Avanashi Assembly constituency
Avanashi | |
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Constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Tiruppur |
LS constituency | Nilgiris |
Total electors | 2,80,560 |
Reservation | SC |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | AIADMK |
Elected year | 2021 |
Avanashi is a legislative assembly, that includes the city, Avanashi. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 112. From 1977, this seat is reserved for scheduled caste. Avanashi assembly constituency is a part of Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency. This is one of the two assembly constituencies having inter-district boundaries of limit, the other being Udumalaipettai. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
Composition
It is composed of Annur taluk in Coimbatore district and Avinashi taluk in Tiruppur district.
Madras State
Year | Winner | Party | |
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1957 | K. Marappa Gounder | Indian National Congress | |
1962 | |||
1967 | R. K. Gounder | Swatantra Party |
Tamil Nadu
Assembly | Duration | Winner | Party | |
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Fifth | 1971-77 | T.O.Periyasamy | Vivasaya Sangam | |
Sixth | 1977-80 | S. N. Palaniswamy | Indian National Congress | |
Seventh | 1980-84 | M. Arumugam | Communist Party of India | |
Eighth | 1984-89 | P. Lakshmi | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Ninth | 1989-91 | R. Annanambi | ||
Tenth | 1991-96 | M. Seeniammal | ||
Eleventh | 1996-01 | G. Elango | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Twelfth | 2001-06 | S. Mahalingam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Thirteenth | 2006-2011 | R. Prema | ||
Fourteenth | 2011-2016 | A. A. Karuppasamy | ||
Fifteenth | 2016-2021 | P. Dhanapal | ||
Sixteenth | 2021-Incumbent |
Election results
2021
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | P. Dhanapal | 117,284 | 55.78% | 7.67% | |
DMK | Athiyamaan Raju | 66,382 | 31.57% | -0.73% | |
NTK | Shoba | 13,256 | 6.30% | 5.52% | |
MNM | Venkateswaran. A | 8,379 | 3.99% | ||
DMDK | Meera. K | 2,577 | 1.23% | ||
NOTA | Nota | 2,372 | 1.13% | -0.69% | |
Margin of victory | 50,902 | 24.21% | 8.40% | ||
Turnout | 2,10,255 | 74.94% | -2.82% | ||
Rejected ballots | 338 | 0.16% | |||
Registered electors | 2,80,560 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | 7.67% |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | P. Dhanapal | 93,366 | 48.11% | -18.49% | |
DMK | Anandhan E | 62,692 | 32.31% | ||
CPI | M. Arumugham | 15,016 | 7.74% | ||
BJP | Perumal C | 8,081 | 4.16% | 0.67% | |
KMDK | Pragatheeswaran B | 4,373 | 2.25% | ||
NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,534 | 1.82% | ||
NTK | Sumathi P | 1,514 | 0.78% | ||
PMK | Marimuthu K K | 1,480 | 0.76% | ||
BSP | Sakthivel M | 784 | 0.40% | ||
SHS | Rangasamy P | 671 | 0.35% | ||
Independent | Arulmurugan R | 622 | 0.32% | ||
Margin of victory | 30,674 | 15.81% | -23.90% | ||
Turnout | 1,94,062 | 77.76% | -2.48% | ||
Registered electors | 2,49,571 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | -18.49% |
2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | A. A. Karuppasamy | 103,002 | 66.60% | 26.03% | |
INC | Natarajan. A. R. | 41,591 | 26.89% | ||
BJP | Rangasamy. R. | 5,405 | 3.49% | ||
Independent | Jaya. V. | 2,798 | 1.81% | ||
Independent | Moorthy. R. | 1,858 | 1.20% | ||
Margin of victory | 61,411 | 39.71% | 36.33% | ||
Turnout | 1,92,750 | 80.24% | 9.63% | ||
Registered electors | 1,54,654 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | 26.03% |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | Prema. R. | 54,562 | 40.57% | -7.63% | |
CPI | M. Arumugham | 50,023 | 37.20% | ||
DMDK | Anandharaj. M. | 14,570 | 10.83% | ||
Independent | Mohanraj. M. | 11,146 | 8.29% | ||
BSP | Ramasamy. P. | 1,535 | 1.14% | ||
Independent | Nainan. K. | 1,021 | 0.76% | ||
SP | Raviraj. M. R. | 684 | 0.51% | ||
Independent | Chelladurai. P. | 542 | 0.40% | ||
Independent | Ganesan. A. | 393 | 0.29% | ||
Margin of victory | 4,539 | 3.38% | -13.63% | ||
Turnout | 1,34,476 | 70.61% | 4.63% | ||
Registered electors | 1,90,450 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | -7.63% |
2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | Mahalingam. S. | 59,571 | 48.20% | 14.33% | |
Independent | M. Mohankumar | 38,559 | 31.20% | ||
DMK | Radhamani Thirumathi | 17,126 | 13.86% | -42.67% | |
MDMK | R. Anna Nambi | 4,052 | 3.28% | -3.51% | |
Independent | Rajendran. P. | 2,597 | 2.10% | ||
Independent | M. P. Sengottaian | 1,674 | 1.35% | ||
Margin of victory | 21,012 | 17.00% | -5.66% | ||
Turnout | 1,23,579 | 65.98% | -4.66% | ||
Registered electors | 1,87,295 | ||||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -8.33% |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | G. Elango | 66,006 | 56.53% | ||
AIADMK | M. Thiagarajan | 39,549 | 33.87% | -35.80% | |
MDMK | R. Shanmuga Sundharam | 7,922 | 6.79% | ||
BJP | M. Palanisamy | 2,042 | 1.75% | -2.74% | |
Independent | K. Krishnan | 403 | 0.35% | ||
Independent | Neelamalai. K. Muthusamy | 320 | 0.27% | ||
Independent | S. Anvarasu | 220 | 0.19% | ||
Independent | K. M. Jayaraj | 163 | 0.14% | ||
ATMK | G. Arumugam | 132 | 0.11% | ||
Margin of victory | 26,457 | 22.66% | -23.42% | ||
Turnout | 1,16,757 | 70.64% | 3.69% | ||
Registered electors | 1,76,709 | ||||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -13.14% |
1991
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | M. Seeniammal | 69,774 | 69.67% | 37.07% | |
CPI | M. Arumugham | 23,625 | 23.59% | ||
BJP | M. Palanisamy | 4,493 | 4.49% | ||
JP | K. M. Jayaraj | 972 | 0.97% | ||
THMM | A. Selvaraj | 430 | 0.43% | ||
Independent | P. Kannaiyan | 294 | 0.29% | ||
Independent | M. Palani | 283 | 0.28% | ||
PMK | R. Palanisamy | 278 | 0.28% | ||
Margin of victory | 46,149 | 46.08% | 44.01% | ||
Turnout | 1,00,149 | 66.94% | -7.44% | ||
Registered electors | 1,60,494 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | 37.07% |
1989
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | Annanambi. R. | 33,964 | 32.60% | -34.70% | |
DMK | Dhandapani. C.T. | 31,806 | 30.53% | ||
INC | Palaniswamy. S.N. | 30,974 | 29.73% | ||
Independent | Chandramohan. K.S. | 5,028 | 4.83% | ||
Independent | Koval Ganesan | 1,570 | 1.51% | ||
Independent | Subburaju. N. | 854 | 0.82% | ||
Margin of victory | 2,158 | 2.07% | -37.12% | ||
Turnout | 1,04,196 | 74.39% | 3.04% | ||
Registered electors | 1,44,291 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | -34.70% |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | Lakshmi P. | 58,677 | 67.30% | ||
CPI | Arumugam. M. | 24,504 | 28.11% | ||
Independent | Nanjan. K. | 1,336 | 1.53% | ||
Independent | Ponnusamy. C. A. | 1,094 | 1.25% | ||
Independent | Ramaswamy. V. | 979 | 1.12% | ||
Independent | Saraswathi A. S. | 597 | 0.68% | ||
Margin of victory | 34,173 | 39.20% | 23.45% | ||
Turnout | 87,187 | 71.35% | 23.41% | ||
Registered electors | 1,31,978 | ||||
AIADMK gain from CPI | Swing | 13.08% |
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI | Arumugam. M. | 33,294 | 54.22% | ||
INC | Palanisamy. S. N. | 23,623 | 38.47% | 6.21% | |
JP | Palanisamy. K. P. | 4,492 | 7.31% | ||
Margin of victory | 9,671 | 15.75% | 13.25% | ||
Turnout | 61,409 | 47.93% | -10.29% | ||
Registered electors | 1,30,646 | ||||
CPI gain from INC | Swing | 21.96% |
1977
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | S.N. Palaniswamy | 22,550 | 32.26% | ||
AIADMK | R. Annanambi | 20,803 | 29.76% | ||
JP | P. Perumal | 15,119 | 21.63% | ||
DMK | B. Chinnan | 9,431 | 13.49% | -35.19% | |
Independent | G. Elango | 1,087 | 1.55% | ||
Independent | T.S. Chinnasamv | 917 | 1.31% | ||
Margin of victory | 1,747 | 2.50% | 1.28% | ||
Turnout | 69,907 | 58.22% | -12.30% | ||
Registered electors | 1,22,608 | ||||
INC gain from Independent | Swing | -17.64% |
1971
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T. O. Periasamy | 29,356 | 49.90% | ||
DMK | K. Thangavellu | 28,637 | 48.68% | ||
Independent | T. P. Maruthachalam | 835 | 1.42% | ||
Margin of victory | 719 | 1.22% | -7.49% | ||
Turnout | 58,828 | 70.52% | -0.58% | ||
Registered electors | 91,240 | ||||
Independent gain from SWA | Swing | -4.46% |
1967
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SWA | R. K. Gounder | 31,927 | 54.36% | ||
INC | K. M. Gounder | 26,808 | 45.64% | -7.38% | |
Margin of victory | 5,119 | 8.72% | -20.36% | ||
Turnout | 58,735 | 71.10% | 4.37% | ||
Registered electors | 87,279 | ||||
SWA gain from INC | Swing | 1.34% |
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | K. Marappa Gounder | 27,009 | 53.02% | -7.22% | |
SWA | M. Ponnusami | 12,196 | 23.94% | ||
CPI | I. M. Sherrif | 6,698 | 13.15% | ||
DMK | Ponniya Gounder | 5,037 | 9.89% | ||
Margin of victory | 14,813 | 29.08% | 8.59% | ||
Turnout | 50,940 | 66.73% | 24.61% | ||
Registered electors | 80,839 | ||||
INC hold | Swing | -7.22% |
1957
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | K. Marappa Gounder | 20,716 | 60.25% | ||
Independent | Karuppa Gounder | 13,670 | 39.75% | ||
Margin of victory | 7,046 | 20.49% | |||
Turnout | 34,386 | 42.12% | |||
Registered electors | 81,634 | ||||
INC win (new seat) |