Tirunavalur Assembly constituency

10°47′15″N 78°46′35″E Thirunavalur is a state assembly constituency in kallakurichi district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Thirunavalur
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kallakurichi
LS constituency	Thindivanam
Established	1967
Abolished	2011
Total electors	1,66,440

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1977	L. Arumugam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	V. Subramanian		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	T. N. G. A. Manoharan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	A. V. Balasubramaniyan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	J. Pannerselvam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	A. J. Manikannan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	K. G. P. Gnanamoorthy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	R. Kumaraguru		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thirunavalur^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Kumaraguru	57,235	45.49%	−7.02%
	DMK	V. S. Veerapandian	51,048	40.57%	1.18%
	DMDK	M. S. Udhayakumar	11,366	9.03%
	Independent	M. Verapathiran	2,116	1.68%
	BJP	B. Muthukumar	1,596	1.27%
	BSP	A. Partheban	672	0.53%
	Independent	G. M. Pandurngan	601	0.48%
	SP	N. Samykannu	308	0.24%
	Independent	D. Vijayaragavan	295	0.23%
	Independent	S. Kumaraguru	279	0.22%
	Independent	R. Periyasamy	180	0.14%
Margin of victory			6,187	4.92%	−8.21%
Turnout			125,832	75.60%	7.93%
Registered electors			166,440
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-7.02%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thirunavalur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. G. P. Gnanamoorthy	59,115	52.51%	22.90%
	DMK	A. J. Manikannan	44,342	39.39%	−1.89%
	MDMK	A. Poorani	4,549	4.04%	−10.51%
	Independent	V. Ranganathan	2,787	2.48%
	RSP	M. Ethirajan	1,786	1.59%
Margin of victory			14,773	13.12%	1.45%
Turnout			112,579	67.67%	−4.00%
Registered electors			166,402
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	11.23%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thirunavalur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. J. Manikannan	43,983	41.28%	11.68%
	AIADMK	K. G. P. Gnanamoorthy	31,547	29.61%	−29.19%
	MDMK	A. V. Balasubramaniyan	15,505	14.55%
	Independent	V. Subramaniyan	7,238	6.79%
	PMK	M. Anbalagan	6,570	6.17%
	Independent	K. Gnanasekar	872	0.82%
	RPI	N. Arumugham	324	0.30%
	Independent	S. Balaji	274	0.26%
	Independent	P. George Fathima	235	0.22%
Margin of victory			12,436	11.67%	−17.53%
Turnout			106,548	71.67%	−0.40%
Registered electors			155,662
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-17.52%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thirunavalur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	J. Panneer Selvam	56,353	58.80%	35.77%
	DMK	A. V. Bala Subramaniyam	28,367	29.60%	−11.86%
	PMK	M. Abbaiagan	10,328	10.78%
	Independent	P. Sankar Alias Adisankar	296	0.31%
	THMM	V. Abbay	292	0.30%
	Independent	N. Anantharanganathan	199	0.21%
Margin of victory			27,986	29.20%	10.78%
Turnout			95,835	72.07%	−2.68%
Registered electors			139,727
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	17.35%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thirunavalur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. V. Bala Subramaniyan	38,948	41.46%	1.46%
	AIADMK	P. Kannan	21,640	23.03%	−26.76%
	INC	R. Manickam Alias Pandian	16,907	18.00%
	AIADMK	T. N. G. A. Manoharan	12,826	13.65%	−36.14%
	Independent	P. George	953	1.01%
	Independent	K. V. Bhuvaraga Murthi	684	0.73%
	Independent	K. Dhandapani	631	0.67%
	Independent	M. Ramalingam	559	0.60%
	Independent	P. Sankar Alias Athisankar	289	0.31%
	Independent	R. Selvambal	231	0.25%
	Independent	P. Arulmani	132	0.14%
Margin of victory			17,308	18.42%	8.63%
Turnout			93,948	74.75%	−2.68%
Registered electors			129,141
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-8.33%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thirunavalur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. N. G. A. Menoharan	40,539	49.79%	1.73%
	DMK	A. V. Balasubramanian	32,566	40.00%	−8.29%
	Independent	L. Arumugam	7,226	8.88%
	Independent	Sankar Adisankar	1,087	1.34%
Margin of victory			7,973	9.79%	9.56%
Turnout			81,418	77.43%	5.83%
Registered electors			112,818
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	1.51%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thirunavalur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Subramanian	36,517	48.29%	20.52%
	AIADMK	T. N. G. A. Manoharan	36,344	48.06%	13.10%
	Independent	A. Jayaraman	1,749	2.31%
	Independent	D. Duraivelaven	1,017	1.34%
Margin of victory			173	0.23%	−6.96%
Turnout			75,627	71.60%	2.32%
Registered electors			107,743
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	13.32%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thirunavalur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	L. Arumugam	24,087	34.96%
	DMK	V. Subramanian	19,132	27.77%
	INC	K. Ramamoorthi	12,257	17.79%
	JP	C. Lakshminarayanan	7,479	10.86%
	Independent	A. Yesadian	3,862	5.61%
	Independent	C. Krishnaswamy	761	1.10%
	Independent	S. A. Gopalakrishnan	714	1.04%
	Independent	A. Veeraswamy	357	0.52%
	Independent	E. Narasimha Naidu	248	0.36%
Margin of victory			4,955	7.19%
Turnout			68,897	69.27%
Registered electors			101,702
	AIADMK win (new seat)

References

1. "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
2. Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
3. Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
4. Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
5. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
6. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
7. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
8. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
9. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

External links

• "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.