Gummidipoondi Assembly constituency

Gummidipoondi
Gummidipoondi
Constituency No. 1 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Lok Sabha constituency	Thiruvallur
Established	1957
Total electors	254,129
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Vijayakumar
Party	Thamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam
Alliance	TVK+
Elected year	2026

Gummidipoondi is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 1. It consists of the Gummidipundi and Uthukkottai taluks. It falls under Thiruvallur Lok Sabha constituency.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

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RegionSouth India

StateTamil Nadu

DistrictThiruvallur

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Election	Member
1957	G. Kamalam Bujammal	Indian National Congress
1962	A. Ragahava Reddy	Swatantra Party
1967	K. A. Vezhavendan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	K. A. Vezhavendan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	R. S. Munirathinam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
1984
1989	K. Venu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	R. Sakkubai	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	K. Venu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	K. Sudarsanam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2005 By-election ^[a]	K. S. Vijayakumar
2006	K. S. Vijayakumar
2011	C. H. Sekar	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	K. S. Vijayakumar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	T. J. Govindrajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2026	S. Vijayakumar	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam


2026			40.56%
2021			57.40%
2016			41.68%
2011			54.40%
2006			40.41%
2001			56.07%
1996			49.69%
1991			54.77%
1989			37.33%
1984			55.56%
1980			49.01%
1977			42.26%
1971			58.41%
1967			52.57%
1962			46.50%
1957			26.70%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TVK	S. Vijayakumar	94,320	40.56%	*New*
	AIADMK	Sudhakar. V	66,375	28.55%	New
	DMK	T. J. Govindrajan	62,492	26.88%	30.52
	NTK	R. Sridar. B. L.,	4,756	2.05%	3.26
	NOTA	None of the above	937	0.40%	0.41
Margin of victory			27,945	12.02%	11.10
Turnout			232,630	91.52%	12.64
Total valid votes			232,522
Registered electors			254,175		9.77
	TVK gain from DMK		Swing	16.84

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. J. Govindrajan	126,452	57.40%	26.64
	PMK	M. Prakash	75,514	34.28%	14.19
	NTK	Usha	11,701	5.31%	4.73
	DMDK	K. M. Dilliy	2,576	1.17%	1.90
	NOTA	None of the above	1,783	0.81%	0.12
Margin of victory			50,938	23.12%	12.21
Turnout			222,192	78.88%	3.28
Total valid votes			220,286
Rejected ballots			123	0.06%	0.06
Registered electors			281,688		7.96
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	15.72

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. S. Vijayakumar	89,332	41.68%	*New*
	DMK	C. H. Sekar	65,937	30.76%	New
	PMK	M. Selvaraj	43,055	20.09%	18.02
	DMDK	K. Geetha	6,585	3.07%	51.33
	BJP	M. Bhaskaran	2,092	0.98%	0.07
	NOTA	None of the above	1,484	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			23,395	10.91%	5.38
Turnout			214,354	82.16%	1.26
Total valid votes			214,348
Rejected ballots			6	0.00%	0.06
Registered electors			260,912		21.10
	AIADMK gain from DMDK		Swing	12.72

Gummidipoondi Assembly constituency

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	C. H. Sekar	97,708	54.40%	40.49
	PMK	K. N. Sekar	68,452	38.11%	2.15
	Independent	R. Selvakumar	1,892	1.05%
	BJP	B. Chakravarthi Sriraman	1,883	1.05%	0.63
	JMM	G. Munikrishnan	1,836	1.02%	New
	Independent	N. Velu	1,462	0.81%
	Puratchi Bharatham	G. Asokan	1,425	0.79%	New
	Independent	A. Raja	1,411	0.79%
	RPI	M. Sudhakar	1,228	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			29,256	16.29%	16.14
Turnout			179,722	83.42%	3.46
Total valid votes			179,616
Rejected ballots			106	0.06%	0.06
Registered electors			215,443		10.24
	DMDK gain from AIADMK		Swing	13.99

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. S. Vijayakumar	63,147	40.41%	16.53
	PMK	Durai Jeyavelu	62,918	40.26%	New
	DMDK	C. H. Sekar	21,738	13.91%	New
	Independent	R. Sekar	2,147	1.37%
	SP	K. Sekar	1,096	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			229	0.15%	18.33
Turnout			156,263	79.96%	3.91
Total valid votes			156,263
Registered electors			195,425		1.08
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. S. Vijayakumar	83,717	56.94%	*New*
	DMK	Venkatachalapathy. P	56,554	38.47%	1.45
	JD(U)	Baskaran (A)viduthalai Chezian. C. K	2,926	1.99%	New
	Independent	Venkatesan. G	1,724	1.17%
Margin of victory			27,163	18.48%	0.57
Turnout			147,032	76.05%	13.46
Total valid votes			147,016
Registered electors			193,346		7.70
	AIADMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.87

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Sudarsanam	73,467	56.07%	23.73
	DMK	K. Venu	48,509	37.02%	12.67
	Puratchi Bharatham	E. Nedunchezhian	2,376	1.81%	New
	MDMK	R. Balaji	2,311	1.76%	0.21
	NCP	J. Isabella John	1,613	1.23%	New
	Independent	P. T. Vausuthevan	1,220	0.93%
Margin of victory			24,958	19.05%	1.70
Turnout			131,096	62.59%	8.67
Total valid votes			131,019
Rejected ballots			77	0.06%	4.71
Registered electors			209,468		13.94
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	6.38

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Venu	61,946	49.69%	24.45
	AIADMK	R. S. Munirathinam	40,321	32.34%	New
	PMK	Durai Jeyavelu	17,648	14.16%	2.27
	MDMK	M. Natarajan	2,454	1.97%	New
	BJP	M. Bhaskaran	788	0.63%	1.11
Margin of victory			21,625	17.35%	12.18
Turnout			131,014	71.26%	1.75
Total valid votes			124,675
Rejected ballots			6,253	4.77%	0.27
Registered electors			183,842		8.85
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	5.08

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Sakkubai	61,063	54.77%	*New*
	DMK	K. Venu	28,144	25.24%	12.09
	PMK	S. Manoharah	18,321	16.43%	New
	BJP	P. Sukumar	1,943	1.74%	New
Margin of victory			32,919	29.53%	25.95
Turnout			117,401	69.51%	3.15
Total valid votes			111,484
Rejected ballots			5,917	5.04%	2.87
Registered electors			168,898		11.22
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	17.44

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Venu	36,803	37.33%	6.11
	AIADMK	K. Gopal	33,273	33.75%	New
	INC	C. R. Dhasarathan	13,420	13.61%	New
	AIADMK	R. S. Munirathinam	12,543	12.72%	New
	Independent	V. Selvaraj	1,240	1.26%
	Independent	D. Arivalagan	723	0.73%
Margin of victory			3,530	3.58%	8.54
Turnout			100,774	66.36%	12.13
Total valid votes			98,590
Rejected ballots			2,184	2.17%	3.56
Registered electors			151,862		13.07
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	18.23

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. S. Munirathinam	55,221	55.56%	6.55
	DMK	K. A. Vezhavendan	43,174	43.44%	3.60
	Independent	K. Palani	989	1.00%
Margin of victory			12,047	12.12%	2.95
Turnout			105,425	78.49%	10.52
Total valid votes			99,384
Rejected ballots			6,041	5.73%	3.98
Registered electors			134,311		5.04
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. S. Munirathinam	41,845	49.01%	*New*
	DMK	K. Venu	34,019	39.84%	23.97
	JP	M. Parandaman	9,523	11.15%	New
Margin of victory			7,826	9.17%	5.57
Turnout			86,905	67.97%	4.13
Total valid votes			85,387
Rejected ballots			1,518	1.75%	0.01
Registered electors			127,863		4.91
	AIADMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	6.75

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. S. Munirathinam	32,309	42.26%	*New*
	JP	G. Kamalam Bujammal	21,042	27.52%	New
	DMK	K. Venu	12,135	15.87%	42.54
	INC	K. Venkatasubbaraju	7,782	10.18%	New
	Independent	E. Vinayagam	1,436	1.88%
	Independent	S. Elumalai	1,148	1.50%
	Independent	T. Mohamad Alikhan	604	0.79%
Margin of victory			11,267	14.74%	2.07
Turnout			77,810	63.84%	13.86
Total valid votes			76,456
Rejected ballots			1,354	1.74%	1.74
Registered electors			121,875		23.21
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	16.15

1962 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Gummidipoondi^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	A. Ragahava Reddy	19,575	46.50%	*New*
	INC	G. Kamalam Bujammal	18,946	45.01%	18.31
	Independent	G. Peddaiya	3,576	8.49%
Margin of victory			629	1.49%	1.21
Turnout			44,287	58.61%	14.17
Total valid votes			42,097
Registered electors			75,560		0.40
	SWA gain from INC		Swing	19.80

1957 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Gummidipoondi^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. Kamalam Bujammal	9,002	26.70%	*New*
	Independent	Venugopal Reddi	8,908	26.42%	New
	Independent	Dushyanthulu Raji	7,768	23.04%	New
	Independent	Marimuthu	3,998	11.86%	New
	Independent	T. V. Jeevarathnam	3,152	9.35%	New
	Independent	G. T. Kanniah Naidu	888	2.63%	New
Margin of victory			94	0.28%
Turnout			33,716	44.44%
Total valid votes			33,716
Registered electors			75,865
	INC win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. A. Vezhavendan	43,355	58.41%	5.84
	INC	P. Obul Reddy	30,875	41.59%	New
Margin of victory			12,480	16.81%	10.42
Turnout			76,864	77.70%	2.29
Total valid votes			74,230
Registered electors			98,918		5.00
	DMK hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. A. Vezhavendan	35,887	52.57%	*New*
	INC	G. Kamalam Bujammal	31,527	46.19%	1.18
	Independent	A. V. J. Natcker	848	1.24%
Margin of victory			4,360	6.39%	4.90
Turnout			71,042	75.41%	16.80
Total valid votes			68,262
Registered electors			94,205		24.68
	DMK gain from SWA		Swing	6.07