Thiruparankundram Assembly constituency

Thiruparankundram
Thiruparankundram
Constituency No. 195 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Lok Sabha constituency	Virudhunagar
Established	1957
Total electors	3,21,501
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent V. V. Rajan Chellappa
Party	AIADMK
Alliance	AIADMK+
Elected year	2021
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Thiruparankundram State Assembly constituency (Tamil: திருப்பரங்குன்றம் சட்டமன்றத் தொகுதி) is one of the 234 state legislative assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu in southern India. It is also one of the six state legislative assembly constituencies included in Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the oldest assembly segments in Tamil Nadu, being in existence since the 1957 election.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Assembly	Member		Tenure
1957	2nd	S. Chinnakaruppa Thevar	Indian National Congress	1957-1962
1962	3rd	S. Chinnakaruppa Thevar	Indian National Congress	1962-1967
1967	4th	S. Agniraju	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1967-1971
1971	5th	C. Kaverimaniam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1971-1977
1977	6th	K. Kalimuthu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1977-1980
1980	7th	K. Kalimuthu		1980-1984
1984	8th	M. Marimuthu		1984-1989
1989	9th	C. Ramachandran	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1989-1991
1991	10th	S. Andi Thevar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1991-1996
1996	11th	C. Ramachandran	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1996-2001
2001	12th	S. M. Seenivel	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2001-2006
2006	13th	A. K. Bose	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2006-2011
2011	14th	A. K. T. Raja	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	2011-2016
2016	15th	S. M. Seenivel	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2016-2016
2016	15th	A. K. Bose	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2016-2018
2019	15th	P. Saravanan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2019-2021
2021	16th	V. V. Rajan Chellappa^[3]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2021-Incumbent

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			43.96%
2019 by-election			37.79%
2016			55.65%
2016			47.32%
2011			58.70%
2006			42.82%
2001			48.93%
1996			60.75%
1991			59.60%
1989			43.55%
1984			53.47%
1980			60.53%
1977			41.39%
1971			50.41%
1967			63.94%
1962			42.82%
1957			43.71%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruparankundram^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. V. Rajan Chellappa	103,683	43.96	7.23
	CPI(M)	Ponnuthai	74,194	31.46	New
	NTK	R. Revathy	22,722	9.63	7.21
	MNM	M. Bharanirajan	16,750	7.1	1.52
	AMMK	K. David Annadurai	10,190	4.32	9.48
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,073	0.88	0.09
Majority			29,489	12.5	11.44
Turnout			235,849	73.36	0.83
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	7.23

2019 by-election

By-election, 2019: Thiruparankundram^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Saravanan	85,434	37.79	1.06
	AIADMK	S. Muniyandi	83,038	36.73	18.92
	AMMK	I. Mahendran	31,199	13.80	New
	MNM	P. Sakthivel	12,610	5.58	New
	NTK	R. Revathi	5,467	2.42	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,184	0.97	0.13
Majority			2,396	1.06	17.86
Turnout			2,26,078	74.19	4.29
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	1.06

2016 by-election

Bye-election, 2016: Thiruparankundram^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. K. Bose	113,032	55.65	8.33
	DMK	P. Saravanan	70,362	36.73	1.05
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,214	1.10	0.48
Majority			42,670	18.92	7.28
Turnout			2,03,100	70.89	0.26
	AIADMK hold		Swing	8.33

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruparankundram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. M. Seenivel	93,453	47.32	*New*
	DMK	M. Manimaran	70,461	35.68	New
	CPI	K. Kandasamy	15,275	7.73	New
	BJP	S. Arumugam	7,698	3.90	1.72
	None of the Above	None of the Above	3,111	1.58	New
Majority			22,992	11.64	18.18
Turnout			197,650	70.69	5.39
	AIADMK gain from DMDK		Swing	New

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruparankundram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	A. K. T. Raja	95,469	58.70	43.85
	INC	C. R. Sundararajan	46,967	28.88	New
	BJP	R. Kandhan	3,543	2.18	0.54
	BSP	P. Selvam	1,251	0.77	0.18
	JMM	L. Nagamani	865	0.53	New
Majority			48,502	29.82	25.19
Turnout			162,630	76.08	5.49
	DMDK gain from AIADMK		Swing	43.85

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruparankundram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. K. Bose	117,306	42.82	6.11
	CPI(M)	S. Venkatesan	104,620	38.19	New
	DMDK	G. Rajamanickam	40,684	14.85	New
	BJP	S. Surendran	4,482	1.64	New
	BSP	V. Mahalingam @ Chittrarasu	1,595	0.59	New
	JD(U)	G. Eswaran	1,348	0.50	New
Majority			12,686	4.63	0.74
Turnout			274,018	70.59	14.61
	AIADMK hold		Swing	6.11

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruparankundram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. M. Seenivel	83,167	48.93	25.72
	DMK	C. Ramachandran	74,040	43.56	17.19
	MDMK	M. D. Chinnachellam	4,850	2.85	New
	JP	A. Sasikumar	1,226	0.72	1.46
Majority			9,127	5.37	32.21
Turnout			169,993	55.98	7.59
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	25.72

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruparankundram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Ramachandran	99,379	60.75	22.83
	AIADMK	S. V. Shanmugam	37,970	23.21	36.39
	CPI(M)	K. Kandasamy	18,192	11.12	New
	JP	V. Guruvan	3,564	2.18	New
	BJP	S. Parankundram	2,049	1.25	New
	KNMK	V. S. Raju	800	0.49	New
	SHS	R. Raja Guru	276	0.17	New
Majority			61,409	37.58	15.90
Turnout			170,248	63.52	6.38
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	22.83

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruparankundram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Andi Thevar	83,180	59.60	36.25
	DMK	C. Ramachandran	52,923	37.92	5.63
	PMK	K. Pohhiah	1,660	1.19	New
	IC(S)	K. Muthuramalingam Pandian	358	0.26	New
Majority			30,257	21.68	1.48
Turnout			142,729	57.14	12.16
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	36.25

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruparankundram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Ramachandran	64,632	43.55	1.65
	AIADMK	V. Rajan Chellappa	34,656	23.35	30.12
	AIADMK	M. Marimuthu	26,521	17.87	New
Majority			29,976	20.20	8.63
Turnout			150,572	69.30	0.64
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	1.65

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruparankundram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Marimuthu	58,559	53.47	7.06
	DMK	Ayyanan Ambalam	45,886	41.90	3.61
	INC(J)	V. Rajan Chellappa	3,658	3.34	New
Majority			12,673	11.57	10.67
Turnout			113,690	68.66	5.40
	AIADMK hold		Swing	7.06

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruparankundram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Kalimuthu	61,247	60.53	19.14
	DMK	P. Seeni Thevar	38,740	38.29	20.15
Majority			22,507	22.24	0.12
Turnout			102,199	63.26	3.99
	AIADMK hold		Swing	19.14

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruparankundram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Kalimuthu	33,850	41.39	*New*
	INC	V. Palaniandi Ambalam	15,760	19.27	New
	DMK	C. Kaverimaniam	14,834	18.14	32.27
	JP	C. Maharajan	12,188	14.90	New
Majority			18,090	22.12	6.36
Turnout			82,533	59.27	10.29
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	New

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruparankundram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Kaverimaniam	39,110	50.41	13.53
	INC(O)	I. Pandythevar	26,880	34.64	New
	CPI(M)	K. P. Janakiammal	10,613	13.68	New
Majority			12,230	15.76	13.34
Turnout			84,674	69.56	8.11
	DMK hold		Swing	13.53

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiruparankundram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Agniraju	49,169	63.94	39.50
	INC	S. Sonaimuthu	26,792	34.84	7.98
	ABJS	D. V. Raghavan	942	1.22	New
Majority			22,377	29.10	16.66
Turnout			81,596	77.67	0.65
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	39.50

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiruparankundram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Chinnakaruppa Thevar	35,491	42.82	0.89
	CPI	Janakiammal	25,179	30.38	8.09
	DMK	Muthu	20,258	24.44	New
Majority			10,312	12.44	7.19
Turnout			85,367	77.02	30.73
	INC hold		Swing	0.89

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiruparankundram^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Chinnakaruppa Thevar	19,258	43.71	*New*
	CPI	K. P. Janaki	16,947	38.47	New
	Independent	N. Muthu Thevar	7,852	17.82	New
Majority			2,311	5.25	New
Turnout			44,057	46.29	New
	INC win (new seat)

References

^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^ "2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
^ "Form 21E (Return of Election), 2019 By-Election" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ "Victory due to good work of government". The Hindu. 23 November 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
^ "Newly-elected Tiruparankundram MLA passes away". The Hindu. 25 May 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

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[1] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

[2] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

[3] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

[2021_TN_Results-4] "2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

[5] "Form 21E (Return of Election), 2019 By-Election" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

[6] "Victory due to good work of government". The Hindu. 23 November 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

[7] "Newly-elected Tiruparankundram MLA passes away". The Hindu. 25 May 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 May 2016.

[8] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

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