Kalasapakkam Assembly constituency

Kalasapakkam
Kalasapakkam
Constituency No. 65 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Lok Sabha constituency	Tiruvannamalai
Established	1951
Total electors	2,33,595
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Agri S. S. Krishnamoorthy
Party	AIADMK
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2026

12°25′0″N 79°6′0″E

CountryIndia

RegionSouth India

StateTamil Nadu

DistrictTiruvannamalai

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Kalasapakkam is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu, India.^[1] It comprises portions of the Kalasapakkam, Polur and Chengam taluks and is a part of Tiruvannamalai Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[2] This constituency did not exist during the elections held in 1957 and 1962. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

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Year	Winner
1952	Nataraja Mudaliar	Independent
1957
1962
1967	S. Murugaiyan	Indian National Congress

Year	Winner
1971	S. Murugaiyan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	P. S. Thiruvengadam
1980	P. S. Thiruvengadam
1984	M. Pandurangan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	P. S. Thiruvengadam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	M. Sundarasami	Indian National Congress
1996	P. S. Thiruvengadam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	S. Ramachandran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	Agri S. S. Krishnamoorthy
2011	Agri S. S. Krishnamoorthy
2016	V. Panneerselvam^[3]
2021	P. S. T. Saravanan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2026	Agri S. S. Krishnamoorthy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam


2026			41.86%
2021			47.92%
2016			45.41%
2011			58.95%
2006			48.23%
2001			58.05%
1996			59.12%
1991			57.35%
1989			48.24%
1984			58.78%
1980			54.49%
1977			35.39%
1971			58.88%
1967			51.37%
1952			54.09%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Agri Krishnamurthy. S.S	89,629	41.86	1.37
	DMK	Saravanan. P.S.T	62,889	29.37	18.55
	TVK	Elumalai. P	51,666	24.13	New
	NTK	Seetha Sivanandam. P	5,312	2.48	2.01
	Independent	Santhakumaran. A	697	0.33	New
	Independent	Deiveegan. P	654	0.31	New
	Independent	Krishnamurthy. R	576	0.27	New
	Independent	Balaji. P	433	0.20	New
	NOTA	NOTA	423	0.20	0.61
	Independent	Saravanan. K	405	0.19	New
	Naadaalum Makkal Katchi	Sathya. V	245	0.11	New
	Independent	Kamaraj. G	198	0.09	New
	Independent	Kothandapani. B	175	0.08	New
	Independent	Raja. N	156	0.07	New
	Independent	Manikandan. K	147	0.07	New
	Independent	Krishnamurthy. M	105	0.05	New
	TVK	Saravanan. V	102	0.05	New
	Aanaithinthiya Jananayaka Pathukappu Kazhagam	Suman. M	91	0.04	New
	Independent	Baskaran. R	75	0.04	New
	Independent	Krishnamurthy. S	66	0.03	New
	Independent	Elumalai. S	46	0.02	New
	Independent	Elumalai. T	37	0.02	New
Margin of victory			26,740	12.49	7.80
Turnout			2,14,127	91.67	10.77
Registered electors			2,33,595		9,205
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	1.37

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. S. T. Saravanan	94,134	47.92%	*New*
	AIADMK	V. Panneerselvam	84,912	43.23%	−2.18
	NTK	E. Balaji	8,822	4.49%	New
	DMDK	M. Nehru	2,756	1.40%	−3.94
	NOTA	NOTA	1,595	0.81%	−0
Margin of victory			9,222	4.69%	−9.52%
Turnout			196,434	80.90%	−3.85%
Rejected ballots			146	0.07%
Registered electors			242,800
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	2.51%

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Panneerselvam	84,394	45.41%	−13.54
	INC	G. Kumar	57,980	31.20%	−3.21
	PMK	R. Kalidass	23,825	12.82%	New
	DMDK	M. Nehru	9,932	5.34%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,510	0.81%	New
	Independent	P. Rajaprabu	1,387	0.75%	New
	Independent	E. Rajkumar	1,047	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			26,414	14.21%	−10.33%
Turnout			185,859	84.75%	−1.61%
Registered electors			219,301
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-13.54%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy	91,833	58.95%	+10.71
	INC	P. S. Vijayakumar	53,599	34.40%	New
	Independent	A. Vijayakumar	2,615	1.68%	New
	BSP	S. Devendiran	1,656	1.06%	New
	IJK	M. S. Rajendran	1,329	0.85%	New
	BJP	K. Amesh	1,323	0.85%	−0.43
Margin of victory			38,234	24.54%	19.15%
Turnout			155,790	86.36%	8.23%
Registered electors			180,390
	AIADMK hold		Swing	10.71%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy	68,586	48.23%	−9.81
	PMK	R. Kalodoss	60,920	42.84%	New
	DMDK	L. Sankar	5,069	3.56%	New
	Independent	M. Jagadeeswaran	1,902	1.34%	New
	BJP	V. Ramakrishnan	1,818	1.28%	New
	Independent	S. Arumugam	1,103	0.78%	New
	Independent	S. Selvaraj	978	0.69%	New
	Independent	V. Sekar	944	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			7,666	5.39%	−16.71%
Turnout			142,192	78.14%	9.02%
Registered electors			181,980
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-9.81%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Ramachandran	75,880	58.05%	*New*
	DMK	P. S. Thiruvengadam	46,990	35.95%	−23.17
	Independent	N. Raju	3,103	2.37%	New
	MDMK	A. A. Rajamanickam	2,328	1.78%	+0.8
	Independent	P. Chandra	1,051	0.80%	New
Margin of victory			28,890	22.10%	−6.18%
Turnout			130,721	69.12%	−5.10%
Registered electors			189,131
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-1.07%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. S. Thiruvengadam	72,177	59.12%	+30.79
	INC	M. Sundarasami	37,647	30.83%	−26.52
	PMK	S. Babu Kander	9,901	8.11%	New
	MDMK	S. Arivalagan	1,194	0.98%	New
Margin of victory			34,530	28.28%	−0.74%
Turnout			122,092	74.22%	−1.04%
Registered electors			169,589
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	1.76%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Sundarasami	65,096	57.35%	+41.87
	DMK	P. S. Thiruvengadam	32,152	28.33%	−19.91
	PMK	R. Kalaiselvan	12,762	11.24%	New
	BJP	P. Sripathi	1,501	1.32%	New
	Independent	S. Praphu	984	0.87%	New
	Independent	M. Saravanan	668	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			32,944	29.03%	7.01%
Turnout			113,497	75.25%	2.97%
Registered electors			156,148
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	9.11%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. S. Thiruvengadam	47,535	48.24%	+10.49
	AIADMK	S. Krishnamurthy	25,840	26.22%	−32.55
	INC	K. P. K. Thangamani	15,257	15.48%	New
	AIADMK	M. Pandurangan	8,533	8.66%	−50.12
	Independent	L. Chokkalan	510	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			21,695	22.02%	0.99%
Turnout			98,533	72.28%	−8.35%
Registered electors			140,054
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-10.54%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Pandurangam	54,969	58.78%	+18.79
	DMK	P. S. Thiruvengadam	35,303	37.75%	−16.74
	Independent	M. Seetharaman	3,245	3.47%	New
Margin of victory			19,666	21.03%	6.53%
Turnout			93,517	80.63%	7.04%
Registered electors			123,335
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	4.29%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. S. Thiruvengadam	44,923	54.49%	+19.1
	AIADMK	C. N. Visvanathan	32,972	39.99%	+6.64
	Independent	C. Dhanapal	2,994	3.63%	New
	Independent	A. P. Natesan	1,554	1.88%	New
Margin of victory			11,951	14.50%	12.46%
Turnout			82,443	73.60%	6.33%
Registered electors			114,081
	DMK hold		Swing	19.10%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. S. Thiruvengadam	26,841	35.39%	−23.49
	AIADMK	S. Sundaresa Udayar	25,298	33.35%	New
	INC	A. Mannankatti Kandar	16,893	22.27%	−18.85
	JP	G. Rajakumar	5,591	7.37%	New
	Independent	N. C. Marimuthu	1,228	1.62%	New
Margin of victory			1,543	2.03%	−15.72%
Turnout			75,851	67.26%	−10.06%
Registered electors			114,750
	DMK hold		Swing	-23.49%

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kalasapakkam^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Murugaiyan	32,697	51.37%	*New*
	DMK	M. Sundarasan	20,554	32.30%	New
	Independent	K. R. K. Gounder	10,393	16.33%	New
Margin of victory			12,143	19.08%
Turnout			63,644	72.80%
Registered electors			92,766
	INC win (new seat)

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kalasapakkam^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nataraja Mudaliar	16,184	54.09%	*New*
	INC	Periasami Gounder	12,460	41.64%	New
	Independent	Adithyan	1,276	4.26%	New
Margin of victory			3,724	12.45%
Turnout			29,920	45.71%
Registered electors			65,462
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Murugaiyan	42,893	58.88%	+26.58
	INC	M. Sundraswamy	29,960	41.12%	−10.25
Margin of victory			12,933	17.75%	−1.33%
Turnout			72,853	77.32%	4.52%
Registered electors			96,470
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	7.50%