Kattumannarkoil Assembly constituency

Kattumannarkoil
Kattumannarkoil
Constituency No. 159 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Cuddalore
Lok Sabha constituency	Chidambaram
Established	1962
Total electors	2,26,509
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent L. E. Jothimani
Party	VCK
Alliance	TVK+
Elected year	2026

Kattumannarkoil is a legislative assembly in Cuddalore district, which includes the city of Kattumannarkoil.^[2] It is a part of Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

CountryIndia

RegionSouth India

StateTamil Nadu

DistrictCuddalore

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Year	Winner	Party
1962	M. R. Krishnamoorthi		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	S. Sivasubramanian		Indian National Congress

Assembly	Duration	Winner
Fifth	1971–77	S. Perumal	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977–80	E. Ramalingam
Seventh	1980–84	E. Ramalingam
Eighth	1984–89	S. Jayachandran	Indian National Congress
Ninth	1989–91	A. Thangaraju	Independent
Tenth	1991–96	N. R. Rajendiran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996–01	E. Ramalingam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001–06	P. Vallalperuman	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006–2011	D. Ravikumar	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
Fourteenth	2011–2016	N. Murugumaran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016–2021	N. Murugumaran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021-2026	Sinthanai Selvan	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
Seventeenth	2026-Incumbent	L. E. Jothimani	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi


2026			45.33%
2021			49.20%
2016			29.33%
2011			57.79%
2006			51.46%
2001			55.37%
1996			45.83%
1991			52.11%
1989			39.41%
1984			50.67%
1980			59.46%
1977			37.54%
1971			51.72%
1967			48.34%
1962			47.14%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	VCK	L. E. Jothimani	85,179	45.33	3.87
	PMK	A. Sozhan	52,116	27.74	New
	TVK	S. Seenuvasan	43,156	22.97	New
	NTK	M. Sivajothi	4,563	2.43	1.46
	TVK	M. Alavanthar	563	0.30	New
	Independent	S. Sankarkumar	509	0.27	New
	NOTA	NOTA	465	0.25
Margin of victory			33,063	17.59	11.55
Turnout			1,87,905	82.96	6.56
Registered electors			2,26,509		2,447
	VCK hold		Swing	3.87

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	VCK	Sinthanai Selvan	86,056	49.20%	+19.87
	AIADMK	N. Murugumaran	75,491	43.16%	+13.83
	NTK	P. Nivedha	6,806	3.89%	+3.25
	AMMK	S. Narayanamoorthy	1,904	1.09%	New
	MNM	Thanga Vikram	1,415	0.81%	New
	Independent	A. Anandan	991	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			10,565	6.04%	5.99%
Turnout			174,913	76.40%	−1.50%
Rejected ballots			96	0.05%
Registered electors			228,956
	VCK gain from AIADMK		Swing	19.87%

Kattumannarkoil Assembly constituency

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Madras State

Tamil Nadu

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. Murugumaran	48,450	29.33%	−28.46
	VCK	Thol. Thirumavalavan	48,363	29.28%	New
	INC	Dr. K. I. Manirathinem	37,346	22.61%	New
	PMK	Dr. Anbu Cholan	25,890	15.67%	New
	Independent	K. Anbalagan	1,360	0.82%	New
	NTK	E. Jayasri	1,055	0.64%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,025	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			87	0.05%	−21.86%
Turnout			165,186	77.90%	−1.62%
Registered electors			212,053
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-28.46%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. Murugumaran	83,665	57.79%	*New*
	VCK	D. Ravikumar	51,940	35.88%	New
	Independent	L. E. Nandhakumar	2,330	1.61%	New
	Puratchi Bharatham	P. K. Bakkiyaraj	1,969	1.36%	New
	Independent	M. Muruganandam	1,665	1.15%	New
	BSP	K. Bharathidasan	1,246	0.86%	New
	Independent	P. Azhahiri	1,012	0.70%	New
	IJK	B. Mohanambal	946	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			31,725	21.91%	9.86%
Turnout			144,773	79.52%	6.69%
Registered electors			182,058
	AIADMK gain from VCK		Swing	6.33%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	VCK	D. Ravikumar	57,244	51.46%	*New*
	INC	P. Vallalperuman	43,830	39.40%	+0.53
	DMDK	R. Umanath	6,556	5.89%	New
	AIVP	S. Sellakkannu	902	0.81%	New
	Independent	P. Vetrikumar	843	0.76%	New
	BJP	A. Vasanthakumar	818	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			13,414	12.06%	−4.44%
Turnout			111,245	72.83%	10.17%
Registered electors			152,743
	VCK gain from DMK		Swing	-3.91%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Vallalperuman	55,444	55.37%	+9.53
	INC	R. Sachithanandam	38,927	38.87%	New
	MDMK	R. Paranthaman	1,674	1.67%	−0.75
	Thaayaga Makkal Katchi	K. S. Manickam	1,168	1.17%	New
	JD(S)	S. Asokan	1,085	1.08%	New
	Independent	L. R. Visvanathan	1,080	1.08%	New
Margin of victory			16,517	16.49%	6.91%
Turnout			100,139	62.66%	−9.38%
Registered electors			159,810
	DMK hold		Swing	9.53%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. Ramalingam	46,978	45.83%	+23.37
	HRPI	L. Elayaperumal	37,159	36.25%	New
	AIADMK	R. Kousalya	15,320	14.95%	−37.16
	MDMK	Kanagasabai Muthu	2,481	2.42%	New
Margin of victory			9,819	9.58%	−18.93%
Turnout			102,498	72.05%	2.29%
Registered electors			148,333
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-6.28%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. R. Rajendiran	48,103	52.11%	+46.13
	PMK	G. Vetriveeran	21,785	23.60%	*New*
	DMK	E. Ramalingam	20,740	22.47%	−12.04
	JP	M. Renganathan	996	1.08%	New
Margin of victory			26,318	28.51%	23.61%
Turnout			92,311	69.76%	5.12%
Registered electors			136,540
	AIADMK gain from Independent		Swing	12.70%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Thangarasu	30,877	39.41%	*New*
	DMK	E. Ramalingam	27,036	34.50%	−14.83
	INC	S. Jayachandran	10,156	12.96%	−37.71
	AIADMK	S. Samidurai	4,683	5.98%	New
	AIADMK	M. Nagarajan	4,566	5.83%	New
Margin of victory			3,841	4.90%	3.57%
Turnout			78,356	64.64%	−15.06%
Registered electors			123,447
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	-11.26%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Jayachandran	42,928	50.67%	*New*
	DMK	K. P. Thangaswamy	41,796	49.33%	−10.13
Margin of victory			1,132	1.34%	−18.47%
Turnout			84,724	79.70%	8.76%
Registered electors			109,718
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-8.79%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. Ramalingam	44,012	59.46%	+21.92
	CPI(M)	P. S. Mahalingam	29,350	39.65%	New
	Independent	M. R. Rajan	660	0.89%	New
Margin of victory			14,662	19.81%	11.09%
Turnout			74,022	70.93%	3.98%
Registered electors			105,613
	DMK hold		Swing	21.92%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. Ramalingam	26,038	37.54%	−14.18
	AIADMK	R. Rajan	19,991	28.82%	New
	INC	S. Sivasubramanian	18,158	26.18%	−20.35
	JP	P. Ayyankutti	3,736	5.39%	New
	Independent	T. Thiagarajan	595	0.86%	New
	Independent	P. A. Samidurai	489	0.70%	New
	Independent	G. Pichamuthu	355	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			6,047	8.72%	3.53%
Turnout			69,362	66.95%	−11.54%
Registered electors			104,851
	DMK hold		Swing	-14.18%

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kattumannarkoil^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Perumal	32,847	51.72%	+3.59
	INC	T. M. Kuppusami	29,551	46.53%	−1.81
	Independent	K. Jaganathan	1,110	1.75%	New
Margin of victory			3,296	5.19%	4.98%
Turnout			63,508	78.49%	−3.54%
Registered electors			83,360
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	3.38%

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kattumannarkoil^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. R. Krishnamurthi	27,706	47.14%	*New*
	INC	G. Vageesam Pillai	27,599	46.95%	New
	SWA	V. A. Govindasami Padayachair	3,474	5.91%	New
Margin of victory			107	0.18%
Turnout			58,779	77.72%
Registered electors			78,512
	DMK win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Sivasubramanian	30,521	48.34%	+1.39
	DMK	C. Govindarasu	30,387	48.13%	+0.99
	Independent	A. Samidurai	1,561	2.47%	New
	Independent	C. Kaliamoorthy	349	0.55%	New
	Independent	S. Chinnayya	320	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			134	0.21%	0.03%
Turnout			63,138	82.03%	4.30%
Registered electors			79,560
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	1.20%