| Sivakasi | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the State Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Total electors | 261,809 |
| Most successful party | AIADMK (6 times) |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Current MLA | A. M. S. G. Ashokan |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Sivakasi is an assembly constituency located in Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu. [1] It falls under Virudhunagar Lok Sabha Constituency. The constituency is in existence since 1957 election.
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | S. Ramasami Naidu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | S. Ramasami Naidu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | S. Alagu Thevar | Swatantra Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | A. M. S. G. Ashokan | 78,947 | 42.66% | ||
| AIADMK | Lakshmi Ganesan | 61,628 | 33.30% | ||
| NTK | Kanagapriya. R | 20,865 | 11.28% | ||
| AMMK | Samikkalai. G | 9,893 | 5.35% | ||
| MNM | Mugunthan. S | 6,090 | 3.29% | ||
| NOTA | Nota | 1,727 | 0.93% | ||
| Independent | Lakshmanan. E | 1,430 | 0.77% | ||
| Independent | Kesavakumar. D | 442 | 0.24% | ||
| BSP | Ananthalakshmi | 438 | 0.24% | ||
| Kannan. K | 426 | 0.23% | |||
| Independent | Balakrishnan. N | 414 | 0.22% | ||
| Margin of victory | 17,319 | 9.36% | 0.97% | ||
| Turnout | 185,047 | 70.68% | -3.21% | ||
| Registered electors | 261,809 | ||||
| INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | -1.01% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji | 76,734 | 43.67% | ||
| INC | Sreeraja. C. | 61,986 | 35.28% | ||
| DMDK | Sudhakaran R | 17,379 | 9.89% | ||
| BJP | Parrathashaarathi A. G | 6,189 | 3.52% | ||
| NTK | Babu. T. | 3,245 | 1.85% | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,704 | 1.54% | ||
| PMK | Thilagabama. M. | 1,350 | 0.77% | ||
| Independent | Thaneswaran S | 1,235 | 0.70% | ||
| AIFB | Maharajan V | 981 | 0.56% | ||
| Independent | Ponraj. S. | 599 | 0.34% | ||
| Uthirakumar. M. | 572 | 0.33% | |||
| Margin of victory | 14,748 | 8.39% | -15.76% | ||
| Turnout | 175,702 | 73.89% | -7.15% | ||
| Registered electors | 237,773 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -15.49% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji | 87,333 | 59.17% | ||
| DMK | Vanaraja . T | 51,679 | 35.01% | ||
| BJP | Meera Devi. P | 4,198 | 2.84% | ||
| BSP | Kamalavelselvan. P | 722 | 0.49% | ||
| Independent | Balasubramanian . P. K | 657 | 0.45% | ||
| Independent | Raja Sekar. R. | 577 | 0.39% | ||
| Independent | Madhavan . P | 486 | 0.33% | ||
| Independent | Arumugasamy. A | 381 | 0.26% | ||
| Independent | Gurunathan. P | 346 | 0.23% | ||
| Independent | Navaranga Raja . K | 318 | 0.22% | ||
| Independent | Raj Kumar . R. | 251 | 0.17% | ||
| Margin of victory | 35,654 | 24.16% | 19.09% | ||
| Turnout | 182,125 | 81.05% | 8.99% | ||
| Registered electors | 147,605 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from MDMK | Swing | 15.46% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDMK | R. Gnanadoss | 79,992 | 43.71% | ||
| DMK | Thangaraj. V | 70,721 | 38.65% | ||
| DMDK | Rajendran. V | 12,657 | 6.92% | ||
| AIFB | Manikandan. T | 8,329 | 4.55% | ||
| BSP | Rajendran. K. | 5,698 | 3.11% | ||
| Independent | Ragmathullah. J | 1,961 | 1.07% | ||
| BJP | Parathasarathy. G | 1,476 | 0.81% | ||
| Independent | Murugesan. P | 840 | 0.46% | ||
| Independent | Arokyiaraj. V | 281 | 0.15% | ||
| Independent | Kanirajan. J | 269 | 0.15% | ||
| Independent | Thalaimalairaja. M | 257 | 0.14% | ||
| Margin of victory | 9,271 | 5.07% | 1.38% | ||
| Turnout | 183,001 | 72.06% | 11.58% | ||
| Registered electors | 253,957 | ||||
| MDMK gain from TMC | Swing | 1.26% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMC | A. Rajagopal | 65,954 | 42.45% | ||
| DMK | Thangaraj V | 60,233 | 38.77% | ||
| MDMK | Ravichandran A | 24,447 | 15.74% | ||
| Independent | Jeevanandham G | 1,593 | 1.03% | ||
| PB | Lourduraj G | 1,152 | 0.74% | ||
| Independent | Nallamuthu S | 716 | 0.46% | ||
| Independent | Velmurugan A | 583 | 0.38% | ||
| Independent | Thiyagarajan Alias Yoga Nadar P. I. D | 426 | 0.27% | ||
| Independent | Krishnasamy G | 263 | 0.17% | ||
| Margin of victory | 5,721 | 3.68% | -8.58% | ||
| Turnout | 155,367 | 60.48% | -8.31% | ||
| Registered electors | 256,918 | ||||
| TMC hold | Swing | 2.31% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMC | R. Chokkar | 61,322 | 40.14% | ||
| AIADMK | N. Alagarsamy | 42,590 | 27.88% | ||
| MDMK | R. Gnanadoss | 31,933 | 20.90% | ||
| Independent | Alagarsamy. V. | 4,867 | 3.19% | ||
| Independent | Balakrishnan. V. | 2,699 | 1.77% | ||
| BJP | Vinokara Vijaya Anand. S. P. A. | 1,738 | 1.14% | ||
| Independent | Durairaj. R. | 1,577 | 1.03% | ||
| Independent | Muniyandi. S. | 952 | 0.62% | ||
| JP | Jesudoss. M. | 892 | 0.58% | ||
| Independent | Nadarajan. K. | 601 | 0.39% | ||
| Independent | Apiraham. J. | 480 | 0.31% | ||
| Margin of victory | 18,732 | 12.26% | -25.31% | ||
| Turnout | 152,781 | 68.79% | 6.16% | ||
| Registered electors | 235,416 | ||||
| TMC gain from AIADMK | Swing | -26.61% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | J. Balagangadharan | 84,785 | 66.75% | ||
| DMK | Boopathi Rajaram B. | 37,059 | 29.17% | ||
| PMK | Dharmar M. | 1,258 | 0.99% | ||
| Independent | Haridoss S. | 1,204 | 0.95% | ||
| Independent | Chelliah S. | 1,010 | 0.80% | ||
| Independent | Sangiah K. | 298 | 0.23% | ||
| Independent | Varadharaj V. | 280 | 0.22% | ||
| Independent | Thalapathi Parthiban K. | 170 | 0.13% | ||
| Independent | Sivaarumugam K. | 169 | 0.13% | ||
| Tharasu Makkal Mandram | Nagarajan S. | 163 | 0.13% | ||
| Independent | Marimuthu S. | 144 | 0.11% | ||
| Margin of victory | 47,726 | 37.57% | 33.07% | ||
| Turnout | 127,025 | 62.63% | -9.35% | ||
| Registered electors | 208,155 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 35.55% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | P. Seenivasan | 41,027 | 31.20% | ||
| INC | Ayyappan. K. M | 35,112 | 26.70% | ||
| AIADMK | Balakrishnan. V. M | 29,268 | 22.26% | ||
| Independent | Periyasamy. S. M | 15,011 | 11.41% | ||
| Independent | Karuppiah. K. M | 5,399 | 4.11% | ||
| Independent | Alagar Ramanujam. T. M | 754 | 0.57% | ||
| Independent | Rathinasabapathy. P. M | 743 | 0.57% | ||
| Independent | Manmathan. M. M | 712 | 0.54% | ||
| Independent | Baliah. J. S. M. M | 496 | 0.38% | ||
| Independent | Kandasamy. K. S | 350 | 0.27% | ||
| Independent | Apriham. J. M | 346 | 0.26% | ||
| Margin of victory | 5,915 | 4.50% | -5.53% | ||
| Turnout | 131,503 | 71.98% | -2.45% | ||
| Registered electors | 185,980 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -7.53% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. Balakrishnan | 41,731 | 38.73% | ||
| Independent | Perumal Samy. N. | 30,930 | 28.71% | ||
| Independent | Graham. A.S. | 29,736 | 27.60% | ||
| Independent | Muthusamy. G. | 2,315 | 2.15% | ||
| Independent | Gnanaseelant. | 910 | 0.84% | ||
| BJP | Shenbagamoorthy S.P. | 464 | 0.43% | ||
| Independent | Chinnaiah. V. | 386 | 0.36% | ||
| Independent | Santhram. V.N. | 321 | 0.30% | ||
| Independent | Bomminathan. V. | 260 | 0.24% | ||
| Independent | Gangatharathilingamr. | 236 | 0.22% | ||
| Independent | Karuppasamy. K. | 223 | 0.21% | ||
| Margin of victory | 10,801 | 10.02% | -19.70% | ||
| Turnout | 107,745 | 74.43% | 10.15% | ||
| Registered electors | 151,831 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -22.59% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. Balakrishnan | 53,081 | 61.32% | ||
| DMK | S. Alagu Thevar | 27,348 | 31.59% | ||
| JP | Alagar Rajan. P. | 4,084 | 4.72% | ||
| Independent | Jesudos. M. | 549 | 0.63% | ||
| Independent | Ignacimuthu. A. | 275 | 0.32% | ||
| Independent | Gopalakrishnan. K. | 252 | 0.29% | ||
| Independent | Jeyaram. V. | 251 | 0.29% | ||
| Independent | Chinnaiah. V. | 225 | 0.26% | ||
| Independent | Balakrishnan. E. K. P | 188 | 0.22% | ||
| Independent | Ramakrishnan S. | 163 | 0.19% | ||
| Independent | Kalaiappa Nadar. K. | 145 | 0.17% | ||
| Margin of victory | 25,733 | 29.73% | 27.48% | ||
| Turnout | 86,561 | 64.27% | -0.07% | ||
| Registered electors | 135,976 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from JP | Swing | 30.21% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | K. Ramasamy | 24,518 | 31.11% | ||
| INC | Dharwar | 22,746 | 28.87% | ||
| AIADMK | K. Ponnupandian | 22,315 | 28.32% | ||
| DMK | S. Amudan | 7,753 | 9.84% | ||
| Independent | K. Kaliappa Nadar | 1,079 | 1.37% | ||
| Independent | R. Kangathana Thilagam | 389 | 0.49% | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,772 | 2.25% | -19.17% | ||
| Turnout | 78,800 | 64.34% | -7.89% | ||
| Registered electors | 123,965 | ||||
| JP gain from DMK | Swing | -28.30% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Kalimuthu K | 39,854 | 59.42% | ||
| SWA | Sundararaj Naicker N. | 25,486 | 38.00% | ||
| Independent | Muthunadar K. | 1,063 | 1.58% | ||
| Independent | Gurusamy S. K. | 671 | 1.00% | ||
| Margin of victory | 14,368 | 21.42% | 4.74% | ||
| Turnout | 67,074 | 72.23% | -6.89% | ||
| Registered electors | 101,587 | ||||
| DMK gain from SWA | Swing | 3.69% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWA | S. Alagu Thevar | 38,416 | 55.73% | ||
| INC | R. R. Thevar | 26,918 | 39.05% | ||
| Independent | V. Chinniah | 2,402 | 3.48% | ||
| Independent | P. Nagarathinam | 1,200 | 1.74% | ||
| Margin of victory | 11,498 | 16.68% | -3.72% | ||
| Turnout | 68,936 | 79.12% | 11.10% | ||
| Registered electors | 90,594 | ||||
| SWA gain from INC | Swing | -1.89% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | S. Ramaswamy Naidu | 35,726 | 57.62% | ||
| SWA | K. Doraisamy Thevar | 23,078 | 37.22% | ||
| Independent | M. Prakasam | 3,203 | 5.17% | ||
| Margin of victory | 12,648 | 20.40% | -9.08% | ||
| Turnout | 62,007 | 68.02% | 13.89% | ||
| Registered electors | 95,665 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | 3.90% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | S. Ramaswamy Naidu | 25,421 | 53.72% | ||
| Independent | P. Muthuramanuja Thevar | 11,471 | 24.24% | ||
| Independent | A. Subbiah | 8,767 | 18.53% | ||
| Independent | V. Karuppiah | 1,665 | 3.52% | ||
| Turnout | 47,324 | 54.13% | #VALUE! | ||
| Registered electors | 87,423 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
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