Bhavani (state assembly constituency)

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Bhavani is a state assembly constituency in Erode district in Tamil Nadu.^[1]

It covers Bhavani and some parts of Erode City.

It is included in Tirupur Parliamentary Constituency.

Demographics[edit]

The constituency has a significant number of vanniyar Kongu Vellalar and Senguntha Mudaliar, Reddiyar and Adi Dravida communities.^[2]

Madras State[edit]

Year	Winner
1952	B. K. Nallaswami	Indian National Congress
1957	G. G. Gurumurthi and P. G. Manickam	Indian National Congress
1962	N. K. Ranganayaki	Indian National Congress
1967	A. M. Raja	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu[edit]

Year	Winner
1971	A. M. Raja	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	M. R. Soundarrajan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	P. G. Narayanan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	P. G. Narayanan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	G. G. Gurumoorthy	Independent politician
1991	S. Muthusamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	S. N. Balasubramanian	Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	K. C. Karuppannan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	R. V. Ramanathan	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2011	P. G. Narayanan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	K. C. Karuppannan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	K. C. Karuppannan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam