Senthamangalam Assembly constituency

Senthamangalam is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitations in 2007.[2] The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Tribes and comprises portions of the Rasipuram and Namakkal taluks. It is a part of the wider Namakkal constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[3]

For other places with same/similar name, see Sendamangalam (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 MLAK. Ponnusamy
Party  DMK  
Elected year2021

Prior to the 2007 demilitarisation exercise, the local constituency was called Sendamangalam. That, too, was reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Tribes.[4]

Madras State
Year Winner Party
1957 T. Sivagnanam Pillai Indian National Congress
1962 V. R. Periyannan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967 A. S. Gounder Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu
Year Winner Party
1971 Chinna Velaiya Gounder Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 V. Chinnasamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 S. Sivaprakasam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984 S. Sivaprakasam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 K. Chinnasamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 K. Chinnasamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 C. Chandrasekaran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 K. Kalavathi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 K. Ponnusamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011 R. Santhi Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016 C. Chandrasekaran[5] All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 K. Ponnusamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2021
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Senthamangalam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. Ponnusamy 90,681
AIADMK Chandran 80,188
NTK Rohini 11,654
Independent Chandrasekhar 11,371
Majority 10,493
Turnout 1,99,235
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing

1957
1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Sendamangalam[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC T. Sivagnanam Pillai 23,749 58.34%
Independent Somasundara Gounder 16,959 41.66%
Margin of victory 6,790 16.68%
Turnout 40,708 52.53%
Registered electors 77,493
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. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
  3. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  4. "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  5. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 93. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  6. "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.


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