Thondamuthur Assembly constituency


Thondamuthur is a legislative assembly in Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu, which includes the town, Thondamuthur.[2] Thondamuthur assembly constituency is part of Pollachi (Lok Sabha constituency). It was a part of Nilgiris (Lok Sabha constituency) till 2007. Election was not held in the year 1957.

Thondamuthur
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictCoimbatore
LS constituencyPollachi
Established1952
Total electors3,26,828[1]
ReservationGeneral
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAS. P. Velumani
Party  AIADMK  
Elected year2021

Madras State

Year Winner Party
1952 Palanisami Gounder Indian National Congress
1962 V. Ellama Naidu Indian National Congress
1967 R. Manickavasakam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Assembly Duration Winner Party
Fifth 1971-77 R. Manickavasakam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth 1977-80 K. Maruthachalam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh 1980-84 Chinnaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth 1984-89 C. Aranganayagam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth 1989-91 U.K. Vellingiri Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Tenth 1991-96 C. Aranganayagam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh 1996-01 C. R. Ramachandran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth 2001-06 S.R. Balasubramoniyan Tamil Maanila Congress
Thirteenth 2006-09 M. Kannappan Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth 2009-2011 M.N. Kandaswamy Indian National Congress
Fourteenth 2011-2016 S. P. Velumani All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth 2016-2021 S. P. Velumani All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth 2021-Incumbent S. P. Velumani All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. P. Velumani 1,24,225 53.89 1.12
DMK Karthikeya Sivasenapathy 82,595 35.83 35.83
MNM S. Shajahan 11,606 5.03 5.03
NTK S. Kalaiarasi 8,042 3.49 3.49
AMMK S.R.Sathishkumar 1,235 0.53 0.53
Independent Mansoor Ali Khan (actor) 428 0.18 0.18
NOTA 1,635 0.71 0.71
Margin of victory 41,630 18.06 14.11
Turnout 2,30,531 71.14 4.15
AIADMK hold Swing 1.12

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. P. Velumani 1,09,519 55.01 -7.39
MNMK Syed Mohammed M A 45,478 22.84 +22.84
BJP Karumuthu Thiyagarajan M 19,043 9.56 +6.07
DMDK Thiyagarajan K 7,968 4.00 +4.00
SDPI Anshar Sheriff A 3,643 1.83 -0.99
Margin of victory 64,041 32.17 -1.07
Turnout 1,99,210 66.99 -8.18
AIADMK hold Swing -7.39

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. P. Velumani 99,886 62.40 +62.40
INC Kandaswamy M N 46,683 29.16 +29.16
BJP Shridhar Murthy A 5,581 3.49 -1.00
SDPI Ummar Kathap T M 4,519 2.82 +2.82
LSP Kannammal Jagadeesan 932 0.58 +0.58
Margin of victory 53,203 33.24 -2.23
Turnout 1,60,248 75.17 +16.12
AIADMK gain from INC Swing

Bye-election 2009

2009–10 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Thondamuthur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC M. N. Kandaswamy 112,350 56.61%
DMDK K. Thangavelu 40,863 20.59%
Majority 71,487
Turnout 198,461
INC gain from MDMK Swing

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MDMK M. Kannappan 1,23,490
INC S. R. Balasubramaniam 1,13,596

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Thondamuthur[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Palaniswani Gounder 22,814 51.19% 51.19%
Socialist Perumal 10,894 24.45%
KMPP Ammasai Gounder 6,895 15.47%
Independent Palaniappa Gounder 3,961 8.89%
Margin of victory 11,920 26.75%
Turnout 44,564 64.28%
Registered electors 69,328
INC win (new seat)

Bifurcation and Delimitation

The existing Thondamuthur Assembly Constituency was bifurcated in 2007 to create a new constituency - Kavundampalayam. Instead some parts of the Perur constituency were added to Thondamuthur after the removal of Perur constituency.[4]

References

  1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. "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.
  4. "Two more Assembly segments notified". The Hindu. 16 August 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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