Thirubuvanai Assembly constituency

Thirubhuvanai
Thirubhuvanai
Constituency No. 2 for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Puducherry
Lok Sabha constituency	Puducherry
Established	1964
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Puducherry Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent P. Angalane
Party	Independent

Thirubuvanai is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India.^[1]^[2]^[3] Thirubuvanai Assembly constituency is a part of the Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency. This assembly constituency is reserved for SC candidates.^[3]

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Year	Member
1964	R. Kulandai	Independent politician
1969	M. Thangavelu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1974	A. Gopal	Indian National Congress
1977	M. Maniyam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	P. Cattavarayane	Indian National Congress
1985	S. Komala	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1990	D. Viswanathan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	D. Viswanathan
1996	S. Arasi
2001	P. Angalane	Indian National Congress
2006	Angalane	Indian National Congress
2011	P. Angalane	All India N.R. Congress
2016	B. Kobiga	All India N.R. Congress
2021	P. Angalane^[4]	Independent politician
2026	A. K. Sai J. Saravanan Kumar^[5]	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TVK	A. K. Sai J. Saravanan Kumar	9,740	32.15
	AINRC	B. Gopika	9,039	29.83	1.23
	DMK	P. Angalane	6,630	21.88	4.65
	INC	K. Velu	3,561	11.75
	CPI(M)	M. Datchanamurthy	255	0.84
	NOTA	NOTA	203	0.67	0.32
Margin of victory			701
Turnout			30,299
Registered electors			31,903
	TVK gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Angalane	10,597	36.78
	AINRC	B. Kobiga	8,238	28.60
	DMK	A. Muhilan	7,644	26.53
	MNM	Durai Ramesh	482	1.67
	NOTA	Nota	284	0.99	−0.84
	AMMK	Dr. K. Silambarasan	229	0.79
	Independent	S. T. Paramasivam @ Cale	182	0.63
Margin of victory			2,359	8.19	2.92
Turnout			28,808	87.61	−1.70
Registered electors			32,883		8.08
	Independent gain from AINRC		Swing	-7.90

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AINRC	B. Kobiga	12,143	44.69
	INC	P. Angalane	10,711	39.42	0.89
	AIADMK	M. Sankar @ Vadivelan	1,618	5.95
	CPI(M)	L. Kalivarathan	1,484	5.46
	NOTA	None of the Above	496	1.83
	Independent	S. T. Paramasivam @ Cale	213	0.78
	BJP	Sundaramoorthy	208	0.77	−0.15
Margin of victory			1,432	5.27	−15.22
Turnout			27,172	89.31	−1.51
Registered electors			30,424		18.75
	AINRC hold		Swing	-14.33

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AINRC	P. Angalane	13,733	59.02
	INC	K. Jayaraj	8,965	38.53	−11.38
	Independent	M. Dhandapani	241	1.04
	BJP	M. Sundaramoorthy	212	0.91	−0.39
	BSP	V. M. Velmurugan	118	0.51	0.00
Margin of victory			4,768	20.49	0.80
Turnout			23,269	90.82	1.90
Registered electors			25,620		7.93
	AINRC gain from INC		Swing	9.11

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Angalane	10,534	49.91	21.30
	MDMK	S. Komala	6,378	30.22
	CPI(M)	L. Kalivaradhan	2,644	12.53	−1.38
	DMDK	P. Velu	795	3.77
	Independent	D. Viswanathan	374	1.77
	BJP	N. Arumugam	274	1.30
	BSP	M. Sundaramoorthy	106	0.50
Margin of victory			4,156	19.69	14.85
Turnout			21,108	88.92	12.71
Registered electors			23,737		8.86
	INC hold		Swing	21.30

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Angalane	4,753	28.60
	Independent	Durai Arivudainambi	3,949	23.76
	DMK	D. Angalan	3,466	20.86	−15.44
	CPI(M)	L. Kalivardhan	2,311	13.91	−5.07
	AIADMK	S. Arasi	1,177	7.08	−30.00
	Independent	D. Viswanathan	716	4.31
	Independent	S. Komala	133	0.80
	LJP	K. Sivasacty	112	0.67
Margin of victory			804	4.84	4.05
Turnout			16,617	76.21	6.87
Registered electors			21,805		5.26
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-27.08

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Arasi	5,707	37.08	−18.61
	DMK	K. Jayaraj	5,586	36.29	−0.61
	CPI(M)	L. Kalivaradan	2,921	18.98
	Independent	S. Komala	456	2.96
	BSP	M. Kuppusamy	119	0.77
	Independent	M. Krishnamurthy	113	0.73
	Independent	S. Deivasigamani	99	0.64
	Independent	M. Rangasamy	96	0.62
	Independent	D. Angalan	87	0.57
Margin of victory			121	0.79	−18.00
Turnout			15,391	79.23	9.88
Registered electors			20,715		4.31
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-18.61

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Viswanathan	7,453	55.69	9.25
	DMK	M. Thangavelu	4,939	36.90	0.96
	PMK	Iranian Alias Ethiraj	829	6.19	−10.06
	THMM	N. Singaram	65	0.49
Margin of victory			2,514	18.78	8.29
Turnout			13,384	69.35	−4.66
Registered electors			19,860		0.33
	AIADMK hold		Swing	9.25

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Viswanathan	6,743	46.43
	DMK	N. Veerappan	5,219	35.94	−18.45
	PMK	R. Perumal	2,360	16.25
	JP	N. Balaraman	97	0.67
Margin of victory			1,524	10.49	1.08
Turnout			14,522	74.01	−4.84
Registered electors			19,795		46.32
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-7.95

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Komala	5,745	54.39
	INC	P. Cattavarayane	4,751	44.98
	Independent	A. Selvarasu	67	0.63
Margin of victory			994	9.41	−35.42
Turnout			10,563	78.85	−0.97
Registered electors			13,529		26.14
	DMK gain from INC(I)		Swing	-17.70

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	P. Cattavarayane	6,001	72.08
	AIADMK	D. Annamalai	2,269	27.26	−17.16
	Independent	M. Manian	55	0.66
Margin of victory			3,732	44.83	19.87
Turnout			8,325	79.81	5.38
Registered electors			10,725		8.29
	INC(I) gain from AIADMK		Swing	27.67

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Maniyam	3,226	44.42	9.92
	JP	G. Pichaikaran	1,413	19.45
	INC	K. Munian	1,065	14.66	−20.29
	DMK	M. Kalvarayan	1,035	14.25	−12.42
	Independent	A. Murugesan	524	7.21
Margin of victory			1,813	24.96	24.50
Turnout			7,263	74.43	−12.77
Registered electors			9,904		9.73
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	9.46

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Gopal	2,672	34.96	−1.80
	AIADMK	Thangavelu	2,637	34.50
	DMK	Samikannu	2,039	26.67	−24.84
	CPI(M)	Govindhan	270	3.53
Margin of victory			35	0.46	−14.30
Turnout			7,644	87.20	9.31
Registered electors			9,026		7.93
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-16.56

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirubuvanai^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Thangavelu	3,277	51.52
	INC	R. Mannathan	2,338	36.76
	Independent	R. Kulanthai	746	11.73
Margin of victory			939	14.76	−9.10
Turnout			6,361	77.89	−0.06
Registered electors			8,363		6.40
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing	-10.42