Gandarvakottai_(state_assembly_constituency)

Gandarvakottai
Gandarvakottai
Constituency No. 178 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Pudukottai
LS constituency	Tiruchirappalli
Established	1957
Total electors	2,01,521
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent M. Chinnadurai
Party	CPI(M)
Elected year	2021

Gandarvakottai Assembly constituency

One of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India

Gandarvakottai is a state assembly constituency in Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu. It was in existence from 1957 to 1971 state elections, and reappeared from 2011. It is a part of Tiruchirappalli parliamentary constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

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Year	Winner
1957	R. Krishnasami Gopalar	Indian National Congress
1962	R. Krishnasami Gopalar
1967	R. R. Durai

Year	Winner
2011	N. Subramanian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	B. Arumugam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	M. Chinnadurai^[3]	Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			44.65%
2016			43.84%
2011			54.85%
1971			57.59%
1967			52.68%
1962			41.99%
1957			46.03%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. Chinnadurai	69,710	44.65%	35.12%
	AIADMK	S. Jayabharathi	56,989	36.50%	-7.33%
	AMMK	P. Lenin	12,840	8.22%
	NTK	M. Ramila	12,661	8.11%	7.13%
	NOTA	Nota	1,390	0.89%	-0.17%
	CPI(ML)L	P. Asaithambi	1,271	0.81%	0.50%
	MNM	Krm. Adhidravidar	848	0.54%
Margin of victory			12,721	8.15%	6.06%
Turnout			1,56,119	77.47%	-0.69%
Rejected ballots			11	0.01%
Registered electors			2,01,521
	CPI(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.81%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	B. Arumugam	64,043	43.84%	-11.01%
	DMK	K. Anbarasan	60,996	41.75%	3.00%
	CPI(M)	M. Chinnadurai	13,918	9.53%
	BJP	Puratchikavidhasan @ Palaniyappan. M	1,600	1.10%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,556	1.07%
	NTK	C. Mohanraj	1,432	0.98%
	Independent	Chandrasekaran. C	558	0.38%
	PMK	Palanimanickam. M	530	0.36%
	Independent	Veeramuthu. B	514	0.35%
	CPI(ML)L	Vanitha. R	465	0.32%	-0.36%
	BSP	Thavamoorthy. T	284	0.19%	-0.68%
Margin of victory			3,047	2.09%	-14.01%
Turnout			1,46,090	78.16%	-1.98%
Registered electors			1,86,922
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-11.01%

Gandarvakottai_(state_assembly_constituency)

Gandarvakottai Assembly constituency

Madras State

Tamil Nadu

Post delimitation

Election results

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2016

2011

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1967

1962

1957

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	Subramanian. N	67,128	54.85%
	DMK	Kavithaipithan. S	47,429	38.76%
	IJK	Selvarani. R	2,974	2.43%
	Independent	Rethinam. V	1,357	1.11%
	BSP	Murugesan. M	1,073	0.88%
	Independent	Bharathy. K	842	0.69%
	CPI(ML)L	Asaithambi. P	824	0.67%
	Independent	Chitra. R	754	0.62%
Margin of victory			19,699	16.10%
Turnout			1,52,708	80.14%
Registered electors			1,22,381
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Durai Govindarajan	42,025	57.59%	11.34%
	INC	R. Ramachandra Durai	28,239	38.70%	-13.98%
	Independent	A. Kaliaperumal	2,705	3.71%
Margin of victory			13,786	18.89%	12.46%
Turnout			72,969	80.73%	-1.76%
Registered electors			93,352
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	4.91%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. R. Durai	34,665	52.68%	10.69%
	DMK	D. G. Kalingarar	30,434	46.25%	9.01%
	Independent	N. R. Konar	706	1.07%
Margin of victory			4,231	6.43%	1.67%
Turnout			65,805	82.49%	12.69%
Registered electors			82,264
	INC hold		Swing	10.69%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Krishnaswamy Gopalar	24,878	41.99%	-4.04%
	DMK	Govindarasu Kalingarar	22,061	37.24%
	Independent	Ramachandra Dorai	12,308	20.77%
Margin of victory			2,817	4.75%	-17.35%
Turnout			59,247	69.80%	18.86%
Registered electors			89,012
	INC hold		Swing	-4.04%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Krishnasami Gopalar	18,928	46.03%
	Independent	Ramachandra Dorai	9,839	23.93%
	Independent	P.S.Thangamuthu Nattar	8,553	20.80%
	Independent	Marimuthu Odayar	1,638	3.98%
	Independent	Dharamaraja Merkondar	1,115	2.71%
	Independent	Rangasami Odayar	1,051	2.56%
Margin of victory			9,089	22.10%
Turnout			41,124	50.95%
Registered electors			80,716
	INC win (new seat)