Rajapalayam (state assembly constituency)

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Coordinates: 9°27′0″N 77°33′0″E / 9.45000°N 77.55000°E / 9.45000; 77.55000

Rajapalayam
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
Total electors	239,461
Most successful party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (5 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Thangapandian S.
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

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

Madras State assembly[]

Year	Winner	Party
1962	R. Krishnasamy Naidu		Indian National Congress
1967	A. A. S. Raja		Independent

Tamil Nadu assembly[]

Year	Winner	Party
1971	K. Suppu		Communist Party of India
1977	K. Dhanuskodi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	P. Mokkian		Independent
1984	K. Raman		Indian National Congress
1989	V. P. Rajan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	T. Sathiah		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	V. P. Rajan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	M. Rajasekar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	M. Chandra
2011	K. Gopalsamy
2016			Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021

Rajapalayam (State Assembly Constituency) moved to Tenkasi (Lok Sabha constituency) after 2009.

Election Results[]

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK		74,158	41.50%
	AIADMK	K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji	70,260	39.32%
	NTK	Jeyaraj V.	15,601	8.73%
	AMMK	Kalimuthu K.	7,664	4.29%
	MNM	Vivekananthan S.	4,057	2.27%
	PT	Ayyar V. K.	3,384	1.89%
	NOTA	Nota	1,875	1.05%
	Independent	Manikumar M.	548	0.31%
	Independent	Jeyaprakash I.	336	0.19%
	Independent	Thangapandi S.	264	0.15%
	Independent	Vijayakumar E.	140	0.08%
Margin of victory			3,898	2.18%	-0.63%
Turnout			178,708	74.63%	-1.43%
Registered electors			239,461
	DMK hold		Swing	-2.32%

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK		74,787	43.82%
	AIADMK	Shyam. A. A. S.	69,985	41.00%
	CPI(M)	Gurusamy. A.	12,505	7.33%
	BJP	Ramachandra Raja. A. N.	3,435	2.01%
	NTK	Jeyaraj. V.	2,414	1.41%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,290	1.34%
	PMK	Lakshmanan. P.	1,073	0.63%
	Independent	Jeyaprakash. I.	919	0.54%
		Arasamani. K. #N/A	547	0.32%
	Independent	Jeyaraj. T.	451	0.26%
	Independent	Thangapandi. S.	402	0.24%
Margin of victory			4,802	2.81%	-11.58%
Turnout			170,688	76.06%	-4.18%
Registered electors			224,407
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-9.99%

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Gopalsamy	80,125	53.80%
	DMK		58,693	39.41%
	BJP	N. S. Ramakrishnan	5,428	3.64%
	Independent	V. Murugan	736	0.49%
	Independent	A. Jakir Hussian	701	0.47%
	Independent	J. Joseph Chellappah	672	0.45%
	BSP	S. Manivasagam	625	0.42%
	Independent	R. Suria Maharaja	570	0.38%
	Independent	K. Dharmalingam	302	0.20%
	Independent	M. Manmadhan	278	0.19%
	Independent	P. Ayyanar	213	0.14%
Margin of victory			21,432	14.39%	14.06%
Turnout			185,596	80.24%	6.47%
Registered electors			148,925
	AIADMK hold		Swing	14.43%

2006[]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Chandra	58,320	39.37%
	DMK	V. P. Rajan	57,827	39.04%
	BSP	Kalimuthu. P	13,218	8.92%
	DMDK	Ayyanar. N.	10,251	6.92%
	AIFB	Vijayakumari. R.	4,082	2.76%
	BJP	Chellapandi. M.	1,640	1.11%
	Independent	Muniasamy. P	1,210	0.82%
	Independent	Madasamy. I	485	0.33%
	Independent	Manmathan. M.	403	0.27%
	Independent	Periyashamy. A.	181	0.12%
	Independent	Duraibalan. D.	179	0.12%
Margin of victory			493	0.33%	-7.07%
Turnout			148,122	73.77%	9.88%
Registered electors			200,783
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-8.25%

2001[]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Rajasekar	61,740	47.63%
	DMK	V. P. Rajan	52,145	40.23%
	MDMK	Ramanathan P.	12,613	9.73%
	Independent	Vellaichamy. M	1,280	0.99%
	Independent	Ramachandran. T	736	0.57%
	Independent	Muthusamy. M	487	0.38%
	Independent	Manmathan . M.	333	0.26%
	Independent	Muniasamy P.	299	0.23%
Margin of victory			9,595	7.40%	-7.23%
Turnout			129,633	63.89%	-6.63%
Registered electors			203,123
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	9.01%

1996[]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. P. Rajan	49,984	38.62%
	AIADMK	P. Prabakar	31,045	23.99%
	JP	K. Dhanuskodi	26,706	20.63%
	MDMK	T. Sadhan Thirumalikumar	17,862	13.80%
	BJP	M. Thangaraj	1,805	1.39%
	Independent	C. Ayyadurai	434	0.34%
	Independent	M. Manmathan	406	0.31%
	AIIC(T)	O. S. Veluchami	355	0.27%
	Independent	P. Kanthan	245	0.19%
	Independent	P. Nathan	187	0.14%
	Independent	G. Gurusamy	164	0.13%
Margin of victory			18,939	14.63%	-14.47%
Turnout			129,427	70.52%	7.80%
Registered electors			192,670
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-24.83%

1991[]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. Sathiah	68,657	63.45%
		K. Dhanuskodi #N/A	37,169	34.35%
	Independent	M. Poomari	687	0.63%
	Independent	M. Sonai	640	0.59%
	PMK	T. Sakthivel	392	0.36%
		C. Manisekar	261	0.24%
	Independent	D. Chollathurai Manopal	184	0.17%
	Independent	M. Manmathan	157	0.15%
	Independent	M. P. Jeyapal	65	0.06%
Margin of victory			31,488	29.10%	25.77%
Turnout			108,212	62.72%	-13.88%
Registered electors			177,434
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	22.69%

1989[]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. P. Rajan	49,137	40.75%
	INC	Arunachalam M	45,122	37.42%
	AIADMK	Dhanuskodi. K. M	20,339	16.87%
	Independent	Shanmugaveli. M. M	4,873	4.04%
	Independent	Amirtharaj. T. M	366	0.30%
		Thamilselvan. D. M	267	0.22%
	Independent	Rajendran. M. M	235	0.19%
	Independent	Perumal. A. M	147	0.12%
	Independent	Nallathambi K. K	89	0.07%
Margin of victory			4,015	3.33%	-6.38%
Turnout			120,575	76.59%	2.96%
Registered electors			159,823
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-13.74%

1984[]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Raman	54,670	54.49%
	CPI	Paulraj-I	44,924	44.78%
	Independent	Pitchai Kannu-S	499	0.50%
	Independent	Ramasamy. A.	238	0.24%
Margin of victory			9,746	9.71%	-0.15%
Turnout			100,331	73.63%	7.10%
Registered electors			141,300
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	10.42%

1980[]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Mokkian	38,339	44.07%
	INC	Pottu Pottan K.	29,758	34.20%
	Independent	Chinnaswamy A.	17,119	19.68%
	Independent	Maran S. S.	1,298	1.49%
	Independent	Paraman K.	489	0.56%
Margin of victory			8,581	9.86%	4.71%
Turnout			87,003	66.53%	6.71%
Registered electors			131,952
	Independent gain from AIADMK		Swing	6.52%

1977[]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Dhanuskodi	28,028	37.55%
	INC	K. Pottupoattan	24,181	32.39%
	JP	J.S. Baliah	11,702	15.68%
	DMK	K. Andi Alias Gurusamy	10,220	13.69%
	Independent	M. Sundaram	382	0.51%
	Independent	A. Ramaswamy	136	0.18%
Margin of victory			3,847	5.15%	4.24%
Turnout			74,649	59.82%	-17.21%
Registered electors			126,020
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing	-12.91%

1971[]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	K. Suppu	36,827	50.45%
	INC	Srirenga Raja K. R.	36,163	49.55%
Margin of victory			664	0.91%	-17.24%
Turnout			72,990	77.03%	-6.81%
Registered electors			98,432
	CPI gain from Independent		Swing	-2.83%

1967[]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. A. S. Raja	38,936	53.29%
	INC	P. A. A. Raja	25,675	35.14%
	CPI(M)	T. Nadar	8,224	11.26%
	Independent	Ramalingam	231	0.32%
Margin of victory			13,261	18.15%	-9.80%
Turnout			73,066	83.83%	3.99%
Registered electors			89,597
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	1.56%

1962[]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Rajapalayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Krishnasamy Naidu	41,692	51.73%
	SWA	V. Ramakrishna Raja	19,165	23.78%
	CPI	S. Alagirisamy	18,063	22.41%
	Independent	A. Chelliah	1,674	2.08%
Margin of victory			22,527	27.95%
Turnout			80,594	79.84%
Registered electors			103,902
	INC 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.