Rasipuram Assembly constituency


Rasipuram is a state assembly constituency in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu, India.[2] It comprises a portion of Rasipuram taluk and is a part of the wider Namakkal constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[3] The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

For other places with same/similar name, see Rasipuram (disambiguation).

Rasipuram
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictNamakkal
LS constituencyNamakkal
Total electors2,36,524[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAM. Mathiventhan
Party  DMK  
Elected year2021

Madras State
Year Winner Party
1952 T. M. Kaliannan Indian National Congress
1957 A. Raja Gounder Indian National Congress
1962 N. P. Sengottuvel Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967 P. Periasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu
Year Winner Party
1971 R. Nainamalai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 P. Duraisamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 K. P. Ramalingam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984 K. P. Ramalingam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 A. Subbu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 K. Palaniammal All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 P. R. Sundaram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 P. R. Sundaram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 K. P. Ramaswamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011 P. Dhanapal All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 V.SAROJA[4] All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 M. Mathiventhan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2021
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Rasipuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK M. Mathiventhan 90,727 46.08
AIADMK Dr.V.Saroja 88,775 45.09
NTK K. Silambarasi 11,295 5.74
None of the Above NOTA 2,110
Majority 1,952
Turnout 1,96,904
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing

2016
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Rasipuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Dr. V. Saroja 86,901
DMK V. P. Duraisamy 77,270
PMK Pushpagandhi 6,952
VCK Arjunan 4,341
KMDK Bharathi 2,542

1957
1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Rasipuram[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC A. Raja Gounder 20,983 54.46% 12.44%
Independent K. V. K. Ramaswami 17,545 45.54%
Margin of victory 3,438 8.92% -10.02%
Turnout 38,528 49.38% -11.58%
Registered electors 78,017
INC hold Swing 12.44%

1952
1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Rasipuram[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC T. M. Kaliannan 18,553 42.02% 42.02%
Independent K. Ramaswamy 10,189 23.08%
Socialist N. Kandaswami Mudali 8,402 19.03%
Independent R. Muthu Gounder 5,941 13.46%
Independent P. Namasivayam 1,068 2.42%
Margin of victory 8,364 18.94%
Turnout 44,153 60.97%
Registered electors 72,423
INC win (new seat)

References
  1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  3. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  4. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 92. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.