Sulur
Constituency No. 116 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictCoimbatore
LS constituencyCoimbatore
Established1957
Total electors3,17,124[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AIADMK
Elected year2021

Sulur (Tamil: சூலூர்) is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[2][3] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 116. It comprises the Town Panchayat of Irugur, Kannampalayam, Mopperipalayam, Pallapalayam, Samalapuram, Sulur . It also has karumathapatti municipality and Village Panchayat of Sulur Block and Sultanpet Block surrounding areas in Coimbatore. It was formed in 2009 and is part of the Coimbatore parliamentary constituency.[4][5] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Members of the Assembly

Assembly Duration Winner Party
Fourteenth 2011-2016 K. Thinakaran Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
Fifteenth 2016-2019 R. Kanagaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
By-Election 2019 2019 – 2021 V. P. Kandasamy
Sixteenth 2021–present

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
 49.23%
2019 By-election
 
 44.78%
2016
 
 47.38%
2011
 
 52.29%
1962
 
 38.76%
1957
 
 44.59%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sulur[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. P. Kandasamy 118,968 49.23%
DMK Premier Selvam (A)Kalichamy M 87,036 36.02%
NTK Elangovan. G 14,426 5.97%
MNM Ranganathan. A 12,658 5.24%
AMMK Senthil Kumar. S. A. 4,111 1.70%
NOTA Nota 2,610 1.08%
Margin of victory 31,932 13.21% -3.97%
Turnout 2,41,653 76.20% 0.60%
Rejected ballots 309 0.13%
Registered electors 3,17,124
AIADMK hold Swing 1.85%

2019 By-election

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Sulur[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. P. Kandasamy 1,00,782 44.78
DMK Pongalur N. Palanisamy 90,669 40.29
AMMK K. Sugumar 16,530 7.35
MNM S. Mohanraj 6,644 2.95
NTK V. Vijaya Ragavan 4,335 1.93
NOTA None of the Above 1,938 0.86
Majority 10,113 4.49
Turnout 2,26,998 76.89
AIADMK hold Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sulur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK R. Kanagaraj 100,977 47.38%
INC Manoharan. V. M. C. 64,346 30.19%
BJP Mandharasalam. S. D. 13,517 6.34% 3.78%
DMDK Thinakaran. K. 13,106 6.15% -46.14%
KMDK Premier Selvam @ Kalichamy. M. 9,672 4.54%
NOTA None Of The Above 3,688 1.73%
NTK Vijayaragavan. M. V. 2,873 1.35%
PMK Ganesan. P. K. 1,687 0.79%
Margin of victory 36,631 17.19% -0.23%
Turnout 2,13,121 75.60% -4.55%
Registered electors 2,81,890
AIADMK gain from DMDK Swing -4.91%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sulur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMDK K. Thinakaran 88,680 52.29%
KNMK Eswaran E R 59,148 34.88%
Independent Dhinakaran K 7,285 4.30%
BJP Senthilkumar K 4,353 2.57%
Independent Karthikeyan Pon 3,053 1.80%
Independent Mariappan Dr M 2,205 1.30%
Independent Jerold Amalajothi I 1,315 0.78%
Independent Thangavelu C 1,281 0.76%
BSP Abdul Hakkim P 1,064 0.63%
Margin of victory 29,532 17.41% (({change))}
Turnout 2,11,574 80.16%
Registered electors 1,69,588
DMDK win (new seat)

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Sulur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. Kolandai Ammal 25,732 38.76% -5.83%
CPI K. N. Chinnayan 21,375 32.19%
PSP Kumarasami Gounder 10,017 15.09%
DMK U. K. N. Rasu 6,953 10.47%
Independent A. Sethupathy 1,364 2.05%
Independent V. R. Gopalasami Chettiar 955 1.44%
Margin of victory 4,357 6.56% -0.08%
Turnout 66,396 77.14% 25.43%
Registered electors 89,754
INC hold Swing -5.83%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : 1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Sulur[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. Kolandai Ammal 18,328 44.59%
CPI K. Ramani 15,598 37.95%
Independent Shanmugasundaram 4,053 9.86%
Independent Natarajan 3,126 7.60%
Margin of victory 2,730 6.64%
Turnout 41,105 51.70%
Registered electors 79,503
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. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  3. ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Two more Assembly segments notified
  6. ^ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2021". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election), 2019 By-Election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  8. ^ "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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