Sattur (state assembly constituency)

Sattur
Sattur
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
Total electors	253,363
Most successful party	AIADMK (6 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Raghuraman. A. R. R.
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

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

Madras State assembly[]

Year	Winner
1952	S. Ramaswamy Naidu	Indian National Congress
1957	K. Kamaraj (Chief Minister)	Indian National Congress
1962	K. Kamaraj (Chief Minister)	Indian National Congress
1967	S. Ramaswamy Naidu	Swatantra Party

Tamil Nadu assembly[]

Year	Winner
1971	S. Alagu Thevar	All India Forward Bloc
1977	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran
1984	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran
1989	S. S. Karuppasamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam
1996	K. M. Vijayakumar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran
2006	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran
2011	R. B. Udhaya Kumar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	S. G. Subramanian
2019 By-election	M. S. R. Rajavarman
2021	A. R. R. Raghumaran	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			38.68%
2019 By-election			42.20%
2016			40.65%
2011			58.32%
2006			49.58%
2001			42.91%
1996			43.20%
1991			48.63%
1989			42.01%
1984			51.03%
1980			44.10%
1977			43.24%
1971			55.43%
1967			64.11%
1962			56.38%
1957			53.46%
1952			48.00%

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sattur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Raghuraman. A. R. R.	74,174	38.68%
	AIADMK	Ravichandhran. R. K.	62,995	32.85%
	AMMK	M. S. R. Rajavarman	32,916	17.16%
	NTK	Pandi. K.	12,626	6.58%
	IJK	Bharathi. M.	1,751	0.91%
	PT	Marikannan. G.	1,599	0.83%
	NOTA	Nota	1,297	0.68%
	Independent	Saravanakumar. M.	635	0.33%
	Independent	Subramanian. S.	551	0.29%
		Angusamy. S.	414	0.22%
	Independent	Senthur Pandian. R.	406	0.21%
Margin of victory			11,179	5.83%	3.31%
Turnout			191,783	75.69%	-2.52%
Registered electors			253,363
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.97%

2019 By-election[]

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Sattur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. S. R. Rajavarman	76,977	42.20	+1.55
	DMK	V. Srinivasan	76,521	41.60	+3.47
	AMMK	S. G. Subramanian	12,428	6.84	+6.84
	NTK	P. Sureshkumar	5,004	2.76	+1.90
	MNM	N. Sundararaj	3,899	2.15	+2.15
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,697	0.93	N/A
Majority			456	0.25	-2.37
Turnout			1,82,908	77.01	-1.30
	AIADMK hold		Swing	+1.55

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sattur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. G. Subramanian	71,513	40.65%
	DMK	Srinivasan. V.	67,086	38.13%
	MDMK	Raguraman. A. R.	25,442	14.46%
	BJP	Gnanapandithan. P.	3,407	1.94%
	NTK	Muthuvel Nachiar. S.	1,520	0.86%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,455	0.83%
	AIFB	Pasupathidevan. K.	958	0.54%
	PMK	Balakrishnan. M.	768	0.44%
	Independent	Jawahar. G.	653	0.37%
	Independent	Rajkumar. R.	545	0.31%
	Independent	Muthupandi. M.	472	0.27%
Margin of victory			4,427	2.52%	-16.73%
Turnout			175,939	78.22%	-3.94%
Registered electors			224,931
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-17.67%

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sattur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. B. Udhaya Kumar	88,918	58.32%
	DMK	A. Kadarkarairaj	59,573	39.07%
	Independent	P. Jayasankar	1,310	0.86%
	BSP	S. Rameshbabu	700	0.46%
	Independent	K. Rajaguru	647	0.42%
	IJK	T. S. Balakrishnan	420	0.28%
	Independent	S. Mareeswaran	180	0.12%
	Independent	P. Muniasamy	176	0.12%
	Independent	S. Marimuthu	163	0.11%
	Independent	S. Arul Lurdus Joseph Ignatius	151	0.10%
	Independent	N. Palanichamy	128	0.08%
Margin of victory			29,345	19.25%	5.27%
Turnout			185,572	82.16%	9.20%
Registered electors			152,462
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	8.74%

2006[]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sattur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	73,918	49.58%
	AIADMK	Chockeswaran. G.	53,073	35.60%
	DMDK	Sankaralingam. S. S. K.	15,391	10.32%
	BSP	Rajendran. R	1,560	1.05%
	AIFB	Sethu Ramalingam. G	1,447	0.97%
	Independent	Vairamuthu. G	1,104	0.74%
	BJP	Vetrivel. R.	995	0.67%
	Independent	Ramachandran. R	610	0.41%
	Independent	Marimuthu. C	163	0.11%
	Independent	Manoharan. K	152	0.10%
	Independent	Balamurugan. N	151	0.10%
Margin of victory			20,845	13.98%	10.71%
Turnout			149,088	72.96%	10.24%
Registered electors			204,350
	DMK hold		Swing	6.67%

2001[]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sattur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	57,953	42.91%
	INC	Rajendran A	53,538	39.64%
	MDMK	Rajachockalingam S	19,338	14.32%
	Independent	Jeyaram V	1,296	0.96%
	Independent	Jeyasankar A	740	0.55%
	Independent	Rajasekaran R	373	0.28%
	Independent	Amirtharaj T	363	0.27%
	Independent	Sathiyasankar S	243	0.18%
	Independent	Murugaboopathy R	231	0.17%
	Independent	Arulmeenakshi Selvi M	190	0.14%
	Independent	Ganesamoorthy K	159	0.12%
Margin of victory			4,415	3.27%	-3.59%
Turnout			135,045	62.72%	-7.70%
Registered electors			215,350
	DMK hold		Swing	-0.29%

1996[]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sattur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. M. Vijayakumar	58,972	43.20%
	AIADMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	49,608	36.34%
	MDMK	Gnanaprakasam. M.	16,732	12.26%
	Independent	Ramachandran. C.	5,686	4.17%
	AIIC(T)	Thangavel. P.	1,227	0.90%
	Independent	Pitchaikani. M. S.	602	0.44%
	Independent	Sikkandar. M.	267	0.20%
	Independent	Sundaram. S.	260	0.19%
	Independent	Dinakaran. A.	207	0.15%
	Independent	Rajammal. G.	204	0.15%
	Independent	Amirttharaj. D.	167	0.12%
Margin of victory			9,364	6.86%	5.04%
Turnout			136,502	70.42%	4.19%
Registered electors			201,201
	DMK gain from Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam		Swing	-5.43%

1991[]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sattur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	59,942	48.63%
	AIADMK	Sannasi Karuppasamy	57,703	46.81%
	PMK	Gnanasekaran M.	1,673	1.36%
	Independent	Sounduramalingam P.	375	0.30%
	Independent	Kanagavel S.	365	0.30%
	Independent	Kanuthapandian T. K.	301	0.24%
	Independent	Balasubramaniam M. G.	260	0.21%
	Independent	Rajan A.	242	0.20%
	JP	Ramasamy P.	200	0.16%
	Independent	Ramachandran K. S. A.	189	0.15%
	Independent	Rathinavel K.	181	0.15%
Margin of victory			2,239	1.82%	-11.01%
Turnout			123,261	66.23%	-7.60%
Registered electors			192,024
	Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam gain from DMK		Swing	6.62%

1989[]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sattur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. S. Karuppasamy	52,608	42.01%
	AIADMK	R. Kothanaraman	36,546	29.18%
	INC	P. Subbiah	17,375	13.87%
	AIADMK	V. Veerasubramanian	16,512	13.18%
	Independent	S. Subbiah	364	0.29%
	Independent	D. Periasamy	297	0.24%
	Independent	Seenivasagan. K. M	254	0.20%
	Independent	K. Paulraj	230	0.18%
	Independent	K. Periasamy Nadar	148	0.12%
	Independent	A. Rayappan	143	0.11%
	Independent	M. Ravindran	142	0.11%
Margin of victory			16,062	12.83%	6.39%
Turnout			125,236	73.84%	-3.52%
Registered electors			172,451
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-9.02%

1984[]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sattur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	58,745	51.03%
	DMK	S. S. Karuppasamy	51,338	44.60%
	Independent	A. Narayanan	4,245	3.69%
	Independent	A. Rajan	282	0.24%
	Independent	Rama Athinarayanan	278	0.24%
	Independent	M.Raman	229	0.20%
Margin of victory			7,407	6.43%	-37.45%
Turnout			115,117	77.36%	3.70%
Registered electors			152,911
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	6.93%

1980[]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sattur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Saudi Sundara Barati. S.	43,795	44.10%
	Independent	Alaghu Sundaram. A.	215	0.22%
	Independent	Kulanthaivel. M.	202	0.20%
	Independent	Lakshmana Subbrajulu. G.	171	0.17%
	Independent	Jaganathan. A.	124	0.12%
	Independent	Jaganathan. S.	87	0.09%
Margin of victory			43,580	43.88%	24.98%
Turnout			99,314	73.66%	3.27%
Registered electors			136,299
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.85%

1977[]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sattur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	38,772	43.24%
	INC	M. Veerasamy	21,830	24.35%
	JP	S. Mookiah Nadar	16,748	18.68%
	DMK	V. Karamegasamy	8,637	9.63%
	Independent	S. Thurairaj	2,105	2.35%
	Independent	K. Gurusamy Naicker	606	0.68%
	Independent	T. Periyasamy	544	0.61%
	Independent	S. Manisankaran	417	0.47%
Margin of victory			16,942	18.90%	4.63%
Turnout			89,659	70.39%	4.43%
Registered electors			128,786
	AIADMK gain from AIFB		Swing	-12.19%

1971[]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sattur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	S. Alagu Thevar	32,610	55.43%
	SWA	Dorairaj Naicker R	24,216	41.16%
	Independent	Solaimalai P.	921	1.57%
	Independent	Srinivasan V.	528	0.90%
	Independent	Veluchaminaicker K.	407	0.69%
	Independent	Perumal M.	145	0.25%
Margin of victory			8,394	14.27%	-13.96%
Turnout			58,827	65.96%	-17.91%
Registered electors			96,002
	AIFB gain from SWA		Swing	-8.68%

1967[]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Sattur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	S. Ramaswamy Naidu	45,223	64.11%
	INC	R. Krishnasamy Naidu	25,313	35.89%
Margin of victory			19,910	28.23%	12.08%
Turnout			70,536	83.87%	-0.75%
Registered electors			86,398
	SWA gain from INC		Swing	7.73%

1962[]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Sattur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Kamaraj (Chief Minister)	46,950	56.38%
	SWA	P. Ramamoorthy	33,506	40.24%
	Independent	R. Ramasamy Reddiar	2,811	3.38%
Margin of victory			13,444	16.15%	9.22%
Turnout			83,267	84.63%	9.60%
Registered electors			101,991
	INC hold		Swing	2.92%

1957[]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Sattur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Kamaraj (Chief Minister)	36,400	53.46%
	Independent	Jayarama Reddiar	31,683	46.54%
Margin of victory			4,717	6.93%	4.59%
Turnout			68,083	75.03%	3.55%
Registered electors			90,740
	INC hold		Swing	5.47%

1952[]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Sattur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Ramaswamy Naidu	21,038	48.00%
	Independent	Rajarathnam	20,012	45.66%
	Independent	Rajamani	2,781	6.34%
Margin of victory			1,026	2.34%	2.34%
Turnout			43,831	71.48%
Registered electors			61,321
	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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