KAVERIPATTINAM
Assembly seat no. 76 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 8 times since 1977.
Winner, 2006
MEGANATHAN T A
PMK
Elections held
8
1977–2006
Most successful party
ADK
won 3 of 8
Margin, 2006
11,734
8.31% of valid votes
Result, 2006
Runner-up
ADMKMUNUSAMY K P
- Votes
- 53,144
- Vote share
- 37.64%
- Behind by
- 11,734
Electors
1,83,149
Total votes polled
1,41,173
Valid votes
1,41,173
NOTA votes
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Turnout
77.1%
Full result, 2006
9 candidates · 1,41,173 valid votes
MEGANATHAN T APMKwon
64,878
46.0%
MUNUSAMY K PADMK
53,144
37.6%
CHINNARAJ K RDMDK
14,892
10.6%
VENKATESAN VIND
2,509
1.8%
RAJAMANI T.IND
1,511
1.1%
ARUL MOZHI MBSP
1,173
0.8%
KUPPUSAMY DIND
1,069
0.8%
KAVIARASU SIND
1,043
0.7%
MADAPPAN KBJP
954
0.7%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 8 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | MEGANATHAN T A | PMK | 64,878 | 45.96% | MUNUSAMY K P | 11,734 |
| 2001 | MUNUSAMY. K.P. | ADMK | 67,241 | 54.75% | GOVINDASAMI. V.C. | 18,517 |
| 1996 | VENKATESAN, P.V.S. | DMK | 72,945 | 62.52% | MUNUSAMY, K.P. | 35,859 |
| 1991 | MUNUSAMY K.P. | ADK | 70,136 | 69.67% | GOVINDASAMY V.C. | 47,236 |
| 1989 | V.C. GOVINDASAMI | DMK | 37,612 | 37.17% | P. MINISAMY | 3,984 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above