Modakkurichi (state assembly constituency)

For other places with same/similar name, see Modakurichi (disambiguation).

Modakkurichi is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

It Covers Sivagiri, Modakkurichi & some parts of Erode City. It is included in Erode Parliamentary Constituency.

During 1996 Assembly elections, a record 1033 candidates contested the Modakurachi Assembly seat. To check a repeat of this, the Election Commission increased the security deposit amount in the next elections.

Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1951	R. Kuppuswami and N. Mahalingam		Indian National Congress
1967	K. R. Nallasivam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	M. Chinnasami		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	S. Balakrishnan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	S. Balakrishnan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	Erode A.Ganeshamoorthy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	Kavinilavu Dharmaraj		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	P. C. Ramasami		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	R. M. Palanisami		Indian National Congress
2011	R. N. Kittusamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	V. P. Subramani		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	C. Saraswathi		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Modakkurichi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	C. Saraswathi	78,125	42.96%
	DMK	Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan	77,844	42.81%
	MNM	Rajesh Kumar.M	4,574	2.52%
	NTK	Prakash.G	12,944	7.12%
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,332	1.29%
Margin of victory			281
Turnout			1,81,857	75.26%
	BJP gain from DMK		Swing

References

• "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.