Kuruvinatham Assembly constituency

Kuruvinatham
Former constituency for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
Established	1964
Abolished	2006

Kuruvinatham was a state assembly constituency in the Indian state of Puducherry. It was in existence from the 1964 to the 2006 state elections.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1964	K. R. Subramaniya Padayachi		Independent politician
1969	K. R. Subramaniya Padayachi		Indian National Congress
1974	N. Vengadasamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	N. Vengadasamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	M. A. Shanmugam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1985	R. Ramansthan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1990	R. Ramanathan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	T. Thiagarajan		Indian National Congress
1996	T. Thiagarajan		Indian National Congress
2001	R. Radhakrishnan		Puducherry Makkal Congress
2006	R. Radhakrishnan		Indian National Congress

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2006			74.66%
2001			50.58%
1996			48.85%
1991			51.72%
1990			43.99%
1985			40.67%
1980			42.59%
1977			39.87%
1974			44.50%
1969			56.13%
1964			47.91%

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Kuruvinatham^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Radhakrishnan	13,020	74.66%	36.85%
	JD(S)	B. Navaneetha Kannan	3,557	20.40%
	Independent	P. Sivanandam	329	1.89%
	BJP	T. Vikraman	265	1.52%
	DMDK	A. Rajasekaran	156	0.89%
	BSP	S. Subramanian	101	0.58%
Margin of victory			9,463	54.26%	41.48%
Turnout			17,439	90.10%	6.52%
Registered electors			19,356		2.28%
	INC gain from PMC		Swing	24.08%

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Kuruvinatham^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMC	R. Radhakrishnan	8,000	50.58%
	INC	T. Thiagarajan	5,979	37.81%	−11.04%
	PMK	T. Vikkiraman	1,308	8.27%
	Independent	G. Rajasegar	233	1.47%
	JP	C. Soolaimani	125	0.79%
	Independent	S. Sundaramoorthy	111	0.70%
Margin of victory			2,021	12.78%	11.51%
Turnout			15,815	83.57%	3.16%
Registered electors			18,924		7.60%
	PMC gain from INC		Swing	-1.14%

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Kuruvinatham^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. Thiagarajan	7,209	48.85%	−2.88%
	MDMK	R. Ramanathan	7,022	47.58%
	DMK	A. Annapoorni	305	2.07%	−28.62%
	BSP	M. Shanmugam	89	0.60%
	Independent	M. Muthunarayanan	83	0.56%
Margin of victory			187	1.27%	−19.77%
Turnout			14,758	87.32%	6.91%
Registered electors			17,587		5.82%
	INC hold		Swing	-2.88%

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Kuruvinatham^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. Thiagarajan	6,765	51.72%
	DMK	N. Vengadasamy	4,014	30.69%	−13.30%
	PMK	P. Venugopal	2,161	16.52%	−7.92%
Margin of victory			2,751	21.03%	8.25%
Turnout			13,079	80.41%	−4.13%
Registered electors			16,619		0.86%
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	7.73%

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Kuruvinatham^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Ramanathan	6,072	43.99%	3.32%
	AIADMK	P. Purushothaman	4,307	31.21%	−1.29%
	PMK	C. Subramanian	3,373	24.44%
Margin of victory			1,765	12.79%	4.61%
Turnout			13,802	84.54%	−1.30%
Registered electors			16,477		35.36%
	DMK hold		Swing	3.32%

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Kuruvinatham^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Ramansthan	4,207	40.67%	−1.92%
	AIADMK	K. Parasuraman	3,361	32.49%
	JP	K. R. Subramaniya Padayachi	2,776	26.84%
Margin of victory			846	8.18%	−3.36%
Turnout			10,344	85.84%	−2.68%
Registered electors			12,173		16.25%
	DMK hold		Swing	-1.92%

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Kuruvinatham^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. A. Shanmugam	3,738	42.59%	32.34%
	JP	K. R. Subramaniya Padayachi	2,725	31.05%
	Independent	N. Venkatasamy	2,313	26.36%
Margin of victory			1,013	11.54%	6.56%
Turnout			8,776	88.52%	6.11%
Registered electors			10,471		1.39%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	2.72%

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Kuruvinatham^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. Vengadasamy	3,359	39.87%	−4.63%
	JP	K. R. Subramaniya Padayachi	2,939	34.89%
	INC	S. Jegadeesan	1,262	14.98%
	DMK	V. Dhamodaran	864	10.26%	−11.11%
Margin of victory			420	4.99%	−5.39%
Turnout			8,424	82.42%	−6.63%
Registered electors			10,327		14.92%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-4.63%

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Kuruvinatham^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. Vengadasamy	3,445	44.50%
	INC(O)	K. R. Subramaniya Padayachi	2,642	34.13%
	DMK	V. Dhamodaran	1,654	21.37%
Margin of victory			803	10.37%	−5.52%
Turnout			7,741	89.05%	2.97%
Registered electors			8,986		5.37%
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	-11.63%

Assembly Election 1969

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Kuruvinatham^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. R. Subramaniya Padayachi	4,050	56.13%	29.51%
	CPI	M. Rajagopal	2,903	40.24%
	Independent	A. Deivasigamani	262	3.63%
Margin of victory			1,147	15.90%	−5.39%
Turnout			7,215	86.08%	−1.79%
Registered electors			8,528		11.80%
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	8.23%

Assembly Election 1964

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Kuruvinatham^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. R. Subramaniya Padayachi	3,167	47.91%
	INC	R. L. Purushothaman	1,760	26.62%
	Independent	R. Ramachandran	1,625	24.58%
	IPF	S. Ramalingam	59	0.89%
Margin of victory			1,407	21.28%
Turnout			6,611	87.87%
Registered electors			7,628
	Independent win (new seat)

References

1. "Puducherry 2006". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021.
2. "Puducherry 2001". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.
3. "Puducherry 1996". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
4. "Puducherry 1991". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
5. "Puducherry 1990". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
6. "Puducherry 1985". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
7. "Puducherry 1980". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.
8. "Puducherry 1977". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.
9. "Puducherry 1974". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
10. "Puducherry 1969". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
11. "Puducherry 1964". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019.

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