Samayanallur Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Former Legislative Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India}}

{{Short description|Former constituency in Tamil Nadu, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}

Samayanallur was a state assembly constituency in Madurai district in Tamil Nadu.{{cite web |url= http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/Const_map/map.htm |title= Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map |website= Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly |access-date= 23 January 2017}} It was a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency. Elections and winners from this constituency are listed below.

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| type = SLA

| map_image =

| established = 1962

| district = Madurai

| loksabha_cons = Madurai

| state = Tamil Nadu

| party =

| mla =

| name = Samayanallur

| electors= 411,325

| reservation = SC

| abolished= 2008

}}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Winner

! colspan="2"| Party

style="text-align: center;" colspan="4"|Madras State
1962

| P. Kakkan

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

style="text-align: center;" colspan="4"|Tamil Nadu
1977

| S. Selvaraj

| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

1980

| A. Baluchamy

| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

1984

| A. Sivakumar

| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

1989

| N. Soundarapandian

| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

1991

| M. Kalirajan

| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

1996

| S. Selvaraj

| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

2001

| P. Ponnambalam

| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

2006

| A. Tamilarasi Ravikumar

| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

Election results

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{{bar percent|2006|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|43.45}}

{{bar percent|2001|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|52.67}}

{{bar percent|1996|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|60.01}}

{{bar percent|1991|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|69.98}}

{{bar percent|1989|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|38.06}}

{{bar percent|1984|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|58.44}}

{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|53.61}}

{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|44.50}}

{{bar percent|1962|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|52.23}}

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=2006=

{{Election box begin|title= 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Samayanallur{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = 2006 Election Statistical Report | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf | access-date = 12 May 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007200819/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf | archive-date = 7 October 2010}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=A. Tamilarasi |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=124,656 |percentage=43.45% |change=1.59% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Lakshmi |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=119,012 |percentage=41.48% |change=-11.19% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=K. Baskaran |party=Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam |votes=35,684 |percentage=12.44% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Palanivelu Swamy |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=2,005 |percentage=0.70% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=D. Veerapandi |party=Independent politician |votes=1,532 |percentage=0.53% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=K. Murugavel Rajan |party=Janata Dal (United) |votes=927 |percentage=0.32% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=R. G. Rajasingh |party=All India Forward Bloc |votes=766 |percentage=0.27% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=M. Palanichamy |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes=760 |percentage=0.26% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Muthukrishnan |party=Independent politician |votes=629 |percentage=0.22% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Suresh |party=Independent politician |votes=476 |percentage=0.17% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=M. P. Thamilappandi |party=Independent politician |votes=460 |percentage=0.16% |change= }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=5,644 |percentage=1.97% |change=-8.84% }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=286,907 |percentage=69.75% |change= 17.83% }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 411,325 |change = }}

{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= -9.22% }}

{{Election box end}}

=2001=

{{Election box begin|title= 2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Samayanallur{{cite web |title = Statistical Report on General Election 2001 |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf |date = 12 May 2001 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006173934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2010}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=P. Ponnampalam |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=97,060 |percentage=52.67% |change=25.46% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Kasthuri Sivasamy |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=77,136 |percentage=41.86% |change=-18.16% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Chinna Raja |party=Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=4,803 |percentage=2.61% |change=-4.09% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=G. Jeyaraj |party=Independent politician |votes=1,337 |percentage=0.73% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. B. Swaminathan |party=Rashtriya Lok Dal |votes=1,141 |percentage=0.62% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=A. Thirumaraimuthalvan |party=Janata Party |votes=1,026 |percentage=0.56% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Paulraj |party=Independent politician |votes=515 |percentage=0.28% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. M. Muthiah Muthuganesan |party=Independent politician |votes=501 |percentage=0.27% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=V. Pandy |party=Lok Jan Shakti Party |votes=270 |percentage=0.15% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Somasundaram |party=Independent politician |votes=250 |percentage=0.14% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=A. Pandi |party=Independent politician |votes=238 |percentage=0.13% |change= }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=19,924 |percentage=10.81% |change=-21.99% }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=184,277 |percentage=51.92% |change= -8.94% }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 354,936 |change = }}

{{Election box gain with party link |winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= -7.34% }}

{{Election box end}}

=1996=

{{Election box begin|title= 1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Samayanallur{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = 1996 Election Statistical Report | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007221700/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf | archive-date = 7 October 2010}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=S. Selvaraj |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=101,807 |percentage=60.01% |change=31.69% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=R. Raja Selvaraj |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=46,159 |percentage=27.21% |change=-42.77% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Pandiammal |party=Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=11,363 |percentage=6.70% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Palanivel Rajan Solai |party=Janata Party |votes=4,790 |percentage=2.82% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Palanivel |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=2,332 |percentage=1.37% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=K. Murugavel Rajan |party=Pattali Makkal Katchi |votes=2,122 |percentage=1.25% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Baskar |party=Independent politician |votes=248 |percentage=0.15% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=R. Palanichamy |party=Independent politician |votes=159 |percentage=0.09% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=R. G. Rajasingh |party=Independent politician |votes=130 |percentage=0.08% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=K. M. Murugan |party=Independent politician |votes=102 |percentage=0.06% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=V. Jeevaraj |party=Independent politician |votes=74 |percentage=0.04% |change= }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=55,648 |percentage=32.80% |change=-8.85% }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=169,638 |percentage=60.86% |change= 5.15% }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 292,129 |change = }}

{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= -9.97% }}

{{Election box end}}

=1991=

{{Election box begin|title= 1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Samayanallur{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = Statistical Report on General Election 1991 | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007161404/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf | archive-date = 7 October 2010}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=M. Kalirajan |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=93,161 |percentage=69.98% |change=43.30% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=N. Soundarapandian |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=37,705 |percentage=28.32% |change=-9.73% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Sarvathikari |party=Pattali Makkal Katchi |votes=734 |percentage=0.55% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=A. Lakshmiperiyasamy |party=Independent politician |votes=263 |percentage=0.20% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Perumal |party=Tharasu Makkal Mandram |votes=252 |percentage=0.19% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Subbiyan |party=Aam Aadmi Party |votes=251 |percentage=0.19% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=R. Raguparan |party=Independent politician |votes=145 |percentage=0.11% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=N. Rakkan |party=Independent politician |votes=127 |percentage=0.10% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=K. P. Arasan Alias Boominathan |party=Independent politician |votes=118 |percentage=0.09% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=K. Selvam |party=Independent politician |votes=96 |percentage=0.07% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=I. Thiagarajan |party=Independent politician |votes=79 |percentage=0.06% |change= }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=55,456 |percentage=41.66% |change=30.28% }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=133,126 |percentage=55.72% |change= -11.68% }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 245,314 |change = }}

{{Election box gain with party link |winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= 31.92% }}

{{Election box end}}

=1989=

{{Election box begin|title= 1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Samayanallur{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = Statistical Report on General Election 1989 | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006153620/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf | archive-date = 6 October 2010}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=N. Soundarapandian |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=53,360 |percentage=38.06% |change=-2.52% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=O. P. Eraman |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=37,410 |percentage=26.68% |change=-31.76% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=V. Maruthaimuthu |party=Indian National Congress |votes=29,106 |percentage=20.76% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. M. Muthian Muthuganesan |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=18,629 |percentage=13.29% |change=-45.16% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=A. Lakshmi Periyasami |party=Independent politician |votes=472 |percentage=0.34% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=G. Pandian |party=Independent politician |votes=360 |percentage=0.26% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=K. Kumar |party=Independent politician |votes=259 |percentage=0.18% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Vellaisamy |party=Independent politician |votes=204 |percentage=0.15% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Pandi |party=Independent politician |votes=200 |percentage=0.14% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=K. Periyasamy |party=Independent politician |votes=151 |percentage=0.11% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=K. Jerayaman |party=Independent politician |votes=61 |percentage=0.04% |change= }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=15,950 |percentage=11.38% |change=-6.49% }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=140,212 |percentage=67.40% |change= -4.22% }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 212,675 |change = }}

{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= -20.39% }}

{{Election box end}}

=1984=

{{Election box begin|title= 1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Samayanallur{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = Statistical Report on General Election 1984 | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1984/StatisticalReportTamilNadu84.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120117121208/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1984/StatisticalReportTamilNadu84.pdf | archive-date = 17 January 2012}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=A. Sivakumar |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=65,883 |percentage=58.44% |change=4.83% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Selvaraj |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=45,746 |percentage=40.58% |change=-4.92% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=A. Lakshimi Perisamy |party=Independent politician |votes=394 |percentage=0.35% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Renuga |party=Independent politician |votes=372 |percentage=0.33% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Ponnamaravarthy |party=Independent politician |votes=336 |percentage=0.30% |change= }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=20,137 |percentage=17.86% |change=9.76% }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=112,731 |percentage=71.62% |change= 8.92% }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 166,057 |change = }}

{{Election box hold with party link |winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= 4.83% }}

{{Election box end}}

=1980=

{{Election box begin|title= 1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Samayanallur{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = Statistical Report on General Election 1980 | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006231656/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf | archive-date = 6 October 2010}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=A. Baluchamy |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=50,612 |percentage=53.61% |change=9.11% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Subashchandra Bose |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=42,958 |percentage=45.50% |change=30.48% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=M. Chinnappan |party=Independent politician |votes=303 |percentage=0.32% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Rakkan |party=Independent politician |votes=284 |percentage=0.30% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=K. Muniyandi |party=Independent politician |votes=253 |percentage=0.27% |change= }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=7,654 |percentage=8.11% |change=-10.68% }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=94,410 |percentage=62.69% |change= 3.43% }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 152,150 |change = }}

{{Election box hold with party link |winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= 9.11% }}

{{Election box end}}

=1977=

{{Election box begin|title= 1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Samayanallur{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = Statistical Report on General Election 1977 | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007141448/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf | archive-date = 7 October 2010}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=S. Selvaraj |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=34,019 |percentage=44.50% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=C. Karuthanan |party=Indian National Congress |votes=19,658 |percentage=25.71% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Subhas Chandra Bose |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=11,484 |percentage=15.02% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Vadivelu |party=Janata Party |votes=9,733 |percentage=12.73% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Selvaraj |party=Independent politician |votes=685 |percentage=0.90% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=M. Rakkan |party=Independent politician |votes=526 |percentage=0.69% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Karmegam |party=Independent politician |votes=343 |percentage=0.45% |change= }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=14,361 |percentage=18.79% |change= }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=76,448 |percentage=59.27% |change= }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 130,768 |change = }}

{{Election box new seat win |winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser= |swing= }}

{{Election box end}}

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