Bhavani Assembly constituency

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Bhavani
Constituency No. 104 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictErode
Lok Sabha constituencyTiruppur
Established1951
Total electors223,172
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AIADMK  
Alliance  NDA  
Elected year2026

Bhavani is a state assembly constituency in Erode district in Tamil Nadu.[1] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 104. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

It covers Bhavani and some parts of Erode City.

It is included in Tiruppur Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Demographics[edit | edit source]

The constituency has a significant number of Vanniyar, Kongu Vellalar Gounder, and Senguntha Mudaliar, Reddiyar and Adi Dravida communities.[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Madras State[edit | edit source]

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

Tamil Nadu[edit | edit source]

Year Winner Party
1971 A. M. Raja Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 M. R. Soundarrajan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 P. G. Narayanan
1984
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
2021
2026

Election results[edit | edit source]

2026[edit | edit source]

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2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. C. Karuppannan
DMK K. A. Chandrasekar
APMK Arumugam[4] New
NTK R.Mohana Devi
TVK M. P. Balakrishnan New
NOTA NOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Registered electors 221393
AIADMK hold Swing

2021[edit | edit source]

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. C. Karuppannan 100,915 50.10% 4.72%
DMK Durairaj. K. P 78,392 38.92% 6.71%
NTK Sathya. M 10,471 5.20% 4.25%
MNM Sadhanandham. K 4,221 2.10%
NOTA Nota 2,079 1.03% −0.41%
Independent Satheesh Kumar. P 1,224 0.61%
Margin of victory 22,523 11.18% -1.99%
Turnout 2,01,433 84.40% 1.55%
Registered electors 2,38,667
AIADMK hold Swing 4.72%

2016[edit | edit source]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. C. Karuppannan 85,748 45.38% −8.90%
DMK Sivakumar N 60,861 32.21%
PMK Ramanathan K V 20,727 10.97%
DMDK Gopal P 6,927 3.67%
KMDK Chandrasekar S 4,389 2.32%
NOTA None Of The Above 2,716 1.44%
BJP Shithivinayagan K A 2,480 1.31% −0.83%
NTK Seethalakshmi M K 1,784 0.94%
INMMK Ponnudurai P 608 0.32%
BSP Baladhandapani V S 560 0.30% −0.37%
GMI Ramasamy S 527 0.28%
Margin of victory 24,887 13.17% -4.30%
Turnout 1,88,950 82.85% 1.03%
Registered electors 2,28,069
AIADMK hold Swing -8.90%

2011[edit | edit source]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Narayanan. P. G 87,121 54.28% 16.77%
PMK Mahendran. K. S 59,080 36.81%
BJP Shithi Vinayagan. K. A 3,432 2.14% 0.58%
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (India) Kumar. M 1,534 0.96%
Independent Venkatachalam. K 1,325 0.83%
Independent Sathiya D 1,270 0.79%
Independent Saravanan. K 1,236 0.77%
BSP Thangarasu. S 1,065 0.66% −0.10%
Independent Ananthamoorthy. S 980 0.61%
Independent Ravi. A 954 0.59%
Independent Palanisamy. M 904 0.56%
Margin of victory 28,041 17.47% 13.44%
Turnout 1,96,163 81.82% 7.22%
Registered electors 1,60,496
AIADMK gain from PMK Swing 12.74%

2006[edit | edit source]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PMK K V Ramanathan 52,603 41.55%
AIADMK K. C. Karuppannan 47,500 37.52% −20.68%
DMDK Gopal. P 17,001 13.43%
BJP Palanisamy K. A. P 1,971 1.56%
Independent Aruljothi. P. K 1,549 1.22%
Independent Perumal. V. M 1,540 1.22%
Independent Rangasamy. P 1,087 0.86%
BSP Kandasamy. S. K 971 0.77%
Independent Raju. E 969 0.77%
Independent Perumal. C 632 0.50%
Independent Thiyagarajan. M 351 0.28%
Margin of victory 5,103 4.03% -25.66%
Turnout 1,26,612 74.60% 13.84%
Registered electors 1,69,720
PMK gain from AIADMK Swing -16.65%

2001[edit | edit source]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. C. Karuppannan 64,405 58.20% 32.76%
Puthiya Needhi Katchi Sudhanandhen. J. 31,546 28.50%
MDMK Thiyagarajan. S. K. 8,921 8.06%
Independent Velmurugan. V. N. 2,305 2.08%
Independent Karuppusamy. M. 1,159 1.05%
JD(S) Arumugham. C. M. 825 0.75%
Independent Perumal. V. M. 595 0.54%
Independent Paramasivam. S. L. 534 0.48%
Independent Palani. M. 381 0.34%
Margin of victory 32,859 29.69% 3.90%
Turnout 1,10,671 60.76% −11.56%
Registered electors 1,82,155
AIADMK gain from TMC Swing 6.97%

1996[edit | edit source]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC(M) Balasubramanian. S. N. 57,256 51.23%
AIADMK Manivannan. K. S. 28,427 25.43% −35.81%
PMK Venkatachalam. M. P. 18,768 16.79%
CPI(M) Palanisamy. P. 4,216 3.77%
Independent Nallasamy. A. M. 758 0.68%
Independent Subramanian. N. 432 0.39%
Independent Vinayagamoorthy. E. 367 0.33%
Independent Sathiyamoorthy. K. S. 325 0.29%
Independent Paulraj. B. 294 0.26%
Independent Mohanaraj. S. 231 0.21%
Independent Siva. A. 160 0.14%
Margin of victory 28,829 25.79% -14.61%
Turnout 1,11,769 72.31% 4.11%
Registered electors 1,62,004
TMC gain from AIADMK Swing -10.02%

1991[edit | edit source]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. Muthusamy 61,337 61.24% 50.66%
DMK Duraisamy M. C. 20,867 20.84% −1.80%
PMK Ramanathan V. V. 16,358 16.33%
THMM Neelagandan S. 378 0.38%
Independent Peetharan K. M. 305 0.30%
Independent Thangavelu K. G. 159 0.16%
Independent Veerappa Gounder V. T. R. 128 0.13%
Independent Ganesan K. N. 110 0.11%
Independent Venkatachalam V. N. 103 0.10%
Independent Murugesan B. M. 101 0.10%
Independent Venkatesan P. 96 0.10%
Margin of victory 40,470 40.41% 20.86%
Turnout 1,00,153 68.21% 5.51%
Registered electors 1,51,501
AIADMK gain from Independent Swing 19.06%

1989[edit | edit source]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent G.G. Gurumoorthy 36,371 42.18%
DMK P.S. Kiruttinasamy 19,518 22.64% −13.29%
INC S.N. Balasubramanian 19,291 22.37%
AIADMK P.N. Govindan 9,125 10.58% −52.72%
Independent K. Palanisamy 586 0.68%
Independent P. Chandrasekaran 283 0.33%
Independent K.M. Petharan 278 0.32%
Independent P.L. Siddha Gounder 130 0.15%
Independent P.S. Palanisamy 118 0.14%
Independent T.G. Ranganathan 116 0.13%
Independent S.A. Subramanian 107 0.12%
Margin of victory 16,853 19.55% -7.83%
Turnout 86,226 62.69% −14.57%
Registered electors 1,40,948
Independent gain from AIADMK Swing -21.12%

1984[edit | edit source]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. G. Narayanan 58,350 63.30% 2.42%
DMK N. K. K. Periasmy 33,116 35.93%
Independent M. N. Krishnaswamy 709 0.77%
Margin of victory 25,234 27.38% -1.89%
Turnout 92,175 77.26% 15.69%
Registered electors 1,24,086
AIADMK hold Swing 2.42%

1980[edit | edit source]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Narayanan. P. G. 44,152 60.89% 29.48%
INC Madeswaran. M. P. V. 22,926 31.61% 8.48%
JP Manickam. N. 4,719 6.51%
Independent Chitha Gounder. E. 720 0.99%
Margin of victory 21,226 29.27% 23.84%
Turnout 72,517 61.57% −5.13%
Registered electors 1,19,674
AIADMK hold Swing 29.48%

1977[edit | edit source]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK M.R. Soundarrajan 22,989 31.41%
JP G. Gurumoorthy 19,013 25.98%
INC S.N. Balasubramaniam 16,931 23.13% −16.13%
DMK N.K.K. Periasamy 14,258 19.48% −39.88%
Margin of victory 3,976 5.43% -14.67%
Turnout 73,191 66.70% −2.33%
Registered electors 1,11,262
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -27.95%

1971[edit | edit source]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. M. Raja 38,527 59.36% −5.80%
INC P. Kuppusamy Mudaliar 25,480 39.26% 6.19%
Independent P. Manickkam 893 1.38%
Margin of victory 13,047 20.10% -11.99%
Turnout 64,900 69.03% −7.76%
Registered electors 96,870
DMK hold Swing -5.80%

1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. M. Raja 43,353 65.16% 30.79%
INC P. K. Mudaliar 21,999 33.07% −16.03%
Independent C. V. V. Samy 1,177 1.77%
Margin of victory 21,354 32.10% 17.37%
Turnout 66,529 76.79% 8.24%
Registered electors 90,290
DMK gain from INC Swing 16.07%

1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC N. K. Ranganayaki 32,739 49.10% 15.27%
DMK A. M. Raja 22,919 34.37%
CPI J. I. Mohammad Ibrahim 6,649 9.97%
SWA T. A. Kuppusami Chettiar 1,588 2.38%
Independent S. Vaiyapuri Madali 1,200 1.80%
Independent M. Sayad Abdul Razak 1,010 1.51%
Independent S. C. Latchumana Pathan 315 0.47%
Independent K. Kavari Gounder 261 0.39%
Margin of victory 9,820 14.73% 8.15%
Turnout 66,681 68.55% −15.36%
Registered electors 1,02,272
INC hold Swing 15.27%

1957[edit | edit source]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC G. G. Gurumurthi 49,926 33.83% −2.53%
INC P. G. Manickam (Sc) 40,224 27.26% −9.11%
Independent K. Komaraswami Gounder 26,944 18.26%
Independent A. Subramanian (Sc) 17,580 11.91%
Independent K. M. Chenroyam 12,899 8.74%
Margin of victory 9,702 6.57% 0.19%
Turnout 1,47,573 83.91% 13.82%
Registered electors 1,75,870
INC hold Swing -2.53%

1952[edit | edit source]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC B. K. Nallaswami 18,649 36.36% 36.36%
TTP N. Palaniswami Gounder 15,375 29.98%
Independent T. M. Sambuselli Gounder 11,321 22.08%
CPI B. N. Balu 5,938 11.58%
Margin of victory 3,274 6.38%
Turnout 51,283 70.09%
Registered electors 73,169
INC win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "104 - பவானி | 104 - பவானி - hindutamil.in". Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. ↑ https://www.dinamalar.com/amp/news/tamil-nadu-district-news-chennai/fifth-list-released-by-ramadoss/4189822
  5. ↑ Detailes Result (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  6. ↑ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
  7. ↑ "2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results" (PDF). 12 May 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  8. ↑ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  9. ↑ Election Commission of India. "1991 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  10. ↑ Election Commission of India. "1989 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  11. ↑ Election Commission of India. "1984 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  12. ↑ Election Commission of India. "1980 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  13. ↑ Election Commission of India. "1977 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  14. ↑ Election Commission of India. "1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  15. ↑ "1967 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). 19 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012.
  16. ↑ "1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  17. ↑ "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.
  18. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.


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