Tirukkoyilur Assembly constituency


Tirukkoyilur is a state assembly constituency of Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu, India. It comprises a portion of Tirukkoyilur taluk and is a part of the Villupuram constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[2]

Tirukkoyilur
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictVillupuram
LS constituencyVillupuram
Total electors2,54,313[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAK. Ponmudy
Party  DMK  
Alliance  SPA
Elected year2021

Thiru. A. Muthuswamy was the first M.L.A of thirukovilur town, at the period of 1952–1957. It was in existence from 1952 to 1971 state elections. After delimitation of constituencies in 2007, Mughaiyur constituency and Rishivandhiyam constituency are reorganised into Tirukovilur constituency. It has 1,94,414 registered voters for 2011 election.[3]

Demographics
Demographics (2011)[4]
Category Data
Created 2016
Vanniyar 35%
Sengunthar Kaikola Mudaliyar 17%
Adi Dravida 30%
Nathama Udayar 5%
Konar, Nayudu, Pillaimar 07%
Others 6%
Total Electorate 2,50,669

[5]

Madras State
Year Winner Party
1952 A. Muthuswamy Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party
1957 S. A. M. Annamalai Odayar and
Kuppusami		 Independent and
Indian National Congress
1962 Lakshminarasimma Ammal Indian National Congress
1967 E. M. Subramaniam Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu
Year Winner Party
1971 A. S. Kumarasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tirukkoyilur was again formed after constituency delimitations 2008.[6]

Year Winner Party
2011 L. Venkatesan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016 K. Ponmudy[7] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 K. Ponmudy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2021
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirukkoyilur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. Ponmudy 1,10,980
BJP Kalivaradhan 51,300
DMDK Venkatesan 13,997
NTK C.Murugan 11,620
Majority
Turnout
DMK gain from Swing

2016
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirukkoyilur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. Ponmudy
AIADMK

2011
2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirukkoyilur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMDK L. Venkatesan
DMK

1957
1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tirukkoyilur[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent S. A. M. Annamalai Odayar 41,980 24.27%
INC Lakshminarasamma 37,422 21.64% 1.11%
INC Kuppusami (SC) 35,916 20.77% 0.24%
Independent Muthusami (SC) 31,036 17.95%
Independent Kadirvelu Koundar 15,179 8.78%
Independent Ramasami 11,406 6.60%
Margin of victory 4,558 2.64% -0.04%
Turnout 1,72,939 98.35% -10.74%
Registered electors 1,75,837
Independent gain from TTP Swing -4.72%

1952
1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tirukkoyilur[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TTP T. D. Muthukumaraswamy Naidu 38,928 28.99%
TTP A. Muthuswami 35,334 26.32%
INC Kulasekhara Dass 27,567 20.53% 20.53%
INC M. Rajagopal 23,206 17.28% 17.28%
Independent D. Dayalu Reddair 5,964 4.44%
Socialist N. Ramalingam 3,265 2.43%
Margin of victory 3,594 2.68%
Turnout 1,34,264 109.09%
Registered electors 1,23,072
TTP 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 - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  3. "தொகுதி - ஓர் அறிமுகம்!: திருக்கோவிலூர் (பொது)". The Hindu. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  4. "Multifarious issues for the electorate". The Hindu. 30 April 2004. Archived from the original on 18 November 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  5. Vikadan (2016). "மண்ணின் மைந்தர் வெற்றி பெறுவாரா".
  6. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
  7. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 76. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  8. "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.
  9. "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.

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