Uthangarai (state assembly constituency)

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Uthangarai
Constituency No. 51 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictKrishnagiri
LS constituencyKrishnagiri
Total electors2,37,810[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AIADMK
Elected year2021

Uthangarai is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2007. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 51. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. It comprises a portion.[2] Located in Krishnagiri district, it consists of Uthangarai taluk and a portion of Pochampalli taluk. It is included in the Krishnagiri parliamentary constituency.[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Members of the Legislative assembly

Year Winner Party
2011 Manoranjitham Nagaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016[4]
2021 T M Tamilselvam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
52.96%
2016
38.75%
2011
58.92%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Uthangarai[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK T. M. Tamilselvam 99,675 52.96% +14.21
INC S. Arumugam 71,288 37.87% New
NTK Elangovan 10,424 5.54% New
DMDK R. Bakyaraj 2,291 1.22% New
NOTA NOTA 1,359 0.72% -0.23
MNM K. Murugesan 1,254 0.67% New
Margin of victory 28,387 15.08% 13.63%
Turnout 188,223 79.15% -3.45%
Rejected ballots 214 0.11%
Registered electors 237,810
AIADMK hold Swing 14.21%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Uthangarai[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Manoranjitham Nagaraj 69,980 38.75% -20.18
DMK S. Malathy 67,367 37.30% New
PMK T. N. Anguthi 23,500 13.01% New
VCK C. Kaniyamudhan 12,669 7.01% New
NOTA NOTA 1,717 0.95% New
BJP S. A. Pandu 1,591 0.88% -0.78
KMDK V. Theerthagiri 1,266 0.70% New
Margin of victory 2,613 1.45% -24.08%
Turnout 180,616 82.60% 0.51%
Registered electors 218,671
AIADMK hold Swing -20.18%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Uthangarai[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Manoranjitham Nagaraj 90,381 58.92% New
VCK Muniyammal 51,223 33.39% New
Independent S. Vediyappan 4,134 2.70% New
BJP C. K. Sankar 2,549 1.66% New
Independent Dr. V. Devarajan 2,138 1.39% New
Independent P. Vinothkumar 1,584 1.03% New
Independent Murugan 1,382 0.90% New
Margin of victory 39,158 25.53%
Turnout 153,391 82.09%
Registered electors 186,855
AIADMK win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. ^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  4. ^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 51. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Uthangarai Election Result". Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  7. ^ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.