A. Soundara Pandian

A. Soundara Pandian is an Indian politician and incumbent member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Lalgudi constituency.^[1] As a cadre of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party, he represented the same Lalgudi constituency in the 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021 elections.^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Soundara Pandian	84,914	48.93%	2.13
	AIADMK	D. R. Dharmaraj	67,965	39.16%	-5.33
	NTK	I. Malar Tamil Prabha	16,248	9.36%	8.45
	AMMK	M. Vijayamurthy	2,941	1.69%	New
	NOTA	Nota	1,200	0.69%	0.48
	Independent	U. Johnson	304	0.18%	New
	SMKNK	K. Kamaraj	270	0.16%	New
	Independent	Anbil K Thangamani	247	0.14%	New
	AMGRDMK	R. Silambarasan	138	0.08%	New
	PT	P. Nambirajan	124	0.07%	New
	Independent	K. Dharmaraj	120	0.07%	New
Margin of victory			16,949	9.77%	7.46%
Turnout			173,554	79.56%	-2.11%
Rejected ballots			169	0.10%
Registered electors			218,131
	DMK hold		Swing	2.13%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Soundara Pandian	77,946	46.80%	2.09
	AIADMK	M. Vijayamurthy	74,109	44.50%	New
	CPI(M)	M. Jayaseelan	6,784	4.07%	New
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,953	1.17%	New
	NTK	P. Sampath	1,521	0.91%	New
	IJK	K. Selvakumar	892	0.54%	New
	Independent	K. Murugavel	766	0.46%	New
	PMK	R. Umamaheswaran	745	0.45%	New
	Independent	S. Jayachandran	504	0.30%	New
	Independent	A. Jeyakumar	381	0.23%	New
	SHS	S. Karthik	294	0.18%	New
Margin of victory			3,837	2.30%	-2.59%
Turnout			166,554	81.68%	-1.78%
Registered electors			203,917
	DMK hold		Swing	2.09%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Soundara Pandian	65,363	44.71%	2.91
	DMDK	A. D. Sendhureswaran	58,208	39.81%	36.5
	IJK	P. Parkkavan Pachamuthu	14,004	9.58%	New
	BJP	M. S. Lohithasan	2,413	1.65%	0.43
	Independent	K. Thangamani	1,452	0.99%	New
	Independent	A. Jeyakumar	1,437	0.98%	New
	BSP	C. Chinnappan	1,167	0.80%	0.01
	Independent	P. Ravi	583	0.40%	New
	Independent	K. Murugavel	477	0.33%	New
	Independent	P. Balasubramanian	472	0.32%	New
	Independent	S. Ayyasamy	346	0.24%	New
Margin of victory			7,155	4.89%	2.20%
Turnout			175,172	83.46%	7.64%
Registered electors			146,201
	DMK hold		Swing	-2.91%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Soundara Pandian	62,937	47.62%	1.81
	AIADMK	T. Rajaram	59,380	44.93%	2.19
	DMDK	S. Ramu	4,376	3.31%	New
	BJP	D. Rajendran	1,607	1.22%	New
	BSP	A. Ganapathi	1,039	0.79%	New
	Independent	N. Rajaram	757	0.57%	New
	Independent	A. Muthusamy	474	0.36%	New
	SP	P. Duraisamy	447	0.34%	New
	Independent	U. Krishna Moorthy	375	0.28%	New
	Independent	M. Nataraj	373	0.28%	New
	TNJC	P. Bala Subramanian	251	0.19%	New
Margin of victory			3,557	2.69%	1.39%
Turnout			132,167	75.83%	8.67%
Registered electors			174,305
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.51%

2016 election