8°42′N 77°28′E / 8.7°N 77.47°E / 8.7; 77.47

Ambasamudram
Constituency No. 225 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
LS constituencyTirunelveli
Total electors245,003
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AIADMK
Elected year2021

Ambasamudram is a constituency in Tamil Nadu legislative assembly, that includes the city, Ambasamudram. It is a part of the Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency. In 2011 election, the constituency had 193,552 total electorate comprising 96,157 males and 97,395 females. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Madras State

Assembly Year Winner Party
First 1952 P. Chockalingam Independent
Second 1957 G. Gomathisankara Dikshidar Indian National Congress
Third 1962
Fourth 1967

Tamil Nadu

Assembly Year Winner Party
Fifth 1971 S. Shanmugamuthu Thevar Indian National Congress
Sixth 1977 Easwarmoorthy (Soranam) Communist Party of India
Seventh 1980
Eighth 1984 Balasubramanian All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth 1989 K. Ravi Arunan Indian National Congress
Tenth 1991 R. Murugaiah Pandian All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh 1996 R. Avudaiyappan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth 2001 M. Sakthivel Murugan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth 2006 R. Avudaiyappan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth 2011 E. Subaya All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth 2016 R. Murugaiah Pandian
Sixteenth 2021[1] E. Subaya

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
 47.96%
2016
 
 45.80%
2011
 
 55.11%
2006
 
 45.66%
2001
 
 48.04%
1996
 
 48.89%
1991
 
 65.33%
1989
 
 34.17%
1984
 
 54.75%
1980
 
 47.39%
1977
 
 35.33%
1971
 
 46.52%
1967
 
 46.35%
1962
 
 38.16%
1957
 
 50.52%
1952
 
 43.14%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ambasamudram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Esakki Subaya 85,211 47.96% 2.16%
DMK Avudaiappan R 68,296 38.44% 0.32%
NTK Shenbaga Valli 13,735 7.73% 6.69%
AMMK C. Rani Ranjitham 4,194 2.36%
MNM Sengulam Ganesan C 2,807 1.58%
NOTA Nota 1,673 0.94% -0.25%
Margin of victory 16,915 9.52% 1.84%
Turnout 177,681 72.52% -0.45%
Registered electors 245,003
AIADMK hold Swing 2.16%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ambasamudram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK R. Murugaiah Pandian 78,555 45.80% -9.31%
DMK Avudaiappan. R 65,389 38.12% -0.07%
CPI(M) P. Karpagavalli 13,690 7.98%
BJP V. Sasikala 4,711 2.75% 0.90%
NOTA None of the Above 2,041 1.19%
NTK S. Thennarasu 1,778 1.04%
PMK R. Anbalagan 1,310 0.76%
Independent S. P. Rajavelu 645 0.38%
Independent N. Ravichandran 635 0.37%
Independent Suresh Pandian. S 555 0.32%
BSP S. Eswari 416 0.24% -0.10%
Margin of victory 13,166 7.68% -9.24%
Turnout 171,528 72.97% -2.11%
Registered electors 235,065
AIADMK hold Swing -9.31%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ambasamudram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK E Subaya 80,156 55.11% 24.00%
DMK R Avudaiappan 55,547 38.19% -7.48%
JMM S Nambirajan 2,971 2.04%
BJP N Balachandran 2,688 1.85% 0.53%
Independent S Sureshkumar 1,466 1.01%
Independent Charles Ambedkar R 753 0.52%
BSP Mariammal @ Muthumari 497 0.34% -0.55%
Independent Kumar M 342 0.24%
Independent Arunkumar @ Arulkumar 330 0.23%
IJK Sudaroli Murugan Yadav. S. 214 0.15%
Independent Avudaiyappan S 156 0.11%
Margin of victory 24,609 16.92% 2.36%
Turnout 193,734 75.08% 8.68%
Registered electors 145,460
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 9.44%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ambasamudram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Avudaiyappanr. 49,345 45.66% 2.11%
AIADMK Murugaiah Pandian. R. 33,614 31.11% -16.93%
JD(U) Narayanan A 16,370 15.15%
DMDK Ponraj. S 2,412 2.23%
AIFB Venkatasalam. M 1,541 1.43%
BJP Anburaj Subramanian S. V 1,425 1.32%
BSP Ganesan. E 959 0.89%
Independent Velmurugan 650 0.60%
Independent Vaithiyalingam. R. 580 0.54%
Independent Ramesh. R 386 0.36%
Independent Ravindran. M. V. 278 0.26%
Margin of victory 15,731 14.56% 10.07%
Turnout 108,059 66.40% 8.56%
Registered electors 162,742
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -2.37%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ambasamudram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Sakthivel Murugan. M. 43,021 48.04% 20.02%
DMK Avudaiappan. R 39,001 43.55% -5.34%
MDMK Franklin Selvaraj 3,894 4.35% -9.40%
Independent Thangaraja. K. 1,655 1.85%
SP Murugadasan. G 754 0.84%
Independent Singanatham Shanmuga Thevar. K. P 635 0.71%
Independent Arumugam. S 318 0.36%
Independent Arulmani. A. 151 0.17%
Independent Arinarayanan. M 125 0.14%
Margin of victory 4,020 4.49% -16.38%
Turnout 89,554 57.84% -10.65%
Registered electors 154,974
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -0.85%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ambasamudram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK R. Avudaiappan 46,116 48.89%
AIADMK R. Murugaiah Pandian 26,427 28.02% -37.32%
MDMK K. Meena Zacharias 12,969 13.75%
BJP M. Mariyappan 1,863 1.98%
JP M. Arumugaperumal 1,802 1.91%
Independent R. Achutha Nadar 1,386 1.47%
Independent S. Pannai Krishna Kanthan (Lion) 1,284 1.36%
AIIC(T) C. Gunasekaran 1,199 1.27%
Independent R. Muthuraj 134 0.14%
Independent M. Abubacker 130 0.14%
Independent S. Gopal @ Gopi 127 0.13%
Margin of victory 19,689 20.87% -12.36%
Turnout 94,324 68.49% -0.30%
Registered electors 144,992
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -16.44%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ambasamudram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Murukgaiah Pandian R. 57,433 65.33% 35.64%
CPI(M) Chellappa S. 28,219 32.10% 6.64%
PMK Poothathan S. 1,004 1.14%
JP Sivan P. 441 0.50%
Independent Ramasamy Mudaliar A. 253 0.29%
THMM Arunachalam P. 243 0.28%
Independent Ramasamy C. 151 0.17%
Independent Gopalakrishnan E. 103 0.12%
Independent Yovan M. 60 0.07%
Margin of victory 29,214 33.23% 28.76%
Turnout 87,907 68.79% -5.35%
Registered electors 132,041
AIADMK gain from INC Swing 31.17%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ambasamudram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ravi Arunan. K. M 31,337 34.17% 33.05%
AIADMK Murugiah. Pandian. R. M 27,234 29.69% -25.06%
CPI(M) Pandian. M. M 23,354 25.46% -18.67%
Independent Durai. R. S. K. M 5,762 6.28%
Independent Paramasivan. N. M 1,237 1.35%
Independent Ganapathy. R. M 636 0.69%
Independent Ramasamy. A. M 315 0.34%
Independent Shanmuga Thever. K. P. M 267 0.29%
Independent Gopalkrishnan. E. M 256 0.28%
Independent Sankaran. S. M 234 0.26%
Independent Ramaswamy. A. M 232 0.25%
Margin of victory 4,103 4.47% -6.14%
Turnout 91,721 74.14% -1.62%
Registered electors 125,960
INC gain from AIADMK Swing -20.58%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ambasamudram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Balasubramanian 44,707 54.75%
CPI(M) Nallasivan A. 36,041 44.14% -3.25%
INC Eramasamy. M. 910 1.11% -39.78%
Margin of victory 8,666 10.61% 4.11%
Turnout 81,658 75.76% 11.72%
Registered electors 113,411
AIADMK gain from CPI(M) Swing 7.36%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ambasamudram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Easwarmoorthy Alias Soranam 31,262 47.39% 12.06%
INC Sangumuthu Thevarm S. 26,975 40.89%
Independent Subramaniam. K. V. 6,999 10.61%
Independent Sethuramasamy. N. 730 1.11%
Margin of victory 4,287 6.50% 3.80%
Turnout 65,966 64.04% -2.96%
Registered electors 104,484
CPI(M) hold Swing 12.06%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ambasamudram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Eswaramoorthy Alias Soranam 23,356 35.33%
CPI R. Nallakannu 21,569 32.63%
JP S.S. Rajalinga Raja 12,208 18.47%
DMK P. Arumugam 8,114 12.27% -29.05%
Independent K.M. Arunasalam 863 1.31%
Margin of victory 1,787 2.70% -2.49%
Turnout 66,110 67.00% -7.92%
Registered electors 99,927
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing -11.19%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ambasamudram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sangumuthu Thevar S. 31,192 46.52% 0.17%
DMK Ananthakrishnan R. V. 27,707 41.32%
CPI(M) Nallasivan A. 8,148 12.15%
Margin of victory 3,485 5.20% 1.40%
Turnout 67,047 74.93% -2.37%
Registered electors 94,781
INC hold Swing 0.17%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ambasamudram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC G. Gomathisankara Dikshidar 30,682 46.35% 8.19%
CPI(M) A. Nallasivan 28,169 42.55%
CPI R. Nallakannu 7,345 11.10%
Margin of victory 2,513 3.80% -4.56%
Turnout 66,196 77.29% 0.96%
Registered electors 88,528
INC hold Swing 8.19%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ambasamudram[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC G. Gomathisankara Dikshidar 25,883 38.16% -12.36%
CPI A. Nallasivan 20,216 29.81%
DMK S. Rathinavelpandian 17,107 25.22%
SWA R. K. Viswanathan 3,907 5.76%
Independent M. P. Annamalai 707 1.04%
Margin of victory 5,667 8.36% -6.20%
Turnout 67,820 76.33% 23.28%
Registered electors 91,722
INC hold Swing -12.36%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : 1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ambasamudram[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC G. Gomathisankara Dikshidar 25,552 50.52% 16.03%
CPI A. Nallasivan 18,191 35.97%
Independent S. Kandasamy 5,516 10.91%
Independent Annamali 1,316 2.60%
Margin of victory 7,361 14.55% 5.91%
Turnout 50,575 53.06% -12.26%
Registered electors 95,325
INC gain from Independent Swing 7.38%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ambasamudram[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent P. Chockalingam 21,538 43.14%
INC Lakshmi Sankara Iyer 17,220 34.49% 34.49%
Socialist Handare Subramaniam 6,144 12.31%
Independent Paul T. Diraviam 4,540 9.09%
Independent Ramalingam 485 0.97%
Margin of victory 4,318 8.65%
Turnout 49,927 65.32%
Registered electors 76,436
Independent win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in.
  2. ^ "1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
Categories