Tenkasi Assembly constituency

Tenkasi
Tenkasi
Constituency No. 222 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tenkasi
Lok Sabha constituency	Tenkasi
Established	1951
Total electors	281,624
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Dr. Kalai Kathiravan
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2026

Tenkasi state assembly constituency is in Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu.^[1]^[2]^[3] Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. It is a part of Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency.^[4] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

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DistrictTenkasi

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Year	Winner
1952	Subramaniam Pillai	Indian National Congress
1957	K. Sattanatha Karayalar	Independent
1962	A. R. Subbiah Mudaliar	Indian National Congress
1967	I. A. Chidambaram Pillai	Indian National Congress

Year	Winner
1971	Samsudeen alias Kathiravan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	S. Muthusamy Karayalar	Indian National Congress
1980	A. K. Sattanatha Karayalar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	T. R. Venkataraman	Indian National Congress
1989	S. Peter Alphonse
1991	S. Peter Alphonse
1996	K. Ravi Arunan	Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	K. Annamalai	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	R. Sarathkumar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	S. Selvamohandas Pandian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	S. Palani Nadar	Indian National Congress
2026	Dr. Kalai Kathiravan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam


2026			33.92%
2021			41.71%
2016			42.58%
2011			54.30%
2006			49.98%
2001			51.41%
1996			52.82%
1991			62.10%
1989			36.29%
1984			60.45%
1980			49.88%
1977			41.36%
1971			55.66%
1967			49.86%
1962			44.33%
1957			52.89%
1952			44.53%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dr. Kalai Kathiravan	79,699	33.92
	AIADMK	S. Selvamohandas Pandian	69,400	29.53	12.24
	TVK	A Rajaprakash	55,543	23.64	New
	NTK	P. Puspalatha	16,121	6.98	0.22
	AIPTMMK	M Poosa Durai	7,715	3.28	New
	PT	S Thirumalai Kumar	1,365	0.58	New
	NOTA	NOTA	673	0.29
Margin of victory			10,299
Turnout			2,34,987
Rejected ballots
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Palani Nadar	89,315	41.94%	−0.41
	AIADMK	S. Selvamohandas Pandian	88,945	41.77%	−0.81
	NTK	R. Vincentraj	15,336	7.20%	+5.77
	AMMK	S. Mohamed	9,944	4.67%	New
	MNM	R. Thirumalaimuthu	2,188	1.03%	New
	Independent	A. Madasamy	1,978	0.93%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,159	0.54%	−1.13
Margin of victory			370	0.17%	−0.05%
Turnout			2,12,949	72.89%	−4.04%
Rejected ballots			382	0.18%
Registered electors			2,92,168
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-0.64%

Tenkasi Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Tamil Nadu

Election results

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Selvamohandas Pandian	86,339	42.58%	−11.72
	INC	S. Palani Nadar	85,877	42.35%	New
	BJP	B. Selvi	11,716	5.78%	+4.19
	TMC(M)	N. D. S. Charles	7,324	3.61%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	3,391	1.67%	New
	NTK	C. Muthukumar	2,898	1.43%	New
	Independent	A. Madasamy	1,621	0.80%	New
	PMK	P. Seetharaman	1,222	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			462	0.23%	−13.29%
Turnout			2,02,775	76.93%	−1.98%
Registered electors			2,63,584
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-11.72%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SMK	R. Sarathkumar	92,253	54.30%	*New*
	DMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	69,286	40.78%	−9.2
	BJP	S. V. Anburaj	2,698	1.59%	−2.13
	ABHM	S. Arumugam	1,507	0.89%	New
	Independent	D. Mariappan	1,140	0.67%	New
	Independent	M. Vethala Iyyankan	1,080	0.64%	New
	Independent	S. Paramasivan	954	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			22,967	13.52%	0.15%
Turnout			1,69,910	78.91%	4.24%
Registered electors			2,15,324
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	4.32%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	69,755	49.98%	+5.8
	MDMK	Rama. Udayasuriyan	51,097	36.61%	New
	BJP	K. Ravi Arunan	5,190	3.72%	New
	DMDK	S. Kamaraj	5,081	3.64%	New
	BSP	S. Chandran	2,607	1.87%	New
	Independent	N. Mariappan	2,095	1.50%	New
	AIFB	A. Muthuraja	1,645	1.18%	New
	Independent	K. Bala Subramanian	1,166	0.84%	New
Margin of victory			18,658	13.37%	6.13%
Turnout			1,39,570	74.66%	10.87%
Registered electors			1,86,929
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.44%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Annamalai	62,454	51.41%	*New*
	DMK	V. Karuppasamy Pandian	53,662	44.18%	New
	Independent	M. Sankarasubramanian Alias Lala M. Mani	2,064	1.70%	New
	Independent	K. Balasubramanian	1,712	1.41%	New
	Independent	S. Iyappan	861	0.71%	New
	Independent	K. Subramanian	720	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			8,792	7.24%	−19.50%
Turnout			1,21,473	63.79%	−5.22%
Registered electors			1,90,762
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-1.40%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	K. Ravi Arunan	60,758	52.82%	*New*
	INC	Aladi Sankaraiya	29,998	26.08%	−36.03
	MDMK	Asan Ibrahim	10,250	8.91%	New
	BJP	S. P. Deena Dayalan	9,962	8.66%	+1.77
	AIIC(T)	S. Thanga Samy Nadar	1,224	1.06%	New
Margin of victory			30,760	26.74%	−8.42%
Turnout			1,15,038	69.02%	1.75%
Registered electors			1,73,679
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-9.29%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Peter Alphonse	65,142	62.10%	+25.82
	DMK	S. Ramakrishnan	28,263	26.94%	−3.31
	BJP	R. T. Sastha	7,228	6.89%	New
	IUML	N. Chellathurai	3,185	3.04%	New
Margin of victory			36,879	35.16%	29.12%
Turnout			1,04,893	67.27%	−10.25%
Registered electors			1,61,652
	INC hold		Swing	25.82%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Peter Alphonse	39,643	36.29%	−24.16
	DMK	V. Pandivalavan	33,049	30.25%	−7.27
	AIADMK	A. M. Gani	20,578	18.84%	New
	Independent	T. S. R. Venkataramana	12,860	11.77%	New
	Independent	S. Samudram	1,221	1.12%	New
Margin of victory			6,594	6.04%	−16.90%
Turnout			1,09,248	77.52%	−1.44%
Registered electors			1,43,876
	INC hold		Swing	-24.16%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. R. Venkataraman	57,011	60.45%	+11.49
	DMK	M. Kuthalingam	35,383	37.52%	New
	Independent	A. M. Subbniah	849	0.90%	New
	Independent	A. S. Thirumalai	726	0.77%	New
Margin of victory			21,628	22.93%	22.01%
Turnout			94,312	78.96%	14.03%
Registered electors			1,25,902
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	10.57%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. K. Sattanatha Karayalar	36,638	49.88%	*New*
	INC	T. R. Ramanan Alias Venkataramanan	35,963	48.96%	+7.6
	Independent	M. Mohideen Pichai	452	0.62%	New
	Independent	S. H. Kalyana Sundaram	404	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			675	0.92%	−15.18%
Turnout			73,457	64.93%	−7.22%
Registered electors			1,14,840
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	8.52%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Muthusamy Karayalar	30,273	41.36%	−2.98
	Independent	J. Abdul Jabbar	18,489	25.26%	New
	DMK	V. Pandi Valavan	12,745	17.41%	−38.25
	JP	L. Arumugasamy	10,529	14.39%	New
	Independent	T. K. V. Natarajan	1,158	1.58%	New
Margin of victory			11,784	16.10%	4.77%
Turnout			73,194	72.15%	−6.01%
Registered electors			1,02,800
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-14.30%

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tenkasi^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	I. A. Chidambaram Pillai	34,561	49.86%	+5.53
	DMK	K. M. K. Samsudin	33,818	48.79%	New
	Independent	M. Pitchai	939	1.35%	New
Margin of victory			743	1.07%	−18.05%
Turnout			69,318	83.15%	7.86%
Registered electors			85,612
	INC hold		Swing	5.53%

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tenkasi^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. R. Subbiah Mudaliar	29,684	44.33%	+1.03
	IUML	Reboi Sahib	16,882	25.21%	New
	CPI	N. Shanmugam	13,003	19.42%	New
	SWA	Sankaranarayana Iyer	4,138	6.18%	New
	Independent	Palanichami	2,139	3.19%	New
	Independent	Muthiah Thevar	1,117	1.67%	New
Margin of victory			12,802	19.12%	9.53%
Turnout			66,963	75.30%	3.58%
Registered electors			91,851
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-8.56%

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tenkasi^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Subramaniam Pillai	26,340	44.53%	*New*
	Independent	Sevagupandia Thevar	23,557	39.82%	New
	Socialist Party (India)	Pichia Mudaliar	9,256	15.65%	New
Margin of victory			2,783	4.70%
Turnout			59,153	72.19%
Registered electors			81,944
	INC win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Samsudeen Alias Kathiravan	39,110	55.66%	+6.88
	INC	I. C. Iswaran	31,150	44.34%	−5.52
Margin of victory			7,960	11.33%	10.26%
Turnout			70,260	78.16%	−4.99%
Registered electors			92,660
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	5.81%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. Sattanatha Karayalar	31,145	52.89%	*New*
	INC	I. A. Chidambaram Pillai	25,499	43.30%	−1.23
	Independent	A. Srinivasan	2,243	3.81%	New
Margin of victory			5,646	9.59%	4.88%
Turnout			58,887	71.72%	−0.47%
Registered electors			82,107
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	8.36%