https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Panamarathupatti_Assembly_constituency Panamarathupatti Assembly constituency - Revision history 2026-08-19T01:35:16Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Panamarathupatti_Assembly_constituency&diff=345779&oldid=prev ImportMaster: robot: Import articles to fix broken redirects 2022-06-08T07:16:00Z <p>robot: Import articles to fix broken redirects</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{More footnotes|date=January 2017}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=September 2021}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Panamarathupatti&#039;&#039;&#039; is a formerstate assembly constituency in [[Salem district]] in [[Tamil Nadu]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url= http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/Const_map/map.htm |title= Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map |website= Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly |access-date= 23 January 2017}}&lt;/ref&gt; Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.<br /> <br /> ==Members of Legislative Assembly==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! style=&quot;background-color:#666666; color:white&quot;|Year<br /> ! style=&quot;background-color:#666666; color:white&quot;|Winner<br /> ! style=&quot;background-color:#666666; color:white&quot; colspan=&quot;2&quot; | Party<br /> |-<br /> | 1967<br /> | [[Karipatti T. Ponnumalai]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1971]]<br /> | [[Karipatti T. Ponnumalai]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br /> |-<br /> | 1977<br /> | [[N. Subbarayan]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br /> | [[K. Rajaram]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1984]]<br /> | [[K. Rajaram]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1989]]<br /> | [[S. R. Sivalingam]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br /> | [[K. Rajaram]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br /> | [[S. R. Sivalingam]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br /> | [[P. Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br /> | [[Salem R Rajendran|R. Rajendran]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Election results==<br /> <br /> {{bar box<br /> |float=right<br /> |title= Vote share of Winning candidates<br /> |titlebar=#ddd<br /> |width=300px<br /> |barwidth=275px<br /> |bars=<br /> {{bar percent|[[#2006|2006]]|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|44.58}}<br /> {{bar percent|[[#2001|2001]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|64.51}}<br /> {{bar percent|[[#1996|1996]]|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|49.76}}<br /> {{bar percent|[[#1991|1991]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|69.12}}<br /> {{bar percent|[[#1989|1989]]|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|31.89}}<br /> {{bar percent|[[#1984|1984]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|60.35}}<br /> {{bar percent|[[#1980|1980]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|57.25}}<br /> {{bar percent|[[#1977|1977]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|45.04}}<br /> {{bar percent|[[#1971|1971]]|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|54.42}}<br /> {{bar percent|[[#1967|1967]]|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|53.70}}<br /> }}<br /> ===2006=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] : Panamarathupatti&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = 2006 Election Statistical Report | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf | access-date = 12 May 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007200819/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf | archive-date = 7 Oct 2010}}&lt;/ref&gt;}} <br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[R. Rajendran (DMK politician)|R. Rajendran]] |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=73,210 |percentage=44.58% |change=14.81% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=R. Elangovan |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=69,321 |percentage=42.21% |change=-22.30% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. Suresh Babu |party=Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam |votes=15,802 |percentage=9.62% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=M. Rajendran |party=Independent politician |votes=1,606 |percentage=0.98% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=P. Rajendran |party=Independent politician |votes=1,046 |percentage=0.64% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. S. Venkatachalam |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=908 |percentage=0.55% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=T. Vinayakamoorthi |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes=784 |percentage=0.48% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=A. Govindan |party=Samajwadi Party |votes=498 |percentage=0.30% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. Rajendran |party=Independent politician |votes=233 |percentage=0.14% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=C. Arivazhahan |party=Independent politician |votes=160 |percentage=0.10% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=A. Rajendran |party=Independent politician |votes=147 |percentage=0.09% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=3,889 |percentage=2.37% |change=-32.37% }} <br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=164,238 |percentage=78.56% |change= 16.26% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 209,051 |change = }} <br /> {{Election box gain with party link |winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= -19.93% }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===2001=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] : Panamarathupatti&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |title = Statistical Report on General Election 2001 |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf |date = 12 May 2001 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006173934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2010}}&lt;/ref&gt;}} <br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[P. Vijayalakshmi]] |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=78,642 |percentage=64.51% |change=26.38% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=S. R. Sivalingam |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=36,292 |percentage=29.77% |change=-19.99% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=V. Muthukrishnan |party=Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=1,784 |percentage=1.46% |change=0.52% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ganesan |party=United Communist Party of India |votes=1,432 |percentage=1.17% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=S. Ponnuthambi |party=Independent politician |votes=1,406 |percentage=1.15% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. Rajaram |party=Independent politician |votes=698 |percentage=0.57% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=A. Gunasekaran |party=Independent politician |votes=632 |percentage=0.52% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=C. K. Srinivasan |party=Independent politician |votes=347 |percentage=0.28% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=M. Ramasamy @ Singaram |party=Independent politician |votes=249 |percentage=0.20% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=A. Alagarasan |party=Independent politician |votes=228 |percentage=0.19% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=N. Arthanari |party=Independent politician |votes=200 |percentage=0.16% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=42,350 |percentage=34.74% |change=23.10% }} <br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=121,910 |percentage=62.31% |change= -5.76% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 195,665 |change = }} <br /> {{Election box gain with party link |winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= 14.75% }}<br /> {{Election box end}} <br /> ===1996=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] : Panamarathupatti&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = 1996 Election Statistical Report | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007221700/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf | archive-date = 7 October 2010}}&lt;/ref&gt;}} <br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=S. R. Sivalingam |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=56,330 |percentage=49.76% |change=30.34% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=P. Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=43,159 |percentage=38.12% |change=-31.00% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=M. Narayanan |party=Pattali Makkal Katchi |votes=10,620 |percentage=9.38% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=E. Manickam |party=Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=1,068 |percentage=0.94% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=S. Aranganathan |party=Republican Party of India |votes=567 |percentage=0.50% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=V. Selvam |party=Independent politician |votes=390 |percentage=0.34% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=M. C. Shanmugam |party=Independent politician |votes=251 |percentage=0.22% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=M. Manickam |party=Independent politician |votes=215 |percentage=0.19% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. M. Padmanabhan |party=Independent politician |votes=179 |percentage=0.16% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=V. Govindarajan |party=Independent politician |votes=109 |percentage=0.10% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=P. Raju |party=Independent politician |votes=89 |percentage=0.08% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=13,171 |percentage=11.63% |change=-38.07% }} <br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=113,204 |percentage=68.07% |change= 4.44% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 173,919 |change = }} <br /> {{Election box gain with party link |winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= -19.36% }}<br /> {{Election box end}} <br /> ===1991=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] : Panamarathupatti&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = Statistical Report on General Election 1991 | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007161404/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf | archive-date = 7 October 2010}}&lt;/ref&gt;}} <br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=K. Rajaram |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=70,025 |percentage=69.12% |change=39.19% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=S. R. Sivalingam |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=19,670 |percentage=19.42% |change=-12.47% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=P. N. Gunasekaran |party=Pattali Makkal Katchi |votes=10,417 |percentage=10.28% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Vaithilingam Chinna |party=Janata Party |votes=452 |percentage=0.45% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=R. Thangaraju |party=Republican Party of India |votes=219 |percentage=0.22% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=N. Ardhanari |party=Independent politician |votes=162 |percentage=0.16% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=A. Chandran |party=Independent politician |votes=155 |percentage=0.15% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. S. Velliangiri Veerpand |party=Independent politician |votes=83 |percentage=0.08% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=G. Dhanapal |party=Independent politician |votes=69 |percentage=0.07% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=M. Ponnusamy |party=Independent politician |votes=52 |percentage=0.05% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=50,355 |percentage=49.71% |change=47.75% }} <br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=101,304 |percentage=63.63% |change= -1.74% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 165,166 |change = }} <br /> {{Election box gain with party link |winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= 37.23% }}<br /> {{Election box end}} <br /> ===1989=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] : Panamarathupatti&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = Statistical Report on General Election 1989 | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006153620/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf | archive-date = 6 October 2010}}&lt;/ref&gt;}} <br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[S. R. Sivalingam]] |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=29,805 |percentage=31.89% |change=-2.55% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=P. Thangavelan |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=27,980 |percentage=29.94% |change=-30.41% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Rangarajan Kumaramangalam]] |party=Indian National Congress |votes=24,303 |percentage=26.00% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=A. P. Murugesan |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=10,305 |percentage=11.03% |change=-49.33% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=M. C. Rajendran |party=Independent politician |votes=514 |percentage=0.55% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=C. Chinnusamy |party=Independent politician |votes=249 |percentage=0.27% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. R. Natesan |party=Independent politician |votes=167 |percentage=0.18% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=M. Venkatachalam |party=Independent politician |votes=135 |percentage=0.14% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=1,825 |percentage=1.95% |change=-23.95% }} <br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=93,458 |percentage=65.37% |change= -6.15% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 147,552 |change = }} <br /> {{Election box gain with party link |winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= -28.46% }}<br /> {{Election box end}} <br /> ===1984=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] : Panamarathupatti&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = Statistical Report on General Election 1984 | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1984/StatisticalReportTamilNadu84.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120117121208/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1984/StatisticalReportTamilNadu84.pdf | archive-date = 17 Jan 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;}} <br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=K. Rajaram |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=48,726 |percentage=60.35% |change=3.10% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=S. R. Sivalingam |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=27,810 |percentage=34.45% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=S. Kandasamy |party=Independent politician |votes=2,550 |percentage=3.16% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. Ramaswamy |party=Independent politician |votes=424 |percentage=0.53% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=P. Mohan |party=Independent politician |votes=349 |percentage=0.43% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Subramaniam Rama |party=Independent politician |votes=327 |percentage=0.41% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=A. Natarajan |party=Independent politician |votes=244 |percentage=0.30% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. Ramalingam |party=Independent politician |votes=242 |percentage=0.30% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Rukkumani Rajkumar |party=Independent politician |votes=65 |percentage=0.08% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=20,916 |percentage=25.91% |change=9.59% }} <br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=80,737 |percentage=71.51% |change= 1.94% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 120,913 |change = }} <br /> {{Election box hold with party link |winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= 3.10% }}<br /> {{Election box end}} <br /> ===1980=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] : Panamarathupatti&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = Statistical Report on General Election 1980 | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006231656/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf | archive-date = 6 Oct 2010}}&lt;/ref&gt;}} <br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=K. Rajaram |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=44,218 |percentage=57.25% |change=12.21% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=P. M. Santhanantham |party=Indian National Congress |votes=31,614 |percentage=40.93% |change=26.06% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=R. Arumugam |party=Independent politician |votes=747 |percentage=0.97% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. Ramalingam |party=Independent politician |votes=659 |percentage=0.85% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=12,604 |percentage=16.32% |change=-5.16% }} <br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=77,238 |percentage=69.58% |change= 10.29% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 113,432 |change = }} <br /> {{Election box hold with party link |winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= 12.21% }}<br /> {{Election box end}} <br /> ===1977=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] : Panamarathupatti&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = Statistical Report on General Election 1977 | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007141448/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf | archive-date = 7 Oct 2010}}&lt;/ref&gt;}} <br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=N. Subbbarayan |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=27,676 |percentage=45.04% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=S. C. Kanjamalai |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=14,478 |percentage=23.56% |change=-30.86% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=R. Govindan |party=Janata Party |votes=10,150 |percentage=16.52% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=N. M. Arjunan |party=Indian National Congress |votes=9,140 |percentage=14.88% |change=-25.91% }}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=13,198 |percentage=21.48% |change=7.84% }} <br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=61,444 |percentage=59.28% |change= -11.60% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 105,129 |change = }} <br /> {{Election box gain with party link |winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= -9.38% }}<br /> {{Election box end}} <br /> ===1971=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] : Panamarathupatti&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = Statistical Report on General Election 1971 | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006131227/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf | archive-date = 6 Oct 2010}}&lt;/ref&gt;}} <br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Karipatti T. Ponnumalai]] |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=35,832 |percentage=54.42% |change=0.72% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=P. Chinnu Alias Seperumal |party=Indian National Congress |votes=26,854 |percentage=40.79% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. S. Ayyasami |party=Independent politician |votes=2,090 |percentage=3.17% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. A. Sundaram |party=Independent politician |votes=1,065 |percentage=1.62% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=8,978 |percentage=13.64% |change=1.64% }} <br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=65,841 |percentage=70.88% |change= -6.86% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 95,939 |change = }} <br /> {{Election box hold with party link |winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= 0.72% }}<br /> {{Election box end}} <br /> ===1967=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election]] : Panamarathupatti&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web| last = Election Commission of India|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election 1967 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320175222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2012 |access-date= 19 April 2009}}&lt;/ref&gt;}} <br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Karipatti T. Ponnumalai]] |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=34,597 |percentage=53.70% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=C. Sepperumal |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=26,870 |percentage=41.70% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. K. Karuppannan |party=Communist Party of India |votes=2,269 |percentage=3.52% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. S. Ayyasamy |party=Independent politician |votes=694 |percentage=1.08% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=7,727 |percentage=11.99% |change= }} <br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=64,430 |percentage=77.74% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 85,216 |change = }} <br /> {{Election box new seat win |winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser= |swing= }}<br /> {{Election box end}} <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External Links==<br /> * {{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|title= Statistical reports of assembly elections|accessdate= July 8, 2010|publisher= Election Commission of India|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|archivedate= October 5, 2010}}<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Defunct assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu}}<br /> {{coord|11.56|78.16|display=title}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Former assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu]]<br /> [[Category:Salem district]]</div> ImportMaster