Chidambaram Assembly constituency

Chidambaram is a legislative assembly in Cuddalore district, which includes the city of Chidambaram.^[2] It is a part of Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Chidambaram
Constituency No. 158 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Cuddalore
Lok Sabha constituency	Chidambaram
Established	1951
Total electors	2,50,998[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. A. Pandian
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Election	Name	Party
1952	Swami Sahajananda		Indian National Congress
1957	G. Vagheesam Pillai
1962	S. Sivasubramanian
1967	R. Kanagasabai Pillai

Tamil Nadu

Election	Duration	Name	Party
1971	1971-1977	P. Ponchokkalingam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	1977-1980	Kaliyamoorthy Durai
1980	1980-1984	K. R. Ganapathi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	1984-1989
1989	1989-1991	D. Krishnamoorthy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	1991-1996	K. S. Alagiri		Indian National Congress
1996	1996-2001			Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	2001-2006	K. Durai Saravanan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	2006-2011	A. Arunmozhithevan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	2011-2016	K. Balakrishnan		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2016	2016-2021	K. A. Pandian		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	2021-Incumbent

Election results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. A. Pandian	91,961	50.49%	16.17%
	IUML	S. Abdul Rahman	75,024	41.19%
	NTK	Natarajan Krishnamoorthy	9,071	4.98%	4.22%
	MNM	G. Devasagayam	2,953	1.62%
	AMMK	M. Nanthinidevi	1,388	0.76%
	NOTA	Nota	1,202	0.66%	−0.34%
Margin of victory			16,937	9.30%	8.42%
Turnout			1,82,150	72.57%	−1.88%
Rejected ballots			378	0.21%
Registered electors			2,50,998
	AIADMK hold		Swing	16.17%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. A. Pandian	58,543	34.31%
	DMK	Senthilkumar K R	57,037	33.43%	−12.95%
	PMK	Arul R	24,226	14.20%
	CPI(M)	Balakrishnan K	23,314	13.66%	−34.64%
	SDPI	Abdul Satthar G	1,775	1.04%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,714	1.00%
	NTK	Sathishkumar B (A) Baakyaa	1,295	0.76%
	BJP	Manimaran G	1,079	0.63%	−2.07%
	Independent	Vinoba C	440	0.26%
	Independent	Dhivakar S	388	0.23%
	Independent	Senthilkumar R	302	0.18%
Margin of victory			1,506	0.88%	−1.05%
Turnout			1,70,619	74.45%	−3.46%
Registered electors			2,29,162
	AIADMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-13.99%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Balakrishnan. K	72,054	48.30%	12.72%
	DMK	Sridhar Vandaiyar	69,175	46.37%
	BJP	V. Kannan	4,034	2.70%	1.76%
	LJP	R. Panneer	1,010	0.68%
	Independent	C. Vinoba	933	0.63%
	Independent	S. Sankar	591	0.40%
	Independent	A. Arulprakasam	478	0.32%
	Independent	K. Sathyamoorthy	459	0.31%
	BSP	K. Chellaiah	432	0.29%	−0.12%
Margin of victory			2,879	1.93%	−13.21%
Turnout			1,91,446	77.92%	2.47%
Registered electors			1,49,166
	CPI(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-2.41%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Arunmozhithevan	56,327	50.71%
	CPI(M)	Balakrishnan. K	39,517	35.58%
	DMDK	Rajamannan. P	10,303	9.28%
	BJP	Srinivasan. A.	1,054	0.95%
	Independent	Velmurugan. P	954	0.86%
	Independent	Vinoba. C	797	0.72%
	BSP	Barathidasan. K	453	0.41%
	Independent	Sundaravinayagam. N	326	0.29%
	Independent	Balakrishnan. R	275	0.25%
	Independent	Jaisankar. P	207	0.19%
	Independent	Balakrishnan. K	147	0.13%
Margin of victory			16,810	15.14%	3.65%
Turnout			1,11,066	75.44%	13.33%
Registered electors			1,47,220
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-1.98%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Saravanan Durai K.	54,647	52.70%
	PMK	T. Arivuselvan	42,732	41.21%
	MDMK	K. V. Mohana Sundar	3,765	3.63%	−2.31%
	Independent	Jayaraj. V	1,089	1.05%
	Independent	S. Anbazhagan	958	0.92%
	RJD	K. Aravamuthan	262	0.25%
	JD(S)	N. Ramamoorthy	249	0.24%
Margin of victory			11,915	11.49%	−16.67%
Turnout			1,03,702	62.12%	−8.80%
Registered electors			1,67,006
	DMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	2.17%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	K. S. Alagiri	52,066	50.52%
	INC	A. Radhakrishnan	23,050	22.37%	−28.83%
	PMK	K. Devadoss	19,737	19.15%
	MDMK	Durai Krishnamoorthy	6,121	5.94%
	Independent	N. Manickam	241	0.23%
	Independent	R. Palanivel	238	0.23%
	Independent	K. Saravanan	206	0.20%
	Independent	M. Azhappan	157	0.15%
	Independent	K. Panneerselvam	153	0.15%
	Independent	B. Sekar	149	0.14%
	Independent	A. Santhanam	139	0.13%
Margin of victory			29,016	28.16%	7.52%
Turnout			1,03,050	70.91%	1.77%
Registered electors			1,51,992
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-0.68%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. S. Alagiri	48,767	51.20%	28.78%
	DMK	M. R. K. Panneerselvam	29,114	30.57%	−11.57%
	PMK	Devadasu K.	15,913	16.71%
	Independent	Sanjeevi K.	443	0.47%
	Independent	Deivanayagam K.	277	0.29%
	THMM	Thangaraj R.	246	0.26%
	Independent	Dharman K.	234	0.25%
	Independent	Azeezkhan M. P.	148	0.16%
	Independent	Subramanian Thanga	102	0.11%
Margin of victory			19,653	20.63%	0.92%
Turnout			95,244	69.14%	1.55%
Registered electors			1,42,369
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	9.06%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Krishnamoorthy. D.	35,738	42.14%	−1.70%
	INC	Radhakrishnan. A.	19,018	22.42%
	Independent	Arumugam. N.	12,363	14.58%
	AIADMK	Panneerselvam. K.P.	10,088	11.89%	−42.65%
	CPI	Manivasagam. T.	5,371	6.33%
	Independent	Dharuman. K.	706	0.83%
	Independent	Umapathi. B.	496	0.58%
	Independent	Rathinasamy. N.	450	0.53%
	Independent	Arasan. P.	359	0.42%
	Independent	Paramaguru. R.K.	96	0.11%
	Independent	Balasekaran. S.	81	0.10%
Margin of victory			16,720	19.71%	9.00%
Turnout			84,813	67.60%	−11.60%
Registered electors			1,27,893
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-12.41%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. R. Ganapathi	47,067	54.55%	2.84%
	DMK	K. S. Subramanian	37,824	43.84%	−3.82%
	Independent	D. Arulmozhi	1,171	1.36%
	Independent	K. Tharuman Pathar	223	0.26%
Margin of victory			9,243	10.71%	6.66%
Turnout			86,285	79.20%	6.37%
Registered electors			1,14,114
	AIADMK hold		Swing	2.84%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. R. Ganapathi	41,728	51.71%	24.96%
	DMK	Kaliyamoorthy Durai	38,461	47.66%	16.36%
	Independent	Murugesan. A	281	0.35%
	Independent	Dharuman Pathar. K	229	0.28%
Margin of victory			3,267	4.05%	−0.50%
Turnout			80,699	72.83%	5.14%
Registered electors			1,12,269
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	20.41%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Kaliyamoorthy Durai	22,917	31.30%	−19.04%
	AIADMK	Muthugovindarajan	19,586	26.75%
	INC	B. Umapathy	15,644	21.36%	−26.61%
	JP	A. Sambandam	10,960	14.97%
	Independent	N. Rathinasamy	1,817	2.48%
	Independent	M. Sanjeevi	1,422	1.94%
	Independent	K. Dharuman	474	0.65%
	Independent	R. Kannusamy	406	0.55%
Margin of victory			3,331	4.55%	2.19%
Turnout			73,226	67.68%	−8.92%
Registered electors			1,09,561
	DMK hold		Swing	-19.04%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Ponchokkalingam	35,750	50.33%	3.34%
	INC	R. Gopalkrishnan	34,071	47.97%	−1.21%
	Independent	Satchidanandama	1,206	1.70%
Margin of victory			1,679	2.36%	0.17%
Turnout			71,027	76.60%	−4.86%
Registered electors			95,620
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	1.15%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Kanagasabai Pillai	34,911	49.18%	−4.16%
	DMK	P. Ponchockalingam	33,356	46.99%	8.97%
	Independent	R. Govindarajan	1,881	2.65%
	Independent	P. Natarajan	834	1.17%
Margin of victory			1,555	2.19%	−13.12%
Turnout			70,982	81.46%	15.15%
Registered electors			90,560
	INC hold		Swing	-4.16%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Sivasubramanian	33,438	53.34%	30.59%
	DMK	Arumugham K.	23,837	38.02%
	CPI	A. Munusami	5,413	8.63%
Margin of victory			9,601	15.32%	15.21%
Turnout			62,688	66.31%	−32.83%
Registered electors			98,172
	INC hold		Swing	30.59%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. Vagheesam Pillai	37,255	22.75%	−4.56%
	Independent	Chockalingam	30,345	18.53%
	Independent	S. Sivasubramanian	26,489	16.17%
	Independent	Gopalakrishnan	23,546	14.38%
	Independent	V. Kuppusamy (Sc)	5,420	3.31%
	Independent	A. Shanmugam (Sc)	3,643	2.22%
Margin of victory			166	0.10%	−4.10%
Turnout			1,63,787	99.14%	−10.84%
Registered electors			1,65,203
	INC hold		Swing	-4.56%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Swami Sahajananda	39,509	27.31%	27.31%
	TTP	Swamikannu	30,517	21.09%
	RPI	Kuppuswami	9,606	6.64%
	Socialist	Govindarajan	5,861	4.05%
Margin of victory			8,992	4.20%
Turnout			1,44,680	109.98%
Registered electors			1,31,550
	INC win (new seat)