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
Tamil Nadu
Election results
2026
2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| AIADMK | K. A. Pandian | | | |
| DMK | Thamimum Ansari | | | |
| NTK | Tamizh | | | |
| TVK | Nedunchezhiyan | | | New |
| NOTA | NOTA | | | |
| Margin of victory | | | |
| Turnout | | | |
| Rejected ballots | | | |
| Registered electors | 229,136 | | |
| gain from | Swing | | |
2021
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram| 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 | 16,937 | 9.30% | 8.42% |
| Turnout | 1,82,150 | 72.57% | −1.88% |
| Rejected ballots | 378 | 0.21% | |
| Registered electors | 2,50,998 | | |
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 16.17% | |
2016
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram| 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) | K. Balkrishnan | 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 | 1,506 | 0.88% | −1.05% |
| Turnout | 1,70,619 | 74.45% | −3.46% |
| Registered electors | 2,29,162 | | |
| AIADMK gain from CPI(M) | Swing | -13.99% | |
2011
2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram| 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 | 2,879 | 1.93% | −13.21% |
| Turnout | 1,91,446 | 77.92% | 2.47% |
| Registered electors | 1,49,166 | | |
| CPI(M) gain from AIADMK | Swing | -2.41% | |
2006
2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram| 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 | 16,810 | 15.14% | 3.65% |
| Turnout | 1,11,066 | 75.44% | 13.33% |
| Registered electors | 1,47,220 | | |
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -1.98% | |
2001
2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram| 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 | 11,915 | 11.49% | −16.67% |
| Turnout | 1,03,702 | 62.12% | −8.80% |
| Registered electors | 1,67,006 | | |
| DMK gain from TMC(M) | Swing | 2.17% | |
1996
1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram| 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 | 29,016 | 28.16% | 7.52% |
| Turnout | 1,03,050 | 70.91% | 1.77% |
| Registered electors | 1,51,992 | | |
| TMC(M) gain from INC | Swing | -0.68% | |
1991
1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram| 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 | 19,653 | 20.63% | 0.92% |
| Turnout | 95,244 | 69.14% | 1.55% |
| Registered electors | 1,42,369 | | |
| INC gain from DMK | Swing | 9.06% | |
1989
1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram| 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 | 16,720 | 19.71% | 9.00% |
| Turnout | 84,813 | 67.60% | −11.60% |
| Registered electors | 1,27,893 | | |
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -12.41% | |
1984
1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram| 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 | 9,243 | 10.71% | 6.66% |
| Turnout | 86,285 | 79.20% | 6.37% |
| Registered electors | 1,14,114 | | |
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 2.84% | |
1980
1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram| 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 | 3,267 | 4.05% | −0.50% |
| Turnout | 80,699 | 72.83% | 5.14% |
| Registered electors | 1,12,269 | | |
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 20.41% | |
1977
1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram| 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 | 3,331 | 4.55% | 2.19% |
| Turnout | 73,226 | 67.68% | −8.92% |
| Registered electors | 1,09,561 | | |
| DMK hold | Swing | -19.04% | |
1971
1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram| 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 | 1,679 | 2.36% | 0.17% |
| Turnout | 71,027 | 76.60% | −4.86% |
| Registered electors | 95,620 | | |
| DMK gain from INC | Swing | 1.15% | |
1967
1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram| 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 | 1,555 | 2.19% | −13.12% |
| Turnout | 70,982 | 81.46% | 15.15% |
| Registered electors | 90,560 | | |
| INC hold | Swing | -4.16% | |
1962
1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram| 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 | 9,601 | 15.32% | 15.21% |
| Turnout | 62,688 | 66.31% | −32.83% |
| Registered electors | 98,172 | | |
| INC hold | Swing | 30.59% | |
1957
1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram| 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 | 166 | 0.10% | −4.10% |
| Turnout | 1,63,787 | 99.14% | −10.84% |
| Registered electors | 1,65,203 | | |
| INC hold | Swing | -4.56% | |
1952
1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram| 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 Party (India) | Govindarajan | 5,861 | 4.05% | |
| Margin of victory | 8,992 | 4.20% | |
| Turnout | 1,44,680 | 109.98% | |
| Registered electors | 1,31,550 | | |
| INC win (new seat) |
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