Madurai West Assembly constituency

Madurai West
Madurai West
Constituency No. 194 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Lok Sabha constituency	Madurai
Established	1967
Total electors	275,689
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent S. R. Thangapandi
Party	TVK
Elected year	2026

Madurai West is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and winners from this constituency are listed below.

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RegionSouth India

StateTamil Nadu

DistrictMadurai

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Year	Winner
1971	K. T. K. Thangamani	Communist Party of India
1977	T. P. M. Periyaswamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	M. G. Ramachandran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	Pon. Muthuramalingam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	Pon. Muthuramalingam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	S. V. Shanmugam	Indian National Congress
1996	P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	Valarmathi Jebaraj	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	S. V. Shanmugam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2007*	K. S. K. Rajendran	Indian National Congress
2011	Sellur K. Raju	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016
2021
2026	S. R. Thangapandi	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam


2026			40.78%
2021			41.59%
2016			44.81%
2011			59.64%
2006			43.66%
2001			48.06%
1996			62.42%
1991			63.35%
1989			50.32%
1984			51.24%
1980			59.61%
1977			43.06%
1971			47.88%
1967			59.42%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TVK	Thangapandi SR	88,250	40.78	*New*
	DMK	Balaji R	76,319	35.27	2.13
	AIADMK	Sellur K. Raju	38,961	18.00	23.96
	NTK	Vigneshkumar S	10,574	4.89	4.23
	NOTA	NOTA	893	0.41	0.48
Margin of victory			11,931	5.51	0.95
Turnout			2,16,403	78.5
Registered electors			2,75,689
	TVK gain from AIADMK		Swing	40.78

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Sellur K. Raju	83,883	41.96%	−2.85
	DMK	C. Chinnammal	74,762	37.40%	+1.49
	NTK	C. Vetri Kumaran	18,224	9.12%	+7.24
	MNM	V. Muniyasamy	15,849	7.93%	New
	DMDK	P. Balachandran	3,417	1.71%	New
	Tamil Nadu Ilangyar Katchi	K. Nagajothi	2,509	1.26%	New
	NOTA	Nota	1,774	0.89%	−0.61
	Independent	N. Ramu	368	0.18%	New
	ABHM	R. Karthikeyan	318	0.16%	New
	Independent	M. Venkatesan	126	0.06%	New
	Independent	M. Premkumar	122	0.06%	New
Margin of victory			9,121	4.56%	−4.34%
Turnout			199,920	65.09%	−0.49%
Rejected ballots			425	0.21%
Registered electors			307,141
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-2.85%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Sellur K. Raju	82,529	44.81%	−14.83
	DMK	G. Thalapathi	66,131	35.91%	+0.65
	CPI(M)	U. Vasuki	19,991	10.85%	New
	BJP	A. Sasikumar	5,705	3.10%	+1.12
	NTK	V. Thirunavukkarasu	3,454	1.88%	New
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,759	1.50%	New
	PMK	R. Krishnakumar	927	0.50%	New
	Independent	M. Venkatesan	360	0.20%	New
	Independent	S. Muthupandian	332	0.18%	New
	SMK	V. C. Meenakshi	310	0.17%	New
	Gandhiya Makkal Iyakkam	S. Eswaran	277	0.15%	New
Margin of victory			16,398	8.90%	−15.48%
Turnout			184,180	65.58%	−8.55%
Registered electors			280,863
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-14.83%

Madurai West Assembly constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Sellur K. Raju	94,798	59.64%	+15.98
	DMK	G. Thalapathi	56,037	35.25%	New
	BJP	M. Rajarathinam	3,149	1.98%	+0.57
	Independent	M. Paul Pandi	2,959	1.86%	New
	IJK	P. Moorthy	897	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			38,761	24.39%	21.74%
Turnout			214,423	74.13%	3.40%
Registered electors			158,950
	AIADMK hold		Swing	15.98%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K.S.K. Rajendiran	60,933	51.68%	+10.67
	AIADMK	Sellur K. Raju	29,818	25.59%	−15.72
	DMDK	Siva Muthukumaran	21,272	18.04%	+6.95
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing
Majority			31,115	n/a	n/a
Turnout			117,904	n/a	n/a

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. V. Shanmugam	57,208	43.66%	−4.4
	INC	N. Perumal	53,741	41.01%	New
	DMDK	Dr. S. Manimaran	14,527	11.09%	New
	BJP	P. Bhakavathi	1,851	1.41%	New
	Independent	B. Ramakrishnan	1,261	0.96%	New
	AIFB	L. K. Saravanan	814	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			3,467	2.65%	1.94%
Turnout			131,030	70.72%	21.72%
Registered electors			185,269
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-4.40%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Valarmathi Jebaraj	48,465	48.06%	*New*
	DMK	P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan	47,757	47.36%	−15.06
	MDMK	M. Manoharan	2,574	2.55%	New
	JP	M. Balasubramani	627	0.62%	New
	Independent	Dr. M. Meenakshi Sundram	569	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			708	0.70%	−44.05%
Turnout			100,840	49.01%	−10.40%
Registered electors			205,790
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-14.35%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan	61,723	62.42%	+27.69
	INC	R. Muthusamy	17,465	17.66%	−45.69
	JD	K. John Moses	13,965	14.12%	New
	JP	A. G. Karunakaran	4,206	4.25%	New
Margin of victory			44,258	44.75%	16.13%
Turnout			98,890	59.41%	7.29%
Registered electors			171,126
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-0.93%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. V. Shanmugam	59,586	63.35%	+34.55
	DMK	Pon. Muthuramalingam	32,664	34.73%	−15.6
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Margin of victory			26,922	28.62%	7.10%
Turnout			94,060	52.11%	−18.96%
Registered electors			183,245
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	13.03%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Pon. Muthuramalingam	45,579	50.32%	−0.91
	INC	R. V. S. Premkumar	26,087	28.80%	New
	AIADMK	A. Karunaidasan	20,871	23.04%	−24.88
	Independent	A. Vadivarsan	8,455	9.34%	New
	Independent	G. Mariappan	826	0.91%	New
Margin of victory			19,492	21.52%	18.21%
Turnout			90,572	71.08%	2.55%
Registered electors			128,999
	DMK hold		Swing	-0.91%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Pon. Muthuramalingam	48,247	51.24%	+13.65
	AIADMK	S. Pandian	45,131	47.93%	−11.69
Margin of victory			3,116	3.31%	−18.72%
Turnout			94,167	68.53%	5.36%
Registered electors			142,850
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-8.38%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. G. Ramachandran	57,019	59.61%	+16.55
	DMK	Pon. Muthuramalingam	35,953	37.59%	+16
	JP	A. C. Kamaraj	2,178	2.28%	New
Margin of victory			21,066	22.02%	0.55%
Turnout			95,646	63.17%	9.24%
Registered electors			152,756
	AIADMK hold		Swing	16.55%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. P. M. Periyaswamy	32,342	43.06%	*New*
	DMK	Pon. Muthuramalingam	16,211	21.59%	New
	JP	A. C. Kamaraj	13,168	17.53%	New
	CPI	K. T. K. Thangamani	12,190	16.23%	−31.65
	AIFB	S. Mayandi	1,192	1.59%	New
Margin of victory			16,131	21.48%	10.77%
Turnout			75,103	53.93%	−11.46%
Registered electors			140,580
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing	-4.81%

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai (West)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	K. T. K. Thangamani	40,899	47.88%	+36.46
	INC	P. Anandam	31,753	37.17%	+8
	CPI(M)	N. Sankariah	12,774	14.95%	−44.47
Margin of victory			9,146	10.71%	−19.55%
Turnout			85,426	65.39%	−7.14%
Registered electors			137,117
	CPI gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-11.54%

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Madurai (West)^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	N. Sankaraiah	46,882	59.42%	*New*
	INC	M. Chelliah	23,012	29.17%	New
	CPI	K. T. K. Thangamani	9,005	11.41%	New
Margin of victory			23,870	30.25%
Turnout			78,899	72.52%
Registered electors			111,707
	CPI(M) win (new seat)