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Tiruchendur Assembly Elections 2026

Tiruchendur is a key legislative assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, located in the Thoothukudi district. In the 2021 assembly elections, the seat was won by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Anitha Radhakrishnan, from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam defeated K.r.m.radhakrishnan of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam by a margin of 25263 votes.

It often sees intense battles between major parties. This election, the contest is heating up as NTK’s Obiliya enters the fray.

Tiruchendur Assembly constituency is part of the Thoothukkudi Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Kanimozhi Karunanidhi won the Thoothukkudi parliamentary seat by defeating Sivasami Velumani of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with a margin of 392738 votes.

From election campaigns to final results, follow all developments related to Tiruchendur assembly constituency, including winner details, vote margins, and more on our dedicated page.

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Tiruchendur Assembly Election Results 2021 to 1977

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Tiruchendur Assembly Election Results (2021)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
Anitha Radhakrishnan WINNER
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
88,274
Lead: 25,263
50.58%
K.r.m.radhakrishnan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 63,011 36.10%
Glorian Naam Tamilar Katchi 15,063 8.63%
S.vadamalaipandiyan Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam 3,766 2.16%
Jayendrakumar AISMK 1,965 1.13%
Nota None Of The Above 1,051 0.60%
Rooswelt X Naam Indiar Party 239 0.14%
Baskar C Independent 196 0.11%
Pon Rathna Selvan S Independent 196 0.11%
Senthilkumar S Independent 177 0.10%
Shaik Abdul Kader P.s.j Independent 136 0.08%
Kennady Babu K Veerath Thiyagi Viswanathadoss Thozhilalarkal Katchi 129 0.07%
Arumugam S Independent 108 0.06%
Kalyanasundaram R Independent 92 0.05%
Perumal K Independent 73 0.04%
Essakki Muthu Independent 60 0.03%

Tiruchendur Assembly Election Results (2016)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
Anitha R Radhakrishnan WINNER
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
88,357
Lead: 26,001
53.55%
Sarathkumar.r All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 62,356 37.79%
Senthilkumar.s.a Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam 6,330 3.84%
Jeyaraman.v Bharatiya Janata Party 4,289 2.60%
Gloriyan.s Naam Tamilar Katchi 2,041 1.24%
Others Others 1,814 1.10%
Kumara Gurupara Adithan D. Pattali Makkal Katchi 578 0.35%
Ganapathy Perumal.g Bahujan Samaj Party 420 0.25%
Lowhirajan.m Independent 216 0.13%
Valampuri.p Independent 141 0.09%
Senthamilan.e Independent 90 0.05%
Ananthraj.r Independent 70 0.04%
Suresh.n Independent 63 0.04%
Sukumar.s Independent 43 0.03%

Tiruchendur Assembly Election Results (2011)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
Anitha R Radhakrishnan WINNER
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
68,741
Lead: 640
47.04%
Manoharan. Pr All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 68,101 46.60%
Nattar. N Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 3,240 2.22%
Rameswaran. N Bharatiya Janata Party 2,429 1.66%
Murugesan. B Independent 693 0.47%
Raj Kumar. P Independent 672 0.46%
Deva Gnana Sigamani. B Bahujan Samaj Party 626 0.43%
Sudalaikannu. K Indiya Jananayaka Katchi 534 0.37%
Mani. P Independent 271 0.19%
Thirupathi. M Independent 156 0.11%
Chellasamy. C Independent 146 0.10%
Muthumalai. S Independent 136 0.09%
Nandhakumar. A Independent 125 0.09%
Arigopalakrishnan. C Independent 104 0.07%
Chidambaram. V Independent 97 0.07%
Chithiralingam. A Independent 70 0.05%

Tiruchendur Assembly Election Results (2006)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
Anitha R.radhakrishnan WINNER
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
58,600
Lead: 13,916
52%
Jeyaseelan.a.d.k Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 44,684 40%
Ganesan.a Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam 3,756 3%
Vivekanthasekar.n Independent 1,635 1%
Kannan.(dr).c Bharatiya Janata Party 1,398 1%
Parisamuthu.s All India Forward Bloc 430 0%
Murugesan.t Independent 365 0%
Kumar.v Bahujan Samaj Party 218 0%
Nadarajan.g Independent 121 0%
Balasubramanian.a Independent 120 0%
Chidambaram.v Independent 91 0%
Ahamed Abdul Khadar.n.m Independent 67 0%
Kaleelrahuman.m Independent 48 0%
Ayyakutti.k Independent 47 0%

Tiruchendur Assembly Election Results (2001)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
Anitha.r. Radhakrishnan. WINNER
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
52,990
Lead: 11,193
53%
Tmt. Jenifer Chandran. S. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 41,797 42%
Ramesh. V.p.r. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2,662 3%
Rafeek.m.z. Independent 1,502 2%
Alston.t. Independent 352 0%
Devaraj. A.k. Independent 196 0%
Kaleel Rahuman.m. Independent 152 0%
Magarajan.s. Independent 126 0%
Sadakathullah. M.n. Independent 93 0%
Chitranathan.t. Independent 87 0%

Tiruchendur Assembly Election Results (1996)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
S. Jennifer Chandran WINNER
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
59,206
Lead: 31,031
58%
T. Thamotharan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 28,175 27%
A.n. Rajakkannan Bharatiya Janata Party 6,967 7%
D. Ramachandran Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,961 4%
M. Arikrishna Devendrar Pattali Makkal Katchi 348 0%
R. Ganesan Asari Independent 188 0%
S. Kuttalingam Independent 160 0%
S.k. Syed Ibrahim Independent 95 0%
C. Vallinayagam Independent 66 0%
M.c. Susainathan Independent 63 0%
Mariappan Independent 61 0%
Deraviam Independent 60 0%
R. Gnanakaraimuthu Independent 58 0%
S.p. Velu Pillai Independent 51 0%
N. Iruthayaraj Independent 48 0%
T. Manickavasagam Independent 46 0%
A. Sudhagar Independent 45 0%
D. Damotharan Independent 38 0%
S.m. Suyambu Independent 37 0%
D. Edward Independent 35 0%
T. Senthamilselvan Independent 34 0%
P. Ramasamy Nadar Independent 32 0%
P. Murugesan Independent 31 0%
T. Muthu Independent 30 0%
R. Sivananainthaperumal Independent 27 0%
R. Chitravel Nadar Independent 23 0%
A.v.p. Mohanasundaram Independent 20 0%
P. Subramanian Independent 17 0%

Tiruchendur Assembly Election Results (1991)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
Chelladurai A. WINNER
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
54,442
Lead: 26,648
57%
Pandian A.s. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 27,794 29%
Poovanam K. Bharatiya Janata Party 4,615 5%
Packiaraj A. Independent 3,016 3%
Kayal Mahaboob Muslim Leage 2,039 2%
Paulpandiyan Independent 202 0%
Joseph A. Jharkhand Party 177 0%
Andrews Tharasu Makkal Mandaram 84 0%
Hjeyamurugan M. Independent 81 0%
Kani A. Independent 62 0%
Suyambu Independent 59 0%
Pown Modasami A. Independent 50 0%
Kottalamuthu S. Independent 44 0%
Rahanthiran S. Independent 40 0%
Ayyadurai A. Independent 39 0%
Kyal Manuel Raj N. Independent 36 0%
Perumal P. Independent 28 0%
Jahubar A. Independent 22 0%
Perumal S. Independent 20 0%
Pattani C. Independent 14 0%

Tiruchendur Assembly Election Results (1989)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
Kandasamy, K.p. WINNER
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
42,084
Lead: 17,181
42%
Shunmugasundaram Kasimari, K. Indian National Congress 24,903 25%
Chelladurai, A. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(jayalalita Group) 21,095 21%
Kayal Moulana Alias Moulana All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(janaki Ramachandran) 7,808 8%
Jeyakumar, V.p. Bharatiya Janata Party 1,815 2%
Thangiah, S. Independent 457 0%
Kasi C.p. Independent 260 0%
Kani, A. Independent 162 0%
Nataraja Iyyer, S. Independent 109 0%
Noble, P. Independent 89 0%
Thanganadar, P.s. India Farmers And Tailers Party 72 0%
Athinarayanan, R.s. Independent 60 0%
Murugan, R. Independent 54 0%
Poornadoss, D. Independent 36 0%
Arumugahani, R. Independent 26 0%
Suyambu, S.m. Independent 20 0%

Tiruchendur Assembly Election Results (1984)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
Subramanai Anthithan Alias Subramanian WINNER
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
45,953
Lead: 2,388
49%
K.p. Kandasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 43,565 46%
K.kesavan Independent 265 0%
A.kottalamuthu Independent 215 0%
S.m. Suyambu Independent 198 0%
P.kumaresan Independent 169 0%
K.palani Esa Athithan Independent 105 0%
A.jeyabalan Independent 96 0%
P.thanadingh Independent 64 0%

Tiruchendur Assembly Election Results (1980)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
Kesava Athithan, S. WINNER
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
35,499
Lead: 1,205
49%
Samsudin Alias Kathiravan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 34,294 47%
Kesavan, K. Independent 948 1%
John Britto, G. A. T. Janata Party (jp) 707 1%
Seyed Ahamed, M. P. Independent 161 0%
Kandasamy, K. P. Independent 65 0%
Ramadoss, M. S. Independent 56 0%

Tiruchendur Assembly Election Results (1977)

Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
R. Amirtharaj WINNER
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
20,871
Lead: 1,135
29%
Subramaniya Adityan Janta Party 19,736 27%
S. Syed Ahmed Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 17,441 24%
Raj Victoria Indian National Congress 12,477 17%
R. Vidyasagara Adityana Independent 1,117 2%
Source: ECI

Strike Rate

AIADMK 55%
DMK 45%
AIADMK won 6 times and DMK won 5 times since 1977 elections.

Tiruchendur MLA List

Year Candidate's Name Votes Lead Vote Share
2021 Anitha Radhakrishnan DMK 88,274 25,263 50.58%
2016 Anitha R Radhakrishnan DMK 88,357 26,001 53.55%
2011 Anitha R Radhakrishnan DMK 68,741 640 47.04%
2006 Anitha R.radhakrishnan AIADMK 58,600 13,916 52%
2001 Anitha.r. Radhakrishnan. AIADMK 52,990 11,193 53%
1996 S. Jennifer Chandran DMK 59,206 31,031 58%
1991 Chelladurai A. AIADMK 54,442 26,648 57%
1989 Kandasamy, K.p. DMK 42,084 17,181 42%
1984 Subramanai Anthithan Alias Subramanian AIADMK 45,953 2,388 49%
1980 Kesava Athithan, S. AIADMK 35,499 1,205 49%
1977 R. Amirtharaj AIADMK 20,871 1,135 29%
Source: ECI

Tiruchendur Past Election Results

Year Candidate's Name Party Votes Vote Share
2021 Anitha Radhakrishnan DMK
88,274
(Lead: 25,263)
50.58%
K.r.m.radhakrishnan AIADMK 63,011 36.10%
2016 Anitha R Radhakrishnan DMK
88,357
(Lead: 26,001)
53.55%
Sarathkumar.r AIADMK 62,356 37.79%
2011 Anitha R Radhakrishnan DMK
68,741
(Lead: 640)
47.04%
Manoharan. Pr AIADMK 68,101 46.60%
2006 Anitha R.radhakrishnan AIADMK
58,600
(Lead: 13,916)
52%
Jeyaseelan.a.d.k DMK 44,684 40%
2001 Anitha.r. Radhakrishnan. AIADMK
52,990
(Lead: 11,193)
53%
Tmt. Jenifer Chandran. S. DMK 41,797 42%
1996 S. Jennifer Chandran DMK
59,206
(Lead: 31,031)
58%
T. Thamotharan AIADMK 28,175 27%
1991 Chelladurai A. AIADMK
54,442
(Lead: 26,648)
57%
Pandian A.s. DMK 27,794 29%
1989 Kandasamy, K.p. DMK
42,084
(Lead: 17,181)
42%
Shunmugasundaram Kasimari, K. INC 24,903 25%
1984 Subramanai Anthithan Alias Subramanian AIADMK
45,953
(Lead: 2,388)
49%
K.p. Kandasamy DMK 43,565 46%
1980 Kesava Athithan, S. AIADMK
35,499
(Lead: 1,205)
49%
Samsudin Alias Kathiravan DMK 34,294 47%
1977 R. Amirtharaj AIADMK
20,871
(Lead: 1,135)
29%
Subramaniya Adityan JNP 19,736 27%
Source: ECI

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Tamil Nadu Tiruchendur Assembly Elections FAQs

Who won the Tiruchendur Assembly seat in the 2021 election?

Anitha Radhakrishnan of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won the Tiruchendur Assembly seat in the 2021 elections, defeating K.r.m.radhakrishnan of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) by a margin of 25263 votes.

What is the historical strike rate of the Tiruchendur constituency in past elections?

The strike rate in the Tiruchendur constituency is 55% AIADMK and 45% DMK, with AIADMK won 6 times and DMK won 5 times since the 1977 elections.

What were the vote shares of the leading candidates in the 2021 Tiruchendur Assembly Election?

Anitha Radhakrishnan (DMK) received 50.58% vote share.
K.r.m.radhakrishnan (AIADMK) received 36.10% vote share.

What were the results of the 2021 Tiruchendur Assembly Election?

Anitha Radhakrishnan (DMK) won the 2021 election with 88274 votes, leading by 25263 votes and securing a 50.58% vote share.

Which Lok Sabha constituency does the Tiruchendur Assembly constituency fall under?

The Tiruchendur Assembly constituency falls under the Thoothukkudi Lok Sabha constituency of Thoothukkudi district.

What was the margin of victory in the Tiruchendur Assembly Election 2021?

Anitha Radhakrishnan (DMK) won the Tiruchendur Assembly seat in 2021 with a margin of 25263 votes over K.r.m.radhakrishnan (AIADMK).

What are the key constituencies in the Thoothukkudi Lok Sabha area?

The Tiruchendur Assembly constituency is part of the Thoothukkudi Lok Sabha constituency, which includes other areas like Vilathikulam, Thoothukkudi, Srivaikuntam, Ottapidaram(sc), Kovilpatti.

Who were the top candidates for the Tiruchendur Assembly Election 2021?

The top candidates in the Tiruchendur Assembly Election 2021 were:
Anitha Radhakrishnan (DMK)
K.r.m.radhakrishnan (AIADMK)
Glorian (NTK)
These candidates were the main contenders for the seat, with Anitha Radhakrishnan (DMK) emerging as the winner.

What was the voter turnout in the Tiruchendur Assembly Election 2021?

The voter turnout in the Tiruchendur Assembly Election 2021 was 70.04%

Disclaimer:

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.

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