Muthialpet Assembly constituency

Muthialpeth
Muthialpeth
Constituency No. 13 for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Puducherry
LS constituency	Puducherry
Established	1964
Total electors	29,924
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent J. Prakash Kumar
Party	Independent
Elected year	2021

Muthialpet is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India.^[1] ^[2]^[3] This constituency covers the area under wards 1-4 and 6-8 of Puducherry Municipality.^[3] Muthialpet Assembly constituency is a part of Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency.^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member
1964	P. Shanmugam	Indian National Congress
1969	K. Murugaiyan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1974	G. Pajaniraja	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	G. Palani Raja	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	G. Palani Raja	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1985	G. Palani Raja	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1990	G. Palani Raja	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	M. Balasubramaniam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	S. Anandavelu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	A. Kasilingam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	Nandha T. Saravanan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	Nandha T. Saravanan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	Vaiyapuri Manikandan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	J. Prakash Kumar	Independent politician

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			37.48%
2016			39.20%
2011			47.82%
2006			56.37%
2001			38.02%
1996			56.26%
1991			52.38%
1990			55.74%
1985			53.93%
1980			63.71%
1977			42.69%
1974			43.87%
1969			55.52%
1964			33.06%

Assembly Election 2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Muthialpet^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Prakash Kumar	8,778	37.48%
	AIADMK	Vaiyapuri Manikandan	7,844	33.49%	−5.71%
	INC	S. Senthil Kumaran	4,402	18.79%
	NTK	M. Faritha Begum	778	3.32%
	MNM	K. Saravanan	732	3.13%
	CPI(M)	R. Saravanan	321	1.37%
	NOTA	Nota	264	1.13%	−1.20%
Margin of victory			934	3.99%	−5.18%
Turnout			23,423	78.64%	−3.17%
Registered electors			29,785		3.20%
	Independent gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.73%

Assembly Election 2016

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Muthialpet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Vaiyapuri Manikandan	9,257	39.20%	5.11%
	AINRC	J. Pregash Kumar	7,093	30.04%
	DMK	S. P. Sivakumar	5,268	22.31%	−25.51%
	NOTA	None of the Above	549	2.32%
	BJP	T. Sivakumar	496	2.10%	0.91%
	CPI	K. Murugan	339	1.44%
	NTK	I. Meera Mydheen	228	0.97%
	PMK	G. Ganapathy	135	0.57%
Margin of victory			2,164	9.16%	−4.57%
Turnout			23,613	81.81%	0.79%
Registered electors			28,862		7.92%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-8.62%

Assembly Election 2011

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Muthialpet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Nandha T. Saravanan	10,364	47.82%	−8.55%
	AIADMK	A. Kasilingam	7,388	34.09%	1.31%
	Independent	A. Paramasivam	3,427	15.81%
	BJP	Krishnakanthan @ Baskar	257	1.19%	−2.11%
	CPI(ML)L	S. Mothilal	148	0.68%
Margin of victory			2,976	13.73%	−9.86%
Turnout			21,671	81.03%	0.06%
Registered electors			26,745		4.71%
	DMK hold		Swing	-8.55%

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Muthialpet^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Nandha T. Saravanan	11,658	56.37%	28.94%
	AIADMK	A. Kasilingam	6,779	32.78%	−5.24%
	BJP	M. Visweswaran	682	3.30%
	DMDK	K. Mullai	504	2.44%
Margin of victory			4,879	23.59%	13.00%
Turnout			20,680	80.97%	16.30%
Registered electors			25,541		−8.50%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	18.35%

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Muthialpet^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Kasilingam	6,857	38.02%	−18.24%
	DMK	Raja Chandrasekaran	4,947	27.43%	−13.95%
	INC	G. Pajaniraja	3,645	20.21%
	MDMK	R. K. Sathish Kumar	2,195	12.17%
	Independent	Vinayagamoorthy Alias Vinayagam	163	0.90%
	Independent	E. Kuppan	136	0.75%
	CPI(ML)L	S. Arul	90	0.50%
Margin of victory			1,910	10.59%	−4.29%
Turnout			18,033	64.67%	0.98%
Registered electors			27,915		−2.42%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-14.36%

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Muthialpet^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Anandavelu	11,009	56.26%	3.88%
	DMK	G. Palani Raja	8,098	41.39%	−4.63%
	MDMK	S. Rajamanickam @ Elango	157	0.80%
	Independent	N. Ezhilarasan	95	0.49%
Margin of victory			2,911	14.88%	8.51%
Turnout			19,567	69.96%	6.27%
Registered electors			28,606		1.47%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	3.88%

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Muthialpet^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Balasubramaniam	9,175	52.38%	8.12%
	DMK	S. Anandavelu	8,060	46.02%	−9.72%
	Independent	D. Sivaraj	167	0.95%
Margin of victory			1,115	6.37%	−5.11%
Turnout			17,515	63.69%	−3.54%
Registered electors			28,191		−1.11%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-3.36%

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Muthialpet^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Palani Raja	10,571	55.74%	1.81%
	AIADMK	R. Kalipaerumal Alias Perumal	8,394	44.26%	0.94%
Margin of victory			2,177	11.48%	0.87%
Turnout			18,965	67.23%	−9.10%
Registered electors			28,508		48.96%
	DMK hold		Swing	1.81%

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Muthialpet^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Palani Raja	7,820	53.93%	−9.78%
	AIADMK	A. Kasilingam	6,281	43.32%	13.55%
	JP	A. Savarimuthu	259	1.79%
Margin of victory			1,539	10.61%	−23.33%
Turnout			14,500	76.33%	−1.76%
Registered electors			19,138		23.38%
	DMK hold		Swing	-9.78%

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Muthialpet^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Palani Raja	7,396	63.71%	50.21%
	AIADMK	A. V. Vaithilingam	3,456	29.77%	−12.92%
	Independent	K. Murugaiyan	605	5.21%
	INC(U)	Adrien	152	1.31%
Margin of victory			3,940	33.94%	19.02%
Turnout			11,609	78.09%	9.64%
Registered electors			15,512		7.74%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	21.02%

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Muthialpet^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Palani Raja	4,170	42.69%	−1.19%
	JP	M. Velayudham	2,713	27.77%
	DMK	K. Murugaian	1,319	13.50%	−3.56%
	INC	A. Balasubramanian	1,295	13.26%
	Independent	G. Bhuvanendiran	203	2.08%
	Independent	M. Velayudham Chettiar	69	0.71%
Margin of victory			1,457	14.91%	10.11%
Turnout			9,769	68.46%	−13.75%
Registered electors			14,397		17.34%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-1.19%

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Muthialpet^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Pajaniraja	4,315	43.87%
	INC(O)	M. Thangapragasam	3,842	39.06%
	DMK	K. Murugaiyan	1,678	17.06%	−38.46%
Margin of victory			473	4.81%	−6.23%
Turnout			9,835	82.21%	−1.57%
Registered electors			12,269		69.37%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-11.64%

Assembly Election 1969

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Muthialpet^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Murugaiyan	3,290	55.52%
	INC	M. Thangapragasam	2,636	44.48%	11.42%
Margin of victory			654	11.04%	5.35%
Turnout			5,926	83.78%	2.37%
Registered electors			7,244		11.39%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	22.46%

Assembly Election 1964

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Muthialpet^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	P. Shanmugam	1,726	33.06%
	Independent	Thangaprakasam	1,429	27.37%
	IPF	Dhatchanamurthy	1,011	19.36%
	Independent	K. Murugaian	882	16.89%
	Independent	A. Arul Raj	173	3.31%
Margin of victory			297	5.69%
Turnout			5,221	81.41%
Registered electors			6,503
	INC win (new seat)

References

^ "Map showing the Assembly constituencies of the U.T. of Pondicherry". Chief Electoral Office, Puducherry. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Schedule XXII Puducherry Table A - Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
^ "Puducherry General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ "Puducherry 2006". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021.
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^ "Puducherry 1991". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1990". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1985". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1980". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1977". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1974". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1969". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1964". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019.

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[pyceo-1] "Map showing the Assembly constituencies of the U.T. of Pondicherry". Chief Electoral Office, Puducherry. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

[delimitation2008-2] "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

[sched-3] "Schedule XXII Puducherry Table A - Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

[election2021-4] "Puducherry General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

[5] "Puducherry 2006". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021.

[6] "Puducherry 2001". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.

[7] "Puducherry 1996". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.

[8] "Puducherry 1991". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.

[9] "Puducherry 1990". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.

[10] "Puducherry 1985". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.

[11] "Puducherry 1980". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.

[12] "Puducherry 1977". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.

[13] "Puducherry 1974". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.

[14] "Puducherry 1969". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.

[15] "Puducherry 1964". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019.

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