title: A. Soundara Pandian
text: # A. Soundara Pandian
  
  A.Soundara Pandian is an Indian politician and incumbent member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Lalgudi constituency. As a cadre of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party, he represented the same Lalgudi constituency in 2006 2011 2016 2021 elections.
  
  ## 2021Edit
  
  2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Lalgudi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | DMK | A. Soundara Pandian | 84,914 | 48.93% | 2.13 |
  | | AIADMK | D. R. Dharmaraj | 67,965 | 39.16% | 5.33 |
  | | NTK | I. Malar Tamil Prabha | 16,248 | 9.36% | 8.45 |
  | | AMMK | M. Vijayamurthy | 2,941 | 1.69% | New |
  | | NOTA | Nota | 1,200 | 0.69% | 0.48 |
  | | Independent | U. Johnson | 304 | 0.18% | New |
  | | SMKNK | K. Kamaraj | 270 | 0.16% | New |
  | | Independent | Anbil K Thangamani | 247 | 0.14% | New |
  | | AMGRDMK | R. Silambarasan | 138 | 0.08% | New |
  | | PT | P. Nambirajan | 124 | 0.07% | New |
  | | Independent | K. Dharmaraj | 120 | 0.07% | New |
  | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 16,949 | 9.77% | 7.46% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 173,554 | 79.56% | -2.11% |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 169 | 0.10% | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 218,131 | | |
  | | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 2.13% | |
  
  ## 2016Edit
  
  2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Lalgudi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | DMK | A. Soundara Pandian | 77,946 | 46.80% | 2.09 |
  | | AIADMK | M. Vijayamurthy | 74,109 | 44.50% | New |
  | | CPI(M) | M. Jayaseelan | 6,784 | 4.07% | New |
  | | NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,953 | 1.17% | New |
  | | NTK | P. Sampath | 1,521 | 0.91% | New |
  | | IJK | K. Selvakumar | 892 | 0.54% | New |
  | | Independent | K. Murugavel | 766 | 0.46% | New |
  | | PMK | R. Umamaheswaran | 745 | 0.45% | New |
  | | Independent | S. Jayachandran | 504 | 0.30% | New |
  | | Independent | A. Jeyakumar | 381 | 0.23% | New |
  | | SHS | S. Karthik | 294 | 0.18% | New |
  | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,837 | 2.30% | -2.59% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 166,554 | 81.68% | -1.78% |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 203,917 | | |
  | | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 2.09% | |
  
  ## 2011Edit
  
  2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Lalgudi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | DMK | A. Soundara Pandian | 65,363 | 44.71% | 2.91 |
  | | DMDK | A. D. Sendhureswaran | 58,208 | 39.81% | 36.5 |
  | | IJK | P. Parkkavan Pachamuthu | 14,004 | 9.58% | New |
  | | BJP | M. S. Lohithasan | 2,413 | 1.65% | 0.43 |
  | | Independent | K. Thangamani | 1,452 | 0.99% | New |
  | | Independent | A. Jeyakumar | 1,437 | 0.98% | New |
  | | BSP | C. Chinnappan | 1,167 | 0.80% | 0.01 |
  | | Independent | P. Ravi | 583 | 0.40% | New |
  | | Independent | K. Murugavel | 477 | 0.33% | New |
  | | Independent | P. Balasubramanian | 472 | 0.32% | New |
  | | Independent | S. Ayyasamy | 346 | 0.24% | New |
  | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,155 | 4.89% | 2.20% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 175,172 | 83.46% | 7.64% |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 146,201 | | |
  | | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | -2.91% | |
  
  ## 2006Edit
  
  2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Lalgudi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | DMK | A. Soundara Pandian | 62,937 | 47.62% | 1.81 |
  | | AIADMK | T. Rajaram | 59,380 | 44.93% | 2.19 |
  | | DMDK | S. Ramu | 4,376 | 3.31% | New |
  | | BJP | D. Rajendran | 1,607 | 1.22% | New |
  | | BSP | A. Ganapathi | 1,039 | 0.79% | New |
  | | Independent | N. Rajaram | 757 | 0.57% | New |
  | | Independent | A. Muthusamy | 474 | 0.36% | New |
  | | SP | P. Duraisamy | 447 | 0.34% | New |
  | | Independent | U. Krishna Moorthy | 375 | 0.28% | New |
  | | Independent | M. Nataraj | 373 | 0.28% | New |
  | | TNJC | P. Bala Subramanian | 251 | 0.19% | New |
  | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,557 | 2.69% | 1.39% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 132,167 | 75.83% | 8.67% |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 174,305 | | |
  | | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 0.51% |
  