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Veerapandi | |
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Constituency No. 91 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Salem |
LS constituency | Salem |
Total electors | 2,60,064[1] |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | AIADMK |
Elected year | 2021 |
Veerapandi is a legislative assembly constituency in Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 91. It comprises a portion of Salem taluk and is a part of the wider Salem constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[3] The constituency has been in existence since the 1957 election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.
Category | Data |
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Created | 2016 |
Vanniyar | 30% |
Sengundhar Kaikola Mudaliyar | 25% |
Kongu Vellalar Gounder | 15% |
Adi Dravida | 7% |
Arunthathiyar | 05% |
Others | 18% |
Total Electorate | 2,39,268 |
Year | Winner | Party | |
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1957 | M. R. Kandasami Mudaliar | Indian National Congress | |
1962 | S. Arumugam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1967 |
Year | Winner | Party | |
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1971 | S. Arumugam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1977 | P. Venga Gounder | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1980 | P. Vijayalakshmi | ||
1984 | |||
1989 | P. Venkatachalam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1991 | K. Arjunan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1996 | S. Arumugam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
2001 | S. K. Selvam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
2006 | A. Rajendran | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
2011 | S. K. Selvam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
2016 | P. Manonmani[5] | ||
2021 | M. Rajamuthu |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | M. Rajamuthu | 111,682 | 50.24% | +4.39 | |
DMK | A. K. Tharun | 91,787 | 41.29% | +2.44 | |
NTK | S. Rajeshkumar | 9,806 | 4.41% | +3.81 | |
AMMK | S. K. Selvam | 4,986 | 2.24% | New | |
NOTA | NOTA | 1,409 | 0.63% | −0.73 | |
IJK | R. Amutha | 1,302 | 0.59% | New | |
Margin of victory | 19,895 | 8.95% | 1.94% | ||
Turnout | 222,293 | 85.48% | −0.92% | ||
Rejected ballots | 1063 | 0.48% | |||
Registered electors | 260,064 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | 4.39% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | P. Manonmani | 94,792 | 45.86% | −9.87 | |
DMK | A. Rajendran | 80,311 | 38.85% | −2.13 | |
PMK | A. R. B. Samraj | 17,218 | 8.33% | New | |
CPI | A. Mohan | 6,483 | 3.14% | New | |
NOTA | NOTA | 2,828 | 1.37% | New | |
NTK | M. Sasi Kumar | 1,233 | 0.60% | New | |
KMDK | K. P. Kamaraaj | 1,198 | 0.58% | New | |
Margin of victory | 14,481 | 7.01% | −7.74% | ||
Turnout | 206,718 | 86.40% | −2.73% | ||
Registered electors | 239,268 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | -9.87% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | S. K. Selvam | 100,155 | 55.73% | +13.99 | |
DMK | A. Rajendran | 73,657 | 40.98% | −1.53 | |
Independent | M. Vaithi | 1,558 | 0.87% | New | |
Independent | K. Tamizharasan | 1,355 | 0.75% | New | |
Margin of victory | 26,498 | 14.74% | 13.97% | ||
Turnout | 179,729 | 89.12% | 9.95% | ||
Registered electors | 201,660 | ||||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 13.22% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | A. Rajendran | 90,477 | 42.51% | +4.59 | |
AIADMK | P. Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy | 88,839 | 41.74% | −16.64 | |
DMDK | S. Salem Govindaraj | 28,254 | 13.27% | New | |
BJP | A. Annadurai | 1,576 | 0.74% | New | |
Margin of victory | 1,638 | 0.77% | −19.68% | ||
Turnout | 212,846 | 79.18% | 8.14% | ||
Registered electors | 268,821 | ||||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -15.87% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | S. K. Selvam | 85,657 | 58.38% | +19.25 | |
DMK | Veerapandy S. Arumugam | 55,645 | 37.92% | −16.42 | |
MDMK | A. Anburajendran | 1,318 | 0.90% | −0.37 | |
Independent | S. Amirthalingam | 1,067 | 0.73% | New | |
Independent | V. Nehrurajan | 962 | 0.66% | New | |
Margin of victory | 30,012 | 20.45% | 5.24% | ||
Turnout | 146,733 | 71.03% | 2.12% | ||
Registered electors | 206,595 | ||||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 4.04% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | Veerapandy S. Arumugam | 75,563 | 54.34% | +34.3 | |
AIADMK | K. Arjunan | 54,412 | 39.13% | −28.99 | |
PMK | M. Chinnappan | 6,303 | 4.53% | New | |
MDMK | Anbu Rajendran | 1,760 | 1.27% | New | |
Margin of victory | 21,151 | 15.21% | −32.88% | ||
Turnout | 139,054 | 68.92% | 6.83% | ||
Registered electors | 210,273 | ||||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -13.78% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | K. Arjunan | 79,725 | 68.12% | +37.56 | |
DMK | P. Venkatachalam | 23,451 | 20.04% | −14.49 | |
PMK | M. Chinnappan | 11,799 | 10.08% | New | |
JP | P. Palaniappan | 798 | 0.68% | New | |
Margin of victory | 56,274 | 48.09% | 44.12% | ||
Turnout | 117,028 | 62.09% | −1.25% | ||
Registered electors | 194,734 | ||||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 33.59% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | P. Venkatachalam | 36,040 | 34.53% | −0.16 | |
AIADMK | S. K. Selvam | 31,899 | 30.56% | −33.14 | |
INC | K. Mariappan | 20,291 | 19.44% | New | |
AIADMK | P. Vijayalakshmi | 10,635 | 10.19% | −53.52 | |
Independent | M. G. C. Prabhakar | 2,300 | 2.20% | New | |
Independent | N. Krishnamoorthy | 1,618 | 1.55% | New | |
Independent | M. Govindan | 673 | 0.64% | New | |
Margin of victory | 4,141 | 3.97% | −25.05% | ||
Turnout | 104,369 | 63.34% | −8.81% | ||
Registered electors | 168,878 | ||||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -29.17% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | P. Vijayalakshmi | 61,609 | 63.70% | +5.75 | |
DMK | Subramaniam | 33,549 | 34.69% | −5.12 | |
Independent | C. Raja | 552 | 0.57% | New | |
Margin of victory | 28,060 | 29.01% | 10.88% | ||
Turnout | 96,710 | 72.15% | 1.15% | ||
Registered electors | 141,355 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | 5.75% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | P. Vijayalakshmi | 51,034 | 57.95% | +13.08 | |
DMK | K. P. Srinivasan | 35,061 | 39.81% | +14.31 | |
JP | M. M. Nallathambi | 1,331 | 1.51% | New | |
Independent | T. K. Thangavel | 508 | 0.58% | New | |
Margin of victory | 15,973 | 18.14% | −1.23% | ||
Turnout | 88,061 | 71.00% | 9.83% | ||
Registered electors | 125,608 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | 13.08% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | P. Venga Gounder | 31,920 | 44.87% | New | |
DMK | M. Muthuswamy | 18,144 | 25.50% | −36.72 | |
INC | T. V. Thirumalai | 10,777 | 15.15% | −12.6 | |
JP | P. C. Kolandavelu | 9,898 | 13.91% | New | |
Independent | R. Viruppannan | 401 | 0.56% | New | |
Margin of victory | 13,776 | 19.36% | −15.11% | ||
Turnout | 71,140 | 61.17% | −6.99% | ||
Registered electors | 117,964 | ||||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -17.36% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | Veerapandy S. Arumugam | 41,369 | 62.23% | −3.88 | |
INC | T. V. Thirumalai | 18,449 | 27.75% | −6.13 | |
CPI(M) | K. Rangannan | 4,221 | 6.35% | New | |
Independent | M. Malaikolundupillai | 2,440 | 3.67% | New | |
Margin of victory | 22,920 | 34.48% | 2.25% | ||
Turnout | 66,479 | 68.16% | −4.92% | ||
Registered electors | 101,883 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | -3.88% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Veerapandy S. Arumugam | 42,681 | 66.11% | +11.33 | |
INC | N. S. Sundararajan | 21,876 | 33.89% | −5.5 | |
Margin of victory | 20,805 | 32.23% | 16.83% | ||
Turnout | 64,557 | 73.08% | 0.73% | ||
Registered electors | 90,758 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | 11.33% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Veerapandy S. Arumugam | 30,840 | 54.78% | New | |
INC | A. Mariappan | 22,171 | 39.39% | −15.82 | |
Independent | V. Siddha Chetty | 1,450 | 2.58% | New | |
Independent | K. Chinnathambi Gounder | 937 | 1.66% | New | |
Independent | K. Samuel | 895 | 1.59% | New | |
Margin of victory | 8,669 | 15.40% | −9.26% | ||
Turnout | 56,293 | 72.35% | 20.62% | ||
Registered electors | 80,507 | ||||
DMK gain from INC | Swing | -0.42% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | M. R. Kandasamy Mudaliar | 21,264 | 55.21% | New | |
Independent | Chelliah | 11,765 | 30.54% | New | |
Independent | K. V. Palanisamy | 2,838 | 7.37% | New | |
Independent | Shanmuga Mudali | 1,589 | 4.13% | New | |
Independent | Muthusamy Konan | 1,062 | 2.76% | New | |
Margin of victory | 9,499 | 24.66% | |||
Turnout | 38,518 | 51.74% | |||
Registered electors | 74,451 | ||||
INC win (new seat) |