Pollachi (state assembly constituency)

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Pollachi is the legislative assembly in Coimbatore district, which includes the city, Pollachi.^[1] This assembly constituency is part of Pollachi (Lok Sabha constituency).

Madras State

Year	Winner
1952	N. Mahalingam and P. K. Thirumurthy	Indian National Congress
1957	K. Ponniah and N. Mahalingam	Indian National Congress
1962	N. Mahalingam	Indian National Congress
1967	A. P. S. Gounder	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Assembly	Duration	Winner
Fifth	1971-77	A. P. Shanmugasundara Goundar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977-80	O. P. Somasundaram	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-84	M. V. Rathinam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984-89	M. V. Rathinam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989-91	V. P. Chandrasekar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991-96	V. P. Chandrasekar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-01	S. Raju	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-06	V. Jayaraman	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006-2011	V. Jayaraman	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011-2016	M. K. Muthukaruppannasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016 -2021	V. Jayaraman	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021-	V. Jayaraman	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pollachi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	V. Jayaraman	78,553	46.59
	DMK	Tamilmani, R.	65,185	38.66
	KMDK	Nithyanandhan K.	7,722	4.58
	BJP	Sivakumar, R.	5,363	3.18
	DMDK	Muthukumar, S.	4,893	2.90
Majority			13,368	7.93
Turnout			1,68,704	77.74
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pollachi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	M. K. Muthukaruppannasamy	81,446	57.46
style="background-color: Template:Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam\|Template:Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/shortname]]	Nithyanandhan. K	51,138	36.08
	BJP	Ragunathan V K	3,909	2.76
	BSP	Kalimuthu M	1,528	1.08
	IND	Praveen Kumar. N	1,449	1.02
Majority			30,308	21.38
Turnout			1,41,811	80.10
	AIADMK hold		Swing