Sulur (Tamil: சூலூர்) is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[2][3] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 116. It comprises the Town Panchayat of Irugur, Kannampalayam, Mopperipalayam, Pallapalayam, Samalapuram, Sulur . It also has karumathapatti municipality and Village Panchayat of Sulur Block and Sultanpet Block surrounding areas in Coimbatore. It was formed in 2009 and is part of the Coimbatore parliamentary constituency.[4][5] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
| Sulur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 116 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Coimbatore |
| LS constituency | Coimbatore |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 3,17,124[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AIADMK |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Members of the Assembly edit
| Assembly | Duration | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourteenth | 2011-2016 | K. Thinakaran | Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | |
| Fifteenth | 2016-2019 | R. Kanagaraj | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| By-Election 2019 | 2019 – 2021 | V. P. Kandasamy | ||
| Sixteenth | 2021–present | |||
Election results edit
2021 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. P. Kandasamy | 118,968 | 49.23% | ||
| DMK | Premier Selvam (A)Kalichamy M | 87,036 | 36.02% | ||
| NTK | Elangovan. G | 14,426 | 5.97% | ||
| MNM | Ranganathan. A | 12,658 | 5.24% | ||
| AMMK | Senthil Kumar. S. A. | 4,111 | 1.70% | ||
| NOTA | Nota | 2,610 | 1.08% | ||
| Margin of victory | 31,932 | 13.21% | -3.97% | ||
| Turnout | 2,41,653 | 76.20% | 0.60% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 309 | 0.13% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,17,124 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 1.85% | |||
2019 By-election edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. P. Kandasamy | 1,00,782 | 44.78 | ||
| DMK | Pongalur N. Palanisamy | 90,669 | 40.29 | ||
| AMMK | K. Sugumar | 16,530 | 7.35 | ||
| MNM | S. Mohanraj | 6,644 | 2.95 | ||
| NTK | V. Vijaya Ragavan | 4,335 | 1.93 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,938 | 0.86 | ||
| Majority | 10,113 | 4.49 | |||
| Turnout | 2,26,998 | 76.89 | |||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | ||||
2016 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | R. Kanagaraj | 100,977 | 47.38% | ||
| INC | Manoharan. V. M. C. | 64,346 | 30.19% | ||
| BJP | Mandharasalam. S. D. | 13,517 | 6.34% | 3.78% | |
| DMDK | Thinakaran. K. | 13,106 | 6.15% | -46.14% | |
| KMDK | Premier Selvam @ Kalichamy. M. | 9,672 | 4.54% | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,688 | 1.73% | ||
| NTK | Vijayaragavan. M. V. | 2,873 | 1.35% | ||
| PMK | Ganesan. P. K. | 1,687 | 0.79% | ||
| Margin of victory | 36,631 | 17.19% | -0.23% | ||
| Turnout | 2,13,121 | 75.60% | -4.55% | ||
| Registered electors | 2,81,890 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMDK | Swing | -4.91% | |||
2011 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMDK | K. Thinakaran | 88,680 | 52.29% | ||
| KNMK | E. R. Eswaran | 59,148 | 34.88% | ||
| Independent | Dhinakaran K | 7,285 | 4.30% | ||
| BJP | Senthilkumar K | 4,353 | 2.57% | ||
| Independent | Karthikeyan Pon | 3,053 | 1.80% | ||
| Independent | Mariappan Dr M | 2,205 | 1.30% | ||
| Independent | Jerold Amalajothi I | 1,315 | 0.78% | ||
| Independent | Thangavelu C | 1,281 | 0.76% | ||
| BSP | Abdul Hakkim P | 1,064 | 0.63% | ||
| Margin of victory | 29,532 | 17.41% | {{{change}}} | ||
| Turnout | 2,11,574 | 80.16% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,69,588 | ||||
| DMDK win (new seat) | |||||
1962 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | C. Kolandai Ammal | 25,732 | 38.76% | -5.83% | |
| CPI | K. N. Chinnayan | 21,375 | 32.19% | ||
| PSP | Kumarasami Gounder | 10,017 | 15.09% | ||
| DMK | U. K. N. Rasu | 6,953 | 10.47% | ||
| Independent | A. Sethupathy | 1,364 | 2.05% | ||
| Independent | V. R. Gopalasami Chettiar | 955 | 1.44% | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,357 | 6.56% | -0.08% | ||
| Turnout | 66,396 | 77.14% | 25.43% | ||
| Registered electors | 89,754 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | -5.83% | |||
1957 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | C. Kolandai Ammal | 18,328 | 44.59% | ||
| CPI | K. Ramani | 15,598 | 37.95% | ||
| Independent | Shanmugasundaram | 4,053 | 9.86% | ||
| Independent | Natarajan | 3,126 | 7.60% | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,730 | 6.64% | |||
| Turnout | 41,105 | 51.70% | |||
| Registered electors | 79,503 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
References edit
- ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
- ^ Two more Assembly segments notified
- ^ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2021". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election), 2019 By-Election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
External links edit
- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.