Chidambaram Assembly Constituency Election Result

Chidambaram is a legislative assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Election results of Chidambaram assembly constituency seat is given below in a table that also lists all MLAs from this seat. Click election year in the table, for more detailed result.

List of all MLA from Chidambaram Assembly Constituency Seat (Tamil Nadu) Click on Year to View Detailed Result
Year	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
2016	Pandian K A	ADMK	58543
2011	K Balakrishnan	CPM	72054
2006	Arunmozhidevan A	AIADMK	56327
2001	Saravanan Durai K	DMK	54647
1996	S Azhagiri	TMC(M)	52066
1991	Alagiri S	INC	48767
1989	Krishnamoorthy, D	DMK	35738
1984	K R Ganpathi	ADK	47067
1980	Ganapathy, K R	ADK	41728
1977	Kaliyamoorthy Durai	DMK	22917
1971	P Ponchokkalingam	DMK	35750

2016 Legislative Assembly Constituency Election
S N	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Pandian K A Male 55 yr GEN	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	58543 34.31%
2	Senthilkumar K R Male 42 yr GEN	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	57037 33.43%
3	Arul R Male 43 yr GEN	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	24226 14.2%
4	Balakrishnan K Male 64 yr GEN	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	23314 13.66%
5	Abdul Satthar G Male 44 yr GEN	SDPI Social Democratic Party Of India	1775 1.04%
6	None Of The Above	NOTA None Of The Above nota	1714 1%
7	Sathishkumar B (a) Baakyaa Male 34 yr SC	NTK Naam Tamilar Katchi	1295 0.76%
8	Manimaran G Male 42 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	1079 0.63%
9	Vinoba C Male 43 yr SC	IND Independent	440 0.26%
10	Dhivakar S Male 29 yr GEN	IND Independent	388 0.23%
11	Senthilkumar R Male 48 yr GEN	IND Independent	302 0.18%
12	Thirunavukkarasu N Male 48 yr GEN	IND Independent	261 0.15%
13	Karvannan K Male 53 yr GEN	IND Independent	152 0.09%
14	Thangapandiyan R Male 26 yr SC	IND Independent	93 0.05%
	Total		170619 74.45%

In 2016, Chidambaram legislative assembly constituency had total 229162 electors. Total number of valid vote was 170619. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Pandian K A won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 58543 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Senthilkumar K R stood second with total 57037 votes. He lost by 1506 votes.

2011 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	K Balakrishnan Male 59 yr GEN	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	72054 48.3%
2	Sridhar Vandaiyar Male 55 yr GEN	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	69175 46.37%
3	V Kannan Male 62 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	4034 2.7%
4	R Panneer Male 43 yr SC	LJP Lok Jan Shakti Party	1010 0.68%
5	C Vinoba Male 40 yr SC	IND Independent	933 0.63%
6	S Sankar Male 45 yr GEN	IND Independent	591 0.4%
7	A Arulprakasam Male 37 yr GEN	IND Independent	478 0.32%
8	K Sathyamoorthy Male 56 yr GEN	IND Independent	459 0.31%
9	K Chellaiah Male 63 yr SC	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	432 0.29%
	Total		149166 77.92%

In 2011, Chidambaram legislative assembly constituency had total 191446 electors. Total number of valid vote was 149166. Communist Party Of India (marxist) candidate K Balakrishnan won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 72054 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Sridhar Vandaiyar stood second with total 69175 votes. He lost by 2879 votes.

2006 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Arunmozhidevan A Male 37 yr GEN	AIADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	56327
2	Balakrishnan K Male 56 yr GEN	CPI(M) Communist Party Of India (marxist)	39517
3	Rajamannan P Male 44 yr GEN	DMDK Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	10303
4	Srinivasan A Male 30 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	1054
5	Velmurugan P Male 45 yr GEN	IND Independent	954
6	Vinoba C Male 34 yr SC	IND Independent	797
7	Barathidasan K Male 38 yr SC	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	453
8	Sundaravinayagam N Male 43 yr GEN	IND Independent	326
9	Balakrishnan R Male 36 yr GEN	IND Independent	275
10	Jaisankar P Male 30 yr GEN	IND Independent	207
11	Balakrishnan K Male 49 yr GEN	IND Independent	147
12	Vasu S Male 55 yr GEN	SP Samajwadi Party	126
13	Balakrishnan K Male 49 yr GEN	IND Independent	115
14	Barathimohan K Male 39 yr SC	AIFB All India Forward Bloc	114
15	Ramachandran G Male 53 yr GEN	IND Independent	107
16	Abdul Ali A Male 56 yr GEN	IND Independent	97
17	Archunan T Male 49 yr SC	IND Independent	83
18	Abdulhalim A Male 30 yr GEN	IND Independent	64
	Total		111066

In 2006, Chidambaram legislative assembly constituency had total electors. Total number of valid vote was 111066. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Arunmozhidevan A won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 56327 votes. Communist Party Of India (marxist) candidate Balakrishnan K stood second with total 39517 votes. He lost by 16810 votes.

2001 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Saravanan Durai K Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	54647 52.7%
2	T Arivuselvan Male	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	42732 41.21%
3	K V Mohana Sundar Male	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	3765 3.63%
4	Jayaraj V Male	IND Independent	1089 1.05%
5	S Anbazhagan Male	IND Independent	958 0.92%
6	K Aravamuthan Male	RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	262 0.25%
7	N Ramamoorthy Male	JD(S) Janata Dal (secular)	249 0.24%
	Total		103702 62.12%

In 2001, Chidambaram legislative assembly constituency had total 167006 electors. Total number of valid vote was 103702. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Saravanan Durai K won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 54647 votes. Pattali Makkal Katchi candidate T Arivuselvan stood second with total 42732 votes. He lost by 11915 votes.

1996 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	S Azhagiri Male	TMC(M) Tamil Maanila Congress (moopanar)	52066 50.52%
2	A Radhakrishnan Male	INC Indian National Congress	23050 22.37%
3	K Devadoss Male	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	19737 19.15%
4	Durai Krishnamoorthy Male	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	6121 5.94%
5	N Manickam Male	IND Independent	241 0.23%
6	R Palanivel Male	IND Independent	238 0.23%
7	K Saravanan Male	IND Independent	206 0.2%
8	M Azhappan Male	IND Independent	157 0.15%
9	K Panneerselvam Male	IND Independent	153 0.15%
10	B Sekar Male	IND Independent	149 0.14%
11	A Santhanam Male	IND Independent	139 0.13%
12	S Subramanian Male	IND Independent	128 0.12%
13	K Dharman Male	IND Independent	107 0.1%
14	R Manivel Male	IND Independent	98 0.1%
15	R Alagiriswamy Male	IND Independent	80 0.08%
16	T Arulmozhi Male	IND Independent	78 0.08%
17	M Jai Sankar Male	IND Independent	75 0.07%
18	A Perumal Male	IND Independent	68 0.07%
19	S N Natesan Male	SAP Social Action Party	59 0.06%
20	T Ramalingam Male	IND Independent	50 0.05%
21	T Venkateswaran Male	IND Independent	50 0.05%
	Total		103050 70.91%

In 1996, Chidambaram legislative assembly constituency had total 151992 electors. Total number of valid vote was 103050. Tamil Maanila Congress (moopanar) candidate S Azhagiri won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 52066 votes. Indian National Congress candidate A Radhakrishnan stood second with total 23050 votes. He lost by 29016 votes.

1991 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Alagiri S Male	INC Indian National Congress	48767 51.2%
2	Panneerselvam M R K Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	29114 30.57%
3	Devadasu K Male	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	15913 16.71%
4	Sanjeevi K Male	IND Independent	443 0.47%
5	Deivanayagam K Male	IND Independent	277 0.29%
6	Thangaraj R Male	TMM Tharasu Makkal Mandram	246 0.26%
7	Dharman K Male	IND Independent	234 0.25%
8	Azeezkhan M P Male	IND Independent	148 0.16%
9	Subramanian Thanga Male	IND Independent	102 0.11%
	Total		95244 69.14%

In 1991, Chidambaram legislative assembly constituency had total 142369 electors. Total number of valid vote was 95244. Indian National Congress candidate Alagiri S won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 48767 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Panneerselvam M R K stood second with total 29114 votes. He lost by 19653 votes.

1989 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Krishnamoorthy, D Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	35738 42.14%
2	Radhakrishnan, A Male	INC Indian National Congress	19018 22.42%
3	Arumugam, N Male	IND Independents	12363 14.58%
4	Panneerselvam, K P Male	ADK(JR) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(janaki Ramachandran)	10088 11.89%
5	Manivasagam, T Male	CPI Communist Party Of India	5371 6.33%
6	Dharuman, K Male	IND Independents	706 0.83%
7	Umapathi, B Male	IND Independents	496 0.58%
8	Rathinasamy, N Male	IND Independents	450 0.53%
9	Arasan, P Male	IND Independents	359 0.42%
10	Paramaguru, R K Male	IND Independents	96 0.11%
11	Balasekaran, S Male	IND Independents	81 0.1%
12	Pattusamy, C Male	IND Independents	47 0.06%
	Total		84813 67.6%

In 1989, Chidambaram legislative assembly constituency had total 127893 electors. Total number of valid vote was 84813. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Krishnamoorthy, D won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 35738 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Radhakrishnan, A stood second with total 19018 votes. He lost by 16720 votes.

1984 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	K R Ganpathi Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	47067 54.55%
2	K S Subramanian Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	37824 43.84%
3	D Arulmozhi Male	IND Independent	1171 1.36%
4	K Tharuman Pathar Male	IND Independent	223 0.26%
	Total		86285 79.2%

In 1984, Chidambaram legislative assembly constituency had total 114114 electors. Total number of valid vote was 86285. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate K R Ganpathi won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 47067 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate K S Subramanian stood second with total 37824 votes. He lost by 9243 votes.

1980 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Ganapathy, K R Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	41728 51.71%
2	Kaliyamoorthy, Durai Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	38461 47.66%
3	Murugesan, A Male	IND Independent	281 0.35%
4	Dharuman Pathar, K Male	IND Independent	229 0.28%
	Total		80699 72.83%

In 1980, Chidambaram legislative assembly constituency had total 112269 electors. Total number of valid vote was 80699. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Ganapathy, K R won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 41728 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Kaliyamoorthy, Durai stood second with total 38461 votes. He lost by 3267 votes.

1977 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Kaliyamoorthy Durai Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	22917 31.3%
2	Muthugovindarajan Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	19586 26.75%
3	B Umapathy Male	INC Indian National Congress	15644 21.36%
4	A Sambandam Male	JNP Janata Party	10960 14.97%
5	N Rathinasamy Male	IND Independent	1817 2.48%
6	M Sanjeevi Male	IND Independent	1422 1.94%
7	K Dharuman Male	IND Independent	474 0.65%
8	R Kannusamy Male	IND Independent	406 0.55%
	Total		73226 67.68%

In 1977, Chidambaram legislative assembly constituency had total 109561 electors. Total number of valid vote was 73226. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Kaliyamoorthy Durai won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 22917 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Muthugovindarajan stood second with total 19586 votes. He lost by 3331 votes.

1971 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	P Ponchokkalingam Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	35750 50.33%
2	R Gopalkrishnan Male	NCO Indian National Congress (organisation)	34071 47.97%
3	Satchidanandama Male	IND Independent	1206 1.7%
	Total		71027 76.6%

In 1971, Chidambaram legislative assembly constituency had total 95620 electors. Total number of valid vote was 71027. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate P Ponchokkalingam won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 35750 votes. Indian National Congress (organisation) candidate R Gopalkrishnan stood second with total 34071 votes. He lost by 1679 votes.