Cuddalore Assembly Constituency Election Result

Cuddalore is a legislative assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Election results of Cuddalore 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 Cuddalore Assembly Constituency Seat (Tamil Nadu) Click on Year to View Detailed Result
Year	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
2016	Sampath M C	ADMK	70922
2011	M C Sampath	AIADMK	85953
2006	Iyappan G	DMK	67003
2001	Pugazhendi E	DMK	54671
1996	E Pugazhendhi	DMK	74480
1991	Venkatesan P R S	INC	51459
1989	Pugazhendi, E	DMK	42790
1984	V G Cheelappa	INC	53759
1980	Babu Govindarajan	DMK	40539
1977	K Abdul Latheef	ADK	24107
1971	R Govindaraj	DMK	35219

2016 Legislative Assembly Constituency Election
S N	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Sampath M C Male 57 yr GEN	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	70922 41.07%
2	Pugazhendi Ela Male 61 yr GEN	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	46509 26.93%
3	Chandarasekaran A S Male 48 yr GEN	TMC(M) Tamil Maanila Congress (moopanar)	20608 11.93%
4	Thamaraikannan Pazha Male 46 yr GEN	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	16905 9.79%
5	Seeman Male 50 yr GEN	NTK Naam Tamilar Katchi	12497 7.24%
6	None Of The Above	NOTA None Of The Above nota	2062 1.19%
7	Selvam P Male 52 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	1964 1.14%
8	Malar P Female 34 yr GEN	IND Independent	246 0.14%
9	Rajarajan S V Male 39 yr GEN	IND Independent	232 0.13%
10	Raju K Male 55 yr GEN	IND Independent	199 0.12%
11	Naveenan K Male 32 yr GEN	IND Independent	179 0.1%
12	Rajamohan S Male 62 yr GEN	IND Independent	106 0.06%
13	Prabhu R Male 33 yr GEN	IND Independent	103 0.06%
14	Baskar A Male 35 yr GEN	IND Independent	79 0.05%
15	Sonali M Female 43 yr GEN	IND Independent	77 0.04%
	Total		172688 74.69%

In 2016, Cuddalore legislative assembly constituency had total 231205 electors. Total number of valid vote was 172688. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Sampath M C won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 70922 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Pugazhendi Ela stood second with total 46509 votes. He lost by 24413 votes.

2011 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	M C Sampath Male 52 yr GEN	AIADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	85953 60.56%
2	E Pugazhendi Male 55 yr GEN	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	52275 36.83%
3	R Gunasekaran Male 36 yr SC	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	1579 1.11%
4	S V Rajan Male 39 yr GEN	IND Independent	892 0.63%
5	T E Chithrakala Female 42 yr GEN	LSP Lok Satta Party	774 0.55%
6	S Sakthidasan Male 25 yr GEN	IND Independent	457 0.32%
	Total		141930 78.02%

In 2011, Cuddalore legislative assembly constituency had total 181920 electors. Total number of valid vote was 141930. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate M C Sampath won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 85953 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate E Pugazhendi stood second with total 52275 votes. He lost by 33678 votes.

2006 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Iyappan G Male 49 yr GEN	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	67003
2	Kumar G Male 43 yr GEN	AIADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	60737
3	Jayakumar G V Male 47 yr GEN	DMDK Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	7866
4	Sivakumar P Male 42 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	1803
5	Sriramulu S Male 67 yr GEN	IND Independent	797
6	Srivathsan J Male 40 yr GEN	IND Independent	776
7	Amudhan A Male 26 yr SC	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	666
8	Sridhar G Male 34 yr GEN	IND Independent	426
9	Arumugam M Male 32 yr SC	AIFB All India Forward Bloc	212
	Total		140286

In 2006, Cuddalore legislative assembly constituency had total electors. Total number of valid vote was 140286. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Iyappan G won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 67003 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Kumar G stood second with total 60737 votes. He lost by 6266 votes.

2001 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Pugazhendi E Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	54671 45.61%
2	Venkatesan P R S Male	TMC(M) Tamil Maanila Congress (moopanar)	54637 45.58%
3	Pathmanaban S Male	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	7119 5.94%
4	Sriramulu S Male	IND Independent	1284 1.07%
5	Muruganantham S Male	PB Puratchi Bharatham	929 0.78%
6	Senthilkumar D Male	IND Independent	685 0.57%
7	Viruthagiri R Male	MNK(PLP) Makkal Nalurimaik Kazhagam (people's Liberal Party)	537 0.45%
	Total		119862 56.59%

In 2001, Cuddalore legislative assembly constituency had total 212016 electors. Total number of valid vote was 119862. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Pugazhendi E won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 54671 votes. Tamil Maanila Congress (moopanar) candidate Venkatesan P R S stood second with total 54637 votes. He lost by 34 votes.

1996 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	E Pugazhendhi Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	74480 62.27%
2	K V Rajendiran Male	INC Indian National Congress	25853 21.62%
3	N Varatharajan Male	AIIC(T) All India Indira Congress (tiwari)	9552 7.99%
4	S Padmanaban Male	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	6925 5.79%
5	S Varatharajan Male	BJP Bhartiya Janta Party	848 0.71%
6	Karunanidhi @ Kalaignar Male	IND Independent	379 0.32%
7	K Chokkalinga Achari Male	IND Independent	258 0.22%
8	K Ganapathy Kurukkal Male	IND Independent	175 0.15%
9	A Manickavasagam Male	IND Independent	153 0.13%
10	K Munusamy Male	IND Independent	142 0.12%
11	C Arul Male	IND Independent	132 0.11%
12	S Ramasamy Male	IND Independent	113 0.09%
13	P Kaliyaperumal Male	IND Independent	112 0.09%
14	V Selvaraj Male	IND Independent	98 0.08%
15	Nagoor Tanis @ Nagoor Kani Male	IND Independent	87 0.07%
16	P Selvam Male	IND Independent	76 0.06%
17	V Nagappan Male	IND Independent	70 0.06%
18	S C Soundararajan Male	IND Independent	70 0.06%
19	M P Rajamanickam Male	IND Independent	43 0.04%
20	A Sridaran Male	IND Independent	40 0.03%
	Total		119606 67.11%

In 1996, Cuddalore legislative assembly constituency had total 185364 electors. Total number of valid vote was 119606. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate E Pugazhendhi won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 74480 votes. Indian National Congress candidate K V Rajendiran stood second with total 25853 votes. He lost by 48627 votes.

1991 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Venkatesan P R S Male	INC Indian National Congress	51459 48.6%
2	Pugazhendhi E Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	36284 34.27%
3	Abdul Lateef K Male	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	15940 15.06%
4	Chokkalilnga Achari K Male	BJP Bhartiya Janta Party	1171 1.11%
5	Ethiraji P C Male	IND Independent	321 0.3%
6	Purushothaman M Male	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	234 0.22%
7	Selvam J Male	TMM Tharasu Makkal Mandram	193 0.18%
8	Rajamanickam M P Male	IND Independent	155 0.15%
9	Daniel Alias Rajkamal M Male	IND Independent	116 0.11%
	Total		105873 63.34%

In 1991, Cuddalore legislative assembly constituency had total 172538 electors. Total number of valid vote was 105873. Indian National Congress candidate Venkatesan P R S won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 51459 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Pugazhendhi E stood second with total 36284 votes. He lost by 15175 votes.

1989 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Pugazhendi, E Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	42790 42.91%
2	Radhakrishnan, M Male	INC Indian National Congress	22408 22.47%
3	Abdul Latheef, K Male	ADK(JR) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(janaki Ramachandran)	18721 18.77%
4	Janarthanan, D Male	ADK(JL) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(jayalalita Group)	7028 7.05%
5	Padmanabhan, S O Male	IND Independents	6694 6.71%
6	Rajamanickam, M P Male	IND Independents	906 0.91%
7	Chockalinga Achari K Male	IND Independents	391 0.39%
8	Manivannan, S Male	IND Independents	250 0.25%
9	Sundrachari, R Male	IND Independents	194 0.19%
10	Nakkiran (alias) Jayaraman Male	IND Independents	134 0.13%
11	Thaigarajan, V Male	IND Independents	128 0.13%
12	Basha, U Male	IND Independents	85 0.09%
	Total		99729 67.93%

In 1989, Cuddalore legislative assembly constituency had total 149592 electors. Total number of valid vote was 99729. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Pugazhendi, E won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 42790 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Radhakrishnan, M stood second with total 22408 votes. He lost by 20382 votes.

1984 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	V G Cheelappa Male	INC Indian National Congress	53759 58.02%
2	V Krishnamurthy Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	37063 40%
3	Nakkeeran Alais Jayaraman Male	IND Independent	776 0.84%
4	Jayabalan P Male	IND Independent	621 0.67%
5	Rajamanickam M P Male	IND Independent	244 0.26%
6	S Alagiri Male	IND Independent	200 0.22%
	Total		92663 73.88%

In 1984, Cuddalore legislative assembly constituency had total 129630 electors. Total number of valid vote was 92663. Indian National Congress candidate V G Cheelappa won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 53759 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate V Krishnamurthy stood second with total 37063 votes. He lost by 16696 votes.

1980 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Babu Govindarajan Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	40539 49.05%
2	Ragupathi, A Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	37398 45.25%
3	Balakrishna Sethupathy Padayachi, V Male	JNP(JP) Janata Party (jp)	4077 4.93%
4	Narasimhan, T R Male	IND Independent	191 0.23%
5	Rajamanickam, M P Male	IND Independent	171 0.21%
6	Viswanathan, R Male	IND Independent	161 0.19%
7	Uthiran, N S Male	IND Independent	109 0.13%
	Total		82646 62.76%

In 1980, Cuddalore legislative assembly constituency had total 133227 electors. Total number of valid vote was 82646. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Babu Govindarajan won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 40539 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Ragupathi, A stood second with total 37398 votes. He lost by 3141 votes.

1977 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	K Abdul Latheef Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	24107 31.61%
2	R Govindarajan Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	22280 29.21%
3	P R S Venkatesan Male	JNP Janata Party	20106 26.36%
4	M Venkatesan Male	INC Indian National Congress	8387 11%
5	T R Narasimhan Male	IND Independent	863 1.13%
6	N Natarajan Male	IND Independent	526 0.69%
	Total		76269 61.28%

In 1977, Cuddalore legislative assembly constituency had total 126391 electors. Total number of valid vote was 76269. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate K Abdul Latheef won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 24107 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate R Govindarajan stood second with total 22280 votes. He lost by 1827 votes.

1971 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	R Govindaraj Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	35219 52.6%
2	P R Seenivasa Podayachi Male	NCO Indian National Congress (organisation)	30909 46.17%
3	T Kuppusamy Male	IND Independent	822 1.23%
	Total		66950 73.56%

In 1971, Cuddalore legislative assembly constituency had total 96497 electors. Total number of valid vote was 66950. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate R Govindaraj won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 35219 votes. Indian National Congress (organisation) candidate P R Seenivasa Podayachi stood second with total 30909 votes. He lost by 4310 votes.