title: G. Iyappan
text: # G. Iyappan
  
  G. Iyaappan (கோ. அய்யப்பன்) is an Indian politician and a member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. A native of Cuddalore district, His profession according to the election affidavit filed with the Election Commission is: Real Estate, Farmer. G Iyappan's educational qualifications are: Post Graduate and is 63 years old now. He has been elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Cuddalore constituency in 2006 and 2021. He has two sons, Dr. Praveen and Vinoth.
  
  ## Electoral performance
  
  2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Cuddalore :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | DMK | G. Iyappan | 84,563 | 46.46% | +19.53 |
  | | AIADMK | M. C. Sampath | 79,412 | 43.63% | +2.56 |
  | | NTK | V. Jaladeepan | 9,563 | 5.25% | -1.98 |
  | | MNM | K. Anandraj | 4,040 | 2.22% | New |
  | | DMDK | A. Gnanapandithan | 1,499 | 0.82% | New |
  | | NOTA | NOTA | 1,236 | 0.68% | -0.51 |
  | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,151 | 2.83% | -11.31% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 182,001 | 76.35% | 1.66% |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 391 | 0.21% | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 238,364 | | |
  | | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 5.39% | |
  
  2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Cuddalore :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | DMK | G. Iyappan | 67,003 | 47.76% | +2.15 |
  | | AIADMK | G. Kumar | 60,737 | 43.30% | New |
  | | DMDK | G. V. Jayakumar | 7,866 | 5.61% | New |
  | | BJP | P. Sivakumar | 1,803 | 1.29% | New |
  | | Independent | S. Sriramulu | 797 | 0.57% | New |
  | | Independent | J. Srivathsan | 776 | 0.55% | New |
  | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,266 | 4.47% | 4.44% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 140,286 | 71.54% | 14.95% |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 196,095 | | |
  | | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 2.15% | |
  