Mannadipet Assembly constituency

Mannadipet
Mannadipet
Constituency No. 1 for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Puducherry
LS constituency	Puducherry
Established	1964
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent A. Namassivayam
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Mannadipet is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India.^[1] This constituency covers a part of the area under Mannadipet Commune Panchayat.^[1] Mannadipet Assembly constituency is a part of Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

In the 2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election, Mannadipet seat was won by T. P. R. Selvame of the All India N.R. Congress, who beat K.P.K. Arul Murugan of Pattali Makkal Katchi by a margin of 4716 votes.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member
1964	Manickavasaga Reddiar	Indian National Congress
1969	S. M. Subbarayan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1974	D. Ramachandran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1985
1990
1991	N. Rajaram	Indian National Congress
1996	K. Rajasegaran	Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	D. Ramachandran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	P. Arulmurugan	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2011	T. P. R. Selvame	All India N.R. Congress
2016	T. P. R. Selvame	All India N.R. Congress
2021	A. Namassivayam^[3]	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			51.82%
2016			27.84%
2011			49.56%
2006			42.41%
2001			55.29%
1996			51.63%
1991			52.33%
1990			51.00%
1985			56.48%
1980			61.09%
1977			44.53%
1974			46.00%
1969			50.99%
1964			51.40%

Assembly Election 2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Mannadipet^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	A. Namassivayam	14,939	51.82%	51.05%
	DMK	A. Krishnan	12,189	42.28%	15.96%
	NTK	Chitra	485	1.68%
	NOTA	Nota	433	1.50%	0.36%
	MNM	P. Gopalakrishnan	238	0.83%
	Independent	Veerappan	182	0.63%
Margin of victory			2,750	9.54%	8.02%
Turnout			28,830	89.10%	−0.73%
Registered electors			32,357		5.37%
	BJP gain from AINRC		Swing	23.98%

Assembly Election 2016

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Mannadipet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AINRC	T. P. R. Selvame	7,679	27.84%
	DMK	A. Krishnan	7,260	26.32%
	AIADMK	Mahadevi	5,676	20.58%
	Independent	K. P. K. Arul Murugan	4,913	17.81%
	Independent	Candane Naarayanassaamy	784	2.84%
	NOTA	None of the Above	316	1.15%
	PMK	Venkatesan	260	0.94%	−29.79%
	DMDK	M. Karthikeyan	220	0.80%
	BJP	Sadhasivam @ Saravanan	211	0.76%	0.14%
Margin of victory			419	1.52%	−17.31%
Turnout			27,586	89.83%	−0.01%
Registered electors			30,709		10.15%
	AINRC hold		Swing	-21.72%

Assembly Election 2011

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election: Mannadipet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AINRC	T. P. R. Selvame	12,412	49.56%
	PMK	K. P. K. Arul Murugan	7,696	30.73%	−11.68%
	Independent	N. Rajaram	4,082	16.30%
	Independent	D. Gunashakaran	329	1.31%
	BJP	M. Latchumanan	156	0.62%	−0.06%
	JD(U)	Pa. Vadivelan	152	0.61%
	Independent	V. Muruganandham	127	0.51%
Margin of victory			4,716	18.83%	9.48%
Turnout			25,045	89.84%	−0.17%
Registered electors			27,878		29.89%
	AINRC gain from PMK		Swing	7.15%

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mannadipet^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	P. Arulmurugan	8,193	42.41%
	Independent	N. Rajaram	6,386	33.06%
	AIADMK	Venkateswaran @ Baskaran	3,611	18.69%	−36.59%
	DMDK	A. Muthu	386	2.00%
	Independent	M. Latchumanan	372	1.93%
	BJP	S. Thasaraman	131	0.68%
Margin of victory			1,807	9.35%	−19.73%
Turnout			19,317	90.01%	10.92%
Registered electors			21,462		4.98%
	PMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-12.87%

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mannadipet^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Ramachandran	8,939	55.29%
	INC	N. Rajaram	4,237	26.21%	−17.49%
	PMC	S. Srinivasan	2,689	16.63%
	Independent	C. Neelakandan	303	1.87%
Margin of victory			4,702	29.08%	21.15%
Turnout			16,168	79.09%	1.22%
Registered electors			20,444		3.68%
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	2.96%

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mannadipet^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	K. Rajasegaran	8,113	51.63%
	INC	N. Rajaram	6,866	43.69%	−8.63%
	Independent	R. Govindarajan	335	2.13%
	BJP	N. Murugaiyan	175	1.11%	0.13%
	Independent	S. Perumal	131	0.83%
Margin of victory			1,247	7.94%	1.90%
Turnout			15,714	82.77%	4.90%
Registered electors			19,718		1.26%
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-0.70%

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mannadipet^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Rajaram	7,771	52.33%
	DMK	D. Ramachandran	6,874	46.29%	−4.71%
	BJP	N. Murugaiyan	146	0.98%
Margin of victory			897	6.04%	−4.37%
Turnout			14,851	77.87%	−1.83%
Registered electors			19,473		0.73%
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	1.33%

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mannadipet^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. Ramachandran	7,802	51.00%	−5.48%
	AIADMK	R. Somasundaram	6,210	40.59%
	PMK	M. Krishnasamy Alias Sooram	1,201	7.85%
Margin of victory			1,592	10.41%	−2.56%
Turnout			15,299	79.70%	−6.56%
Registered electors			19,331		45.82%
	DMK hold		Swing	-5.48%

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mannadipet^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. Ramachandran	6,383	56.48%	−4.61%
	INC	A. Krishnasamy	4,918	43.52%
Margin of victory			1,465	12.96%	−9.21%
Turnout			11,301	86.26%	−2.96%
Registered electors			13,257		24.00%
	DMK hold		Swing	-4.61%

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mannadipet^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. Ramachandran	5,598	61.09%	54.17%
	AIADMK	S. Manickavachakan	3,566	38.91%	−5.61%
Margin of victory			2,032	22.17%	2.05%
Turnout			9,164	89.22%	3.38%
Registered electors			10,691		6.01%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	16.56%

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mannadipet^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Ramachandran	3,824	44.53%	−1.47%
	JP	N. Rajaram Reddiar	2,096	24.41%
	INC	P. Rajaram	2,074	24.15%
	DMK	S. Selvarasu	594	6.92%	−18.80%
Margin of victory			1,728	20.12%	2.41%
Turnout			8,588	85.84%	−6.04%
Registered electors			10,085		18.56%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-1.47%

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mannadipet^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Ramachandran	3,467	46.00%
	INC(O)	Kannappan	2,132	28.29%
	DMK	K. Rajaram	1,938	25.71%	−25.28%
Margin of victory			1,335	17.71%	0.46%
Turnout			7,537	91.88%	3.85%
Registered electors			8,506		6.69%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-4.99%

Assembly Election 1969

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mannadipet^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. M. Subbarayan	3,499	50.99%
	INC	D. Kannappan	2,315	33.74%	−17.66%
	Independent	T. Virappan	1,000	14.57%
	Independent	K. S. Shanmuga Cavoundar	48	0.70%
Margin of victory			1,184	17.25%	−13.59%
Turnout			6,862	88.02%	3.66%
Registered electors			7,973		0.77%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-0.40%

Assembly Election 1964

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election: Mannadipet^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Manickavasaga Reddiar	3,369	51.40%
	IPF	M. Venugopal	1,347	20.55%
	Independent	M. Subbarayan	1,049	16.00%
	Independent	M. Palani	534	8.15%
	Independent	S. Natarajan	256	3.91%
Margin of victory			2,022	30.85%
Turnout			6,555	84.37%
Registered electors			7,912
	INC win (new seat)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Schedule XXII Puducherry Table A - Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
^ "Statewise Results". Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Puducherry 2001". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1996". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
^ "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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[sched-1] "Schedule XXII Puducherry Table A - Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

[2] "Statewise Results". Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.

[election2021-3] "Puducherry General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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