Vilathikulam (state assembly constituency)

Vilathikulam
Constituency for the State Assembly
Area of Vilathikulam State Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thoothukudi
LS constituency	Thoothukkudi
Established	1952–present
Total electors	216,923
Reservation	None
Most successful party	AIADMK (9 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	V. Markandayan
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Vilathikulam State Assembly constituency (Tamil: விளாத்திகுளம் சட்டமன்றத் தொகுதி) is one of the 234 state legislative assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu state in southern India. It is also one of the 6 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Thoothukkudi (Lok Sabha constituency). It is one of the oldest assembly segments in Tamil Nadu since Independence.^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly[]

Election	Assembly	Member	Political Party		Tenure
1952	1st	P. Selvaraj		Indian National Congress	1952-1957
1967	4th	M. Rathinasabapathy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1967-1971
1971	5th	M. Rathinasabapathy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1971-1977
1977	6th	R. K. Perumal		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1977-1980
1980	7th	R. K. Perumal		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1980-1984
1984	8th	S. Kumaragurubara Ramanathan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1984-1989
1989	9th	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1989-1991
1991	10th	N. C. Kanagavalli		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1991-1996
1996	11th	K. Ravisankar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1996-2001
2001	12th	N. K. Perumal		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2001-2006
2006	13th	P. Chinnappan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2006-2011
2011	14th	V. Markandayan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2011-2016
2016	15th	K. Uma Maheswari		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2016-2019
2019	15th	P. Chinnappan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2019-2021
2021	16th	V. Markandayan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2021-Incumbent

Election Results[]

Assembly election 2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vilathikulam^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Markandayan	90,348	54.05	27.77
	AIADMK	P. Chinnappan	51,799	30.99	13.33
	NTK	R. Balaji	11,828	7.08	5.31
	AMMK	K. Seeni Selvi	6,657	3.98	2.15
	MNM	X. Wilson	1,520	0.91	0.03
	PT	C. Muthukumar	1,055	0.63	New
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1,036	0.62	0.26
Majority			38,549	23.06	5.02
Turnout			167,169	77.06	1.41
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	27.77

Assembly bye-election 2019[]

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly bye-election: Vilathikulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Chinnappan	70,139	44.32	2.47
	DMK	A. C. Jayakumar	41,585	26.28	8.26
	Independent	V. Markandayan	27,456	17.35	New
	AMMK	K. Jothimony	9,695	6.13	New
	NTK	M. Kalidoss	4,628	2.93	1.77
	MNM	T. Natarajan	1,399	0.88	New
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1,386	0.88	0.15
Majority			28,554	18.04	5.79
Turnout			158,289	75.65	1.37
	AIADMK hold		Swing	2.47

Assembly election 2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vilathikulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Uma Maheswari	71,496	46.79	7.79
	DMK	S. Beemaraj	52,778	34.54	New
	TMC	P. Kathirvel	15,030	9.54	New
	BJP	P. Rama Moorthy	6,441	4.22	3.10
	NTK	G. N. Marudhanayagam	1,766	1.16	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,581	1.03	New
Majority			18,718	12.25	4.70
Turnout			152,795	74.28	1.73
	AIADMK hold		Swing	7.79

Assembly election 2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vilathikulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Markandayan	72,753	54.58	7.84
	INC	K. Perumalsamy	50,156	37.63	New
	BJP	K. Sundaramoorthy	1,499	1.12	0.12
	BSP	S. Ayyadurai	1,423	1.07	3.08
Majority			22,597	16.95	9.07
Turnout			133,292	76.01	10.24
	AIADMK hold		Swing	7.84

Assembly election 2006[]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vilathikulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Chinnappan	45,409	46.74	1.42
	DMK	K. Rajaram	37,755	38.86	7.23
	DMDK	S. Balakrishnan	5,779	5.95	New
	BSP	Lingaraj	4,026	4.15	New
	BJP	V. P. Jayaraj	1,197	1.24	New
Majority			7,654	7.88	8.65
Turnout			97,171	65.77	4.89
	AIADMK hold		Swing	1.42

Assembly election 2001[]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vilathikulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. K. Perumal	44,415	48.16	20.63
	DMK	R. K. P. Rajasekaran	29,172	31.63	0.47
	MDMK	S. Kumara Gurubara Ramanathan	16,237	17.61	13.82
Majority			15,243	16.53	15.86
Turnout			92,282	60.88	4.41
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	20.63

Assembly election 1996[]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vilathikulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Ravisankar	30,190	32.10	4.90
	MDMK	Vaiko	29,556	31.43	New
	AIADMK	N. K. Perumal	25,891	27.53	34.57
	PMK	Krishna Kanthan Yadhav	3,374	3.59	New
Majority			634	0.67	24.43
Turnout			97,879	65.29	5.16
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	4.90

Assembly election 1991[]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vilathikulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. C. Kanagavalli	53,713	62.10	25.51
	DMK	S. Manvelraj	32,004	37.00	9.03
Majority			21,709	25.10	16.48
Turnout			88,647	60.13	10.16
	AIADMK hold		Swing	25.51

Assembly election 1989[]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vilathikulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. K. S. S. Ramachandran	33,951	36.59	3.97
	DMK	S. Kumara Gurubara Ramanathan	25,955	27.97	12.55
	AIADMK	M. Deivendran	21,486	23.16	New
	INC	K. S. K. Subba Reddiar	6,247	6.73	New
Majority			7,996	8.62	0.72
Turnout			94,591	70.29	1.15
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	3.97

Assembly election 1984[]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vilathikulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Kumara Gurubara Ramanathan	32,481	40.52	4.47
	AIADMK	R. K. Perumal	26,143	32.62	21.13
Majority			6,338	7.90	0.86
Turnout			83,961	69.14	3.24
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	4.47

Assembly election 1980[]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vilathikulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. K. Perumal	40,728	53.75	15.36
	DMK	S. Kumara Gurubara Ramanathan	34,088	44.99	31.80
Majority			6,640	8.76	3.04
Turnout			76,930	65.90	7.46
	AIADMK hold		Swing	15.36

Assembly election 1977[]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vilathikulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. K. Perumal	25,384	38.39	New
	INC	K. Subba Reddiar	22001	33.27	New
	DMK	A. K. Kondu Reddiar	8720	13.19	44.14
	JP	A. A. Arulanandam	8452	12.78	New
	Independent	Ramaswamy Reddiar	706	1.07	New
	AIFB	K. P. Ganapathy	579	0.88	New
Majority			3,383	5.72	12.73
Turnout			67,060	58.44	7.76
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	New

Assembly election 1971[]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Vilathikulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Rathinasabapathy	32,583	57.33	19.86
	INC (O)	K. Subba Reddiar	22,097	38.88	New
Majority			10,486	18.45	12.88
Turnout			59911	66.20	12.05
	DMK hold		Swing	19.86

Assembly election 1967[]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Vilathikulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Rathinasabapathy	23,905	37.47	New
	Independent	M. P. S. Reddiar	20,350	31.90	New
	INC	A. L. R. Naicker	19,540	30.63	19.81
Majority			3555	5.57	4.69
Turnout			66,458	78.25	19.68
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	New

Assembly election 1952[]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Vilathikulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Selvaraj	18,819	50.44	New
	Independent	Sankaralingam	18,494	49.56	New
Majority			325	0.88	New
Turnout			37,313	58.57	New
	INC win (new seat)

References[]

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