Bhuvanagiri Assembly constituency

Bhuvanagiri
Constituency No. 157 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Cuddalore
LS constituency	Chidambaram
Established	1952
Total electors	2,48,157^[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent A. Arunmozhithevan
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Bhuvanagiri is a legislative assembly in Cuddalore district, which includes the city, Bhuvanagiri, Tamil Nadu.^[2] It is a part of the Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Madras State

Year	Winner
1952	V. Krishnasami Padayachi	Indian National Congress
1957	Samikannu Padayachi	Indian National Congress
1962	Ramachandra Rayar	Indian National Congress
1967	A. Govindarasan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Duration	Winner
Fifth	1971-1977	M. A. Abusali	Independent
Sixth	1977-1980	V. Raghuraman	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-1984	V. V. Swaminathan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984-1989	V. V. Swaminathan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989-1991	S. Sivalogam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991-1996	G. Malliga	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-2001	A. V. Abdul Naser	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-2006	P. S. Arul	Independent* (supported AIADMK after election)
Thirteenth	2006-2011	Selvi Ramajayam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011-2016	Selvi Ramajayam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016-2021	K. Saravanan Durai	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021-Incumbent	A. Arunmozhithevan^[3]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Arunmozhithevan	96,453	48.92%	20.07%
	DMK	Saravanan. Durai. K	88,194	44.73%	13.00%
	NTK	Rathinavel. R.	6,958	3.53%	2.96%
	AMMK	Balamurugan. K. S. K	2,470	1.25%
	NOTA	Nota	1,058	0.54%	-0.06%
Margin of victory			8,259	4.19%	1.31%
Turnout			1,97,165	79.45%	-0.46%
Rejected ballots			253	0.13%
Registered electors			2,48,157
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	17.19%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Saravanan. Durai. K	60,554	31.73%
	AIADMK	Selvi Ramajayam	55,066	28.85%	-22.49%
	PMK	Ashokkumar	33,681	17.65%
	VCK	Sinthanai Selvan	33,662	17.64%
	Independent	Marimuthu. R.	1,345	0.70%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,132	0.59%
	NTK	Rathinavel Ra	1,091	0.57%
	BJP	Muthu A	910	0.48%
	Independent	Murugavel. K.	781	0.41%
	Independent	Veeramani. T.	753	0.39%
	Independent	Eswan Ali. J.	563	0.29%
Margin of victory			5,488	2.88%	-4.83%
Turnout			1,90,854	79.91%	-2.12%
Registered electors			2,38,837
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-19.61%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Selvi. R	87,413	51.34%	0.10%
	PMK	T. Arivuselvan	74,296	43.64%
	Independent	K. Murugavel	2,511	1.47%
	JMM	A. Muthu	1,475	0.87%
	LJP	R. Kamalakannan	1,189	0.70%
	BSP	N. Samy	1,031	0.61%	0.25%
	Independent	P. Panneerselvam	603	0.35%
	Independent	P. Soundararajan	584	0.34%
	Independent	A. Mani	349	0.20%
	Janata Dal (United)	G. Thiruvarasamoorthy	243	0.14%
	Independent	K. Dhanarasu	233	0.14%
Margin of victory			13,117	7.70%	-3.89%
Turnout			2,07,558	82.03%	5.88%
Registered electors			1,70,265
	AIADMK hold		Swing	0.10%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Selvi Ramajayam	65,505	51.24%
	PMK	Devadass. K.	50,682	39.65%
	DMDK	Shafiuddin. S.	7,292	5.70%
	BJP	Elumalai. S.	1,237	0.97%
	Independent	Venkatachalapathy. R	580	0.45%
	Independent	Babu. S	512	0.40%
	BSP	Jayabalan. K	454	0.36%	-0.74%
	Independent	Bhuvanendiran. A. G	379	0.30%
	SP	Venkatesan. V	302	0.24%
	Independent	Radhakrishnan. R	259	0.20%
	Independent	Balasubramaniyan. K	217	0.17%
Margin of victory			14,823	11.60%	8.20%
Turnout			1,27,834	76.16%	12.32%
Registered electors			1,67,859
	AIADMK gain from Independent		Swing	6.39%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Arul . P. S	49,753	44.85%
	MTD	Gopalakrishanan. M	45,989	41.46%
	MDMK	Gunasekaran . A. N.	4,247	3.83%	0.03%
	Janata Dal (Secular)	Fazlurrahaman. Z	3,413	3.08%
	Independent	Chidambara Naddan A. P.	1,802	1.62%
	BSP	Murugesan. A	1,217	1.10%
	Independent	Veerasamy A. K	1,155	1.04%
	Independent	Thirusangumurthy. R	813	0.73%
	Independent	Abdullah . C. S.	774	0.70%
	Independent	Abdulrahman. A. R.	654	0.59%
	Independent	Rathakrishnan Raja	626	0.56%
Margin of victory			3,764	3.39%	-13.74%
Turnout			1,10,930	63.84%	-8.42%
Registered electors			1,73,785
	Independent gain from DMK		Swing	1.05%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. V. Abdul Naser	49,457	43.80%	17.29%
	PMK	P. D. Elangovan	30,112	26.67%
	AIADMK	P. M. Rasavel	27,904	24.71%	-21.67%
	MDMK	D. Anbarasan	4,294	3.80%
	Independent	R. Radhakrishnan	209	0.19%
	Independent	V. V. R. Elanchezhian	198	0.18%
	Independent	T. Kolanji	177	0.16%
	Independent	H. Mohamed Abdul Khadar	164	0.15%
	Independent	S. Charkaravarthi	148	0.13%
	Independent	M. Jaisankar	142	0.13%
	Independent	V. Chellaperumal	115	0.10%
Margin of victory			19,345	17.13%	-2.74%
Turnout			1,12,920	72.26%	0.60%
Registered electors			1,63,025
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-2.58%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Malliga	48,164	46.38%	30.39%
	DMK	R. T. Sabapathy Mohan	27,530	26.51%	-19.99%
	PMK	P. D. Aruimozhi	27,511	26.49%
	Independent	M. Thamayanthi	260	0.25%
	BSP	R. Radhakrishnan	220	0.21%
	Independent	R. Meideenkhan	168	0.16%
Margin of victory			20,634	19.87%	-5.93%
Turnout			1,03,853	71.66%	7.32%
Registered electors			1,49,984
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-0.12%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Sivalogam. S.	39,430	46.50%	3.61%
	Independent	Rathakrishnan. R.	17,553	20.70%
	AIADMK	Swaminathan. V.V.	13,555	15.99%	-40.21%
	AIADMK	Kalaimani. K.	7,212	8.51%	-47.70%
	INC	Sundaramurthy. R.	6,247	7.37%
	Independent	Sankaradoss. S.	369	0.44%
	Independent	Siva. P.	257	0.30%
	Independent	Murthy. T.K.	120	0.14%
	Independent	Kaliuaperumal. A.	52	0.06%
Margin of victory			21,877	25.80%	12.49%
Turnout			84,795	64.34%	-15.33%
Registered electors			1,34,779
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-9.70%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. V. Swaminathan	51,922	56.20%	7.10%
	DMK	Durai Krishnamoorthy	39,621	42.89%
	Independent	M. Kanagaraj	844	0.91%
Margin of victory			12,301	13.31%	5.78%
Turnout			92,387	79.66%	7.71%
Registered electors			1,22,059
	AIADMK hold		Swing	7.10%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. V. Swaminathan	41,207	49.10%
	Independent	Asanudeen. K. S	34,883	41.56%
	JP	Nedunchezhiyan. A	6,647	7.92%
	Independent	Satchidanandam. A	1,194	1.42%
Margin of victory			6,324	7.53%	1.92%
Turnout			83,931	71.95%	3.92%
Registered electors			1,18,301
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	20.76%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Raghuraman	21,638	28.33%
	JP	T.M.D. Mahalingam	17,350	22.72%
	INC	P. Balraj	17,282	22.63%	-13.43%
	Independent	M.A. Abusali	14,870	19.47%
	Independent	V. Radhakrishnan	3,613	4.73%
	Independent	P. Arumugam	1,390	1.82%
	Independent	C. Ramalingam	226	0.30%
Margin of victory			4,288	5.61%	-2.63%
Turnout			76,369	68.03%	-4.96%
Registered electors			1,14,210
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing	-15.97%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. A. Abusali	28,615	44.31%
	INC	R. Balakrishnan	23,291	36.06%	-4.90%
	Independent	K. Arumugam	9,962	15.42%
	Independent	C. Venkatakrishnan	1,618	2.51%
	Independent	P. Subrarayan	865	1.34%
	Independent	Mohamed Shaik V.	234	0.36%
Margin of victory			5,324	8.24%	-7.08%
Turnout			64,585	72.99%	-3.35%
Registered electors			97,115
	Independent gain from DMK		Swing	-11.98%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Govindarasan	38,795	56.28%	14.91%
	INC	D. Ramachandran	28,234	40.96%	-2.59%
	Independent	M. Chellappa	1,900	2.76%
Margin of victory			10,561	15.32%	13.15%
Turnout			68,929	76.34%	4.59%
Registered electors			93,496
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	12.73%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramachandra Rayar	29,434	43.55%	-5.73%
	DMK	Vaithilingam	27,964	41.38%
	Independent	Venkatakrishna Naidu	5,982	8.85%
	SWA	Balakrishnan	3,358	4.97%
	Independent	Pattusami	847	1.25%
Margin of victory			1,470	2.18%	-30.22%
Turnout			67,585	71.75%	23.17%
Registered electors			98,934
	INC hold		Swing	-5.73%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Samikannu Pandayachi	21,553	49.28%	10.96%
	Independent	R. Balagurusamy	7,386	16.89%
	CPI	T. M. Somasundiram	7,099	16.23%
	Independent	C. Govindarasu	5,668	12.96%
	Independent	Gandhi	2,029	4.64%
Margin of victory			14,167	32.39%	29.76%
Turnout			43,735	48.58%	-9.63%
Registered electors			90,032
	INC hold		Swing	10.96%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Bhuvanagiri^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Krishnaswamy Padayachi	13,709	38.32%	38.32%
	TTP	S. Tiruvenkata Nainar	12,768	35.69%
	Independent	V. Pattuswamisethuvaryar	2,591	7.24%
	Independent	S. Paramananda Rayar	2,380	6.65%
	Independent	S. Sundaramoorthy	2,319	6.48%
	Socialist	M. S. Zainulabuddin	2,011	5.62%
Margin of victory			941	2.63%
Turnout			35,778	58.21%
Registered electors			61,462
	INC win (new seat)

References

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