Mudukulathur (state assembly constituency)

Mudukulathur
Mudukulathur
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
Total electors	3,10,954
Most successful party	ADMK (4 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	R.S.Rajakannappan
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Mudukulathur is a legislative assembly constituency in Ramanathapuram district the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[1] It is a component of Ramanathapuram Lok sabha constituency.

Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Madras State[]

Year	Winner
1952	U. Muthuramalinga Thevar and Thiru. Mottaya Kudumban
1957	A. Perumal and U. Muthuramalinga Thevar	Indian National Congress
1962	T. L. Sasivarna Thevar	Forward Bloc
1967	R. R. Thevar	Swatantra Party

Tamil Nadu[]

Year	Winner
1971	Kadher Batcha alias S. Vellaichamy	Independent
1977	S. Balakrishnan	Indian National Congress
1980		Forward Bloc
1984	K. Muthuvel	Forward Bloc
1989	Kadher Batcha alias S. Vellaichamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	S. Balakrishnan	Indian National Congress
1996	S. Balakrishnan	Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	K. Patinetampatian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	K. Murugavel	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	M. Murugan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	S. Pandi	Indian National Congress
2021	R.S.Rajakannappan^[2]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			46.07%
2016			46.71%
2011			46.87%
2006			49.71%
2001			46.99%
1996			44.71%
1991			41.74%
1989			33.14%
1984			37.33%
1980			51.43%
1977			24.13%
1971			32.86%
1967			53.17%
1957			32.80%
1952			29.56%

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mudukulathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R.S.Rajakannappan	101,901	46.07%
	AIADMK	Keerthika Muniyasamy	81,180	36.70%	-3.44%
	AMMK	M. Murugan	19,699	8.91%
	NTK	R. Rahmadnisha	11,234	5.08%	4.10%
	MNM	C. Navapanneerselvam	943	0.43%
	Independent	K. Sathish	815	0.37%
	Independent	G. M. Senthilmurugan	722	0.33%
		A. Saravanakumar	614	0.28%
	Independent	S. Prabakaran	557	0.25%
	BSP	N. Sivanandam	535	0.24%	-0.30%
	NOTA	Nota	532	0.24%	-0.28%
Margin of victory			20,721	9.37%	2.80%
Turnout			221,196	71.13%	2.78%
Registered electors			310,954
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-0.64%

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mudukulathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Pandi	94,946	46.71%
	AIADMK	M. Keerthika	81,598	40.14%	-6.73%
	MDMK	P. Rajkumar	8,800	4.33%
	BJP	B. T. Arasakumar	5,408	2.66%	1.09%
	SDPI	S. Mohamed Ishak	2,103	1.03%
	NTK	S. F. Mohamed Gaddaffe	1,993	0.98%
	AIFB	P. Balakrishnan	1,656	0.81%
	PMK	R. Irulandi	1,133	0.56%
	Independent	P. Pandiyan	1,128	0.55%
	BSP	S. Panchatcharam	1,100	0.54%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,059	0.52%
Margin of victory			13,348	6.57%	-4.75%
Turnout			203,276	68.35%	-0.70%
Registered electors			297,394
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-0.16%

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mudukulathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Murugan	83,225	46.87%	7.31%
	DMK	Sathiamoorthy V	63,136	35.56%	-14.15%
		John Pandian B	21,701	12.22%
	BJP	Shanmugaraj K	2,784	1.57%	-0.53%
	JMM	Chandrasearan. T	2,308	1.30%
	Independent	Murugan. R.	1,838	1.04%
	Independent	Sivasubramanian J	1,628	0.92%
	Independent	Kathiresan. M	935	0.53%
Margin of victory			20,089	11.31%	1.17%
Turnout			257,118	69.06%	9.20%
Registered electors			177,555
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-2.84%

2006[]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mudukulathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Murugavel	51,555	49.71%
	AIADMK	Kalimuthu. S. P.	41,034	39.57%	-7.42%
	DMDK	Sivakumar. M.	3,535	3.41%
	BJP	Shanmugaraj. K.	2,178	2.10%
	AIFB	Thanikodi. K.	1,698	1.64%
	BSP	Mohandass. P.	1,399	1.35%
	Independent	Balan. R.	1,037	1.00%
	Independent	Gurusamy. V.	460	0.44%
	LKPT	Vanchi Narayanan. P.	300	0.29%
	Independent	Subramanian. M.	263	0.25%
	JD(U)	Balamuniyandi. M.	247	0.24%
Margin of victory			10,521	10.15%	7.61%
Turnout			103,706	59.85%	0.45%
Registered electors			173,271
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	2.72%

2001[]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mudukulathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Patinetampatian	49,554	46.99%
	MTD	Pandian. S.	46,885	44.46%
	MDMK	Muniasamy. S	5,221	4.95%	-2.98%
	Independent	Muniasamy. P.	1,293	1.23%
	SP	Raman. I	1,276	1.21%
	JD(S)	Albert Valan Babu. S.	744	0.71%
	Independent	Murugan. M.	485	0.46%
Margin of victory			2,669	2.53%	-21.54%
Turnout			105,458	59.41%	2.06%
Registered electors			177,522
	AIADMK gain from TMC		Swing	2.28%

1996[]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mudukulathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC	S. Balakrishnan	41,850	44.71%
	Independent	V. Bose	19,322	20.64%
	INC	R. Nagalingam	13,057	13.95%	-27.79%
	Independent	M. Durai Raj	8,777	9.38%
	MDMK	P. Villi Thevar	7,421	7.93%
	Independent	M. Shanmugavelu	1,131	1.21%
	AIIC(T)	T. Velusamy	873	0.93%
	Independent	R. Karuppana Thevar	320	0.34%
	Independent	R. Ponnusamy	243	0.26%
	Independent	M. Shanmugavel	203	0.22%
	Independent	K. Thanikodi Thevar	203	0.22%
Margin of victory			22,528	24.07%	12.56%
Turnout			93,599	57.35%	0.20%
Registered electors			173,473
	TMC gain from INC		Swing	2.97%

1991[]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mudukulathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Balakrishnan	40,065	41.74%	19.80%
	PMK	John Pandian S.	29,021	30.24%
	Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam	Murugan K.	25,499	26.57%
	Independent	Muthumani Thevar M.	786	0.82%
		Rangaraj S.	261	0.27%
	Independent	Mathavan R.	212	0.22%
	Independent	Sakthivel K. V.	137	0.14%
Margin of victory			11,044	11.51%	0.31%
Turnout			95,981	57.15%	-2.62%
Registered electors			174,823
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	8.61%

1989[]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mudukulathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Balakrishnan	30,787	33.14%	5.76%
	INC	Krishnan. P. K. M	20,383	21.94%
	AIADMK	Murugan. K. M	18,970	20.42%
	AIFB	Thanikodi Thevar. K. M	9,388	10.10%
		Sathiah. T. M	4,542	4.89%
	Independent	Arunasalam. R	4,251	4.58%
	Independent	Veluchamy. T. M	3,006	3.24%
	Independent	Gandhi. A. M	423	0.46%
	Independent	Rajamanickam. C. M	357	0.38%
	Independent	Baluchamy. S. M	231	0.25%
	Independent	Thanikodi. S. M	206	0.22%
Margin of victory			10,404	11.20%	1.24%
Turnout			92,908	59.77%	-3.72%
Registered electors			158,153
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing	-4.20%

1984[]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mudukulathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. Muthuvel	32,199	37.33%
	DMK	Kadher Batcha Alias S. Vellaichamy	23,611	27.38%
	Independent	Alankaram. M.	23,385	27.11%
	Independent	Maruthupandian. A.	3,438	3.99%
	Indian Congress (J)	Jeyaraj. A.	1,446	1.68%
	Independent	Hasan Mohammed. N.	826	0.96%
	Independent	Mohanmedkasim. Cmm	753	0.87%
	Independent	Raman. E.	252	0.29%
	Independent	Mathana Meera. T. K. S.	248	0.29%
	Independent	Murugesadasan. P.	86	0.10%
Margin of victory			8,588	9.96%	3.29%
Turnout			86,244	63.49%	1.03%
Registered electors			143,942
	Independent hold		Swing	-14.10%

1980[]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mudukulathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		42,711	51.43%
	INC	Balakrishnan. S.	37,175	44.77%	20.64%
	Independent	Raman. E.	1,790	2.16%
	Independent	Madana Mee Ra. T. K. S.	1,117	1.35%
	Independent	Veeravaidiyanathan. M. S.	250	0.30%
Margin of victory			5,536	6.67%	2.76%
Turnout			83,043	62.46%	2.50%
Registered electors			134,626
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	27.30%

1977[]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mudukulathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Balakrishnan	17,709	24.13%	-7.41%
	Independent	V. Munisamy	14,844	20.23%
	AIADMK	S.M. Karumalaiyan	14,652	19.96%
	AIFB	K. Thanukodi Thevar	12,035	16.40%
	DMK	T. Veluchamy	7,716	10.51%
	JP	A. Habeeb Mohamed	5,524	7.53%
	Independent	M. Kalimuthu	405	0.55%
	Independent	S. Alagarasamy	386	0.53%
	Independent	K. Valivittan	121	0.16%
Margin of victory			2,865	3.90%	2.58%
Turnout			73,392	59.96%	3.42%
Registered electors			124,054
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-8.73%

1971[]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mudukulathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kadher Batcha Alias Vellaichind	18,267	32.86%
	INC	Subramoniam R. C.	17,532	31.54%	-3.87%
	AIFB	Rathina Thevar R.	17,244	31.02%
	Independent	Abdul Kader C.	2,227	4.01%
	Independent	Durairaj Thevar S.	321	0.58%
Margin of victory			735	1.32%	-16.44%
Turnout			55,591	56.53%	-12.86%
Registered electors			104,560
	Independent gain from SWA		Swing	-20.31%

1967[]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Mudukulathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	R. R. Thevar	33,790	53.17%
	INC	S. A. Servai	22,500	35.40%	-10.05%
	Independent	P. Devanesan	3,768	5.93%
	Independent	T. D. Thevar	3,495	5.50%
Margin of victory			11,290	17.76%	13.85%
Turnout			63,553	69.40%	6.39%
Registered electors			96,817
	SWA win (new seat)

1962[]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Mudukulathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	T. L. Sasivarna Thevar	37,162	49.36%
	INC	Kasinatha Dorai	34,217	45.45%	26.02%
	Independent	P. Karuppiah	3,908	5.19%
Margin of victory			2,945	3.91%	2.87%
Turnout			75,287	63.01%	-27.66%
Registered electors			124,265
	win (new seat)

1957[]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Mudukulathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	U. Muthuramalinga Thevar	55,333	32.80%
	Independent	A. Perumal	53,571	31.76%
	INC	Chinniah	32,767	19.43%	5.72%
	INC	A. Krishnan (Sc)	27,013	16.01%	2.31%
Margin of victory			1,762	1.04%	-0.03%
Turnout			168,684	90.67%	2.62%
Registered electors			186,050
	Independent win (new seat)

1952[]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Mudukulathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Mottaya Kudumban	38,412	29.56%
	AIFB	U. Muthuramalinga Thevar	37,011	28.48%
	INC	Sankaran	17,807	13.70%	13.70%
	INC	Shanmuga Sundaram	13,546	10.42%	10.42%
	Independent	Muniyandi	4,967	3.82%
	Independent	Michael	4,832	3.72%
	KMPP	Sathiah	4,433	3.41%
	RPI	Malaichami	3,588	2.76%
	KMPP	Ganapathi Servai	3,471	2.67%
	Independent	Chandra Paul	1,880	1.45%
Margin of victory			1,401	1.08%
Turnout			129,947	88.05%
Registered electors			147,582
	win (new seat)

References[]

^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS22212.htm?ac=212

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

Coordinates: 9°20′18″N 78°30′30″E / 9.338233°N 78.508301°E / 9.338233; 78.508301

[1] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[2] ttps://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS22212.htm?ac=212

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