# Madurai South Assembly constituency

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Madurai South is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and winners from this constituency are listed below.

## Extent of Assembly constituency

* Madurai South Taluk (part)
* Madurai (M Corp.) Ward No.9, 10, 16, 39 and 43 to 59
This is a new constituency which includes majority of the erstwhile Madurai East constituency.

## Members of Legislative Assembly

| Year | Winner | Party |
| 2011 | R. Annadurai | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2016 | S. S. Saravanan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2021 | M. Boominathan | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) |

## Election results

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2021 | 2021 | 42.49% | 42.49% |
| 2016 | 2016 | 42.75% | 42.75% |
| 2011 | 2011 | 61.59% | 61.59% |
| 1952 | 1952 | 46.95% | 46.95% |

### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai (South) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | M. Boominathan | 62,812 | 42.49% | +15.94 |
| | AIADMK | S. S. Saravanan | 56,297 | 38.08% | −4.67 |
| | MNM | G. Eswaran | 12,821 | 8.67% | New |
| | NTK | M. Abbas | 10,483 | 7.09% | +5.32 |
| | AMMK | Sha. Raajalingam | 2,672 | 1.81% | New |
| | NOTA | Nota | 1,551 | 1.05% | −0.94 |
| | Independent | R. Saravanan | 257 | 0.17% | New |
| | Independent | K. Jeya | 178 | 0.12% | New |
| | Independent | Rajkumar (A) K. Manikandan | 162 | 0.11% | New |
| | Independent | T. S. Vengadachalapathy | 159 | 0.11% | New |
| | NGPP | S. Bharathi Kannamma | 140 | 0.09% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,515 | 4.41% | −11.80% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 147,833 | 64.24% | −2.60% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 131 | 0.09% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 230,133 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -0.27% | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai (South) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | S. S. Saravanan | 62,683 | 42.75% | New |
| | DMK | M. Balachandran | 38,920 | 26.55% | New |
| | MDMK | M. Boominathan | 19,443 | 13.26% | New |
| | BJP | A. R. Mahalakshmi | 16,069 | 10.96% | +6.38 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,918 | 1.99% | New |
| | NTK | B. Vijayakumar | 2,594 | 1.77% | New |
| | Socialistic Democratic Party | S. Najima Begum | 2,210 | 1.51% | New |
| | PMK | S. Mari Selvam | 864 | 0.59% | New |
| | Independent | A. Mujeeb Rahuman | 267 | 0.18% | New |
| | Independent | N. K. Mahalakshmi | 194 | 0.13% | New |
| | UCPI | U. Ganesan | 177 | 0.12% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 23,763 | 16.21% | −17.34% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 146,611 | 66.84% | −8.96% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 219,349 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from CPI(M) | AIADMK gain from CPI(M) | Swing | -18.84% | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai (South) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | R. Annadurai | 83,441 | 61.59% | New |
| | INC | S. P. Varadharajan | 37,990 | 28.04% | New |
| | Independent | K. Anuppanadi Jeya | 6,243 | 4.61% | New |
| | BJP | N. S. R. Santharam | 6,204 | 4.58% | New |
| | IJK | A. Josephine Mary | 1,061 | 0.78% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 45,451 | 33.55% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 178,736 | 75.79% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 135,472 | | |
| | CPI(M) win (new seat) | CPI(M) win (new seat) | CPI(M) win (new seat) | CPI(M) win (new seat) | CPI(M) win (new seat) |

### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Madurai (South) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | T. K. Rama | 20,838 | 46.95% | New |
| | Independent | A. Dharmaraj Santhosam | 18,070 | 40.72% | New |
| | Independent | K. N. Krishnan | 3,277 | 7.38% | New |
| | KMPP | Vidi V. Krishnan | 1,101 | 2.48% | New |
| | Independent | K. R. C. Chari | 1,095 | 2.47% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,768 | 6.24% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,381 | 64.96% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 68,320 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |