Radhapuram (state assembly constituency)

Radhapuram
Radhapuram
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
Total electors	270,760
Most successful party	INC (5 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	M. Appavu
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Coordinates: 8°16′03″N 77°40′38″E / 8.2676386°N 77.6771915°E / 8.2676386; 77.6771915

Radhapuram is a legislative assembly constituency in Tirunelveli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[1] The constituency is in existence since 1957 election.

Madras State assembly[]

Year	Winner
1957	A. V. Thomas	Indian National Congress
1962	N. Soundarapandian	Indian National Congress
1967	N. Soundarapandian	Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu assembly[]

Year	Winner
1971	V. Karthesan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	Y. S. M. Yusuf	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
1984	Kumari Ananthan
1989	Ramani Nallathambi	Indian National Congress
1991	Ramani Nallathambi	Indian National Congress
1996	M. Appavu	Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	M. Appavu	Independent
2006	M. Appavu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	S. Michael Rayappan	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	M. Appavu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results[]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			43.95%
2016			40.62%
2011			48.36%
2006			43.36%
2001			45.40%
1996			46.60%
1991			62.83%
1989			32.19%
1984			53.99%
1980			53.95%
1977			38.68%
1971			51.68%
1967			50.44%
1962			67.04%
1957			58.78%

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Radhapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Appavu	82,331	43.95%	3.37%
	AIADMK		76,406	40.79%	0.18%
	NTK	R. Jesu Dhasan	19,371	10.34%	8.52%
	DMDK	K. Jeyabalan	2,432	1.30%	-3.58%
	Independent	G. Deva Peran	1,224	0.65%
	NOTA	Nota	903	0.48%
	Independent	K. Subburaj	518	0.28%
	Independent	R. Sudalaimani	470	0.25%
	BSP	E. Esakkiammal	464	0.25%
	Independent	T. Sermadurai	456	0.24%
		J. Jesu Rajendran	329	0.18%
Margin of victory			5,925	3.16%	3.13%
Turnout			187,310	69.18%	-2.19%
Registered electors			270,760
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	3.34%

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Radhapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK		69,590	40.62%
	DMK	M. Appavu	69,541	40.59%
	BJP	S. Kani Amudha	11,131	6.50%	2.67%
	DMDK	S. Sivananaintha Perumal	8,362	4.88%	-43.48%
	Independent	S. P. Udayakumar	4,891	2.85%
	NTK	S. Lobin	3,125	1.82%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,821	1.06%
	Independent	V. Rajiv	835	0.49%
	PMK	S. Gurunathan	501	0.29%
	BSP	N. Kannan	474	0.28%
	SHS	S. Subash	287	0.17%
Margin of victory			49	0.03%	-15.46%
Turnout			171,337	71.37%	0.28%
Registered electors			240,072
	AIADMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-7.74%

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Radhapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	S. Michael Rayappan	67,072	48.36%	42.72%
	INC	P. Veldurai.	45,597	32.88%
	JMM	N. Nallakannu	6,336	4.57%
	Independent	M. Vijaya Kumar	6,154	4.44%
	BJP	R. Shanthi Ragavan	5,305	3.82%	-0.88%
	Independent	Jesupani Vazhan	2,716	1.96%
	Independent	D. Iniyan John @ John Felix	1,020	0.74%
	IJK	S. Kingsly Isacc Jebaraj	733	0.53%
	Independent	Alrin	689	0.50%
	Independent	M. Arumugam	610	0.44%
		S. Duerack Raj Thilak	583	0.42%
Margin of victory			21,475	15.48%	6.07%
Turnout			195,099	71.09%	5.67%
Registered electors			138,694
	DMDK gain from DMK		Swing	5.00%

2006[]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Radhapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Appavu	49,249	43.36%	21.38%
	AIADMK	Gnanapunitha. L	38,552	33.94%
	Independent	Selvaraj K P K	9,017	7.94%
	DMDK	Sivanaintha Perumal. S	6,404	5.64%
	BJP	Thamizhisai	5,343	4.70%
	AIFB	Parvathi. A	1,059	0.93%
	Independent	Selvaraj. A	1,051	0.93%
	Independent	Thanam. S	994	0.88%
	Independent	Thangasamy. P	503	0.44%
	Independent	Selvaraj. T	318	0.28%
	Independent	Selvaraj. M	246	0.22%
Margin of victory			10,697	9.42%	-9.18%
Turnout			113,584	65.42%	11.13%
Registered electors			173,633
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing	-2.04%

2001[]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Radhapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Appavu	44,619	45.40%
	PMK	Jothi . S	26,338	26.80%
	DMK	Venus Veera Arasu . T	21,600	21.98%
	MDMK	Sargunaraj . N	2,055	2.09%	-9.04%
	Independent	Jothi . T	1,463	1.49%
	Independent	Arumugam. M	922	0.94%
	Independent	Appavu . K	876	0.89%
	Independent	Balakrishnan. T	411	0.42%
Margin of victory			18,281	18.60%	-10.85%
Turnout			98,284	54.29%	-7.19%
Registered electors			181,038
	Independent gain from TMC		Swing	-1.21%

1996[]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Radhapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC	M. Appavu	45,808	46.60%
	INC	Chandrasekaran. S. K.	16,862	17.15%	-45.67%
	BJP	Ponnuvel. R.	13,265	13.50%	2.31%
	MDMK	Raymond. M.	10,937	11.13%
	Independent	Balraj. S.	9,460	9.62%
	AIIC(T)	Nallathamby	909	0.92%
	Independent	Sudalaimuthu Nadar. R.	270	0.27%
	Independent	Kalaiselvan. A.	214	0.22%
	Independent	Paulraj Nadar. R.	147	0.15%
	Independent	Pauldurai. C.	111	0.11%
	Independent	Loganathan. G.	91	0.09%
Margin of victory			28,946	29.45%	-10.61%
Turnout			98,294	61.48%	7.71%
Registered electors			167,737
	TMC gain from INC		Swing	-16.22%

1991[]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Radhapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramani Nallathambi	51,331	62.83%	30.63%
	DMK	Sargunaraj N.	18,600	22.77%	-4.50%
	BJP	Jeyaraj S.	9,136	11.18%	6.73%
	AAP	Thangavel S.	1,738	2.13%
	JP	Masanamuthu T.	472	0.58%
		Thangaraja A.	162	0.20%
	PMK	Gurunathan S.	131	0.16%
	Independent	Vijayan N.	90	0.11%
	Independent	John Devairakkam S. K.	44	0.05%
Margin of victory			32,731	40.06%	35.14%
Turnout			81,704	53.77%	-11.08%
Registered electors			159,398
	INC hold		Swing	30.63%

1989[]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Radhapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramani Nallathambi	29,432	32.19%
	DMK	Karthesan. V.	24,930	27.27%
	Independent	Sountmara Pandian N.	23,995	26.25%
	AIADMK	Thangaraj. D.	7,980	8.73%
	BJP	Jeyaraj S.	4,068	4.45%
	Independent	Murugan. S.	225	0.25%
	Independent	Pappa Saravanaperumal	187	0.20%
	Independent	Vigneswaran. G.	152	0.17%
	Independent	Diraviam. K.	147	0.16%
	Independent	Justin. T.	135	0.15%
	Independent	Jeganathan. M.	110	0.12%
Margin of victory			4,502	4.92%	-15.40%
Turnout			91,424	64.85%	-0.13%
Registered electors			143,444
	INC gain from		Swing	-21.80%

1984[]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Radhapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Kumari Ananthan	40,213	53.99%
	Independent	Subramania Nadar. B.	25,075	33.66%
	Independent	John Devaerakkam S. K.	5,987	8.04%
	Independent	Lazer. S.	735	0.99%
	Independent	Saravana Perumal C.	700	0.94%
	Independent	Ramasamy. T.	660	0.89%
	Independent	Lakshmana Thevar S	561	0.75%
	Independent	Chithirai Chezian Alias Nellai Chezianh. M	349	0.47%
	Independent	Jeganathan. N.	204	0.27%
Margin of victory			15,138	20.32%	10.91%
Turnout			74,484	64.98%	3.95%
Registered electors			124,210
	hold		Swing	0.04%

1980[]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Radhapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
			38,044	53.95%
	DMK	Nellai Nedumaran	31,408	44.54%	26.92%
	Independent	Kirupanithi. A.	480	0.68%
	Independent	Subbiah. P.	257	0.36%
	Independent	Dason. V. G.	206	0.29%
	Independent	Ganapathi Nadar. S.	124	0.18%
Margin of victory			6,636	9.41%	4.15%
Turnout			70,519	61.03%	3.35%
Registered electors			116,959
	gain from AIADMK		Swing	15.27%

1977[]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Radhapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Y. S. M. Yusuf	26,404	38.68%
	JP	P. Paul Pandian	22,810	33.41%
	DMK	I. Rayer	12,028	17.62%	-34.06%
	INC	T. Martin	6,524	9.56%	-38.76%
	Independent	S. Subbiah Nadar	336	0.49%
	Independent	S.K. John Deva Irakkam	163	0.24%
Margin of victory			3,594	5.26%	1.91%
Turnout			68,265	57.69%	-14.19%
Registered electors			119,868
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-13.00%

1971[]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Radhapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Karthesan	33,678	51.68%	2.12%
	INC	Karuthiah K. P.	31,489	48.32%	-2.12%
Margin of victory			2,189	3.36%	2.48%
Turnout			65,167	71.88%	-0.48%
Registered electors			95,720
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	1.24%

1967[]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Radhapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Soundarapandian	31,588	50.44%	-16.60%
	DMK	V. Karthesan	31,040	49.56%
Margin of victory			548	0.88%	-35.65%
Turnout			62,628	72.36%	3.72%
Registered electors			88,803
	INC hold		Swing	-16.60%

1962[]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Radhapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Soundarapandian	42,334	67.04%	8.26%
	SWA	P. R. Carmel	19,271	30.52%
	Independent	N. Arul Doss Thillaipazham	1,189	1.88%
	Independent	K. S. Perumal Mudaliar	356	0.56%
Margin of victory			23,063	36.52%	8.94%
Turnout			63,150	68.64%	22.80%
Registered electors			94,640
	INC hold		Swing	8.26%

1957[]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Radhapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	A. V. Thomas	24,953	58.78%
	Independent	V. Karthesan	13,244	31.20%
	Independent	M. Gnanamuthu	2,389	5.63%
	Independent	Abraham Nadar	1,867	4.40%
Margin of victory			11,709	27.58%
Turnout			42,453	45.84%
Registered electors			92,611
	INC win (new seat)

References[]

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

"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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