Dindigul Assembly Constituency Election Result

Dindigul is a legislative assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Election results of Dindigul 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 Dindigul Assembly Constituency Seat (Tamil Nadu) Click on Year to View Detailed Result
Year	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
2016	Sreenivasan C	ADMK	91413
2011	Balabharathi K	CPM	86932
2006	Balabarathi K	CPI(M)	66811
2001	Nagalakshimi K	CPM	71003
1996	Manimaran, R	DMK	94353
1991	B Nirmala	ADK	80795
1989	S A Thangarajan	CPM	46617
1984	A Premkumar	ADK	67718
1980	Varadarajan, N	IND	55195
1977	N Varadharajan	CPM	33614
1971	Sundaram Pillai O N	NCO	27775

2016 Legislative Assembly Constituency Election
S N	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Sreenivasan C Male 68 yr GEN	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	91413 49.3%
2	Basheer Ahamed M Male 60 yr GEN	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	70694 38.13%
3	Pandi N Male 58 yr GEN	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	8657 4.67%
4	Thirumalai Balaji T A Male 43 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	5079 2.74%
5	None Of The Above	NOTA None Of The Above nota	2783 1.5%
6	Parasuraman R Male 40 yr GEN	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	2718 1.47%
7	Ganesan M P Male 54 yr GEN	NTK Naam Tamilar Katchi	2227 1.2%
8	Arasur Manoharan S Male 59 yr GEN	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	429 0.23%
9	Hakkim Raja A Male 26 yr GEN	IND Independent	414 0.22%
10	Balaji C K Male 45 yr GEN	SHS Shivsena	261 0.14%
11	Navaneethakannan R Male 25 yr GEN	IND Independent	228 0.12%
12	Thomas A Male 63 yr GEN	IND Independent	160 0.09%
13	Selvaraj M Male 41 yr GEN	IND Independent	139 0.07%
14	Srinivasan K Male 56 yr GEN	IND Independent	88 0.05%
15	Phillipdass A Male 41 yr GEN	TAVK Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi	78 0.04%
16	Kumarappan R Male 42 yr GEN	IND Independent	51 0.03%
	Total		185419 74.54%

In 2016, Dindigul legislative assembly constituency had total 248751 electors. Total number of valid vote was 185419. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Sreenivasan C won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 91413 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Basheer Ahamed M stood second with total 70694 votes. He lost by 20719 votes.

2011 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Balabharathi K Female 48 yr GEN	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	86932 58.82%
2	Paul Baskar J Male 52 yr GEN	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	47817 32.35%
3	Bose P G Male 49 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	5761 3.9%
4	Ganesan V Male 63 yr GEN	ABHM Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha	2014 1.36%
5	Palanichamy M Male 32 yr GEN	IND Independent	1107 0.75%
6	Muthuveeran M Male 46 yr GEN	RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	945 0.64%
7	Baskaran P, Male 44 yr SC	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	711 0.48%
8	Nagendharan S Male 43 yr GEN	IJK Indiya Jananayaka Katchi	586 0.4%
9	Nagoorgani M, Male 62 yr GEN	IND Independent	502 0.34%
10	Abuthahir A Male 33 yr GEN	IND Independent	271 0.18%
11	Nagakanniga A Female 56 yr GEN	IND Independent	270 0.18%
12	Selvaraj I, Male 42 yr GEN	AIJMK Akhila India Jananayaka Makkal Katchi (dr. Issac)	258 0.17%
13	Graci Mesrallo S Female 38 yr GEN	IND Independent	241 0.16%
14	Arockia Samy P Male 48 yr GEN	PB Puratchi Bharatham	232 0.16%
15	Karthikeyan S Male 30 yr GEN	IND Independent	158 0.11%
	Total		147805 76.79%

In 2011, Dindigul legislative assembly constituency had total 192479 electors. Total number of valid vote was 147805. Communist Party Of India (marxist) candidate Balabharathi K won and became MLA from this seat. She secured total 86932 votes. Pattali Makkal Katchi candidate Paul Baskar J stood second with total 47817 votes. He lost by 39115 votes.

2006 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Balabarathi K Female 41 yr GEN	CPI(M) Communist Party Of India (marxist)	66811
2	Selvaragavan N Male 41 yr GEN	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	47862
3	Karthikeyan G Male 39 yr GEN	DMDK Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	27287
4	Prabhakar J C D Male 54 yr GEN	SP Samajwadi Party	2970
5	Thirumalai Balaji T A Male 33 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	2134
6	Sivanathan K Male 27 yr SC	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	1290
7	Muthuveeran M Male 41 yr GEN	RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	1154
8	Arunachalam M Male 33 yr GEN	PNK Puthiya Needhi Katchi	1107
9	Palanichamy A Male 31 yr SC	IND Independent	1045
10	Thanikodi S Male 50 yr GEN	AIFB All India Forward Bloc	632
11	Naguchamy Nadar N Male 36 yr GEN	JD(U) Janata Dal (united)	456
	Total		152748

In 2006, Dindigul legislative assembly constituency had total electors. Total number of valid vote was 152748. Communist Party Of India (marxist) candidate Balabarathi K won and became MLA from this seat. She secured total 66811 votes. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Selvaragavan N stood second with total 47862 votes. He lost by 18949 votes.

2001 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Nagalakshimi K Female	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	71003 47.37%
2	Basheer Ahmed M Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	68224 45.52%
3	Latha Selvaraj Female	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	4662 3.11%
4	Manimaran R Male	IND Independent	2635 1.76%
5	Muruganandam V Male	IND Independent	1685 1.12%
6	Balasubramani S N Male	TYMK Thaayaga Makkal Katchi	1668 1.11%
	Total		149877 53.6%

In 2001, Dindigul legislative assembly constituency had total 279805 electors. Total number of valid vote was 149877. Communist Party Of India (marxist) candidate Nagalakshimi K won and became MLA from this seat. She secured total 71003 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Basheer Ahmed M stood second with total 68224 votes. He lost by 2779 votes.

1996 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Manimaran, R Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	94353 65.53%
2	Marutharaj, V Male	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	29229 20.3%
3	Rejendran, R S Male	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	10180 7.07%
4	Visuvasam, S Male	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	4120 2.86%
5	Manickam, S T Male	BJP Bhartiya Janta Party	3488 2.42%
6	Rengan Maruthai, M Male	IND Independent	252 0.18%
7	Subramani, S R Male	IND Independent	243 0.17%
8	Raj,m Male	IND Independent	199 0.14%
9	Kulanthai, V Male	CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party Of India (marxist-leninist) (liberation)	172 0.12%
10	Desikachari, R Male	IND Independent	149 0.1%
11	Palanisamy, K Male	IND Independent	140 0.1%
12	Anbrose, D Male	AIVMK	127 0.09%
13	Saleem, A Male	IND Independent	98 0.07%
14	Alphonesraj, S Male	IND Independent	86 0.06%
15	Pandian, K Male	IND Independent	85 0.06%
16	Raju, K Male	IND Independent	84 0.06%
17	Krishnamoorthy, S M Male	IND Independent	83 0.06%
18	Chandramohan, S Male	IND Independent	75 0.05%
19	Boopathi, P Male	IND Independent	75 0.05%
20	Ponnusamy, P Male	IND Independent	72 0.05%
21	Sheik Dawood, S P Male	IND Independent	69 0.05%
22	Dhinakaran, N S Male	IND Independent	67 0.05%
23	Mustafa, P Male	IND Independent	59 0.04%
24	Chinnaraj, S Male	IND Independent	54 0.04%
25	Raja, K Male	IND Independent	49 0.03%
26	Shanmugam @ Jambu, A Male	IND Independent	49 0.03%
27	Velmuniraj, G Male	IND Independent	44 0.03%
28	Ramasubramanian, R Male	IND Independent	39 0.03%
29	Palanivel, P R Male	IND Independent	38 0.03%
30	Murugan, P Male	IND Independent	37 0.03%
31	Nagoor Pitchai, M H Male	IND Independent	37 0.03%
32	Kathoon Beevi, M Female	IND Independent	36 0.03%
33	Rajagopal, R Male	IND Independent	33 0.02%
34	Hareemsait, K Male	IND Independent	30 0.02%
35	Ganesan, K Male	IND Independent	26 0.02%
36	Venkatasubramani, K Male	IND Independent	9 0.01%
	Total		143986 65.37%

In 1996, Dindigul legislative assembly constituency had total 230348 electors. Total number of valid vote was 143986. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Manimaran, R won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 94353 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Marutharaj, V stood second with total 29229 votes. He lost by 65124 votes.

1991 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	B Nirmala Female	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	80795 64%
2	Thangarajan S A Male	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	36791 29.14%
3	Dhanabalan K Male	BJP Bhartiya Janta Party	4617 3.66%
4	Sundar Rajan R Male	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	2588 2.05%
5	Abdulkadar V Male	JP Janata Party	327 0.26%
6	Ramasamy A Male	IND Independent	197 0.16%
7	Mustafa P M Male	IND Independent	172 0.14%
8	Palani Chamy K Male	IND Independent	155 0.12%
9	Baskaran P Male	IND Independent	138 0.11%
10	Sebastian S Male	IND Independent	131 0.1%
11	Adhimoolam A Male	IND Independent	121 0.1%
12	Selvavel A Male	IND Independent	77 0.06%
13	Jayaprakasam K V S Male	IND Independent	77 0.06%
14	Muthukrishnan S Male	IND Independent	64 0.05%
	Total		126250 60.09%

In 1991, Dindigul legislative assembly constituency had total 215517 electors. Total number of valid vote was 126250. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate B Nirmala won and became MLA from this seat. She secured total 80795 votes. Communist Party Of India (marxist) candidate Thangarajan S A stood second with total 36791 votes. He lost by 44004 votes.

1989 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	S A Thangarajan Male	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	46617 37.77%
2	M Sandhana Mary Female	INC Indian National Congress	28815 23.34%
3	K A Krishnasamy Male	ADK(JR) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(janaki Ramachandran)	24763 20.06%
4	A Premkumar Male	ADK(JL) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(jayalalita Group)	17445 14.13%
5	P Selvan Nadar Male	IND Independents	1490 1.21%
6	K Muthukrishnan Kailai Male	BJP Bhartiya Janata Party	1016 0.82%
7	A, Stepan Male	IND Independents	1001 0.81%
8	P Subbiah Male	IND Independents	312 0.25%
9	R Raju Male	IND Independents	280 0.23%
10	R Jeyaraman Male	IND Independents	270 0.22%
11	M Viswa Bharathi Male	IND Independents	238 0.19%
12	S Joseph Fernando Male	IND Independents	227 0.18%
13	K Doraisamy Male	IND Independents	224 0.18%
14	K Subramaniam Male	IND Independents	218 0.18%
15	Sa Sebastian Male	IND Independents	131 0.11%
16	S Jose Male	IND Independents	111 0.09%
17	V Rajendran Male	IND Independents	106 0.09%
18	S Muthukrishnan Male	IND Independents	102 0.08%
19	G Ramakrishnan Male	IND Independents	69 0.06%
	Total		123435 68.13%

In 1989, Dindigul legislative assembly constituency had total 184923 electors. Total number of valid vote was 123435. Communist Party Of India (marxist) candidate S A Thangarajan won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 46617 votes. Indian National Congress candidate M Sandhana Mary stood second with total 28815 votes. She lost by 17802 votes.

1984 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	A Premkumar Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	67718 62.68%
2	N Varadarajan Male	CPI Communist Party Of India	34952 32.35%
3	Pon Srinivasan Male	IND Independent	3842 3.56%
4	F Ananth Male	IND Independent	505 0.47%
5	P Madurai Veeran Male	IND Independent	462 0.43%
6	N Madharasa Male	IND Independent	243 0.22%
7	B Subbiah Male	IND Independent	202 0.19%
8	S Muthukrishnan Male	IND Independent	115 0.11%
	Total		108039 69.58%

In 1984, Dindigul legislative assembly constituency had total 160905 electors. Total number of valid vote was 108039. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate A Premkumar won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 67718 votes. Communist Party Of India candidate N Varadarajan stood second with total 34952 votes. He lost by 32766 votes.

1980 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Varadarajan, N Male	IND Independent	55195 54.89%
2	Abdul Khader, N Male	INC(I) Indian National Congress (i)	43676 43.44%
3	Pitchaimuthu, V Male	IND Independent	674 0.67%
4	Musthafa, P M Male	IND Independent	589 0.59%
5	Muthukrishnan, S Male	IND Independent	413 0.41%
	Total		100547 64.22%

In 1980, Dindigul legislative assembly constituency had total 158089 electors. Total number of valid vote was 100547. Independent candidate Varadarajan, N won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 55195 votes. Indian National Congress (i) candidate Abdul Khader, N stood second with total 43676 votes. He lost by 11519 votes.

1977 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	N Varadharajan Male	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	33614 45.19%
2	V S Lakshmanan Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	13732 18.46%
3	V Johnson Male	JNP Janata Party	12179 16.37%
4	V Madanagopal Male	CPI Communist Party Of India	11125 14.96%
5	A Gnanaraj Male	IND Independent	2357 3.17%
6	M M Renganathan Male	IND Independent	1380 1.86%
	Total		74387 53.19%

In 1977, Dindigul legislative assembly constituency had total 141172 electors. Total number of valid vote was 74387. Communist Party Of India (marxist) candidate N Varadharajan won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 33614 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate V S Lakshmanan stood second with total 13732 votes. He lost by 19882 votes.

1971 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Sundaram Pillai O N Male	NCO Indian National Congress (organisation)	27775 39.8%
2	Jama Hussain Male	IND Independent	26384 37.81%
3	Balasubramanyam A Male	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	14990 21.48%
4	Kasthurinathan C Male	IND Independent	629 0.9%
	Total		69778 69.33%

In 1971, Dindigul legislative assembly constituency had total 110295 electors. Total number of valid vote was 69778. Indian National Congress (organisation) candidate Sundaram Pillai O N won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 27775 votes. Independent candidate Jama Hussain stood second with total 26384 votes. He lost by 1391 votes.