Sedapatti Assembly constituency

Sedapatti
Sedapatti
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
LS constituency	Periyakulam
Established	1951
Abolished	2011
Total electors	138,459
Reservation	None

Sedapatti is a state assembly constituency in Madurai district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below. Elections were not held in year 1957 and 1962.

In 2008, under a Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituency Order, the sedapatti assembly constituency was merged with Usilampatti constituency.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner
Madras State
1952	Thinakaraswami Thevar	Indian National Congress
1967	V. T. Thevar	Swatantra Party
Tamil Nadu
1971	V. Thavamani Thevar	Forward Bloc
1977	Sedapatti R. Muthiah	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
1984
1989	A. Athiyaman	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	Sedapatti R. Muthiah	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	G. Thalapathi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	C. Durairaj	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	C. Durairaj	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2006			43.46%
2001			47.51%
1996			49.69%
1991			58.85%
1989			31.57%
1984			47.29%
1980			59.87%
1977			43.52%
1971			36.66%
1967			63.84%
1952			43.54%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sedapatti^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Durairaj	42,590	43.46%	-4.04%
	DMK	G. Thalapathi	40,541	41.37%
	DMDK	A. Samundeeswari	11,099	11.33%
	BJP	K. Santhakumar	1,119	1.14%
	AIFB	P. Ramadurai	745	0.76%
	Independent	P. Vasimalai	504	0.51%
	Independent	V. Dhamotharan	366	0.37%
	JD(U)	A. Suresh	365	0.37%
	Independent	V. Sundara Moorthy	273	0.28%
	Independent	M. Mohammed Saleem	264	0.27%
	TNJC	N. S. V. Nallathambi	124	0.13%
Margin of victory			2,049	2.09%	-17.20%
Turnout			97,990	70.77%	6.45%
Registered electors			138,459
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-4.04%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sedapatti^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Durairaj	45,393	47.51%	8.18%
	PT	P. V. Bakthavatchalam	26,958	28.21%
	Independent	M. Sakunthala	11,301	11.83%
	MDMK	N. Selvaragavan	9,454	9.89%	-0.05%
	Independent	M. Thangamudi	879	0.92%
	JP	V. Rajuthevar	693	0.73%
	Independent	S. Seenivasan	445	0.47%
	Independent	S. Shanmugaraj	425	0.44%
Margin of victory			18,435	19.29%	8.93%
Turnout			95,548	64.32%	-2.15%
Registered electors			148,582
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-2.19%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sedapatti^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Thalapathi	48,899	49.69%	18.21%
	AIADMK	Sedapatti Muthiah	38,698	39.33%	-19.52%
	MDMK	Pon. Muthu Ramalingam	9,785	9.94%
	Independent	T. K. Karuthapandian	293	0.30%
	Independent	T. Maharajan	133	0.14%
	Independent	S. K. Muthiah Naicker	127	0.13%
	Independent	S. Sankarapandian	116	0.12%
	Independent	S. Alagarsam	63	0.06%
	Independent	V. Annamalai	60	0.06%
	Independent	S. Shanmugaraj	58	0.06%
	Independent	R. P. K. Appan	52	0.05%
Margin of victory			10,201	10.37%	-16.99%
Turnout			98,401	66.47%	4.30%
Registered electors			152,268
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-9.15%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sedapatti^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Sedapatti Muthiah	52,627	58.85%	34.28%
	DMK	A. Athiyaman	28,158	31.49%	-0.09%
	PMK	S. Ravi	7,195	8.05%
	Independent	J. Victor Samuel Raj	423	0.47%
	Independent	V. Kalai Rajan	253	0.28%
	Independent	M. Angappan	152	0.17%
	Independent	T. Thavasi Lingam	125	0.14%
	Independent	N. Murugesan	108	0.12%
	Independent	S. K. Muthiah	89	0.10%
	Independent	N. Athi Narayanan	80	0.09%
	Independent	T. Assan	74	0.08%
Margin of victory			24,469	27.36%	20.35%
Turnout			89,430	62.16%	-8.36%
Registered electors			147,453
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	27.27%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sedapatti^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Athiyaman	29,431	31.57%
	AIADMK	Sedapatti Muthiah	22,895	24.56%	-22.73%
	INC	A. T. Kandasami	21,749	23.33%	-17.87%
	Independent	T. P. Ganapathi	8,237	8.84%
	TNC(K)	S. Selvarasu	5,111	5.48%
	AIFB	V. Thavamani Thevar	4,983	5.35%
	Independent	K. Pandi	299	0.32%
	Independent	R. P. K. Appan	290	0.31%
	Independent	A. Rajaram	111	0.12%
	Independent	K. Muniyandi	104	0.11%
Margin of victory			6,536	7.01%	0.92%
Turnout			93,210	70.53%	-0.20%
Registered electors			134,643
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-15.72%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sedapatti^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Sedapatti Muthiah	38,808	47.29%	-12.58%
	INC	N. S. Selvaraj	33,810	41.20%
	Independent	S. S. Rajendran	8,810	10.74%
	Independent	T. Thangavelu	334	0.41%
	Independent	Dorairaj	300	0.37%
Margin of victory			4,998	6.09%	-13.65%
Turnout			82,062	70.72%	10.35%
Registered electors			122,094
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-12.58%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sedapatti^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Sedapatti Muthiah	42,012	59.87%	16.35%
	DMK	R. S. Thangarasan	28,157	40.13%	21.99%
Margin of victory			13,855	19.75%	2.64%
Turnout			70,169	60.37%	1.62%
Registered electors			118,078
	AIADMK hold		Swing	16.35%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sedapatti^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Sedapatti Muthiah	28,040	43.52%
	INC	A. R. P. Alagarsamy	17,018	26.41%
	DMK	R. S. Thangarajan	11,687	18.14%
	JP	Sankaranayanan	4,909	7.62%
	Independent	R. Periakaruppan Alias Appan	2,775	4.31%
Margin of victory			11,022	17.11%	8.19%
Turnout			64,429	58.75%	-7.41%
Registered electors			111,328
	AIADMK gain from AIFB		Swing	6.86%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sedapatti^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	V. Thavamani Thevar	20,334	36.66%
	SWA	M. K. Ramakrishnan	15,388	27.75%
	Independent	S. Naicker Seenivasan M. S	14,443	26.04%
	Independent	P. K. Subbaih	5,294	9.55%
Margin of victory			4,946	8.92%	-21.50%
Turnout			55,459	66.17%	-11.50%
Registered electors			92,369
	AIFB gain from SWA		Swing	-27.18%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Sedapatti^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SWA	V. Thavamani Thevar	41,167	63.84%
	INC	T. A. Nadar	21,553	33.42%
	Independent	I. Chinnapan	915	1.42%
	Independent	S. V. Reddiar	471	0.73%
	Independent	R. Periyakaruppan	377	0.58%
Margin of victory			19,614	30.42%
Turnout			64,483	77.67%
Registered electors			85,921
	SWA win (new seat)

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Sedapatti^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Thinakaraswami Thevar	18,792	43.54%	43.54%
	Socialist	Kamana Thevar	7,796	18.06%
	KMPP	Poya Thevar	6,410	14.85%
	Independent	P. K. Subbiah	6,011	13.93%
	Independent	S. V. Rajiah	3,113	7.21%
	Independent	Selvaraj	1,039	2.41%
Margin of victory			10,996	25.48%
Turnout			43,161	58.33%
Registered electors			73,991
	INC win (new seat)

References

^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies – 2008". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019.
^ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). 12 May 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
^ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

External links

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

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[1] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[2] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies – 2008". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019.

[3] Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.

[4] "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). 12 May 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.

[5] Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[6] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[7] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[8] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[9] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[10] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[11] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[12] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[13] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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