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Cuddalore
Cuddalore
Constituency No. 155 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Cuddalore
LS constituency	Cuddalore
Established	1952
Total electors	2,38,364
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent G. Iyappan
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

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Cuddalore is a legislative assembly constituency, that includes the city, Cuddalore. Cuddalore assembly constituency is a part of Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency. Cuddalore will be one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.^[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Madras State

Assembly	Elected year	Duration	Winner
First	1952	1952-1957	Rathinam	Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party
Second	1957	1957-1962	P. R. Seenivasa Padayachi	Indian National Congress
Third	1962	1962-1967	P. R. Seenivasa Padayachi	Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967	1967-1971	Ere. Elamvazhuthi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Duration	Winner
Fifth	1971-1977	R. Govindaraj	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977-1980	K. Abdul Latheef	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-1984	Babu Govindarajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984-1989	V.G. Cheelappa	Indian National Congress
Ninth	1989-1991	E. Pugazhendi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991-1996	P. R. S. Venkatesan	Indian National Congress
Eleventh	1996-2001	E. Pugazhendi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-2006	E. Pugazhendi
Thirteenth	2006-2011	G. Iyappan
Fourteenth	2011-2016	M. C. Sampath	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016-2021	M. C. Sampath	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021-Incumbent	G. Iyappan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			46.46%
2016			41.07%
2011			60.56%
2006			47.76%
2001			45.61%
1991			48.60%
1989			42.91%
1984			58.02%
1980			49.05%
1977			31.61%
1971			52.60%
1967			55.09%
1962			40.72%
1957			41.18%
1952			34.12%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Iyappan	84,563	46.46%	+19.53
	AIADMK	M. C. Sampath	79,412	43.63%	+2.56
	NTK	V. Jaladeepan	9,563	5.25%	−1.98
	MNM	K. Anandraj	4,040	2.22%	New
	DMDK	A. Gnanapandithan	1,499	0.82%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,236	0.68%	−0.51
Margin of victory			5,151	2.83%	−11.31%
Turnout			182,001	76.35%	1.66%
Rejected ballots			391	0.21%
Registered electors			238,364
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	5.39%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. C. Sampath	70,922	41.07%	−19.49
	DMK	Ela. Pugazhendi	46,509	26.93%	−9.9
	TMC(M)	A. S. Chandarasekaran	20,608	11.93%	New
	PMK	Pazha. Thamaraikannan	16,905	9.79%	New
	NTK	Seeman	12,497	7.24%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,062	1.19%	New
	BJP	P. Selvam	1,964	1.14%	+0.02
Margin of victory			24,413	14.14%	−9.59%
Turnout			172,688	74.69%	−3.33%
Registered electors			231,205
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-19.49%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. C. Sampath	85,953	60.56%	+17.27
	DMK	E. Pugazhendi	52,275	36.83%	−10.93
	BJP	R. Gunasekaran	1,579	1.11%	−0.17
	Independent	S. V. Rajan	892	0.63%	New
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	T. E. Chithrakala	774	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			33,678	23.73%	19.26%
Turnout			141,930	78.02%	6.48%
Registered electors			181,920
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	12.80%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Iyappan	67,003	47.76%	+2.15
	AIADMK	G. Kumar	60,737	43.30%	New
	DMDK	G. V. Jayakumar	7,866	5.61%	New
	BJP	P. Sivakumar	1,803	1.29%	New
	Independent	S. Sriramulu	797	0.57%	New
	Independent	J. Srivathsan	776	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			6,266	4.47%	4.44%
Turnout			140,286	71.54%	14.95%
Registered electors			196,095
	DMK hold		Swing	2.15%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. Pugazhendi	54,671	45.61%	−16.66
	TMC(M)	P. R. S. Venkatesan	54,637	45.58%	New
	MDMK	S. Pathmanaban	7,119	5.94%	+0.15
	Independent	S. Sriramulu	1,284	1.07%	New
	Puratchi Bharatham	S. Muruganantham	929	0.78%	New
	Independent	D. Senthilkumar	685	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			34	0.03%	−40.63%
Turnout			119,862	56.59%	−10.51%
Registered electors			212,016
	DMK hold		Swing	-16.66%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. Pugazhendi	74,480	62.27%	+28
	INC	K. V. Rajendiran	25,853	21.62%	−26.99
	AIIC(T)	N. Varatharajan	9,552	7.99%	New
	MDMK	S. Padmanaban	6,925	5.79%	New
	BJP	S. Varatharajan	848	0.71%	−0.4
Margin of victory			48,627	40.66%	26.32%
Turnout			119,606	67.11%	3.76%
Registered electors			185,364
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	13.67%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. R. S. Venkatesan	51,459	48.60%	+26.14
	DMK	E. Pugazhendi	36,284	34.27%	−8.64
	PMK	K. Abdul Lateef	15,940	15.06%	New
	BJP	K. Chokkalilnga Achari	1,171	1.11%	New
Margin of victory			15,175	14.33%	−6.10%
Turnout			105,873	63.34%	−4.59%
Registered electors			172,538
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	5.70%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. Pugazhendi	42,790	42.91%	+2.91
	INC	M. Radhakrishnan	22,408	22.47%	−35.55
	AIADMK	K. Abdul Latheef	18,721	18.77%	New
	AIADMK	D. Janarthanan	7,028	7.05%	New
	Independent	S. O. Padmanabhan	6,694	6.71%	New
	Independent	M. P. Rajamanickam	906	0.91%	New
Margin of victory			20,382	20.44%	2.42%
Turnout			99,729	67.93%	−5.95%
Registered electors			149,592
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-15.11%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. G. Cheelappa	53,759	58.02%	*New*
	DMK	V. Krishnamurthy	37,063	40.00%	−9.05
	Independent	Nakkeeran Alais Jayaraman	776	0.84%	New
	Independent	Jayabalan P	621	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			16,696	18.02%	14.22%
Turnout			92,663	73.88%	11.12%
Registered electors			129,630
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	8.96%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Babu Govindarajan	40,539	49.05%	+19.84
	AIADMK	A. Ragupathi	37,398	45.25%	+13.64
	JP	V. Balakrishna Sethupathy Padayachi	4,077	4.93%	New
Margin of victory			3,141	3.80%	1.41%
Turnout			82,646	62.76%	1.48%
Registered electors			133,227
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	17.44%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. M. Abdul Latheef	24,107	31.61%	*New*
	DMK	R. Govindarajan	22,280	29.21%	−23.39
	JP	P. R. S. Venkatesan	20,106	26.36%	New
	INC	M. Venkatesan	8,387	11.00%	−35.17
	Independent	T. R. Narasimhan	863	1.13%	New
	Independent	N. Natarajan	526	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			1,827	2.40%	−4.04%
Turnout			76,269	61.28%	−12.28%
Registered electors			126,391
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-21.00%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Govindaraj	35,219	52.60%	−2.48
	INC	P. R. Seenivasa Padayachi	30,909	46.17%	+2.46
	Independent	T. Kuppusamy	822	1.23%	New
Margin of victory			4,310	6.44%	−4.94%
Turnout			66,950	73.56%	−2.02%
Registered electors			96,497
	DMK hold		Swing	-2.48%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Ere. Elamvazhuthi	35,093	55.09%	+23.85
	INC	P. R. Seenivasa Padayachi	27,845	43.71%	+2.99
	Independent	A. Padayachi	767	1.20%	New
Margin of victory			7,248	11.38%	1.89%
Turnout			63,705	75.58%	3.97%
Registered electors			87,210
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	14.37%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. R. Seenivasa Padayachi	27,567	40.72%	−0.46
	DMK	R. Sambasiva Reddiar	21,147	31.24%	New
	SWA	S. S. Ramsami Padayachi	18,983	28.04%	New
Margin of victory			6,420	9.48%	1.57%
Turnout			67,697	71.61%	16.50%
Registered electors			99,494
	INC hold		Swing	-0.46%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. R. Seenivasa Padayachi	21,100	41.18%	+22.94
	Independent	Sambandan	17,044	33.27%	New
	Independent	R. Dandapani	13,091	25.55%	New
Margin of victory			4,056	7.92%	3.90%
Turnout			51,235	55.11%	−53.52%
Registered electors			92,967
	INC gain from TTP		Swing	7.07%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TTP	Rathinam	64,446	34.12%	*New*
	INC	P. R. Seenivasa Padayachi	34,466	18.25%	New
Margin of victory			7,580	4.01%
Turnout			188,903	108.64%
Registered electors			173,887
	TTP win (new seat)

References

^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^ "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu. 12 February 2016. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^ "Cuddalore Election Result". Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
^ "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" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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

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[1] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

[2] "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu. 12 February 2016. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[3] "Cuddalore Election Result". Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

[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.

[5] 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.

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

[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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[18] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1951" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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