Chidambaram Assembly constituency

Chidambaram
Constituency No. 158 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictCuddalore
Lok Sabha constituencyChidambaram
Established1951
Total electors2,31,325
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  MJK
Alliance  SPA
Elected year2026
Preceded byK. 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 Party
1952Swami SahajanandaIndian National Congress
G. Vagheesam Pillai
1957
Swami Sahajananda
1962S. Sivasubramanian
1967R. Kanagasabai Pillai
1971P. Ponchocka LingamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977Kaliyamoorthy Durai
1980K. R. GanapathiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984
1989D. KrishnamoorthyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991K. S. AlagiriIndian National Congress
1996Tamil Maanila Congress
2001K. Saravanan DuraiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006A. ArunmozhithevanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011K. BalakrishnanCommunist Party of India
2016K. A. PandianAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021
2026M. Thamimun AnsariDravida 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[2][3]
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% Decrease1.84
NOTA None of the above 816 0.42% Decrease0.24
Margin of victory 5,747 2.92% Decrease6.38
Turnout 197,092 85.20% Increase12.03
Total valid votes 196,586
Registered electors 231,325 Decrease7.88
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing Decrease15.01

Assembly election 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. A. Pandian 91,961 50.49% Increase16.18
IUML S. Abdul Rahman 75,024 41.19% New
NTK Natarajan Krishnamoorthy 9,071 4.98% Increase4.22
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% Decrease0.34
Margin of victory 16,937 9.30% Increase8.42
Turnout 183,730 73.17% Decrease1.62
Total valid votes 182,150
Rejected ballots 378 0.21% Decrease0.24
Registered electors 251,100 Increase9.57
AIADMK hold Swing

Assembly election 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. A. Pandian 58,543 34.31% New
DMK K. R. Senthilkumar 57,037 33.43% Decrease12.94
PMK R. Arul 24,226 14.20% New
CPI(M) K. Balakrishnan 23,314 13.66% Decrease34.64
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% Decrease2.07
Margin of victory 1,506 0.88% Decrease1.05
Turnout 171,396 74.79% Decrease3.19
Total valid votes 170,619
Rejected ballots 777 0.45% Increase0.36
Registered electors 229,162 Increase19.70
AIADMK gain from CPI(M) Swing Decrease13.99

Assembly election 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[5]
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% Increase1.75
LJP R. Panneer 1,010 0.68% New
Independent C. Vinoba 933 0.63%
Margin of victory 2,879 1.93% Decrease13.21
Turnout 149,293 77.98% Increase2.51
Total valid votes 149,166
Rejected ballots 127 0.09% Increase0.09
Registered electors 191,446 Increase30.04
CPI(M) gain from AIADMK Swing Decrease2.41

Assembly election 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[6]
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% Increase3.65
Turnout 111,106 75.47% Increase13.35
Total valid votes 111,066
Registered electors 147,220 Decrease11.85
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing Decrease1.99

Assembly election 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. Saravanan Durai 54,647 52.70% New
PMK T. Arivuselvan 42,732 41.21% Increase22.06
MDMK K. V. Mohana Sundar 3,765 3.63% Decrease2.31
Independent V. Jayaraj 1,089 1.05%
Independent S. Anbazhagan 958 0.92%
Margin of victory 11,915 11.49% Decrease16.67
Turnout 103,738 62.12% Decrease8.79
Total valid votes 103,702
Rejected ballots 36 0.03% Decrease4.96
Registered electors 167,006 Increase9.88
DMK gain from TMC(M) Swing Increase2.18

Assembly election 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC(M) K. S. Alagiri 52,066 50.52% New
INC A. Radhakrishnan 23,050 22.37% Decrease28.83
PMK K. Devadoss 19,737 19.15% Increase2.44
MDMK Durai Krishnamoorthy 6,121 5.94% New
Margin of victory 29,016 28.16% Increase7.53
Turnout 107,780 70.91% Increase1.77
Total valid votes 103,050
Rejected ballots 5,379 4.99% Increase1.75
Registered electors 151,992 Increase6.76
TMC(M) gain from INC Swing Decrease0.68

Assembly election 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. S. Alagiri 48,767 51.20% Increase28.78
DMK M. R. K. Panneerselvam 29,114 30.57% Decrease11.57
PMK K. Devadasu 15,913 16.71% New
Margin of victory 19,653 20.63% Increase0.92
Turnout 98,437 69.14% Increase1.54
Total valid votes 95,244
Rejected ballots 3,193 3.24% Increase1.35
Registered electors 142,369 Increase11.32
INC gain from DMK Swing Increase9.06

Assembly election 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK D. Krishnamoorthy 35,738 42.14% Decrease1.70
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% Increase9.00
Turnout 86,451 67.60% Decrease11.60
Total valid votes 84,813
Rejected ballots 1,638 1.89% Decrease2.64
Registered electors 127,893 Increase12.07
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing Decrease12.41

Assembly election 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. R. Ganapathi 47,067 54.55% Increase2.84
DMK K. S. Subramanian 37,824 43.84% Decrease3.82
Independent D. Arulmozhi 1,171 1.36%
Margin of victory 9,243 10.71% Increase6.66
Turnout 90,376 79.20% Increase6.37
Total valid votes 86,285
Rejected ballots 4,091 4.53% Increase3.23
Registered electors 114,114 Increase1.64
AIADMK hold Swing

Assembly election 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. R. Ganapathi 41,728 51.71% New
DMK Kaliyamoorthy Durai 38,461 47.66% Increase16.36
Margin of victory 3,267 4.05% Decrease0.50
Turnout 81,763 72.83% Increase5.15
Total valid votes 80,699
Rejected ballots 1,064 1.30% Increase0.05
Registered electors 112,269 Increase2.47
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing Increase20.41

Assembly election 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Kaliyamoorthy Durai 22,917 31.30% Decrease19.03
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% Increase2.19
Turnout 74,156 67.68% Decrease8.92
Total valid votes 73,226
Rejected ballots 930 1.25% Increase1.25
Registered electors 109,561 Increase14.58
DMK hold Swing

Assembly election 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK P. Ponchocka Lingam 35,750 50.33% Increase3.34
INC R. Gopala Krishnan 34,071 47.97% New
Independent Satchidanandama 1,206 1.70%
Margin of victory 1,679 2.36% Increase0.17
Turnout 73,245 76.60% Decrease4.86
Total valid votes 71,027
Registered electors 95,620 Increase5.59
DMK gain from INC Swing Increase1.15

Assembly election 1967

1967 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Kanagasabai Pillai 34,911 49.18% Decrease4.16
DMK P. Ponchocka Lingam 33,356 46.99% Increase8.97
Independent R. Govindarajan 1,881 2.65%
Independent P. Natarajan 834 1.17%
Margin of victory 1,555 2.19% Decrease13.13
Turnout 73,772 81.46% Increase15.15
Total valid votes 70,982
Registered electors 90,560 Decrease7.75
INC hold Swing

Assembly election 1962

1962 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. Sivasubramanian 33,438 53.34% Increase7.95
DMK K. Arumugham 23,837 38.02% New
CPI A. Munusami 5,413 8.63% New
Margin of victory 9,601 15.32% Increase11.10
Turnout 65,102 66.31% Decrease32.83
Total valid votes 62,688
Registered electors 98,172 Decrease40.57
INC hold Swing

Assembly election 1957

1957 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC G. Vagheesam Pillai 37,255 22.75% Decrease27.66
INC Swami Sahajananda 37,089 22.64% Decrease27.77
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% Decrease2.00
Turnout 163,787 99.14% Increase44.15
Total valid votes 163,787
Registered electors 165,203 Increase25.58
INC hold Swing

Assembly election 1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Chidambaram[18]
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

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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.
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  3. ↑ "Chidambaram Constituency Election Results 2016 - 2026". The Times of India. 4 May 2026. Archived from the original on 5 June 2026. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "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.
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  7. ↑ Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  8. ↑ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  9. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
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