Ariyalur (state assembly constituency)

11°8′14″N 79°4′40″E / 11.13722°N 79.07778°E / 11.13722; 79.07778

Ariyalur
Constituency No. 149 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictAriyalur
LS constituencyChidambaram
Established1952
Total electors2,64,971[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  DMK
Elected year2021

Ariyalur is a legislative assembly, that includes the city, Ariyalur. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 149. Until 2006, Ariyalur assembly constituency was part of Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency. After 2006, it is a part of Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency.[2][3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

History

From the 1977 elections, the assembly seat was won by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) three times during the 1977, 1980 and 1989 elections, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) two times during the 2001 and 2011 elections, Indian National Congress once during 2006 and Tamil Maanila Congress once during the 1996 elections.[4] In 2016 Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the constituency was Thamarai S.Rajendran from the AIADMK Party.[5] The current MLA since 2021 is K. Chinnappa from DMK.

Madras State

Assembly Duration Winner Party
First 1952-57 Palaniandi Independent
Second 1957-62 Ramalinga Padayachi Indian National Congress
Third 1962-67 R. Narayanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourth 1967-71 R. Karuppiam Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu

Assembly Duration Winner Party
Fifth 1971-77 G. Sivaperumal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth 1977-80 T. Arumugam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh 1980-84 T. Arumugam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth 1984-89 S. Purushothaman All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth 1989-91 T. Arumugam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth 1991-96 S. Manimegalai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh 1996-01 D. Amaramoorthy Tamil Maanila Congress
Twelfth 2001-06 P. Elavazhagan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth 2006-2011 D. Amaramoorthy Indian National Congress
Fourteenth 2011-2016 Durai. Manivel All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth 2016-2021 S. Rajendran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth 2021-Incumbent K. Chinnappa Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ariyalur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. Chinnappa 103,975 46.45% 5.48%
AIADMK Rajendran. S 1,00,741 45.01% 3.07%
NTK Suguna Kumar 12,346 5.52% 4.97%
AMMK Durai. Manivel 2,044 0.91%
NOTA Nota 1,389 0.62% -0.28%
Margin of victory 3,234 1.44% 0.48%
Turnout 2,23,839 84.48% -0.45%
Rejected ballots 567 0.25%
Registered electors 2,64,971
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 4.51%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ariyalur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Rajendran. S 88,523 41.94% -5.83%
DMK Sivasankar. S. S 86,480 40.97%
DMDK Jayavel. Rama 13,599 6.44%
PMK Thirumavalavan. K 13,529 6.41%
NOTA None Of The Above 1,896 0.90%
Independent Vijayakumar. R 1,348 0.64%
IJK Baskar. C 1,330 0.63%
NTK Manikkam. T 1,146 0.54%
Independent Veeramani. T 995 0.47%
BSP Savarianandham. V 675 0.32% -0.90%
Independent Pazhanivel. P 577 0.27%
Margin of victory 2,043 0.97% -8.63%
Turnout 2,11,078 84.93% 0.11%
Registered electors 2,48,541
AIADMK hold Swing -5.83%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ariyalur[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Durai. Manivel 88,726 47.77% 5.57%
INC D. Amaramoorthy 70,906 38.17% -7.19%
IJK Baskar C 9,501 5.11%
Independent Panneerselvam R 7,099 3.82%
BJP Abirami P 2,981 1.60% 0.77%
Independent Muruganantham T 2,640 1.42%
BSP Neelamegam K 2,267 1.22% 0.43%
Independent Muthusami M K 1,629 0.88%
Margin of victory 17,820 9.59% 6.43%
Turnout 2,18,992 84.82% 4.01%
Registered electors 1,85,749
AIADMK gain from INC Swing 2.40%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ariyalur[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC D. Amaramoorthy 60,089 45.36%
AIADMK Ravichandran. M 55,895 42.20% 1.17%
DMDK Jayavel. Rama 8,630 6.52%
Independent Mariyappan. K 2,936 2.22%
BJP Sekar. K 1,111 0.84%
BSP Samidurai. M 1,041 0.79%
Independent Sukumar. G 782 0.59%
Independent Chandrasekar. S. M 768 0.58%
Independent Senthil @ Senthil Kumar. V 629 0.47%
Independent Maheshkumar. N 579 0.44%
Margin of victory 4,194 3.17% -4.92%
Turnout 1,32,460 80.81% 10.45%
Registered electors 1,63,907
INC gain from AIADMK Swing 4.33%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ariyalur[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Elavazhagan. P. 52,676 41.03% 9.14%
DMK Kathiravan. T. A. 42,297 32.95%
Independent Punnyamoorthy. D. 20,399 15.89%
MDMK Chinnappa. K. 10,121 7.88% -2.53%
Independent Maheshkumaran. N. 2,891 2.25%
Margin of victory 10,379 8.08% -13.22%
Turnout 1,28,384 70.37% -8.18%
Registered electors 1,82,450
AIADMK gain from TMC(M) Swing -12.16%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ariyalur[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC(M) D. Amaramoorthy 62,157 53.19%
AIADMK Elavarasan. A. 37,263 31.89% -25.11%
MDMK Chinnappah. K. 12,163 10.41%
PMK Raja. P. 2,926 2.50%
BJP Ayyarappan. G. 1,060 0.91% 0.24%
Independent Panneerselvam. M. 804 0.69%
Independent Nedumaran. A. 147 0.13%
Independent Kaliyaperumal. S. 135 0.12%
Independent Paramasivam. K. 103 0.09%
Independent Murugesan. K. 96 0.08%
Margin of victory 24,894 21.30% 0.92%
Turnout 1,16,854 78.55% 2.44%
Registered electors 1,59,636
TMC(M) gain from AIADMK Swing -3.81%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ariyalur[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Manimegalai S. 64,680 57.00% 30.08%
DMK Chinnappa K. 41,551 36.62% -6.98%
PMK Arivalagan R. 5,744 5.06%
BJP A. Karuppaiah N. 755 0.67%
Independent Chandrasekar M. 302 0.27%
Independent Kathiaresan K. P. 269 0.24%
Independent Samivelu A. 173 0.15%
Margin of victory 23,129 20.38% 3.71%
Turnout 1,13,474 76.11% -5.33%
Registered electors 1,54,420
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 13.40%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ariyalur[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK T. Arumugam 47,353 43.60% 3.49%
AIADMK Elavazhagan P. 29,242 26.92% -31.44%
INC Swamynathan T. K. S. 21,247 19.56%
AIADMK Ganesan P. 10,507 9.67% -48.69%
Independent Abaranji C. 258 0.24%
Margin of victory 18,111 16.68% -1.58%
Turnout 1,08,607 81.45% -1.12%
Registered electors 1,36,145
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -14.76%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ariyalur[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. Purushothaman 56,815 58.36% 16.34%
DMK T. Arumugam 39,045 40.11% -12.42%
Independent T. K. Thangavel 996 1.02%
Independent A. S. Rathinam 497 0.51%
Margin of victory 17,770 18.25% 7.74%
Turnout 97,353 82.57% 6.48%
Registered electors 1,22,373
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 5.83%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ariyalur[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK T. Arumugam 45,980 52.53% 12.80%
AIADMK Asokan. 36,776 42.01% 3.88%
Independent Aramirdham. A. S. 3,695 4.22%
Independent Ganesan. A. 738 0.84%
Independent Murugesan. K. 342 0.39%
Margin of victory 9,204 10.52% 8.93%
Turnout 87,531 76.09% 1.34%
Registered electors 1,16,590
DMK hold Swing 12.80%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ariyalur[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK T. Arumugam 31,380 39.73% -24.45%
AIADMK Karuppiah Alias Asokan 30,125 38.14%
INC G. Srinivasan 12,359 15.65% -14.56%
JP T. Natarajan 3,781 4.79%
Independent R. Krishnasamy 1,131 1.43%
Independent A.P. Munisamy 213 0.27%
Margin of victory 1,255 1.59% -32.39%
Turnout 78,989 74.75% -6.68%
Registered electors 1,07,638
DMK hold Swing -24.45%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ariyalur[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK G. Sivaperumal 48,320 64.18% 28.82%
INC R. Sambasivam Moopanar 22,740 30.20% -7.17%
Independent M. Ganesan 3,535 4.70%
Independent P. K. Thirunavukkarasu 692 0.92%
Margin of victory 25,580 33.98% 31.97%
Turnout 75,287 81.43% -1.72%
Registered electors 96,537
DMK gain from INC Swing 26.81%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ariyalur[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Karuppiam 26,440 37.37% 10.10%
DMK G. Sepperumal 25,017 35.36% -28.98%
Independent S. Ramasami 19,294 27.27%
Margin of victory 1,423 2.01% -35.06%
Turnout 70,751 83.15% 13.57%
Registered electors 89,136
INC gain from DMK Swing -26.97%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ariyalur[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK R. Narayanan 41,721 64.34%
INC R. Viswanathan 17,681 27.27% -0.17%
TNP M. Vadivel 3,095 4.77%
Independent A. Balakrishnan 2,346 3.62%
Margin of victory 24,040 37.07% 33.95%
Turnout 64,843 69.58% 22.52%
Registered electors 96,922
DMK gain from INC Swing 36.90%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ariyalur[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ramalinga Padayachi 11,741 27.44% 1.95%
Independent Narayanan 10,404 24.31%
Independent Haji Abdul Kadir Jamali 6,992 16.34%
Independent Dhanaraj 4,797 11.21%
Independent Manickam 3,069 7.17%
Independent Arasan 2,640 6.17%
Independent Thangavelu 2,154 5.03%
Independent Vadivelu 992 2.32%
Margin of victory 1,337 3.12% -0.48%
Turnout 42,789 47.06% -12.47%
Registered electors 90,932
INC gain from Independent Swing -1.65%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ariyalur[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Palaniandi 11,422 29.09%
INC Razar 10,007 25.49% 25.49%
Independent Shanmughasundara Mudaliar 8,289 21.11%
Independent Muthuswamy 8,141 20.74%
Independent Periaswami Padyachi 1,403 3.57%
Margin of victory 1,415 3.60%
Turnout 39,262 59.53%
Registered electors 65,957
Independent win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Members of Lok Sabha from Tamil Nadu". Government of Tamil Nadu. 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Map showing the new assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 1. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Partywise Comparison Since 1977". Election Commission of India. 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  5. ^ "MLA of Ariyalur". Government of Tamil Nadu. 2021. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  6. ^ Detailes Result (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  7. ^ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
  8. ^ "2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results" (PDF). 12 May 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  9. ^ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  10. ^ Election Commission of India. "1991 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  11. ^ Election Commission of India. "1989 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  12. ^ Election Commission of India. "1984 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  13. ^ Election Commission of India. "1980 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  14. ^ Election Commission of India. "1977 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  15. ^ Election Commission of India. "1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  16. ^ "1967 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). 19 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012.
  17. ^ "1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  18. ^ "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.
  19. ^ "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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