Erode West

Erode (West)
Constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictErode
LS constituencyErode
Total electors2,93,058[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  DMK
Elected year2021

Erode West or 'Erode (West)' is a state assembly constituency of Erode City in Erode District in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 99. It consists of portions of the Perundurai and Erode taluks. It is included in Erode Parliamentary Constituency.[2][3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

This constituency was newly formed, in the year of 2008, by dividing the integrated Erode Assembly Constituency. Erode West was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.[4]

Boundaries

It covers the western part of Erode City Corporation to the Perundurai constituency limit on the west and Modakurichi Constituency limit on the south; a part of the city is also covered by these two constituencies. Also Bhavani constituency covers some part of the city in the north.

Demographics

Gender demographic of Erode West as of 11.02.2021,[5] taken during the State General election in 2021.

Year Female Male Transgender Total
2023 1,42,913 1,48,373 30 2,91,316

Members of assembly

Elected members from this constituency are as follows,

Year Winner Party
2011 K. V. Ramalingam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016
2021 S. Muthusamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
 49.49%
2016
 
 43.46%
2011
 
 59.29%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Erode (West)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK S. Muthusamy 100,757 49.49% 8.62%
AIADMK K. V. Ramalingam 78,668 38.64% -4.82%
NTK Chandra Kumar P 13,353 6.56% 5.27%
MNM Durai Sevugan 8,107 3.98%
NOTA Nota 1,968 0.97% -0.83%
Margin of victory 22,089 10.85% 8.26%
Turnout 2,03,611 69.48% -4.43%
Rejected ballots 490 0.24%
Registered electors 2,93,058
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 6.03%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Erode (West)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Ramalingam K. V. 82,297 43.46% -15.83%
DMK S. Muthusamy 77,391 40.87%
KMDK Easwara Murthy M 7,477 3.95%
MDMK Murugan N 6,624 3.50%
BJP Palanisamy N. P. 4,177 2.21% -0.09%
NOTA None Of The Above 3,403 1.80%
PMK Arumugam P V 3,000 1.58%
NTK Jothivel T 2,448 1.29%
Margin of victory 4,906 2.59% -22.14%
Turnout 1,89,367 73.91% -5.36%
Registered electors 2,56,208
AIADMK hold Swing -15.83%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Erode (West)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. V. Ramalingam 90,789 59.29%
INC Yuvaraja M 52,921 34.56%
BJP Palanisamy N. P 3,516 2.30%
Independent Venkatachalam K 1,371 0.90%
Independent Tamilarasu M 1,183 0.77%
BSP Nagarajan V. P 1,012 0.66%
Margin of victory 37,868 24.73% {change}
Turnout 1,93,170 79.27%
Registered electors 1,53,133
AIADMK win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  4. ^ "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu.
  5. ^ "Patrikai.com 11.02.2021 Voters Count".

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