Sholingur (state assembly constituency)

Sholinghur is a state assembly constituency in Vellore district in Tamil Nadu, India. It consists of portions of the Walajah and Arakkonam taluks. It falls under Arakkonam constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	M. Subramanyam		Commonweal Party
1957	B. Bhaskar		Indian National Congress
1962	A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar		Indian National Congress
1967	Aranganathan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar		Indian National Congress
1977	S. J. Ramasamy Mudaliyar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	C. Gopal Mudaliyar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	N. Shanmugam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	A. M. Munirathinam Mudaliar		Indian National Congress
1991	A. M. Munirathinam Mudaliar		Indian National Congress
1996	A. M. Munirathinam Mudaliar		Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	R. Vilvanathan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	D. Arul Anbarasu		Indian National Congress
2011	P. R. Manogar		Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	N. G. Parthiban - Disqualification by Assembly Speaker 2017		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
By-Election 2019	G. Sampathu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	A. N. Munirathinam		Indian National Congress

Election Results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. N. Munirathinam	1,10,228	49.18
	PMK	A. M. Krishnan	83,530	37.27
	AMMK	N. G. Parthiban	12,979	5.79
	NTK	Y. R. Pavendhan	9,656	4.31
	MNM	R. Jawahar	1,664	0.74
Margin of victory			26,698
Turnout			2,24,109
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing

Bypoll 2019

Bye-election, 2019: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Sampathu	1,03,545	48.00
	DMK	A. Asokan	87,489	40.56
	AMMK	T. G. Mani	12,868	5.97	+5.97
	NTK	P. Gokulakrishnan	5,188	2.40	+2.40
	MNM	A. Malayarajan	2,466	1.14	+1.14
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,112	0.98
Majority			16,056	7.44
Turnout			2,15,795	82.34
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. G. Parthiban	77,651	36.79
	INC	A. M. Munirathinam	67,919	32.18
	PMK	K. Saravanan	50,827	24.08
	DMDK	P. R. Manogar	6,167	2.92
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,691	0.80
Margin of victory			9,732	4.61
Turnout			2,11,074	82.04
	AIADMK gain from DMDK		Swing

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	P. R. Manogar	69,963	38.98
	IND	A. M. Munirathinam	60,925	33.94
	INC	Arulanbarasu	36,957	20.59
	PB	M. Bhavani	3,858	2.15
	IND	T. V. Paramasivam	2,288	1.27
Margin of victory			9,038	5.04
Turnout			1,79,574	84.76
	DMDK gain from INC		Swing

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Arulanbarasu
	AIADMK	C. Gopal

References

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