Cuddalore
Cuddalore
Constituency No. 155 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Lok Sabha constituency Cuddalore Established 1951
Total electors 223,243
Reservation None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent B.Rajkumar
Elected year 2026
Cuddalore is a legislative assembly constituency, that includes the city of Cuddalore . Cuddalore Assembly constituency is a part of Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency . Cuddalore was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election . 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 Vote share of winning candidates 2026 37.22% 2021 46.46% 2016 41.07% 2011 60.56% 2006 47.76% 2001 45.61% 1991 48.60% 1989 42.91% 1984 58.02% 1980 49.05% 1977 31.61% 1971 52.60% 1967 55.09% 1962 40.72% 1957 41.18% 1952 34.12%
2026 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore Party Candidate Votes % ±% TVK B. Rajkumar 70,856 37.22 New INC A.S.Chandarasekaran 55,337 29.07 New AIADMK M.C.Sampath 55,258 29.03 14.60 NTK S.Sarasu 5,766 3.03 2.22 NOTA NOTA 894 0.47 0.21 TVK K.Lenin 623 0.33 New All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam S. Ramasamy 375 0.20 New Independent P.Nagasundaram 327 0.17 New Independent R. Veeramani 214 0.11 New Independent R.Ramachandran 211 0.11 New BSP P.Natarajan 136 0.07 New Independent E.Gurubaran 97 0.05 New Independent R.Mayavan 97 0.05 New Independent E.Farook Ali 74 0.04 New Independent V. Suganthi 62 0.03 New Independent S.Rajamohan 51 0.03 New Margin of victory 15,519 8.15 5.32 Turnout 1,90,378 85.28 8.93 Registered electors 2,23,243 15,121 TVK gain from DMK Swing 37.22
2021 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore Party Candidate Votes % ±% DMK G. Iyappan 84,563 46.46% +19.53 AIADMK M. C. Sampath 79,412 43.63% +2.56 NTK V. Jaladeepan 9,563 5.25% −1.98 MNM K. Anandraj 4,040 2.22% New DMDK A. Gnanapandithan 1,499 0.82% New NOTA NOTA 1,236 0.68% −0.51 Margin of victory 5,151 2.83% −11.31% Turnout 182,001 76.35% 1.66% Rejected ballots 391 0.21% Registered electors 238,364 DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 5.39%
2016 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore Party Candidate Votes % ±% AIADMK M. C. Sampath 70,922 41.07 −19.49 DMK Ela. Pugazhendi 46,509 26.93% −9.9 TMC(M) A. S. Chandarasekaran 20,608 11.93% New PMK Pazha. Thamaraikannan 16,905 9.79% New NTK Seeman (Sebastian Simon) 12,497 7.24% New NOTA NOTA 2,062 1.19% New BJP P. Selvam 1,964 1.14% +0.02 Margin of victory 24,413 14.14% −9.59% Turnout 172,688 74.69% −3.33% Registered electors 231,205 AIADMK hold Swing -19.49%
2011 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore Party Candidate Votes % ±% AIADMK M. C. Sampath 85,953 60.56% +17.27 DMK E. Pugazhendi 52,275 36.83% −10.93 BJP R. Gunasekaran 1,579 1.11% −0.17 Independent S. V. Rajan 892 0.63% New Loktantrik Samajwadi Party T. E. Chithrakala 774 0.55% New Margin of victory 33,678 23.73% 19.26% Turnout 141,930 78.02% 6.48% Registered electors 181,920 AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 12.80%
2006 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore Party Candidate Votes % ±% DMK G. Iyappan 67,003 47.76% +2.15 AIADMK G. Kumar 60,737 43.30% New DMDK G. V. Jayakumar 7,866 5.61% New BJP P. Sivakumar 1,803 1.29% New Independent S. Sriramulu 797 0.57% New Independent J. Srivathsan 776 0.55% New Margin of victory 6,266 4.47% 4.44% Turnout 140,286 71.54% 14.95% Registered electors 196,095 DMK hold Swing 2.15%
2001 2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore Party Candidate Votes % ±% DMK E. Pugazhendi 54,671 45.61% −16.66 TMC(M) P. R. S. Venkatesan 54,637 45.58% New MDMK S. Pathmanaban 7,119 5.94% +0.15 Independent S. Sriramulu 1,284 1.07% New Puratchi Bharatham S. Muruganantham 929 0.78% New Independent D. Senthilkumar 685 0.57% New Margin of victory 34 0.03% −40.63% Turnout 119,862 56.59% −10.51% Registered electors 212,016 DMK hold Swing -16.66%
1996 1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore Party Candidate Votes % ±% DMK E. Pugazhendi 74,480 62.27% +28 INC K. V. Rajendiran 25,853 21.62% −26.99 AIIC(T) N. Varatharajan 9,552 7.99% New MDMK S. Padmanaban 6,925 5.79% New BJP S. Varatharajan 848 0.71% −0.4 Margin of victory 48,627 40.66% 26.32% Turnout 119,606 67.11% 3.76% Registered electors 185,364 DMK gain from INC Swing 13.67%
1991 1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore Party Candidate Votes % ±% INC P. R. S. Venkatesan 51,459 48.60% +26.14 DMK E. Pugazhendi 36,284 34.27% −8.64 PMK K. Abdul Lateef 15,940 15.06% New BJP K. Chokkalilnga Achari 1,171 1.11% New Margin of victory 15,175 14.33% −6.10% Turnout 105,873 63.34% −4.59% Registered electors 172,538 INC gain from DMK Swing 5.70%
1989 1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore Party Candidate Votes % ±% DMK E. Pugazhendi 42,790 42.91% +2.91 INC M. Radhakrishnan 22,408 22.47% −35.55 AIADMK K. Abdul Latheef 18,721 18.77% New AIADMK D. Janarthanan 7,028 7.05% New Independent S. O. Padmanabhan 6,694 6.71% New Independent M. P. Rajamanickam 906 0.91% New Margin of victory 20,382 20.44% 2.42% Turnout 99,729 67.93% −5.95% Registered electors 149,592 DMK gain from INC Swing -15.11%
1984 1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore Party Candidate Votes % ±% INC V. G. Cheelappa 53,759 58.02% New DMK V. Krishnamurthy 37,063 40.00% −9.05 Independent Nakkeeran Alais Jayaraman 776 0.84% New Independent Jayabalan P 621 0.67% New Margin of victory 16,696 18.02% 14.22% Turnout 92,663 73.88% 11.12% Registered electors 129,630 INC gain from DMK Swing 8.96%
1980 1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore Party Candidate Votes % ±% DMK Babu Govindarajan 40,539 49.05% +19.84 AIADMK A. Ragupathi 37,398 45.25% +13.64 JP V. Balakrishna Sethupathy Padayachi 4,077 4.93% New Margin of victory 3,141 3.80% 1.41% Turnout 82,646 62.76% 1.48% Registered electors 133,227 DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 17.44%
1977 1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore Party Candidate Votes % ±% AIADMK K. M. Abdul Latheef 24,107 31.61% New DMK R. Govindarajan 22,280 29.21% −23.39 JP P. R. S. Venkatesan 20,106 26.36% New INC M. Venkatesan 8,387 11.00% −35.17 Independent T. R. Narasimhan 863 1.13% New Independent N. Natarajan 526 0.69% New Margin of victory 1,827 2.40% −4.04% Turnout 76,269 61.28% −12.28% Registered electors 126,391 AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -21.00%
1971 1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore Party Candidate Votes % ±% DMK R. Govindaraj 35,219 52.60% −2.48 INC P. R. Seenivasa Padayachi 30,909 46.17% +2.46 Independent T. Kuppusamy 822 1.23% New Margin of victory 4,310 6.44% −4.94% Turnout 66,950 73.56% −2.02% Registered electors 96,497 DMK hold Swing -2.48%
1967 1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore Party Candidate Votes % ±% DMK Ere. Elamvazhuthi 35,093 55.09% +23.85 INC P. R. Seenivasa Padayachi 27,845 43.71% +2.99 Independent A. Padayachi 767 1.20% New Margin of victory 7,248 11.38% 1.89% Turnout 63,705 75.58% 3.97% Registered electors 87,210 DMK gain from INC Swing 14.37%
1962 1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore Party Candidate Votes % ±% INC P. R. Seenivasa Padayachi 27,567 40.72% −0.46 DMK R. Sambasiva Reddiar 21,147 31.24% New SWA S. S. Ramsami Padayachi 18,983 28.04% New Margin of victory 6,420 9.48% 1.57% Turnout 67,697 71.61% 16.50% Registered electors 99,494 INC hold Swing -0.46%
1957 1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore Party Candidate Votes % ±% INC P. R. Seenivasa Padayachi 21,100 41.18% +22.94 Independent Sambandan 17,044 33.27% New Independent R. Dandapani 13,091 25.55% New Margin of victory 4,056 7.92% 3.90% Turnout 51,235 55.11% −53.52% Registered electors 92,967 INC gain from TTP Swing 7.07%
1952 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cuddalore Party Candidate Votes % ±% TTP Rathinam 64,446 34.12% New INC P. R. Seenivasa Padayachi 34,466 18.25% New Margin of victory 7,580 4.01% Turnout 188,903 108.64% Registered electors 173,887 TTP win (new seat)
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