Andipatti (state assembly constituency)

Andipatti is a constituency in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly, that includes the city, Andipatti. It is part of the Theni (Lok Sabha constituency).

Andipatti
state assembly constituency
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Existence	1962 - present
Reservation	General
Current MLA	A. Maharajan
Party	DMK
Elected Year	2019
Total Electors	2,03,900
Most Successful Party	AIADMK (9 times)

Madras State

Assembly	Year	Winner	Party
Third	1962	A. Krishnaveni	INC
Fourth	1967	S. Paramasivam	SWA

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Duration	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
Sixth	1977-80	K. Kandasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-84	S. S. Rajendran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984-89	M. G. Ramachandran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989-91	P. Aasiyan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991-96	K. Thavasi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-01	P. Aasiyan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-02	Thanga Tamil Selvan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2002-06	J. Jayalalithaa	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006-2011	J. Jayalalithaa	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011-2016	Thanga Tamil Selvan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016-Disqualification by Assembly Speaker 2017	Thanga Tamil Selvan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2019 (By-election)	A. Maharajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2019 Bye-Election Results

Bye-election, 2019: Andipatti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Maharajan	87,079	42.71
	AIADMK	A. Logirajan	74,756	36.66
	AMMK	R. Jeyakumar	28,313	13.89
	NTK	Aruna Devi	5,180	2.54
	MNM	G. Alagarsamy	2,408	1.18
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,246	1.10
Majority			12,323	6.04
Turnout			2,03,900	77.08
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election: Andipatti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Thanga Tamil Selvan	1,03,129	51.93
	DMK	Mookaiah L	72,933	36.72
	DMDK	Krishnamoorthy M N	10,776	5.43
	BJP	Chakkaravarthi R	3,465	1.74
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,909	0.96
Majority			30,196	15.21
Turnout			1,98,757	78.30
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election: Andipatti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Thanga Tamil Selvan	91,721	53.75
	DMK	Mookaiah L	70,690	41.42
	BJP	Kumar R	1,660	0.97
	JMM	Rajapandi R	1,015	0.59
Majority			21,031	12.33
Turnout			1,70,926	81.74
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2006 Election results

2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election: Andipatti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	J. Jayalalithaa	73,927	55.04%	-3.18%
	DMK	Seeman	48,741	36.29%	+9%
	Independent	V.S. Chandran*	6,795	5.06%	n/a
Majority
Turnout			1,34,307	73.15
	AIADMK hold		Swing

• V.S. Chandran belonged to DMDK, led by actor turned politician Vijaykanth.

2002 By-Election results

2002 Tamil Nadu assembly by-election: Andipatti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	J. Jayalalithaa	78,437	58.22	+4.44
	DMK	Vaigai Sekar	37,236	27.64	-4.03
	MDMK	Jayachandran	8,421	6.25	-5.94
Majority
Turnout			1,34,744	64.60
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2001 Election results

2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election: Andipatti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Thanga Tamil Selvan	60,817	53.78
	DMK	P. Aasiyan	35,808	31.67
	MDMK	T.R.N Varatharajan	13,783	12.19
Majority
Turnout			1,13,150	59.10
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

References

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