Chief Minister
Ramachandran
M. G. Ramachandran
ADMKAravakurichi · Sworn: Jun 1980
✓ Best
Returned after 1980 landslide. Welfare continued.
△ Challenge
MGR health declining in later years.
ADMK 129/234.
Assembly — 1980
Majority: 118 · Total: 234 seats
Party Seats
ADMK
129DMK
37INC
30CPI(M)
11CPI
9IND
9GKC
6JP
2AIFB
1ADMK129
DMK37
INC30
CPI(M)11
CPI9
IND9
GKC6
JP2
AIFB1
All 234 Constituencies — Click to Explore
| # | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes | % | Runner-up | Party | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royapuram | Ponnurangam. P | DMK | 37390 | 50.31% | Pandian. D | CPI | 935 |
| 2 | Harbour | Selvarasan. A | DMK | 32716 | 54.14% | Habibulla Baig. Dr. | AIADMK | 11015 |
| 3 | Radhakrishnan Nagar | Rajasekaran. V | INC | 44076 | 48.62% | Isari Velan | AIADMK | 7188 |
| 4 | Park Town | N. V. N. Somu | DMK | 38095 | 55.94% | Lalchand Daga. S. | GKC | 14898 |
| 5 | Perambur | Balan. S | DMK | 49269 | 54.59% | Murugaian. V | CPI(M) | 8280 |
| 6 | Purasawalkam | Anbazhagan. K | DMK | 52729 | 52.35% | Valampuri John | AIADMK | 5708 |
| 7 | Egmore | Ellayaperumal. L | INC | 38200 | 61.19% | Sivanesan. D. R | INC(U) | 14756 |
| 8 | Anna Nagar | M. Karunanidhi | DMK | 51290 | 48.97% | H. V. Hande | AIADMK | 699 |
| 9 | Thiyagaraya Nagar | K. Sourirajan | GKC | 42566 | 50.58% | Chandran Jeyapal. R. E | DMK | 6466 |
| 10 | Thousand Lights | Krishnasamy. K. A | AIADMK | 40499 | 50.19% | Sadiq Pasha. S. J | DMK | 307 |
| 11 | Chepauk | A. Rahman Khan | DMK | 32627 | 55.64% | Abdul Khader. M. S | AIADMK | 9226 |
| 12 | Triplicane | K. S. G. Haja Shareef | INC | 33664 | 52.77% | Sridharan. V. K | INC(U) | 6878 |
| 13 | Mylapore | T. K. Kapali | AIADMK | 41260 | 49.66% | Manoharan. K | DMK | 3316 |
| 14 | Saidapet | D. Purushothaman | DMK | 40403 | 47.95% | Saithai Duraisamy. S | AIADMK | 1697 |
| 15 | Gummidipoondi | R. S. Munirathinam | AIADMK | 41845 | 49.01% | Venu. K | DMK | 7826 |
| 16 | Ponneri | Chakarapani. R | AIADMK | 42408 | 51.07% | Nagalingam. P | DMK | 14918 |
| 17 | Thiruvottiyur | Kumari Ananthan | GKC | 48451 | 47.36% | Loganathan. T | INC | 3458 |
| 18 | Villivakkam | Prabakaran. J. C. D | AIADMK | 57192 | 47.84% | Suppu. K | DMK | 703 |
| 19 | Alandur | K. M. Abdul Razack | AIADMK | 50345 | 50.18% | Sampath. N. P. L | INC | 5839 |
| 20 | Tambaram | Pammal Nallathambi | DMK | 59931 | 51.52% | Munu Adhi | AIADMK | 6185 |
| 21 | Thiruporur | G. Chockalingam | DMK | 33287 | 50.63% | Govindarasan. M | AIADMK | 2297 |
| 22 | Chengalpattu | P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan | AIADMK | 40466 | 53.07% | Natarajan. K | INC | 5152 |
| 23 | Maduranthakam | S. D. Ugamchand | AIADMK | 46922 | 56.84% | C. Arumugam | DMK | 11809 |
| 24 | Acharapakkam | C. Ganesan | AIADMK | 35233 | 50.08% | Manavalan. C. M | DMK | 119 |
| 25 | Uthiramerur | S. Jagathrakshakan | AIADMK | 43303 | 49.11% | Ramadoss. S | INC | 1586 |
| 26 | Kancheepuram | P. Venkatasubramanian | AIADMK | 46051 | 48.25% | Sambandan. V | DMK | 2192 |
| 27 | Sriperumbudur | D. Yasodha | INC | 37370 | 52.97% | Jaganathan. S | AIADMK | 6029 |
| 28 | Poonamallee | Rajarathinam. D. | DMK | 38018 | 48.83% | Sambandan | GKC | 11088 |
| 29 | Thiruvallur | Pattabiraman. S | AIADMK | 30121 | 41.49% | Purushothaman. R | INC | 5536 |
| 30 | Tiruttani | Shanmugam. R | AIADMK | 35845 | 49.6% | Namashivayam. T | INC | 10091 |
| 31 | Pallipet | Narasimhan. P. M | AIADMK | 26377 | 35.03% | Eakambara Reddy. A | INC | 410 |
| 32 | Arakkonam | M. Vijayasarathy | AIADMK | 36314 | 48.84% | Jayaraj. G | INC | 921 |
| 33 | Sholingur | C. Gopal Mudaliyar | AIADMK | 35783 | 49.4% | Moorthy. K | DMK | 157 |
| 34 | Ranipet | Durai Murugan | DMK | 44318 | 53.7% | Renu. N | AIADMK | 7254 |
| 35 | Arcot | Sethuraman. A M | AIADMK | 35998 | 48.85% | Akber Pasha. B | INC | 1940 |
| 36 | Katpadi | Poongavanam. N. A | CPI | 31918 | 46.48% | Shanmugasundaram. A. K | INC | 5279 |
| 37 | Gudiyatham | Sundaram. K. R | CPI(M) | 30869 | 43.87% | Wahab. K. A | IND | 9940 |
| 38 | Pernambut | Moorthy. G | AIADMK | 30048 | 45.31% | Rajarathinam. C | INC | 5335 |
| 39 | Vaniyambadi | Kulasekara Pandiyan. N | AIADMK | 38049 | 52.54% | Abdul Latheef. M | IND | 3674 |
| 40 | Natrampalli | Anbazhagan. T | AIADMK | 42786 | 49.82% | Raja. N. K | DMK | 6625 |
| 41 | Tirupattur | B. Sundaram | DMK | 42786 | 54.74% | Ramasamy. G | AIADMK | 8104 |
| 42 | Chengam | T. Swamikannu | AIADMK | 26823 | 48.06% | Arumugam. A | INC | 836 |
| 43 | Thandarambattu | Venugopal. D | DMK | 46326 | 63.86% | Kasinathan. U | GKC | 21069 |
| 44 | Tiruvannamalai | Narayanasamy. K | INC | 54437 | 58.78% | Shunmugam. P. U | AIADMK | 18385 |
| 45 | Kalasapakkam | P. S. Thiruvengadam | DMK | 44923 | 54.49% | Visvanathan. C. N | AIADMK | 11951 |
| 46 | Polur | L. Balaraman | INC | 35456 | 48.92% | Selvan. A | AIADMK | 2153 |
| 47 | Anaikattu | G. Viswanathan | AIADMK | 35242 | 53.37% | Jeevarathinam. R | INC | 5955 |
| 48 | Vellore | V. M. Devaraj | DMK | 43126 | 49.68% | Ranganathan. A. K | AIADMK | 4507 |
| 49 | Arani | A. C. Shanmugam | AIADMK | 42928 | 50.65% | Selvarasu. E | DMK | 5051 |
| 50 | Cheyyar | Babu Janarthanan | DMK | 43341 | 55.26% | Vizhi Vendan. K. A. | AIADMK | 8250 |
| 51 | Vandavasi | Kuppusami. C | AIADMK | 38501 | 50.21% | Kanniappan. C | DMK | 2482 |
| 52 | Peranamallur | Venkitesan. P. M | AIADMK | 32645 | 44.09% | Margabandu. R | INC | 878 |
| 53 | Melmalayanur | Chinnadurai. A | AIADMK | 39572 | 48.84% | Perumal Nainar. V | INC | 198 |
| 54 | Gingee | Ramchandran. N | DMK | 41708 | 49.92% | Krishnasamy. G | AIADMK | 1633 |
| 55 | Tindivanam | Thangamani Gounder. K. M | INC | 29778 | 42.33% | Erajaram Reddy | AIADMK | 5476 |
| 56 | Vanur | N. Muthuvel | DMK | 38883 | 52.89% | Ramajayam. M. N | AIADMK | 5248 |
| 57 | Kandamangalam | Kannan. M | AIADMK | 34368 | 49.49% | Madhavan. P | INC | 2357 |
| 58 | Villupuram | Palaniappan. K. P | DMK | 45952 | 52.02% | Rajarathinam. M | AIADMK | 5160 |
| 59 | Mugaiyur | Sundaramurthy. R | INC | 39490 | 53.17% | Ragothuman. G | AIADMK | 7601 |
| 60 | Thirunavalur | Subramanian. V | DMK | 36517 | 48.29% | Manoharan. T. N. G. A | AIADMK | 173 |
| 61 | Ulundurpet | Rangasamy. K | DMK | 40068 | 55.35% | Natesan. Karu | AIADMK | 9955 |
| 62 | Nellikuppam | Krishnamoorthi. V | DMK | 40526 | 55.17% | Govindarajan. C | CPI(M) | 12111 |
| 63 | Cuddalore | Babu Govindarajan | DMK | 40539 | 49.05% | Ragupathi. A | AIADMK | 3141 |
| 64 | Panruti | S. Ramachandaran | AIADMK | 44557 | 51.88% | K. Nandagopala Krishnan | DMK | 4487 |
| 65 | Kurinjipadi | A. Thangarasu | AIADMK | 38349 | 49.65% | M. Selvaraj | DMK | 2959 |
| 66 | Bhuvanagiri | V. V. Swaminathan | AIADMK | 41207 | 49.1% | Asanudeen. K. S | IND | 6324 |
| 67 | Kattumannarkoil | E. Ramalingam | DMK | 44012 | 59.46% | Mahalingam. P. S | CPI(M) | 14662 |
| 68 | Chidambaram | K. R. Ganapathi | AIADMK | 41728 | 51.71% | Kaliyamoorthy Durai | DMK | 3267 |
| 69 | Vriddhachalam | R. Thiyagarajan | INC | 45382 | 51.86% | C. Ramanathan | AIADMK | 4148 |
| 70 | Mangalore | Kaliamoorthy. P | AIADMK | 40678 | 48.9% | Kamaraj. S | INC | 1183 |
| 71 | Rishivandiyam | Sundaram. M | INC | 38238 | 51.11% | Deiveekan. M | AIADMK | 4921 |
| 72 | Chinnasalem | S. Sivaraman | INC | 39370 | 52.45% | Ambayiram. A | AIADMK | 5247 |
| 73 | Sankarapuram | Kalitheerthan. S | AIADMK | 36352 | 49.91% | Muthusami. D | INC | 3541 |
| 74 | Hosur | T. Venkata Reddy | INC | 25855 | 49.8% | Kothandaramaiah. K. S | IND | 4412 |
| 75 | Thalli | D. R. Rajaram Naidu | INC | 25558 | 41.53% | Vijayendriah. D. R | JP | 2957 |
| 76 | Kaveripattinam | Samarasam. K | AIADMK | 35434 | 51.13% | Venkatesan. S | DMK | 3523 |
| 77 | Krishnagiri | Chinnarasu. K. R | AIADMK | 28020 | 49.75% | Kamalanathan. M | DMK | 1797 |
| 78 | Bargur | Doraisamy. Bn. S | AIADMK | 39893 | 57.26% | Murugesan. K | DMK | 10848 |
| 79 | Harur | Sabapathy. C. | AIADMK | 40009 | 57.66% | Natesan. T. V. | INC | 12608 |
| 80 | Morappur | Kuppusamy. N. | AIADMK | 43096 | 57.18% | Balasubramanian. R. | INC | 13129 |
| 81 | Palacode | Munusamy. M. B. | AIADMK | 38999 | 52.36% | Balasubhrmaniam. R. | INC | 4135 |
| 82 | Dharmapuri | Aranganathan. S. | AIADMK | 33977 | 46.12% | Vadivel. D. N. | INC | 1505 |
| 83 | Pennagaram | Theertha Raman. P | GKC | 34590 | 52.74% | Marumuthu. K | DMK | 7109 |
| 84 | Mettur | Nachimuthu. K. P | AIADMK | 48845 | 58.28% | Kandappan. S | DMK | 18868 |
| 85 | Taramangalam | Semmalai. S | IND | 49597 | 60.33% | Narayanan. R | INC | 22383 |
| 86 | Omalur | Sivaperuman. M | AIADMK | 42399 | 58.2% | Marimuthu. C | DMK | 11952 |
| 87 | Yercaud | Thiruman | AIADMK | 28869 | 51.35% | Natesan. R | DMK | 1849 |
| 88 | Salem-I | Krishnaraj. G | AIADMK | 50976 | 52.55% | Amanullah Khan | IND | 19231 |
| 89 | Salem-II | Arumugam. M | AIADMK | 40975 | 51.57% | Anbalagan. K | INC | 4740 |
| 90 | Veerapandi | P. Vijayalakshmi | AIADMK | 51034 | 57.95% | Srinivasan. K. P | DMK | 15973 |
| 91 | Panamarathupatty | Rajaram. K | AIADMK | 44218 | 57.25% | Santhanantham. P. M | INC | 12604 |
| 92 | Attur | C. Palanimuthu | INC | 38416 | 53.44% | Kandasami. P | AIADMK | 6891 |
| 93 | Talavasal | Rajambal. T. | INC | 38217 | 52.4% | Devarajan. M. | AIADMK | 3499 |
| 94 | Rasipuram | Ramalingam. K. P | AIADMK | 49779 | 58.25% | Muthu. P. T. | DMK | 15604 |
| 95 | Sendamangalam | Sivaprakasam. S. | AIADMK | 37577 | 54.44% | Vadama Gounder | INC | 7034 |
| 96 | Namakkal | Arunachalam R. | AIADMK | 42850 | 51.78% | Veluswamy K. | DMK | 3893 |
| 97 | Kapilamalai | C. V. Velappan | AIADMK | 39224 | 45.11% | Sengottaiyan. P. | INC | 5401 |
| 98 | Tiruchengodu | Ponnaiyan. C. | AIADMK | 69122 | 55.34% | Kaliyannan. T. M. | INC | 17076 |
| 99 | Sankari | P. Dhanapal | AIADMK | 45664 | 56.61% | Varadarajan. R. | DMK | 12555 |
| 100 | Edapadi | I. Ganesan | AIADMK | 37978 | 38.93% | Natarajan. T. | IND | 5819 |
| 101 | Mettupalayam | S. Palanisamy | AIADMK | 48266 | 58.96% | Vijayan. K. | INC | 15955 |
| 102 | Avanashi | Arumugam. M. | CPI | 33294 | 54.22% | Palanisamy. S. N. | INC | 9671 |
| 103 | Thondamuthur | Chinnaraj. | AIADMK | 57822 | 57.54% | Manickkavachagam. R. | DMK | 15149 |
| 104 | Singanallur | Kulasekar. A. D. | DMK | 44523 | 45.16% | Venkidu Alias Venkatasamy. R. | CPI(M) | 3221 |
| 105 | Coimbatore West | C. Aranganayagam | AIADMK | 38061 | 48.2% | M. Ramanathan | DMK | 2427 |
| 106 | Coimbatore East | Ramani. K. | CPI(M) | 33666 | 45.39% | Ganga Nair | INC | 133 |
| 107 | Perur | Kovaithambi | AIADMK | 47308 | 48.04% | Natarasan. A. | DMK | 485 |
| 108 | Kinathukadavu | K. V. Kandaswamy | AIADMK | 42822 | 53.58% | Doraiswamy. S. T. | INC | 5729 |
| 109 | Pollachi | M. V. Rathinam | AIADMK | 52833 | 56.61% | M. Kannappan | DMK | 13036 |
| 110 | Valparai | A. T. Karuppiah | CPI | 46406 | 56.83% | N. Kovaithangam | INC | 13052 |
| 111 | Udumalaipettai | P. Kolandaivelu | AIADMK | 50570 | 52.34% | R. T. Mariyappan | DMK | 4521 |
| 112 | Dharapuram | Periasamy. A. | AIADMK | 43319 | 56.05% | Palaniammal. V. P. | DMK | 10432 |
| 113 | Vellakoil | Ramasami. D. | AIADMK | 56975 | 62.63% | M. Andi Ambalam | INC | 20116 |
| 114 | Pongalur | P. Kandaswamy | AIADMK | 40116 | 58.67% | S. R. Balasubramaniam | INC | 13696 |
| 115 | Palladam | P. N. Paramasiva Gounder | AIADMK | 40305 | 48.36% | K. N. Kumarasamy Gounder | INC | 7960 |
| 116 | Tiruppur | Manimaran. R. | AIADMK | 63371 | 56.98% | Mohan Kandasamy | INC | 24095 |
| 117 | Kangayam | Krishnaswamy. K. G. | AIADMK | 45950 | 56.1% | Sivasabapathi. M. | DMK | 11609 |
| 118 | Modakkurichi | Balakrishnan. S. | AIADMK | 56049 | 58.67% | Ganesamoorthy. A. | DMK | 17647 |
| 119 | Perundurai | Nallapan. T. K. | CPI | 44210 | 54.69% | Jaganathan. N. K. P. | INC | 11667 |
| 120 | Erode | S. Muthusamy | AIADMK | 62342 | 56.62% | Sainathan. R. | INC | 18503 |
| 121 | Bhavani | P. G. Narayanan | AIADMK | 44152 | 60.89% | Madeswaran. M. P. V. | INC | 21226 |
| 122 | Anthiyur | P. Guruswamy | AIADMK | 34498 | 57.06% | Vadivel. T. G. | DMK | 13836 |
| 123 | Gobichettipalayam | K. A. Sengottaiyan | AIADMK | 44703 | 59.38% | Subramaniam. K. M. | INC | 15013 |
| 124 | Bhavanisagar | Subramaniam. G. K. | AIADMK | 38557 | 48.28% | Sampoornam Swamynathan. | DMK | 10705 |
| 125 | Sathyamangalam | Rangasamy. R. | AIADMK | 35096 | 50.04% | Rasappa. C. R. | INC | 60 |
| 126 | Coonoor | Ranganathan. M. | DMK | 34424 | 56.85% | Periasamy. C. | AIADMK | 11668 |
| 127 | Udhagamandalam | K. Kallan | INC | 35528 | 51.82% | B. Gopalan | AIADMK | 9900 |
| 128 | Gudalur | K. Hutchi Gowder | DMK | 36780 | 58.39% | Narayanan Nair. M. S. | CPI | 13144 |
| 129 | Palani | N. Palanivel | CPI(M) | 41874 | 53.12% | Mani. S. R. P. | INC | 6228 |
| 130 | Oddanchatram | K. Kuppuswamy | AIADMK | 35269 | 45.26% | Palaniswamy. S. K. | INC | 11387 |
| 131 | Periyakulam | Gopalakrishnan. K | AIADMK | 43774 | 54.01% | Sheik Abdul Kader. K. | INC | 8836 |
| 132 | Theni | V. R. Jayaraman | AIADMK | 51534 | 55.44% | Alagar Raja. N. R. | INC | 10119 |
| 133 | Bodinayakkanur | Subramanian. K. M. S. | AIADMK | 50972 | 59.77% | Ramachandran. K. S. M. | INC | 16959 |
| 134 | Cumbum | Gopalan. R. T. | AIADMK | 47577 | 49.2% | Cumbum Mahandiran. A. K. | DMK | 12182 |
| 135 | Andipatti | S. S. Rajendran | AIADMK | 44490 | 59.79% | Kandasamy. K. | INC | 27982 |
| 136 | Sedapatti | Muthiah. R. | AIADMK | 42012 | 59.87% | Thangarasan. R. S. | DMK | 13855 |
| 137 | Tirumangalam | N. S. V. Chitthan | INC | 35181 | 46.43% | Perumal. A. R. | AIFB | 3502 |
| 138 | Usilampatti | Andi Thevar. S. | AIFB | 33857 | 47.67% | Muthuramalingam. P. K. M. | IND | 12323 |
| 139 | Nilakottai | A. S. Ponnammal | IND | 48892 | 61.6% | Manivasagam. A. | DMK | 18412 |
| 140 | Sholavandan | Chandrasekaran. A. | INC | 41720 | 50.28% | Manian. P. S. | AIADMK | 465 |
| 141 | Thiruparankundram | K. Kalimuthu | AIADMK | 61247 | 60.53% | Seeni Thevar. P. | DMK | 22507 |
| 142 | Madurai West | M. G. Ramachandran | AIADMK | 57019 | 59.61% | Pon. Muthuramalingam | DMK | 21066 |
| 143 | Madurai Central | Pazha Nedumara | IND | 45700 | 58.13% | P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan | DMK | 14134 |
| 144 | Madurai East | N. Sankaraiah | CPI(M) | 36862 | 49.35% | Ramamoorthy. M. A. | INC | 5939 |
| 145 | Samayanallur | Baluchamy. A. | AIADMK | 50612 | 53.61% | Subashchandra Bose. P. | DMK | 7654 |
| 146 | Melur | Veeranambalam. K. V. | INC | 54003 | 54.6% | Paramasivan. A. M. | AIADMK | 12154 |
| 147 | Natham | Alagarsamy. T. | IND | 32471 | 46.21% | Somasundaram. A. | IND | 31962 |
| 148 | Dindigul | N. Varadarajan | IND | 55195 | 54.89% | Abdul Khader. N. | INC | 11519 |
| 149 | Athoor | A. Vellaisamy | AIADMK | 55359 | 58.17% | Rajambal | DMK | 16369 |
| 150 | Vedasandur | V. P. Balasubramanian | AIADMK | 58128 | 63.89% | Raju. G. P. V. | INC | 25271 |
| 151 | Aravakurichi | Sennimalai Alias. Kandahsamy P. S. | AIADMK | 45145 | 51.6% | Shanmugam. K. | INC | 4912 |
| 152 | Karur | M. Chinnasamy | AIADMK | 54331 | 50.79% | S. Nallasamy | DMK | 8306 |
| 153 | Krishnarayapuram | P. M. Thangavelraj | INC | 43623 | 55.33% | Rengaraju. O. | AIADMK | 9039 |
| 154 | Marungapuri | Raj Kumar. M. A. | AIADMK | 32021 | 41.98% | Ramanathan. V. | INC | 3577 |
| 155 | Kulithalai | Karuppaiah. R. | CPI | 44525 | 52.96% | Srinivasa Reddiar. P. E. | INC | 8189 |
| 156 | Thottiam | Periasami. R. | INC | 37426 | 42.89% | Jayaraj. T. P. K. | IND | 307 |
| 157 | Uppiliapuram | Arengarajan. V. | AIADMK | 43263 | 49.46% | Palanimuthu. R. | INC | 2266 |
| 158 | Musiri | Rajamanickam. M. K. | AIADMK | 53697 | 52.2% | Natarajan. R. | DMK | 4526 |
| 159 | Lalgudi | Anbil P. Dharmalingam | DMK | 40899 | 40.9% | Swamickan. A. | IND | 2800 |
| 160 | Perambalur | J. S. Raju | DMK | 28680 | 40.98% | Angamuthu. M. | AIADMK | 4456 |
| 161 | Varahur | Perumal. N. | AIADMK | 39476 | 53.27% | Chinnaian. P. | INC | 6199 |
| 162 | Ariyalur | T. Arumugam | DMK | 45980 | 52.53% | Asokan. | AIADMK | 9204 |
| 163 | Andimadam | S. Krishnamoorthy | AIADMK | 36120 | 50.49% | Sivasubramanian. S. | DMK | 708 |
| 164 | Jayankondam | Thangavelu. P. | INC | 39862 | 45.76% | Selvarajan. T. | AIADMK | 4907 |
| 165 | Srirangam | R. Soudararajan | AIADMK | 49160 | 53.48% | Swaminathan. V. | INC | 6399 |
| 166 | Tiruchirappalli I | Musiri Putthan. P. | AIADMK | 35361 | 49.68% | Krishnamurthi. A. V. | DMK | 2178 |
| 167 | Tiruchirappalli II | K. Soundararajan | AIADMK | 43029 | 55.52% | Kader Mohideen. M. K. | IND | 8562 |
| 168 | Thiruverumbur | Gurusamy Alias Annadasan. N. | AIADMK | 51012 | 56.24% | Murugesan. K. S. | DMK | 11965 |
| 169 | Sirkazhi | K. Balasubramanian | AIADMK | 49334 | 57.78% | K. Subravelu | DMK | 13280 |
| 170 | Poompuhar | Vijayabalan. N. | AIADMK | 45292 | 53.36% | Ganesan. S. | DMK | 5705 |
| 171 | Mayiladuthurai | N. Kittappa | DMK | 37671 | 48.89% | Bala Velayutham | AIADMK | 670 |
| 172 | Kuttalam | Rajamanickam. R. | DMK | 44254 | 53.39% | Veeraiyan. G. | CPI(M) | 10890 |
| 173 | Nannilam | Kalaiarasan. A. | AIADMK | 44829 | 52.73% | M. Manimaran | DMK | 5140 |
| 174 | Thiruvarur | M. Sellamuthu | CPI(M) | 45557 | 50.18% | Kuppusamy. Kovi | DMK | 1598 |
| 175 | Nagapattinam | R. Umanath | CPI(M) | 44105 | 51.38% | Ramanatha Thevar. S. S. R. | INC | 2367 |
| 176 | Vedaranyam | M. S. Manickam | AIADMK | 52311 | 60.86% | M. Meenakshi Sundaram | DMK | 19655 |
| 177 | Thiruthuraipoondi | P. Uthirapathy | CPI(M) | 62051 | 61.2% | V. Vedaiyan | INC | 22706 |
| 178 | Mannargudi | M. Ambigapathi | CPI | 51818 | 56.33% | Gopalasamy Thenkondar M. | INC | 18322 |
| 179 | Pattukkottai | Somasundaram. S. D. | AIADMK | 52900 | 54.96% | Marimuthu. A. R. | INC | 10598 |
| 180 | Peravurani | Govendan. M. R. | AIADMK | 56010 | 58.56% | Palanivel. A. | INC | 16377 |
| 181 | Orathanadu | T. Veeraswamy | INC | 47021 | 50.53% | T.M. Thailappan | AIADMK | 1619 |
| 182 | Thiruvonam | Sivagnanam. N. | INC | 44748 | 49.36% | Durai Govindarajan | AIADMK | 62 |
| 183 | Thanjavur | S. Natarajan | DMK | 40880 | 50.61% | Ramamurthy. A. | IND | 979 |
| 184 | Thiruvaiyaru | Subramanian. M. | AIADMK | 42636 | 55.14% | Elangovan. G. | DMK | 9669 |
| 185 | Papanasam | S. Rajaraman | INC | 36101 | 50.3% | Narayanaswamy. Govi | AIADMK | 2949 |
| 186 | Valangiman | Gomathy | AIADMK | 40667 | 56.11% | Chellappa. A. | DMK | 11165 |
| 187 | Kumbakonam | Pakeer Mohamed. E. S. M. | INC | 45038 | 55.98% | Eradha. S. R. | AIADMK | 9623 |
| 188 | Thiruvidaimarudur | Ramalingam. S. | DMK | 46943 | 53.31% | Rajamaniekam. K. | AIADMK | 5832 |
| 189 | Thirumayam | Sundararaj. N. | INC | 39479 | 45.72% | Pulavar Ponnambalam | AIADMK | 223 |
| 190 | Kolathur | Marimuthu. T. | AIADMK | 50810 | 57.25% | Thamizhselvan. A. Keerai. | DMK | 13610 |
| 191 | Pudukkottai | Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman | INC | 47660 | 49.71% | Subbiah. K. R. | CPI | 1273 |
| 192 | Alangudi | P. Thirumaran | AIADMK | 59206 | 55.33% | T. Pushparaju | INC | 14601 |
| 193 | Aranthangi | Su. Thirunavukkarasar | AIADMK | 50792 | 49.5% | Mohamed Mashood. M. | IND | 14273 |
| 194 | Tiruppattur | Valmigi. V. | INC | 34342 | 42.0% | Madhavan. S. | IND | 14226 |
| 195 | Karaikudi | Chidambaram. C. T. | DMK | 46541 | 51.78% | Kaliappan. P. | AIADMK | 3893 |
| 196 | Tiruvadanai | Anguchamy. S. | AIADMK | 34392 | 37.96% | Ramanathan Thevar. A. T. M. | INC | 1986 |
| 197 | Ilayangudi | Sivasamy. S. | CPI | 34437 | 46.51% | Malaikkannan. V. | DMK | 56 |
| 198 | Sivaganga | O. Subramanian | INC | 41327 | 56.94% | Natarajasamy. N. | IND | 11452 |
| 199 | Manamadurai | K. Paramalai | IND | 38435 | 50.52% | Krishnan. U. | INC | 1611 |
| 200 | Paramakudi | R. Thavasi | AIADMK | 43710 | 54.22% | Elamaran. A. | DMK | 8834 |
| 201 | Ramanathapuram | T. Ramasamy | AIADMK | 46987 | 57.63% | Zeenath Sheriffdeen | INC | 14232 |
| 202 | Kadaladi | S. Sathiamoorthy | AIADMK | 40246 | 51.41% | Abdul Cadir. T. S. O. | IND | 3236 |
| 203 | Mudukulathur | C. Dinesh Thevar | IND | 42711 | 51.43% | Balakrishnan. S. | INC | 5536 |
| 204 | Aruppukottai | M. Pitchai | AIADMK | 42589 | 53.67% | V. Thangapandian | DMK | 11685 |
| 205 | Sattur | K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran | AIADMK | 54720 | 55.1% | Saudi Sundara Barati. S. | DMK | 10925 |
| 206 | Virudhunagar | M. Sundararajan | AIADMK | 40285 | 48.86% | P. Seenivasan | DMK | 10620 |
| 207 | Sivakasi | V. Balakrishnan | AIADMK | 53081 | 61.32% | S. Alagu Thevar | DMK | 25733 |
| 208 | Srivilliputhur | R. Thamaraikani | AIADMK | 46882 | 52.36% | Karruppiah Thevar P. | INC | 17666 |
| 209 | Rajapalayam | P. Mokkian | IND | 38339 | 44.07% | Pottu Pottan K. | INC | 8581 |
| 210 | Vilathikulam | Perumal R. K. | AIADMK | 40728 | 53.75% | Kumaragurubara Ramanathan S. | DMK | 6640 |
| 211 | Ottapidaram | Appadurai. M. | CPI | 33071 | 52.11% | Veluchami. O. S. | INC | 2678 |
| 212 | Kovilpatti | Alagarasamy. S. | CPI | 39442 | 51.37% | Jeyalakshmi. V. | INC | 8650 |
| 213 | Sankarankoil | P. Durairaj | AIADMK | 31818 | 48.87% | Madan. K. | DMK | 2382 |
| 214 | Vasudevanallur | R. Krishnan | CPI(M) | 33107 | 50.51% | Eswaran. R. | INC | 3186 |
| 215 | Kadayanallur | A. Shahul Hameed | IND | 38225 | 50.71% | Gani A. M. Alias Mohideen Pitchai. A. | AIADMK | 1871 |
| 216 | Tenkasi | A. K. Sattanatha Karayalar | AIADMK | 36638 | 49.88% | Ramanan Alias Venkataramanan. T. R. | INC | 675 |
| 217 | Alangulam | Navaneetha Krishna Pandian. R. | GKC | 41271 | 53.88% | Dorai Singh. E. | DMK | 6684 |
| 218 | Tirunelveli | V. R. Nedunchezhiyan | AIADMK | 48338 | 57.96% | Rajathi Kunchithapatham | INC | 14196 |
| 219 | Palayamkottai | V. Karuppasamy Pandian | AIADMK | 45049 | 57.96% | Seetharaman. Suba | DMK | 12369 |
| 220 | Cheranmahadevi | P. H. Pandian | AIADMK | 42793 | 57.62% | Ratnasabhapathy. V. | INC | 12110 |
| 221 | Ambasamudram | Easwarmoorthy | CPI(M) | 31262 | 47.39% | Sangumuthu Thevarm S. | INC | 4287 |
| 222 | Nanguneri | M. John Vincent | AIADMK | 36725 | 52.18% | Thangaraj. J. | INC | 4049 |
| 223 | Radhapuram | E. Muthuramalingam | GKC | 38044 | 53.95% | Nellai Nedumaran | DMK | 6636 |
| 224 | Sattangulam | Ramasamy. S. N. | GKC | 24700 | 41.24% | Dhanuskodi Athithan. R. | INC | 1012 |
| 225 | Tiruchendur | Kesava Athithan. S. | AIADMK | 35499 | 49.49% | Samsudin Alias Kathiravan | DMK | 1205 |
| 226 | Srivaikuntam | Ramasubramanian. E. | AIADMK | 26502 | 38.99% | Shanmugam. V. | INC | 2098 |
| 227 | Thoothukkudi | Rajendran. S. N. | AIADMK | 54171 | 57.61% | Krishnan. R. | DMK | 14806 |
| 228 | Kanniyakumari | S. Muthukrishnan | AIADMK | 35613 | 47.58% | Mathevan Pillai. A. | INC | 7098 |
| 229 | Nagercoil | Vincent. M. | AIADMK | 39328 | 54.76% | Thiraviam. A. | DMK | 9283 |
| 230 | Colachel | S. Retnaraj | DMK | 42949 | 67.03% | Sanotsham. M. | AIADMK | 21822 |
| 231 | Padmanabhapuram | P. Mohammad Ismail | JP | 19758 | 37.27% | Lawrence. K. | GKC | 2324 |
| 232 | Thiruvattar | Hemachandran J. | CPI(M) | 29463 | 47.71% | Thobias P. | INC | 12364 |
| 233 | Vilavancode | Moni D. | CPI(M) | 34170 | 53.66% | Davis Raj P. | DMK | 8822 |
| 234 | Killiyoor | P. Vijayaraghavan | JP | 31521 | 54.28% | Russel Raj C. | DMK | 14830 |