# Chidambaram Assembly constituency

Chidambaram is a legislative assembly in Cuddalore district, which includes the city of Chidambaram. It is a part of Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

## Members of Legislative Assembly
### Madras State

| Election | Name | Party |
| 1952 | Swami Sahajananda | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | G. Vagheesam Pillai | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | S. Sivasubramanian | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | R. Kanagasabai Pillai | Indian National Congress |

### Tamil Nadu

| Election | Duration | Name | Party |
| 1971 | 1971-1977 | P. Ponchokkalingam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1977 | 1977-1980 | Kaliyamoorthy Durai | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1980 | 1980-1984 | K. R. Ganapathi | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1980 | 1984-1989 | K. R. Ganapathi | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1989 | 1989-1991 | D. Krishnamoorthy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1991 | 1991-1996 | K. S. Alagiri | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | 1996-2001 | K. S. Alagiri | Tamil Maanila Congress |
| 2001 | 2001-2006 | K. Durai Saravanan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2006 | 2006-2011 | A. Arunmozhithevan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2011 | 2011-2016 | K. Balakrishnan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2016 | 2016-2021 | K. A. Pandian | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2021 | 2021-Incumbent | K. A. Pandian | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | K. A. Pandian | 91,961 | 50.49% | 16.17% |
| | IUML | S. Abdul Rahman | 75,024 | 41.19% | |
| | NTK | Natarajan Krishnamoorthy | 9,071 | 4.98% | 4.22% |
| | MNM | G. Devasagayam | 2,953 | 1.62% | |
| | AMMK | M. Nanthinidevi | 1,388 | 0.76% | |
| | NOTA | Nota | 1,202 | 0.66% | −0.34% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 16,937 | 9.30% | 8.42% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,82,150 | 72.57% | −1.88% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 378 | 0.21% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,50,998 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 16.17% | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | K. A. Pandian | 58,543 | 34.31% | |
| | DMK | Senthilkumar K R | 57,037 | 33.43% | −12.95% |
| | PMK | Arul R | 24,226 | 14.20% | |
| | CPI(M) | Balakrishnan K | 23,314 | 13.66% | −34.64% |
| | SDPI | Abdul Satthar G | 1,775 | 1.04% | |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,714 | 1.00% | |
| | NTK | Sathishkumar B (A) Baakyaa | 1,295 | 0.76% | |
| | BJP | Manimaran G | 1,079 | 0.63% | −2.07% |
| | Independent | Vinoba C | 440 | 0.26% | |
| | Independent | Dhivakar S | 388 | 0.23% | |
| | Independent | Senthilkumar R | 302 | 0.18% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,506 | 0.88% | −1.05% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,70,619 | 74.45% | −3.46% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,29,162 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from CPI(M) | AIADMK gain from CPI(M) | Swing | -13.99% | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Balakrishnan. K | 72,054 | 48.30% | 12.72% |
| | DMK | Sridhar Vandaiyar | 69,175 | 46.37% | |
| | BJP | V. Kannan | 4,034 | 2.70% | 1.76% |
| | LJP | R. Panneer | 1,010 | 0.68% | |
| | Independent | C. Vinoba | 933 | 0.63% | |
| | Independent | S. Sankar | 591 | 0.40% | |
| | Independent | A. Arulprakasam | 478 | 0.32% | |
| | Independent | K. Sathyamoorthy | 459 | 0.31% | |
| | BSP | K. Chellaiah | 432 | 0.29% | −0.12% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,879 | 1.93% | −13.21% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,91,446 | 77.92% | 2.47% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,49,166 | | |
| | CPI(M) gain from AIADMK | CPI(M) gain from AIADMK | Swing | -2.41% | |

### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | A. Arunmozhithevan | 56,327 | 50.71% | |
| | CPI(M) | Balakrishnan. K | 39,517 | 35.58% | |
| | DMDK | Rajamannan. P | 10,303 | 9.28% | |
| | BJP | Srinivasan. A. | 1,054 | 0.95% | |
| | Independent | Velmurugan. P | 954 | 0.86% | |
| | Independent | Vinoba. C | 797 | 0.72% | |
| | BSP | Barathidasan. K | 453 | 0.41% | |
| | Independent | Sundaravinayagam. N | 326 | 0.29% | |
| | Independent | Balakrishnan. R | 275 | 0.25% | |
| | Independent | Jaisankar. P | 207 | 0.19% | |
| | Independent | Balakrishnan. K | 147 | 0.13% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 16,810 | 15.14% | 3.65% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,11,066 | 75.44% | 13.33% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,47,220 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -1.98% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Saravanan Durai K. | 54,647 | 52.70% | |
| | PMK | T. Arivuselvan | 42,732 | 41.21% | |
| | MDMK | K. V. Mohana Sundar | 3,765 | 3.63% | −2.31% |
| | Independent | Jayaraj. V | 1,089 | 1.05% | |
| | Independent | S. Anbazhagan | 958 | 0.92% | |
| | RJD | K. Aravamuthan | 262 | 0.25% | |
| | JD(S) | N. Ramamoorthy | 249 | 0.24% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,915 | 11.49% | −16.67% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,03,702 | 62.12% | −8.80% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,67,006 | | |
| | DMK gain from TMC(M) | DMK gain from TMC(M) | Swing | 2.17% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TMC(M) | K. S. Alagiri | 52,066 | 50.52% | |
| | INC | A. Radhakrishnan | 23,050 | 22.37% | −28.83% |
| | PMK | K. Devadoss | 19,737 | 19.15% | |
| | MDMK | Durai Krishnamoorthy | 6,121 | 5.94% | |
| | Independent | N. Manickam | 241 | 0.23% | |
| | Independent | R. Palanivel | 238 | 0.23% | |
| | Independent | K. Saravanan | 206 | 0.20% | |
| | Independent | M. Azhappan | 157 | 0.15% | |
| | Independent | K. Panneerselvam | 153 | 0.15% | |
| | Independent | B. Sekar | 149 | 0.14% | |
| | Independent | A. Santhanam | 139 | 0.13% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 29,016 | 28.16% | 7.52% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,03,050 | 70.91% | 1.77% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,51,992 | | |
| | TMC(M) gain from INC | TMC(M) gain from INC | Swing | -0.68% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | K. S. Alagiri | 48,767 | 51.20% | 28.78% |
| | DMK | M. R. K. Panneerselvam | 29,114 | 30.57% | −11.57% |
| | PMK | Devadasu K. | 15,913 | 16.71% | |
| | Independent | Sanjeevi K. | 443 | 0.47% | |
| | Independent | Deivanayagam K. | 277 | 0.29% | |
| | THMM | Thangaraj R. | 246 | 0.26% | |
| | Independent | Dharman K. | 234 | 0.25% | |
| | Independent | Azeezkhan M. P. | 148 | 0.16% | |
| | Independent | Subramanian Thanga | 102 | 0.11% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 19,653 | 20.63% | 0.92% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 95,244 | 69.14% | 1.55% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,42,369 | | |
| | INC gain from DMK | INC gain from DMK | Swing | 9.06% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Krishnamoorthy. D. | 35,738 | 42.14% | −1.70% |
| | INC | Radhakrishnan. A. | 19,018 | 22.42% | |
| | Independent | Arumugam. N. | 12,363 | 14.58% | |
| | AIADMK | Panneerselvam. K.P. | 10,088 | 11.89% | −42.65% |
| | CPI | Manivasagam. T. | 5,371 | 6.33% | |
| | Independent | Dharuman. K. | 706 | 0.83% | |
| | Independent | Umapathi. B. | 496 | 0.58% | |
| | Independent | Rathinasamy. N. | 450 | 0.53% | |
| | Independent | Arasan. P. | 359 | 0.42% | |
| | Independent | Paramaguru. R.K. | 96 | 0.11% | |
| | Independent | Balasekaran. S. | 81 | 0.10% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 16,720 | 19.71% | 9.00% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 84,813 | 67.60% | −11.60% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,27,893 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -12.41% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | K. R. Ganapathi | 47,067 | 54.55% | 2.84% |
| | DMK | K. S. Subramanian | 37,824 | 43.84% | −3.82% |
| | Independent | D. Arulmozhi | 1,171 | 1.36% | |
| | Independent | K. Tharuman Pathar | 223 | 0.26% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,243 | 10.71% | 6.66% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 86,285 | 79.20% | 6.37% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,14,114 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 2.84% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | K. R. Ganapathi | 41,728 | 51.71% | 24.96% |
| | DMK | Kaliyamoorthy Durai | 38,461 | 47.66% | 16.36% |
| | Independent | Murugesan. A | 281 | 0.35% | |
| | Independent | Dharuman Pathar. K | 229 | 0.28% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,267 | 4.05% | −0.50% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 80,699 | 72.83% | 5.14% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,12,269 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 20.41% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Kaliyamoorthy Durai | 22,917 | 31.30% | −19.04% |
| | AIADMK | Muthugovindarajan | 19,586 | 26.75% | |
| | INC | B. Umapathy | 15,644 | 21.36% | −26.61% |
| | JP | A. Sambandam | 10,960 | 14.97% | |
| | Independent | N. Rathinasamy | 1,817 | 2.48% | |
| | Independent | M. Sanjeevi | 1,422 | 1.94% | |
| | Independent | K. Dharuman | 474 | 0.65% | |
| | Independent | R. Kannusamy | 406 | 0.55% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,331 | 4.55% | 2.19% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 73,226 | 67.68% | −8.92% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,09,561 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | -19.04% | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | P. Ponchokkalingam | 35,750 | 50.33% | 3.34% |
| | INC | R. Gopalkrishnan | 34,071 | 47.97% | −1.21% |
| | Independent | Satchidanandama | 1,206 | 1.70% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,679 | 2.36% | 0.17% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 71,027 | 76.60% | −4.86% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 95,620 | | |
| | DMK gain from INC | DMK gain from INC | Swing | 1.15% | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | R. Kanagasabai Pillai | 34,911 | 49.18% | −4.16% |
| | DMK | P. Ponchockalingam | 33,356 | 46.99% | 8.97% |
| | Independent | R. Govindarajan | 1,881 | 2.65% | |
| | Independent | P. Natarajan | 834 | 1.17% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,555 | 2.19% | −13.12% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 70,982 | 81.46% | 15.15% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 90,560 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | -4.16% | |

### 1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | S. Sivasubramanian | 33,438 | 53.34% | 30.59% |
| | DMK | Arumugham K. | 23,837 | 38.02% | |
| | CPI | A. Munusami | 5,413 | 8.63% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,601 | 15.32% | 15.21% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 62,688 | 66.31% | −32.83% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 98,172 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 30.59% | |

### 1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | G. Vagheesam Pillai | 37,255 | 22.75% | −4.56% |
| | Independent | Chockalingam | 30,345 | 18.53% | |
| | Independent | S. Sivasubramanian | 26,489 | 16.17% | |
| | Independent | Gopalakrishnan | 23,546 | 14.38% | |
| | Independent | V. Kuppusamy (Sc) | 5,420 | 3.31% | |
| | Independent | A. Shanmugam (Sc) | 3,643 | 2.22% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 166 | 0.10% | −4.10% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,63,787 | 99.14% | −10.84% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,65,203 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | -4.56% | |

### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Swami Sahajananda | 39,509 | 27.31% | 27.31% |
| | TTP | Swamikannu | 30,517 | 21.09% | |
| | RPI | Kuppuswami | 9,606 | 6.64% | |
| | Socialist | Govindarajan | 5,861 | 4.05% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,992 | 4.20% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,44,680 | 109.98% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,31,550 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |