15 elections on record · DMK dominant · 15 total
Nagapattinam is an Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. It has participated in 15 elections from 1962 to 2026. DMK is the historically dominant party with 5 wins out of 15 elections.
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote % | Runner-up | Party | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | M. H. Jawahirullah | DMK | 56305 | 37.21% | M. Sugumar | TVK | 9781 |
| 2021 | Aloor Shanavas | VCK | 66281 | 46.17% | Thanga Kathiravan | ADMK | 7238 |
| 2016 | Thamimun Ansari M | ADMK | 64903 | 48.28% | Mohamed Jafarullah A | MMK | 20550 |
| 2011 | K. A. Jayapal | AIADMK | 61870 | 51.26% | Mohamed Sheik Dawood | DMK | 5743 |
| 2006 | S. S. Sivasankar | DMK | 51395 | 45.29% | K. Pannerselvam | ADMK | 5828 |
| 2001 | J. Guru Alias Gurunathan | PMK | 66576 | 59.41% | M. Gnanamoorthy | DMK | 27002 |
| 1996 | Rajendiran @ Deeran | PMK | 49853 | 47.48% | Sivasubramaniyan | DMK | 13402 |
| 1991 | R. Thangarajulk | INC | 40816 | 42.19% | M. Gnanamoorthy | PMK | 7672 |
| 1989 | S. Sivasubramanian | DMK | 28500 | 48.01% | A. Elavarasan | ADK(J) | 13831 |
| 1984 | Adhimoolam Alias Gandhi | AIADMK | 43911 | 52.92% | S. Sivasubramanian | DMK | 6016 |
| 1980 | S. Krishnamoorthy | AIADMK | 36120 | 50.49% | Sivasubramanian. S. | DMK | 708 |
| 1977 | T. Subramanian | AIADMK | 36885 | 56.45% | S. Sivasubramaniam | DMK | 14829 |
| 1971 | P. Soundarapandiyan | DMK | 36177 | 55.03% | P. M. Thangavelraj | INC | 7157 |
| 1967 | P. Soundarapandiyan | DMK | 28444 | 48.72% | T. V. Sannasi | INC | 2541 |
| 1962 | A. K. Subbaiah | CPI | 45148 | 56.28% | V. VEdaiyan | INC | 10070 |