Manamadurai is the 187th state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. It is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency located in Sivaganga district. It is a component of Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency. In 2008, Ilaiyangudi Assembly constituency was merged with Manamadurai Assembly constituency under the constituency delimitation act. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
Some of the major demands of people in Manamadurai constituency include constructing new bus stands at Thiruppuvanam and Suranam and upgrading the bus stands present in Manamadurai, Ilaiyangudi and Salaigramam, and also to operate the TNSTC Karaikudi division bus depot located at Manamadurai SIPCOT into a full swing manner instead of operating it as a temporary subdepot. To bring an Agro Based Industry related with capsicum plantations near Ilaiyangudi as these areas have more capsicum plantations. They also include the revival of SIPCOT at Manamadurai and SIDCO at Kirungakottai near Manamadurai and also to operate the announced new SIDCO at Manamadurai as well as upgrading village roads to highway roads which are present between Manamadurai and Naraikudi via Annavasal, Maraiyur and Salaigramam to Devakottai via Suranam, Sarukani. Manamadurai Assembly constituency consists of three taluks namely Manamadurai taluk, Ilayangudi taluk and Tiruppuvanam taluk.
Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.
Members of Legislative Assembly Madras State
YearWinner Party 1952 Krishnaswami Iyengar 1957 R. Chidambara Bharathi 1962K. Cheemaichamy 1967
Tamil Nadu
YearWinner Party 1971 T. Soniah 1977 V. M. Subramanian 1980K. Paramalai 1984 1989 P. Duraipandi 1991 V. M. Subramanian 1996 K. Thangamani 2001 K. Paramalai 2006M. Gunasekaran 2011 2016 S. Mariappankennady - disqualification by Assembly Speaker 2017 2019 by-election S. Nagarajan 2021 A. Tamilarasi 2026 D. Elangovan
Election results
2026
2021
2019 by-election
2016
2011
2006
2001
1996
1991
1989
1984
1980
1977
1971
1967
1962
1957
1952
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