Sulur Assembly constituency

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Sulur
Constituency No. 116 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictCoimbatore
Lok Sabha constituencyCoimbatore
Established1956 (first establishment)
2008 (second establishment)
Total electors307,616
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AIADMK  
Alliance  NDA  
Elected year2021

Sulur (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[1][2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 116. It comprises the Town Panchayat of Irugur, Kannampalayam, Mopperipalayam, Pallapalayam, Samalapuram and Sulur. It also has Karumathapatti municipality and Village Panchayat of Sulur Block and Sultanpet Block surrounding areas in Coimbatore. It was formed for the second time in 2008 and is part of Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency.[3][4] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Term Winner Party
Madras
1957 C. Kolandai Ammal Indian National Congress
1962
Constituency did not exist (1967–2008)
Tamil Nadu
2011 K. Thinakaran Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016 R. Kanagaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019^ V. P. Kandasamy
2021

Election results[edit | edit source]

Vote share of winning candidates
2021
 
 49.23%
2019 by-election
 
 44.78%
2016
 
 47.38%
2011
 
 52.29%
1962
 
 38.76%
1957
 
 44.59%

2026[edit | edit source]

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2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sulur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. P. Kandasamy
DMK Thalapathi Murugesan
NTK Rajasekar
TVK N. M. Sukumar New
NOTA NOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Registered electors 303541
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

2021[edit | edit source]

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sulur[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. P. Kandasamy 118,968 49.23%
KMDK Selvam Kalichamy M. 87,036 36.02%
NTK Elangovan. G 14,426 5.97%
MNM Ranganathan. A 12,658 5.24%
AMMK Senthil Kumar. S. A. 4,111 1.70%
NOTA Nota 2,610 1.08%
Margin of victory 31,932 13.21% -3.97%
Turnout 2,41,653 76.20% 0.60%
Registered electors 3,17,124
AIADMK hold Swing 1.85%

2019 by-election[edit | edit source]

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Sulur[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. P. Kandasamy 1,00,782 44.78
DMK Pongalur N. Palanisamy 90,669 40.29
AMMK K. Sugumar 16,530 7.35
MNM S. Mohanraj 6,644 2.95
NTK V. Vijaya Ragavan 4,335 1.93
NOTA None of the Above 1,938 0.86
Majority 10,113 4.49
Turnout 2,26,998 76.89
AIADMK hold Swing

2016[edit | edit source]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sulur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK R. Kanagaraj 100,977 47.38%
INC Manoharan. V. M. C. 64,346 30.19%
BJP Mandharasalam. S. D. 13,517 6.34% 3.78%
DMDK Thinakaran. K. 13,106 6.15% −46.14%
KMDK Premier Selvam @ Kalichamy. M. 9,672 4.54%
NOTA None Of The Above 3,688 1.73%
NTK Vijayaragavan. M. V. 2,873 1.35%
PMK Ganesan. P. K. 1,687 0.79%
Margin of victory 36,631 17.19% -0.23%
Turnout 2,13,121 75.60% −4.55%
Registered electors 2,81,890
AIADMK gain from DMDK Swing -4.91%

2011[edit | edit source]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sulur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMDK K. Thinakaran 88,680 52.29%
KNMK E. R. Eswaran 59,148 34.88%
Independent Dhinakaran K 7,285 4.30%
BJP Senthilkumar K 4,353 2.57%
Independent Karthikeyan Pon 3,053 1.80%
Independent Mariappan Dr M 2,205 1.30%
Independent Jerold Amalajothi I 1,315 0.78%
Independent Thangavelu C 1,281 0.76%
BSP Abdul Hakkim P 1,064 0.63%
Margin of victory 29,532 17.41% {{{change}}}
Turnout 2,11,574 80.16%
Registered electors 1,69,588
DMDK win (new seat)

1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sulur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. Kolandai Ammal 25,732 38.76% −5.83%
CPI K. N. Chinnayan 21,375 32.19%
PSP Kumarasami Gounder 10,017 15.09%
DMK U. K. N. Rasu 6,953 10.47%
Independent A. Sethupathy 1,364 2.05%
Independent V. R. Gopalasami Chettiar 955 1.44%
Margin of victory 4,357 6.56% -0.08%
Turnout 66,396 77.14% 25.43%
Registered electors 89,754
INC hold Swing -5.83%

1957[edit | edit source]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sulur[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. Kolandai Ammal 18,328 44.59%
CPI K. Ramani 15,598 37.95%
Independent Shanmugasundaram 4,053 9.86%
Independent Natarajan 3,126 7.60%
Margin of victory 2,730 6.64%
Turnout 41,105 51.70%
Registered electors 79,503
INC win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ Two more Assembly segments notified
  5. ↑ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2021". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Form 21E (Return of Election), 2019 By-Election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "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.

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