Periyakulam (state assembly constituency)

Periyakulam
Periyakulam
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
Total electors	2,85,471
Reservation	SC
Most successful party	ADMK (7 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	S. Saravana Kumar
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Periyakulam is a state assembly constituency in Theni district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] Elections were not held in year 1957 and 1962.It includes the two major towns Theni & Periyakulam

Madras State[]

Year	Winner	Party
1952	P.K. Mookiah Thevar(Died) and V. Muthu		Forward Bloc (Marxist)
1967	K. M. M. Metha(Died)		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu[]

Year	Winner
1971	N. Anbuchezhian	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	K. Pannai Sethuram (Died)	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	K. Gopalakrishnan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	Dr. T. Mohammed Saleem(Died)	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	L. Mookiah	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	M. Periyaveeran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	L. Mookiah	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	O. Panneerselvam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	O. Panneerselvam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	A. Laser	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2016-2017	K. Kathirkamu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	S. Saravana Kumar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	S. Saravana Kumar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results[]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			45.71%
2019 By-election			42.20%
2016			46.94%
2011			47.86%
2006			49.78%
2001			54.28%
1996			46.75%
1991			67.45%
1989			34.15%
1984			63.04%
1980			54.01%
1977			45.50%
1971			56.85%
1967			54.85%
1952			24.98%

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Periyakulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Saravana Kumar	92,251	45.71%	6.21%
	AIADMK	M Murugan	70,930	35.15%	-11.79%
	AMMK	Dr. K. Kathirkamu	16,424	8.14%
	NTK	Vimala	11,794	5.84%	5.30%
	MNM	S. Pandiyarajan	5,680	2.81%
	NOTA	Nota	2,451	1.21%	0.04%
	Independent	Madhu Bharathi	628	0.31%
	Independent	Murugan	339	0.17%
	MIDP	S. Chinnamuthu	301	0.15%
	Independent	M. Rajendran	242	0.12%
	SUCI	A. Murugesan	202	0.10%
Margin of victory			21,321	10.57%	3.13%
Turnout			2,01,797	70.69%	-4.25%
Registered electors			2,85,471
	DMK hold		Swing	-1.23%

2019 By-election[]

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections : Periyakulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	S. Saravana Kumar	88,393
	AIADMK	M. Mayilvel	68,073
	AMMK	K. Kathirkamu	26,338
	NTK	Shobana	5,825
	MNM	Prabhu	5,727
Majority
Turnout			1,99,385	73.98
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Periyakulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Dr. K. Kathirkamu	90,599	46.94%
	DMK	Anbazhagan	76,249	39.51%	-4.83%
	CPI(M)	A. Laser	13,525	7.01%	-40.85%
	BJP	Chellam. K	5,015	2.60%	0.46%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,275	1.18%
	NTK	Pushpalatha. M	1,048	0.54%
	PMK	Kannan. R	1,025	0.53%
	Independent	Muthu P	724	0.38%
	Independent	Mohanraj A. C	636	0.33%
	Independent	C. Mallaichamy	600	0.31%
	Independent	Pappathi	318	0.16%
Margin of victory			14,350	7.43%	3.91%
Turnout			1,93,010	74.94%	-3.94%
Registered electors			2,57,555
	AIADMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-0.92%

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Periyakulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	A. Laser	76,687	47.86%
	DMK	Anbazhagan. V	71,046	44.34%	5.36%
	BJP	Ganapathy. M	3,422	2.14%	1.34%
	Independent	Selvam. M	2,347	1.46%
	Independent	Rajaguru. P	1,260	0.79%
		Nalluchamy. P	1,129	0.70%
	Independent	Krishnaveni. N	872	0.54%
	Independent	Palanichami. K	830	0.52%
	BSP	Kumaresan. C	691	0.43%	-0.23%
	Independent	Santhi. D	482	0.30%
	Independent	Marichamy. T	442	0.28%
Margin of victory			5,641	3.52%	-7.28%
Turnout			2,03,137	78.88%	8.84%
Registered electors			1,60,242
	CPI(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.93%

2006[]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Periyakulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	O. Panneerselvam	68,345	49.78%	-4.49%
	DMK	L. Mookiah	53,511	38.98%	0.36%
	DMDK	Abdul Kather. M	11,105	8.09%
	BJP	Rajapandiyan. P	1,097	0.80%
	BSP	Senthil Kumar G	907	0.66%
	Independent	Raja. K. S	490	0.36%
	Independent	Rajagopal. C	440	0.32%
	Independent	Jawahar. N	386	0.28%
	AIFB	Ananda Murugan. T	294	0.21%
	Independent	Pommurasu. M	174	0.13%
	Independent	Panneer Selvam. P	128	0.09%
Margin of victory			14,834	10.81%	-4.85%
Turnout			1,37,287	70.05%	13.91%
Registered electors			1,95,988
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-4.49%

2001[]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Periyakulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	O. Panneerselvam	62,125	54.28%	26.69%
	DMK	Abuthahir M	44,205	38.62%	-8.13%
	MDMK	Jeyaraman A	5,965	5.21%	-4.48%
	Independent	Beerkabeef K	1,222	1.07%
	Independent	Nagarajan M	525	0.46%
	Independent	Elamurugan K	421	0.37%
Margin of victory			17,920	15.66%	-3.51%
Turnout			1,14,463	56.14%	-10.42%
Registered electors			2,03,946
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	7.53%

1996[]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Periyakulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	L. Mookiah	53,427	46.75%	19.38%
	AIADMK	Kader Mohideen. K. M.	31,520	27.58%	-39.86%
	MDMK	Rajangam. O.	11,076	9.69%
	Independent	Muthumanickam. P.	9,988	8.74%
	AIIC(T)	Sharuz Ameed. A.	3,645	3.19%
	BJP	Sethumanickam. V. A.	2,379	2.08%	-1.19%
	Independent	Shanmugam. R. P.	441	0.39%
	Independent	Chithambaram. K.	267	0.23%
	Independent	Murugan. S. K.	258	0.23%
	Independent	Muthukrishnan. R.	221	0.19%
	Independent	Subramani. K. R.	156	0.14%
Margin of victory			21,907	19.17%	-20.90%
Turnout			1,14,283	66.56%	5.39%
Registered electors			1,77,436
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-20.70%

1991[]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Periyakulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Periyaveeran	70,760	67.45%	39.63%
	DMK	L. Mookiah	28,718	27.37%	-6.78%
	BJP	P. Annavi	3,431	3.27%
	PMK	A. Kennedy	930	0.89%
		K. Navaneetha Mudaliar	293	0.28%
	JP	G. Krishnan	277	0.26%
	Independent	T. Uthandu Reddiar	123	0.12%
	Independent	A. M. Murugesan	79	0.08%
	Independent	R. Lakshmanan	67	0.06%
	Independent	S. Perumal	56	0.05%
	Independent	P. Paul Pandian	50	0.05%
Margin of victory			42,042	40.07%	34.65%
Turnout			1,04,915	61.17%	-8.27%
Registered electors			1,75,072
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	33.29%

1989[]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Periyakulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	L. Mookiah	35,215	34.15%	-0.13%
	INC	S. Sheik Abdul Khadar	29,622	28.73%
	AIADMK	S. S. Rajendran	28,686	27.82%	-35.22%
	Independent	V. Abdul Farook	7,311	7.09%
	Independent	M. Mehta	561	0.54%
	Independent	K. Palanichamy	364	0.35%
	Independent	S. Murugesan	358	0.35%
	Independent	C. Arockiadoss	299	0.29%
	Independent	A. Gabriel Thangaraj	285	0.28%
	Independent	T. P. Muniappan	171	0.17%
	Independent	T. Uttandu Reddiar	134	0.13%
Margin of victory			5,593	5.42%	-23.33%
Turnout			1,03,114	69.44%	-1.62%
Registered electors			1,51,319
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-28.88%

1984[]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Periyakulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Mohammed Saleem T.	58,021	63.04%	9.03%
	DMK	Maya Thevar Alias Mayan P. N.	31,554	34.28%
	Independent	Ayyathurai K.	1,304	1.42%
	Independent	Jeyaraman T. R.	442	0.48%
	Independent	Sulaiman S. P. M.	308	0.33%
	Independent	Kuppusamy V. K. K. K.	296	0.32%
	Independent	Murughan S.	119	0.13%
Margin of victory			26,467	28.75%	17.85%
Turnout			92,044	71.06%	6.27%
Registered electors			1,33,765
	AIADMK hold		Swing	9.03%

1980[]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Periyakulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK		43,774	54.01%	8.50%
	INC	Sheik Abdul Kader. K.	34,938	43.11%	18.44%
	JP	Kamatchi. R.	1,149	1.42%
	Independent	Palanichamy. K.	640	0.79%
	Independent	Subbiah. M.	330	0.41%
	Independent	Ramu. S.	220	0.27%
Margin of victory			8,836	10.90%	-9.94%
Turnout			81,051	64.78%	3.28%
Registered electors			1,26,755
	AIADMK hold		Swing	8.50%

1977[]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Periyakulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Pannai Sethuram	31,271	45.50%
	INC	R. Ramaiah	16,948	24.66%	-17.80%
	DMK	M. Mehta	13,069	19.02%	-37.83%
	JP	M.V.V. Ramasamy	7,432	10.81%
Margin of victory			14,323	20.84%	6.46%
Turnout			68,720	61.51%	-11.85%
Registered electors			1,13,238
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-11.34%

1971[]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Periyakulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Anbuchezhian	37,926	56.85%	1.99%
	INC	Chinnasamy Chettai	28,331	42.46%	-2.68%
	Independent	Fakir Mohamad	461	0.69%
Margin of victory			9,595	14.38%	4.67%
Turnout			66,718	73.36%	-3.17%
Registered electors			98,811
	DMK hold		Swing	1.99%

1967[]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Periyakulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	M. Metha	36,023	54.85%
	INC	R. S. Subramaniam	29,648	45.15%
Margin of victory			6,375	9.71%
Turnout			65,671	76.53%
Registered electors			88,498
	DMK win (new seat)

1952[]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Periyakulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Muthu	38,143	24.98%	24.98%
	AIFB	P.K. Mookiah Thevar	36,515	23.91%
	INC	N. R. Thygarajan	31,188	20.43%	20.43%
	SP	Ponnuchami	9,973	6.53%
	Independent	Guruswami Naicker	9,315	6.10%
	KMPP	Paramasiva Thevar	8,353	5.47%
	SP	Ramalingam Chetty	7,019	4.60%
	KMPP	Sankaramurthi	5,925	3.88%
	Independent	John Devadasam	3,222	2.11%
	Independent	Mayandi Thevar	3,035	1.99%
Margin of victory			1,628	1.07%
Turnout			1,52,688	100.57%
Registered electors			1,51,823
	INC win (new seat)

References[]

Footnotes

^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

Bibliography

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

[1] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

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