Ramanathapuram (state assembly constituency)

Ramanathapuram
Ramanathapuram
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
Total electors	308,443
Most successful party	ADMK (6 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Katharbatcha Muthuramalingam
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Coordinates: 9°22′01″N 78°50′06″E / 9.367°N 78.835°E / 9.367; 78.835

Ramanathapuram is a state assembly constituency in Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] It is a component of Ramanathapuram Lok sabha constituency.

Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Madras State[]

Year	Winner
1952	Shanmuga Rajeswara Sethupathy	Indian National Congress
1957	R. Shanmuga Rajeshwara Sethupathi	Independent
1962	Shanmuga Rajeshwara Sethupathi	Indian National Congress
1967	T. Thangappan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu[]

Year	Winner
1971	M. S. K. Sathyendran	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	T. Ramasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	T. Ramasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	T. Ramasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	M. S. K. Rajendran	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	M. Thennavan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	A. Rahman Khan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	A. Anwar Rhazza	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	K. Hussan Ali	Indian National Congress
2011	Prof. M. H. Jawahirullah	Manithaneya Makkal Katchi
2016		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Katharbatcha Muthuramalingam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			51.88%
2016			46.30%
2011			40.96%
2006			46.43%
2001			50.21%
1996			51.22%
1991			59.00%
1989			36.21%
1984			59.91%
1980			57.63%
1977			46.86%
1971			65.05%
1967			56.82%
1962			61.92%
1957			81.99%
1952			62.38%

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ramanathapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Katharbatcha Muthuramalingam	111,075	51.88%
	BJP	D. Kuppuramu	60,763	28.38%	20.59%
	NTK	K. Ilango	17,062	7.97%	5.90%
	Independent	P. Malaichamy	10,845	5.07%
	AMMK	G. Muniyasamy	6,776	3.16%
	MNM	K. P Saravanan	1,996	0.93%
	Independent	E Vinoth	1,219	0.57%
	Independent	Suryaprakash	998	0.47%
	NOTA	Nota	753	0.35%	-0.44%
	Independent	Misra G	477	0.22%
	BSP	Allapichai	453	0.21%
Margin of victory			50,312	23.50%	6.29%
Turnout			214,098	69.41%	1.55%
Registered electors			308,443
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	5.58%

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ramanathapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Manikandan. M	89,365	46.30%
	MNMK	M. H. Jawahirullah	56,143	29.09%
	DMDK	Singai Jinnah M. A	16,353	8.47%
	BJP	Kannan. D	15,029	7.79%	-9.67%
	NTK	Sivakumar. K	4,001	2.07%
	Independent	Shanmugavel. S	2,622	1.36%
	Independent	Prabhakaran. S	1,868	0.97%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,528	0.79%
	Independent	Athil Ammen	1,157	0.60%
		Thomas Jeronekumar	1,111	0.58%
		Veeraragavan. M	750	0.39%
Margin of victory			33,222	17.21%	7.41%
Turnout			193,002	67.86%	-3.19%
Registered electors			284,405
	AIADMK gain from MNMK		Swing	5.34%

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ramanathapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MNMK	M. H. Jawahirullah	65,831	40.96%
	INC	K. Hussan Ali	50,074	31.16%	-15.27%
	BJP	Kannan D	28,060	17.46%	13.56%
	INL	Raja Hussain K	3,606	2.24%
	Independent	Nambukumar N	3,001	1.87%
	Independent	Bairoos Khan S	2,731	1.70%
	Independent	Udhia Suriyan K E P	1,682	1.05%
	Independent	Moorthy M	1,138	0.71%
	Independent	Karupiah P	1,021	0.64%
	BSP	Sethu M	876	0.55%
	Independent	Selvam P	595	0.37%
Margin of victory			15,757	9.81%	0.53%
Turnout			226,191	71.05%	2.54%
Registered electors			160,703
	MNMK gain from INC		Swing	-5.46%

2006[]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ramanathapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Hussan Ali	66,922	46.43%
	MDMK	Palanichamy. M.	53,555	37.15%	34.30%
	DMDK	Dharmaraj. S	12,070	8.37%
	BJP	Sathiah. A.	5,624	3.90%
	Independent	Rajendiran. C	1,012	0.70%
	Independent	Viswanathan. S	974	0.68%
	AIFB	Muthukumar. R	628	0.44%
	JD(U)	Veerasekaran. R	590	0.41%
	Independent	Manickam. V	572	0.40%
	Independent	Murugesan. A. M	558	0.39%
		Jothibalan. K	517	0.36%
Margin of victory			13,367	9.27%	1.63%
Turnout			144,149	68.50%	1.45%
Registered electors			210,426
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-3.78%

2001[]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ramanathapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Anwar Rhazza	59,824	50.21%	29.73%
	DMK	A. Rahman Khan	50,712	42.56%	-8.66%
	MDMK	Patrick M	3,399	2.85%	-1.26%
	Independent	Rajaji N	2,285	1.92%
	Independent	Jeyakumar M	1,458	1.22%
	Independent	Viji Alias Vijayakumar R	595	0.50%
	Independent	Muthu Mohamed S	341	0.29%
	Independent	Abdul Karim S	273	0.23%
	Independent	Subbu K	263	0.22%
Margin of victory			9,112	7.65%	-23.10%
Turnout			119,150	67.05%	0.07%
Registered electors			177,797
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-1.01%

1996[]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ramanathapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Rahman Khan	59,794	51.22%	21.12%
	AIADMK	Sekar. S. K. G.	23,903	20.47%	-38.52%
	Independent	Ramasamy. T.	17,009	14.57%
	Independent	Kalanjiyam. R.	7,647	6.55%
	MDMK	Singaraj. K.	4,796	4.11%
	BJP	Rajan. M.	2,161	1.85%	-0.98%
	Independent	Rajaji. N.	321	0.27%
	JP	Adaikalaraj. J.	262	0.22%
	Independent	Dharmarajan. N.	174	0.15%
	Independent	Nagalingam. K.	132	0.11%
	Independent	Santhavaliyan. L.	124	0.11%
Margin of victory			35,891	30.74%	1.85%
Turnout			116,745	66.98%	5.45%
Registered electors			186,156
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.78%

1991[]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ramanathapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Thennavan	62,004	59.00%	35.97%
	DMK	Kader M. A.	31,635	30.10%	-6.11%
	PMK	Rajahussain K.	7,063	6.72%
	BJP	Muniyasamy M. A.	2,971	2.83%
	Independent	Dallas M.	491	0.47%
	Independent	Thavamani K.	273	0.26%
	Independent	Rakkan M.	261	0.25%
	Independent	Rajagopal M.	180	0.17%
		Venkatasamy Raju	110	0.10%
	Independent	Man I A.	65	0.06%
	Independent	Baskaran P.	45	0.04%
Margin of victory			30,369	28.90%	15.71%
Turnout			105,098	61.53%	-8.11%
Registered electors			176,322
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	22.78%

1989[]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ramanathapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. S. K. Rajendran	38,747	36.21%	-1.65%
	AIADMK	Sekar. S. M	24,636	23.03%	-36.88%
	Independent	Shajahan M. S. A. M	19,598	18.32%
	AIADMK	Anwar Raja. A. M	15,584	14.57%	-45.34%
	Independent	Ganesan. S. K. M	4,746	4.44%
	Independent	Mohamed Moosa. A. M	1,766	1.65%
	Independent	Gopal A. M	495	0.46%
	Independent	Singar\Ayar. S. M	412	0.39%
	Independent	Velu. K. M	279	0.26%
	CPI	Marudhupandi. A. M	218	0.20%
	Independent	Balasubramanian. M. M	174	0.16%
Margin of victory			14,111	13.19%	-8.85%
Turnout			106,993	69.64%	-5.50%
Registered electors			156,764
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-23.69%

1984[]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ramanathapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. Ramasamy	56,342	59.91%	2.27%
	DMK	M. S. Abdul Raheem	35,615	37.87%
	Independent	P. Chellathurai	1,345	1.43%
	Independent	C. Sadhananda Ganesh	408	0.43%
	Indian Congress (J)	M. Duraipandian	337	0.36%
Margin of victory			20,727	22.04%	4.58%
Turnout			94,047	75.14%	7.03%
Registered electors			130,455
	AIADMK hold		Swing	2.27%

1980[]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ramanathapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. Ramasamy	46,987	57.63%	10.77%
	INC	Zeenath Sheriffdeen	32,755	40.18%
	JP	Sahul Hameed Y.	990	1.21%
	Independent	Kalliappan S.	343	0.42%
	Independent	Panai Mani. A.	292	0.36%
	Independent	Yedavalli Balasubramanya Sastri	160	0.20%
Margin of victory			14,232	17.46%	-7.40%
Turnout			81,527	68.11%	2.78%
Registered electors			121,008
	AIADMK hold		Swing	10.77%

1977[]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ramanathapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. Ramasamy	33,048	46.86%
	JP	S.K. Ganesan	15,520	22.01%
	DMK	S. Marimuthu	11,448	16.23%	-48.82%
	CPI	M. Ramaswamy	9,984	14.16%
	Independent	A. Mani	524	0.74%
Margin of victory			17,528	24.85%	-8.79%
Turnout			70,524	65.33%	-6.43%
Registered electors			109,710
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-18.19%

1971[]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ramanathapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. S. K. Sathyendran	40,690	65.05%	8.24%
	INC	Balagangadharan R.	19,649	31.41%	-11.77%
	Independent	Abduliah E. M.	1,632	2.61%
	Independent	Mani V. A.	578	0.92%
Margin of victory			21,041	33.64%	20.01%
Turnout			62,549	71.76%	-5.05%
Registered electors			92,658
	DMK hold		Swing	8.24%

1967[]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ramanathapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. Thangappan	35,880	56.82%
	INC	S. R. Sethupathy	27,270	43.18%	-18.74%
Margin of victory			8,610	13.63%	-22.99%
Turnout			63,150	76.81%	7.30%
Registered electors			84,526
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-5.11%

1962[]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ramanathapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shanmuga Rajeshwara Sethupathi	44,942	61.92%
	IUML	S. Abdul Rahim	18,363	25.30%
	SWA	N. Padmanaban	5,058	6.97%
	Independent	S. Kodangi	2,238	3.08%
	Independent	M. Sathiah	1,977	2.72%
Margin of victory			26,579	36.62%	-27.36%
Turnout			72,578	69.51%	18.08%
Registered electors			107,593
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-20.07%

1957[]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ramanathapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Shanmuga Rajeshwara Sethupathi	40,577	81.99%
	CPI	G. Mangalasamy	8,912	18.01%
Margin of victory			31,665	63.98%	24.14%
Turnout			49,489	51.43%	-1.11%
Registered electors			96,220
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	19.61%

1952[]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ramanathapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shanmuga Rajeswara Sethupathy	26,131	62.38%	62.38%
	CPI	Rajamanickam	9,440	22.53%
	KMPP	Meera Hussain	3,287	7.85%
Margin of victory			16,691	39.84%
Turnout			41,892	52.54%
Registered electors			79,728
	INC win (new seat)

References[]

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

External links[]

"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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