Palayamkottai (state assembly constituency)

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Palayamkottai
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
Total electors	273,557
Most successful party	DMK (8 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Abdul Wahab. M
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Palayamkottai is an assembly constituency located in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] It falls under Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency.

Tamil Nadu[]

Year	Winner	Party
1977	Nanjil K. Manoharan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	V. Karuppasamy Pandian		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	V. S. T. Shamsulalam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	S. Gurunathan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	P. Dharmalingam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	Mohamed Kodar Maideen		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Abdul Wahab. M		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[]

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Palayamkottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Abdul Wahab. M	89,117	55.32%	11.70%
	AIADMK	Jerald. K. J. C	36,976	22.95%	-10.41%
	SDPI	Mohamed Mubarak. V. M. S.	12,241	7.60%	3.07%
	NTK	Fathima. A	11,665	7.24%	5.57%
	MNM	Premnath. D	8,107	5.03%
	NOTA	Nota	1,647	1.02%	-0.88%
	Independent	Sadagopan. K	395	0.25%
		Raja	298	0.18%
		Veerasubramaniyan	231	0.14%
	Independent	John Samuvel Jesupatham. D	212	0.13%
	Independent	Leo Infant Raj. M	202	0.13%
Margin of victory			52,141	32.37%	22.10%
Turnout			161,091	58.89%	-2.11%
Registered electors			273,557
	DMK hold		Swing	11.70%

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Palayamkottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan	67,463	43.62%	0.87%
	AIADMK	Hyder Ali S. K. A	51,591	33.36%
	MDMK	Nizam Mohideen K. M. A	12,593	8.14%
	BJP	Nirmal Singh Yadav . M	7,063	4.57%	-0.54%
	SDPI	Shahul Hameed K. S	7,008	4.53%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,947	1.91%
	NTK	Arumuga Nainar . S	2,592	1.68%
	PMK	Nishthar Ali . S	1,315	0.85%
		Kannan . P	517	0.33%
	Independent	Ansar . M	479	0.31%
	Independent	Subramanian . S	334	0.22%
Margin of victory			15,872	10.26%	9.82%
Turnout			154,648	61.00%	-7.62%
Registered electors			253,520
	DMK hold		Swing	0.87%

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Palayamkottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan	58,049	42.76%	-14.41%
	CPI(M)	V. Palani	57,444	42.31%
	Independent	K. S. Sahul Hameed	7,032	5.18%
	BJP	S. Karthick Narayanan	6,939	5.11%	3.20%
	Independent	A. Hyder Ali	2,624	1.93%
	Independent	S. Velayutham	1,000	0.74%
	BSP	P. Stephen	983	0.72%	-0.86%
	Independent	Mohamed Pasulul Ilaki	525	0.39%
	Independent	A. Sheik Hayat	423	0.31%
	Independent	K. Bala Murugan	363	0.27%
	Independent	S. Gajendra Raj	195	0.14%
Margin of victory			605	0.45%	-27.29%
Turnout			197,857	68.62%	4.55%
Registered electors			135,770
	DMK hold		Swing	-14.41%

2006[]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Palayamkottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan	85,114	57.16%	4.03%
	AIADMK	Nijamudeen K. M	43,815	29.43%	-9.69%
	DMDK	Kaleel Raguman. K. A. K. K	6,342	4.26%
	AIFB	Murugan. V	5,399	3.63%
	BJP	Pechimuthu @ Arunachalasamy	2,839	1.91%
	BSP	Edward Raj. M	2,354	1.58%
	Independent	Subash Sundar. K.	843	0.57%
	Independent	Jebakumar. K.	579	0.39%
	Independent	Naresh Ambedkhar. P.	398	0.27%
	Independent	Vedamanickam. D.	364	0.24%
	Independent	Namasivaya Sankar. H.	191	0.13%
Margin of victory			41,299	27.74%	13.73%
Turnout			148,900	64.07%	14.89%
Registered electors			232,395
	DMK hold		Swing	4.03%

2001[]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Palayamkottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan	55,934	53.13%	-9.86%
	AIADMK	Muthu Karuppan. S	41,186	39.12%	15.32%
	MDMK	Nazareth Durai.	5,383	5.11%	0.61%
	SP	Mubarak Ahamed	1,304	1.24%
	Independent	Balamurugan. T	581	0.55%
	Independent	Sankaranarayanan. A	383	0.36%
	Independent	Klanthai Chandrasekaran	317	0.30%
	Independent	Azzez	194	0.18%
Margin of victory			14,748	14.01%	-25.18%
Turnout			105,282	49.18%	-13.05%
Registered electors			214,114
	DMK hold		Swing	-9.86%

1996[]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Palayamkottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Mohamed Kodar Maideen	71,303	62.98%
	AIADMK	Dharmalingam. P.	26,939	23.80%	-22.31%
	MDMK	Sudarsan. M. S.	5,093	4.50%
	BJP	Velu. S. S.	3,991	3.53%
	Independent	Nijam Mohaideen. K. M. A.	1,516	1.34%
	PMK	Davood. M.	1,066	0.94%
	Independent	Gopinathan. C.	442	0.39%
	Independent	Thirumalainambi. K.	277	0.24%
	Independent	Naina Lebbai	248	0.22%
	Independent	Indiramoorthy. K.	210	0.19%
	Independent	Veluchamy. V.	209	0.18%
Margin of victory			44,364	39.19%	32.15%
Turnout			113,210	62.23%	3.01%
Registered electors			186,856
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	16.88%

1991[]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Palayamkottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Dharamalingam P.	45,141	46.11%	29.19%
	Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	38,250	39.07%
	IUML	Muhammed Meeran Mohideen L. K. S.	12,429	12.69%	-19.26%
		Daniel Rathinam I.	474	0.48%
	JP	Noorl Hameem A.	341	0.35%
	Independent	Mohammed Mathar M.	247	0.25%
	Independent	Balaganesan J.	226	0.23%
	Independent	Sundararajan G. S.	130	0.13%
	Independent	Jeyaraj C.	125	0.13%
	Independent	Ilanchezhiyan P.	113	0.12%
	Independent	Madasamy T.	86	0.09%
Margin of victory			6,891	7.04%	4.58%
Turnout			97,909	59.21%	-7.42%
Registered electors			169,762
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	11.70%

1989[]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Palayamkottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Gurunathan	34,046	34.41%	-17.51%
	IUML	Khaja Mohideen. S. A. M	31,615	31.95%
	AIADMK	Rajaselvam	16,738	16.92%	-30.18%
	AIADMK	Karuppiah. A. M	13,321	13.46%	-33.63%
	Independent	Gaspar Raja G. M	802	0.81%
	Independent	Radhakrishnan. P. M	369	0.37%
	Independent	Thangavel. A. M	303	0.31%
	Independent	Hussain. M. S. M	299	0.30%
	Independent	Athiraj. E. M	158	0.16%
	Independent	Sutharson. J. M	157	0.16%
	Independent	Kaja Mohideen. S. A. M	144	0.15%
Margin of victory			2,431	2.46%	-2.37%
Turnout			98,943	66.64%	-4.02%
Registered electors			151,200
	DMK hold		Swing	-17.51%

1984[]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Palayamkottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. S. T. Shamsulalam	45,209	51.92%	9.88%
	AIADMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	41,004	47.09%	-10.86%
	Independent	Gaspar Raja. J.	855	0.98%
Margin of victory			4,205	4.83%	-11.08%
Turnout			87,068	70.66%	3.35%
Registered electors			127,308
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-6.03%

1980[]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Palayamkottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	45,049	57.96%	13.85%
	DMK	Seetharaman. Suba	32,680	42.04%
Margin of victory			12,369	15.91%	-5.20%
Turnout			77,729	67.31%	6.94%
Registered electors			116,635
	AIADMK hold		Swing	13.85%

1977[]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Palayamkottai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Nanjil K. Manoharan	29,146	44.10%
	Independent	N. Shanmugan	15,192	22.99%
	INC	N. Arumugha Konar	14,202	21.49%
	JP	S. Justin	6,973	10.55%
	Independent	S.A. Seyad Ibrahim Alim	574	0.87%
Margin of victory			13,954	21.11%
Turnout			66,087	60.36%
Registered electors			110,603
	AIADMK win (new seat)

References[]

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

Coordinates: 8°43′00″N 77°44′00″E / 8.7166°N 77.7333°E / 8.7166; 77.7333