Anaicut Assembly constituency

Anaicut
Anaicut
Constituency No. 44 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Lok Sabha constituency	Vellore
Established	1977
Total electors	2,40,640
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent D. Velazhagan
Party	AIADMK
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2026

12°52′35″N 78°59′17″E / 12.876311°N 78.988148°E / 12.876311; 78.988148

Anaicut is one of the 234 constituencies in the legislative assembly of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It includes the towns of Pallikonda and Odugathur, and the village Anaicut. It is part of Vellore Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member
1977	R. Margabandhu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	G. Viswanathan
1984	V. R. Krishnasamy
1989	S. P. Kannan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	K. Dharmalingam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	C. Gopu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	K. Pandurangan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	K. Pandurangan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	M. Kalai Arasu	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2016	A. P. Nandakumar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	A. P. Nandakumar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2026	D. Velazhagan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2026			35.27%
2021			48.55%
2016			42.43%
2011			54.51%
2006			45.02%
2001			56.24%
1996			55.79%
1991			57.59%
1989			35.64%
1984			58.42%
1980			53.37%
1977			48.78%

2026

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anaikattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	D. Velazhagan	76,302	35.27%	*New*
	DMK	A. P. Nandakumar	69,221	32.00%	16.55
	TVK	R. Velmurugan	63,287	29.26%	New
	NTK	M. Ravikumar	4,746	2.19%	1.96
	NOTA	None of the above	1,103	0.51%	0.40
Margin of victory			7,081	3.27%	0.03
Turnout			217,085	90.21%	12.66
Total valid votes			216,318
Registered electors			240,640		6.27
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	13.28

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anaikattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. P. Nandakumar	95,159	48.55%	6.12
	AIADMK	D. Velazhagan	88,799	45.30%	7.70
	NTK	A. Sumithra	8,125	4.15%	3.75
	NOTA	None of the above	1,791	0.91%	0.23
	Independent	M. Senthil Kumar	1,357	0.69%
Margin of victory			6,360	3.24%	1.59
Turnout			199,099	77.55%	0.84
Total valid votes			196,014
Rejected ballots			588	0.30%	0.20
Registered electors			256,727		10.69
	DMK hold		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anaikattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. P. Nandakumar	77,058	42.43%	*New*
	AIADMK	M. Kalai Arasu	68,290	37.60%	New
	PMK	K. L. Elavazagan	24,711	13.61%	40.90
	TMC(M)	P. S. Palani	2,633	1.45%	New
	BJP	K. Vijayakumar	1,750	0.96%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,237	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			8,768	4.83%	14.13
Turnout			181,803	78.39%	0.26
Total valid votes			181,622
Rejected ballots			181	0.10%	0.01
Registered electors			231,928		23.00
	DMK gain from PMK		Swing	12.08

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anaikattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	M. Kalai Arasu	80,233	54.51%	9.54
	DMDK	V. B. Velu	52,330	35.55%	29.87
	Makkal Manadu Katch	M. Dharman	4,696	3.19%	New
	Independent	K. Velu	2,619	1.78%
	Independent	Dr. R. Shanmugam	1,962	1.33%
	IJK	Albert Anbarasu	1,369	0.93%	New
	BSP	S. Renu	1,018	0.69%	0.13
Margin of victory			27,903	18.96%	18.92
Turnout			147,326	78.13%	8.93
Total valid votes			147,194
Rejected ballots			132	0.09%	0.09
Registered electors			188,555		0.88
	PMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	9.49

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anaikattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Pandurangan	59,220	45.02%	*New*
	PMK	M. Varalakshmi	59,167	44.97%	New
	DMDK	M. Venkatasan	7,470	5.68%	New
	Independent	G. Veeramani	1,335	1.01%
	BJP	J. Kumaresan	1,287	0.98%	New
	Independent	S. Panneerselvam	795	0.60%
Margin of victory			53	0.04%	19.26
Turnout			131,641	69.20%	8.40
Total valid votes			131,556
Registered electors			190,228		5.96
	AIADMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	11.22

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anaikattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Pandurangan	61,333	56.24%	30.35
	DMK	G. Malarvizhi	40,282	36.93%	18.86
	MDMK	K. P. Baskar Babu	2,829	2.59%	0.53
	Independent	G. Vijayan	2,160	1.98%
	Independent	S. Ebinesar Albert Benjamin	878	0.81%
Margin of victory			21,051	19.30%	10.61
Turnout			109,150	60.80%	3.37
Total valid votes			109,064
Rejected ballots			86	0.08%	4.80
Registered electors			179,523		3.91
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	0.45

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anaikattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Gopu	58,982	55.79%	35.81
	AIADMK	C. M. Suryakala	27,366	25.89%	New
	AIIC(T)	Balur E. Sampath	15,976	15.11%	New
	MDMK	N. M. Murugesan	2,174	2.06%	New
	Independent	D. V. Raghavan	734	0.69%
Margin of victory			31,616	29.91%	7.70
Turnout			110,863	64.17%	1.94
Total valid votes			105,716
Rejected ballots			5,410	4.88%	0.93
Registered electors			172,760		7.18
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	1.80

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anaikattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Dharmalingam	54,413	57.59%	*New*
	DMK	S. P. Kannan	18,880	19.98%	15.66
	PMK	R. Mohan	17,163	18.16%	New
	Independent	A. Palanivelan	1,872	1.98%
	Independent	Govinda Rao	594	0.63%
Margin of victory			35,533	37.61%	33.70
Turnout			100,310	62.23%	9.69
Total valid votes			94,484
Rejected ballots			5,826	5.81%	3.39
Registered electors			161,182		14.56
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	21.95

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anaikattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. P. Kannan	25,709	35.64%	*New*
	AIADMK	G. Viswanathan	22,886	31.73%	New
	INC	L. Balaraman	12,190	16.90%	New
	AIADMK	V. R. Krishnasamy	6,394	8.86%	New
	Independent	D. Thoppur Thiruvencadam	3,362	4.66%
	Independent	S. V. A. Purushothaman	866	1.20%
Margin of victory			2,823	3.91%	20.10
Turnout			73,925	52.54%	16.64
Total valid votes			72,136
Rejected ballots			1,789	2.42%	3.34
Registered electors			140,696		18.28
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	22.78

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anaikattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. R. Krishnasamy	45,312	58.42%	5.05
	Independent	P. N. Rajagopal	26,692	34.42%
	Independent	P. Munivelu	2,175	2.80%
	Independent	M. Duraisamy	1,874	2.42%
	Independent	M. Balasundaram	934	1.20%
	Independent	V. Vajikoman	569	0.73%
Margin of victory			18,620	24.01%	14.99
Turnout			82,294	69.18%	9.51
Total valid votes			77,556
Rejected ballots			4,738	5.76%	3.75
Registered electors			118,953		5.34
	AIADMK hold		Swing

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anaikattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Viswanathan	35,242	53.37%	*New*
	INC	R. Jeevarathinam	29,287	44.35%	37.75
	Independent	K. B. Vajjravel	1,505	2.28%
Margin of victory			5,955	9.02%	18.68
Turnout			67,386	59.67%	1.97
Total valid votes			66,034
Rejected ballots			1,352	2.01%	0.30
Registered electors			112,926		1.96
	AIADMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	4.59

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anaikattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Margabandhu	32,731	48.78%	*New*
	JP	P. M. Vasudeva Reddiar	14,146	21.08%	New
	DMK	A. M. Ramalingam	13,985	20.84%	New
	INC	T. K. Venkatesan	4,427	6.60%	New
	Independent	M. Moorthy	1,091	1.63%	New
Margin of victory			18,585	27.70%
Turnout			68,272	61.64%
Total valid votes			67,104
Rejected ballots			1,168	1.71%
Registered electors			110,756
	AIADMK win (new seat)

References

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↑ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 44. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
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