Avanashi
Constituency No. 112 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictTiruppur
LS constituencyNilgiris
Total electors2,80,560[1]
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AIADMK
Elected year2021

Avanashi is a legislative assembly, that includes the city, Avanashi. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 112. From 1977, this seat is reserved for scheduled caste. Avanashi assembly constituency is a part of Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency.[2] This is one of the two assembly constituencies having inter-district boundaries of limit, the other being Udumalaipettai. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Composition

It is composed of Annur taluk in Coimbatore district and Avinashi taluk in Tiruppur district.

Madras State

Year Winner Party
1957 K. Marappa Gounder Indian National Congress
1962
1967 R. K. Gounder Swatantra Party

Tamil Nadu

Assembly Duration Winner Party
Fifth 1971-77 T.O.Periyasamy Vivasaya Sangam
Sixth 1977-80 S. N. Palaniswamy Indian National Congress
Seventh 1980-84 M. Arumugam Communist Party of India
Eighth 1984-89 P. Lakshmi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth 1989-91 R. Annanambi
Tenth 1991-96 M. Seeniammal
Eleventh 1996-01 G. Elango Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth 2001-06 S. Mahalingam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth 2006-2011 R. Prema
Fourteenth 2011-2016 A. A. Karuppasamy
Fifteenth 2016-2021 P. Dhanapal
Sixteenth 2021-Incumbent

Election results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Avanashi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Dhanapal 117,284 55.78% 7.67%
DMK Athiyamaan Raju 66,382 31.57% -0.73%
NTK Shoba 13,256 6.30% 5.52%
MNM Venkateswaran. A 8,379 3.99%
DMDK Meera. K 2,577 1.23%
NOTA Nota 2,372 1.13% -0.69%
Margin of victory 50,902 24.21% 8.40%
Turnout 2,10,255 74.94% -2.82%
Rejected ballots 338 0.16%
Registered electors 2,80,560
AIADMK hold Swing 7.67%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Avanashi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Dhanapal 93,366 48.11% -18.49%
DMK Anandhan E 62,692 32.31%
CPI M. Arumugham 15,016 7.74%
BJP Perumal C 8,081 4.16% 0.67%
KMDK Pragatheeswaran B 4,373 2.25%
NOTA None Of The Above 3,534 1.82%
NTK Sumathi P 1,514 0.78%
PMK Marimuthu K K 1,480 0.76%
BSP Sakthivel M 784 0.40%
SHS Rangasamy P 671 0.35%
Independent Arulmurugan R 622 0.32%
Margin of victory 30,674 15.81% -23.90%
Turnout 1,94,062 77.76% -2.48%
Registered electors 2,49,571
AIADMK hold Swing -18.49%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Avanashi[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK A. A. Karuppasamy 103,002 66.60% 26.03%
INC Natarajan. A. R. 41,591 26.89%
BJP Rangasamy. R. 5,405 3.49%
Independent Jaya. V. 2,798 1.81%
Independent Moorthy. R. 1,858 1.20%
Margin of victory 61,411 39.71% 36.33%
Turnout 1,92,750 80.24% 9.63%
Registered electors 1,54,654
AIADMK hold Swing 26.03%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Avanashi[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Prema. R. 54,562 40.57% -7.63%
CPI M. Arumugham 50,023 37.20%
DMDK Anandharaj. M. 14,570 10.83%
Independent Mohanraj. M. 11,146 8.29%
BSP Ramasamy. P. 1,535 1.14%
Independent Nainan. K. 1,021 0.76%
SP Raviraj. M. R. 684 0.51%
Independent Chelladurai. P. 542 0.40%
Independent Ganesan. A. 393 0.29%
Margin of victory 4,539 3.38% -13.63%
Turnout 1,34,476 70.61% 4.63%
Registered electors 1,90,450
AIADMK hold Swing -7.63%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Avanashi[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Mahalingam. S. 59,571 48.20% 14.33%
Independent M. Mohankumar 38,559 31.20%
DMK Radhamani Thirumathi 17,126 13.86% -42.67%
MDMK R. Anna Nambi 4,052 3.28% -3.51%
Independent Rajendran. P. 2,597 2.10%
Independent M. P. Sengottaian 1,674 1.35%
Margin of victory 21,012 17.00% -5.66%
Turnout 1,23,579 65.98% -4.66%
Registered electors 1,87,295
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -8.33%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Avanashi[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK G. Elango 66,006 56.53%
AIADMK M. Thiagarajan 39,549 33.87% -35.80%
MDMK R. Shanmuga Sundharam 7,922 6.79%
BJP M. Palanisamy 2,042 1.75% -2.74%
Independent K. Krishnan 403 0.35%
Independent Neelamalai. K. Muthusamy 320 0.27%
Independent S. Anvarasu 220 0.19%
Independent K. M. Jayaraj 163 0.14%
ATMK G. Arumugam 132 0.11%
Margin of victory 26,457 22.66% -23.42%
Turnout 1,16,757 70.64% 3.69%
Registered electors 1,76,709
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -13.14%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Avanashi[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK M. Seeniammal 69,774 69.67% 37.07%
CPI M. Arumugham 23,625 23.59%
BJP M. Palanisamy 4,493 4.49%
JP K. M. Jayaraj 972 0.97%
THMM A. Selvaraj 430 0.43%
Independent P. Kannaiyan 294 0.29%
Independent M. Palani 283 0.28%
PMK R. Palanisamy 278 0.28%
Margin of victory 46,149 46.08% 44.01%
Turnout 1,00,149 66.94% -7.44%
Registered electors 1,60,494
AIADMK hold Swing 37.07%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Avanashi[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Annanambi. R. 33,964 32.60% -34.70%
DMK Dhandapani. C.T. 31,806 30.53%
INC Palaniswamy. S.N. 30,974 29.73%
Independent Chandramohan. K.S. 5,028 4.83%
Independent Koval Ganesan 1,570 1.51%
Independent Subburaju. N. 854 0.82%
Margin of victory 2,158 2.07% -37.12%
Turnout 1,04,196 74.39% 3.04%
Registered electors 1,44,291
AIADMK hold Swing -34.70%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Avanashi[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Lakshmi P. 58,677 67.30%
CPI Arumugam. M. 24,504 28.11%
Independent Nanjan. K. 1,336 1.53%
Independent Ponnusamy. C. A. 1,094 1.25%
Independent Ramaswamy. V. 979 1.12%
Independent Saraswathi A. S. 597 0.68%
Margin of victory 34,173 39.20% 23.45%
Turnout 87,187 71.35% 23.41%
Registered electors 1,31,978
AIADMK gain from CPI Swing 13.08%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Avanashi[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Arumugam. M. 33,294 54.22%
INC Palanisamy. S. N. 23,623 38.47% 6.21%
JP Palanisamy. K. P. 4,492 7.31%
Margin of victory 9,671 15.75% 13.25%
Turnout 61,409 47.93% -10.29%
Registered electors 1,30,646
CPI gain from INC Swing 21.96%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Avanashi[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S.N. Palaniswamy 22,550 32.26%
AIADMK R. Annanambi 20,803 29.76%
JP P. Perumal 15,119 21.63%
DMK B. Chinnan 9,431 13.49% -35.19%
Independent G. Elango 1,087 1.55%
Independent T.S. Chinnasamv 917 1.31%
Margin of victory 1,747 2.50% 1.28%
Turnout 69,907 58.22% -12.30%
Registered electors 1,22,608
INC gain from Independent Swing -17.64%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Avanashi[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent T. O. Periasamy 29,356 49.90%
DMK K. Thangavellu 28,637 48.68%
Independent T. P. Maruthachalam 835 1.42%
Margin of victory 719 1.22% -7.49%
Turnout 58,828 70.52% -0.58%
Registered electors 91,240
Independent gain from SWA Swing -4.46%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Avanashi[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SWA R. K. Gounder 31,927 54.36%
INC K. M. Gounder 26,808 45.64% -7.38%
Margin of victory 5,119 8.72% -20.36%
Turnout 58,735 71.10% 4.37%
Registered electors 87,279
SWA gain from INC Swing 1.34%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Avanashi[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. Marappa Gounder 27,009 53.02% -7.22%
SWA M. Ponnusami 12,196 23.94%
CPI I. M. Sherrif 6,698 13.15%
DMK Ponniya Gounder 5,037 9.89%
Margin of victory 14,813 29.08% 8.59%
Turnout 50,940 66.73% 24.61%
Registered electors 80,839
INC hold Swing -7.22%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Avanashi[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. Marappa Gounder 20,716 60.25%
Independent Karuppa Gounder 13,670 39.75%
Margin of victory 7,046 20.49%
Turnout 34,386 42.12%
Registered electors 81,634
INC win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 10 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. ^ Detailes Result (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  4. ^ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
  5. ^ "2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results" (PDF). 12 May 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  6. ^ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  7. ^ Election Commission of India. "1991 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  8. ^ Election Commission of India. "1989 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  9. ^ Election Commission of India. "1984 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  10. ^ Election Commission of India. "1980 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  11. ^ Election Commission of India. "1977 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  12. ^ Election Commission of India. "1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  13. ^ "1967 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). 19 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012.
  14. ^ "1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  15. ^ "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.

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