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Rajapalayam | |
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Constituency for the State Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
State | Tamil Nadu |
Total electors | 239,461 |
Most successful party | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (5 times) |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
Current MLA | Thangapandian S. |
Party | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Elected year | 2021 |
Rajapalayam is an assembly constituency located in Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu. [1] It falls under Tenkasi Lok Sabha Constituency.
Year | Winner | Party | |
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1962 | R. Krishnasamy Naidu | Indian National Congress | |
1967 | A. A. S. Raja | Independent | |
Rajapalayam (State Assembly Constituency) moved to Tenkasi (Lok Sabha constituency) after 2009.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | S. Thangappandian | 74,158 | 41.50% | ||
AIADMK | K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji | 70,260 | 39.32% | ||
NTK | Jeyaraj V. | 15,601 | 8.73% | ||
AMMK | Kalimuthu K. | 7,664 | 4.29% | ||
MNM | Vivekananthan S. | 4,057 | 2.27% | ||
PT | Ayyar V. K. | 3,384 | 1.89% | ||
NOTA | Nota | 1,875 | 1.05% | ||
Independent | Manikumar M. | 548 | 0.31% | ||
Independent | Jeyaprakash I. | 336 | 0.19% | ||
Independent | Thangapandi S. | 264 | 0.15% | ||
Independent | Vijayakumar E. | 140 | 0.08% | ||
Margin of victory | 3,898 | 2.18% | -0.63% | ||
Turnout | 178,708 | 74.63% | -1.43% | ||
Registered electors | 239,461 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | -2.32% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | S. Thangappandian | 74,787 | 43.82% | ||
AIADMK | Shyam. A. A. S. | 69,985 | 41.00% | ||
CPI(M) | Gurusamy. A. | 12,505 | 7.33% | ||
BJP | Ramachandra Raja. A. N. | 3,435 | 2.01% | ||
NTK | Jeyaraj. V. | 2,414 | 1.41% | ||
NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,290 | 1.34% | ||
PMK | Lakshmanan. P. | 1,073 | 0.63% | ||
Independent | Jeyaprakash. I. | 919 | 0.54% | ||
Arasamani. K. #N/A | 547 | 0.32% | |||
Independent | Jeyaraj. T. | 451 | 0.26% | ||
Independent | Thangapandi. S. | 402 | 0.24% | ||
Margin of victory | 4,802 | 2.81% | -11.58% | ||
Turnout | 170,688 | 76.06% | -4.18% | ||
Registered electors | 224,407 | ||||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -9.99% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | K. Gopalsamy | 80,125 | 53.80% | ||
DMK | S. Thangappandian | 58,693 | 39.41% | ||
BJP | N. S. Ramakrishnan | 5,428 | 3.64% | ||
Independent | V. Murugan | 736 | 0.49% | ||
Independent | A. Jakir Hussian | 701 | 0.47% | ||
Independent | J. Joseph Chellappah | 672 | 0.45% | ||
BSP | S. Manivasagam | 625 | 0.42% | ||
Independent | R. Suria Maharaja | 570 | 0.38% | ||
Independent | K. Dharmalingam | 302 | 0.20% | ||
Independent | M. Manmadhan | 278 | 0.19% | ||
Independent | P. Ayyanar | 213 | 0.14% | ||
Margin of victory | 21,432 | 14.39% | 14.06% | ||
Turnout | 185,596 | 80.24% | 6.47% | ||
Registered electors | 148,925 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | 14.43% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | M. Chandra | 58,320 | 39.37% | ||
DMK | V. P. Rajan | 57,827 | 39.04% | ||
BSP | Kalimuthu. P | 13,218 | 8.92% | ||
DMDK | Ayyanar. N. | 10,251 | 6.92% | ||
AIFB | Vijayakumari. R. | 4,082 | 2.76% | ||
BJP | Chellapandi. M. | 1,640 | 1.11% | ||
Independent | Muniasamy. P | 1,210 | 0.82% | ||
Independent | Madasamy. I | 485 | 0.33% | ||
Independent | Manmathan. M. | 403 | 0.27% | ||
Independent | Periyashamy. A. | 181 | 0.12% | ||
Independent | Duraibalan. D. | 179 | 0.12% | ||
Margin of victory | 493 | 0.33% | -7.07% | ||
Turnout | 148,122 | 73.77% | 9.88% | ||
Registered electors | 200,783 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | -8.25% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | M. Rajasekar | 61,740 | 47.63% | ||
DMK | V. P. Rajan | 52,145 | 40.23% | ||
MDMK | Ramanathan P. | 12,613 | 9.73% | ||
Independent | Vellaichamy. M | 1,280 | 0.99% | ||
Independent | Ramachandran. T | 736 | 0.57% | ||
Independent | Muthusamy. M | 487 | 0.38% | ||
Independent | Manmathan . M. | 333 | 0.26% | ||
Independent | Muniasamy P. | 299 | 0.23% | ||
Margin of victory | 9,595 | 7.40% | -7.23% | ||
Turnout | 129,633 | 63.89% | -6.63% | ||
Registered electors | 203,123 | ||||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 9.01% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | V. P. Rajan | 49,984 | 38.62% | ||
AIADMK | P. Prabakar | 31,045 | 23.99% | ||
JP | K. Dhanuskodi | 26,706 | 20.63% | ||
MDMK | T. Sadhan Thirumalikumar | 17,862 | 13.80% | ||
BJP | M. Thangaraj | 1,805 | 1.39% | ||
Independent | C. Ayyadurai | 434 | 0.34% | ||
Independent | M. Manmathan | 406 | 0.31% | ||
AIIC(T) | O. S. Veluchami | 355 | 0.27% | ||
Independent | P. Kanthan | 245 | 0.19% | ||
Independent | P. Nathan | 187 | 0.14% | ||
Independent | G. Gurusamy | 164 | 0.13% | ||
Margin of victory | 18,939 | 14.63% | -14.47% | ||
Turnout | 129,427 | 70.52% | 7.80% | ||
Registered electors | 192,670 | ||||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -24.83% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | T. Sathiah | 68,657 | 63.45% | ||
K. Dhanuskodi #N/A | 37,169 | 34.35% | |||
Independent | M. Poomari | 687 | 0.63% | ||
Independent | M. Sonai | 640 | 0.59% | ||
PMK | T. Sakthivel | 392 | 0.36% | ||
Tharasu Makkal Mandram | C. Manisekar | 261 | 0.24% | ||
Independent | D. Chollathurai Manopal | 184 | 0.17% | ||
Independent | M. Manmathan | 157 | 0.15% | ||
Independent | M. P. Jeyapal | 65 | 0.06% | ||
Margin of victory | 31,488 | 29.10% | 25.77% | ||
Turnout | 108,212 | 62.72% | -13.88% | ||
Registered electors | 177,434 | ||||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 22.69% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | V. P. Rajan | 49,137 | 40.75% | ||
INC | Arunachalam M | 45,122 | 37.42% | ||
AIADMK | Dhanuskodi. K. M | 20,339 | 16.87% | ||
Independent | Shanmugaveli. M. M | 4,873 | 4.04% | ||
Independent | Amirtharaj. T. M | 366 | 0.30% | ||
Indian Farmers and Tailers Party | Thamilselvan. D. M | 267 | 0.22% | ||
Independent | Rajendran. M. M | 235 | 0.19% | ||
Independent | Perumal. A. M | 147 | 0.12% | ||
Independent | Nallathambi K. K | 89 | 0.07% | ||
Margin of victory | 4,015 | 3.33% | -6.38% | ||
Turnout | 120,575 | 76.59% | 2.96% | ||
Registered electors | 159,823 | ||||
DMK gain from INC | Swing | -13.74% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | K. Raman | 54,670 | 54.49% | ||
CPI | Paulraj-I | 44,924 | 44.78% | ||
Independent | Pitchai Kannu-S | 499 | 0.50% | ||
Independent | Ramasamy. A. | 238 | 0.24% | ||
Margin of victory | 9,746 | 9.71% | -0.15% | ||
Turnout | 100,331 | 73.63% | 7.10% | ||
Registered electors | 141,300 | ||||
INC gain from Independent | Swing | 10.42% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | P. Mokkian | 38,339 | 44.07% | ||
INC | Pottu Pottan K. | 29,758 | 34.20% | ||
Independent | Chinnaswamy A. | 17,119 | 19.68% | ||
Independent | Maran S. S. | 1,298 | 1.49% | ||
Independent | Paraman K. | 489 | 0.56% | ||
Margin of victory | 8,581 | 9.86% | 4.71% | ||
Turnout | 87,003 | 66.53% | 6.71% | ||
Registered electors | 131,952 | ||||
Independent gain from AIADMK | Swing | 6.52% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | K. Dhanuskodi | 28,028 | 37.55% | ||
INC | K. Pottupoattan | 24,181 | 32.39% | ||
JP | J.S. Baliah | 11,702 | 15.68% | ||
DMK | K. Andi Alias Gurusamy | 10,220 | 13.69% | ||
Independent | M. Sundaram | 382 | 0.51% | ||
Independent | A. Ramaswamy | 136 | 0.18% | ||
Margin of victory | 3,847 | 5.15% | 4.24% | ||
Turnout | 74,649 | 59.82% | -17.21% | ||
Registered electors | 126,020 | ||||
AIADMK gain from CPI | Swing | -12.91% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI | K. Suppu | 36,827 | 50.45% | ||
INC | Srirenga Raja K. R. | 36,163 | 49.55% | ||
Margin of victory | 664 | 0.91% | -17.24% | ||
Turnout | 72,990 | 77.03% | -6.81% | ||
Registered electors | 98,432 | ||||
CPI gain from Independent | Swing | -2.83% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A. A. S. Raja | 38,936 | 53.29% | ||
INC | P. A. A. Raja | 25,675 | 35.14% | ||
CPI(M) | T. Nadar | 8,224 | 11.26% | ||
Independent | Ramalingam | 231 | 0.32% | ||
Margin of victory | 13,261 | 18.15% | -9.80% | ||
Turnout | 73,066 | 83.83% | 3.99% | ||
Registered electors | 89,597 | ||||
Independent gain from INC | Swing | 1.56% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | R. Krishnasamy Naidu | 41,692 | 51.73% | ||
SWA | V. Ramakrishna Raja | 19,165 | 23.78% | ||
CPI | S. Alagirisamy | 18,063 | 22.41% | ||
Independent | A. Chelliah | 1,674 | 2.08% | ||
Margin of victory | 22,527 | 27.95% | |||
Turnout | 80,594 | 79.84% | |||
Registered electors | 103,902 | ||||
INC win (new seat) |
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