Usilampatti (state assembly constituency)

Usilampatti
Usilampatti
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
Total electors	2,84,585
Most successful party	FBL (7 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Ayyappan P
Party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Coordinates: 9°58′N 77°48′E / 9.97°N 77.8°E / 9.97; 77.8

Usilampatti is a state assembly constituency in Madurai district in Tamil Nadu.^[2] The constituency is in existence since 1957 election. Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below.

Madras State[]

Year	Winner
1957	P. K. Mookiah Thevar	Independent
1962	P. K. Mookiah Thevar	Forward Bloc
1967	P. K. Mookiah Thevar	Forward Bloc

Tamil Nadu[]

Year	Winner
1971	P. K. Mookiah Thevar	Forward Bloc
1977	P. K. Mookiah Thevar	Forward Bloc
1980		Forward Bloc
1984		Independent
1989	P. N. Vallarasu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	P. N. Vallarasu	Forward Bloc
2001	L. Santhanam	Forward Bloc
2006		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	P. V. Kathiravan	All India Forward Bloc
2016		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			33.53%
2016			52.88%
2011			51.22%
2006			42.17%
2001			43.32%
1996			76.18%
1991			50.30%
1989			33.74%
1984			60.90%
1980			47.67%
1977			61.95%
1971			74.46%
1967			72.11%
1957			66.32%

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Usilampatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Ayyappan P	71,255	33.53%	-19.35%
	DMK	P. V. Kathiravan	63,778	30.01%	-6.50%
	AMMK	Mahendran I	55,491	26.11%
	NTK	Iyndhukovilan G	15,357	7.23%	6.51%
	Independent	Arumugam K	1,247	0.59%
	PT	Thiruselvam C	1,161	0.55%
	NOTA	Nota	1,032	0.49%	-0.35%
	AIJYMKG	Arasumayan M	967	0.46%
	Independent	Kathiravan A	528	0.25%
	Independent	Dhanasekaran T	478	0.22%
	MIDP	Bharath V	378	0.18%
Margin of victory			7,477	3.52%	-12.84%
Turnout			2,12,513	74.19%	-0.51%
Registered electors			2,84,585
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-19.35%

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Usilampatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Neethipathi P	106,349	52.88%
	DMK	Ilamakezhan. K	73,443	36.52%	-5.81%
	MDMK	Baskara Sethupathy. A	7,079	3.52%
	AIFB	Kathiravan P. V	5,136	2.55%
	BJP	Sangli. M	2,860	1.42%	0.31%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,672	0.83%
	NTK	Iyndhu Kovilan. G	1,437	0.71%
	BSP	Mahendran M	939	0.47%	-0.83%
	PMK	Murugan. T	619	0.31%
	Independent	Nethaji C	457	0.23%
		Jeyakumar S	255	0.13%
Margin of victory			32,906	16.36%	7.47%
Turnout			2,01,126	74.70%	-4.61%
Registered electors			2,69,244
	AIADMK gain from AIFB		Swing	1.65%

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Usilampatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	P. V. Kathiravan	88,253	51.22%
	DMK	Ramasamy S O	72,933	42.33%	3.45%
	Independent	Kannan C	3,354	1.95%
	BSP	Venkatesan K	2,235	1.30%	0.73%
	BJP	Mathuran R	1,919	1.11%	-0.53%
	JMM	Pandi K	1,558	0.90%
	Independent	Rajeev K	771	0.45%
	Independent	Nagarajan N	498	0.29%
	Independent	Muthiah P	437	0.25%
	Independent	Manikandan D	335	0.19%
Margin of victory			15,320	8.89%	5.60%
Turnout			2,17,244	79.31%	12.15%
Registered electors			1,72,293
	AIFB gain from AIADMK		Swing	9.05%

2006[]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Usilampatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Mahendran. I	39,009	42.17%
	DMK	P. V. Kathiravan	35,964	38.88%	5.56%
	DMDK	Raja. A. K. T.	9,672	10.46%
		Surendran. K	3,874	4.19%
	BJP	Panneer Selvam. V	1,516	1.64%
	AIFB	Muthiah Pasumpon. K	840	0.91%
	Independent	Thirumoorthy. A	658	0.71%
	BSP	Suryadev. M	526	0.57%
	Independent	Ilaiyarasu. P. P	228	0.25%
	JD(U)	Dhanalakshmi. P	216	0.23%
Margin of victory			3,045	3.29%	-6.72%
Turnout			92,503	67.16%	12.19%
Registered electors			1,37,738
	AIADMK gain from AIFB		Swing	-1.15%

2001[]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Usilampatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	L. Santhanam	39,248	43.32%
	DMK	Ramasamy. S. O	30,181	33.31%
	Independent	P. V. Kathiravan	9,834	10.86%
	JP	Murugan. A	7,455	8.23%
	MDMK	Rathinam. T. K. P	1,386	1.53%
	Independent	Rajeswari Kasinathan. P. K. M Tmt.	1,023	1.13%
	Independent	Thinagaran Alias Duraisingam . N	705	0.78%
	Independent	Subramanian. A	455	0.50%
	Independent	Ganesan. P. K. M	307	0.34%
Margin of victory			9,067	10.01%	-46.53%
Turnout			90,594	54.97%	-9.07%
Registered electors			1,64,821
	AIFB hold		Swing	-32.86%

1996[]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Usilampatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	P. N. Vallarasu	75,324	76.18%
	AIADMK	P. Veluchamy	19,421	19.64%	-30.65%
	Independent	M. Perumal	3,582	3.62%
	Independent	C. Lenin	131	0.13%
	Independent	C. Kittappan	113	0.11%
	Independent	S. V. D. Rajasekaran	105	0.11%
	Independent	P. Palani	101	0.10%
	Independent	M. Muthusamythevar	60	0.06%
	Independent	T. K. Karuthapandian	40	0.04%
Margin of victory			55,903	56.54%	52.68%
Turnout			98,877	64.04%	8.75%
Registered electors			1,59,474
	AIFB gain from AIADMK		Swing	25.88%

1991[]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Usilampatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Pandiammal	41,654	50.30%	35.11%
	AIFB	P. N. Vallarasu	38,460	46.44%
	BJP	R. S. Bose	638	0.77%	0.13%
	PMK	A. Thangavelu	606	0.73%
	Independent	M. K. Vellaichamy	390	0.47%
	JP	N. Ramasamy	183	0.22%
	Independent	S. Kasinathan	182	0.22%
	Independent	M. Ochathever	169	0.20%
	Independent	C. Chinnasamy	148	0.18%
	Independent	C. Muthiah	85	0.10%
	Independent	C. Veeranan	78	0.09%
Margin of victory			3,194	3.86%	-11.89%
Turnout			82,818	55.29%	-8.09%
Registered electors			1,55,036
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	16.55%

1989[]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Usilampatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. N. Vallarasu	29,116	33.74%
	INC	Pandian. V. M	15,525	17.99%
	AIADMK	Thavasi. K. M	13,106	15.19%
	AIFB	Andithevar. S. M	9,090	10.53%
	Independent	Muthuramalingam. P. K. M	8,776	10.17%
	Independent	Ramasami. P. M	8,473	9.82%
	BJP	Pitchaithevar. M. M	554	0.64%
	Independent	Mariappan. P. M	437	0.51%
	Independent	Karuthapandi. M. K. M	378	0.44%
	Independent	Karuppan. V. M	168	0.19%
	Independent	Amuskodi. V. M	142	0.16%
Margin of victory			13,591	15.75%	-9.08%
Turnout			86,285	63.37%	-6.27%
Registered electors			1,38,949
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing	-27.16%

1984[]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Usilampatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Muthuramalingam. P. K. M.	50,876	60.90%
	Independent	Andi Thever S.	30,135	36.07%
	Independent	Gurusamy. O.	937	1.12%
	Independent	Muthiah. R.	677	0.81%
	Independent	Karuthapandian T. K.	496	0.59%
	Independent	Natrajan G.	282	0.34%
	Independent	Rajuthevar M.	138	0.17%
Margin of victory			20,741	24.83%	7.48%
Turnout			83,541	69.64%	10.91%
Registered electors			1,25,879
	Independent gain from AIFB		Swing	13.23%

1980[]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Usilampatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Andi Thevar. S.	33,857	47.67%
	Independent	Muthuramalingam. P. K. M.	21,534	30.32%
	DMK	Santhana Thevar. L.	15,033	21.16%	13.53%
	Independent	Karutha Pandian. T. K.	605	0.85%
Margin of victory			12,323	17.35%	-24.59%
Turnout			71,029	58.73%	7.26%
Registered electors			1,22,773
	AIFB hold		Swing	-14.28%

1977[]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Usilampatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	P.K. Mookiah Thevar	35,361	61.95%
	INC	N.S. Ponniah	11,422	20.01%
	JP	K.N. A. Natarajan	5,034	8.82%
	DMK	T.K.P. Rathinam	4,356	7.63%
	Independent	R. Veerammal	911	1.60%
Margin of victory			23,939	41.94%	-6.98%
Turnout			57,084	51.47%	-17.55%
Registered electors			1,11,961
	AIFB hold		Swing	-12.51%

1971[]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Usilampatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	P.K. Mookiah Thevar	49,292	74.46%
	Independent	S. Andi Thevar	16,909	25.54%
Margin of victory			32,383	48.92%	2.97%
Turnout			66,201	69.02%	-7.67%
Registered electors			99,815
	AIFB hold		Swing	2.34%

1967[]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Usilampatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	P.K. Mookiah Thevar	44,714	72.11%
	INC	A. M. N. Thevar	16,225	26.17%	-6.65%
	Independent	A. Yougaraju	1,065	1.72%
Margin of victory			28,489	45.95%	11.58%
Turnout			62,004	76.69%	2.84%
Registered electors			87,876
	AIFB win (new seat)

1962[]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Usilampatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		P.K. Mookiah Thevar	47,069	67.18%
	INC	Thinagarasamy Thevar	22,992	32.82%	8.79%
Margin of victory			24,077	34.37%	-7.93%
Turnout			70,061	73.84%	18.96%
Registered electors			99,021
	win (new seat)

1957[]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Usilampatti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	P.K. Mookiah Thevar	31,631	66.32%
	INC	P. V. Raj	11,459	24.03%
	Independent	Kamana Thevar	4,606	9.66%
Margin of victory			20,172	42.29%
Turnout			47,696	54.88%
Registered electors			86,904
	Independent win (new seat)

References[]

^ "Return of Election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021.
^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

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

[1] "Return of Election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021.

[2] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

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