Pudukkottai Assembly constituency
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Pudukottai is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. Election was not held in year 1957.It comes under Tiruchirappalli (Lok Sabha constituency) for Parliament elections.[1]
Madras State
| Year | Winner | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Balakrishnan | TTP |
| 1962 | A. Thiagarajan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1967 | Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman | Indian National Congress |
Tamil Nadu
* By-Elections were held on the account of vacancy due to the demise of the sitting MLA
Election Results
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Periyannan Arassu | 66,739 | 39.19 | ||
| AIADMK | Karthik Thondaiman | 64,655 | 37.97 | ||
| IND | Chokkalingam M | 22,973 | 13.49 | ||
| DMDK | Jahir Hussain N | 7,810 | 4.59 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,637 | 0.96 | ||
| Majority | 2,084 | 1.22 | |||
| Turnout | 1,70,509 | 74.85 | |||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | ||||
Bypoll 2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. R. Karthik Thondaiman | 1,01,998 | 71.16 | ||
| DMDK | Jahir Hussain. N. | 30,500 | 21.28 | ||
| IJK | Srinivasan N | 4,495 | 3.14 | ||
| MNMK | Arivalagan | 1,370 | 0.96 | ||
| Majority | 71,498 | 49.88 | |||
| Turnout | 1,43,346 | 73.49 | |||
| AIADMK gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | S. P. Muthukumaran | 65,466 | 46.78 | ||
| DMK | Periyannan Arassu | 62,365 | 44.56 | ||
| IJK | Srinivasan N | 4,098 | 2.93 | ||
| IND | Bharathan V | 3,901 | 2.79 | ||
| BJP | Selvam Pala | 1,748 | 1.25 | ||
| Majority | 3,101 | 2.22 | |||
| Turnout | 1,40,243 | 79.05 | |||
| CPI gain from AIADMK | Swing | ||||
References
- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.