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Andipatti
Constituency No. 198 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictTheni
Lok Sabha constituencyTheni
Established1962
Total electors256,529
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  DMK
Elected year2026

Andipatti is a constituency in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly, that includes the city of Andipatti. It is a part of Theni Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election Member Party
1962A. KrishnaveniIndian National Congress
1967S. ParamasivamSwatantra Party
1971N. V. Gurusamy Naidu
1977K. KandasamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980S. S. Rajendran
1984M. G. Ramachandran
1989P. AasiyanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991K. ThavasiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996P. AasiyanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001Thanga Tamil SelvanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2002 by-electionJ. Jayalalithaa
2006
2011Thanga Tamil Selvan
2016
2019 by-electionA. MaharajanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021
2026
  Madras State

Election results

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Assembly election 2026

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2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Andipatti
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. Maharajan 74,324 34.20% Decrease10.73
TVK Pandi. V 64,770 29.80% New
AIADMK A. Logirajan 63,343 29.15% New
NOTA None of the above 1,028 0.47% Decrease0.17
Margin of victory 9,554 4.40% Increase0.30
Turnout 217,699 84.38% Increase8.98
Total valid votes 217,329
Registered electors 257,997 Decrease7.31
DMK hold Swing

Assembly election 2021

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Andipatti
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. Maharajan 93,541 44.93% Increase1.20
AIADMK A. Logirajan 85,003 40.83% Increase3.29
AMMK R. Jeyakumar 11,896 5.71% New
MNM S. Gunasekaran 3,010 1.45% New
NOTA None of the above 1,333 0.64% Decrease0.47
Margin of victory 8,538 4.10% Decrease2.09
Turnout 209,872 75.40% Decrease0.93
Total valid votes 208,207
Rejected ballots 332 0.16% Increase0.16
Registered electors 278,344 Increase5.23
DMK hold Swing

Assembly by-election 2019

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2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election : Andipatti[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. Maharajan 87,079 43.73% Increase7.01
AIADMK A. Logirajan 74,756 37.54% Decrease14.39
Independent R. Jeyakumar 28,313 14.22%
Independent Alagarsamy. G 2,408 1.21%
NOTA None of the above 2,212 1.11% Increase0.15
Margin of victory 12,323 6.19% Decrease9.01
Turnout 201,902 76.33% Decrease1.97
Total valid votes 199,132
Registered electors 264,521 Increase4.21
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing Decrease8.20

Assembly election 2016

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2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Andipatti[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Thanga Tamil Selvan 103,129 51.93% Decrease1.82
DMK L. Mookiah 72,933 36.72% Decrease4.70
DMDK M. N. Krishnamoorthy 10,776 5.43% New
BJP R. Chakkaravarthi 3,465 1.74% Increase0.77
NOTA None of the above 1,909 0.96% New
Independent S. Vaigai Sekar @ Balasundaram 1,226 0.62%
Margin of victory 30,196 15.20% Increase2.88
Turnout 198,757 78.30% Decrease3.44
Total valid votes 198,609
Rejected ballots 148 0.07% Decrease0.09
Registered electors 253,826 Increase21.39
AIADMK hold Swing

Assembly election 2011

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2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Andipatti[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Thanga Tamil Selvan 91,721 53.75% Decrease1.29
DMK L. Mookiah 70,690 41.42% Increase5.13
BJP R. Kumar 1,660 0.97%
Margin of victory 21,031 12.32% Decrease6.43
Turnout 170,926 81.74% Increase8.59
Total valid votes 170,652
Rejected ballots 274 0.16% Increase0.16
Registered electors 209,097 Increase13.88
AIADMK hold Swing

Assembly election 2006

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2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Andipatti[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK J. Jayalalithaa 73,927 55.04% Decrease3.18
DMK Seeman 48,741 36.29% Increase8.65
DMDK V. S. Chandran 6,795 5.06% New
BJP M. Santhakumar 1,298 0.97% New
BSP P. Balasundararaj 1,154 0.86% New
Margin of victory 25,186 18.75% Decrease11.83
Turnout 134,307 73.15% Increase8.55
Total valid votes 134,304
Registered electors 183,610 Decrease11.97
AIADMK hold Swing

Assembly by-election 2002

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2002 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election : Andipatti[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK J. Jayalalithaa 78,437 58.22% New
DMK Vaigai Sekar Alias Balasundaram. S 37,236 27.64% Decrease4.03
MDMK Jeyachandran. V 8,421 6.25% Decrease5.94
PT Dr. Krishnasamy,. K 5,126 3.80% New
Independent Paulraj,. R 894 0.66%
Independent Periya Subbian,. P 860 0.64%
Margin of victory 41,201 30.58% Increase8.46
Turnout 134,744 64.60% Increase5.50
Total valid votes 134,734
Registered electors 208,576 Increase8.94
AIADMK gain from AIADMK Swing Increase4.44

Assembly election 2001

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2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Andipatti[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Thanga Tamil Selvan 60,817 53.78% Increase21.01
DMK P. Aasiyan 35,808 31.67% Decrease13.23
MDMK T. R. M. Varatharajan 13,783 12.19% Decrease3.32
Independent S. Jayarasu 1,048 0.93%
Margin of victory 25,009 22.12% Increase10.00
Turnout 113,150 59.10% Decrease7.47
Total valid votes 113,080
Rejected ballots 70 0.06% Decrease3.50
Registered electors 191,451 Increase8.89
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing Increase8.88

Assembly election 1996

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1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Andipatti[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK P. Aasiyan 50,736 44.90% Increase21.73
AIADMK A. Muthiah 37,035 32.77% New
MDMK Sekar @ Balasundaram 17,521 15.51% New
PMK Vadivelravanan 5,299 4.69% Decrease5.16
BJP R. Ganesan 1,618 1.43% Decrease0.81
Margin of victory 13,701 12.12% Decrease28.96
Turnout 117,038 66.57% Increase5.58
Total valid votes 113,000
Rejected ballots 4,166 3.56% Increase1.31
Registered electors 175,815 Increase1.86
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing Decrease19.35

Assembly election 1991

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1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Andipatti[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. Thavasi 66,110 64.25% New
DMK P. Aasiyan 23,843 23.17% Decrease6.33
PMK R. Ammal Gomathi 10,133 9.85% New
BJP A. Mohammed 2,302 2.24% New
Margin of victory 42,267 41.08% Increase37.09
Turnout 105,268 60.99% Decrease9.92
Total valid votes 102,897
Rejected ballots 2,371 2.25% Increase0.29
Registered electors 172,603 Increase13.37
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing Increase34.75

Assembly election 1989

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1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Andipatti[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK P. Aasiyan 31,218 29.50% Decrease1.72
AIADMK V. Panneerselvam 26,997 25.51% New
AIADMK V. N. Janaki 22,647 21.40% New
INC K. Velusamy 21,782 20.58% New
Independent K. P. Rajappan 1,890 1.79%
Margin of victory 4,221 3.99% Decrease32.19
Turnout 107,953 70.91% Increase0.93
Total valid votes 105,835
Rejected ballots 2,118 1.96% Decrease1.66
Registered electors 152,247 Increase14.37
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing Decrease37.90

Assembly election 1984

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1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Andipatti[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK M. G. Ramachandran 60,510 67.40% Increase7.61
DMK Thangaraj Alias Vallarasu 28,026 31.22% New
Margin of victory 32,484 36.18% Decrease1.42
Turnout 93,155 69.98% Increase10.49
Total valid votes 89,781
Rejected ballots 3,374 3.62% Increase2.12
Registered electors 133,117 Increase4.83
AIADMK hold Swing

Assembly election 1980

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1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Andipatti[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. S. Rajendran 44,490 59.79% New
INC K. Kandasamy 16,508 22.18% New
JP N. V. Gurusamy 9,889 13.29% New
Independent A. Vetriventhan 3,073 4.13%
Independent S. Muthusamy 455 0.61%
Margin of victory 27,982 37.60% Increase26.22
Turnout 75,545 59.49% Decrease2.70
Total valid votes 74,415
Rejected ballots 1,130 1.50% Decrease0.02
Registered electors 126,984 Increase10.07
AIADMK gain from AIADMK Swing Increase25.38

Assembly election 1977

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1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Andipatti[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. Kandasamy 24,311 34.41% New
JP N. V. Gurusamy 16,269 23.03% New
DMK A. Vetriventhan 15,814 22.38% New
CPI D. Pandian 14,255 20.18% New
Margin of victory 8,042 11.38% Increase4.16
Turnout 71,743 62.19% Decrease0.94
Total valid votes 70,649
Rejected ballots 1,094 1.52% Increase1.52
Registered electors 115,363 Increase15.76
AIADMK gain from SWA Swing Decrease1.96

Assembly election 1971

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1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Andipatti[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SWA N. V. Gurusamy Naidu 20,814 36.37% Decrease18.49
AIFB S. Paramasivam 16,682 29.15% New
Independent K. V. Veluchamy Naicker 15,469 27.03%
Independent T. Das Muthu Gounder 4,260 7.44%
Margin of victory 4,132 7.22% Decrease2.49
Turnout 62,910 63.13% Decrease10.99
Total valid votes 57,225
Registered electors 99,654 Increase11.19
SWA hold Swing

Assembly election 1967

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1967 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Andipatti[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SWA S. Paramasivam 35,351 54.86% New
INC A. Thiruvenkidasamy 29,091 45.14% Decrease0.54
Margin of victory 6,260 9.71% Increase1.94
Turnout 66,428 74.12% Increase23.35
Total valid votes 64,442
Registered electors 89,623 Decrease0.87
SWA gain from INC Swing Increase9.18

Assembly election 1962

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1962 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Andipatti[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC A. Krishnaveni 19,853 45.68% New
AIFB T. Mokkayan 16,478 37.91% New
Independent P. Selvaraju 5,201 11.97% New
Independent A. Kulandaivelu 1,929 4.44% New
Margin of victory 3,375 7.77%
Turnout 45,902 50.77%
Total valid votes 43,461
Registered electors 90,409
INC win (new seat)

References

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  1. "Bye-Election Results - Election Commission of India". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  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. "Bye-Election Results - Election Commission of India". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  6. Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  7. Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  8. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  9. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  10. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  11. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  12. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  13. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  14. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  15. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.