| Bodinayakkanur | |
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| Constituency No. 200 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Theni |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,78,815 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | Independent |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Bodinayakkanur is a state assembly constituency in Theni district in Tamil Nadu. [1] [2] [3] The constituency has been in existence since 1957 election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu. Former chief minister Jayalalithaa, first contested assembly polls in 1989, from this constituency. From 2011, her protége former chief minister O. Pannerselvam represented this constituency.
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madras State | |||
| 1957 | A. S. Subbaraj | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | S. Srinivasan | ||
| Tamil Nadu | |||
| 1971 | M. Surulivel | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1977 | P. Ramadass | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1980 | K. M. S. Subramanian | ||
| 1984 | K. S. M. Ramachandran | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | J. Jayalalithaa | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1991 | V. Panneerselvam | ||
| 1996 | A. Sudalaimuthu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2001 | S. Ramaraj | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2006 | S. Lakshmanan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2011 | O. Panneerselvam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | O. Panneerselvam | 100,050 | 46.58% | −2.80% | |
| DMK | Thanga Tamil Selvan | 89,029 | 41.45% | −0.18% | |
| NTK | M. Prem Chandar | 11,114 | 5.17% | 4.52% | |
| AMMK | M. Muthusamy | 5,649 | 2.63% | New | |
| MNM | P. Ganesh Kumar | 4,128 | 1.92% | New | |
| NOTA | Nota | 1,403 | 0.65% | −0.32% | |
| Margin of victory | 11,021 | 5.13% | −2.61% | ||
| Turnout | 2,14,795 | 77.04% | −1.24% | ||
| Registered electors | 2,78,815 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -2.80% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | O. Panneerselvam | 99,531 | 49.38% | −7.31% | |
| DMK | S. Lakshmanan | 83,923 | 41.63% | 2.75% | |
| DMDK | A. Veerabadran | 6,889 | 3.42% | ||
| BJP | V. Venkateswaran | 3,250 | 1.61% | 0.66% | |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,966 | 0.98% | New | |
| NTK | P. Anbalagan | 1,324 | 0.66% | New | |
| BSP | V. Thangadurai | 594 | 0.29% | −0.26% | |
| Independent | S. Manikandan | 592 | 0.29% | New | |
| Independent | M. Mariselvam | 438 | 0.22% | New | |
| PMK | A. Ramakrishnan | 405 | 0.20% | New | |
| SS | D. Maheswari | 385 | 0.19% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 15,608 | 7.74% | −10.06% | ||
| Turnout | 2,01,579 | 78.28% | −2.71% | ||
| Registered electors | 2,57,500 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -7.31% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | O. Panneerselvam | 95,235 | 56.69% | 13.59% | |
| DMK | S. Lakshmanan | 65,329 | 38.89% | −4.98% | |
| BJP | Veerasamy S N | 1,598 | 0.95% | −0.22% | |
| BSP | Arumugam S | 927 | 0.55% | −0.32% | |
| Independent | Mehalingam P | 611 | 0.36% | New | |
| Ramaraj G | 600 | 0.36% | New | ||
| Independent | Lakshmanan V | 501 | 0.30% | New | |
| Independent | Perumalappan S | 489 | 0.29% | New | |
| Independent | Pitchaimani M | 335 | 0.20% | New | |
| Independent | Muruganandan C | 266 | 0.16% | New | |
| Independent | Balasubramani P | 256 | 0.15% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 29,906 | 17.80% | 17.04% | ||
| Turnout | 2,07,412 | 81.00% | 9.91% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,67,998 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 12.82% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | S. Lakshmanan | 51,474 | 43.86% | 4.47% | |
| AIADMK | Parthipan R | 50,576 | 43.10% | −6.84% | |
| Independent | Muthuvelraj P | 5,460 | 4.65% | New | |
| DMDK | Atchayakannan A | 4,973 | 4.24% | New | |
| BJP | Subramani E | 1,379 | 1.18% | New | |
| BSP | Thangapandi R | 1,022 | 0.87% | New | |
| Independent | Bagavandass S | 625 | 0.53% | New | |
| Independent | Ramakrishnan C | 611 | 0.52% | New | |
| AIFB | Eswaran M | 600 | 0.51% | New | |
| Independent | Nagamanisenthil R | 425 | 0.36% | New | |
| Independent | Parthipan S | 202 | 0.17% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 898 | 0.77% | −9.78% | ||
| Turnout | 1,17,347 | 71.09% | 12.00% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,65,069 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -6.07% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Ramaraj. S | 53,410 | 49.94% | 23.03% | |
| DMK | Sudalaimuthu. A | 42,132 | 39.39% | −11.87% | |
| MDMK | Aroselvan. G | 8,439 | 7.89% | −6.10% | |
| Independent | Rajaram . N | 895 | 0.84% | New | |
| Independent | Ganesan. G | 832 | 0.78% | New | |
| Independent | Mariappan. V. P | 400 | 0.37% | New | |
| Independent | Sekar. V | 329 | 0.31% | New | |
| Independent | Suruli. S | 272 | 0.25% | New | |
| Independent | Karuppiah. P | 248 | 0.23% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 11,278 | 10.54% | −13.82% | ||
| Turnout | 1,06,957 | 59.09% | −5.85% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,81,022 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -1.33% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Sudalaimuthu. A. | 54,893 | 51.26% | 25.14% | |
| AIADMK | Jeyakumar. S. P. | 28,806 | 26.90% | −36.08% | |
| MDMK | Subramani. R. | 14,979 | 13.99% | New | |
| BJP | Sundaram. E. M. | 3,578 | 3.34% | −0.21% | |
| PMK | Ravichandran. S. | 2,904 | 2.71% | New | |
| Independent | Kannan. P. M. | 618 | 0.58% | New | |
| Independent | Muthuraman. V. S. K. | 238 | 0.22% | New | |
| Independent | Subramani. V. | 161 | 0.15% | New | |
| Independent | Lakshmanaraju. A. | 127 | 0.12% | New | |
| Independent | Selvam. K. S. | 101 | 0.09% | New | |
| Independent | Manokaran. S. N. | 87 | 0.08% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 26,087 | 24.36% | −12.49% | ||
| Turnout | 1,07,079 | 64.93% | 4.13% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,69,113 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -11.71% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Panneer Selvam V. | 63,297 | 62.98% | 8.57% | |
| DMK | Ponnu Pillai G. | 26,253 | 26.12% | −1.15% | |
| PMK | Chelliah S. | 7,136 | 7.10% | New | |
| BJP | Sundaram M. | 3,568 | 3.55% | New | |
| Independent | Pownraj R. | 92 | 0.09% | New | |
| Independent | Kerelaputhiran M. | 71 | 0.07% | New | |
| Independent | Shanmugam A. | 64 | 0.06% | New | |
| Independent | Veeranan A. | 26 | 0.03% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 37,044 | 36.86% | 9.72% | ||
| Turnout | 1,00,507 | 60.80% | −10.47% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,68,572 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 8.57% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | J. Jayalalithaa | 57,603 | 54.41% | ||
| DMK | Muthu Manoharan | 28,872 | 27.27% | −11.38% | |
| INC | Ramachandran. K. S. M. | 12,220 | 11.54% | −49.46% | |
| AIADMK | Santhi Alias Nirmala. B. | 6,354 | 6.00% | ||
| Independent | Kaja Mohideen. S. | 246 | 0.23% | New | |
| Independent | Veerappa Goundar. V. T. R. | 175 | 0.17% | New | |
| Independent | Arulraj. C. | 164 | 0.15% | New | |
| Independent | Muthiah. M. | 160 | 0.15% | New | |
| Independent | Sekar. S. V. | 77 | 0.07% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 28,731 | 27.14% | 4.79% | ||
| Turnout | 1,05,871 | 71.27% | 2.09% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,50,663 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from INC | Swing | -6.59% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | K. S. M. Ramachandran | 54,231 | 61.00% | 21.11% | |
| DMK | Muthu Manoharan | 34,359 | 38.65% | New | |
| Independent | P. Kamatchi | 312 | 0.35% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 19,872 | 22.35% | 2.47% | ||
| Turnout | 88,902 | 69.17% | 3.34% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,34,056 | ||||
| INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | 1.23% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Subramanian. K. M. S. | 50,972 | 59.77% | 18.66% | |
| INC | Ramachandran. K. S. M. | 34,013 | 39.89% | 11.51% | |
| Independent | Muthiah Pillai. M. R. | 290 | 0.34% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 16,959 | 19.89% | 7.15% | ||
| Turnout | 85,275 | 65.83% | 7.07% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,31,024 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 18.66% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | P. Ramadass | 29,022 | 41.12% | ||
| INC | K.S.M. Ramachandran | 20,030 | 28.38% | New | |
| JP | T. Govindraj | 14,625 | 20.72% | New | |
| DMK | M. Muthuchamy | 6,907 | 9.79% | −44.64% | |
| Margin of victory | 8,992 | 12.74% | −12.42% | ||
| Turnout | 70,584 | 58.77% | −11.17% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,21,366 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -13.31% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Surulivel M. | 35,427 | 54.43% | ||
| Independent | Yellanna A. | 19,050 | 29.27% | New | |
| Independent | Soundaravel S. At. A. P. | 10,614 | 16.31% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 16,377 | 25.16% | 24.06% | ||
| Turnout | 65,091 | 69.94% | −6.24% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,01,621 | ||||
| DMK gain from INC | Swing | 4.60% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | S. Srinivasan | 34,671 | 49.83% | −4.78% | |
| CPI(M) | P. V. Durairaj | 33,905 | 48.73% | New | |
| Independent | P. R. Chetty | 1,007 | 1.45% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 766 | 1.10% | −27.65% | ||
| Turnout | 69,583 | 76.17% | 2.20% | ||
| Registered electors | 94,970 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | -4.78% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | A. S. Subbaraj | 35,398 | 54.61% | −3.50% | |
| Independent | R. Subbiah | 16,759 | 25.85% | New | |
| Tamilnad Socialist Labour Party | R. K. Rajan | 12,668 | 19.54% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 18,639 | 28.75% | 12.53% | ||
| Turnout | 64,825 | 73.97% | 13.59% | ||
| Registered electors | 91,637 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | -3.50% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | A. S. Subbaraj | 31,188 | 58.11% | New | |
| Independent | M. Muthiala | 22,483 | 41.89% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 8,705 | 16.22% | |||
| Turnout | 53,671 | 60.38% | |||
| Registered electors | 88,886 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||