Oddanchatram is a key legislative assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, located in the Dindigul district. In the 2021 assembly elections, the seat was won by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. R. Sakkarapani, from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam defeated N.p.natraj of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam by a margin of 28742 votes.
It often sees intense battles between major parties. This election, the contest is heating up as NTK’s Ragupathi enters the fray.
Oddanchatram Assembly constituency is part of the Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Communist Party Of India (marxist) candidate R Sachidanandam won the Dindigul parliamentary seat by defeating Mohamed Mubarak M A of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with a margin of 443821 votes.
From election campaigns to final results, follow all developments related to Oddanchatram assembly constituency, including winner details, vote margins, and more on our dedicated page.
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
R. Sakkarapani
WINNER
|
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
109,970
Lead: 28,742
|
54.51% |
| N.p.natraj | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 81,228 | 40.26% |
| Sakthidevi | Naam Tamilar Katchi | 4,944 | 2.45% |
| Nota | None Of The Above | 1,457 | 0.72% |
| M.sivakumar | Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | 1,427 | 0.71% |
| Abdul Hadi A | TMJK | 1,082 | 0.54% |
| Murugaraj P | Bahujan Samaj Party | 529 | 0.26% |
| Marimuthu T.s | Independent | 407 | 0.20% |
| Balasubramani S | Independent | 356 | 0.18% |
| Chellamuthu K | Independent | 100 | 0.05% |
| Ravi M | Anaithu Makkal Puratchi Katchi | 61 | 0.03% |
| Sivanesan K | Independent | 59 | 0.03% |
| Ravichandran K | My India Party | 52 | 0.03% |
| Sivaprakash S | Independent | 44 | 0.02% |
| Shanmugavel P | Independent | 40 | 0.02% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sakkarapani R
WINNER
|
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
121,715
Lead: 65,727
|
64.69% |
| Kittusamy K | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 55,988 | 29.76% |
| Santhanam K | Communist Party of India | 3,684 | 1.96% |
| Palanisamy S.k | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1,909 | 1.01% |
| Others | Others | 1,274 | 0.68% |
| Muthukumar K | Independent | 1,050 | 0.56% |
| Arumugam M | Nationalist Congress Party | 701 | 0.37% |
| Selvakumar K | Naam Tamilar Katchi | 611 | 0.32% |
| Velliyangiri S | Independent | 447 | 0.24% |
| Marimuthu T S | Independent | 435 | 0.23% |
| Mohamed Nainer M | Independent | 420 | 0.22% |
| Arulananthan P | Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi | 376 | 0.20% |
| Shanmugam K | Pattali Makkal Katchi | 367 | 0.20% |
| Sakthivel A | Independent | 258 | 0.14% |
| Chellamuthu K | Independent | 93 | 0.05% |
| Shanmugavel P | Independent | 86 | 0.05% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sakkarapani.r
WINNER
|
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
87,743
Lead: 14,933
|
51.99% |
| Baalasubramani. P | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 72,810 | 43.14% |
| Velkumar.p, | Independent | 3,092 | 1.83% |
| Palanisamy.s.k | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1,708 | 1.01% |
| Pitchai Muthu. R, | Bahujan Samaj Party | 744 | 0.44% |
| Chellamuthu. K | Independent | 672 | 0.40% |
| Gurusamy.s | Independent | 567 | 0.34% |
| Vijayasundaram. A, | Independent | 432 | 0.26% |
| Chinnaraja. D, | Independent | 313 | 0.19% |
| Kannappan.k | Indiya Jananayaka Katchi | 228 | 0.14% |
| Shanmugavel. P. | Independent | 135 | 0.08% |
| Sivaprakasam. K. | Independent | 129 | 0.08% |
| Arumugam. C, | Independent | 110 | 0.07% |
| Karuppuchamy.c, | Independent | 102 | 0.06% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sakkarapani.r
WINNER
|
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
63,811
Lead: 19,903
|
54% |
| Nallasamy.k.p | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 43,908 | 37% |
| Balasubramani.s | Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | 5,457 | 5% |
| Karuppusamy.p | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1,642 | 1% |
| Murugan.s | Independent | 1,199 | 1% |
| Inbaraja. M | All India Forward Bloc | 739 | 1% |
| Chellamuthu. K | Independent | 595 | 1% |
| Sivasubramani.s | Independent | 514 | 0% |
| Suresh. M | Independent | 460 | 0% |
| Srinivasan.p | Independent | 286 | 0% |
| Sadayappan.k | Independent | 150 | 0% |
| Shanmugavel. P | Independent | 135 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Chakkarapani. Ara.
WINNER
|
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
52,896
Lead: 1,369
|
46% |
| Sellasamy . A..t. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 51,527 | 45% |
| Churchill. Pon | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4,525 | 4% |
| Loganathan P | Independent | 1,962 | 2% |
| Arjunan. A. | Independent | 1,242 | 1% |
| Murugan. P. | Independent | 556 | 0% |
| Muruganandam. G | Independent | 417 | 0% |
| Karuppuchamy. P. | Independent | 353 | 0% |
| Subramani. M. | Independent | 285 | 0% |
| Kuppusamy. C. | Independent | 247 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sakkarapani, R.
WINNER
|
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
66,379
Lead: 36,823
|
56% |
| Sellamuthu, K. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 29,556 | 25% |
| Mohan, T. | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 8,565 | 7% |
| Eswaravel, R. | Independent | 5,392 | 5% |
| Senniappan, N. | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1,457 | 1% |
| Mallikaarjunan, A. | Independent | 359 | 0% |
| Subramani, V. | Jharkhand Party | 340 | 0% |
| Sakthivel, N. | Independent | 260 | 0% |
| Kamatchi, N. | Independent | 212 | 0% |
| Shanmugavel, P. | Independent | 182 | 0% |
| Sakthivel, K. | Independent | 160 | 0% |
| Kulandaivel, A. | Independent | 145 | 0% |
| Chelamuthu, K. | Independent | 83 | 0% |
| Panneerselvam, K. | Independent | 80 | 0% |
| Panneerselvam, A. | Independent | 51 | 0% |
| Rengasamy, P. | Independent | 47 | 0% |
| Jeyaram, K. | Independent | 36 | 0% |
| Ramasamy, K. | Independent | 27 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
A.t Chellasamy
WINNER
|
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
72,669
Lead: 42,464
|
68% |
| Mohan T. | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 30,205 | 28% |
| Thangaraj K. | Jharkhand Party | 282 | 0% |
| Gopal V. | Independent | 191 | 0% |
| Malayappan K. | Independent | 171 | 0% |
| Vembanan P. | Tharasu Makkal Mandaram | 162 | 0% |
| Karuppusamy S. | Independent | 155 | 0% |
| Naguvel P. | Independent | 110 | 0% |
| Chellamuthu P. | Independent | 87 | 0% |
| Arumugam S. | Independent | 38 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
P. Kaliappan
WINNER
|
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
38,540
Lead: 5,841
|
35% |
| P. Balasubramani | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(jayalalita Group) | 32,699 | 30% |
| A.p. Palaniappan | Indian National Congress | 25,370 | 23% |
| K. Kuppuswamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(janaki Ramachandran) | 8,445 | 8% |
| M.v. Gopal | Independent | 1,387 | 1% |
| P. Rengasamy | Independent | 279 | 0% |
| P. Naguvel | Independent | 275 | 0% |
| K. Malayapopan | Independent | 187 | 0% |
| N. Kandasamy | Independent | 118 | 0% |
| A. Ramamoorthi | Independent | 111 | 0% |
| A. Malika Arjunan | Independent | 77 | 0% |
| V.s. Mariappa Gounder | Independent | 76 | 0% |
| S. Ponnammal | Independent | 52 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kuppusamy K.
WINNER
|
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
46,566
Lead: 2,581
|
47% |
| Chellamuthu K. | Independent | 43,985 | 44% |
| Naguvel P. | Independent | 565 | 1% |
| Thangavel M. | Independent | 518 | 1% |
| Chinnappan P. | Independent | 477 | 0% |
| Gopal M.v. | Independent | 471 | 0% |
| Kalyanasamy R. | Independent | 291 | 0% |
| Ramalingam S. | Independent | 217 | 0% |
| Balasubramanian | Independent | 210 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kuppuswamy, K.
WINNER
|
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
35,269
Lead: 11,387
|
45% |
| Palaniswamy, S. K. | Indian National Congress (i) | 23,882 | 30% |
| Palaniyappan, A. P. | Independent | 18,480 | 23% |
| Maryappa Gounder, V. S. | Independent | 291 | 0% |
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|
|
A.p. Palaniappan
WINNER
|
Indian National Congress |
27,000
Lead: 4,581
|
37% |
| K. Kuppuswamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 22,419 | 30% |
| K. Muthusamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 15,072 | 20% |
| P. Kaliappan | Janta Party | 5,925 | 8% |
| C. Kathamuthu | Independent | 1,696 | 2% |
| R. Kalyanasamy | Independent | 692 | 1% |
| Year | Candidate's Name | Votes | Lead | Vote Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | R. Sakkarapani | DMK | 109,970 | 28,742 | 54.51% |
| 2016 | Sakkarapani R | DMK | 121,715 | 65,727 | 64.69% |
| 2011 | Sakkarapani.r | DMK | 87,743 | 14,933 | 51.99% |
| 2006 | Sakkarapani.r | DMK | 63,811 | 19,903 | 54% |
| 2001 | Chakkarapani. Ara. | DMK | 52,896 | 1,369 | 46% |
| 1996 | Sakkarapani, R. | DMK | 66,379 | 36,823 | 56% |
| 1991 | A.t Chellasamy | AIADMK | 72,669 | 42,464 | 68% |
| 1989 | P. Kaliappan | DMK | 38,540 | 5,841 | 35% |
| 1984 | Kuppusamy K. | AIADMK | 46,566 | 2,581 | 47% |
| 1980 | Kuppuswamy, K. | AIADMK | 35,269 | 11,387 | 45% |
| 1977 | A.p. Palaniappan | INC | 27,000 | 4,581 | 37% |
| Year | Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | R. Sakkarapani | DMK |
109,970
(Lead: 28,742)
|
54.51% |
| N.p.natraj | AIADMK | 81,228 | 40.26% | |
| 2016 | Sakkarapani R | DMK |
121,715
(Lead: 65,727)
|
64.69% |
| Kittusamy K | AIADMK | 55,988 | 29.76% | |
| 2011 | Sakkarapani.r | DMK |
87,743
(Lead: 14,933)
|
51.99% |
| Baalasubramani. P | AIADMK | 72,810 | 43.14% | |
| 2006 | Sakkarapani.r | DMK |
63,811
(Lead: 19,903)
|
54% |
| Nallasamy.k.p | AIADMK | 43,908 | 37% | |
| 2001 | Chakkarapani. Ara. | DMK |
52,896
(Lead: 1,369)
|
46% |
| Sellasamy . A..t. | AIADMK | 51,527 | 45% | |
| 1996 | Sakkarapani, R. | DMK |
66,379
(Lead: 36,823)
|
56% |
| Sellamuthu, K. | AIADMK | 29,556 | 25% | |
| 1991 | A.t Chellasamy | AIADMK |
72,669
(Lead: 42,464)
|
68% |
| Mohan T. | DMK | 30,205 | 28% | |
| 1989 | P. Kaliappan | DMK |
38,540
(Lead: 5,841)
|
35% |
| P. Balasubramani | ADK(JL) | 32,699 | 30% | |
| 1984 | Kuppusamy K. | AIADMK |
46,566
(Lead: 2,581)
|
47% |
| Chellamuthu K. | IND | 43,985 | 44% | |
| 1980 | Kuppuswamy, K. | AIADMK |
35,269
(Lead: 11,387)
|
45% |
| Palaniswamy, S. K. | INC(I) | 23,882 | 30% | |
| 1977 | A.p. Palaniappan | INC |
27,000
(Lead: 4,581)
|
37% |
| K. Kuppuswamy | AIADMK | 22,419 | 30% |
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R. Sakkarapani of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won the Oddanchatram Assembly seat in the 2021 elections, defeating N.p.natraj of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) by a margin of 28742 votes.
The strike rate in the Oddanchatram constituency is 70% DMK and 30% AIADMK, with DMK won 7 times and AIADMK won 3 times since the 1977 elections.
R. Sakkarapani (DMK) received 54.51% vote share.
N.p.natraj (AIADMK) received 40.26% vote share.
R. Sakkarapani (DMK) won the 2021 election with 109970 votes, leading by 28742 votes and securing a 54.51% vote share.
The Oddanchatram Assembly constituency falls under the Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency of Dindigul district.
R. Sakkarapani (DMK) won the Oddanchatram Assembly seat in 2021 with a margin of 28742 votes over N.p.natraj (AIADMK).
The Oddanchatram Assembly constituency is part of the Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency, which includes other areas like Palani, Athoor, Nilakkottai (sc), Natham, Dindigul.
The top candidates in the Oddanchatram Assembly Election 2021 were:
R. Sakkarapani (DMK)
N.p.natraj (AIADMK)
Sakthidevi (NTK)
These candidates were the main contenders for the seat, with R. Sakkarapani (DMK) emerging as the winner.
The voter turnout in the Oddanchatram Assembly Election 2021 was 85.09%
The information provided on this page about the current and previous elections in the constituency is sourced from various publicly available platforms including https://old.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ and https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/. The ECI is the authoritative source for election-related data in India, and we rely on their official records for the content presented here. However, due to the complexity of electoral processes and potential data discrepancies, there may be occasional inaccuracies or omissions in the information provided.