Bhuvanagiri Assembly constituency

Bhuvanagiri
Bhuvanagiri
Constituency No. 157 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Cuddalore
Lok Sabha constituency	Chidambaram
Established	1951
Total electors	233,353
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent A. Arunmozhithevan
Party	AIADMK
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2026

Bhuvanagiri is a legislative assembly in Cuddalore district, which includes the city of Bhuvanagiri, Tamil Nadu.^[1] It is a part of Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

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RegionSouth India

StateTamil Nadu

DistrictCuddalore

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Election	Member
1952	V. Krishnaswamy Padayachi	Indian National Congress
1957	Samikannu Pandayachi
1962	Ramachandra Rayar
1967	A. Govindarasan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	M. A. Abusali	Independent politician
1977	V. Raghuraman	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	V. V. Swaminathan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	V. V. Swaminathan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	S. Sivalogam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	G. Malliga	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	A. V. Abdul Naser	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	P. S. Arul	Independent politician
2006	Selvi Ramajayam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	Selvi Ramajayam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	K. Saravanan Durai	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	A. Arunmozhithevan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2026	A. Arunmozhithevan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Arunmozhithevan	75,707	36.52%	*New*
	DMK	K. Saravanan Durai	73,220	35.32%	9.65
	TVK	T. Mahalingam	49,904	24.07%	New
	NTK	S. Sumathi	5,105	2.46%	1.09
	NOTA	None of the above	681	0.33%	0.21
Margin of victory			2,487	1.20%	3.01
Turnout			207,463	88.91%	9.51
Total valid votes			207,310
Registered electors			233,353		6.14
	AIADMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	12.66

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Arunmozhithevan	96,453	49.18%	20.33
	DMK	K. Saravanan Durai	88,194	44.97%	13.24
	NTK	R. Rathinavel	6,958	3.55%	2.98
	AMMK	K. S. K. Balamurugan	2,470	1.26%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,058	0.54%	0.05
Margin of victory			8,259	4.21%	1.33
Turnout			197,418	79.40%	0.52
Total valid votes			196,107
Rejected ballots			253	0.13%	0.12
Registered electors			248,629		4.10
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	17.45

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Saravanan Durai	60,554	31.73%	*New*
	AIADMK	Selvi Ramajayam	55,066	28.85%	22.49
	PMK	Ashokkumar	33,681	17.65%	25.99
	VCK	Sinthanai Selvan	33,662	17.64%	New
	Independent	R. Marimuthu	1,345	0.70%
	NOTA	None of the above	1,132	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			5,488	2.88%	4.82
Turnout			190,882	79.92%	2.12
Total valid votes			190,854
Rejected ballots			28	0.01%
Registered electors			238,837		15.07
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	19.61

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Selvi Ramajayam	87,413	51.34%	0.10
	PMK	T. Arivu Selvan	74,296	43.64%	3.99
	Independent	K. Murugavel	2,511	1.47%
	JMM	A. Muthu	1,475	0.87%	New
	LJP	R. Kamalakannan	1,189	0.70%	New
	BSP	N. Samy	1,031	0.61%	0.25
Margin of victory			13,117	7.70%	3.90
Turnout			170,284	82.04%	5.86
Total valid votes			170,265
Rejected ballots			19	0.01%	0.01
Registered electors			207,558		23.65
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Bhuvanagiri Assembly constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

Assembly election 2026

Assembly election 2021

Assembly election 2016

Assembly election 2011

Assembly election 2006

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

Assembly election 1957

Assembly election 1952

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Selvi Ramajayam	65,505	51.24%	*New*
	PMK	K. Devadass	50,682	39.65%	New
	DMDK	S. Shafiuddin	7,292	5.70%	New
	BJP	S. Elumalai	1,237	0.97%	New
Margin of victory			14,823	11.60%	8.21
Turnout			127,867	76.18%	12.34
Total valid votes			127,834
Registered electors			167,859		3.41
	AIADMK gain from Independent		Swing	6.39

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. S. Arul	49,753	44.85%
	Makkal Tamil Desam	M. Gopalakrishanan	45,989	41.46%	New
	MDMK	A. N. Gunasekaran	4,247	3.83%	0.03
	JD(S)	Z. Fazlur Rahaman	3,413	3.08%	New
	Independent	A. P. Chidambara Naddan	1,802	1.62%
	BSP	A. Murugesan	1,217	1.10%	New
	Independent	A. K. Veerasamy	1,155	1.04%
	Independent	R. Thirusangumurthy	813	0.73%
	Independent	C. S. Abdullah	774	0.70%
Margin of victory			3,764	3.39%	13.74
Turnout			110,943	63.84%	8.42
Total valid votes			110,930
Rejected ballots			13	0.01%	4.44
Registered electors			173,785		6.60
	Independent gain from DMK		Swing	1.05

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. V. Abdul Naser	49,457	43.80%	17.29
	PMK	P. D. Elangovan	30,112	26.67%	0.18
	AIADMK	P. M. Rasavel	27,904	24.71%	New
	MDMK	D. Anbarasan	4,294	3.80%	New
Margin of victory			19,345	17.13%	2.74
Turnout			117,798	72.26%	0.60
Total valid votes			112,920
Rejected ballots			5,243	4.45%	1.08
Registered electors			163,025		8.69
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	2.58

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Malliga	48,164	46.38%	*New*
	DMK	R. T. Sabapathy Mohan	27,530	26.51%	19.99
	PMK	P. D. Aruimozhi	27,511	26.49%	New
Margin of victory			20,634	19.87%	5.93
Turnout			107,472	71.66%	7.32
Total valid votes			103,853
Rejected ballots			3,619	3.37%	1.16
Registered electors			149,984		11.28
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	0.12

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Sivalogam	39,430	46.50%	3.61
	Independent	R. Rathakrishnan	17,553	20.70%
	AIADMK	V. V. Swaminathan	13,555	15.99%	New
	AIADMK	K. Kalaimani	7,212	8.51%	New
	INC	R. Sundaramurthy	6,247	7.37%	New
Margin of victory			21,877	25.80%	12.49
Turnout			86,712	64.34%	15.32
Total valid votes			84,795
Rejected ballots			1,917	2.21%	2.77
Registered electors			134,779		10.42
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	9.70

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. V. Swaminathan	51,922	56.20%	7.10
	DMK	Durai Krishnamoorthy	39,621	42.89%	New
	Independent	M. Kanagaraj	844	0.91%
Margin of victory			12,301	13.31%	5.78
Turnout			97,234	79.66%	7.71
Total valid votes			92,387
Rejected ballots			4,847	4.98%	3.58
Registered electors			122,059		3.18
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. V. Swaminathan	41,207	49.10%	*New*
	Independent	K. S. Asanudeen	34,883	41.56%
	JP	A. Nedunchezhiyan	6,647	7.92%	New
	Independent	A. Satchidanandam	1,194	1.42%
Margin of victory			6,324	7.53%	1.92
Turnout			85,123	71.95%	3.92
Total valid votes			83,931
Rejected ballots			1,192	1.40%	0.31
Registered electors			118,301		3.58
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	20.77

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Raghuraman	21,638	28.33%	*New*
	JP	T. M. D. Mahalingam	17,350	22.72%	New
	INC	P. Balraj	17,282	22.63%	New
	Independent	M. A. Abusali	14,870	19.47%
	Independent	V. Radhakrishnan	3,613	4.73%
	Independent	P. Arumugam	1,390	1.82%
Margin of victory			4,288	5.61%	2.63
Turnout			77,698	68.03%	4.96
Total valid votes			76,369
Rejected ballots			1,329	1.71%	1.71
Registered electors			114,210		17.60
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing	15.98

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. A. Abusali	28,615	44.31%
	INC	R. Balakrishnan	23,291	36.06%	New
	Independent	K. Arumugam	9,962	15.42%
	Independent	C. Venkatakrishnan	1,618	2.51%
	Independent	P. Subrarayan	865	1.34%
Margin of victory			5,324	8.24%	7.08
Turnout			70,886	72.99%	3.35
Total valid votes			64,585
Registered electors			97,115		3.87
	Independent gain from DMK		Swing	11.97

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Govindarasan	38,795	56.28%	14.90
	INC	D. Ramachandran	28,234	40.96%	2.59
	Independent	M. Chellappa	1,900	2.76%
Margin of victory			10,561	15.32%	13.14
Turnout			71,376	76.34%	4.59
Total valid votes			68,929
Registered electors			93,496		5.50
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	12.73

1962 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramachandra Rayar	29,434	43.55%	5.73
	DMK	Vaithilingam	27,964	41.38%	New
	Independent	Venkatakrishna Naidu	5,982	8.85%
	SWA	Balakrishnan	3,358	4.97%	New
	Independent	Pattusami	847	1.25%
Margin of victory			1,470	2.18%	30.21
Turnout			70,987	71.75%	23.17
Total valid votes			67,585
Registered electors			98,934		9.89
	INC hold		Swing

1957 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Samikannu Pandayachi	21,553	49.28%	10.96
	Independent	R. Balagurusamy	7,386	16.89%
	CPI	T. M. Somasundiram	7,099	16.23%	New
	Independent	C. Govindarasu	5,668	12.96%
	Independent	Gandhi	2,029	4.64%
Margin of victory			14,167	32.39%	29.76
Turnout			43,735	48.58%	9.63
Total valid votes			43,735
Registered electors			90,032		46.48
	INC hold		Swing

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Krishnaswamy Padayachi	13,709	38.32%	*New*
	TTP	S. Tiruvenkata Nainar	12,768	35.69%	New
	Independent	V. Pattuswamisethuvaryar	2,591	7.24%	New
	Independent	S. Paramananda Rayar	2,380	6.65%	New
	Independent	S. Sundaramoorthy	2,319	6.48%	New
	Socialist Party (India)	M. S. Zainulabuddin	2,011	5.62%	New
Margin of victory			941	2.63%
Turnout			35,778	58.21%
Total valid votes			35,778
Registered electors			61,462
	INC win (new seat)