CHIDAMBARAM
Assembly seat no. 158 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 13 times since 1971.
Tamil Nadu also has a Lok Sabha constituency called CHIDAMBARAM. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 14 results.
Winner, 2021
K.A. PANDIAN
ADMK
Elections held
13
1971–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 5 of 13
Margin, 2021
16,937
9.24% of valid votes
Result, 2021
Runner-up
IUMLS. ABDUL RAHMAN
- Votes
- 75,024
- Vote share
- 40.92%
- Behind by
- 16,937
Electors
2,54,903
Total votes polled
1,83,352
Valid votes
1,83,352
NOTA votes
1,202
0.66% of votes polled
Turnout
71.9%
Full result, 2021
11 candidates · 1,83,352 valid votes
K.A. PANDIANADMKwon
91,961
50.2%
S. ABDUL RAHMANIUML
75,024
40.9%
NATARAJAN KRISHNAMOORTHYNTK
9,071
5.0%
G. DEVASAGAYAMMNM
2,953
1.6%
M. NANTHINIDEVIAMMK
1,388
0.8%
D. CHANDRA PRABUBSP
478
0.3%
S. BALAMURUGANIND
337
0.2%
K. UDAYA SELVANANAITHUMAKKALPURATCHIKATCHI
305
0.2%
C. VINOBAIND
245
0.1%
B. NARAYANAMOORTHYIND
242
0.1%
M. RAGHUNATHANILANTAMILARMUNNANIKAZHAGAM
146
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 13 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Thamimun Ansari. M | DMK | 69,739 | 35.48% | Pandian. K.a | 5,747 |
| 2021 | K.A. PANDIAN | ADMK | 91,961 | 50.16% | S. ABDUL RAHMAN | 16,937 |
| 2016 | PANDIAN K A | ADMK | 58,543 | 34.31% | SENTHILKUMAR K R | 1,506 |
| 2011 | K.BALAKRISHNAN | CPM | 72,054 | 48.30% | SRIDHAR VANDAIYAR | 2,879 |
| 2006 | ARUNMOZHIDEVAN.A. | ADMK | 56,327 | 50.71% | BALAKRISHNAN.K. | 16,810 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above