Panruti is a legislative assembly in Cuddalore district, which includes the city of Panruti. It is a part of Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency. This constituency is notable for Panruti Ramachandran or Panruttiar, who was elected from this constituency six times, under three different parties, DMK, AIADMK and PMK. Elections were not held in the years 1957 and 1962. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

YearWinnerParty
1952S. RadhakrishnanTamil Nadu Toilers Party
1967S. RamachandranDravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

DurationWinnerParty
1971S. RamachandaranDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
1984
1989K. N GopalakirutinanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991S. RamachandaranPattali Makkal Katchi
1996V. RamaswamyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001T. VelmuruganPattali Makkal Katchi
2006
2011P. SivakozhunduDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016Sathya PanneerselvamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021T. VelmuruganTamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi
2026K. MohanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
202637.20%
202147.60%
201639.01%
201150.91%
200638.18%
200137.67%
199657.32%
199137.51%
198956.24%
198453.97%
198051.88%
197759.24%
197152.06%
196760.82%
195255.34%

2026

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Panruti
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKK. Mohan78,39837.208.02
VCKAbdur Rahman.A.R67,73532.14New
TVKManikandan.M56,02226.58New
NTKBanupriya.M4,8842.321.00
TVKSurendar.R1,4490.6946.91
NOTANOTA9070.430.24
IndependentMohammed Safi.A4310.20New
BSPSrikanthu.S4120.20New
Thamizhaka Padaippalar Makkal KatchiPrakash.R3880.18New
IndependentRamalingam.A1410.07New
Margin of victory10,6635.062.68
Turnout2,10,76787.156.87
Registered electors2,41,8393,612
AIADMK gain from TVKSwing8.02

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Panruti
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TVKT. Velmurugan93,80147.60+10.28
AIADMKR. Rajendran89,10445.22+6.21
NTKR. Subhashini6,5473.32+2.64
DMDKP. Sivakozhundu3,3621.71−8.22
MNMJaylani1,6700.85New
NOTANOTA1,3230.67−0.4
Margin of victory4,6972.380.70
Turnout197,04980.28−1.69
Rejected ballots4950.25
Registered electors245,451
TVK gain from AIADMKSwing8.59

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Panruti
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKSathya Panneerselvam72,35339.01New
DMKPonkumar69,22537.33−6.95
PMKA. Dharmalingam18,66610.06New
DMDKP. Sivakozhundu18,4099.93−40.98
NOTANOTA1,9881.07New
BJPS. R. Saravanan1,3730.74+0.08
NTKS. Mahaboobasha1,2620.68New
Margin of victory3,1281.69−4.95
Turnout185,46581.97−1.28
Registered electors226,257
AIADMK gain from DMDKSwing-11.90

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Panruti
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMDKP. Sivakozhundu82,18750.91+29.86
DMKSaba Rajendran71,47144.27New
IJKR. Sankar1,5700.97New
Puratchi BharathamM. Deiveegadas1,1550.72New
BJPR. M. Selvakumar1,0640.66New
IndependentN. S. Velmurugan9430.58New
BSPK. K. Iyappan8590.53New
Margin of victory10,7166.646.53
Turnout161,44383.251.59
Registered electors193,924
DMDK gain from PMKSwing12.73

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Panruti
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PMKT. Velmurugan54,65338.18+0.51
AIADMKR. Rajendiran54,50538.08New
DMDKPanruti S. Ramachandran30,13321.05New
IndependentS. Balu1,3660.95New
IndependentV. K. Kumaraguru7930.55New
Margin of victory1480.10−4.03
Turnout143,14881.669.02
Registered electors175,294
PMK holdSwing0.51

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Panruti
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PMKT. Velmurugan45,96337.67+29.26
DMKV. Ramaswamy40,91533.54−23.79
MNK(PLP)S. Ramachandran30,45924.97New
MDMKK. M. Selvamani2,5552.09−7.28
IndependentV. K. Kumaraguru2,1111.73New
Margin of victory5,0484.14−28.84
Turnout122,00372.65−4.50
Registered electors168,037
PMK gain from DMKSwing-19.65

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Panruti
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKV. Ramaswamy68,02157.32+31.62
AIADMKR. Rajendran28,89124.35−12.11
MDMKK. Nandagopalakrishnan11,1239.37New
PMKN. Murugavel9,9888.42New
Margin of victory39,13032.9831.92
Turnout118,66377.151.24
Registered electors161,495
DMK gain from PMKSwing19.81

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Panruti
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PMKS. Ramachandaran39,91137.51New
AIADMKR. M. Devasudaram38,78936.45+17.68
DMKA. Mani27,35425.71−30.53
Margin of victory1,1221.05−36.41
Turnout106,40775.913.83
Registered electors147,023
PMK gain from DMKSwing-18.73

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Panruti
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKK. Nanda Gopalakirutinan52,39556.24+10.21
AIADMKR. Devasudaram17,48718.77−35.2
INCG. Asokan8,6369.27New
AIADMKR. Krishnamurthy7,2237.75−46.22
IndependentT. Kaliyamurthy7,1047.63New
Margin of victory34,90837.4729.53
Turnout93,16672.08−13.39
Registered electors132,406
DMK gain from AIADMKSwing2.27

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Panruti
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKS. Ramachandaran51,90053.97+2.09
DMKK. Nandagopala Krishnan44,26346.03−0.62
Margin of victory7,6377.942.72
Turnout96,16385.478.21
Registered electors117,364
AIADMK holdSwing2.09

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Panruti
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKS. Ramachandaran44,55751.88−7.36
DMKK. Nandagopala Krishnan40,07046.65New
JPSeenuvasan Alias Seenu6810.79New
Margin of victory4,4875.22−16.18
Turnout85,89177.263.72
Registered electors112,744
AIADMK holdSwing-7.36

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Panruti
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKS. Ramachandaran43,33059.24New
JPK. Nandagopala Krishnan27,67337.83New
INCS. Thiyagarajan2,1392.92−38.04
Margin of victory15,65721.4110.31
Turnout73,14273.54−0.52
Registered electors100,977
AIADMK gain from DMKSwing7.18

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Panruti
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKS. Ramachandaran42,14152.06−8.76
INCS. V. Vadivelu Padayachi33,15640.96+1.78
CPI(M)S. Natarajan5,6436.97New
Margin of victory8,98511.10−10.54
Turnout80,94074.064.21
Registered electors116,399
DMK holdSwing-8.76

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Panruti
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKS. Ramachandaran43,74560.82New
INCS. V. Vadivelu Padayachi28,17939.18New
Margin of victory15,56621.64
Turnout71,92469.85
Registered electors106,540
DMK win (new seat)

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Panruti
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TTPS. Radhakrishnan28,97255.34New
INCP. A. Raganatha Padayachi18,42735.20New
IndependentB. Peter2,5924.95New
Socialist Party (India)P. V. Pandarinathan2,3574.50New
Margin of victory10,54520.14
Turnout52,34861.50
Registered electors85,118
TTP win (new seat)
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