Cuddalore Assembly constituency

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Cuddalore
Constituency No. 155 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Tamil Nadu
District Cuddalore
LS constituency Cuddalore
Established1951
Total electors2,38,364 [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  DMK
Elected year2021

Cuddalore is a legislative assembly constituency, that includes the city of Cuddalore. Cuddalore Assembly constituency is a part of Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency. Cuddalore was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. [2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Contents

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

AssemblyElected yearDurationWinnerParty
First 1952 1952-1957Rathinam Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party
Second 1957 1957-1962 P. R. Seenivasa Padayachi Indian National Congress
Third 1962 1962-1967
Fourth 1967 1967-1971 Ere. Elamvazhuthi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

AssemblyDurationWinnerParty
Fifth 1971-1977 R. Govindaraj Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth 1977-1980 K. Abdul Latheef All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh 1980-1984 Babu Govindarajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth 1984-1989 V. G. Cheelappa Indian National Congress
Ninth 1989-1991 E. Pugazhendi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth 1991-1996 P. R. S. Venkatesan Indian National Congress
Eleventh 1996-2001E. Pugazhendi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth 2001-2006
Thirteenth 2006-2011 G. Iyappan
Fourteenth 2011-2016 M. C. Sampath All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth 2016-2021
Sixteenth 2021-Incumbent G. Iyappan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021
 
46.46%
2016
 
41.07%
2011
 
60.56%
2006
 
47.76%
2001
 
45.61%
1991
 
48.60%
1989
 
42.91%
1984
 
58.02%
1980
 
49.05%
1977
 
31.61%
1971
 
52.60%
1967
 
55.09%
1962
 
40.72%
1957
 
41.18%
1952
 
34.12%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK G. Iyappan 84,563 46.46% +19.53
AIADMK M. C. Sampath 79,41243.63%+2.56
NTK V. Jaladeepan9,5635.25%−1.98
MNM K. Anandraj4,0402.22%New
DMDK A. Gnanapandithan1,4990.82%New
NOTA NOTA1,2360.68%−0.51
Margin of victory5,1512.83%−11.31%
Turnout 182,00176.35%1.66%
Rejected ballots3910.21%
Registered electors 238,364
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 5.39%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK M. C. Sampath 70,922 41.07% −19.49
DMK Ela. Pugazhendi 46,50926.93%−9.9
TMC(M) A. S. Chandarasekaran20,60811.93%New
PMK Pazha. Thamaraikannan16,9059.79%New
NTK Seeman 12,4977.24%New
NOTA NOTA2,0621.19%New
BJP P. Selvam1,9641.14%+0.02
Margin of victory24,41314.14%−9.59%
Turnout 172,68874.69%−3.33%
Registered electors 231,205
AIADMK hold Swing -19.49%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK M. C. Sampath 85,953 60.56% +17.27
DMK E. Pugazhendi 52,27536.83%−10.93
BJP R. Gunasekaran1,5791.11%−0.17
Independent S. V. Rajan8920.63%New
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party T. E. Chithrakala7740.55%New
Margin of victory33,67823.73%19.26%
Turnout 141,93078.02%6.48%
Registered electors 181,920
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 12.80%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK G. Iyappan 67,003 47.76% +2.15
AIADMK G. Kumar60,73743.30%New
DMDK G. V. Jayakumar7,8665.61%New
BJP P. Sivakumar1,8031.29%New
Independent S. Sriramulu7970.57%New
Independent J. Srivathsan7760.55%New
Margin of victory6,2664.47%4.44%
Turnout 140,28671.54%14.95%
Registered electors 196,095
DMK hold Swing 2.15%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK E. Pugazhendi 54,671 45.61% −16.66
TMC(M) P. R. S. Venkatesan 54,63745.58%New
MDMK S. Pathmanaban7,1195.94%+0.15
Independent S. Sriramulu1,2841.07%New
Puratchi Bharatham S. Muruganantham9290.78%New
Independent D. Senthilkumar6850.57%New
Margin of victory340.03%−40.63%
Turnout 119,86256.59%−10.51%
Registered electors 212,016
DMK hold Swing -16.66%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK E. Pugazhendi 74,480 62.27% +28
INC K. V. Rajendiran25,85321.62%−26.99
AIIC(T) N. Varatharajan9,5527.99%New
MDMK S. Padmanaban6,9255.79%New
BJP S. Varatharajan8480.71%−0.4
Margin of victory48,62740.66%26.32%
Turnout 119,60667.11%3.76%
Registered electors 185,364
DMK gain from INC Swing 13.67%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC P. R. S. Venkatesan 51,459 48.60% +26.14
DMK E. Pugazhendi 36,284 34.27% −8.64
PMK K. Abdul Lateef15,94015.06%New
BJP K. Chokkalilnga Achari1,1711.11%New
Margin of victory15,17514.33%−6.10%
Turnout 105,87363.34%−4.59%
Registered electors 172,538
INC gain from DMK Swing 5.70%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK E. Pugazhendi 42,790 42.91% +2.91
INC M. Radhakrishnan22,40822.47%−35.55
AIADMK K. Abdul Latheef18,72118.77%New
AIADMK D. Janarthanan7,0287.05%New
Independent S. O. Padmanabhan6,6946.71%New
Independent M. P. Rajamanickam9060.91%New
Margin of victory20,38220.44%2.42%
Turnout 99,72967.93%−5.95%
Registered electors 149,592
DMK gain from INC Swing -15.11%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC V. G. Cheelappa 53,759 58.02% New
DMK V. Krishnamurthy37,06340.00%−9.05
Independent Nakkeeran Alais Jayaraman7760.84%New
Independent Jayabalan P6210.67%New
Margin of victory16,69618.02%14.22%
Turnout 92,66373.88%11.12%
Registered electors 129,630
INC gain from DMK Swing 8.96%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK Babu Govindarajan 40,539 49.05% +19.84
AIADMK A. Ragupathi37,39845.25%+13.64
JP V. Balakrishna Sethupathy Padayachi4,0774.93%New
Margin of victory3,1413.80%1.41%
Turnout 82,64662.76%1.48%
Registered electors 133,227
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 17.44%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK K. M. Abdul Latheef 24,107 31.61% New
DMK R. Govindarajan22,28029.21%−23.39
JP P. R. S. Venkatesan20,10626.36%New
INC M. Venkatesan8,38711.00%−35.17
Independent T. R. Narasimhan8631.13%New
Independent N. Natarajan5260.69%New
Margin of victory1,8272.40%−4.04%
Turnout 76,26961.28%−12.28%
Registered electors 126,391
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -21.00%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK R. Govindaraj 35,219 52.60% −2.48
INC P. R. Seenivasa Padayachi 30,90946.17%+2.46
Independent T. Kuppusamy8221.23%New
Margin of victory4,3106.44%−4.94%
Turnout 66,95073.56%−2.02%
Registered electors 96,497
DMK hold Swing -2.48%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK Ere. Elamvazhuthi 35,093 55.09% +23.85
INC P. R. Seenivasa Padayachi 27,84543.71%+2.99
Independent A. Padayachi7671.20%New
Margin of victory7,24811.38%1.89%
Turnout 63,70575.58%3.97%
Registered electors 87,210
DMK gain from INC Swing 14.37%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC P. R. Seenivasa Padayachi 27,567 40.72% −0.46
DMK R. Sambasiva Reddiar21,14731.24%New
SWA S. S. Ramsami Padayachi18,98328.04%New
Margin of victory6,4209.48%1.57%
Turnout 67,69771.61%16.50%
Registered electors 99,494
INC hold Swing -0.46%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC P. R. Seenivasa Padayachi 21,100 41.18% +22.94
Independent Sambandan17,04433.27%New
Independent R. Dandapani13,09125.55%New
Margin of victory4,0567.92%3.90%
Turnout 51,23555.11%−53.52%
Registered electors 92,967
INC gain from TTP Swing 7.07%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TTP Rathinam 64,446 34.12% New
INC P. R. Seenivasa Padayachi 34,46618.25%New
Margin of victory7,5804.01%
Turnout 188,903108.64%
Registered electors 173,887
TTP win (new seat)

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