Manamadurai is the 187th state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. It is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency located in Sivaganga district. It is a component of Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency. In 2008, Ilaiyangudi Assembly constituency was merged with Manamadurai Assembly constituency under the constituency delimitation act. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Some of the major demands of people in Manamadurai constituency include constructing new bus stands at Thiruppuvanam and Suranam and upgrading the bus stands present in Manamadurai, Ilaiyangudi and Salaigramam, and also to operate the TNSTC Karaikudi division bus depot located at Manamadurai SIPCOT into a full swing manner instead of operating it as a temporary subdepot. To bring an Agro Based Industry related with capsicum plantations near Ilaiyangudi as these areas have more capsicum plantations. They also include the revival of SIPCOT at Manamadurai and SIDCO at Kirungakottai near Manamadurai and also to operate the announced new SIDCO at Manamadurai as well as upgrading village roads to highway roads which are present between Manamadurai and Naraikudi via Annavasal, Maraiyur and Salaigramam to Devakottai via Suranam, Sarukani.[citation needed] Manamadurai Assembly constituency consists of three taluks namely Manamadurai taluk, Ilayangudi taluk and Tiruppuvanam taluk.

Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

YearWinnerParty
1952Krishnaswami IyengarIndian National Congress
1957R. Chidambara Bharathi
1962K. CheemaichamySwatantra Party
1967

Tamil Nadu

YearWinnerParty
1971T. SoniahDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977V. M. SubramanianAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980K. ParamalaiIndependent
1984Indian National Congress
1989P. DuraipandiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991V. M. SubramanianAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996K. ThangamaniCommunist Party of India
2001K. ParamalaiTamil Maanila Congress
2006M. GunasekaranAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011
2016S. Mariappankennady - disqualification by Assembly Speaker 2017
2019 by-electionS. Nagarajan
2021A. TamilarasiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
202143.91%
2019 by-election43.32%
201648.45%
201151.68%
200648.87%
200157.06%
199649.82%
199169.77%
198936.08%
198461.67%
198050.52%
197740.23%
197156.79%
196744.42%
196254.62%
195744.54%
195262.08%

2026

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Manamadurai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKA. Tamilarasi
BJPPon V. Balaganapathy
NTKM. Shanmuga Priya
TVKD. IlangovanNew
NOTANOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Registered electors257,616
gain fromSwing

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Manamadurai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKA. Tamilarasi89,36443.91%+3.49
AIADMKS. Nagarajan75,27336.99%−11.46
NTKM. Shanmugapriya23,22811.41%+9.8
AMMKS. Mariappankennady10,2315.03%New
MNMP. Sivasankari2,2571.11%New
NOTANOTA1,3350.66%−0.53
IndependentC. Rajaiah3690.18%New
Anaithu Makkal Puratchi KatchiM. Chandrasekar2290.11%New
IndependentK. Muthumari1850.09%New
IndependentS. Thamaraiselvi1420.07%New
AMGRDMKM. Muralitharan1280.06%New
Margin of victory14,0916.92%−1.10%
Turnout203,49773.26%0.53%
Rejected ballots4360.21%
Registered electors277,763
DMK gain from AIADMKSwing-4.54%

2019 by-election

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Manamadurai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKS. Nagarajan85,22843.32
DMKK. Kasilingam77,03439.15
AMMKS. Mariappan Kennady20,39510.37
NTKM. Shanmugapriya9,3154.73
NOTANone of the Above16180.82
Majority8,184
Turnout1,95,14574.54
Registered electors2,63,454
AIADMK holdSwing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Manamadurai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKS. Mariappankennady89,89348.45%−3.23
DMKS. Chitraselvi75,00440.43%−2.58
VCKDeepa Anbalagan7,4934.04%New
BJPM. Rajendran3,4931.88%+1.15
NTKS. Sathya2,9971.62%New
NOTANOTA2,1931.18%New
SDPIA. Kasinathadurai1,5150.82%New
Margin of victory14,8898.03%−0.65%
Turnout185,52272.73%−3.89%
Registered electors255,081
AIADMK holdSwing-3.23%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Manamadurai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKM. Gunasekaran83,53551.68%+2.81
DMKA. Tamilarasi69,51543.01%New
BSPK. Murugavelrajan2,8831.78%+1.15
IndependentO. Velmurugan1,7661.09%New
BJPV. Viswanatha Gopalan1,1850.73%−0.38
IndependentR. Ayyanar1,1350.70%New
Margin of victory14,0208.67%−1.79%
Turnout210,95676.62%15.59%
Registered electors161,626
AIADMK holdSwing2.81%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Manamadurai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKM. Gunasekaran53,49248.87%New
INCK. Paramalai42,03738.40%New
DMDKP. Mayandi9,0208.24%New
BJPAyyadurair1,2221.12%−34.88
TNJCK. Arumugam1,2181.11%New
IndependentK. Kamalakannan1,0911.00%New
BSPR. Alwarsamy6920.63%New
IndependentC. Ramachandran6860.63%New
Margin of victory11,45510.47%−10.59%
Turnout109,45861.03%4.95%
Registered electors179,349
AIADMK gain from TMC(M)Swing-8.19%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Manamadurai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TMC(M)K. Paramalai56,50857.06%New
BJPS. P. Kirubanidhi35,65136.00%+35.11
IndependentS. Selvaraj4,0904.13%New
IndependentC. Thirumurugaselvam1,5631.58%New
JD(U)A. Kasinathadurai1,2241.24%New
Margin of victory20,85721.06%3.22%
Turnout99,03656.08%−8.62%
Registered electors176,612
TMC(M) gain from CPISwing7.23%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Manamadurai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPIK. Thangamani49,63949.82%New
AIADMKM. Gunasekaran31,86931.99%−37.78
CPI(M)K. Balasubramanian12,34912.39%New
AIIC(T)K. S. M. Manimuthu4,4074.42%New
BJPM. Pitchai8840.89%New
Margin of victory17,77017.84%−22.14%
Turnout99,62964.69%1.96%
Registered electors164,936
CPI gain from AIADMKSwing-19.95%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Manamadurai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKV. M. Subramanian66,82369.77%+37.17
DMKK. Kasilingam28,53529.79%−6.28
Margin of victory38,28839.98%36.50%
Turnout95,77562.73%−7.53%
Registered electors157,865
AIADMK gain from DMKSwing33.69%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Manamadurai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKP. Duraipandi35,80936.08%New
AIADMKV. M. Subramanian32,35732.60%New
INCK. Paramalai23,76123.94%−37.73
IndependentC. Narayanan5,7685.81%New
Margin of victory3,4523.48%−28.94%
Turnout99,25370.26%−0.50%
Registered electors143,783
DMK gain from INCSwing-25.59%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Manamadurai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCK. Paramalai52,58761.67%+13.26
TNC(K)V. Gopal24,94629.25%New
IndependentV. M. Subramanian5,9747.01%New
IndependentR. Chinnathambi7470.88%New
IndependentK. Nagasamy5590.66%New
Margin of victory27,64132.41%30.30%
Turnout85,27470.76%5.93%
Registered electors127,807
INC gain from IndependentSwing11.15%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Manamadurai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
IndependentK. Paramalai38,43550.52%New
INCU. Krishnan36,82448.40%+11.04
IndependentR P. Ramasamy5070.67%New
Margin of victory1,6112.12%−0.75%
Turnout76,07764.83%2.38%
Registered electors118,672
Independent gain from AIADMKSwing10.30%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Manamadurai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKV. M. Subramanian28,84940.23%New
INCK. Paramalai26,79437.36%−5.85
DMKN. Veeranan12,09016.86%−39.93
JPS. Subramanian3,6155.04%New
IndependentK. Palanikudumban3710.52%New
Margin of victory2,0552.87%−10.71%
Turnout71,71962.46%−11.97%
Registered electors116,220
AIADMK gain from DMKSwing-16.56%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Manamadurai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKT. Soniah42,58456.79%New
INCS. Sankaralingam32,40543.21%−0.55
Margin of victory10,17913.57%12.92%
Turnout74,98974.43%−3.93%
Registered electors103,239
DMK gain from SWASwing12.37%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Manamadurai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SWAK. Cheemaichamy30,75244.42%New
INCC. B. Rena30,29943.77%+0.86
CPIM. Athimoolam8,17611.81%New
Margin of victory4530.65%−11.06%
Turnout69,22778.36%9.10%
Registered electors94,532
SWA holdSwing-10.20%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Manamadurai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SWAK. Cheemaichamy33,89554.62%New
INCM. Amin Nainar Howth26,62742.91%−1.64
We TamilsS. Ramachandran1,5342.47%New
Margin of victory7,26811.71%−5.93%
Turnout62,05669.26%22.75%
Registered electors92,568
SWA gain from INCSwing10.08%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Manamadurai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCR. Chidambara Bharathi18,68044.54%−17.53
IndependentS. Alagu11,28226.90%New
IndependentR. Sethu Servai4,99411.91%New
IndependentS. Sakthivel4,99211.90%New
IndependentN. Ayyakutti1,9884.74%New
Margin of victory7,39817.64%−25.11%
Turnout41,93646.51%0.19%
Registered electors90,168
INC holdSwing-17.53%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Manamadurai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCKrishnaswami Iyengar22,27462.08%New
CPIAbdul Gafoor6,93519.33%New
Socialist Party (India)Raman4,01611.19%New
AIFBPalaniswami Servai2,6577.40%New
Margin of victory15,33942.75%
Turnout35,88246.32%
Registered electors77,467
INC win (new seat)
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