Alangudi (state assembly constituency)

Alangudi is a state legislative assembly constituency in Pudukkottai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[1] It includes the city, Alangudi and is part of the Sivaganga (Lok Sabha constituency). The constituency is in existence since the 1957 election.

Madras State[]

Assembly	Year	Winner
Second	1957	Chinniah and Arunachala Thevar	Indian National Congress
Third	1962	P. Murugaiyan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourth	1967	K. V. Subbiah	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu[]

Assembly	Duration	Winner
Fifth	1971-1977	K. V. Subbiah	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977-1980	T. Pushparaju	Indian National Congress
Seventh	1980-1984	P. Thirumaran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984-1989	A. Venkatachalam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989-1991	K. B. V. Sc. Chandrasekaran	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991-1996	S. Shanmuganathan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-2001	A. Venkatachalam	Independent
Twelfth	2001-2006	A. Venkatachalam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006-2011	S. Rajasekaran	Communist Party of India
Fourteenth	2011-2016	Ku. Pa. Krishnan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016-2021	Meyyanathan Siva V	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021-Incumbent	Meyyanathan Siva V	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[]

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alangudi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	Siva.V.Meyyanathan	87,935	51.17
	AIADMK	Dharma Thangavel	62,088	36.13
	NTK	C.Thiruchelvam	15,477	9.01
	AMMK	D.Vidangar	2,924	1.7
	MNM	N.Vairavan	1,230	0.72
	None of the Above	Nota	702	0.41
	BSP	M.Chinnadurai	444	0.26
Margin of victory			25,847
Turnout			171,842
	DMK hold		Swing

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Alangudi
Party		Candidate	Votes
	DMK	Siva.V.Meyyanathan	72,992
	AIADMK	Gnana Kalaiselvan	63,051
	MDMK	Chandrasekaran . K	11,387
	PMK	Arulmani .S	5,514
	NTK	Kala Durai	1,495
	None of the Above	Nota	1,068
	IJK	Saravanan .A	695
Margin of victory			9,941
Turnout			158,096
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

Notes[]

^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

References[]

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

Coordinates: 10°15′33″N 78°48′30″E / 10.2591552°N 78.8084614°E / 10.2591552; 78.8084614

[1] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

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