Rajapalayam Assembly Constituency Election Result

Rajapalayam is a legislative assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Election results of Rajapalayam 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 Rajapalayam Assembly Constituency Seat (Tamil Nadu) Click on Year to View Detailed Result
Year	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
2016	Thangappandian S	DMK	74787
2011	K Gopalsamy	AIADMK	80125
2006	Chandra M	AIADMK	58320
2001	Rajasekar M	ADMK	61740
1996	V P Rajan	DMK	49984
1991	T Sathiah	ADK	68657
1989	Rajan, V P	DMK	49137
1984	Raman, K	INC	54670
1980	Mokkian P	IND	38339
1977	K Dhanuskodi	ADK	28028
1971	Suppu K	CPI	36827

2016 Legislative Assembly Constituency Election
S N	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Thangappandian S Male 47 yr GEN	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	74787 43.82%
2	Shyam, A A S Male 46 yr GEN	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	69985 41%
3	Gurusamy A Male 50 yr GEN	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	12505 7.33%
4	Ramachandra Raja, A N Male 63 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	3435 2.01%
5	Jeyaraj V Male 42 yr GEN	NTK Naam Tamilar Katchi	2414 1.41%
6	None Of The Above	NOTA None Of The Above nota	2290 1.34%
7	Lakshmanan P Male 54 yr GEN	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	1073 0.63%
8	Jeyaprakash I Male 65 yr SC	IND Independent	919 0.54%
9	Arasamani K Male 38 yr SC	MAKKK	547 0.32%
10	Jeyaraj T Male 52 yr SC	IND Independent	451 0.26%
11	Thangapandi S Male 55 yr GEN	IND Independent	402 0.24%
12	Thangaraj K Male 58 yr GEN	IND Independent	354 0.21%
13	Periyasamy A Male 53 yr SC	IND Independent	312 0.18%
14	Thangeswaran P Male 29 yr SC	IND Independent	224 0.13%
15	Sakthivel R Male 47 yr GEN	IND Independent	189 0.11%
16	Muthuvelan @ Saravanan S Male 28 yr GEN	IND Independent	159 0.09%
17	Manmathan M Male 61 yr SC	IND Independent	146 0.09%
18	Kamatchi R Female 29 yr GEN	YSP Youth And Students Party	138 0.08%
19	Arjunan K Male 32 yr GEN	IND Independent	136 0.08%
20	Kalyanasundaram R S Male 46 yr GEN	IND Independent	123 0.07%
21	Balamurugan V Male 40 yr GEN	UCPI United Communist Party Of India	99 0.06%
	Total		170688 76.06%

In 2016, Rajapalayam legislative assembly constituency had total 224407 electors. Total number of valid vote was 170688. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Thangappandian S won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 74787 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Shyam, A A S stood second with total 69985 votes. He lost by 4802 votes.

2011 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	K Gopalsamy Male 36 yr GEN	AIADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	80125 53.8%
2	S Thangapandian Male 42 yr GEN	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	58693 39.41%
3	N S Ramakrishnan Male 54 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	5428 3.64%
4	V Murugan Male 30 yr GEN	IND Independent	736 0.49%
5	A Jakir Hussian Male 37 yr GEN	IND Independent	701 0.47%
6	J Joseph Chellappah Male 68 yr GEN	IND Independent	672 0.45%
7	S Manivasagam Male 33 yr SC	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	625 0.42%
8	R Suria Maharaja Male 41 yr GEN	IND Independent	570 0.38%
9	K Dharmalingam Male 41 yr SC	IND Independent	302 0.2%
10	M Manmadhan Male 56 yr SC	IND Independent	278 0.19%
11	P Ayyanar Male 55 yr GEN	IND Independent	213 0.14%
12	P Saravanan Male 40 yr GEN	IND Independent	202 0.14%
13	K Neerathilingam Male 31 yr GEN	IND Independent	166 0.11%
14	V Selvaraj Male 25 yr GEN	IND Independent	111 0.07%
15	B Kulanthaivel Male 31 yr GEN	IND Independent	103 0.07%
	Total		148925 80.24%

In 2011, Rajapalayam legislative assembly constituency had total 185596 electors. Total number of valid vote was 148925. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate K Gopalsamy won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 80125 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate S Thangapandian stood second with total 58693 votes. He lost by 21432 votes.

2006 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Chandra M Female 45 yr SC	AIADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	58320
2	Rajan V P Male 40 yr SC	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	57827
3	Kalimuthu P Male 42 yr SC	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	13218
4	Ayyanar N Male 56 yr SC	DMDK Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	10251
5	Vijayakumari R Female 50 yr SC	AIFB All India Forward Bloc	4082
6	Chellapandi M Male 50 yr SC	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	1640
7	Muniasamy P Male 47 yr SC	IND Independent	1210
8	Madasamy I Male 30 yr SC	IND Independent	485
9	Manmathan M Male 52 yr SC	IND Independent	403
10	Periyashamy A Male 56 yr SC	IND Independent	181
11	Duraibalan D Male 55 yr SC	IND Independent	179
12	Seeinivasan V Male 49 yr SC	IND Independent	170
13	Thangamuthu M Male 27 yr SC	IND Independent	156
	Total		148122

In 2006, Rajapalayam legislative assembly constituency had total electors. Total number of valid vote was 148122. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Chandra M won and became MLA from this seat. She secured total 58320 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Rajan V P stood second with total 57827 votes. He lost by 493 votes.

2001 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Rajasekar M Male	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	61740 47.63%
2	Rajan V P Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	52145 40.23%
3	Ramanathan P Male	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	12613 9.73%
4	Vellaichamy M Male	IND Independent	1280 0.99%
5	Ramachandran T Male	IND Independent	736 0.57%
6	Muthusamy M Male	IND Independent	487 0.38%
7	Manmathan M Male	IND Independent	333 0.26%
8	Muniasamy P Male	IND Independent	299 0.23%
	Total		129633 63.89%

In 2001, Rajapalayam legislative assembly constituency had total 203123 electors. Total number of valid vote was 129633. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Rajasekar M won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 61740 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Rajan V P stood second with total 52145 votes. He lost by 9595 votes.

1996 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	V P Rajan Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	49984 38.62%
2	P Prabakar Male	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	31045 23.99%
3	K Dhanuskodi Male	JP Janata Party	26706 20.63%
4	T Sadhan Thirumalikumar Male	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	17862 13.8%
5	M Thangaraj Male	BJP Bhartiya Janta Party	1805 1.39%
6	C Ayyadurai Male	IND Independent	434 0.34%
7	M Manmathan Male	IND Independent	406 0.31%
8	O S Veluchami Male	AIIC(T) All India Indira Congress (tiwari)	355 0.27%
9	P Kanthan Male	IND Independent	245 0.19%
10	P Nathan Male	IND Independent	187 0.14%
11	G Gurusamy Male	IND Independent	164 0.13%
12	P Ponraj Male	IND Independent	131 0.1%
13	P Ramji Male	IND Independent	57 0.04%
14	D Chellathurai Manopal Male	IND Independent	46 0.04%
	Total		129427 70.52%

In 1996, Rajapalayam legislative assembly constituency had total 192670 electors. Total number of valid vote was 129427. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate V P Rajan won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 49984 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate P Prabakar stood second with total 31045 votes. He lost by 18939 votes.

1991 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	T Sathiah Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	68657 63.45%
2	K Dhunuskedi Male	TMK Thayaka Marumalarchi Kazhagam	37169 34.35%
3	M Poomari Male	IND Independent	687 0.63%
4	M Sonai Male	IND Independent	640 0.59%
5	T Sakthivel Male	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	392 0.36%
6	C Manisekar Male	TMM Tharasu Makkal Mandram	261 0.24%
7	D Chollathurai Manopal Male	IND Independent	184 0.17%
8	M Manmathan Male	IND Independent	157 0.15%
9	M P Jeyapal Male	IND Independent	65 0.06%
	Total		108212 62.72%

In 1991, Rajapalayam legislative assembly constituency had total 177434 electors. Total number of valid vote was 108212. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate T Sathiah won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 68657 votes. Thayaka Marumalarchi Kazhagam candidate K Dhunuskedi stood second with total 37169 votes. He lost by 31488 votes.

1989 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Rajan, V P Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	49137 40.75%
2	Arunachalam M Male	INC Indian National Congress	45122 37.42%
3	Dhanuskodi, K Male	ADK(JL) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(jayalalita Group)	20339 16.87%
4	Shanmugaveli, M Male	IND Independents	4873 4.04%
5	Amirtharaj, T Male	IND Independents	366 0.3%
6	Thamilselvan, D Male	IFT India Farmers And Tailers Party	267 0.22%
7	Rajendran, M Male	IND Independents	235 0.19%
8	Perumal, A Male	IND Independents	147 0.12%
9	Nallathambi K K Male	IND Independents	89 0.07%
	Total		120575 76.59%

In 1989, Rajapalayam legislative assembly constituency had total 159823 electors. Total number of valid vote was 120575. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Rajan, V P won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 49137 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Arunachalam M stood second with total 45122 votes. He lost by 4015 votes.

1984 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Raman, K Male	INC Indian National Congress	54670 54.49%
2	Paulraj-i Male	CPI Communist Party Of India	44924 44.78%
3	Pitchai Kannu-s Male	IND Independent	499 0.5%
4	Ramasamy, A Male	IND Independent	238 0.24%
	Total		100331 73.63%

In 1984, Rajapalayam legislative assembly constituency had total 141300 electors. Total number of valid vote was 100331. Indian National Congress candidate Raman, K won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 54670 votes. Communist Party Of India candidate Paulraj-i stood second with total 44924 votes. He lost by 9746 votes.

1980 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Mokkian P Male	IND Independent	38339 44.07%
2	Pottu Pottan K Male	INC(I) Indian National Congress (i)	29758 34.2%
3	Chinnaswamy A Male	IND Independent	17119 19.68%
4	Maran S S Male	IND Independent	1298 1.49%
5	Paraman K Male	IND Independent	489 0.56%
	Total		87003 66.53%

In 1980, Rajapalayam legislative assembly constituency had total 131952 electors. Total number of valid vote was 87003. Independent candidate Mokkian P won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 38339 votes. Indian National Congress (i) candidate Pottu Pottan K stood second with total 29758 votes. He lost by 8581 votes.

1977 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	K Dhanuskodi Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	28028 37.55%
2	K Pottupoattan Male	INC Indian National Congress	24181 32.39%
3	J S Baliah Male	JNP Janata Party	11702 15.68%
4	K Andi Alias Gurusamy Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	10220 13.69%
5	M Sundaram Male	IND Independent	382 0.51%
6	A Ramaswamy Male	IND Independent	136 0.18%
	Total		74649 59.82%

In 1977, Rajapalayam legislative assembly constituency had total 126020 electors. Total number of valid vote was 74649. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate K Dhanuskodi won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 28028 votes. Indian National Congress candidate K Pottupoattan stood second with total 24181 votes. He lost by 3847 votes.

1971 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Suppu K Male	CPI Communist Party Of India	36827 50.45%
2	Srirenga Raja K R Male	NCO Indian National Congress (organisation)	36163 49.55%
	Total		72990 77.03%

In 1971, Rajapalayam legislative assembly constituency had total 98432 electors. Total number of valid vote was 72990. Communist Party Of India candidate Suppu K won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 36827 votes. Indian National Congress (organisation) candidate Srirenga Raja K R stood second with total 36163 votes. He lost by 664 votes.