Thirunallar Assembly constituency

Thirunallar is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India.^[1][2] Thirunallar Assembly constituency was part of Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency.

Thirunallar
Constituency No. 25 for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Karaikal
Lok Sabha constituency	Puducherry
Established	1964
Total electors	31,204
Reservation	None
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1964	Subarayalu		Indian National Congress
1969	R. Supprayalu Naicker		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1974	A. Soundararengan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	N. V. Ramalingam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	N. V. Ramalingam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1985	A. Sonudararengan		Independent politician
1990	R. Kamalakkannan		Independent politician
1991	A. Soundararengan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	R. Kamalakannan		Indian National Congress
2001	R. Kamalakkannan		Indian National Congress
2006	P. R. Siva		Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	P. R. Siva		All India N.R. Congress
2016	R. Kamalakkannan		Indian National Congress
2021	P. R. Siva		Independent politician

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			36.45%
2016			51.30%
2011			50.77%
2006			49.69%
2001			42.00%
1996			48.53%
1991			41.37%
1990			35.70%
1985			45.19%
1980			44.44%
1977			34.06%
1974			49.31%
1969			54.12%
1964			68.92%

Assembly Election 2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. R. Siva	9,796	36.45%
	BJP	S. Rajasekaran	8,416	31.32%
	INC	R. Kamalakkannan	7,731	28.77%	−22.53%
	NTK	M. Sikkanthar Batsha	347	1.29%
	NOTA	Nota	173	0.64%	−0.27%
	DMDK	K. Guru @ Sintha	127	0.47%
Margin of victory			1,380	5.14%	−6.09%
Turnout			26,874	85.93%	1.03%
Registered electors			31,276		3.67%
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	-14.85%

Assembly Election 2016

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Kamalakkannan	13,138	51.30%	4.17%
	AINRC	P. R. Siva	10,263	40.07%
	PMK	K. Devamani	1,261	4.92%
	NOTA	None of the Above	233	0.91%
	AIADMK	G. Murugaiyan	220	0.86%
	MDMK	Ambalavanan	129	0.50%
	Independent	R. Lourdumary	115	0.45%
Margin of victory			2,875	11.23%	7.58%
Turnout			25,611	84.89%	−1.38%
Registered electors			30,169		12.92%
	INC gain from AINRC		Swing	0.53%

Assembly Election 2011

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AINRC	P. R. Siva	11,702	50.77%
	INC	R. Kamalakannan	10,862	47.12%	−0.61%
	Independent	G. Chandrasekaran	198	0.86%
	Independent	M. Srinivasan	174	0.75%
	BSP	V. Maheswari	114	0.49%	−0.12%
Margin of victory			840	3.64%	1.69%
Turnout			23,050	86.27%	−1.58%
Registered electors			26,718		61.16%
	AINRC gain from MDMK		Swing	1.08%

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDMK	P. R. Siva	7,237	49.69%
	INC	R. Kamalakkannan	6,952	47.73%	5.73%
	BJP	J. Arumugam	177	1.22%
	DMDK	R. Sivakumar	109	0.75%
	BSP	M. Sadick Ali	90	0.62%
Margin of victory			285	1.96%	−4.08%
Turnout			14,565	87.85%	13.64%
Registered electors			16,579		−4.13%
	MDMK gain from INC		Swing	7.68%

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Kamalakkannan	5,390	42.00%	−6.53%
	DMK	N. V. R. Arivoli	4,615	35.96%	−3.56%
	PMK	S. Ambalavanan	2,827	22.03%	10.09%
Margin of victory			775	6.04%	−2.97%
Turnout			12,832	74.22%	2.12%
Registered electors			17,294		7.37%
	INC hold		Swing	0.64%

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Kamalakannan	6,063	48.53%	26.38%
	DMK	A. Soundarengan	4,938	39.53%	−1.84%
	PMK	S. Ambalavanan	1,492	11.94%	4.59%
Margin of victory			1,125	9.01%	−4.22%
Turnout			12,493	78.92%	6.83%
Registered electors			16,107		5.81%
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	7.16%

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Soundararengan	4,401	41.37%	9.36%
	Independent	R. Kamalakkannan	2,994	28.14%
	INC	S. P. Selvashanmugham	2,357	22.15%
	PMK	S. Ambalavanan	782	7.35%	−2.13%
	Independent	D. K. Durairaj	50	0.47%
Margin of victory			1,407	13.22%	9.54%
Turnout			10,639	72.09%	−4.83%
Registered electors			15,222		0.81%
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing	5.67%

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Kamalakkannan	4,124	35.70%
	DMK	A. Soundararengan	3,698	32.01%	−4.98%
	AIADMK	P. Sathiadasan	2,487	21.53%	7.42%
	PMK	S. Ambalavanan	1,095	9.48%
	JP	Pon. Selvaraj	135	1.17%
Margin of victory			426	3.69%	−4.52%
Turnout			11,553	76.92%	−4.85%
Registered electors			15,100		29.99%
	Independent hold		Swing	-9.50%

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Sonudararengan	4,246	45.19%
	DMK	R. Kamalakkannan	3,475	36.99%	−7.45%
	AIADMK	N. Ramadass	1,325	14.10%	−28.19%
	JP	D. Ramadoss	311	3.31%
Margin of victory			771	8.21%	6.05%
Turnout			9,395	81.77%	−2.23%
Registered electors			11,616		15.87%
	Independent gain from DMK		Swing	0.75%

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. V. Ramalingam	3,573	44.44%	10.38%
	AIADMK	A. Soundararengam	3,400	42.29%	11.80%
	Independent	V. Arunachalam	629	7.82%
	Independent	R. Renganathan	222	2.76%
	Independent	S. R. Indirsetan	216	2.69%
Margin of victory			173	2.15%	−1.42%
Turnout			8,040	84.00%	4.42%
Registered electors			10,025		1.44%
	DMK hold		Swing	10.38%

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. V. Ramalingam	2,654	34.06%	−15.25%
	AIADMK	A. Soundarengan	2,376	30.49%	15.52%
	INC	P. Shanmugam	1,811	23.24%
	JP	S. Aragasamy	952	12.22%
Margin of victory			278	3.57%	−10.02%
Turnout			7,793	79.58%	−9.71%
Registered electors			9,883		13.60%
	DMK hold		Swing	-15.25%

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Soundararengan	3,742	49.31%	−4.81%
	INC(O)	S. Arangasamy	2,711	35.72%
	AIADMK	S. M. A. Mohamed Arif	1,136	14.97%
Margin of victory			1,031	13.59%	3.54%
Turnout			7,589	89.29%	1.38%
Registered electors			8,700		17.05%
	DMK hold		Swing	-4.81%

Assembly Election 1969

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Supprayalu Naicker	3,455	54.12%
	INC	V. Arunasalam	2,814	44.08%	−24.84%
	Independent	S. Kathaperumal	115	1.80%
Margin of victory			641	10.04%	−28.35%
Turnout			6,384	87.91%	2.27%
Registered electors			7,433		7.94%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-14.80%

Assembly Election 1964

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Thirunallar^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Subarayalu	4,000	68.92%
	Independent	Sathiamourthy	1,772	30.53%
	Independent	Arunachalam	32	0.55%
Margin of victory			2,228	38.39%
Turnout			5,804	85.64%
Registered electors			6,886
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• Puducherry district