# Ambasamudram Assembly constituency

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Ambasamudram is a constituency in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly, that includes the city of Ambasamudram. It is a part of Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2011 election, the constituency had a total electorate of 193,552 comprising 96,157 males and 97,395 females. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

## Members of legislative Assembly
### Madras State

| Assembly | Year | Winner | Party |
| First | 1952 | P. Chockalingam | Independent |
| Second | 1957 | G. Gomathisankara Dikshidar | Indian National Congress |
| Third | 1962 | G. Gomathisankara Dikshidar | Indian National Congress |
| Fourth | 1967 | G. Gomathisankara Dikshidar | Indian National Congress |

### Tamil Nadu

| Assembly | Year | Winner | Party |
| Fifth | 1971 | S. Shanmugamuthu Thevar | Indian National Congress |
| Sixth | 1977 | Easwarmoorthy (Soranam) | Communist Party of India |
| Seventh | 1980 | Easwarmoorthy (Soranam) | Communist Party of India |
| Eighth | 1984 | Balasubramanian | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Ninth | 1989 | K. Ravi Arunan | Indian National Congress |
| Tenth | 1991 | R. Murugaiah Pandian | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Eleventh | 1996 | R. Avudaiyappan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Twelfth | 2001 | M. Sakthivel Murugan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Thirteenth | 2006 | R. Avudaiyappan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Fourteenth | 2011 | E. Subaya | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Fifteenth | 2016 | R. Murugaiah Pandian | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Sixteenth | 2021 | E. Subaya | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2021 | 2021 | 47.96% | 47.96% |
| 2016 | 2016 | 45.80% | 45.80% |
| 2011 | 2011 | 55.11% | 55.11% |
| 2006 | 2006 | 45.66% | 45.66% |
| 2001 | 2001 | 48.04% | 48.04% |
| 1996 | 1996 | 48.89% | 48.89% |
| 1991 | 1991 | 65.33% | 65.33% |
| 1989 | 1989 | 34.17% | 34.17% |
| 1984 | 1984 | 54.75% | 54.75% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 47.39% | 47.39% |
| 1977 | 1977 | 35.33% | 35.33% |
| 1971 | 1971 | 46.52% | 46.52% |
| 1967 | 1967 | 46.35% | 46.35% |
| 1962 | 1962 | 38.16% | 38.16% |
| 1957 | 1957 | 50.52% | 50.52% |
| 1952 | 1952 | 43.14% | 43.14% |

### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Esakki Subaya | 85,211 | 47.96% | 2.16% |
| | DMK | Avudaiappan R | 68,296 | 38.44% | 0.32% |
| | NTK | Shenbaga Valli | 13,735 | 7.73% | 6.69% |
| | AMMK | C. Rani Ranjitham | 4,194 | 2.36% | |
| | MNM | Sengulam Ganesan C | 2,807 | 1.58% | |
| | NOTA | Nota | 1,673 | 0.94% | −0.25% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 16,915 | 9.52% | 1.84% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 177,681 | 72.52% | −0.45% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 245,003 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 2.16% | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | R. Murugaiah Pandian | 78,555 | 45.80% | −9.31% |
| | DMK | Avudaiappan. R | 65,389 | 38.12% | −0.07% |
| | CPI(M) | P. Karpagavalli | 13,690 | 7.98% | |
| | BJP | V. Sasikala | 4,711 | 2.75% | 0.90% |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 2,041 | 1.19% | |
| | NTK | S. Thennarasu | 1,778 | 1.04% | |
| | PMK | R. Anbalagan | 1,310 | 0.76% | |
| | Independent | S. P. Rajavelu | 645 | 0.38% | |
| | Independent | N. Ravichandran | 635 | 0.37% | |
| | Independent | Suresh Pandian. S | 555 | 0.32% | |
| | BSP | S. Eswari | 416 | 0.24% | −0.10% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,166 | 7.68% | −9.24% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 171,528 | 72.97% | −2.11% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 235,065 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -9.31% | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Esakki Subaya | 80,156 | 55.11% | 24.00% |
| | DMK | R Avudaiappan | 55,547 | 38.19% | −7.48% |
| | JMM | S Nambirajan | 2,971 | 2.04% | |
| | BJP | N Balachandran | 2,688 | 1.85% | 0.53% |
| | Independent | S Sureshkumar | 1,466 | 1.01% | |
| | Independent | Charles Ambedkar R | 753 | 0.52% | |
| | BSP | Mariammal @ Muthumari | 497 | 0.34% | −0.55% |
| | Independent | Kumar M | 342 | 0.24% | |
| | Independent | Arunkumar @ Arulkumar | 330 | 0.23% | |
| | IJK | Sudaroli Murugan Yadav. S. | 214 | 0.15% | |
| | Independent | Avudaiyappan S | 156 | 0.11% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 24,609 | 16.92% | 2.36% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 193,734 | 75.08% | 8.68% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 145,460 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 9.44% | |

### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Avudaiyappanr. | 49,345 | 45.66% | 2.11% |
| | AIADMK | Murugaiah Pandian. R. | 33,614 | 31.11% | −16.93% |
| | JD(U) | Narayanan A | 16,370 | 15.15% | |
| | DMDK | Ponraj. S | 2,412 | 2.23% | |
| | AIFB | Venkatasalam. M | 1,541 | 1.43% | |
| | BJP | Anburaj Subramanian S. V | 1,425 | 1.32% | |
| | BSP | Ganesan. E | 959 | 0.89% | |
| | Independent | Velmurugan | 650 | 0.60% | |
| | Independent | Vaithiyalingam. R. | 580 | 0.54% | |
| | Independent | Ramesh. R | 386 | 0.36% | |
| | Independent | Ravindran. M. V. | 278 | 0.26% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 15,731 | 14.56% | 10.07% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 108,059 | 66.40% | 8.56% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 162,742 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -2.37% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Sakthivel Murugan. M. | 43,021 | 48.04% | 20.02% |
| | DMK | Avudaiappan. R | 39,001 | 43.55% | −5.34% |
| | MDMK | Franklin Selvaraj | 3,894 | 4.35% | −9.40% |
| | Independent | Thangaraja. K. | 1,655 | 1.85% | |
| | SP | Murugadasan. G | 754 | 0.84% | |
| | Independent | Singanatham Shanmuga Thevar. K. P | 635 | 0.71% | |
| | Independent | Arumugam. S | 318 | 0.36% | |
| | Independent | Arulmani. A. | 151 | 0.17% | |
| | Independent | Arinarayanan. M | 125 | 0.14% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,020 | 4.49% | −16.38% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 89,554 | 57.84% | −10.65% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 154,974 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -0.85% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | R. Avudaiappan | 46,116 | 48.89% | |
| | AIADMK | R. Murugaiah Pandian | 26,427 | 28.02% | −37.32% |
| | MDMK | K. Meena Zacharias | 12,969 | 13.75% | |
| | BJP | M. Mariyappan | 1,863 | 1.98% | |
| | JP | M. Arumugaperumal | 1,802 | 1.91% | |
| | Independent | R. Achutha Nadar | 1,386 | 1.47% | |
| | Independent | S. Pannai Krishna Kanthan (Lion) | 1,284 | 1.36% | |
| | AIIC(T) | C. Gunasekaran | 1,199 | 1.27% | |
| | Independent | R. Muthuraj | 134 | 0.14% | |
| | Independent | M. Abubacker | 130 | 0.14% | |
| | Independent | S. Gopal @ Gopi | 127 | 0.13% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 19,689 | 20.87% | −12.36% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 94,324 | 68.49% | −0.30% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 144,992 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -16.44% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Murukgaiah Pandian R. | 57,433 | 65.33% | 35.64% |
| | CPI(M) | Chellappa S. | 28,219 | 32.10% | 6.64% |
| | PMK | Poothathan S. | 1,004 | 1.14% | |
| | JP | Sivan P. | 441 | 0.50% | |
| | Independent | Ramasamy Mudaliar A. | 253 | 0.29% | |
| | THMM | Arunachalam P. | 243 | 0.28% | |
| | Independent | Ramasamy C. | 151 | 0.17% | |
| | Independent | Gopalakrishnan E. | 103 | 0.12% | |
| | Independent | Yovan M. | 60 | 0.07% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 29,214 | 33.23% | 28.76% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 87,907 | 68.79% | −5.35% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 132,041 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from INC | AIADMK gain from INC | Swing | 31.17% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Ravi Arunan. K. M | 31,337 | 34.17% | 33.05% |
| | AIADMK | Murugiah. Pandian. R. M | 27,234 | 29.69% | −25.06% |
| | CPI(M) | Pandian. M. M | 23,354 | 25.46% | −18.67% |
| | Independent | Durai. R. S. K. M | 5,762 | 6.28% | |
| | Independent | Paramasivan. N. M | 1,237 | 1.35% | |
| | Independent | Ganapathy. R. M | 636 | 0.69% | |
| | Independent | Ramasamy. A. M | 315 | 0.34% | |
| | Independent | Shanmuga Thever. K. P. M | 267 | 0.29% | |
| | Independent | Gopalkrishnan. E. M | 256 | 0.28% | |
| | Independent | Sankaran. S. M | 234 | 0.26% | |
| | Independent | Ramaswamy. A. M | 232 | 0.25% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,103 | 4.47% | −6.14% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 91,721 | 74.14% | −1.62% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 125,960 | | |
| | INC gain from AIADMK | INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | -20.58% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Balasubramanian | 44,707 | 54.75% | |
| | CPI(M) | Nallasivan A. | 36,041 | 44.14% | −3.25% |
| | INC | Eramasamy. M. | 910 | 1.11% | −39.78% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,666 | 10.61% | 4.11% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 81,658 | 75.76% | 11.72% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 113,411 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from CPI(M) | AIADMK gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 7.36% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Easwarmoorthy Alias Soranam | 31,262 | 47.39% | 12.06% |
| | INC | Sangumuthu Thevarm S. | 26,975 | 40.89% | |
| | Independent | Subramaniam. K. V. | 6,999 | 10.61% | |
| | Independent | Sethuramasamy. N. | 730 | 1.11% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,287 | 6.50% | 3.80% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,966 | 64.04% | −2.96% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 104,484 | | |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 12.06% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Eswaramoorthy Alias Soranam | 23,356 | 35.33% | |
| | CPI | R. Nallakannu | 21,569 | 32.63% | |
| | JP | S.S. Rajalinga Raja | 12,208 | 18.47% | |
| | DMK | P. Arumugam | 8,114 | 12.27% | −29.05% |
| | Independent | K.M. Arunasalam | 863 | 1.31% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,787 | 2.70% | −2.49% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66,110 | 67.00% | −7.92% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 99,927 | | |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | -11.19% | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Sangumuthu Thevar S. | 31,192 | 46.52% | 0.17% |
| | DMK | Ananthakrishnan R. V. | 27,707 | 41.32% | |
| | CPI(M) | Nallasivan A. | 8,148 | 12.15% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,485 | 5.20% | 1.40% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 67,047 | 74.93% | −2.37% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 94,781 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 0.17% | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | G. Gomathisankara Dikshidar | 30,682 | 46.35% | 8.19% |
| | CPI(M) | A. Nallasivan | 28,169 | 42.55% | |
| | CPI | R. Nallakannu | 7,345 | 11.10% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,513 | 3.80% | −4.56% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66,196 | 77.29% | 0.96% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 88,528 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 8.19% | |

### 1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | G. Gomathisankara Dikshidar | 25,883 | 38.16% | −12.36% |
| | CPI | A. Nallasivan | 20,216 | 29.81% | |
| | DMK | S. Rathinavelpandian | 17,107 | 25.22% | |
| | SWA | R. K. Viswanathan | 3,907 | 5.76% | |
| | Independent | M. P. Annamalai | 707 | 1.04% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,667 | 8.36% | −6.20% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 67,820 | 76.33% | 23.28% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 91,722 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | -12.36% | |

### 1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: 1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ambasamudram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | G. Gomathisankara Dikshidar | 25,552 | 50.52% | 16.03% |
| | CPI | A. Nallasivan | 18,191 | 35.97% | |
| | Independent | S. Kandasamy | 5,516 | 10.91% | |
| | Independent | Annamali | 1,316 | 2.60% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,361 | 14.55% | 5.91% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,575 | 53.06% | −12.26% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 95,325 | | |
| | INC gain from Independent | INC gain from Independent | Swing | 7.38% | |

### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ambasamudram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | P. Chockalingam | 21,538 | 43.14% | |
| | INC | Lakshmi Sankara Iyer | 17,220 | 34.49% | 34.49% |
| | Socialist | Handare Subramaniam | 6,144 | 12.31% | |
| | Independent | Paul T. Diraviam | 4,540 | 9.09% | |
| | Independent | Ramalingam | 485 | 0.97% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,318 | 8.65% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,927 | 65.32% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 76,436 | | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |