Andipatti Assembly constituency

Andipatti
Andipatti
Constituency No. 198 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Theni
Lok Sabha constituency	Theni
Established	1962
Total electors	256,529
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent A. Maharajan
Party	DMK
Elected year	2026

10°00′N 77°37′E

CountryIndia

RegionSouth India

StateTamil Nadu

DistrictTheni

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Andipatti is a constituency in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly, that includes the city of Andipatti. It is a part of Theni Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Election	Member
1962	A. Krishnaveni	Indian National Congress
1967	S. Paramasivam	Swatantra Party
1971	N. V. Gurusamy Naidu	Swatantra Party
1977	K. Kandasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	S. S. Rajendran
1984	M. G. Ramachandran
1989	P. Aasiyan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	K. Thavasi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	P. Aasiyan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	Thanga Tamil Selvan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2002 by-election	J. Jayalalithaa
2006	J. Jayalalithaa
2011	Thanga Tamil Selvan
2016	Thanga Tamil Selvan
2019 by-election	A. Maharajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021
2026

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Maharajan	74,324	34.20%	10.73
	TVK	Pandi. V	64,770	29.80%	New
	AIADMK	A. Logirajan	63,343	29.15%	New
	NTK	Gomathi .M	10,346	4.76%	0.63
	NOTA	None of the above	1,028	0.47%	0.17
Margin of victory			9,554	4.40%	0.30
Turnout			217,699	84.38%	8.98
Total valid votes			217,329
Registered electors			257,997		7.31
	DMK hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Maharajan	93,541	44.93%	1.20
	AIADMK	A. Logirajan	85,003	40.83%	3.29
	AMMK	R. Jeyakumar	11,896	5.71%	New
	NTK	A. Jeyakumar	11,216	5.39%	2.79
	MNM	S. Gunasekaran	3,010	1.45%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,333	0.64%	0.47
Margin of victory			8,538	4.10%	2.09
Turnout			209,872	75.40%	0.93
Total valid votes			208,207
Rejected ballots			332	0.16%	0.16
Registered electors			278,344		5.23
	DMK hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Maharajan	87,079	43.73%	7.01
	AIADMK	A. Logirajan	74,756	37.54%	14.39
	Independent	R. Jeyakumar	28,313	14.22%
	NTK	Arunadevi. R	5,180	2.60%	1.94
	Independent	Alagarsamy. G	2,408	1.21%
	NOTA	None of the above	2,212	1.11%	0.15
Margin of victory			12,323	6.19%	9.01
Turnout			201,902	76.33%	1.97
Total valid votes			199,132
Registered electors			264,521		4.21
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	8.20

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Thanga Tamil Selvan	103,129	51.93%	1.82
	DMK	L. Mookiah	72,933	36.72%	4.70
	DMDK	M. N. Krishnamoorthy	10,776	5.43%	New
	BJP	R. Chakkaravarthi	3,465	1.74%	0.77
	NOTA	None of the above	1,909	0.96%	New
	NTK	M. Anandha Babu	1,318	0.66%	New
	Independent	S. Vaigai Sekar @ Balasundaram	1,226	0.62%
Margin of victory			30,196	15.20%	2.88
Turnout			198,757	78.30%	3.44
Total valid votes			198,609
Rejected ballots			148	0.07%	0.09
Registered electors			253,826		21.39
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Andipatti Assembly constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

Assembly election 2026

Assembly election 2021

Assembly by-election 2019

Assembly election 2016

Assembly election 2011

Assembly election 2006

Assembly by-election 2002

Assembly election 2001

Assembly election 1996

Assembly election 1991

Assembly election 1989

Assembly election 1984

Assembly election 1980

Assembly election 1977

Assembly election 1971

Assembly election 1967

Assembly election 1962

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Thanga Tamil Selvan	91,721	53.75%	1.29
	DMK	L. Mookiah	70,690	41.42%	5.13
	BJP	R. Kumar	1,660	0.97%
Margin of victory			21,031	12.32%	6.43
Turnout			170,926	81.74%	8.59
Total valid votes			170,652
Rejected ballots			274	0.16%	0.16
Registered electors			209,097		13.88
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	J. Jayalalithaa	73,927	55.04%	3.18
	DMK	Seeman	48,741	36.29%	8.65
	DMDK	V. S. Chandran	6,795	5.06%	New
	BJP	M. Santhakumar	1,298	0.97%	New
	BSP	P. Balasundararaj	1,154	0.86%	New
Margin of victory			25,186	18.75%	11.83
Turnout			134,307	73.15%	8.55
Total valid votes			134,304
Registered electors			183,610		11.97
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	J. Jayalalithaa	78,437	58.22%	*New*
	DMK	Vaigai Sekar Alias Balasundaram. S	37,236	27.64%	4.03
	MDMK	Jeyachandran. V	8,421	6.25%	5.94
	PT	Dr. Krishnasamy,. K	5,126	3.80%	New
	Independent	Paulraj,. R	894	0.66%
	Independent	Periya Subbian,. P	860	0.64%
Margin of victory			41,201	30.58%	8.46
Turnout			134,744	64.60%	5.50
Total valid votes			134,734
Registered electors			208,576		8.94
	AIADMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	4.44

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Thanga Tamil Selvan	60,817	53.78%	21.01
	DMK	P. Aasiyan	35,808	31.67%	13.23
	MDMK	T. R. M. Varatharajan	13,783	12.19%	3.32
	Independent	S. Jayarasu	1,048	0.93%
Margin of victory			25,009	22.12%	10.00
Turnout			113,150	59.10%	7.47
Total valid votes			113,080
Rejected ballots			70	0.06%	3.50
Registered electors			191,451		8.89
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	8.88

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Aasiyan	50,736	44.90%	21.73
	AIADMK	A. Muthiah	37,035	32.77%	New
	MDMK	Sekar @ Balasundaram	17,521	15.51%	New
	PMK	Vadivelravanan	5,299	4.69%	5.16
	BJP	R. Ganesan	1,618	1.43%	0.81
Margin of victory			13,701	12.12%	28.96
Turnout			117,038	66.57%	5.58
Total valid votes			113,000
Rejected ballots			4,166	3.56%	1.31
Registered electors			175,815		1.86
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	19.35

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Thavasi	66,110	64.25%	*New*
	DMK	P. Aasiyan	23,843	23.17%	6.33
	PMK	R. Ammal Gomathi	10,133	9.85%	New
	BJP	A. Mohammed	2,302	2.24%	New
Margin of victory			42,267	41.08%	37.09
Turnout			105,268	60.99%	9.92
Total valid votes			102,897
Rejected ballots			2,371	2.25%	0.29
Registered electors			172,603		13.37
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	34.75

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Aasiyan	31,218	29.50%	1.72
	AIADMK	V. Panneerselvam	26,997	25.51%	New
	AIADMK	V. N. Janaki	22,647	21.40%	New
	INC	K. Velusamy	21,782	20.58%	New
	Independent	K. P. Rajappan	1,890	1.79%
Margin of victory			4,221	3.99%	32.19
Turnout			107,953	70.91%	0.93
Total valid votes			105,835
Rejected ballots			2,118	1.96%	1.66
Registered electors			152,247		14.37
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	37.90

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. G. Ramachandran	60,510	67.40%	7.61
	DMK	Thangaraj Alias Vallarasu	28,026	31.22%	New
Margin of victory			32,484	36.18%	1.42
Turnout			93,155	69.98%	10.49
Total valid votes			89,781
Rejected ballots			3,374	3.62%	2.12
Registered electors			133,117		4.83
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. S. Rajendran	44,490	59.79%	*New*
	INC	K. Kandasamy	16,508	22.18%	New
	JP	N. V. Gurusamy	9,889	13.29%	New
	Independent	A. Vetriventhan	3,073	4.13%
	Independent	S. Muthusamy	455	0.61%
Margin of victory			27,982	37.60%	26.22
Turnout			75,545	59.49%	2.70
Total valid votes			74,415
Rejected ballots			1,130	1.50%	0.02
Registered electors			126,984		10.07
	AIADMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	25.38

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Kandasamy	24,311	34.41%	*New*
	JP	N. V. Gurusamy	16,269	23.03%	New
	DMK	A. Vetriventhan	15,814	22.38%	New
	CPI	D. Pandian	14,255	20.18%	New
Margin of victory			8,042	11.38%	4.16
Turnout			71,743	62.19%	0.94
Total valid votes			70,649
Rejected ballots			1,094	1.52%	1.52
Registered electors			115,363		15.76
	AIADMK gain from SWA		Swing	1.96

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Andipatti^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	N. V. Gurusamy Naidu	20,814	36.37%	18.49
	AIFB	S. Paramasivam	16,682	29.15%	New
	Independent	K. V. Veluchamy Naicker	15,469	27.03%
	Independent	T. Das Muthu Gounder	4,260	7.44%
Margin of victory			4,132	7.22%	2.49
Turnout			62,910	63.13%	10.99
Total valid votes			57,225
Registered electors			99,654		11.19
	SWA hold		Swing

1962 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Andipatti^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Krishnaveni	19,853	45.68%	*New*
	AIFB	T. Mokkayan	16,478	37.91%	New
	Independent	P. Selvaraju	5,201	11.97%	New
	Independent	A. Kulandaivelu	1,929	4.44%	New
Margin of victory			3,375	7.77%
Turnout			45,902	50.77%
Total valid votes			43,461
Registered electors			90,409
	INC win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	S. Paramasivam	35,351	54.86%	*New*
	INC	A. Thiruvenkidasamy	29,091	45.14%	0.54
Margin of victory			6,260	9.71%	1.94
Turnout			66,428	74.12%	23.35
Total valid votes			64,442
Registered electors			89,623		0.87
	SWA gain from INC		Swing	9.18