Sulur (Tamil: சூலூர்) is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[2][3] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 116. It comprises the Town Panchayat of Irugur, Kannampalayam, Mopperipalayam, Pallapalayam, Samalapuram, Sulur. It also has karumathapatti municipality and Village Panchayat of Sulur Block and Sultanpet Block surrounding areas in Coimbatore. It was formed in 2009 and is part of the Coimbatore parliamentary constituency.[4][5] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
| Sulur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 116 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Coimbatore |
| LS constituency | Coimbatore |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 3,17,124[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AIADMK |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Members of the Assembly
edit| Assembly | Duration | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourteenth | 2011-2016 | K. Thinakaran | Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | |
| Fifteenth | 2016-2019 | R. Kanagaraj | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| By-Election 2019 | 2019 – 2021 | V. P. Kandasamy | ||
| Sixteenth | 2021–present | |||
Election results
edit2021
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. P. Kandasamy | 118,968 | 49.23% | ||
| DMK | Premier Selvam (A)Kalichamy M | 87,036 | 36.02% | ||
| NTK | Elangovan. G | 14,426 | 5.97% | ||
| MNM | Ranganathan. A | 12,658 | 5.24% | ||
| AMMK | Senthil Kumar. S. A. | 4,111 | 1.70% | ||
| NOTA | Nota | 2,610 | 1.08% | ||
| Margin of victory | 31,932 | 13.21% | −3.97% | ||
| Turnout | 2,41,653 | 76.20% | 0.60% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 309 | 0.13% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,17,124 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 1.85% | |||
2019 By-election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. P. Kandasamy | 1,00,782 | 44.78 | ||
| DMK | Pongalur N. Palanisamy | 90,669 | 40.29 | ||
| AMMK | K. Sugumar | 16,530 | 7.35 | ||
| MNM | S. Mohanraj | 6,644 | 2.95 | ||
| NTK | V. Vijaya Ragavan | 4,335 | 1.93 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,938 | 0.86 | ||
| Majority | 10,113 | 4.49 | |||
| Turnout | 2,26,998 | 76.89 | |||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | ||||
2016
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | R. Kanagaraj | 100,977 | 47.38% | ||
| INC | Manoharan. V. M. C. | 64,346 | 30.19% | ||
| BJP | Mandharasalam. S. D. | 13,517 | 6.34% | 3.78% | |
| DMDK | Thinakaran. K. | 13,106 | 6.15% | −46.14% | |
| KMDK | Premier Selvam @ Kalichamy. M. | 9,672 | 4.54% | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,688 | 1.73% | ||
| NTK | Vijayaragavan. M. V. | 2,873 | 1.35% | ||
| PMK | Ganesan. P. K. | 1,687 | 0.79% | ||
| Margin of victory | 36,631 | 17.19% | −0.23% | ||
| Turnout | 2,13,121 | 75.60% | −4.55% | ||
| Registered electors | 2,81,890 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMDK | Swing | -4.91% | |||
2011
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMDK | K. Thinakaran | 88,680 | 52.29% | ||
| KNMK | E. R. Eswaran | 59,148 | 34.88% | ||
| Independent | Dhinakaran K | 7,285 | 4.30% | ||
| BJP | Senthilkumar K | 4,353 | 2.57% | ||
| Independent | Karthikeyan Pon | 3,053 | 1.80% | ||
| Independent | Mariappan Dr M | 2,205 | 1.30% | ||
| Independent | Jerold Amalajothi I | 1,315 | 0.78% | ||
| Independent | Thangavelu C | 1,281 | 0.76% | ||
| BSP | Abdul Hakkim P | 1,064 | 0.63% | ||
| Margin of victory | 29,532 | 17.41% | {{{change}}} | ||
| Turnout | 2,11,574 | 80.16% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,69,588 | ||||
| DMDK win (new seat) | |||||
1962
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | C. Kolandai Ammal | 25,732 | 38.76% | −5.83% | |
| CPI | K. N. Chinnayan | 21,375 | 32.19% | ||
| PSP | Kumarasami Gounder | 10,017 | 15.09% | ||
| DMK | U. K. N. Rasu | 6,953 | 10.47% | ||
| Independent | A. Sethupathy | 1,364 | 2.05% | ||
| Independent | V. R. Gopalasami Chettiar | 955 | 1.44% | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,357 | 6.56% | −0.08% | ||
| Turnout | 66,396 | 77.14% | 25.43% | ||
| Registered electors | 89,754 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | -5.83% | |||
1957
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | C. Kolandai Ammal | 18,328 | 44.59% | ||
| CPI | K. Ramani | 15,598 | 37.95% | ||
| Independent | Shanmugasundaram | 4,053 | 9.86% | ||
| Independent | Natarajan | 3,126 | 7.60% | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,730 | 6.64% | |||
| Turnout | 41,105 | 51.70% | |||
| Registered electors | 79,503 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
- ^ Two more Assembly segments notified
- ^ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2021". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election), 2019 By-Election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ "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.
External links
edit- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.