Jayankondam Assembly constituency


Jayankondam is a state assembly constituency in Ariyalur district in Tamil Nadu. It falls under Chidambaram (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Jayankondam
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictAriyalur
LS constituencyChidambaram
Established1952
Total electors2,66,268[1]
ReservationGeneral
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAKa. So. Ka. Kannan
Party  DMK  
Elected year2021

Most successful party: DMK (6 times)

Madras State
Year Winner Party
1952 Ayyavu and K. R. Viswanathan Tamil Nadu Toilers Party
1957 K. R. Viswanathan Indian National Congress
1962 Jegadambal Velayudam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967 K. A. A. K. Moorthy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu
Year Winner Party
1971 A. Chinnasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 V. Karunamurthy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 P. Thangavelu Indian National Congress (I)
1984 N. Masilamani Indian National Congress
1989 K. C. Ganesan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 K. K. Chinnappan Indian National Congress
1996 K. C. Ganesan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 S. Annadurai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 K. Rajendran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011 J. Guru (alias) Gurunathan Pattali Makkal Katchi
2016 J. K. N. Ramajeyalingam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 Ka. So. Ka. Kannan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Demographics
Demographics (2016)
Category Data
Created 2016
Vanniyar 40%
Sengunthar Kaikola Mudaliyar 20%
Dalits 20%
Others 20%

[3]

Election results
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Jayankondam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK J. K. N. Ramajeyalingam 4000 37.09
PMK J. Guru (alias) Gurunathan 52,738 25.85
INC Rajendran G 46,868 22.97
MDMK Kandasamy M S 21,405 10.49
NOTA None of the above 1,950 0.96
Margin of victory 22,934 11.94
Turnout 2,04,246 81.48
AIADMK gain from PMK Swing
2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Jayankondam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PMK J. Guru (alias) Gurunathan 92,739 51.53
AIADMK Elavazhagan P 77,601 43.12
BJP Krishna Moorthy S 1,775 0.99
IJK Ramachandran G 1,771 0.98
IND Vadivel V 1,698 0.94
Margin of victory 15,138 8.41
Turnout 1,80,057 83.28
PMK gain from AIADMK Swing

1957
1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Jayankondam[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. R. Viswanathan 20,232 48.37% 30.79%
Independent Jayaramulu Chettiar 10,625 25.40%
Independent Ayyaru 5,133 12.27%
Independent Baskaran 2,517 6.02%
Independent Raghava Vandaiyar 2,023 4.84%
Independent Rathinam 1,296 3.10%
Margin of victory 9,607 22.97% 22.63%
Turnout 41,826 49.03% -79.45%
Registered electors 85,309
INC gain from TTP Swing 16.82%

1952
1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Jayankondam[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TTP Ayyavu 58,397 31.55%
TTP K. R. Viswanathan 57,775 31.21%
INC Muthukumaraswami Mudaliar 32,548 17.58% 17.58%
INC Raghupathi 28,089 15.18% 15.18%
Independent Veeraswami 8,291 4.48%
Margin of victory 622 0.34%
Turnout 1,85,100 128.48%
Registered electors 1,44,066
TTP win (new seat)

References
  1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  2. "District Profile" (PDF). Ariyalur district. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. "என்ன செய்தார் எம்.எல்.ஏ.? - காடுவெட்டி குரு (ஜெயங்கொண்டம்)" (in Tamil). Vikadan. 2019.
  4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
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