP win (new seat)