# Kandamangalam Assembly constituency

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Kandamangalam was former state assembly constituency in Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu. It is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Winner | Party |
| 1971 | M. Raman | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1977 | M. Kannan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1980 | M. Kannan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1984 | V. Subramaniyan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1989 | S. Alaguvelu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1991 | V. Subramanian | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1996 | S. Alaguvelu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2001 | V. Subramanian | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2006 | S. Pushparaj | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results
### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kandamangalam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | S. Pushparaj | 64,620 | 46.34% | 8.90% |
| | AIADMK | V. Subramaniyan | 57,245 | 41.05% | −15.24% |
| | DMDK | P. Rajachandra Sekar | 12,509 | 8.97% | |
| | Independent | V. Veeramuthu | 1,728 | 1.24% | |
| | AIVP | K. Palaraman | 966 | 0.69% | |
| | BSP | P. Selvam | 627 | 0.45% | |
| | BJP | K. Devi | 531 | 0.38% | |
| | Independent | S. Sudhakar | 408 | 0.29% | |
| | Independent | J. M. Sakthivel | 330 | 0.24% | |
| | Independent | B. Tamilarasan | 255 | 0.18% | |
| | Independent | E. Subramani | 222 | 0.16% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,375 | 5.29% | −13.56% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 139,441 | 74.94% | 11.51% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 186,058 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -9.95% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kandamangalam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | V. Subramanian | 67,574 | 56.29% | 27.33% |
| | DMK | E. Vijayaragavan | 44,946 | 37.44% | −16.88% |
| | MDMK | R. Veerapandian | 3,883 | 3.23% | −3.26% |
| | Independent | S. Murugaiyan | 2,215 | 1.85% | |
| | Independent | S. Pushpa Gandhi | 824 | 0.69% | |
| | Independent | K. Anandan | 327 | 0.27% | |
| | Independent | R. Dhakshnamurthy | 276 | 0.23% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 22,628 | 18.85% | −6.51% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 120,045 | 63.44% | −5.50% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 189,255 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 1.97% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kandamangalam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | S. Alaguvelu | 64,256 | 54.32% | 30.42% |
| | AIADMK | V. Subramanian | 34,261 | 28.96% | −28.20% |
| | PMK | S. Poongavanam | 10,694 | 9.04% | |
| | MDMK | P. Venkatachalapathy | 7,686 | 6.50% | |
| | Independent | M. G. Nagamani | 1,008 | 0.85% | |
| | Independent | K. Anandhan | 393 | 0.33% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 29,995 | 25.36% | −7.91% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 118,298 | 68.94% | 2.09% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 179,154 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -2.84% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kandamangalam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | V. Subramanian | 60,628 | 57.16% | 39.33% |
| | DMK | S. Alaguvelu | 25,348 | 23.90% | −23.04% |
| | PMK | G. N. Sampathkumar | 18,657 | 17.59% | |
| | JP | Anandavalli | 609 | 0.57% | |
| | Independent | J. R. V. Seetharaman | 347 | 0.33% | |
| | Independent | A. Gurunathan | 199 | 0.19% | |
| | RPI | M. G. Nagamani | 186 | 0.18% | |
| | Independent | K. G. Varatharaj | 92 | 0.09% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 35,280 | 33.26% | 4.16% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 106,066 | 66.85% | 7.06% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 166,813 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 10.22% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kandamangalam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | S. Alaguvelu | 40,624 | 46.94% | 4.95% |
| | AIADMK | M. Kannan | 15,433 | 17.83% | −40.18% |
| | AIADMK | V. Subramanian | 14,919 | 17.24% | −40.77% |
| | INC | Kasthuri Chellaram | 12,577 | 14.53% | |
| | Independent | M. G. Nagamani | 1,685 | 1.95% | |
| | Independent | V. Arumugam | 413 | 0.48% | |
| | Independent | M. P. Narayansamy | 305 | 0.35% | |
| | Independent | S. Gopala Krishnan | 210 | 0.24% | |
| | Independent | R. Dhasarathan | 140 | 0.16% | |
| | Independent | S. Rajaram | 103 | 0.12% | |
| | Independent | S. Shanmuagm | 74 | 0.09% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 25,191 | 29.11% | 13.08% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 86,550 | 59.79% | −15.34% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 149,262 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -11.07% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kandamangalam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | V. Subramanian | 53,211 | 58.01% | 8.53% |
| | DMK | S. Alaguvelu | 38,514 | 41.99% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 14,697 | 16.02% | 12.63% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 91,725 | 75.12% | 22.86% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 129,419 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 8.53% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kandamangalam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | M. Kannan | 34,368 | 49.49% | 10.77% |
| | INC | P. Madhavan | 32,011 | 46.09% | |
| | JP | V. Dasarathan | 1,897 | 2.73% | |
| | Independent | G. Nagamani | 765 | 1.10% | |
| | Independent | Kanthimathi | 409 | 0.59% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,357 | 3.39% | 0.26% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 69,450 | 52.27% | −5.84% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 134,779 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 10.77% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kandamangalam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | M. Kannan | 25,403 | 38.71% | |
| | DMK | S. Alaguvelu | 23,349 | 35.58% | −21.75% |
| | JP | V. Dasarathan | 10,006 | 15.25% | |
| | CPI | P. Rangaswamy | 3,711 | 5.66% | |
| | Independent | K. Munian | 1,769 | 2.70% | |
| | Independent | M. Raman | 1,381 | 2.10% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,054 | 3.13% | −17.58% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,619 | 58.11% | −10.80% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 115,036 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -18.62% | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kandamangalam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | M. Raman | 32,293 | 57.33% | 1.50% |
| | INC | P. P. Mathavan | 20,628 | 36.62% | −7.55% |
| | Independent | K. Munian | 3,408 | 6.05% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,665 | 20.71% | 9.05% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,329 | 68.91% | −7.24% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 91,603 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 1.50% | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kandamangalam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | M. Raman | 35,617 | 55.83% | |
| | INC | M. S. Saraswathi | 28,180 | 44.17% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,437 | 11.66% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 63,797 | 76.15% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 87,283 | | |
| | DMK win (new seat) | DMK win (new seat) | DMK win (new seat) | DMK win (new seat) | DMK win (new seat) |