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Alangulam Assembly constituency

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Alangulam is a state legislative assembly constituency in Tenkasi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[1] It includes the city of Alangulam. It is a part of Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency. Most successful candidates: DMK & ADMK (5 times). It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Alangulam
Constituency No. 223 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
Lok Sabha constituencyTirunelveli
Established1951
Total electors255,457
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  DMK
Alliance  SPA
Elected year2026

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election Member Party
1952Chinnathambi ThevarIndian National Congress
1957Veluchamy ThevarIndependent politician
1962S. ChellapandianIndian National Congress
1967Aladi ArunaDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971
1977V. Karuppasamy PandianAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980R. Navaneetha Krishna PandianGandhi Kamaraj National Congress
1984N. Shanmugiah PandianAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989S. S. RamasubbuIndian National Congress
1991
1996Aladi ArunaDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001P. G. RajendranAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006Dr. Poongothai Aladi ArunaDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011P. G. RajendranAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016Dr. Poongothai Aladi ArunaDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021P. H. Manoj PandianAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2026Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  Madras State

Election results

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Vote share of winning candidates
2026
 
 34.70%
2021
 
 36.44%
2016
 
 45.98%
2011
 
 47.29%
2006
 
 46.05%
2001
 
 48.95%
1996
 
 46.10%
1991
 
 62.69%
1989
 
 28.57%
1984
 
 54.49%
1980
 
 53.88%
1977
 
 28.43%
1971
 
 51.29%
1967
 
 51.26%
1962
 
 51.44%
1957
 
 51.64%
1952
 
 32.57%

Assembly election 2026

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2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK P. H. Manoj Pandian 69,170 31.32% Decrease3.69
AIADMK K. R. P. Prabakaran 61,372 27.79% New
TVK Vibin Chakkaravarthy 60,684 27.48% New
NTK R. Paulraj 23,380 10.59% Increase4.38
All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam Madasamy 2,158 0.98% New
PT A. Udhayakumar 1,620 0.73% Increase0.18
NOTA None of the above 982 0.44% Decrease0.45
Margin of victory 7,798 3.53% Increase1.78
Turnout 221,103 86.46% Increase8.40
Total valid votes 220,857
Registered electors 255,730 Decrease1.90
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing Decrease5.45

Assembly election 2021

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. H. Manoj Pandian 74,153 36.77% Decrease6.75
DMK Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna 70,614 35.01% Decrease10.97
Independent A. Hari Nadar 37,727 18.71%
NTK M. Sangeetha Esak 12,519 6.21% Increase4.92
DMDK Rajendranathan 2,816 1.40% Decrease2.63
NOTA None of the above 1,786 0.89% Decrease0.19
MNM S. Selvakumar 1,454 0.72% New
Margin of victory 3,539 1.75% Decrease0.71
Turnout 203,484 78.06% Decrease1.05
Total valid votes 201,692
Rejected ballots 6 0.00% Decrease0.08
Registered electors 260,688 Increase6.58
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing Decrease9.21

Assembly election 2016

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2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna 88,891 45.98% Decrease1.13
AIADMK Hepzi Karthikeyan 84,137 43.52% Decrease3.77
DMDK Rajendranathan 7,784 4.03% New
BJP S. V. Anburaj 4,660 2.41% Increase0.80
NTK R. . Vasanthi Ramalingam 2,495 1.29% New
NOTA None of the above 2,089 1.08% New
Margin of victory 4,754 2.46% Increase2.28
Turnout 193,488 79.11% Increase79.11
Total valid votes 193,326
Rejected ballots 162 0.08%
Registered electors 244,588 Increase20.00
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing Decrease1.31

Assembly election 2011

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2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. G. Rajendran 78,098 47.29% Increase6.30
DMK Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna 77,799 47.11% Increase1.06
BJP S. Sudalaiyandi 2,664 1.61% Increase0.01
BSP E. Murugesan 1,234 0.75% Decrease4.14
Independent N. Rajendran 1,099 0.67%
Independent S. Thanga Raja 1,058 0.64%
Margin of victory 299 0.18% Decrease4.88
Total valid votes 165,134
Registered electors 203,826 Increase11.17
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing Increase1.24

Assembly election 2006

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2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna 62,299 46.05% Increase0.54
AIADMK M. Pandiaraj 55,454 40.99% New
BSP M. Sivakumar 6,620 4.89% New
AIFB P. Samynathan 4,664 3.45% New
DMDK Muthu Kumarasamy @ K. Durai 2,751 2.03% New
BJP M. Arulselvan 2,170 1.60% New
Independent A. Meeran 1,336 0.99%
Margin of victory 6,845 5.06% Increase1.62
Turnout 135,689 74.01% Increase8.64
Total valid votes 135,294
Registered electors 183,349 Increase0.26
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing Decrease2.90

Assembly election 2001

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2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. G. Rajendran 58,498 48.95% New
DMK Aladi Aruna 54,387 45.51% Decrease0.59
MDMK S. S. Krishnasamy 3,320 2.78% Decrease9.58
Independent S. Vaikuntam 1,561 1.31%
Independent P. Ravi Kumar 821 0.69%
Margin of victory 4,111 3.44% Decrease17.58
Turnout 119,555 65.37% Decrease7.55
Total valid votes 119,509
Rejected ballots 46 0.04% Decrease5.33
Registered electors 182,877 Increase9.05
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing Increase2.85

Assembly election 1996

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1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Aladi Aruna 53,374 46.10% Increase12.71
INC M. S. Kamaraj 29,038 25.08% Decrease37.61
MDMK M. P. Murugiah 14,309 12.36% New
AIIC(T) S. S. Ramasubbu 6,475 5.59% New
BJP S. V. Anburaj 3,236 2.80% New
Independent I. Poolpandian 2,186 1.89%
Independent S. Murugiah @ Murugiah Pandian 1,500 1.30%
Independent S. Shunmugaih Pandian 864 0.75%
Margin of victory 24,336 21.02% Decrease8.29
Turnout 122,293 72.92% Increase3.47
Total valid votes 115,771
Rejected ballots 6,563 5.37% Increase2.30
Registered electors 167,697 Increase6.21
DMK gain from INC Swing Decrease16.59

Assembly election 1991

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1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. S. Ramasubbu 66,637 62.69% Increase34.12
DMK S. Gurunathan 35,487 33.39% Increase5.26
PMK C. Pavanasam 1,491 1.40% New
THMM M. Sankar Palani 1,154 1.09% New
Margin of victory 31,150 29.31% Increase28.87
Turnout 109,658 69.45% Decrease9.98
Total valid votes 106,288
Rejected ballots 3,370 3.07% Increase0.98
Registered electors 157,887 Increase12.03
INC hold Swing

Assembly election 1989

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1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. S. Ramasubbu 31,314 28.57% New
DMK M. P. Murugiah 30,832 28.13% Decrease2.54
AIADMK V. Karuppasamy Pandian 23,964 21.87% New
AIADMK Aladi Aruna 20,867 19.04% New
Margin of victory 482 0.44% Decrease23.38
Turnout 111,933 79.43% Increase3.67
Total valid votes 109,598
Rejected ballots 2,335 2.09% Decrease4.61
Registered electors 140,927 Increase12.82
INC gain from AIADMK Swing Decrease25.92

Assembly election 1984

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1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK N. Shanmugiah Pandian 48,109 54.49% New
DMK P. Thambi Thurai 27,076 30.67% Decrease14.48
Independent T. Sekar 5,922 6.71%
Independent S. P. Emarajan 3,866 4.38%
Independent N. Thangaraj Pandian 2,448 2.77%
Independent M. Rayappan 548 0.62%
Margin of victory 21,033 23.82% Increase15.09
Turnout 94,631 75.76% Increase8.47
Total valid votes 88,294
Rejected ballots 6,337 6.70% Increase5.24
Registered electors 124,914 Increase8.13
AIADMK gain from GKC Swing Increase0.61

Assembly election 1980

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1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
GKC R. Navaneetha Krishna Pandian 41,271 53.88% New
DMK E. Dorai Singh 34,587 45.15% Increase28.82
Independent M. Rayappan Nadar 504 0.66%
Margin of victory 6,684 8.73% Increase6.14
Turnout 77,737 67.29% Increase4.40
Total valid votes 76,604
Rejected ballots 1,133 1.46% Decrease0.05
Registered electors 115,519 Increase0.80
GKC gain from AIADMK Swing Increase25.45

Assembly election 1977

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1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. Karuppasamy Pandian 20,183 28.43% New
JP R. Navaneetha Krishna Pandian 18,342 25.84% New
INC S. Ukkirama Pandian 17,997 25.35% New
DMK P. Thambi Durai 11,592 16.33% Decrease34.96
Independent S. Arulappan Nadar 1,024 1.44%
AIFB T. Thirumaran 861 1.21% New
Independent S. Subbiah Thevar 663 0.93%
Margin of victory 1,841 2.59% Increase0.01
Turnout 72,074 62.89% Decrease15.40
Total valid votes 70,987
Rejected ballots 1,087 1.51% Increase1.51
Registered electors 114,602 Increase22.61
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing Decrease22.86

Assembly election 1971

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1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Aladi Aruna 36,526 51.29% Increase0.03
INC S. K. T. Ramachandran 34,688 48.71% New
Margin of victory 1,838 2.58% Decrease1.35
Turnout 73,178 78.29% Increase1.26
Total valid votes 71,214
Registered electors 93,471 Increase6.79
DMK hold Swing

Assembly election 1967

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1967 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Aladi Aruna 33,509 51.26% Increase38.05
INC A. B. Balagan 30,938 47.32% Decrease4.12
Independent M. Rayappan 930 1.42%
Margin of victory 2,571 3.93% Decrease12.16
Turnout 67,421 77.03% Increase8.01
Total valid votes 65,377
Registered electors 87,529 Decrease7.93
DMK gain from INC Swing Decrease0.18

Assembly election 1962

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1962 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. Chellapandian 32,650 51.44% Increase10.67
SWA N. H. M. Pandian 22,438 35.35% New
DMK V. Arunachalam Nadar 8,387 13.21% New
Margin of victory 10,212 16.09% Increase5.22
Turnout 65,619 69.02% Increase29.32
Total valid votes 63,475
Registered electors 95,066 Increase0.17
INC gain from Independent Swing Decrease0.20

Assembly election 1957

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1957 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Veluchamy Thevar 19,458 51.64%
INC S. Chellapandian 15,362 40.77% Increase8.20
Independent Ambalavana Pillai 2,858 7.59%
Margin of victory 4,096 10.87% Increase1.98
Turnout 37,678 39.70% Decrease14.07
Total valid votes 37,678
Registered electors 94,908 Increase23.72
Independent gain from INC Swing Increase19.07

Assembly election 1952

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1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Alangulam[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Chinnathambi Thevar 13,433 32.57% New
Independent Thangarathnasami Nadar 9,765 23.68% New
Independent Peter Arulmani 7,440 18.04% New
Socialist Party (India) Velikandanatha Pillai 5,463 13.25% New
Independent Maria Louis Pandian 5,144 12.47% New
Margin of victory 3,668 8.89%
Turnout 41,245 53.77%
Total valid votes 41,245
Registered electors 76,713
INC win (new seat)

References

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  1. ↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Result 2026 - Alangulam". Election Commission of India. 4 May 2026. Archived from the original on 6 June 2026. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "Alangulam Constituency Election Results 2021 - 2026". The Times of India. 4 May 2026. Archived from the original on 6 June 2026. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "Alangulam Election Result". Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  6. ↑ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  7. ↑ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
  8. ↑ Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  9. ↑ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  10. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  11. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  12. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  13. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  14. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  15. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  16. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  17. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  18. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1957" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  19. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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