# Madathukulam Assembly constituency

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Madathukulam is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India newly formed after constituency delimitations in 2008. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 126. It is included in Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India. It covers the area of Madathukulam block.

## Members of Legislative Assembly

| Year | Winner | Party |
| 2011 | C. Shanmugavelu | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2016 | R. Jayaramakrishnan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2021 | C. Mahendran | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2021 | 2021 | 46.35% | 46.35% |
| 2016 | 2016 | 44.66% | 44.66% |
| 2011 | 2011 | 54.71% | 54.71% |

### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madathukulam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | C. Mahendran | 84,313 | 46.35% | 2.66% |
| | DMK | R. Jayaramakrishnan | 77,875 | 42.81% | −1.86% |
| | AMMK | C. Shanmugavelu | 6,515 | 3.58% | |
| | NTK | U Sanuja | 6,245 | 3.43% | 2.86% |
| | MNM | K Kumaresan | 2,894 | 1.59% | |
| | NOTA | Nota | 1,048 | 0.58% | −0.68% |
| | Independent | G Ramakrishnan | 712 | 0.39% | |
| | Independent | K Mahendrakumar | 611 | 0.34% | |
| | Independent | K Manickasamy | 503 | 0.28% | |
| | BSP | J. Benjamin Kirubakaran | 467 | 0.26% | −0.20% |
| | Independent | P Mahendran | 172 | 0.09% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,438 | 3.54% | 2.57% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,81,913 | 73.20% | −2.89% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.01% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,48,501 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 1.68% | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madathukulam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Jayaramakrishnan R | 76,619 | 44.66% | 3.64% |
| | AIADMK | Manoharan K | 74,952 | 43.69% | −11.02% |
| | TMC(M) | Maheswari A S | 6,208 | 3.62% | |
| | BJP | Muthukumar A | 2,619 | 1.53% | 0.72% |
| | PMK | Ravichandran A | 2,443 | 1.42% | |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,147 | 1.25% | |
| | KMDK | Kumaragurubaran | 1,573 | 0.92% | |
| | Independent | Manoharan S | 1,450 | 0.85% | |
| | NTK | Ravishankar C | 980 | 0.57% | |
| | BSP | Alavudeen S | 783 | 0.46% | 0.04% |
| | Independent | Veeramanickam S | 569 | 0.33% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,667 | 0.97% | −12.72% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,71,544 | 76.09% | −5.40% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,25,451 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -10.05% | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madathukulam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | C. Shanmugavelu | 78,622 | 54.71% | |
| | DMK | M. P. Saminathan | 58,953 | 41.02% | |
| | Independent | D. Varadharajan | 1,742 | 1.21% | |
| | BJP | R. Vijayaragavan | 1,166 | 0.81% | |
| | Independent | P. Nandakumar | 946 | 0.66% | |
| | Independent | S. Sadayappan | 739 | 0.51% | |
| | BSP | S. Radhakrishnan | 598 | 0.42% | |
| | Independent | N. Thangavel | 289 | 0.20% | |
| | Independent | P. Subramaniam | 289 | 0.20% | |
| | Independent | T. Saminathan | 218 | 0.15% | |
| | Independent | M. Kandhasamy | 141 | 0.10% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 19,669 | 13.69% | {{{change}}} |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,76,351 | 81.49% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,43,703 | | |
| | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) |