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Veerapandi is a legislative assembly constituency in Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 91. It comprises a portion of Salem taluk and is a part of the wider Salem constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[3] The constituency is in existence since 1957 election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.
Demographics
Category | Data |
---|---|
Created | 2016 |
Vanniyar | 30% |
Sengundhar Kaikola Mudaliyar | 25% |
Kongu Vellalar Gounder | 15% |
Adi Dravida | 7% |
Arunthathiyar | 05% |
Others | 18% |
Total Electorate | 2,39,268 |
Madras State
Year | Winner | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1957 | M. R. Kandasami Mudaliar | Indian National Congress | |
1962 | S. Arumugam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1967 |
Tamil Nadu
Year | Winner | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1971 | S. Arumugam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1977 | P. Venga Gounder | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1980 | P. Vijayalakshmi | ||
1984 | |||
1989 | P. Venkatachalam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1991 | K. Arjunan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1996 | S. Arumugam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
2001 | S. K. Selvam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
2006 | A. Rajendran | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
2011 | S. K. Selvam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
2016 | P. Manonmani[5] | ||
2021 | M. Rajamuthu |
Election results
2021
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | M. Rajamuthu | 111,682 | 50.24% | +4.39 | |
DMK | A. K. Tharun | 91,787 | 41.29% | +2.44 | |
NTK | S. Rajeshkumar | 9,806 | 4.41% | +3.81 | |
AMMK | S. K. Selvam | 4,986 | 2.24% | New | |
NOTA | NOTA | 1,409 | 0.63% | -0.73 | |
IJK | R. Amutha | 1,302 | 0.59% | New | |
Margin of victory | 19,895 | 8.95% | 1.94% | ||
Turnout | 222,293 | 85.48% | -0.92% | ||
Rejected ballots | 1063 | 0.48% | |||
Registered electors | 260,064 | ||||
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam hold | Swing | 4.39% |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | P. Manonmani | 94,792 | 45.86% | -9.87 | |
DMK | A. Rajendran | 80,311 | 38.85% | -2.13 | |
PMK | A. R. B. Samraj | 17,218 | 8.33% | New | |
CPI | A. Mohan | 6,483 | 3.14% | New | |
NOTA | NOTA | 2,828 | 1.37% | New | |
NTK | M. Sasi Kumar | 1,233 | 0.60% | New | |
KMDK | K. P. Kamaraaj | 1,198 | 0.58% | New | |
Margin of victory | 14,481 | 7.01% | -7.74% | ||
Turnout | 206,718 | 86.40% | -2.73% | ||
Registered electors | 239,268 | ||||
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam hold | Swing | -9.87% |
2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | S. K. Selvam | 100,155 | 55.73% | +13.99 | |
DMK | A. Rajendran | 73,657 | 40.98% | -1.53 | |
Independent | M. Vaithi | 1,558 | 0.87% | New | |
Independent | K. Tamizharasan | 1,355 | 0.75% | New | |
Margin of victory | 26,498 | 14.74% | 13.97% | ||
Turnout | 179,729 | 89.12% | 9.95% | ||
Registered electors | 201,660 | ||||
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam gain from DMK | Swing | 13.22% |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | A. Rajendran | 90,477 | 42.51% | +4.59 | |
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | P. Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy | 88,839 | 41.74% | -16.64 | |
DMDK | S. Salem Govindaraj | 28,254 | 13.27% | New | |
BJP | A. Annadurai | 1,576 | 0.74% | New | |
Margin of victory | 1,638 | 0.77% | -19.68% | ||
Turnout | 212,846 | 79.18% | 8.14% | ||
Registered electors | 268,821 | ||||
DMK gain from Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Swing | -15.87% |
2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | S. K. Selvam | 85,657 | 58.38% | +19.25 | |
DMK | Veerapandy S. Arumugam | 55,645 | 37.92% | -16.42 | |
MDMK | A. Anburajendran | 1,318 | 0.90% | -0.37 | |
Independent | S. Amirthalingam | 1,067 | 0.73% | New | |
Independent | V. Nehrurajan | 962 | 0.66% | New | |
Margin of victory | 30,012 | 20.45% | 5.24% | ||
Turnout | 146,733 | 71.03% | 2.12% | ||
Registered electors | 206,595 | ||||
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam gain from DMK | Swing | 4.04% |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Veerapandy S. Arumugam | 75,563 | 54.34% | +34.3 | |
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | K. Arjunan | 54,412 | 39.13% | -28.99 | |
PMK | M. Chinnappan | 6,303 | 4.53% | New | |
MDMK | Anbu Rajendran | 1,760 | 1.27% | New | |
Margin of victory | 21,151 | 15.21% | -32.88% | ||
Turnout | 139,054 | 68.92% | 6.83% | ||
Registered electors | 210,273 | ||||
DMK gain from Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Swing | -13.78% |
1991
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | K. Arjunan | 79,725 | 68.12% | +37.56 | |
DMK | P. Venkatachalam | 23,451 | 20.04% | -14.49 | |
PMK | M. Chinnappan | 11,799 | 10.08% | New | |
JP | P. Palaniappan | 798 | 0.68% | New | |
Margin of victory | 56,274 | 48.09% | 44.12% | ||
Turnout | 117,028 | 62.09% | -1.25% | ||
Registered electors | 194,734 | ||||
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam gain from DMK | Swing | 33.59% |
1989
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | P. Venkatachalam | 36,040 | 34.53% | -0.16 | |
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | S. K. Selvam | 31,899 | 30.56% | -33.14 | |
INC | K. Mariappan | 20,291 | 19.44% | New | |
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | P. Vijayalakshmi | 10,635 | 10.19% | -53.52 | |
Independent | M. G. C. Prabhakar | 2,300 | 2.20% | New | |
Independent | N. Krishnamoorthy | 1,618 | 1.55% | New | |
Independent | M. Govindan | 673 | 0.64% | New | |
Margin of victory | 4,141 | 3.97% | -25.05% | ||
Turnout | 104,369 | 63.34% | -8.81% | ||
Registered electors | 168,878 | ||||
DMK gain from Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Swing | -29.17% |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | P. Vijayalakshmi | 61,609 | 63.70% | +5.75 | |
DMK | Subramaniam | 33,549 | 34.69% | -5.12 | |
Independent | C. Raja | 552 | 0.57% | New | |
Margin of victory | 28,060 | 29.01% | 10.88% | ||
Turnout | 96,710 | 72.15% | 1.15% | ||
Registered electors | 141,355 | ||||
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam hold | Swing | 5.75% |
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | P. Vijayalakshmi | 51,034 | 57.95% | +13.08 | |
DMK | K. P. Srinivasan | 35,061 | 39.81% | +14.31 | |
JP | M. M. Nallathambi | 1,331 | 1.51% | New | |
Independent | T. K. Thangavel | 508 | 0.58% | New | |
Margin of victory | 15,973 | 18.14% | -1.23% | ||
Turnout | 88,061 | 71.00% | 9.83% | ||
Registered electors | 125,608 | ||||
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam hold | Swing | 13.08% |
1977
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | P. Venga Gounder | 31,920 | 44.87% | New | |
DMK | M. Muthuswamy | 18,144 | 25.50% | -36.72 | |
INC | T. V. Thirumalai | 10,777 | 15.15% | -12.6 | |
JP | P. C. Kolandavelu | 9,898 | 13.91% | New | |
Independent | R. Viruppannan | 401 | 0.56% | New | |
Margin of victory | 13,776 | 19.36% | -15.11% | ||
Turnout | 71,140 | 61.17% | -6.99% | ||
Registered electors | 117,964 | ||||
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam gain from DMK | Swing | -17.36% |
1971
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Veerapandy S. Arumugam | 41,369 | 62.23% | -3.88 | |
INC | T. V. Thirumalai | 18,449 | 27.75% | -6.13 | |
CPI(M) | K. Rangannan | 4,221 | 6.35% | New | |
Independent | M. Malaikolundupillai | 2,440 | 3.67% | New | |
Margin of victory | 22,920 | 34.48% | 2.25% | ||
Turnout | 66,479 | 68.16% | -4.92% | ||
Registered electors | 101,883 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | -3.88% |
1967
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Veerapandy S. Arumugam | 42,681 | 66.11% | +11.33 | |
INC | N. S. Sundararajan | 21,876 | 33.89% | -5.5 | |
Margin of victory | 20,805 | 32.23% | 16.83% | ||
Turnout | 64,557 | 73.08% | 0.73% | ||
Registered electors | 90,758 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | 11.33% |
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Veerapandy S. Arumugam | 30,840 | 54.78% | New | |
INC | A. Mariappan | 22,171 | 39.39% | -15.82 | |
Independent | V. Siddha Chetty | 1,450 | 2.58% | New | |
Independent | K. Chinnathambi Gounder | 937 | 1.66% | New | |
Independent | K. Samuel | 895 | 1.59% | New | |
Margin of victory | 8,669 | 15.40% | -9.26% | ||
Turnout | 56,293 | 72.35% | 20.62% | ||
Registered electors | 80,507 | ||||
DMK gain from INC | Swing | -0.42% |
1957
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | M. R. Kandasamy Mudaliar | 21,264 | 55.21% | New | |
Independent | Chelliah | 11,765 | 30.54% | New | |
Independent | K. V. Palanisamy | 2,838 | 7.37% | New | |
Independent | Shanmuga Mudali | 1,589 | 4.13% | New | |
Independent | Muthusamy Konan | 1,062 | 2.76% | New | |
Margin of victory | 9,499 | 24.66% | |||
Turnout | 38,518 | 51.74% | |||
Registered electors | 74,451 | ||||
INC win (new seat) |
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