Gudiyatham Assembly constituency

Gudiyatham or 'Gudiyattam' is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 46. It comprises portions of the Gudiyattam and Vaniyambadi taluks and is a part of Vellore Lok Sabha constituency for national elections. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner
1952	A. J. Arunachala Mudaliar	Indian National Congress
1954	K. Kamarajar	Indian National Congress
1957	V. K. Kothandaraman	Communist Party of India
1962	T. Manavalan	Indian National Congress
1967	V. K. Kothandaraman	Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	E. K. Duraiswamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	V. K. Gothandaraman	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1980	K. R. Sundaram	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1984	R. Govindasamy	Indian National Congress
1989	K. R. Sundaram	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991	V. Dhandayuthapani	Indian National Congress
1996	V. G. Dhanapal	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	C. M. Suryakala	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	G. Latha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011	K. Lingamuthu	Communist Party of India
2016	C. Jayanthi Padmanabhan - Disqualification by Assembly Speaker 2017	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019 by-election	S. Kathavarayan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	V. Amulu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021		47.83%
2019 by-election		52.05%
2016		48.56%
2011		49.07%
2006		39.70%
2001		57.05%
1996		48.62%
1991		64.41%
1989		23.46%
1984		39.15%
1980		43.87%
1977		29.54%
1971		56.38%
1967		61.21%
1962		44.97%
1957		21.78%
1952		20.13%

2026

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudiyatham
Party	Candidate	Votes
	AIADMK	G.Paritha Purushothaman
	DMDK	K. B. Pratap
	NTK	Imalan
	TVK	K. Sindhu	New
	NOTA	NOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Registered electors	238,505
	gain from	Swing

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudiyatham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Amulu	100,412	47.83%	4.22
	AIADMK	G. Paritha	93,511	44.54%	6.14
	NTK	R. Kalaiyenthiri	11,834	5.64%	5.19%
	AMMK	C. Jayanthi Padmanabhan	1,822	0.87%
	NOTA	Nota	1,699	0.81%	−0.34%
	BSP	S. Raja	505	0.24%	−0.03%
	IJK	C. Rajan	482	0.23%
	Independent	K. Jaikarthikeyan	449	0.21%
	Independent	N. Lakshmipathy	257	0.12%
	Independent	M. Elumalai	168	0.08%
	Independent	P. Gunaseelan	138	0.07%
Margin of victory	6,901	3.29%	−2.60%
Turnout	209,931	72.47%	−1.64%
Rejected ballots	331	0.16%
Registered electors	289,677
	DMK hold	Swing	-0.73%

2019 by-election

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Gudiyattam
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Kathavarayan	1,06,137	52.05
	AIADMK	R. Moorthy	78,296	38.40
	AMMK	C. Jayanthi Padmanabhan	8,186	4.01	+4.01
	NTK	R. Kalaiyenthiri	4,670	2.29	+2.29
	MNM	S. Venkatesan	3,287	1.69	+1.69
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,838	1.39	+1.39
Majority	27,841	13.65
Turnout	2,03,959	75.23
	DMK gain from AIADMK	Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudiyatham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Jayanthi Padmanabhan	94,689	48.56%
	DMK	K. Rajamarthandan	83,219	42.68%	−2.78%
	PMK	B. Deepa	7,505	3.85%
	CPI	K. Lingamuthu	3,140	1.61%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,241	1.15%
	IJK	T. Ganesan	891	0.46%
	NTK	S. Rajkumar	876	0.45%
	BSP	M. Shanmugam	529	0.27%	−0.55%
	Independent	Senur Pon. Jayaraman	441	0.23%
	Independent	C. Rajamanikkam	414	0.21%
	Independent	M. Vinoth	292	0.15%
Margin of victory	11,470	5.88%	2.27%
Turnout	194,988	74.11%	−2.89%
Registered electors	263,119
	AIADMK gain from CPI	Swing	-0.51%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudiyatham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	K. Lingamuthu	79,416	49.07%
	DMK	K. Rajamarthandan	73,574	45.46%
	IJK	C. Bharathi	1,687	1.04%
	Independent	P. Vadivelan	1,416	0.87%
	BSP	E. Karunanithi	1,335	0.82%	0.03%
	Puratchi Bharatham	P. Maganathan	1,168	0.72%
	Independent	A. Mathi	1,053	0.65%
	Independent	C. Baskaran	595	0.37%
	Independent	A. Ramesh Babu	558	0.34%
	Independent	E. Kanagaraj	499	0.31%
	LJP	C. Rajan	297	0.18%
Margin of victory	5,842	3.61%	2.25%
Turnout	210,194	76.99%	8.83%
Registered electors	161,833
	CPI gain from CPI(M)	Swing	9.38%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudiyatham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	G. Latha	48,166	39.70%
	AIADMK	J. K. N. Palani	46,516	38.34%	−18.71%
	DMDK	L. K. Sudhish	20,557	16.94%
	Independent	S. Natarajan	1,500	1.24%
	SP	P. V. Govindaraji	1,073	0.88%
	BJP	K. S. Kumaravelu	997	0.82%
	BSP	E. Karunanidhi	965	0.80%
	Independent	M. Govindasamy	768	0.63%
	Independent	V. P. Sankaran	453	0.37%
	Independent	V. Tamilselvan	343	0.28%
Margin of victory	1,650	1.36%	−21.34%
Turnout	121,338	68.16%	3.17%
Registered electors	178,024
	CPI(M) gain from AIADMK	Swing	-17.35%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudiyatham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. M. Suryakala	61,128	57.05%
	DMK	S. Duraisamy	36,804	34.35%	−14.27%
	MDMK	N. Panneer	4,197	3.92%	−4.08%
	JD(S)	S. M. Devaraji	2,135	1.99%
	Independent	M. Lakshmikanthan	2,046	1.91%
	LJP	S. Anbuselvakumar	842	0.79%
Margin of victory	24,324	22.70%	−6.30%
Turnout	107,152	64.99%	−1.78%
Registered electors	164,937
	AIADMK gain from DMK	Swing	8.43%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudiyatham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. G. Dhanapal	48,837	48.62%
	INC	S. Ramgopal	19,701	19.61%	−44.79%
	Independent	R. Venugopal	13,713	13.65%
	MDMK	N. Panneer	8,037	8.00%
	MGRM	G. Viswanathan	7,099	7.07%
	Independent	D. Eswaran	1,363	1.36%
	Independent	N. Krishnan	357	0.36%
	Independent	S. Gouse Basha	354	0.35%
	Independent	C. Sundaram	214	0.21%
	Independent	L. Gangadharan	202	0.20%
	Independent	A. Muralirajan	154	0.15%
Margin of victory	29,136	29.00%	−6.23%
Turnout	100,453	66.77%	1.90%
Registered electors	160,659
	DMK gain from INC	Swing	-15.79%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudiyatham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Dhandayuthapani	63,796	64.41%	49.13%
	CPI(M)	R. Paramasivam	28,897	29.17%	5.72%
	PMK	S. R. Rajavel	3,323	3.35%
	BJP	D. G. Prabakaran	2,390	2.41%
	THMM	D. Gunsekaran	268	0.27%
	Independent	D. Ramachandaran	210	0.21%
	Independent	C. Logu	169	0.17%
Margin of victory	34,899	35.23%	33.02%
Turnout	99,053	64.87%	−7.11%
Registered electors	157,089
	INC gain from CPI(M)	Swing	40.95%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudiyatham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. R. Sundaram	22,037	23.46%	−2.09%
	AIADMK	R. Venugopal	19,958	21.24%
	Independent	A. K. Sundararajulu	18,348	19.53%
	INC	R. Govindasamy	14,353	15.28%	−23.87%
	Independent	K. Jayapal	7,140	7.60%
	Independent	D. Jayanthilal	5,247	5.59%
	Independent	K. Yuvaraj	3,860	4.11%
	Independent	K. Kumarasamy	996	1.06%
	Independent	M. Govindasamy	366	0.39%
	Independent	M. Ramamoorthy	311	0.33%
	Independent	C. Singaram	250	0.27%
Margin of victory	2,079	2.21%	−5.66%
Turnout	93,943	71.98%	−4.37%
Registered electors	133,687
	CPI(M) gain from INC	Swing	-15.69%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudiyatham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Govindasamy	32,077	39.15%
	Independent	A. K. Sundararajan	25,630	31.28%
	CPI(M)	K. R. Sundaram	20,930	25.55%	−18.32%
	Independent	O. C. Subramaniyam	981	1.20%
	Independent	S. B. Akbar	743	0.91%
	Independent	P. S. Ganesan	495	0.60%
	Independent	M. V. Palani	300	0.37%
	Independent	B. S. Mohammed Jinna	289	0.35%
	Independent	S. Rangasamy	224	0.27%
	Independent	S. R. Duraisamy	136	0.17%
	Independent	D. Murugan Alias Durai Murugesan	123	0.15%
Margin of victory	6,447	7.87%	−6.26%
Turnout	81,928	76.34%	12.06%
Registered electors	115,465
	INC gain from CPI(M)	Swing	-4.72%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudiyatham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. R. Sundaram	30,869	43.87%	14.33%
	Independent	K. A. Wahab	20,929	29.74%
	JP	A. K. Sundra Rajulu	17,832	25.34%
	Independent	P. S. Ganesan	735	1.04%
Margin of victory	9,940	14.13%	10.48%
Turnout	70,365	64.28%	−1.84%
Registered electors	110,942
	CPI(M) hold	Swing	14.33%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudiyatham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	V. K. Kothandaraman	20,590	29.54%
	JP	Soundararajulu Naidu	18,046	25.89%
	INC	R. Govindasamy	15,753	22.60%	−7.36%
	DMK	K. G. Muniyappan	12,224	17.54%	−38.84%
	Independent	K. Munasamy Choudary	1,564	2.24%
	Independent	D. Ranganathan	879	1.26%
	Independent	P. S. Ghanesan	636	0.91%
Margin of victory	2,544	3.65%	−22.76%
Turnout	69,692	66.13%	−5.23%
Registered electors	106,905
	CPI(M) gain from DMK	Swing	-26.83%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudiyatham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. K. Duraiswamy	34,954	56.38%
	INC	D. A. Adimoolam	18,580	29.97%	−4.56%
	CPI(M)	V. K. Kothandaraman	5,721	9.23%
	Independent	R. Krishnan	2,745	4.43%
Margin of victory	16,374	26.41%	−0.27%
Turnout	62,000	71.36%	−7.24%
Registered electors	91,545
	DMK gain from CPI(M)	Swing	-4.83%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Gudiyatham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	V. K. Kothandaraman	38,825	61.21%
	INC	B. R. Naidu	21,901	34.53%	−10.44%
	CPI	G. Kannabiran	2,708	4.27%
Margin of victory	16,924	26.68%	8.31%
Turnout	63,434	78.60%	15.65%
Registered electors	85,177
	CPI(M) gain from INC	Swing	16.23%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Gudiyatham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. Manavalan	25,795	44.97%	23.50%
	RPI	C. Kuppuswamy	15,258	26.60%
	CPI	Munuswamy	13,801	24.06%
	Independent	B. Perumal	2,506	4.37%
Margin of victory	10,537	18.37%	18.07%
Turnout	57,360	62.96%	−27.75%
Registered electors	95,434
	INC gain from CPI	Swing	23.19%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Gudiyatham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	V. K. Kothandaraman	33,811	21.78%
	INC	T. Manavalan	33,341	21.47%	1.34%
	Independent	M. Krishnasami (Sc)	29,310	18.88%
	Independent	Samasivan	15,593	10.04%
	Independent	Pulavar A. Mani Ezhilan (Sc)	10,751	6.92%
Margin of victory	470	0.30%	−4.01%
Turnout	155,268	90.71%	−4.81%
Registered electors	171,171
	CPI gain from INC	Swing	1.65%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Gudiyatham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. J. Arunachala Mudaliar	24,101	20.13%	20.13%
	Independent	P. S. Rajagopala Naidu	18,940	15.82%
	CPI	Dr. Kannabiran	14,817	12.38%
	Justice Party	G. M. Annalthango	11,829	9.88%
	RPI	Dhanapal	10,405	8.69%
	Independent	K. Palani	6,655	5.56%
	Independent	J. J. Dass	5,861	4.90%
	Socialist Party (India)	A. A. Govindaraja Mudaliar	5,023	4.20%
	Independent	Perkodian	4,284	3.58%
Margin of victory	5,161	4.31%
Turnout	119,732	95.52%
Registered electors	125,352
	INC win (new seat)

. Election Commission of India. Archived from on 5 October 2010.

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