Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu Assembly constituency
Dharmapuri is a state assembly constituency in Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu, India.[2] It comprises a portion of Dharmapuri taluk and is a part of the similarly named constituency which is used for national elections to the Parliament of India.[3]
| Dharmapuri | |
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| Constituency for the State Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Dharmapuri |
| LS constituency | Dharmapuri |
| Total electors | 2,69,537[1] |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Current MLA | S. P. Venkateshwaran |
| Party | PMK |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Madras State
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | P. Rajagopala Gounder | Independent | |
| 1957 | M. Kandasami Kandar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | R. S. Veerappa Chettiar | Independent | |
| 1967 | M. S. Gaounder | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Tamil Nadu
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | R. Chinnasamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1977 | P. K. C. Muthusamy | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | S. Aranganathan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1984 | R. Chinnasamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1989 | R. Chinnasamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1991 | P. Ponnusamy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | K. Manoharan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2001 | K. Paarry Mohan | Pattali Makkal Katchi | |
| 2006 | L. Velusamy | Pattali Makkal Katchi | |
| 2011 | A. Baskar | Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | |
| 2016 | P. Subramani[4] | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2021 | S. P. Venkateshwaran[5] | Pattali Makkal Katchi | |
Election results
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMK | S. P. Venkateshwaran | 1,05,630 | 48.6 | ||
| DMK | P Subramani | 78,770 | 36.24 | ||
| AMMK | D K Rajendran | 11,226 | 5.17 | ||
| NTK | Senthilkumar (A)Senthil | 8,700 | 4 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,17,333 | ||||
| PMK gain from DMK | Swing | ||||
1957
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | M. Kandasami Kandar | 11,661 | 35.19% | 12.18% | |
| Independent | R. S. Veerappa Chetty | 11,459 | 34.58% | ||
| Independent | P. M. Kuppusami | 5,824 | 17.58% | ||
| Independent | P. R. Rajagopal Goundar | 4,192 | 12.65% | ||
| Margin of victory | 202 | 0.61% | -0.41% | ||
| Turnout | 33,136 | 36.20% | -8.22% | ||
| Registered electors | 91,530 | ||||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | 8.54% | |||
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | P. R. Rajagopala Gounder | 7,262 | 26.65% | ||
| Independent | R. S. Veerappa Chettiar | 6,984 | 25.63% | ||
| INC | P. Appavu Pillai | 6,270 | 23.01% | 23.01% | |
| Independent | V. Ayyam Perumal | 3,179 | 11.67% | ||
| Socialist | G. Vadivelu | 2,040 | 7.49% | ||
| KMPP | T. Dharmalinga Mudaliar | 1,512 | 5.55% | ||
| Margin of victory | 278 | 1.02% | |||
| Turnout | 27,247 | 44.43% | |||
| Registered electors | 61,331 | ||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
References
- "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 59. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- "Election Commission of India".
- "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.
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
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