RISHIVANDIAM
Assembly seat no. 78 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1977.
Winner, 2021
KARTHIKEYAN K
DMK
Elections held
11
1977–2021
Most successful party
DMK
won 3 of 11
Margin, 2021
41,728
19.40% of valid votes
Result, 2021
Runner-up
ADMKSANTHOSH S A
- Votes
- 72,184
- Vote share
- 33.56%
- Behind by
- 41,728
Electors
2,68,278
Total votes polled
2,15,106
Valid votes
2,15,106
NOTA votes
2,420
1.13% of votes polled
Turnout
80.2%
Full result, 2021
15 candidates · 2,15,106 valid votes
KARTHIKEYAN KDMKwon
1,13,912
53.0%
SANTHOSH S AADMK
72,184
33.6%
SURESH MANIVANNAN RNTK
12,066
5.6%
PRABHU SAMMK
10,387
4.8%
MURUGAN KIND
1,508
0.7%
SHANMUGASUNDARAM KMNM
640
0.3%
VEERAN SBSP
426
0.2%
SANTHOSH MIND
308
0.1%
CHANDRASEKARAN VIND
287
0.1%
GURU KIND
268
0.1%
TAMILVANAN MMYINDIAPARTY
151
0.1%
VENKATRAMAN JNAADAALUMMAKKALKATCHI
149
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 15. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 11 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | KARTHIKEYAN K | DMK | 1,13,912 | 52.96% | SANTHOSH S A | 41,728 |
| 2016 | KARTHIKEYAN.K | DMK | 92,607 | 47.08% | DHANDAPANI.K | 20,503 |
| 2011 | VIJAYKANT | DMDK | 91,164 | 53.19% | SIVARAJ.S | 30,795 |
| 2006 | SIVARAJ. S | INC | 54,793 | 42.74% | ATHINARAYANAN. L | 7,935 |
| 2001 | SIVARAJ S. | TMCM | 57,108 | 52.37% | T.K.T MURALI | 25,532 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
