About Ramanathapuram Assembly Constituency

Ramanathapuram is constituency No. 211 of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly. This unreserved constituency is the administrative headquarters of Ramanthapuram district.

According to data collected by the Election Commission of India, Ramanathapuram has 2,26,191 registered voters. It has 1,13,389 male, and 1,12,797 female voters.

This assembly seat was won by the Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MAMAK) party in the 2011 assembly elections. Founded in 2009, the MAMAK party secured its maiden victory in this constituency. Jawahirulla, the winning candidate, bagged 65,831 votes. With 50,074 votes, INC candidate Hasan Ali K. was the runner-up. The winning margin was 15,757 votes. The voter turnout was 71.08 %.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Ramanathapuram Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Ramanathapuram assembly elections conducted so far.

YearA C No.Constituency NameCategoryWinnerSex PartyVotesRunner UpGenderPartyVotes
2011211RamanathapuramGENJawahirullaMMAMAK65831Hasan Ali KMINC50074
2006201RamanathapuramGENHussan Ali.K.MINC66922Palanichamy.MMMDMK53555
2001201RamanathapuramGENAnwer Rhazza AMADMK59824Rahman Khan AMDMK50712
1996201RamanathapuramGENRahmankhan, A.MDMK59794Sekar, S.K.G.MADMK23903
1991201RamanathapuramGENThennavan M.MADK62004Kader M. A.MDMK31635
1989201RamanathapuramGENRajenthiran, M.S.K.MDMK38747Sekar, S.MADK(JL)24636
1984201RamanathapuramGENT. RamasamyMADK56342M.S. Abdul RaheemMDMK35615
1980201RamanathapuramGENRamasamy, T.MADK46987Zeenath SheriffdeenFINC(I)32755
1977201RamanathapuramGENT. RamaswamyMADK33048S.K. GanesanMJNP15520
1971196RamanathapuramGENSathiyendran M. S. K.MDMK40690Balagangadharan R.MNCO19649
1967196RamanathapuramGENT.ThangappanMDMK35880S.R.SethupathyMINC27270

Last Updated on May 13, 2016