Rishivandiyam Assembly constituency

Rishivandiyam
Rishivandiyam
Constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kallakurichi
LS constituency	Kallakurichi
Total electors	2,68,231[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent K. Karthikeyan
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Rishivandiyam is a state assembly constituency in Kallakurichi district of Tamil Nadu, India.[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 78. It comprises portions of the Tirukkoyilur and Sankarapuram taluks. It is part of the Kallakurichi constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Demographics

Demographics (2011)[4]
Category	Data
Created	2016
Vanniyar	30%
Adi Dravida	24%
Mudaliar	13%
Konar	12%
Kamma Naidu	07%
Muslims	05%
Christians	03%
Chettiars	02%
Others	04%
Total Electorate	2,40,469

[5]

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1962	L. Anandan		Indian National Congress
1967	M. Anandan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Senguntha Mudaliyar candidate won seven times in this constituency.

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	N. Dharmalingam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	M. Sundaram	Indian National Congress
1980	M. Sundaram	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	S. Sivaraj	Indian National Congress
1989	Ekal M. Natesa Odayar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	M. Govindaraju	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	S. Sivaraj	Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	S. Sivaraj	Tamil Maanila Congress
2006	S. Sivaraj	Indian National Congress
2011	Vijayakanth	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	K. Karthikeyan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	K. Karthikeyan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			53.56%
2016			47.08%
2011			53.19%
2006			42.74%
2001			52.37%
1996			61.34%
1991			61.56%
1989			46.96%
1984			51.95%
1980			51.11%
1977			38.42%
1971			51.86%
1967			49.60%
1962			58.82%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rishivandiyam[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Karthikeyan	113,912	53.56%	+6.48
	AIADMK	S. A. Santhosh	72,184	33.94%	-2.72
	NTK	R. Suresh Manivannan	12,066	5.67%	New
	AMMK	S. Prabhu	10,387	4.88%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,420	1.14%	New
	Independent	K. Murugan	1,508	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			41,728	19.62%	9.20%
Turnout			212,686	79.29%	-1.18%
Rejected ballots			345	0.16%
Registered electors			268,231
	DMK hold		Swing	6.48%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rishivandiyam[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Karthikeyan	92,607	47.08%	*New*
	AIADMK	K. Dhandapani	72,104	36.66%	New
	DMDK	V. J. P. Vincent Jayaraj	14,239	7.24%	-45.95
	PMK	K. P. Pandiyan	8,148	4.14%	New
	Independent	S. Barath	1,710	0.87%	New
	Independent	C. Raphael Raj	1,090	0.55%	New
	Independent	V. Chandrasekaran	1,022	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			20,503	10.42%	-7.54%
Turnout			196,697	80.47%	-2.40%
Registered electors			244,427
	DMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-6.11%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rishivandiyam[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	Vijayakanth	91,164	53.19%	+37.36
	INC	S. Sivaraj	60,369	35.22%	-7.52
	Independent	M. Vijayakanth	7,355	4.29%	New
	IJK	P. Natarajan	3,227	1.88%	New
	Independent	M. Ramajayam	2,044	1.19%	New
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	J. Selvaraju	1,860	1.09%	New
	BJP	B. Rajasundaram	1,793	1.05%	-0.51
	Independent	K. Senthil	1,587	0.93%	New
	Independent	V. Murugan	1,299	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			30,795	17.97%	11.78%
Turnout			171,405	82.87%	14.12%
Registered electors			206,830
	DMDK gain from INC		Swing	10.44%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rishivandiyam[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Sivaraj	54,793	42.74%	*New*
	AIADMK	L. Athinarayanan	46,858	36.55%	New
	DMDK	T. K. Govindan	20,283	15.82%	New
	Independent	M. Govindaraj	2,757	2.15%	New
	BJP	B. Raja Sundaram	1,992	1.55%	New
	LJP	Marur N. Dharmalingam	1,511	1.18%	New
Margin of victory			7,935	6.19%	-17.22%
Turnout			128,194	68.75%	6.42%
Registered electors			186,451
	INC gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-9.63%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rishivandiyam[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	S. Sivaraj	57,108	52.37%	*New*
	PNK	T. K. T. Murali	31,576	28.96%	New
	MDMK	Marudur N. Durairaj	15,470	14.19%	+4.54
	Independent	G. Arumugam	4,891	4.49%	New
Margin of victory			25,532	23.41%	-14.26%
Turnout			109,045	62.34%	-5.30%
Registered electors			174,987
	TMC(M) hold		Swing	-8.97%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rishivandiyam[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	S. Sivaraj	65,230	61.34%	*New*
	AIADMK	P. Annadurai	25,166	23.66%	-37.9
	MDMK	N. Durairaj	10,263	9.65%	New
	PMK	N. Subramanian	3,971	3.73%	New
Margin of victory			40,064	37.67%	2.53%
Turnout			106,344	67.64%	0.13%
Registered electors			164,019
	TMC(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-0.22%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rishivandiyam[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Govindasraju	58,030	61.56%	+53.31
	DMK	M. Thangam	24,899	26.41%	-20.54
	PMK	P. Vijalakshmi	9,568	10.15%	New
	Independent	K. Thoppalan	918	0.97%	New
Margin of victory			33,131	35.15%	29.32%
Turnout			94,263	67.51%	-12.84%
Registered electors			148,616
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	14.61%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rishivandiyam[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Ekal M. Netesa Vdyar	48,030	46.96%	+1.13
	INC	S. Sivaraj	42,069	41.13%	-10.82
	AIADMK	T. N. Moorthy	8,436	8.25%	New
	AIADMK	P. Vijayanan	2,497	2.44%	New
	India Farmers and Tailers Party	V. Venkataraman	746	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			5,961	5.83%	-0.30%
Turnout			102,287	80.36%	2.10%
Registered electors			130,994
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-4.99%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rishivandiyam[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Sivaraj	43,439	51.95%	+0.84
	DMK	M. Natesha Udayar	38,318	45.82%	New
	Independent	K. Thoppalan	1,040	1.24%	New
Margin of victory			5,121	6.12%	-0.45%
Turnout			83,619	78.26%	7.71%
Registered electors			112,187
	INC hold		Swing	0.84%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rishivandiyam[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Sundaram	38,238	51.11%	+12.69
	AIADMK	M. Deiveekan	33,317	44.54%	+12.21
	Independent	P. Govindasami	2,552	3.41%	New
	Independent	T. Abdul Wahab	703	0.94%	New
Margin of victory			4,921	6.58%	0.48%
Turnout			74,810	70.54%	3.21%
Registered electors			108,377
	INC hold		Swing	12.69%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rishivandiyam[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Sundaram	25,530	38.42%	-9.72
	AIADMK	M. Deivigam	21,478	32.32%	New
	JP	K. Jayachandran	12,177	18.33%	New
	DMK	J. V. Keerthy	5,323	8.01%	-43.85
	Independent	D. Govindarajan	814	1.23%	New
	Independent	T. Abdulwahab	685	1.03%	New
Margin of victory			4,052	6.10%	2.37%
Turnout			66,448	67.33%	-7.53%
Registered electors			101,448
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-13.44%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Rishivandiyam[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Dharmalingam	29,350	51.86%	+2.27
	INC	K. Mappan	27,242	48.14%	-0.86
Margin of victory			2,108	3.72%	3.13%
Turnout			56,592	74.87%	-1.95%
Registered electors			78,419
	DMK hold		Swing	2.27%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Rishivandiyam[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Anandan	26,491	49.60%	+8.41
	INC	L. Anandan	26,173	49.00%	-9.82
	Independent	N. T. Singaram	750	1.40%	New
Margin of victory			318	0.60%	-17.04%
Turnout			53,414	76.81%	24.47%
Registered electors			72,950
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-9.22%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Rishivandiyam[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	L. Anandan	25,057	58.82%	*New*
	DMK	M. Anadan	17,544	41.18%	New
Margin of victory			7,513	17.64%
Turnout			42,601	52.34%
Registered electors			86,840
	INC win (new seat)

References

"Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
"Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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ரிஷிவந்தியம் தொகுதியில் காங்கிரஸ் சார்பில் சிவராஜ் போட்டியிடுவது உறுதி (in Tamil). Dinamalar. 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
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Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
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[1] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

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

[3] "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

[4] "Multifarious issues for the electorate". The Hindu. 30 April 2004. Archived from the original on 18 November 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2009.

[5] ரிஷிவந்தியம் தொகுதியில் காங்கிரஸ் சார்பில் சிவராஜ் போட்டியிடுவது உறுதி (in Tamil). Dinamalar. 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

[6] "Rishivandiyam Election Result". Retrieved 12 June 2022.

[7] "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

[8] Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[19] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.