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Edappadi
Constituency No. 86 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
LS constituency	Salem
Total electors	2,85,205^[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Edapadi or 'Edappadi' is a state assembly constituency in Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 86. It comprises Edappadi taluk and a portion of Mettur taluk. It is a part of the wider Salem constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[3] This constituency did not exist during the 1957 and 1962 elections. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	S. Arthanareeswara Gounder		Indian National Congress
1967	A. Arumugam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	A. Arumugam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	I. Ganesan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	I. Ganesan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	Govindaswamy	Indian National Congress
1989	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	I. Ganesan	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2001	I. Ganesan	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2006	V. Kaveri	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2011	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	Edappadi K. Palaniswami (Chief Minister)	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Edappadi K. Palaniswami (Opposition Leader)	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			66.27%
2016			43.74%
2011			56.38%
2006			44.76%
2001			55.40%
1996			37.68%
1991			58.24%
1989			33.08%
1984			64.78%
1980			38.93%
1977			38.56%
1971			54.72%
1967			54.70%
1952			33.15%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Edappadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Edappadi K. Palaniswami (CM Candidate)	163,154	66.27%	+22.53%
	DMK	T. Sambathkumar	69,352	28.17%	-3.73%
	NTK	Shri Rathna	6,626	2.69%	2.26%
	MNM	D. Thasapparaj	1,547	0.63%
Margin of victory			93,802	38.10%	19.48%
Turnout			246,192	86.32%	-0.03%
Rejected ballots			686	0.28%
Registered electors			285,205
	AIADMK hold		Swing	22.53%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Edappadi^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	98,703	43.74%	-12.64
	PMK	N. Annadurai	56,681	25.12%	-12.54
	DMK	P. A. Murugesan	55,149	24.44%	New
	CPI(M)	P. Thangavel	5,437	2.41%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,913	0.85%	New
	NCP	K. Palanisamy	1,789	0.79%	New
Margin of victory			42,022	18.62%	-0.10%
Turnout			225,644	86.35%	0.90%
Registered electors			261,304
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-12.64%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Edappadi^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	104,586	56.38%	+15.36
	PMK	M. Karthe	69,848	37.66%	-7.11
	IJK	M. Venkatesan	3,638	1.96%	New
	Independent	N. R. Purusothaman	1,924	1.04%	New
	BJP	B. Thangaraj	1,901	1.02%	+0.12
	Independent	M. Muthuraj	1,899	1.02%	New
Margin of victory			34,738	18.73%	14.99%
Turnout			185,494	85.45%	9.17%
Registered electors			217,074
	AIADMK gain from PMK		Swing	11.62%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Edappadi^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	V. Kaveri	76,027	44.76%	-10.64
	AIADMK	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	69,680	41.02%	New
	DMDK	A. K. Rajendran	7,954	4.68%	New
	Independent	I. Ganesan	6,881	4.05%	New
	Independent	R. Ravi	2,197	1.29%	New
	BJP	S. Thillaikkarasi Ponnusamy	1,545	0.91%	New
	JD(U)	N. Murugesan	1,540	0.91%	New
	Independent	V. Selvaraju	1,432	0.84%	New
Margin of victory			6,347	3.74%	-19.21%
Turnout			169,848	76.28%	14.25%
Registered electors			222,666
	PMK hold		Swing	-10.64%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Edappadi^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	I. Ganesan	74,375	55.40%	+17.73
	DMK	A. Kandasamy	43,564	32.45%	+1.78
	Independent	P. Kolanda Gounder	8,576	6.39%	New
	MDMK	S. Rathinasabapathi	3,091	2.30%	+1.01
	Independent	A. Devaraj	2,645	1.97%	New
	BSP	V. K. Krishnan	1,308	0.97%	New
	Independent	K. Kannan	684	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			30,811	22.95%	15.95%
Turnout			134,243	62.03%	-7.05%
Registered electors			216,474
	PMK hold		Swing	17.73%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Edappadi^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	I. Ganesan	49,465	37.68%	*New*
	DMK	P. A. Murugesan	40,273	30.68%	+14.57
	AIADMK	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	37,036	28.21%	-30.03
	MDMK	G. Anbumathi Selvan	1,702	1.30%	New
Margin of victory			9,192	7.00%	-26.20%
Turnout			131,287	69.08%	3.55%
Registered electors			201,142
	PMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-20.56%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Edappadi^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	72,379	58.24%	+25.16
	PMK	P. Kolandai Gounder	31,113	25.03%	*New*
	DMK	A. Kandasamy	20,011	16.10%	-15.51
Margin of victory			41,266	33.20%	31.74%
Turnout			124,281	65.54%	12.32%
Registered electors			195,456
	AIADMK hold		Swing	25.16%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Edappadi^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	30,765	33.08%	*New*
	DMK	L. Palanisamy	29,401	31.62%	+5.3
	INC	S. Govindasami	16,289	17.52%	-47.26
	AIADMK	I. Ganesan	15,181	16.32%	New
	Independent	K. Palanisamy	649	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			1,364	1.47%	-37.00%
Turnout			92,993	53.21%	-19.04%
Registered electors			178,702
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	-31.70%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Edappadi^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Govindaswamy	68,583	64.78%	+46.45
	DMK	P. Arumugam	27,860	26.32%	New
	Independent	T. Vaithigounder	6,557	6.19%	New
	Independent	K. Raju	2,871	2.71%	New
Margin of victory			40,723	38.46%	32.50%
Turnout			105,871	72.26%	3.24%
Registered electors			156,478
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	25.85%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Edappadi^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	I. Ganesan	37,978	38.93%	+0.37
	Independent	T. Natarajan	32,159	32.97%	New
	INC	K. S. Subramania Gounder	17,884	18.33%	-11.78
	Independent	R. Arthanari	4,544	4.66%	New
	JP	P. Jayadertan	4,112	4.22%	New
Margin of victory			5,819	5.96%	-2.48%
Turnout			97,554	69.02%	8.45%
Registered electors			143,256
	AIADMK hold		Swing	0.37%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Edappadi^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	I. Ganesan	31,063	38.56%	*New*
	INC	T. Natarajan	24,256	30.11%	-15.17
	JP	P. Jayadevan	13,544	16.81%	New
	DMK	A. Arumugam	11,695	14.52%	-40.21
Margin of victory			6,807	8.45%	-1.00%
Turnout			80,558	60.57%	-1.62%
Registered electors			134,924
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-16.16%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Edappadi^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Arumugam	35,638	54.72%	+0.03
	INC	T. Natarajan	29,485	45.28%	-0.03
Margin of victory			6,153	9.45%	0.06%
Turnout			65,123	62.19%	-9.28%
Registered electors			108,906
	DMK hold		Swing	0.03%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Edappadi^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Arumugam	36,935	54.70%	*New*
	INC	K. S. S. Gounder	30,593	45.30%	New
Margin of victory			6,342	9.39%
Turnout			67,528	71.47%
Registered electors			97,701
	DMK win (new seat)

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Edappadi^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. S. Ardhanareeswara Gounder	15,368	33.15%	*New*
	TTP	S. Marimuthu Gounder	11,280	24.33%	New
	Socialist	S. Surendran	7,899	17.04%	New
	Independent	S. Chinmandi Bakkir	6,153	13.27%	New
	Independent	A. Karuppa Chetti Gounder	3,218	6.94%	New
	Independent	R. Nallathamby	2,440	5.26%	New
Margin of victory			4,088	8.82%
Turnout			46,358	50.15%
Registered electors			92,437
	INC win (new seat)

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