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Vriddhachalam | |
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Constituency for the State Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Cuddalore |
LS constituency | Cuddalore |
Established | 1952 |
Total electors | 2,52,844 [1] |
Reservation | General |
Most successful party | Indian National Congress (5 times) |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
Current MLA | Radhakrishnan |
Party | Indian National Congress |
Elected year | 2021 |
Vridhachalam is a legislative assembly constituency in Cuddalore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [2] Before 2009, it was part of the Chidambaram (Lok Sabha constituency). After 2009, it is part of Cuddalore (Lok Sabha constituency). This constituent was won by popular actor Vijaykanth, during the 2006 Assembly election, under his new party Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam.
Year | Winner | Party | |
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1952 | Kathimuthu and Paramasivam | Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party | |
1957 | M. Selvaraj | Independent | |
1962 | G. Boovaraghan | Indian National Congress | |
1967 | G. Bhuvaraghan | Indian National Congress | |
Assembly | Duration | Winner | Party | |
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Fifth | 1971-77 | M. Selvaraj | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Sixth | 1977-80 | C. Ramanathan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Seventh | 1980-84 | R. Thiyagarajan | Indian National Congress | |
Eighth | 1984-89 | R. Thiyagarajan | Indian National Congress | |
Ninth | 1989-91 | G. Bhuvaraghan | Janata Party | |
Tenth | 1991-96 | R. D. Aranganathan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Eleventh | 1996-01 | Tamizharasan M.A.B.L. Kuzhandai | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Twelfth | 2001-06 | R. Govindasamy | Pattali Makkal Katchi | |
Thirteenth | 2006-11 | A. Vijayakanth | Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | |
Fourteenth | 2011-2016 | V. Muthukumar | Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | |
Fifteenth | 2016-2021 | V.T. Kalaiselvan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Sixteenth | 2021- | Radhakrishnan | Indian National Congress |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Selvaraj | 11,189 | 29.11% | ||
INC | G. Rajavelu Padyachri | 10,350 | 26.93% | 5.05% | |
CPI | Ayyasamy Koundan | 5,343 | 13.90% | ||
Independent | Paramasivam | 4,331 | 11.27% | ||
Independent | P. N. Sarguru | 3,333 | 8.67% | ||
Independent | Veerasamy Padayachi | 2,384 | 6.20% | ||
Independent | P. Kaliaperumal | 1,510 | 3.93% | ||
Margin of victory | 839 | 2.18% | 1.20% | ||
Turnout | 38,440 | 49.60% | -42.30% | ||
Registered electors | 77,496 | ||||
Independent gain from Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party | Swing | 6.26% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | M. R. R. Radhakrishnan | 77,064 | 39.17 | ||
PMK | J.Karthikeyan | 76,202 | 38.73 | ||
DMDK | Premalatha Vijayakanth | 25,908 | 13.17 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party | Paramasivam | 30,302 | 22.85% | ||
INC | Narayanaswamy Pillai | 29,004 | 21.87% | 21.87% | |
Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party | Kathimuthu | 24,880 | 18.76% | ||
INC | Vedamanikkam | 22,800 | 17.19% | 17.19% | |
Independent | Kadirvelu Padayachi | 6,401 | 4.83% | ||
Independent | C. Krishnaswami Rao | 5,738 | 4.33% | ||
Independent | Krishnan | 5,493 | 4.14% | ||
Independent | Suthari | 4,749 | 3.58% | ||
Independent | Lakshmanan | 3,236 | 2.44% | ||
Margin of victory | 1,298 | 0.98% | |||
Turnout | 1,32,603 | 91.90% | |||
Registered electors | 1,44,294 | ||||
Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party win (new seat) |
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