About Kumbakonam Assembly Constituency

Kumbakonam is constituency No. 17 of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly. It is situated in Thanjavur district. It was a part of the erstwhile Kumbakonam Lok Sabha Constituency till 1977 before it got disbanded. This open constituency is now under Mayiladuturai Lok Sabha constituency.

According to the Election Commission of India, Kumbakonam has 2,00,372 registered voters. This includes 1,00,650 male and 99,722 female voters.

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) emerged victorious from this seat for the fourth consecutive time in 2011 assembly elections. Anbalagan G., the winning candidate, got 78,642 votes. He defeated his nearest contender, Eramanathan Rama of AIADMK, by a slim margin of 1,272 votes. The voter turnout was 80.64%.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Kumbakonam Assembly Constituency

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

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Sex	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2011	171	Kumbakonam	GEN	Anbalagan.G	M	DMK	78642	Eramanathan.Rama	M	AIADMK	77370
2006	187	Kumbakonam	GEN	Mani.Ko.Si	M	DMK	65305	Eramanathan.Rama	M	AIADMK	51164
2001	187	Kumbakonam	GEN	Mani Ko.Si.	M	DMK	60515	Eramanathan.Rama	M	ADMK	54019
1996	187	Kumbakonam	GEN	Mani K.S.	M	DMK	69849	Eramanatham Erama	M	ADMK	34539
1991	187	Kumbakonam	GEN	Eramanathan R.	M	ADK	67271	Kumarasamy S.	M	JD	30962
1989	187	Kumbakonam	GEN	Mani K.S.	M	DMK	36763	Krishnamoorthy K.	M	INC	29071
1984	187	Kumbakonam	GEN	Krishnamoorthy, K.	M	INC	58334	Kaliyanasudaram, S.	M	DMK	20666
1980	187	Kumbakonam	GEN	Pakeer Mohamed, E. S. M.	M	INC(I)	45038	Eradha, S. R.	M	ADK	35415
1977	187	Kumbakonam	GEN	S.R. Eradha	M	ADK	26432	O. Vadivelu Mazhavarayar	M	INC	23450
1971	173	Kumbakonam	GEN	N. Kasiraman	M	NCO	39755	S. Padmananbhan	M	DMK	37136
1967	173	Kumbakonam	GEN	N.Kasiraman	M	INC	37276	K.S.Mani	M	DMK	36083