# Thottiam Assembly constituency

Thottiam is a state assembly constituency in Tiruchirappalli district in Tamil Nadu.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Winner | Party |
| 1971 | S. K. Vadivelu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1977 | K. P. Kathamuthu | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1980 | R. Periasami | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1984 | Periyasamy | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | K. Kannaiyan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1991 | N. R. Sivapathi | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1996 | K. Kannaiyan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2001 | P. Annavi | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2006 | M. Rajasekharan | Indian National Congress |

## Election results

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2006 | 2006 | 34.84% | 34.84% |
| 2001 | 2001 | 49.38% | 49.38% |
| 1996 | 1996 | 65.22% | 65.22% |
| 1991 | 1991 | 73.51% | 73.51% |
| 1989 | 1989 | 32.51% | 32.51% |
| 1984 | 1984 | 68.39% | 68.39% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 42.89% | 42.89% |
| 1977 | 1977 | 31.85% | 31.85% |
| 1971 | 1971 | 51.45% | 51.45% |

### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thottiam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Rajasekharan M. | 43,080 | 34.84% | |
| | MDMK | Natarajan R. | 43,027 | 34.80% | 33.38% |
| | Independent | Kannaiyan K | 17,166 | 13.88% | |
| | DMDK | Manoharan P. | 12,445 | 10.07% | |
| | Independent | Baskar V. P. | 1,790 | 1.45% | |
| | BJP | Natesan N. | 1,709 | 1.38% | |
| | BSP | Saraswathi G | 1,635 | 1.32% | |
| | Independent | Senthilkumar P. | 1,425 | 1.15% | |
| | Independent | Usha C | 719 | 0.58% | |
| | Independent | Krishnan R | 646 | 0.52% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 53 | 0.04% | −11.26% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,23,642 | 74.58% | 7.93% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,65,785 | | |
| | INC gain from AIADMK | INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | -14.54% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thottiam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | P. Annavi | 57,449 | 49.38% | 19.85% |
| | DMK | K. Kannaiyan | 44,301 | 38.08% | −27.14% |
| | Independent | Pitchai. T. | 4,656 | 4.00% | |
| | Thaayaga Makkal Katchi | Thiagarajan. N. | 3,379 | 2.90% | |
| | Independent | Periasamy . K. R. | 2,478 | 2.13% | |
| | Independent | Devadass . V. | 1,741 | 1.50% | |
| | MDMK | Gopalakrishnan. N. | 1,646 | 1.41% | −2.39% |
| | JP | Senthilvel Durai. P | 392 | 0.34% | |
| | Independent | Kandasamy . P. | 295 | 0.25% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,148 | 11.30% | −24.38% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,16,337 | 66.65% | −6.66% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,74,589 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -15.84% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thottiam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | K. Kannaiyan | 74,903 | 65.22% | 40.41% |
| | AIADMK | N. Nedumaran | 33,921 | 29.54% | −43.97% |
| | MDMK | E. P. Rathinam | 4,367 | 3.80% | |
| | Independent | C. Guhanathan | 475 | 0.41% | |
| | JP | P. Srinivasan | 352 | 0.31% | |
| | Independent | S. Manoharan | 340 | 0.30% | |
| | Independent | T. Sivalingam | 135 | 0.12% | |
| | Independent | T. Haribaskar | 117 | 0.10% | |
| | Independent | K. Vigneeswaran | 115 | 0.10% | |
| | Independent | M. P. Thangarasu | 89 | 0.08% | |
| | Independent | T. Subramanian | 32 | 0.03% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 40,982 | 35.68% | −13.01% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,14,846 | 73.31% | 4.04% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,65,008 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -8.29% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thottiam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | N. R. Sivapathi | 79,594 | 73.51% | 42.06% |
| | DMK | Kannaiyan K. | 26,868 | 24.81% | −7.69% |
| | PMK | Ramachandran K. | 868 | 0.80% | |
| | THMM | Govindasamy K. P. | 513 | 0.47% | |
| | Independent | Manoharan A. | 238 | 0.22% | |
| | Independent | Maruthamuthu N. | 197 | 0.18% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 52,726 | 48.70% | 47.64% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,08,278 | 69.26% | −6.81% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,59,843 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 41.00% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thottiam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | K. Kannaiyan | 34,994 | 32.51% | 4.98% |
| | AIADMK | Kathamuthu. K. P. | 33,857 | 31.45% | |
| | INC | Periyasamy. R. | 24,464 | 22.73% | −45.66% |
| | AIADMK | Rathinavelu. S. | 9,778 | 9.08% | |
| | Independent | Jayaraj. M. K. | 3,416 | 3.17% | |
| | Independent | Karuppaiah. P. | 580 | 0.54% | |
| | Independent | Karuppaiah. A. | 231 | 0.21% | |
| | Independent | Elangovan. R. | 184 | 0.17% | |
| | Independent | Rajendran. M. | 144 | 0.13% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,137 | 1.06% | −39.81% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,07,648 | 76.07% | −3.31% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,44,492 | | |
| | DMK gain from INC | DMK gain from INC | Swing | -35.88% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thottiam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Periyasamy | 66,131 | 68.39% | 25.50% |
| | DMK | Vadivel S. R. | 26,615 | 27.52% | |
| | Independent | Thangavel. R. | 2,210 | 2.29% | |
| | Independent | Palaniyandi. P. | 664 | 0.69% | |
| | Independent | Velusamy. K. | 440 | 0.46% | |
| | Independent | Veeramani. A. P. | 421 | 0.44% | |
| | Independent | Ramamoorthy A. P. | 219 | 0.23% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 39,516 | 40.86% | 40.51% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 96,700 | 79.39% | 6.68% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,27,712 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 25.50% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thottiam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Periasami. R. | 37,426 | 42.89% | 12.27% |
| | Independent | Jayaraj. T. P. K. | 37,119 | 42.53% | |
| | Independent | Shanmugasundaram. K. M. | 11,497 | 13.17% | |
| | Independent | Musiri Masilamani | 524 | 0.60% | |
| | Independent | Onthachi Pillai. P. | 427 | 0.49% | |
| | Independent | Kannaiyan. V. K. | 275 | 0.32% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 307 | 0.35% | −0.88% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 87,268 | 72.71% | 2.94% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,21,278 | | |
| | INC gain from AIADMK | INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | 11.04% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thottiam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | K.P. Kathamuthu | 25,638 | 31.85% | |
| | INC | K.M. Shanmugasundaram | 24,648 | 30.62% | −17.93% |
| | DMK | S.K. Vadivelu | 16,648 | 20.68% | −30.77% |
| | JP | S.P.Ragendran | 11,049 | 13.72% | |
| | Independent | M. Arumugam | 2,046 | 2.54% | |
| | Independent | V. Eluvada | 479 | 0.59% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 990 | 1.23% | −1.67% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 80,508 | 69.77% | −7.82% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,17,119 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -19.60% | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thottiam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | S. K. Vadivelu | 39,821 | 49.68% | |
| | INC | K. M. Shanmughasundaram | 37,577 | 48.55% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,244 | 2.90% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 80,152 | 77.59% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,03,305 | | |
| | DMK win (new seat) | DMK win (new seat) | DMK win (new seat) | DMK win (new seat) | DMK win (new seat) |