Chidambaram Assembly constituency

Chidambaram
Chidambaram
Constituency No. 158 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Cuddalore
Lok Sabha constituency	Chidambaram
Established	1951
Total electors	2,31,325
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Thamimun Ansari.M
Party	MJK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2026
Preceded by	K. A. Pandian

Chidambaram is a legislative assembly in Cuddalore district, which includes the city of Chidambaram.^[1] It is a part of Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member
1952	Swami Sahajananda	Indian National Congress
1952	G. Vagheesam Pillai
1957	G. Vagheesam Pillai
1957	Swami Sahajananda
1962	S. Sivasubramanian
1967	R. Kanagasabai Pillai
1971	P. Ponchocka Lingam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	Kaliyamoorthy Durai	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	K. R. Ganapathi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	K. R. Ganapathi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	D. Krishnamoorthy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	K. S. Alagiri	Indian National Congress
1996	K. S. Alagiri	Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	K. Saravanan Durai	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	A. Arunmozhithevan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	K. Balakrishnan	Communist Party of India
2016	K. A. Pandian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	K. A. Pandian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2026	M. Thamimun Ansari	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Madras State

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2026			35.48%
2021			50.49%
2016			34.31%
2011			48.30%
2006			50.71%
2001			52.70%
1996			50.52%
1991			51.20%
1989			42.14%
1984			54.55%
1980			51.71%
1977			31.30%
1971			50.33%
1967			49.18%
1962			53.34%
1957			22.75%
1952			27.31%

Assembly election 2026

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Thamimun Ansari	69,739	35.48%	*New*
	AIADMK	K. A. Pandian	63,992	32.55%	New
	TVK	Nedunchezhiyan	54,584	27.77%	New
	NTK	Thamizh	6,169	3.14%	1.84
	NOTA	None of the above	816	0.42%	0.24
Margin of victory			5,747	2.92%	6.38
Turnout			197,092	85.20%	12.03
Total valid votes			196,586
Registered electors			231,325		7.88
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	15.01

Assembly election 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. A. Pandian	91,961	50.49%	16.18
	IUML	S. Abdul Rahman	75,024	41.19%	New
	NTK	Natarajan Krishnamoorthy	9,071	4.98%	4.22
	MNM	G. Devasagayam	2,953	1.62%	New
	AMMK	M. Nanthinidevi	1,388	0.76%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,202	0.66%	0.34
Margin of victory			16,937	9.30%	8.42
Turnout			183,730	73.17%	1.62
Total valid votes			182,150
Rejected ballots			378	0.21%	0.24
Registered electors			251,100		9.57
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Assembly election 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. A. Pandian	58,543	34.31%	*New*
	DMK	K. R. Senthilkumar	57,037	33.43%	12.94
	PMK	R. Arul	24,226	14.20%	New
	CPI(M)	K. Balakrishnan	23,314	13.66%	34.64
	SDPI	G. Abdul Satthar	1,775	1.04%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,714	1.00%	New
	NTK	B. Sathishkumar (A) Baakyaa	1,295	0.76%	New
	BJP	G. Manimaran	1,079	0.63%	2.07
Margin of victory			1,506	0.88%	1.05
Turnout			171,396	74.79%	3.19
Total valid votes			170,619
Rejected ballots			777	0.45%	0.36
Registered electors			229,162		19.70
	AIADMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	13.99

Assembly election 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Balakrishnan	72,054	48.30%	*New*
	DMK	Sridhar Vandaiyar	69,175	46.37%	New
	BJP	V. Kannan	4,034	2.70%	1.75
	LJP	R. Panneer	1,010	0.68%	New
	Independent	C. Vinoba	933	0.63%
Margin of victory			2,879	1.93%	13.21
Turnout			149,293	77.98%	2.51
Total valid votes			149,166
Rejected ballots			127	0.09%	0.09
Registered electors			191,446		30.04
	CPI(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	2.41

Assembly election 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Arunmozhithevan	56,327	50.71%	*New*
	CPI(M)	K. Balakrishnan	39,517	35.58%	New
	DMDK	P. Rajamannan	10,303	9.28%	New
	BJP	A. Srinivasan	1,054	0.95%	New
	Independent	P. Velmurugan	954	0.86%
	Independent	C. Vinoba	797	0.72%
Margin of victory			16,810	15.14%	3.65
Turnout			111,106	75.47%	13.35
Total valid votes			111,066
Registered electors			147,220		11.85
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	1.99

Assembly election 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Saravanan Durai	54,647	52.70%	*New*
	PMK	T. Arivuselvan	42,732	41.21%	22.06
	MDMK	K. V. Mohana Sundar	3,765	3.63%	2.31
	Independent	V. Jayaraj	1,089	1.05%
	Independent	S. Anbazhagan	958	0.92%
Margin of victory			11,915	11.49%	16.67
Turnout			103,738	62.12%	8.79
Total valid votes			103,702
Rejected ballots			36	0.03%	4.96
Registered electors			167,006		9.88
	DMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	2.18

Assembly election 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	K. S. Alagiri	52,066	50.52%	*New*
	INC	A. Radhakrishnan	23,050	22.37%	28.83
	PMK	K. Devadoss	19,737	19.15%	2.44
	MDMK	Durai Krishnamoorthy	6,121	5.94%	New
Margin of victory			29,016	28.16%	7.53
Turnout			107,780	70.91%	1.77
Total valid votes			103,050
Rejected ballots			5,379	4.99%	1.75
Registered electors			151,992		6.76
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	0.68

Assembly election 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. S. Alagiri	48,767	51.20%	28.78
	DMK	M. R. K. Panneerselvam	29,114	30.57%	11.57
	PMK	K. Devadasu	15,913	16.71%	New
Margin of victory			19,653	20.63%	0.92
Turnout			98,437	69.14%	1.54
Total valid votes			95,244
Rejected ballots			3,193	3.24%	1.35
Registered electors			142,369		11.32
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	9.06

Assembly election 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. Krishnamoorthy	35,738	42.14%	1.70
	INC	A. Radhakrishnan	19,018	22.42%	New
	Independent	N. Arumugam	12,363	14.58%
	AIADMK	K. P. Panneerselvam	10,088	11.89%	New
	CPI	T. Manivasagam	5,371	6.33%	New
	Independent	K. Dharuman	706	0.83%
Margin of victory			16,720	19.71%	9.00
Turnout			86,451	67.60%	11.60
Total valid votes			84,813
Rejected ballots			1,638	1.89%	2.64
Registered electors			127,893		12.07
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	12.41

Assembly election 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. R. Ganapathi	47,067	54.55%	2.84
	DMK	K. S. Subramanian	37,824	43.84%	3.82
	Independent	D. Arulmozhi	1,171	1.36%
Margin of victory			9,243	10.71%	6.66
Turnout			90,376	79.20%	6.37
Total valid votes			86,285
Rejected ballots			4,091	4.53%	3.23
Registered electors			114,114		1.64
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Assembly election 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. R. Ganapathi	41,728	51.71%	*New*
	DMK	Kaliyamoorthy Durai	38,461	47.66%	16.36
Margin of victory			3,267	4.05%	0.50
Turnout			81,763	72.83%	5.15
Total valid votes			80,699
Rejected ballots			1,064	1.30%	0.05
Registered electors			112,269		2.47
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	20.41

Assembly election 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Kaliyamoorthy Durai	22,917	31.30%	19.03
	AIADMK	Muthugovindarajan	19,586	26.75%	New
	INC	B. Umapathy	15,644	21.36%	New
	JP	A. Sambandam	10,960	14.97%	New
	Independent	N. Rathinasamy	1,817	2.48%
	Independent	M. Sanjeevi	1,422	1.94%
	Independent	K. Dharuman	474	0.65%
Margin of victory			3,331	4.55%	2.19
Turnout			74,156	67.68%	8.92
Total valid votes			73,226
Rejected ballots			930	1.25%	1.25
Registered electors			109,561		14.58
	DMK hold		Swing

Assembly election 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Ponchocka Lingam	35,750	50.33%	3.34
	INC	R. Gopala Krishnan	34,071	47.97%	New
	Independent	Satchidanandama	1,206	1.70%
Margin of victory			1,679	2.36%	0.17
Turnout			73,245	76.60%	4.86
Total valid votes			71,027
Registered electors			95,620		5.59
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	1.15

Assembly election 1967

1967 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Kanagasabai Pillai	34,911	49.18%	4.16
	DMK	P. Ponchocka Lingam	33,356	46.99%	8.97
	Independent	R. Govindarajan	1,881	2.65%
	Independent	P. Natarajan	834	1.17%
Margin of victory			1,555	2.19%	13.13
Turnout			73,772	81.46%	15.15
Total valid votes			70,982
Registered electors			90,560		7.75
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly election 1962

1962 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Sivasubramanian	33,438	53.34%	7.95
	DMK	K. Arumugham	23,837	38.02%	New
	CPI	A. Munusami	5,413	8.63%	New
Margin of victory			9,601	15.32%	11.10
Turnout			65,102	66.31%	32.83
Total valid votes			62,688
Registered electors			98,172		40.57
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly election 1957

1957 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. Vagheesam Pillai	37,255	22.75%	27.66
	INC	Swami Sahajananda	37,089	22.64%	27.77
	Independent	Chockalingam	30,345	18.53%
	Independent	S. Sivasubramanian	26,489	16.17%
	Independent	Gopala Krishnan	23,546	14.38%
	Independent	V. Kuppusamy	5,420	3.31%
	Independent	A. Shanmugam	3,643	2.22%
Margin of victory			6,910	4.22%	2.00
Turnout			163,787	99.14%	44.15
Total valid votes			163,787
Registered electors			165,203		25.58
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly election 1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Swami Sahajananda	39,509	27.31%	*New*
	INC	G. Vagheesam Pillai	33,427	23.10%	*New*
	TTP	Swamikannu	30,517	21.09%	New
	TTP	Sivasubramanian	25,760	17.80%	New
	RPI	Kuppuswami	9,606	6.64%	New
	Socialist Party (India)	Govindarajan	5,861	4.05%	New
Margin of victory			8,992	6.22%
Turnout			144,680	54.99%
Total valid votes			144,680
Registered electors			131,550
	INC win (new seat)

References

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
↑ "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.
↑ 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.
↑ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
↑ Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
↑ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1957" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
↑ 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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[1] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[2] "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.

[3] 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.

[4] Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.

[5] Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.

[6] Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[7] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[8] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[9] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[10] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[11] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[12] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[13] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[14] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[15] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1957" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

[16] 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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