Tirumangalam (state assembly constituency)

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Tirumangalam
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
Total electors	2,79,598
Most successful party	ADMK (6 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	R. B. Udhaya Kumar
Party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Tirumangalam is a state assembly constituency in Madurai district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below. It is part of the Virudhunagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

Madras State[]

Year	Winner	Party
1952			Indian National Congress
1957	A. V. P. Periavala Guruya Reddi		Independent
1962			Indian National Congress
1967	N. S. V. Chithan		Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu[]

Year	Winner	Party
1971			All India Forward Bloc
1977	P. T. Saraswathy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	N. S. V. Chithan		Indian National Congress
1984	N. S. V. Chithan		Indian National Congress
1989			Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	T. K. Radhakrishnan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	M. Muthuramalingam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	K. Kalimuthu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	Veera Elavarasu		Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2009	Latha Athiyaman		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	M. Muthuramalingam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	R. B. Udhaya Kumar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	R. B. Udhaya Kumar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[]

1952 Madras Assembly Election[]

There were 75754 registered electors in the 1952 election.^[2]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thirumangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K Rajaram	24,220	58.77	New
	KMPP	T Manickavasagam	8,029	19.48	New
	Independent	V Venkatram Naidu	6473	15.71	New
	Independent	A Chitrai Goundar	2493	6.05	New
Majority			16,191	39.29
Turnout			41,215	54.41
	INC win (new seat)

1957 Madras Assembly Election[]

There were 86991 registered electors in the 1957 election.^[3]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thirumangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. V. P. Periavala Guruya Reddi	25,844	53.31	New
	INC	K Rajaram	20,281	41.84	16.93
	Independent	V Chitrai Goundar	2352	4.85	1.2
Majority			5,563	11.47	27.82
Turnout			48,477	55.73	1.32
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	11.47

1962 Madras Assembly Election[]

There were 91765 registered electors in the 1962 election.^[4]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thirumangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Thiruvengada Reddiar	34,188	53.58	11.77
	SWA	Muthurama Thevar M C M	25,919	40.62	New
	Independent	T S Krishnan	2846	4.46	New
	Independent	Ayyappa Naidu	852	1.34	New
Majority			8269	12.96	1.49
Turnout			66,922	72.93	17.20
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	11.77

1967 Madras Assembly Election[]

There were 89584 registered electors in the 1967 election.^[5]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thirumangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. S. V. Chitthan	20,319	33.58	20.0
	SWA	M. P. Rajan	17,062	28.20	12.42
	Independent	Kamalam	13,890	22.96	New
	Independent	Pethinayacker	6,246	10.32	New
	Independent	M. C. S. Aarumugam	2,986	4.94	New
Majority			3257	5.38	7.58
Turnout			61,419	68.56	4.37
	INC hold		Swing

1971 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election[]

There were 97,173 registered electors in the 1971 election.^[6]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thirumangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	M. C. A. Rethinasamy Thevar	36468	56.97	New
	INC (O)	N. S. V. Chitthan	27548	43.03	New
Majority			8920	13.94	8.56
Turnout			68,078	70.06	1.5
	AIFB gain from INC		Swing

1977 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election[]

There were 110,967 registered electors in the 1977 election.^[7]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thirumangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. T. Saraswathy	29493	44.30	New
	INC	N. S. V. Chitthan	27720	41.63	New
	DMK	U. M. Kannuchamy	3948	5.93	New
	JP	Edakanathan	2772	3.70	New
	Independent	S. Sundaramahalingam	903	1.21	New
Majority			1773	2.67	11.27
Turnout			75,732	70.60	0.54
	AIFB gain from AIADMK		Swing

1980 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election[]

There were 117,383 registered electors in the 1980 election.^[8]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thirumangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	N. S. V. Chitthan	35,181	46.43	New
	AIFB	A. R. Perumal	31,679	41.81	New
	JP	K. A. Ingarsal	8033	10.60	6.90
	Independent	S. Krishnan	873	1.15	New
Majority			3502	4.62	1.95
Turnout			76,864	65.48	5.12
	INC(I) gain from AIADMK		Swing

1984 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election[]

There were 123,317 registered electors in the 1984 election.^[9]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thirumangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. S. V. Chitthan	46,146	55.23	8.80
	DMK	A. Athiyanan	35,304	42.26	New
	Independent	A. Kaliyappan	1269	1.52	New
	Independent	R. K. Kannan	535	0.64	New
	Independent	S. Ramamoorthy	295	0.35	New
Majority			10,842	12.97	8.35
Turnout			88,092	71.44	5.96
	INC hold		Swing

1989 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election[]

There were 143,792 registered electors in the 1989 election.^[10]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thirumangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Saminathan	33,433	34.84	7.42
	INC	N. S. V. Chitthan	29,378	30.61	24.62
	Independent	K. A. Ingarsal	11,213	11.68	New
	Independent	V. A. Seenivasan	9,912	10.33	New
	Independent	P. Subbiah	9,168	9.55	New
	Independent	P. Gajandran	1,123	1.17	New
Majority			4055	4.23	8.74
Turnout			97,862	68.06	3.38
	DMK gain from INC		Swing

1991 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election[]

There were 160,424 registered electors in the 1991 election.^[11]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thirumangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. K. Radhakrishnan	62,774	64.84	24.62
	DMK	R. Saminathan	31,511	32.56	7.42
	Tharasu Makkal Mandram	P. V. Sankaralingam	620	0.64	New
	PMK	A. P. Raju	510	0.53	New
	Independent	P. Gajandran	340	0.35	New
Majority			31,263	32.31	28.08
Turnout			99,794	62.21	5.85
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

1996 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election[]

There were 165,523 registered electors in the 1996 election.^[12]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thirumangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Muthuramalingam	56,950	53.41	20.85
	AIADMK	S. Andithevar	28,025	26.28	38.56
	MDMK	R. Saminathan	17769	16.67	New
	PMK	P. Gajendran	2643	2.48	1.95
	Independent	A. C. Anandan	183	0.17	New
Majority			28,925	27.13	5.18
Turnout			111,830	67.56	5.35
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2001 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election[]

There were 168,403 registered electors in the 2001 election.^[13]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thirumangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Kalimuthu	58,080	52.67	26.39
	DMK	T. Ocha Thevar	39,918	36.20	17.21
	MDMK	R. Saminathan	9591	8.70	7.97
	Independent	M. R. Mathiyalagan	1177	1.07	New
	JD(U)	M. Rajasekaran	809	0.73	New
	Independent	R. Karmegam	693	0.63	New
Majority			18,162	16.47	5.18
Turnout			110,277	65.48	2.08
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

2006 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election[]

There were 169,523 registered electors in the 2006 election.^[14]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thirumangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDMK	Veera Elavarasan	45,067	37.48	28.78
	DMK	V. Velusamy	40,923	34.03	2.17
	DMDK	T. Dhanapandiyan	19,970	16.61	New
	BJP	T. Ocha Thevar	7790	6.48	New
	Independent	C. Sundarraj	1593	1.32	New
	Independent	A. Veluchamy	1193	0.99	New
	JD(U)	P. Gurusamy	1118	0.93	0.20
	AIFB	M. Raj	899	0.75	New
	BSP	G. Ramiah	866	0.72	New
Majority			4,144	3.45	13.02
Turnout			120,248	70.94	5.46
	MDMK gain from DMK		Swing

2009 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election (By-election)[]

Election Commission of India announced by-election for this constituency after the death of MLA.^[15] There were 156,615 registered electors in the 2009 by-election.^[16]

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 2009: Thirumangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Latha Athiyaman	79,422	57.47	23.44
	AIADMK	M. Muthuramalingam	40,156	29.06	8.41
	DMDK	T. Danapandiyan	13,136	9.50	7.10
Majority			39,266	28.41	24.97
Turnout			138,191	88.23	17.3
	DMK gain from MDMK		Swing	23.44

2011 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election[]

There were 223,822 registered electors in the 2011 election.^[17]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thirumangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Muthuramalingam	1,01,494	55.54%	26.48
	DMK	M Manimaran	75,127	41.11%	16.36
	BSP	Vaiyadurai	1,389	0.76%	-
Majority			26,367	14.43
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election[]

There were 261,622 registered electors in the 2016 election.^[18]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirumangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. B. Udhaya Kumar	95864	46.99	9.45
	INC	Jayaram R	72274	35.43	5.68
	DMDK	Srinivasan M	20589	10.09	-
	BJP	Ramamoorthy VR	3261	1.60	-
	NTK	Manikandan K	1999	0.98	-
	NOTA	None of the above	1572	0.77	-
Majority			23,590	11.56	2.87
Turnout			2,04,004	77.98	-
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election[]

There were 75754 registered electors in the 2021 election.^[19]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirumangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. B. Udhaya Kumar	100338	45.51	1.48
	DMK	M Manimaran	86251	39.12	3.69
	AMMK	Karu Aathi Narayanan	13780	6.25	-
	NTK	M Saaral	11593	5.26	4.28
	MNM	M Ramkumar	2775	1.26	-
	NOTA	None of the above	971	0.44	0.33
Majority			14,087	6.39	5.17
Turnout			2,20,495	78.12	0.14
	AIADMK hold		Swing

References[]

• "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.