Srirangam (state assembly constituency)

Srirangam
Srirangam
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
Established	1952 - present
Total electors	3,10,739
Reservation	General
Most successful party	AIADMK (9 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	M. Palaniyandi
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Srirangam is a state assembly constituency in Tiruchirappalli district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] It comes under Tiruchirappalli (Lok Sabha constituency) for Parliament elections. It is one of the oldest assembly segments in Tamil Nadu existence since 1952 election.^[2]

Madras State[]

Year	Winner
1952		Communist Party of India
1957		Indian National Congress
1962	N. Subramanian Chettiar	Indian National Congress
1967	S. Ramalingam	Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu – Srirangam[]

Year	Winner
1971	Jothi Venkatachalam	Indian National Congress
1977		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989		Janata Dal
1991	Ku. Pa. Krishnan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	T. P. Mayavan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	M. Paranjothi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	J. Jayalalithaa (Chief Minister)^[3]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2015	S. Valarmathi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	S. Valarmathi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	M. Palaniyandi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[]

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Srirangam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Palaniyandi	1,13,904	47.41	+5.71
	AIADMK	Ku. Pa. Krishnan	93,989	39.12	-8.97
	NTK	K. Selvarathi	17,911	7.46	+6.09
	IND	Y. Jacob	4,082	1.70
	AMMK	Sarubala R. Thondaiman	3,487	1.45
Margin of victory			19,915	8.29	+1.90
Turnout			2,40,423	77.13
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Srirangam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Valarmathi	1,08,400	48.09	-20.44
	DMK	M. Palaniyandi	93,991	41.70	+16.81
	BJP	A. Rajesh Kumar	5,988	2.66	+0.39
	CPI	V. Pushpam	5,646	2.51	+2.51
	NTK	V. Rajamanikam	3,095	1.37	+1.37
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,110	1.82	+0.95
Margin of victory			14,409	6.39	-37.25
Turnout			2,25,524	79.59	-2.21
Registered electors			2,83,355
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-20.44

2015 Bye-election[]

Due to the conviction and jailing of then Chief Minister and MLA J Jayalalithaa in the in September 2014, the MLA position became vacant. Bye-elections were announced.

Bye-election, 2015: Srirangam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Valarmathi	1,51,561	68.53	+9.54
	DMK	N. Anand	55,045	24.89	-10.66
	BJP	M. Subramaniam	5,015	2.27	+1.14
	CPI(M)	K. Annadurai	1,552	0.70	+0.70
	IND.	K. R. Ramaswamy	1,167	0.53	+0.53
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,919	0.87	+0.87
Margin of victory			96,516	43.64	+20.20
Turnout			2,21,173	81.80	+0.58
Registered electors			2,70,377
	AIADMK hold		Swing	+9.54

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Srirangam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	J. Jayalalithaa	1,05,328	58.99	+13.01
	DMK	N. Anand	63,480	35.55	+35.55
	BJP	K. A. S. Arivalagan	2,017	1.13	-1.39
	Independent	V. Tamilarasi	1,221	0.68	+0.68
	BSP	S. Natarajan	928	0.52	N/A
Margin of victory			41,848	23.44	+17.81
Turnout			1,79,635	81.22	+6.61
Registered electors			2,21,158
	AIADMK hold		Swing	+13.01

2006[]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Srirangam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Paranjothi	89,135	45.98	-7.09
	INC	Jerome Arokiaraj	78,213	40.35	+40.35
	DMDK	A. Ramesh	16,522	8.52	+8.52
	BJP	Parthiban	4,878	2.52	-41.34
Margin of victory			10,922	5.63	-3.58
Turnout			1,93,882	74.61	+16.74
Registered electors			2,59,848
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-7.09

2001[]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Srirangam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. K. Balasubramanian	72,993	53.07	+20.01
	BJP	M. Soundarapandian	60,317	43.86	+41.92
	IND	Prasanna Venkatesan S	1,694	1.23	+1.23
	IND	Paul Felominraj Easu J	1,042	0.76	+0.76
Margin of victory			12,676	9.21	-13.47
Turnout			1,37,540	57.87	-13.47
Registered electors			2,37,683
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-2.67

Notes[]

^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
^ MADALA, JAYAKUMAR (3 March 2021). "Why both AIADMK and BJP want Srirangam". The New Indian Express.
^ "Constituencywise results: Srirangam". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 May 2011.

References[]

"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 22 January 2017.

[2] MADALA, JAYAKUMAR (3 March 2021). "Why both AIADMK and BJP want Srirangam". The New Indian Express.

[eci_srirangam-3] "Constituencywise results: Srirangam". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 May 2011.

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