KAVERIPATTINAM
Assembly seat no. 76 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 8 times since 1977.
Winner, 1996
VENKATESAN, P.V.S.
DMK
Elections held
8
1977–2006
Most successful party
ADK
won 3 of 8
Margin, 1996
35,859
30.73% of valid votes
Result, 1996
Runner-up
ADMKMUNUSAMY, K.P.
- Votes
- 37,086
- Vote share
- 31.78%
- Behind by
- 35,859
Electors
1,71,738
Total votes polled
1,16,681
Valid votes
1,16,681
NOTA votes
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Turnout
67.9%
Full result, 1996
9 candidates · 1,16,681 valid votes
VENKATESAN, P.V.S.DMKwon
72,945
62.5%
MUNUSAMY, K.P.ADMK
37,086
31.8%
MEGANATHANPMK
3,032
2.6%
GOVINDASAMY, V.C.MDMK
1,582
1.4%
MURUGESAN, P.PJP
984
0.8%
RAVI, T.IND
430
0.4%
GNANASEKARAN, T.P.IND
274
0.2%
THOTLAN, T.IND
195
0.2%
RAMACHANDRAN, G.IND
153
0.1%
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
