Erode (East)
Constituency No. 98 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Erode
LS constituency	Erode
Total electors	2,27,547^[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent E. V. K. S. Elangovan
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023

Erode East or 'Erode (East)' is a state assembly constituency in Erode district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 98. It consists of a portion of Erode taluk which includes Erode City. It is included in Erode Parliamentary Constituency.^[2]^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

This constituency was newly formed, in the year of 2008, by dividing the integrated Erode Assembly Constituency.

Boundaries and parts

Erode East covers the central part of Erode City Corporation to the river Kaveri on the east and Modakurichi Constituency limit on the south; a part of the city is also covered by that constituency.

The eastern part of the city, to the eastern banks of the river Kaveri is included in Kumarapalayam Constituency.

Demographics

Gender demographic of Erode East as of 11.02.2023,^[4] taken during the by-election in 2023.

Year	Female	Male	Transgender	Total
2023	1,16,497	1,11,025	25	2,27,547

Members of Legislative Assembly

Elected members from this constituency are as follows:

Year	Member
2011	V. C. Chandhirakumar	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	K. S. Thennarasu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Thirumagan Evera^[5]	Indian National Congress
2023	E. V. K. S. Elangovan^[6]	Indian National Congress

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2023			64.58%
2021			44.27%
2016			43.83%
2011			50.83%

2023

2023 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Bye-election : Erode (East)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. V. K. S. Elangovan	110,156	64.58	+20.31
	AIADMK	K. S. Thennarasu	43,923	25.75	New
	NTK	Menaka Navaneethan	10,827	6.35	-1.30
	DMDK	S. Anand	1,432	0.84	New
	NOTA	Nota	798	0.47	-0.55
Margin of victory			66,233	38.83	+32.97
Turnout			170,563	74.79	+7.97
Registered electors			2,27,547
	INC hold		Swing	+20.31

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Erode (East)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Thirumagan Evera	67,300	44.27
	TMC(M)	Yuvaraja	58,396	38.41	-5.42
	NTK	Gomathi.S.	11,629	7.65	6.12
	MNM	Rajakumar.A. M. R	10,005	6.98
	NOTA	Nota	1,546	1.02	-1.07
	AMMK	Muthukumaran.S. A.	1,204	0.79
Margin of victory			8,904	5.86	+0.59
Turnout			1,52,631	66.82	-2.75
Registered electors			2,28,402
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.43

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Erode (East)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. S. Thennarasu	64,879	43.83
	DMK	Chandhirakumar V C	57,085	38.57	-4.44
	DMDK	Ponchairman	6,776	4.58	-46.25
	BJP	Rajeshkumar P	5,549	3.75	+1.36
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,096	2.09
Margin of victory			7,794	5.27	-2.56
Turnout			1,48,018	69.57	-8.00
Registered electors			2,12,746
	AIADMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-7.00

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Erode (East)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMDK	V. C. Chandhirakumar	69,166	50.83
	DMK	S. Muthusamy	58,522	43.01
	BJP	Rajeshkumar P	3,244	2.38
	Independent	Minnal Murugash R	2,439	1.79
Margin of victory			10,644	7.82
Turnout			1,36,071	77.58
Registered electors			1,75,395
	DMDK win (new seat)