Pudukkottai (state assembly constituency)

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Pudukottai is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. Election was not held in year 1957.It comes under Tiruchirappalli (Lok Sabha constituency) for Parliament elections.[1]

Madras State[]

Year Winner Party
1952 TTP
1962 A. Thiagarajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967 Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu[]

Year Winner Party
1971 NCO
1977 Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman Indian National Congress
1980 Rajkumar Vijaya Ragunatha Thondaiman Indian National Congress (Indira)
1984 Indian National Congress
1989 A. Periyannan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 Indian National Congress
1996 A. Periannan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1997 * P. Mari Ayya Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 Dr. C. Vijayabaskar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011 S. P. Muthukumaran Communist Party of India
2012* V. R. Karthik Thondaiman All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 Periyannan Arasu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 Dr. v. Muthuraja Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

* By-Elections were held on the account of vacancy due to the demise of the sitting MLA

Election Results[]

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK V.Muthuraja 85,802 47.7
AIADMK V.R.Karthik Thondaiman 72,801 40.47
NTK Sasikumar 11,503 6.39
Makkal Needhi Maiam Moorthy 3,948 2.19
Majority
Turnout 1,79,892
DMK hold Swing

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Periyannan Arassu 66,739 39.19
AIADMK Karthik Thondaiman 64,655 37.97
IND Chokkalingam M 22,973 13.49
DMDK Jahir Hussain N 7,810 4.59
NOTA None of the above 1,637 0.96
Majority 2,084 1.22
Turnout 1,70,509 74.85
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing

Bypoll 2012[]

Bye-election, 2012: Pudukkottai
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. R. Karthik Thondaiman 1,01,998 71.16
DMDK Jahir Hussain. N. 30,500 21.28
IJK Srinivasan N 4,495 3.14
MNMK Arivalagan 1,370 0.96
Majority 71,498 49.88
Turnout 1,43,346 73.49
AIADMK gain from CPI Swing

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pudukkottai
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI S. P. Muthukumaran 65,466 46.78
DMK Periyannan Arassu 62,365 44.56
IJK Srinivasan N 4,098 2.93
IND Bharathan V 3,901 2.79
BJP Selvam Pala 1,748 1.25
Majority 3,101 2.22
Turnout 1,40,243 79.05
CPI gain from AIADMK Swing

References[]

  1. ^ https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3473-tamil-nadu-general-legislative-election-2016/
  • "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

Coordinates: 10°23′N 78°49′E / 10.38°N 78.82°E / 10.38; 78.82

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