Thiruparankundram Assembly constituency

Thiruparankundram
Thiruparankundram
Constituency No. 195 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Lok Sabha constituency	Virudhunagar
Established	1957
Total electors	311,400
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent V. V. Rajan Chellappa
Party	AIADMK
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

Thiruparankundram State Assembly constituency (Tamil: திருப்பரங்குன்றம் சட்டமன்றத் தொகுதி) is one of the 234 state legislative assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu in southern India. It is also one of the six state legislative assembly constituencies included in Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the oldest assembly segments in Tamil Nadu, being in existence since the 1957 election.^[1]

CountryIndia

RegionSouth India

StateTamil Nadu

DistrictMadurai

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Election	Member
1957	S. Chinnakaruppa Thevar	Indian National Congress
1962	S. Chinnakaruppa Thevar	Indian National Congress
1967	S. AgnirajuS. Agniraju	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	C. Kaverimaniam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	K. Kalimuthu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	K. Kalimuthu
1984	M. Marimuthu
1989	C. Ramachandran	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	S. Andi Thevar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	C. Ramachandran	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	S. M. Seenivel	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	A. K. Bose	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	A. K. T. Raja	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	S. M. Seenivel	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	A. K. Bose	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	P. Saravanan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	V. V. Rajan Chellappa^[2]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam


2021			43.96%
2019 by-election			37.79%
2016			55.65%
2016			47.32%
2011			58.70%
2006			42.82%
2001			48.93%
1996			60.75%
1991			59.60%
1989			43.55%
1984			53.47%
1980			60.53%
1977			41.39%
1971			50.41%
1967			63.94%
1962			42.82%
1957			43.71%

Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	AIADMK	V. V. Rajan Chellappa
	DMK	Krithika Thangapandi
	NTK	Prof. Sathiya Devi
	TVK	CTR Nirmal Kumar		New
	NOTA	NOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Registered electors			307,783
			Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. V. Rajan Chellappa	103,683	43.96	7.23
	CPI(M)	Ponnuthai	74,194	31.46	New
	NTK	R. Revathy	22,722	9.63	7.21
	MNM	M. Bharanirajan	16,750	7.1	1.52
	AMMK	K. David Annadurai	10,190	4.32	9.48
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,073	0.88	0.09
Majority			29,489	12.5	11.44
Turnout			235,849	73.36	0.83
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	7.23

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Saravanan	85,434	37.79	1.06
	AIADMK	S. Muniyandi	83,038	36.73	18.92
	AMMK	I. Mahendran	31,199	13.80	New
	MNM	P. Sakthivel	12,610	5.58	New
	NTK	R. Revathi	5,467	2.42	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,184	0.97	0.13
Majority			2,396	1.06	17.86
Turnout			2,26,078	74.19	4.29
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	1.06

Thiruparankundram Assembly constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

2026

2021

2019 by-election

2016 by-election

2016

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1971

1967

1962

1957

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. K. Bose	113,032	55.65	8.33
	DMK	P. Saravanan	70,362	36.73	1.05
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,214	1.10	0.48
Majority			42,670	18.92	7.28
Turnout			2,03,100	70.89	0.26
	AIADMK hold		Swing	8.33

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. M. Seenivel	93,453	47.32	*New*
	DMK	M. Manimaran	70,461	35.68	New
	CPI	K. Kandasamy	15,275	7.73	New
	BJP	S. Arumugam	7,698	3.90	1.72
	None of the Above	None of the Above	3,111	1.58	New
Majority			22,992	11.64	18.18
Turnout			197,650	70.69	5.39
	AIADMK gain from DMDK		Swing	New

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	A. K. T. Raja	95,469	58.70	43.85
	INC	C. R. Sundararajan	46,967	28.88	New
	BJP	R. Kandhan	3,543	2.18	0.54
	BSP	P. Selvam	1,251	0.77	0.18
	JMM	L. Nagamani	865	0.53	New
Majority			48,502	29.82	25.19
Turnout			162,630	76.08	5.49
	DMDK gain from AIADMK		Swing	43.85

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. K. Bose	117,306	42.82	6.11
	CPI(M)	S. Venkatesan	104,620	38.19	New
	DMDK	G. Rajamanickam	40,684	14.85	New
	BJP	S. Surendran	4,482	1.64	New
	BSP	V. Mahalingam @ Chittrarasu	1,595	0.59	New
	JD(U)	G. Eswaran	1,348	0.50	New
Majority			12,686	4.63	0.74
Turnout			274,018	70.59	14.61
	AIADMK hold		Swing	6.11

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. M. Seenivel	83,167	48.93	25.72
	DMK	C. Ramachandran	74,040	43.56	17.19
	MDMK	M. D. Chinnachellam	4,850	2.85	New
	JP	A. Sasikumar	1,226	0.72	1.46
Majority			9,127	5.37	32.21
Turnout			169,993	55.98	7.59
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	25.72

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Ramachandran	99,379	60.75	22.83
	AIADMK	S. V. Shanmugam	37,970	23.21	36.39
	CPI(M)	K. Kandasamy	18,192	11.12	New
	JP	V. Guruvan	3,564	2.18	New
	BJP	S. Parankundram	2,049	1.25	New
	KNMK	V. S. Raju	800	0.49	New
	SHS	R. Raja Guru	276	0.17	New
Majority			61,409	37.58	15.90
Turnout			170,248	63.52	6.38
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	22.83

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Andi Thevar	83,180	59.60	36.25
	DMK	C. Ramachandran	52,923	37.92	5.63
	PMK	K. Pohhiah	1,660	1.19	New
	IC(S)	K. Muthuramalingam Pandian	358	0.26	New
Majority			30,257	21.68	1.48
Turnout			142,729	57.14	12.16
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	36.25

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Ramachandran	64,632	43.55	1.65
	AIADMK	V. Rajan Chellappa	34,656	23.35	30.12
	AIADMK	M. Marimuthu	26,521	17.87	New
Majority			29,976	20.20	8.63
Turnout			150,572	69.30	0.64
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	1.65

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Marimuthu	58,559	53.47	7.06
	DMK	Ayyanan Ambalam	45,886	41.90	3.61
	INC(J)	V. Rajan Chellappa	3,658	3.34	New
Majority			12,673	11.57	10.67
Turnout			113,690	68.66	5.40
	AIADMK hold		Swing	7.06

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Kalimuthu	61,247	60.53	19.14
	DMK	P. Seeni Thevar	38,740	38.29	20.15
Majority			22,507	22.24	0.12
Turnout			102,199	63.26	3.99
	AIADMK hold		Swing	19.14

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruparankundram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Kaverimaniam	39,110	50.41	13.53
	INC(O)	I. Pandythevar	26,880	34.64	New
	CPI(M)	K. P. Janakiammal	10,613	13.68	New
Majority			12,230	15.76	13.34
Turnout			84,674	69.56	8.11
	DMK hold		Swing	13.53

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiruparankundram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Agniraju	49,169	63.94	39.50
	INC	S. Sonaimuthu	26,792	34.84	7.98
	ABJS	D. V. Raghavan	942	1.22	New
Majority			22,377	29.10	16.66
Turnout			81,596	77.67	0.65
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	39.50

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiruparankundram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Chinnakaruppa Thevar	35,491	42.82	0.89
	CPI	Janakiammal	25,179	30.38	8.09
	DMK	Muthu	20,258	24.44	New
Majority			10,312	12.44	7.19
Turnout			85,367	77.02	30.73
	INC hold		Swing	0.89

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiruparankundram^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Chinnakaruppa Thevar	19,258	43.71	*New*
	CPI	K. P. Janaki	16,947	38.47	New
	Independent	N. Muthu Thevar	7,852	17.82	New
Majority			2,311	5.25	New
Turnout			44,057	46.29	New
	INC win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Kalimuthu	33,850	41.39	*New*
	INC	V. Palaniandi Ambalam	15,760	19.27	New
	DMK	C. Kaverimaniam	14,834	18.14	32.27
	JP	C. Maharajan	12,188	14.90	New
Majority			18,090	22.12	6.36
Turnout			82,533	59.27	10.29
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	New