Tindivanam Assembly constituency

Tindivanam
Constituency No. 72 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Lok Sabha constituency	Viluppuram
Established	1951
Total electors	2,19,300
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vanni Arasu
Party	VCK
Alliance	TVK+^[1]
Elected year	2026

Tindivanam is a state assembly constituency in Viluppuram district of Tamil Nadu, India.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 72. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. It comprises a portion of Tindivanam taluk and is a part of Viluppuram Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner
1952	Venugopala Gounder and M. Jagannathan	Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party
1957	P. Veerappa Gounder and M. Jagannathan	Independent
1962	A. Thangavelu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	K. Ramamoorthy	Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	G. Rajaram	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	T. R. Rajaram Reddy	Indian National Congress
1980	K. M. Thangamani Gounder	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	K. M. Thangamani Gounder	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	R. Masilamani	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	S. Pannirselvam	Indian National Congress
1996	R. Sedunathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	C. V. Shanmugam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	C. V. Shanmugam
2011	D. Haridoss
2016	P. Seethapathy^[4]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	P. Arjunan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2026	Vanni Arasu	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2026			32.56%
2021			48.15%
2016			35.33%
2011			52.59%
2006			47.04%
2001			53.31%
1996			45.40%
1991			50.58%
1989			48.05%
1984			58.67%
1980			42.33%
1977			29.55%
1971			55.83%
1967			51.59%
1962			45.33%
1957			27.00%
1952			29.09%

2026

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tindivanam^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	VCK	Vanni Arasu	63,833	32.56	New
	AIADMK	P. Arjunan	63,099	32.19	15.96
	TVK	S. Sakthivel	61,159	31.20	New
	NTK	P. Pachimuthu	5,242	2.67	2.41
	NOTA	NOTA	714	0.36	0.48
Margin of victory			734	0.37	5.02
Turnout			1,96,026	89.39	10.87
Registered electors			2,19,300		11,227
	VCK gain from AIADMK		Swing	32.56

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tindivanam^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Arjunan	87,152	48.15	+12.87
	DMK	P. Seethapathy	77,399	42.76	+7.43
	NTK	P. Pachimuthu	9,203	5.08	+4.57
	DMDK	K. Chandralekha	2,701	1.49	−7.03
	MNM	Poyathu @ Anbin S. Poyyamozhi	2,079	1.15	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,523	0.84	−0.36
Margin of victory			9,753	5.39	5.33
Turnout			181,015	78.52	−0.42
Rejected ballots			142	0.08
Registered electors			230,527
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	12.82

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tindivanam^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Seethapathy	61,879	35.33	*New*
	AIADMK	S. P. Rajendran	61,778	35.27	−17.32
	PMK	A. Kalidoss	29,848	17.04	−25.41
	DMDK	M. Udhayakumar	14,928	8.52	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,112	1.21	New
	BJP	B. Poovazhagi	1,509	0.86	+0.2
	NTK	G. Bhuvaneshwari	908	0.52	New
Margin of victory			101	0.06	−10.09
Turnout			175,150	78.94	−2.33
Registered electors			221,864
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-17.26

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tindivanam^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Haridoss	80,553	52.59	+5.55
	PMK	M. P. Sankar	65,016	42.45	−2.74
	Independent	M. Munusamy	2,071	1.35	New
	IJK	R. Radhika	1,125	0.73	New
	BJP	M. Venugopal	1,010	0.66	+0.09
Margin of victory			15,537	10.14	8.28
Turnout			153,169	81.27	3.94
Registered electors			188,461
	AIADMK hold		Swing	5.55

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tindivanam^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. V. Shanmugam	55,856	47.04	−6.27
	PMK	M. Karunanithi	53,648	45.18	New
	DMDK	K. Lakshmanan	4,364	3.68	New
	Independent	K. Manickam	2,102	1.77	New
	Independent	S. Thanasekaran	827	0.70	New
	BJP	I. M. Sekar Nayakar	674	0.57	New
Margin of victory			2,208	1.86	−9.94
Turnout			118,735	77.34	14.63
Registered electors			153,528
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-6.27

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tindivanam^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. V. Shanmugam	54,884	53.31	*New*
	DMK	R. Sedunathan	42,736	41.51	−3.89
	MDMK	S. Ravi	2,353	2.29	−14.15
	Independent	M. Megesh	2,182	2.12	New
	Independent	G. Iniyadayalan	801	0.78	New
Margin of victory			12,148	11.80	−13.55
Turnout			102,956	62.71	−5.93
Registered electors			164,200
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	7.91

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tindivanam^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Sedunathan	45,448	45.40	+14.75
	PMK	M. Karunanithi	20,068	20.05	New
	MDMK	R. Masilamani	16,449	16.43	New
	INC	D. Rajaram	16,018	16.00	−34.58
	BJP	S. Moorthy	523	0.52	New
Margin of victory			25,380	25.35	5.43
Turnout			100,106	68.64	0.79
Registered electors			153,450
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-5.18

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tindivanam^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Pannirselvam	48,317	50.58	+15.61
	DMK	R. Masilamani	29,282	30.65	−17.4
	PMK	M. Karuranidhi	16,580	17.36	New
	BSP	K. Sadaian	577	0.60	New
Margin of victory			19,035	19.93	6.84
Turnout			95,532	67.85	3.41
Registered electors			145,939
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	2.52

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tindivanam^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Masilamani	39,504	48.05	*New*
	INC	Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy	28,749	34.97	−23.7
	AIADMK	G. R. Ravindhran	6,258	7.61	New
	AIADMK	K. M. Thangamani	4,478	5.45	New
	Independent	S. Gandhidass	941	1.14	New
	Independent	T. R. Maheswaran	525	0.64	New
Margin of victory			10,755	13.08	−11.88
Turnout			82,210	64.44	−7.11
Registered electors			129,844
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-10.61

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tindivanam^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. M. Thangamani Gounder	45,404	58.67	+16.33
	JP	Subramanya Kounder	26,088	33.71	New
	Independent	S. Krishnan	3,596	4.65	New
	Independent	K. Semmaneri Gounder K.	2,306	2.98	New
Margin of victory			19,316	24.96	17.17
Turnout			77,394	71.55	5.39
Registered electors			113,711
	INC hold		Swing	16.33

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tindivanam^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. M. Thangamani Gounder	29,778	42.33	+12.78
	AIADMK	Erajaram Reddy	24,302	34.55	+11.02
	JP	Radhakrishnan	15,953	22.68	New
Margin of victory			5,476	7.78	4.92
Turnout			70,343	66.16	2.06
Registered electors			107,921
	INC hold		Swing	12.78

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tindivanam^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. R. Erajaram Reddy	18,990	29.55	−6.72
	JP	R. Radhakrishnan	17,150	26.69	New
	AIADMK	G. Rajaram	15,117	23.52	New
	DMK	G. Venkatraman	11,958	18.61	−37.22
	Independent	P. M. Ranganathan	1,046	1.63	New
Margin of victory			1,840	2.86	−16.69
Turnout			64,261	64.10	−8.77
Registered electors			101,610
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-26.27

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tindivanam^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Rajaram	33,933	55.83	+7.41
	INC	K. Ramamurthy	22,048	36.27	−15.31
	Independent	C. Renganathan	3,960	6.51	New
	Independent	M. R. Reddy	843	1.39	New
Margin of victory			11,885	19.55	16.38
Turnout			60,784	72.87	−3.53
Registered electors			95,171
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	4.24

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tindivanam^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Ramamoorthy	34,106	51.59	+6.69
	DMK	A. Thangavelu	32,008	48.41	+3.08
Margin of victory			2,098	3.17	2.74
Turnout			66,114	76.39	4.61
Registered electors			89,697
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	6.26

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tindivanam^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Thangavelu A.	27,687	45.33	*New*
	INC	Veerappa Kounder P.	27,422	44.90	+24.23
	CPI	R. Murugesan	4,927	8.07	New
	Independent	M. Krishnan	1,044	1.71	New
Margin of victory			265	0.43	−1.51
Turnout			61,080	71.79	−17.44
Registered electors			88,723
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing	18.33

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tindivanam^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Veerappa Goundar	37,448	27.00
	Independent	M. Jagannathan	34,753	25.06
	INC	Venugopal Koundar	28,658	20.66	0.32
	INC	Pichaikuppan (Sc)	22,941	16.54	−3.80
	Independent	Kannan (Sc)	5,563	4.01
	Independent	Thiruneelakantar	4,730	3.41
	Independent	S. Arumugha Mudaliar	4,586	3.31
Margin of victory			2,695	1.94	−2.70
Turnout			1,38,679	89.23	−14.55
Registered electors			1,55,419
	Independent gain from TTP		Swing	-2.09

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tindivanam^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TTP	M. Jagannathan	48,783	29.09
	TTP	Venugopala Gounder	40,998	24.45
	INC	Balasundaram	34,119	20.35	20.35
	INC	Venkatakrishna Reddiar	33,414	19.92	19.92
	Independent	Ganapathi	10,385	6.19
Margin of victory			7,785	4.64
Turnout			1,67,699	103.78
Registered electors			1,61,593
	TTP win (new seat)

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