Periyakulam Assembly Constituency Election Result

Periyakulam is a legislative assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Election results of Periyakulam 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 Periyakulam Assembly Constituency Seat (Tamil Nadu) Click on Year to View Detailed Result
Year	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
2016	Kathirkamu K	ADMK	90599
2011	Laser A	CPM	76687
2006	Panneer Selvam O	AIADMK	68345
2001	Panneer Selvam O	ADMK	62125
1996	Mookaiah, L	DMK	53427
1991	M Periyaveeran	ADK	70760
1989	L Mookaiah	DMK	35215
1984	Mohammed Saleem T	ADK	58021
1980	Gopalakrishnan, K	ADK	43774
1977	K Pannai Sethuram	ADK	31271
1971	Anbucheliyan	DMK	37926

2016 Legislative Assembly Constituency Election
S N	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Kathirkamu K Male 58 yr SC	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	90599 46.94%
2	Anbazhagan Male 47 yr SC	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	76249 39.51%
3	Lazar A Male 68 yr SC	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	13525 7.01%
4	Chellam K Male 60 yr SC	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	5015 2.6%
5	None Of The Above	NOTA None Of The Above nota	2275 1.18%
6	Pushpalatha M Female 27 yr SC	NTK Naam Tamilar Katchi	1048 0.54%
7	Kannan R Male 47 yr SC	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	1025 0.53%
8	Muthu P Male 51 yr SC	IND Independent	724 0.38%
9	Mohanraj A C Male 40 yr SC	IND Independent	636 0.33%
10	C Mallaichamy Male 33 yr SC	IND Independent	600 0.31%
11	Pappathi Female 54 yr SC	IND Independent	318 0.16%
12	Balamurugan P Male 30 yr SC	TMMK Tamilaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam	163 0.08%
13	Nathiya Female 26 yr SC	IND Independent	143 0.07%
14	Krishnaveni Female 49 yr SC	IND Independent	128 0.07%
15	Vinothkumar Male 27 yr SC	IND Independent	124 0.06%
16	Jeyachandan P Male 26 yr SC	SP Samajwadi Party	124 0.06%
17	Krishnasamy Male 58 yr SC	IND Independent	98 0.05%
18	Chandran K Male 43 yr SC	RPI(A) Republican Party Of India (a)	85 0.04%
19	Eswaran Male 36 yr SC	IND Independent	71 0.04%
20	Arivazhagan Male 39 yr SC	IND Independent	60 0.03%
	Total		193010 74.94%

In 2016, Periyakulam legislative assembly constituency had total 257555 electors. Total number of valid vote was 193010. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Kathirkamu K won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 90599 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Anbazhagan stood second with total 76249 votes. He lost by 14350 votes.

2011 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Laser A Male 63 yr SC	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	76687 47.86%
2	Anbazhagan V Male 42 yr SC	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	71046 44.34%
3	Ganapathy M Male 77 yr SC	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	3422 2.14%
4	Selvam M Male 32 yr SC	IND Independent	2347 1.46%
5	Rajaguru P Male 43 yr SC	IND Independent	1260 0.79%
6	Nalluchamy P Male 40 yr SC	TMMK Tamilaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam	1129 0.7%
7	Krishnaveni N Female 34 yr SC	IND Independent	872 0.54%
8	Palanichami K Male 61 yr SC	IND Independent	830 0.52%
9	Kumaresan C Male 34 yr SC	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	691 0.43%
10	Santhi D Female 32 yr SC	IND Independent	482 0.3%
11	Marichamy T Male 26 yr SC	IND Independent	442 0.28%
12	Pandiarajan P Male 32 yr SC	IND Independent	372 0.23%
13	Arivalagan R Male 34 yr SC	IND Independent	356 0.22%
14	Pandian N Male 41 yr SC	LJP Lok Jan Shakti Party	306 0.19%
	Total		160242 78.88%

In 2011, Periyakulam legislative assembly constituency had total 203137 electors. Total number of valid vote was 160242. Communist Party Of India (marxist) candidate Laser A won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 76687 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Anbazhagan V stood second with total 71046 votes. He lost by 5641 votes.

2006 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Panneer Selvam O Male 56 yr GEN	AIADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	68345
2	Mookaiah L Male 61 yr GEN	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	53511
3	Abdul Kather M Male 59 yr GEN	DMDK Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	11105
4	Rajapandiyan P Male 32 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	1097
5	Senthil Kumar G Male 27 yr SC	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	907
6	Raja K S Male 43 yr GEN	IND Independent	490
7	Rajagopal C Male 36 yr GEN	IND Independent	440
8	Jawahar N Male 41 yr GEN	IND Independent	386
9	Ananda Murugan T Male 25 yr GEN	AIFB All India Forward Bloc	294
10	Pommurasu M Male 46 yr GEN	IND Independent	174
11	Panneer Selvam P Male 43 yr GEN	IND Independent	128
12	Periya Subbaiyan P Male 59 yr SC	IND Independent	126
13	Selvamani Rajendran Female 39 yr GEN	IND Independent	88
14	Paramasivam T Male 26 yr GEN	IND Independent	85
15	Abdul Rahim S Male 52 yr GEN	IND Independent	57
16	Sivakumar A Male 30 yr GEN	IND Independent	54
	Total		137287

In 2006, Periyakulam legislative assembly constituency had total electors. Total number of valid vote was 137287. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Panneer Selvam O won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 68345 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Mookaiah L stood second with total 53511 votes. He lost by 14834 votes.

2001 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Panneer Selvam O Male	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	62125 54.28%
2	Abuthahir M Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	44205 38.62%
3	Jeyaraman A Male	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	5965 5.21%
4	Beerkabeef K Male	IND Independent	1222 1.07%
5	Nagarajan M Male	IND Independent	525 0.46%
6	Elamurugan K Male	IND Independent	421 0.37%
	Total		114463 56.14%

In 2001, Periyakulam legislative assembly constituency had total 203946 electors. Total number of valid vote was 114463. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Panneer Selvam O won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 62125 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Abuthahir M stood second with total 44205 votes. He lost by 17920 votes.

1996 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Mookaiah, L Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	53427 46.75%
2	Kader Mohideen, K M Male	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	31520 27.58%
3	Rajangam, O Male	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	11076 9.69%
4	Muthumanickam, P Male	IND Independent	9988 8.74%
5	Sharuz Ameed, A Male	AIIC(T) All India Indira Congress (tiwari)	3645 3.19%
6	Sethumanickam, V A Male	BJP Bhartiya Janta Party	2379 2.08%
7	Shanmugam, R P Male	IND Independent	441 0.39%
8	Chithambaram, K Male	IND Independent	267 0.23%
9	Murugan, S K Male	IND Independent	258 0.23%
10	Muthukrishnan, R Male	IND Independent	221 0.19%
11	Subramani, K R Male	IND Independent	156 0.14%
12	Krishnan, M U Male	JP Janata Party	145 0.13%
13	Rajagopal, A Male	IND Independent	93 0.08%
14	Jamal Mohamed, M Male	IND Independent	70 0.06%
15	Deivendran, C Male	IND Independent	64 0.06%
16	Durai, K P Male	IND Independent	63 0.06%
17	Azaath, M M Male	IND Independent	62 0.05%
18	Thangiah, P Male	IND Independent	54 0.05%
19	Sheik Oli, S Male	IND Independent	52 0.05%
20	Syed Ismail, S Male	IND Independent	46 0.04%
21	Bunty Thomas, M Male	IND Independent	45 0.04%
22	Abdul Muthalif, U Male	IND Independent	43 0.04%
23	Elamurugan, K Male	IND Independent	31 0.03%
24	Kalimuthu, D Male	IND Independent	31 0.03%
25	Govindan, R T Male	IND Independent	28 0.02%
26	Barkudeen, M Male	IND Independent	28 0.02%
27	Abthaahir, M Male	IND Independent	25 0.02%
28	Agis, A Male	IND Independent	25 0.02%
	Total		114283 66.56%

In 1996, Periyakulam legislative assembly constituency had total 177436 electors. Total number of valid vote was 114283. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Mookaiah, L won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 53427 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Kader Mohideen, K M stood second with total 31520 votes. He lost by 21907 votes.

1991 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	M Periyaveeran Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	70760 67.45%
2	L Mookiah Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	28718 27.37%
3	P Annavi Male	BJP Bhartiya Janta Party	3431 3.27%
4	A Kennedy Male	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	930 0.89%
5	K Navaneetha Mudaliar Male	TMM Tharasu Makkal Mandram	293 0.28%
6	G Krishnan Male	JP Janata Party	277 0.26%
7	T Uthandu Reddiar Male	IND Independent	123 0.12%
8	A M Murugesan Male	IND Independent	79 0.08%
9	R Lakshmanan Male	IND Independent	67 0.06%
10	S Perumal Male	IND Independent	56 0.05%
11	P Paul Pandian Male	IND Independent	50 0.05%
12	V Moorthy Male	IND Independent	48 0.05%
13	K Palanichamy Male	IND Independent	44 0.04%
14	M Thirubuvanachantran Male	IND Independent	39 0.04%
	Total		104915 61.17%

In 1991, Periyakulam legislative assembly constituency had total 175072 electors. Total number of valid vote was 104915. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate M Periyaveeran won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 70760 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate L Mookiah stood second with total 28718 votes. He lost by 42042 votes.

1989 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	L Mookaiah Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	35215 34.15%
2	S Sheik Abdul Khadar Male	INC Indian National Congress	29622 28.73%
3	S S Rajendran Male	ADK(JL) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(jayalalita Group)	28686 27.82%
4	V Abdul Farook Male	IND Independents	7311 7.09%
5	M Mehta Male	IND Independents	561 0.54%
6	K Palanichamy Male	IND Independents	364 0.35%
7	S Murugesan Male	IND Independents	358 0.35%
8	C Arockiadoss Male	IND Independents	299 0.29%
9	A Gabriel Thangaraj Male	IND Independents	285 0.28%
10	T P Muniappan Male	IND Independents	171 0.17%
11	T Uttandu Reddiar Male	IND Independents	134 0.13%
12	M K Murugaiah Male	IND Independents	108 0.1%
	Total		103114 69.44%

In 1989, Periyakulam legislative assembly constituency had total 151319 electors. Total number of valid vote was 103114. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate L Mookaiah won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 35215 votes. Indian National Congress candidate S Sheik Abdul Khadar stood second with total 29622 votes. He lost by 5593 votes.

1984 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Mohammed Saleem T Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	58021 63.04%
2	Maya Thevar Alias Mayan P N Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	31554 34.28%
3	Ayyathurai K Male	IND Independent	1304 1.42%
4	Jeyaraman T R Male	IND Independent	442 0.48%
5	Sulaiman S P M Male	IND Independent	308 0.33%
6	Kuppusamy V K K K Male	IND Independent	296 0.32%
7	Murughan S Male	IND Independent	119 0.13%
	Total		92044 71.06%

In 1984, Periyakulam legislative assembly constituency had total 133765 electors. Total number of valid vote was 92044. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Mohammed Saleem T won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 58021 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Maya Thevar Alias Mayan P N stood second with total 31554 votes. He lost by 26467 votes.

1980 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Gopalakrishnan, K Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	43774 54.01%
2	Sheik Abdul Kader, K Male	INC(I) Indian National Congress (i)	34938 43.11%
3	Kamatchi, R Male	JNP(JP) Janata Party (jp)	1149 1.42%
4	Palanichamy, K Male	IND Independent	640 0.79%
5	Subbiah, M Male	IND Independent	330 0.41%
6	Ramu, S Male	IND Independent	220 0.27%
	Total		81051 64.78%

In 1980, Periyakulam legislative assembly constituency had total 126755 electors. Total number of valid vote was 81051. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Gopalakrishnan, K won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 43774 votes. Indian National Congress (i) candidate Sheik Abdul Kader, K stood second with total 34938 votes. He lost by 8836 votes.

1977 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	K Pannai Sethuram Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	31271 45.5%
2	R Ramaiah Male	INC Indian National Congress	16948 24.66%
3	M Mehta Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	13069 19.02%
4	M V V Ramasamy Male	JNP Janata Party	7432 10.81%
	Total		68720 61.51%

In 1977, Periyakulam legislative assembly constituency had total 113238 electors. Total number of valid vote was 68720. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate K Pannai Sethuram won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 31271 votes. Indian National Congress candidate R Ramaiah stood second with total 16948 votes. He lost by 14323 votes.

1971 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Anbucheliyan Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	37926 56.85%
2	Chinnasamy Chettai Male	NCO Indian National Congress (organisation)	28331 42.46%
3	Fakir Mohamad Male	IND Independent	461 0.69%
	Total		66718 73.36%

In 1971, Periyakulam legislative assembly constituency had total 98811 electors. Total number of valid vote was 66718. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Anbucheliyan won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 37926 votes. Indian National Congress (organisation) candidate Chinnasamy Chettai stood second with total 28331 votes. He lost by 9595 votes.