Palayamkottai Assembly constituency

Palayamkottai
Palayamkottai
Constituency No. 226 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirunelveli
Lok Sabha constituency	Tirunelveli
Established	1977
Total electors	2,57,498
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent M. Abdul Wahab
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2026

Palayamkottai is an assembly constituency located in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] It falls under Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

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Year	Winner
1977	Nanjil K. Manoharan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	V. S. T. Shamsulalam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	S. Gurunathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	P. Dharmalingam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	Mohamed Kodar Maideen	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan
2006
2011
2016
2021	M. Abdul Wahab
2026	M. Abdul Wahab

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Abdul Wahab	79,744	44.15	11.74
	TVK	Maria John	65,939	36.51	New
	AIADMK	Syed Sulthan Samsudeen	19,732	10.92	12.27
	NTK	Sankara Narayanan Alias Saran	10,465	5.79	1.53
	NOTA	NOTA	851	0.47	0.56
	Independent	Paulraj. V	717	0.40	New
	Independent	Karthick Narayanan. S	619	0.34	New
	Independent	Abdul Koya	560	0.31	New
	TVK	Umar. T.A	493	0.27	New
	Independent	Srinivash	346	0.19	New
	Independent	George. V	221	0.12	New
	Puthiya Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi	Esakkimuthu	201	0.11	New
	Independent	Manikandan. M	149	0.08	New
	Independent	Nallakkannu Alias Karthic. K	140	0.08	New
	Independent	Sudhahar. A	127	0.07	New
	Naam Indiar Party	Thangadurai. S	123	0.07	New
	Independent	Santhiyagappar Antony. D	104	0.06	New
	Independent	Sesu. R	89	0.05	New
Margin of victory			13,805	7.64	25.06
Turnout			1,80,620	70.14	11.82
Registered electors			2,57,498		15,881
	DMK hold		Swing	11.74

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Abdul Wahab	89,117	55.89%	+12.27
	AIADMK	K. J. C. Jerald	36,976	23.19%	−10.17
	SDPI	V. M. S. Mohamed Mubarak	12,241	7.68%	+3.15
	NTK	A. Fathima	11,665	7.32%	+5.64
	MNM	D. Premnath	8,107	5.08%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,647	1.03%	−0.87
Margin of victory			52,141	32.70%	22.44%
Turnout			1,59,444	58.32%	−2.68%
Rejected ballots			266	0.17%
Registered electors			2,73,379
	DMK hold		Swing	12.27%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan	67,463	43.62	+0.87
	AIADMK	S. K. A. Hyder Ali	51,591	33.36	New
	MDMK	K. M. A. Nizam Mohideen	12,593	8.14	New
	BJP	M. Nirmal Singh Yadav	7,063	4.57	−0.54
	SDPI	K. S. Shahul Hameed	7,008	4.53	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,947	1.91	New
	NTK	S. Arumuga Nainar	2,592	1.68	New
	PMK	S. Nishthar Ali	1,315	0.85	New
Margin of victory			15,872	10.26	9.82
Turnout			1,54,648	61.00	−7.62
Registered electors			2,53,520
	DMK hold		Swing	0.87

Members of Legislative Assembly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan	58,049	42.76	−14.41
	CPI(M)	V. Palani	57,444	42.31	New
	Independent	K. S. Sahul Hameed	7,032	5.18	New
	BJP	S. Karthick Narayanan	6,939	5.11	+3.2
	Independent	A. Hyder Ali	2,624	1.93	New
	Independent	S. Velayutham	1,000	0.74	New
	BSP	P. Stephen	983	0.72	−0.86
Margin of victory			605	0.45	−27.29
Turnout			1,35,770	68.62	4.55
Registered electors			1,97,857
	DMK hold		Swing	-14.41

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan	85,114	57.16	+4.03
	AIADMK	K. M. Nijamudeen	43,815	29.43	−9.69
	DMDK	K. A. K. K. Kaleel Raguman	6,342	4.26	New
	AIFB	V. Murugan	5,399	3.63	New
	BJP	Pechimuthu @ Arunachalasamy	2,839	1.91%	New
	BSP	M. Edward Raj	2,354	1.58	New
	Independent	K. Subash Sundar	843	0.57	New
Margin of victory			41,299	27.74	13.73
Turnout			1,48,900	64.07	14.89
Registered electors			2,32,395
	DMK hold		Swing	4.03

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. P. M. Mohideen Khan	55,934	53.13%	−9.86
	AIADMK	S. Muthu Karuppan	41,186	39.12%	+15.32
	MDMK	Nazareth Durai	5,383	5.11%	+0.61
	SP	Mubarak Ahamed	1,304	1.24%	New
	Independent	T. Balamurugan	581	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			14,748	14.01%	−25.18%
Turnout			1,05,282	49.18%	−13.05%
Registered electors			2,14,114
	DMK hold		Swing	-9.86%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Mohamed Kodar Maideen	71,303	62.98%	*New*
	AIADMK	P. Dharmalingam	26,939	23.80%	−22.31
	MDMK	M. S. Sudarsan	5,093	4.50%	New
	BJP	S. S. Velu	3,991	3.53%	New
	Independent	K. M. A. Nijam Mohaideen	1,516	1.34%	New
	PMK	M. Davood	1,066	0.94%	New
Margin of victory			44,364	39.19%	32.15%
Turnout			1,13,210	62.23%	3.01%
Registered electors			1,86,856
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	16.88%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Dharamalingam	45,141	46.11%	+29.19
	pattali makkal katchi	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	38,250	39.07%	*New*
	IUML	L. K. S. Muhammed Meeran Mohideen	12,429	12.69%	−19.26
Margin of victory			6,891	7.04%	4.58%
Turnout			97,909	59.21%	−7.42%
Registered electors			1,69,762
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	11.70%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Gurunathan	34,046	34.41%	−17.51
	IUML	S. A. Khaja Mohideen	31,615	31.95%	New
	AIADMK	Rajaselvam	16,738	16.92%	−30.18
	AIADMK	A. Karuppiah	13,321	13.46%	−33.63
	Independent	G. Gaspar Raja	802	0.81%	New
Margin of victory			2,431	2.46%	−2.37%
Turnout			98,943	66.64%	−4.02%
Registered electors			1,51,200
	DMK hold		Swing	-17.51%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. S. T. Shamsulalam	45,209	51.92%	+9.88
	AIADMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	41,004	47.09%	−10.86
	Independent	J. Gaspar Raja	855	0.98%	New
Margin of victory			4,205	4.83%	−11.08%
Turnout			87,068	70.66%	3.35%
Registered electors			1,27,308
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-6.03%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	45,049	57.96%	+13.85
	DMK	Suba Seetharaman	32,680	42.04%	New
Margin of victory			12,369	15.91%	−5.20%
Turnout			77,729	67.31%	6.94%
Registered electors			1,16,635
	AIADMK hold		Swing	13.85%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Nanjil K. Manoharan	29,146	44.10%	*New*
	Independent	N. Shanmugan	15,192	22.99%	New
	INC	N. Arumugha Konar	14,202	21.49%	New
	JP	S. Justin	6,973	10.55%	New
	Independent	S. A. Seyad Ibrahim Alim	574	0.87%	New
Margin of victory			13,954	21.11%
Turnout			66,087	60.36%
Registered electors			1,10,603
	AIADMK win (new seat)