15 elections on record · DMK dominant · 15 total
Kunnam is an Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. It has participated in 15 elections from 1962 to 2026. DMK is the historically dominant party with 6 wins out of 15 elections.
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote % | Runner-up | Party | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | S. S. Sivasankar | DMK | 87237 | 37.84% | A. Saranya | ADMK | 15557 |
| 2021 | S. S. Sivasankar | DMK | 103922 | 47.26% | R. T. Ramachandran | ADMK | 6329 |
| 2016 | Ramachandran R.T | ADMK | 78218 | 38.15% | Durairaj T | DMK | 18796 |
| 2011 | S. S. Sivasankar | DMK | 81723 | 46.89% | Durai Kamaraj | DMDK | 22957 |
| 2006 | K. Balabarathi | CPI(M) | 66811 | 43.74% | N. Selvaraghavan | MDMK | 18949 |
| 2001 | K. Nagalakshimi | CPI(M) | 71003 | 47.37% | M. Basheer Ahmed | DMK | 2779 |
| 1996 | R. Manimaran | DMK | 94353 | 65.53% | V. Marutharaj | ADMK | 65124 |
| 1991 | B. Nirmala | ADMK | 80795 | 64.00% | S.A. Thangarajan | CPI(M) | 44004 |
| 1989 | S. A. Thangarajan | CPI(M) | 46617 | 37.77% | M. Sandhana Mary | INC | 17802 |
| 1984 | A. Premkumar | AIADMK | 67718 | 62.68% | N. Varadarajan | CPI | 32766 |
| 1980 | N. Varadarajan | IND | 55195 | 54.89% | Abdul Khader. N. | INC | 11519 |
| 1977 | N. Varadharajan | CPI(M) | 33614 | 45.19% | V. S. Lakshmanan | DMK | 19882 |
| 1971 | S. Nallasamy | DMK | 45977 | 56.55% | T. M. Nallaswamy | INC | 10657 |
| 1967 | T. M. Nallaswamy | INC | 33552 | 44.95% | S. Nallaswamy | CPI(M) | 4875 |
| 1962 | Jagadambal Velayudam | DMK | 33005 | 52.16% | S. Samikannu Padayachi | INC | 8149 |