Ariankuppam Assembly constituency

Ariankuppam
Ariankuppam
Constituency No. 19 for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Puducherry
LS constituency	Puducherry
Total electors	39,001
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent R. Baskar Datchanamourtty
Party	All India N.R. Congress
Elected year	2021

Ariankuppam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. Ariankuppam assembly constituency was part of Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1964	P. Rathinavelu	Indian National Congress
1969	S. Perumal	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1974	P. C. Purushothaman	Indian National Congress
1977	P. Subbarayan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	P. Subbarayan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1985	P. Purushothaman	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1990	A. Bakthkavachalam	Janata Dal
1991	P. Subbarayan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	S. Ramsingh	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2001	Thiruae Jayamoorthy	Independent
2006	R.K.R. Anantharaman	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2011	V. Sabapathyn	All India N.R. Congress
2016	Thiruae Jayamoorthy	Indian National Congress
2021	R. Baskar Datchanamourtty	All India N.R. Congress

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			54.32%
2016			45.20%
2011			49.12%
2006			51.39%
2001			45.23%
1996			37.86%
1991			35.59%
1990			33.88%
1985			43.46%
1980			57.57%
1977			34.86%
1974			37.06%
1969			50.11%
1964			48.82%

Assembly Election 2021

2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election : Ariankuppam^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AINRC	R. Baskar Datchanamourtty	17,858	54.32%
	INC	T. Jayamoorthy	11,440	34.80%	-10.40%
	NTK	Sundaravadivelu	1,094	3.33%
	MNM	V. Ruthrakumaran	1,055	3.21%
	Independent	S. Kumaravelu	823	2.50%
	NOTA	Nota	382	1.16%	-0.38%
Margin of victory			6,418	19.52%	-1.65%
Turnout			32,874	84.23%	-2.33%
Registered electors			39,027		8.85%
	All India N.R Congress gain from INC		Swing	9.12%

Assembly Election 2016

2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election : Ariankuppam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. Jayamoorthy	14,029	45.20%	5.74%
	AIADMK	Dr. M. A. S. Subramanian	7,458	24.03%
	All India N.R Congress	V. Sabapathy @ Kothandaraman	7,248	23.35%
	Independent	S. Kumaravelu	501	1.61%
	NOTA	None of the Above	478	1.54%
	PMK	G. Lakshmanan	297	0.96%
	BJP	C. Deivassigamany	228	0.73%	0.09%
	MDMK	A. Chandirasegaran	208	0.67%
	Independent	R. Ganesan	171	0.55%
	Independent	G. Thamizhvendhan	141	0.45%
Margin of victory			6,571	21.17%	11.51%
Turnout			31,036	86.56%	-1.39%
Registered electors			35,854		15.77%
	INC gain from All India N.R Congress		Swing	-3.92%

Assembly Election 2011

2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election : Ariankuppam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All India N.R Congress	V. Sabapathy @ Kothandaraman	13,381	49.12%
	INC	T. Jayamoorthy	10,750	39.47%
	Independent	S. Kumaravelu	2,581	9.48%
	Independent	G. C. Chandran	225	0.83%
	BJP	P. Nagaradjou	176	0.65%	0.15%
	IJK	G. Sathiyanandham	126	0.46%
Margin of victory			2,631	9.66%	2.70%
Turnout			27,239	87.95%	-1.37%
Registered electors			30,970		6.77%
	All India N.R Congress gain from PMK		Swing	-2.26%

Assembly Election 2006

2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ariankuppam^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	R. K. R. Anantharaman	13,314	51.39%	25.38%
	PMC	T. Jayamoorthy	11,512	44.43%
	DMDK	S. Kumaravelu	485	1.87%
	Independent	M. Jayamoorthi	301	1.16%
	BJP	S. Jalendiran	128	0.49%
Margin of victory			1,802	6.95%	-12.27%
Turnout			25,910	89.32%	15.21%
Registered electors			29,007		-0.74%
	PMK gain from Independent		Swing	6.16%

Assembly Election 2001

2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ariankuppam^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Jayamoorthy	9,790	45.23%
	PMK	K. R. Anantharaman	5,628	26.00%	-11.86%
	DMK	S. Ilangovan	3,371	15.57%	-16.89%
	INC	K. Vinayagamourthy	1,794	8.29%
	MDMK	T. Sadagopan	327	1.51%
	Independent	A. S. Coumaravelou	267	1.23%
	Independent	R. Jayamurthy	260	1.20%
	CPI(M)	Durai Arumugam	208	0.96%
Margin of victory			4,162	19.23%	13.83%
Turnout			21,645	74.12%	4.72%
Registered electors			29,222		14.64%
	Independent gain from PMK		Swing	9.64%

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ariankuppam^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	S. Ramsingh	7,382	37.86%	9.46%
	DMK	T. Jayamoorthy	6,329	32.46%	-3.13%
	AIADMK	S. Sreedharan	3,770	19.34%	5.39%
	Independent	P. Purushothaman	1,754	9.00%
Margin of victory			1,053	5.40%	-1.79%
Turnout			19,496	79.25%	9.85%
Registered electors			25,491		4.13%
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	2.27%

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ariankuppam^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Subbarayan	5,794	35.59%
	PMK	S. Ramsing	4,624	28.40%	-1.42%
	Independent	P. Purushothaman	2,873	17.65%
	AIADMK	V. Kalivaradhan	2,271	13.95%	-16.03%
	JP	K. Chandrashekharan	635	3.90%
Margin of victory			1,170	7.19%	3.29%
Turnout			16,279	69.40%	-3.46%
Registered electors			24,480		0.70%
	DMK gain from JD		Swing	1.71%

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ariankuppam^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	A. Bakthkavachalam	5,950	33.88%
	AIADMK	Gopalusamy Alias G. D. Chandran	5,265	29.98%	-13.48%
	PMK	S. Ramsing	5,238	29.82%
	Independent	Arumugam Alias P. Chinnathambi	888	5.06%
	JP	A. Karthikeyan	175	1.00%
Margin of victory			685	3.90%	0.92%
Turnout			17,563	72.85%	-8.27%
Registered electors			24,309		54.58%
	JD gain from AIADMK		Swing	-9.58%

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ariankuppam^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Purushothaman	5,505	43.46%	8.05%
	DMK	P. Subbarayan	5,127	40.47%	-17.10%
	JP	S. Narasingam	1,989	15.70%
Margin of victory			378	2.98%	-19.19%
Turnout			12,668	81.12%	-0.82%
Registered electors			15,726		17.69%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-14.12%

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ariankuppam^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Subbarayan	5,900	57.57%	22.71%
	AIADMK	M. Pandurangan	3,628	35.40%	8.97%
	INC(U)	Savoundararaja Alias Radha	390	3.81%
	Independent	V. Arumugam Alias Vinayagam	257	2.51%
	Independent	S. Perumal	73	0.71%
Margin of victory			2,272	22.17%	14.23%
Turnout			10,248	81.94%	3.79%
Registered electors			13,362		7.78%
	DMK hold		Swing	22.71%

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ariankuppam^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Subbarayan	3,345	34.86%	1.62%
	INC	G. Dharmalingam	2,583	26.92%	-10.14%
	AIADMK	M. Pandurangan Rama Krishnan	2,536	26.43%
	JP	A. Bakthavachalam	1,048	10.92%
	Independent	S. Rasendiran	83	0.87%
Margin of victory			762	7.94%	4.12%
Turnout			9,595	78.15%	-8.01%
Registered electors			12,397		12.97%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-2.20%

Assembly Election 1974

1974 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ariankuppam^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. C. Purushothaman	3,364	37.06%	-12.83%
	DMK	P. Subbarayan	3,017	33.24%	-16.86%
	CPI	Saraswati Subbiah	2,460	27.10%
	CPI(M)	P. Chakrapani	235	2.59%
Margin of victory			347	3.82%	3.61%
Turnout			9,076	86.16%	1.46%
Registered electors			10,974		20.86%
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-13.04%

Assembly Election 1969

1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ariankuppam^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Perumal	3,774	50.11%
	INC	P. C. Purushothaman	3,758	49.89%	1.07%
Margin of victory			16	0.21%	-3.27%
Turnout			7,532	84.70%	6.52%
Registered electors			9,080		0.10%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	1.28%

Assembly Election 1964

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election : Ariankuppam^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	P. Rathinavelu	3,376	48.82%
	IPF	V. Thulasingam	3,135	45.34%
	Independent	S. Sundararajan	360	5.21%
	Independent	T. Palani Gramany	44	0.64%
Margin of victory			241	3.49%
Turnout			6,915	78.18%
Registered electors			9,071
	INC win (new seat)

References

^ "Puducherry General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ "Puducherry 2006". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 2001". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1996". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1991". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1990". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1985". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1980". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1977". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1974". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1969". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
^ "Puducherry 1964". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019.

"Schedule XXII Puducherry Table A - Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 May 2011.

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[election2021-1] "Puducherry General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

[2] "Puducherry 2006". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021.

[3] "Puducherry 2001". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.

[4] "Puducherry 1996". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.

[5] "Puducherry 1991". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.

[6] "Puducherry 1990". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.

[7] "Puducherry 1985". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.

[8] "Puducherry 1980". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.

[9] "Puducherry 1977". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.

[10] "Puducherry 1974". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.

[11] "Puducherry 1969". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.

[12] "Puducherry 1964". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019.

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