# Bodinayakkanur Assembly constituency

Bodinayakkanur is a state assembly constituency in Theni district in Tamil Nadu. The constituency has been in existence since 1957 election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Winner | Party |
| Madras State ||||
| 1957 | A. S. Subbaraj | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | A. S. Subbaraj | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | S. Srinivasan | Indian National Congress |
| Tamil Nadu ||||
| 1971 | M. Surulivel | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1977 | P. Ramadass | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1980 | K. M. S. Subramanian | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1984 | K. S. M. Ramachandran | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | J. Jayalalithaa | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1991 | V. Panneerselvam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1996 | A. Sudalaimuthu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2001 | S. Ramaraj | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2006 | S. Lakshmanan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2011 | O. Panneerselvam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2016 | O. Panneerselvam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2021 | O. Panneerselvam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2021 | 2021 | 46.58% | 46.58% |
| 2016 | 2016 | 49.38% | 49.38% |
| 2011 | 2011 | 56.69% | 56.69% |
| 2006 | 2006 | 43.86% | 43.86% |
| 2001 | 2001 | 49.94% | 49.94% |
| 1996 | 1996 | 51.26% | 51.26% |
| 1991 | 1991 | 62.98% | 62.98% |
| 1989 | 1989 | 54.41% | 54.41% |
| 1984 | 1984 | 61.00% | 61.00% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 59.77% | 59.77% |
| 1977 | 1977 | 41.12% | 41.12% |
| 1971 | 1971 | 54.43% | 54.43% |
| 1967 | 1967 | 49.83% | 49.83% |
| 1962 | 1962 | 54.61% | 54.61% |
| 1957 | 1957 | 58.11% | 58.11% |

### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | O. Panneerselvam | 100,050 | 46.58% | −2.80% |
| | DMK | Thanga Tamil Selvan | 89,029 | 41.45% | −0.18% |
| | NTK | M. Prem Chandar | 11,114 | 5.17% | 4.52% |
| | AMMK | M. Muthusamy | 5,649 | 2.63% | New |
| | MNM | P. Ganesh Kumar | 4,128 | 1.92% | New |
| | NOTA | Nota | 1,403 | 0.65% | −0.32% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,021 | 5.13% | −2.61% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,14,795 | 77.04% | −1.24% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,78,815 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -2.80% | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | O. Panneerselvam | 99,531 | 49.38% | −7.31% |
| | DMK | S. Lakshmanan | 83,923 | 41.63% | 2.75% |
| | DMDK | A. Veerabadran | 6,889 | 3.42% | |
| | BJP | V. Venkateswaran | 3,250 | 1.61% | 0.66% |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,966 | 0.98% | New |
| | NTK | P. Anbalagan | 1,324 | 0.66% | New |
| | BSP | V. Thangadurai | 594 | 0.29% | −0.26% |
| | Independent | S. Manikandan | 592 | 0.29% | New |
| | Independent | M. Mariselvam | 438 | 0.22% | New |
| | PMK | A. Ramakrishnan | 405 | 0.20% | New |
| | SS | D. Maheswari | 385 | 0.19% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 15,608 | 7.74% | −10.06% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,01,579 | 78.28% | −2.71% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,57,500 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -7.31% | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | O. Panneerselvam | 95,235 | 56.69% | 13.59% |
| | DMK | S. Lakshmanan | 65,329 | 38.89% | −4.98% |
| | BJP | Veerasamy S N | 1,598 | 0.95% | −0.22% |
| | BSP | Arumugam S | 927 | 0.55% | −0.32% |
| | Independent | Mehalingam P | 611 | 0.36% | New |
| | | Ramaraj G | 600 | 0.36% | New |
| | Independent | Lakshmanan V | 501 | 0.30% | New |
| | Independent | Perumalappan S | 489 | 0.29% | New |
| | Independent | Pitchaimani M | 335 | 0.20% | New |
| | Independent | Muruganandan C | 266 | 0.16% | New |
| | Independent | Balasubramani P | 256 | 0.15% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 29,906 | 17.80% | 17.04% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,07,412 | 81.00% | 9.91% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,67,998 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 12.82% | |

### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | S. Lakshmanan | 51,474 | 43.86% | 4.47% |
| | AIADMK | Parthipan R | 50,576 | 43.10% | −6.84% |
| | Independent | Muthuvelraj P | 5,460 | 4.65% | New |
| | DMDK | Atchayakannan A | 4,973 | 4.24% | New |
| | BJP | Subramani E | 1,379 | 1.18% | New |
| | BSP | Thangapandi R | 1,022 | 0.87% | New |
| | Independent | Bagavandass S | 625 | 0.53% | New |
| | Independent | Ramakrishnan C | 611 | 0.52% | New |
| | AIFB | Eswaran M | 600 | 0.51% | New |
| | Independent | Nagamanisenthil R | 425 | 0.36% | New |
| | Independent | Parthipan S | 202 | 0.17% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 898 | 0.77% | −9.78% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,17,347 | 71.09% | 12.00% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,65,069 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -6.07% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Ramaraj. S | 53,410 | 49.94% | 23.03% |
| | DMK | Sudalaimuthu. A | 42,132 | 39.39% | −11.87% |
| | MDMK | Aroselvan. G | 8,439 | 7.89% | −6.10% |
| | Independent | Rajaram . N | 895 | 0.84% | New |
| | Independent | Ganesan. G | 832 | 0.78% | New |
| | Independent | Mariappan. V. P | 400 | 0.37% | New |
| | Independent | Sekar. V | 329 | 0.31% | New |
| | Independent | Suruli. S | 272 | 0.25% | New |
| | Independent | Karuppiah. P | 248 | 0.23% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,278 | 10.54% | −13.82% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,06,957 | 59.09% | −5.85% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,81,022 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -1.33% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Sudalaimuthu. A. | 54,893 | 51.26% | 25.14% |
| | AIADMK | Jeyakumar. S. P. | 28,806 | 26.90% | −36.08% |
| | MDMK | Subramani. R. | 14,979 | 13.99% | New |
| | BJP | Sundaram. E. M. | 3,578 | 3.34% | −0.21% |
| | PMK | Ravichandran. S. | 2,904 | 2.71% | New |
| | Independent | Kannan. P. M. | 618 | 0.58% | New |
| | Independent | Muthuraman. V. S. K. | 238 | 0.22% | New |
| | Independent | Subramani. V. | 161 | 0.15% | New |
| | Independent | Lakshmanaraju. A. | 127 | 0.12% | New |
| | Independent | Selvam. K. S. | 101 | 0.09% | New |
| | Independent | Manokaran. S. N. | 87 | 0.08% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 26,087 | 24.36% | −12.49% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,07,079 | 64.93% | 4.13% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,69,113 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -11.71% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Panneer Selvam V. | 63,297 | 62.98% | 8.57% |
| | DMK | Ponnu Pillai G. | 26,253 | 26.12% | −1.15% |
| | PMK | Chelliah S. | 7,136 | 7.10% | New |
| | BJP | Sundaram M. | 3,568 | 3.55% | New |
| | Independent | Pownraj R. | 92 | 0.09% | New |
| | Independent | Kerelaputhiran M. | 71 | 0.07% | New |
| | Independent | Shanmugam A. | 64 | 0.06% | New |
| | Independent | Veeranan A. | 26 | 0.03% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 37,044 | 36.86% | 9.72% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,00,507 | 60.80% | −10.47% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,68,572 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 8.57% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | J. Jayalalithaa | 57,603 | 54.41% | |
| | DMK | Muthu Manoharan | 28,872 | 27.27% | −11.38% |
| | INC | Ramachandran. K. S. M. | 12,220 | 11.54% | −49.46% |
| | AIADMK | Santhi Alias Nirmala. B. | 6,354 | 6.00% | |
| | Independent | Kaja Mohideen. S. | 246 | 0.23% | New |
| | Independent | Veerappa Goundar. V. T. R. | 175 | 0.17% | New |
| | Independent | Arulraj. C. | 164 | 0.15% | New |
| | Independent | Muthiah. M. | 160 | 0.15% | New |
| | Independent | Sekar. S. V. | 77 | 0.07% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 28,731 | 27.14% | 4.79% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,05,871 | 71.27% | 2.09% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,50,663 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from INC | AIADMK gain from INC | Swing | -6.59% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | K. S. M. Ramachandran | 54,231 | 61.00% | 21.11% |
| | DMK | Muthu Manoharan | 34,359 | 38.65% | New |
| | Independent | P. Kamatchi | 312 | 0.35% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 19,872 | 22.35% | 2.47% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 88,902 | 69.17% | 3.34% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,34,056 | | |
| | INC gain from AIADMK | INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | 1.23% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Subramanian. K. M. S. | 50,972 | 59.77% | 18.66% |
| | INC | Ramachandran. K. S. M. | 34,013 | 39.89% | 11.51% |
| | Independent | Muthiah Pillai. M. R. | 290 | 0.34% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 16,959 | 19.89% | 7.15% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 85,275 | 65.83% | 7.07% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,31,024 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 18.66% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | P. Ramadass | 29,022 | 41.12% | |
| | INC | K.S.M. Ramachandran | 20,030 | 28.38% | New |
| | JP | T. Govindraj | 14,625 | 20.72% | New |
| | DMK | M. Muthuchamy | 6,907 | 9.79% | −44.64% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,992 | 12.74% | −12.42% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 70,584 | 58.77% | −11.17% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,21,366 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -13.31% | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Surulivel M. | 35,427 | 54.43% | |
| | Independent | Yellanna A. | 19,050 | 29.27% | New |
| | Independent | Soundaravel S. At. A. P. | 10,614 | 16.31% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 16,377 | 25.16% | 24.06% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,091 | 69.94% | −6.24% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,01,621 | | |
| | DMK gain from INC | DMK gain from INC | Swing | 4.60% | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | S. Srinivasan | 34,671 | 49.83% | −4.78% |
| | CPI(M) | P. V. Durairaj | 33,905 | 48.73% | New |
| | Independent | P. R. Chetty | 1,007 | 1.45% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 766 | 1.10% | −27.65% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 69,583 | 76.17% | 2.20% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 94,970 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | -4.78% | |

### 1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | A. S. Subbaraj | 35,398 | 54.61% | −3.50% |
| | Independent | R. Subbiah | 16,759 | 25.85% | New |
| | Tamilnad Socialist Labour Party | R. K. Rajan | 12,668 | 19.54% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 18,639 | 28.75% | 12.53% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,825 | 73.97% | 13.59% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 91,637 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | -3.50% | |

### 1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bodinayakkanur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | A. S. Subbaraj | 31,188 | 58.11% | New |
| | Independent | M. Muthiala | 22,483 | 41.89% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,705 | 16.22% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,671 | 60.38% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 88,886 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |