Alangulam (state assembly constituency)

Alangulam
Alangulam
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
Total electors	2,60,688
Most successful party	ADMK (5 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	P. H. Manoj Pandian
Party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Alangulam is a state legislative assembly constituency in Tenkasi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[1] It includes the city, Alangulam Tenkasi district. It is part of the Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency. Most successful candidate: DMK & ADMK (5 times)

Madras State[]

Year	Winner
1952	Chinnathambi Thevar	Indian National Congress
1957	Veluchamy Thevar	Independent
1962	S. Chellapandian Thevar	Indian National Congress
1967	Aladi Aruna (alias) V Arunachalam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu[]

Year	Winner
1971	Aladi Aruna (alias) V Arunachalam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	R. Navaneetha Krishna Thevar
1984	N. Shanmugaiah Thevar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	S. S. Ramasubbu	Indian National Congress
1991	S. S. Ramasubbu	Indian National Congress
1996	Aladi Aruna (alias) V Arunachalam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	P. G. Rajendran Nadar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	P. G. Rajendran Nadar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	P. H. Manoj Pandian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			36.44%
2016			45.98%
2011			47.29%
2006			46.05%
2001			48.95%
1996			46.10%
1991			62.69%
1989			28.57%
1984			54.49%
1980			53.88%
1977			28.43%
1971			51.29%
1967			51.26%
1962			51.44%
1957			51.64%
1952			32.57%

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. H. Manoj Pandian	74,153	36.44%	-7.08%
	DMK	Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna	70,614	34.70%	-11.28%
	Independent	Hari Nadar. A	37,727	18.54%
	NTK	M. Sangeetha Esak	12,519	6.15%	4.86%
	DMDK	Rajendranathan	2,816	1.38%	-2.64%
	NOTA	Nota	1,786	0.88%	-0.20%
	MNM	S. Selvakumar	1,454	0.71%
	PT	A. Udhayakumar	1,105	0.54%
	Independent	Arunkumar. K	492	0.24%
	Independent	K. Sivaram	436	0.21%
	Independent	S. Sankar Ganesh Yadav	376	0.18%
Margin of victory			3,539	1.74%	-0.72%
Turnout			2,03,478	78.05%	-0.99%
Registered electors			2,60,688
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-9.54%

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna	88,891	45.98%	-1.13%
	AIADMK	Hepzi Karthikeyan	84,137	43.52%	-3.77%
	DMDK	Rajendranath	7,784	4.03%
	BJP	S. V. Anburaj	4,660	2.41%	0.80%
	NTK	R . Vasanthi Ramalingam	2,495	1.29%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,089	1.08%
	Independent	M. Ramar	911	0.47%
	PMK	P. Gunasekaran	674	0.35%
	Independent	M. Murugan Yadav	630	0.33%
	Independent	Vaithilingam	461	0.24%
	AIFB	S. Parthibarajan	311	0.16%
Margin of victory			4,754	2.46%	2.28%
Turnout			1,93,326	79.04%	-1.98%
Registered electors			2,44,588
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.31%

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. G. Rajendran	78,098	47.29%	6.31%
	DMK	Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna	77,799	47.11%	1.07%
	BJP	S. Sudalaiyandi	2,664	1.61%	0.01%
	BSP	E. Murugesan	1,234	0.75%	-4.15%
	Independent	N. Rajendran	1,099	0.67%
	Independent	S. Thanga Raja	1,058	0.64%
	Independent	R. Ramalingam	924	0.56%
	Independent	Prakash G.	793	0.48%
	Independent	R. Kesavaraja	629	0.38%
	Independent	M. Murugan	408	0.25%
	Independent	A. Gnana Arul	228	0.14%
Margin of victory			299	0.18%	-4.88%
Turnout			2,03,826	81.02%	7.23%
Registered electors			1,65,134
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	1.25%

2006[]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna	62,299	46.05%	0.54%
	AIADMK	Pandiaraj. M	55,454	40.99%	-7.96%
	BSP	Sivakumar. M	6,620	4.89%
	AIFB	Samynathan. P	4,664	3.45%
	DMDK	Muthukumarasamy @ Durai K	2,751	2.03%
	BJP	Arulselvan. M	2,170	1.60%
	Independent	Meeran. A	1,336	0.99%
Margin of victory			6,845	5.06%	1.62%
Turnout			1,35,294	73.79%	8.42%
Registered electors			1,83,349
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-2.90%

2001[]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. G. Rajendran	58,498	48.95%
	DMK	Aladi Aruna	54,387	45.51%	-0.59%
	MDMK	Krishnasamy . S. S	3,320	2.78%	-9.58%
	Independent	Vaikuntam S.	1,561	1.31%
	Independent	Ravi Kumar . P.	821	0.69%
	Independent	Madasamy . G	542	0.45%
	Independent	Aruna. P.	380	0.32%
Margin of victory			4,111	3.44%	-17.58%
Turnout			1,19,509	65.37%	-7.55%
Registered electors			1,82,877
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	2.85%

1996[]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Aladi Aruna	53,374	46.10%	12.72%
	INC	Kamaraj. M. S.	29,038	25.08%	-37.61%
	MDMK	Murugiah. M. P.	14,309	12.36%
	AIIC(T)	Ramasubbu. S. S.	6,475	5.59%
	BJP	Anburaj. S. V.	3,236	2.80%
	Independent	Poolpandian. I.	2,186	1.89%
	Independent	Murugiah @ Murugiah Pandian. S.	1,500	1.30%
	Independent	Shunmugaih Pandian. S.	864	0.75%
	Independent	Narayanan. Y.	512	0.44%
	Independent	Maruthasamy	389	0.34%
	Independent	Ramaswamy. K.	331	0.29%
Margin of victory			24,336	21.02%	-8.29%
Turnout			1,15,771	72.92%	3.47%
Registered electors			1,67,697
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-16.59%

1991[]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. S. Ramasubbu	66,637	62.69%	34.12%
	DMK	Gurunathan S.	35,487	33.39%	5.26%
	PMK	Pavanasam C.	1,491	1.40%
		Palani Sankar M.	1,154	1.09%
	JP	Samraj Edward Pandian R.	491	0.46%
	Independent	Ramakrishnan M.	275	0.26%
	Independent	Rayappan M.	223	0.21%
	Independent	Vivekananthan T.	203	0.19%
	Independent	Devaraj J.	175	0.16%
	Independent	Karuppasamy R.	152	0.14%
Margin of victory			31,150	29.31%	28.87%
Turnout			1,06,288	69.45%	-9.97%
Registered electors			1,57,887
	INC hold		Swing	34.12%

1989[]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. S. Ramasubbu	31,314	28.57%
	DMK	Murugiah M. P.	30,832	28.13%	-2.53%
	AIADMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	23,964	21.87%	-32.62%
	AIADMK	Aladi Aruna	20,867	19.04%	-35.45%
	Independent	Rayappan. M.	414	0.38%
	Independent	Karaupasamy. R.	397	0.36%
	Independent	Ramiah (Thalapathy) M.	335	0.31%
	Independent	Kanniah. M.	309	0.28%
	Independent	Nachiar M	296	0.27%
	Independent	Subbiah Nadar M.	238	0.22%
	Independent	Antony S.	233	0.21%
Margin of victory			482	0.44%	-23.38%
Turnout			1,09,598	79.43%	3.67%
Registered electors			1,40,927
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-25.92%

1984[]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Shanmuchiah Pendian N.	48,109	54.49%
	DMK	Thambi Thurai. P.	27,076	30.67%	-14.48%
	Independent	Sekar. T.	5,922	6.71%
	Independent	Emarajan. S. P.	3,866	4.38%
	Independent	Thangaraj Pandian N.	2,448	2.77%
	Independent	Rayappan. M.	548	0.62%
	Independent	Kanniah M.	325	0.37%
Margin of victory			21,033	23.82%	15.10%
Turnout			88,294	75.76%	8.46%
Registered electors			1,24,914
	AIADMK gain from		Swing	0.61%

1980[]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Navaneetha Krishna Pandian. R.	41,271	53.88%
	DMK	Dorai Singh. E.	34,587	45.15%	28.82%
	Independent	Rayappan Nadar. M.	504	0.66%
	Independent	Ramakrishnan. M.	242	0.32%
Margin of victory			6,684	8.73%	6.13%
Turnout			76,604	67.29%	4.40%
Registered electors			1,15,519
	gain from AIADMK		Swing	25.44%

1977[]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	20,183	28.43%
	JP	R. Navaneetha Krishna Pandian	18,342	25.84%
	INC	S. Ukkirama Pandian	17,997	25.35%	-23.36%
	DMK	P. Thambi Durai	11,592	16.33%	-34.96%
	Independent	S. Arulappan Nadar	1,024	1.44%
	AIFB	T. Thirumaran	861	1.21%
	Independent	S. Subbiah Thevar	663	0.93%
	Independent	M. Royappan Nadar	325	0.46%
Margin of victory			1,841	2.59%	0.01%
Turnout			70,987	62.89%	-15.40%
Registered electors			1,14,602
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-22.86%

1971[]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Aladi Aruna	36,526	51.29%	0.04%
	INC	Ramachandran S. K. T.	34,688	48.71%	1.39%
Margin of victory			1,838	2.58%	-1.35%
Turnout			71,214	78.29%	1.26%
Registered electors			93,471
	DMK hold		Swing	0.04%

1967[]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Aladi Aruna	33,509	51.26%	38.04%
	INC	A. B. Balagan	30,938	47.32%	-4.12%
	Independent	M. Royappan	930	1.42%
Margin of victory			2,571	3.93%	-12.16%
Turnout			65,377	77.03%	8.00%
Registered electors			87,529
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-0.18%

1962[]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Chellapandian Thevar	32,650	51.44%	10.67%
	SWA	N. H. M. Pandian	22,438	35.35%
	DMK	V. Arunachalam Nadar	8,387	13.21%
Margin of victory			10,212	16.09%	5.22%
Turnout			63,475	69.02%	29.33%
Registered electors			95,066
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-0.21%

1957[]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Veluchamy Thevar	19,458	51.64%
	INC	S. Chellapandian Thevar	15,362	40.77%	8.20%
	Independent	Ambalavana Pillai	2,858	7.59%
Margin of victory			4,096	10.87%	1.98%
Turnout			37,678	39.70%	-14.07%
Registered electors			94,908
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	19.07%

1952[]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chinnathambi Thevar	13,433	32.57%	32.57%
	Independent	Thangarathnasami Nadar	9,765	23.68%
	Independent	Peter Arulmani	7,440	18.04%
	SP	Velikandanatha Pillai	5,463	13.25%
	Independent	Maria Louis Pandian	5,144	12.47%
Margin of victory			3,668	8.89%
Turnout			41,245	53.77%
Registered electors			76,713
	INC win (new seat)

References[]

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

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

Coordinates: 8°52′12″N 77°30′00″E / 8.8700°N 77.5000°E / 8.8700; 77.5000

[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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