title: A. P. Nandakumar
text: # A. P. Nandakumar
  
  A. P. Nandakumar is an Indian politician who is a Member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected from Anaikattu as an Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 2021.
  
  ## Electoral performance
  
  2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anaicut :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | DMK | A. P. Nandakumar | 95,159 | 48.55% | +6.12 |
  | | AIADMK | D. Velazhagan | 88,799 | 45.30% | +7.7 |
  | | NTK | A. Sumithra | 8,125 | 4.15% | New |
  | | NOTA | NOTA | 1,791 | 0.91% | +0.23 |
  | | Independent | M. Senthil Kumar | 1,357 | 0.69% | New |
  | | AMMK | V. D. Sathish Kumar | 1,140 | 0.58% | New |
  | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,360 | 3.24% | -1.58% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 196,014 | 77.00% | -1.31% |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 588 | 0.30% | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 254,562 | | |
  | | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 6.12% | |
  
  2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anaicut :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | DMK | A. P. Nandakumar | 77,058 | 42.43% | New |
  | | AIADMK | M. Kalai Arasu | 68,290 | 37.60% | New |
  | | PMK | K. L. Elavazagan | 24,711 | 13.61% | -40.9 |
  | | TMC(M) | P. S. Palani | 2,633 | 1.45% | New |
  | | BJP | K. Vijayakumar | 1,750 | 0.96% | New |
  | | NOTA | NOTA | 1,237 | 0.68% | New |
  | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,768 | 4.83% | -14.13% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 181,622 | 78.31% | 0.25% |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 231,928 | | |
  | | DMK gain from PMK | DMK gain from PMK | Swing | -12.08% | |
  