Rajapalayam Vidhan Sabha Constituency
Rajapalayam is a Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituency of the State of Tamil Nadu in India.Areas after delimitation order of 2008
Rajapalayam Taluk (Part) Vadakku Venganallur, Sammandapuram, Melapattamkarisalkulam, Kothankulam, Arasiyarpatti, Chettikulam, Ayan Kollankondan, Tiruchanur, Pudupalaiyam, Zamin Kollankondan, Sundararajapuram, Solaicheri, Therku Venganallur, IIlandiraikondan, Settur RF, Muthusamipuram, Vadakkudevadanam, Therku Devadanam, Kovilur, Nallamangalam, Puthur, Chokkanathaputtur and Melur Duraisamipuram villages. Rajapalayam (M), Seithur (TP), Dhalavoipuram (CT) and Chettiarpatti (TP).
General Election 2021
TOTAL ELECTORS: 239461, TURN OUT TOTAL: 178708 (74.63%)| CANDIDATE | SEX | AGE | CATEGORY | PARTY | VALID VOTES POLLED | % VOTES POLLED |
| 1 THANGAPANDIAN S. | M | 52 | GEN | DMK | 74158 | 41.5 |
| 2 RAJENTHRABHALAJI K.T | M | 57 | GEN | ADMK | 70260 | 39.32 |
| 3 JEYARAJ V. | M | 47 | GEN | NTK | 15601 | 8.73 |
| 4 KALIMUTHU K. | M | 59 | GEN | AMMKMNKZ | 7664 | 4.29 |
| 5 VIVEKANANTHAN S. | M | 47 | GEN | MNM | 4057 | 2.27 |
| 6 AYYAR V.K. | M | 58 | SC | PT | 3384 | 1.89 |
| 7 NOTA | NOTA | NOTA | 1875 | 1.05 | ||
| 8 MANIKUMAR M. | M | 36 | SC | IND | 548 | 0.31 |
| 9 JEYAPRAKASH I. | M | 70 | SC | IND | 336 | 0.19 |
| 10 THANGAPANDI S. | M | 60 | GEN | IND | 264 | 0.15 |
| 11 VIJAYAKUMAR E. | M | 64 | SC | IND | 140 | 0.08 |
| 12 KALIMUTHU K. | M | 51 | GEN | IND | 120 | 0.07 |
| 13 THANGAPANDI B. | M | 25 | GEN | IND | 112 | 0.06 |
| 14 DHARMALINGAM K. | M | 50 | SC | RPPRINAT | 103 | 0.06 |
| 15 SELVARAJ G. | M | 52 | SC | IND | 86 | 0.05 |
General Election 2016
TOTAL ELECTORS : 224407, TURNOUT TOTAL: 170688 (76.06%)| CANDIDATE NAME | SEX | AGE | CATEGORY | PARTY | VALID VOTES POLLED | % VOTES POLLED |
| 1 THANGAPPANDIAN. S. | M | 47 | GEN | DMK | 74787 | 43.82 |
| 2 SHYAM, A.A.S. | M | 46 | GEN | ADMK | 69985 | 41.00 |
| 3 GURUSAMY. A. | M | 50 | GEN | CPM | 12505 | 7.33 |
| 4 RAMACHANDRA RAJA, A.N. | M | 63 | GEN | BJP | 3435 | 2.01 |
| 5 JEYARAJ. V. | M | 42 | GEN | NTK | 2414 | 1.41 |
| 6 None of the Above | NOTA | 2290 | 1.34 | |||
| 7 LAKSHMANAN. P. | M | 54 | GEN | PMK | 1073 | 0.63 |
| 8 JEYAPRAKASH. I. | M | 65 | SC | IND | 919 | 0.54 |
| 9 ARASAMANI. K. | M | 38 | SC | MAKKK | 547 | 0.32 |
| 10 JEYARAJ. T. | M | 52 | SC | IND | 451 | 0.26 |
| 11 THANGAPANDI. S. | M | 55 | GEN | IND | 402 | 0.24 |
| 12 THANGARAJ. K. | M | 58 | GEN | IND | 354 | 0.21 |
| 13 PERIYASAMY. A. | M | 53 | SC | IND | 312 | 0.18 |
| 14 THANGESWARAN. P. | M | 29 | SC | IND | 224 | 0.13 |
| 15 SAKTHIVEL.R. | M | 47 | GEN | IND | 189 | 0.11 |
| 16 MUTHUVELAN @ SARAVANAN. S. | M | 28 | GEN | IND | 159 | 0.09 |
| 17 MANMATHAN. M. | M | 61 | SC | IND | 146 | 0.09 |
| 18 KAMATCHI. R. | F | 29 | GEN | YSP | 138 | 0.08 |
| 19 ARJUNAN . K. | M | 32 | GEN | IND | 136 | 0.08 |
| 20 KALYANASUNDARAM. R.S | M | 46 | GEN | IND | 123 | 0.07 |
| 21 BALAMURUGAN.V. | M | 40 | GEN | UCPI | 99 | 0.06 |
2011 general election results
| Candidate | Sex | Age | Category | Party | Votes polled | % Votes polled |
| 1 K.GOPALSAMY | M | 36 | GEN | AIADMK | 80125 | 53.80 |
| 2 S.THANGAPANDIAN | M | 42 | GEN | DMK | 58693 | 39.41 |
| 3 N.S.RAMAKRISHNAN | M | 54 | GEN | BJP | 5428 | 3.64 |
| 4 V.MURUGAN | M | 30 | GEN | IND | 736 | 0.49 |
| 5 A.JAKIR HUSSIAN | M | 37 | GEN | IND | 701 | 0.47 |
| 6 J.JOSEPH CHELLAPPAH | M | 68 | GEN | IND | 672 | 0.45 |
| 7 S.MANIVASAGAM | M | 33 | SC | BSP | 625 | 0.42 |
| 8 R.SURIA MAHARAJA | M | 41 | GEN | IND | 570 | 0.38 |
| 9 K.DHARMALINGAM | M | 41 | SC | IND | 302 | 0.20 |
| 10 M.MANMADHAN | M | 56 | SC | IND | 278 | 0.19 |
| 11 P.AYYANAR | M | 55 | GEN | IND | 213 | 0.14 |
| 12 P.SARAVANAN | M | 40 | GEN | IND | 202 | 0.14 |
| 13 K.NEERATHILINGAM | M | 31 | GEN | IND | 166 | 0.11 |
| 14 V.SELVARAJ | M | 25 | GEN | IND | 111 | 0.07 |
| 15 B.KULANTHAIVEL | M | 31 | GEN | IND | 103 | 0.07 |
Election held before the delimitation order of 2008
This seat was reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC).2006 assembly election results
1 . CHANDRA. M. was AIADMK candidate. She polled 58320 votes.2 . RAJAN.V P was DMK candidate. He polled 57827 votes.
3 . KALIMUTHU.P was BSP candidate. He polled 13218 votes.
4 . AYYANAR. N. was DMDK candidate. He polled 10251 votes.
5 . VIJAYAKUMARI. R. was AIFB candidate. She polled 4082 votes.
6 . CHELLAPANDI. M. was BJP candidate. He polled 1640 votes.
7 . MUNIASAMY. P was an independent candidate. He polled 1210 votes.
8 . MADASAMY.I was an independent candidate. He polled 485 votes.
9 . MANMATHAN.M. was an independent candidate. He polled 403 votes.
10 . PERIYASHAMY. A. was an independent candidate. He polled 181 votes.
11 . DURAIBALAN. D. was an independent candidate. He polled 179 votes.
12 . SEEINIVASAN. V. was an independent candidate. He polled 170 votes.
13 . THANGAMUTHU.M was an independent candidate. He polled 156 votes.
TOTAL VALID VOTES POLLED: 148122