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Thondamuthur (state assembly constituency)
Coordinates: 11°00′35″N 76°49′41″E / 11.00972°N 76.82806°E
Thondamuthur is a legislative assembly in Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu, which includes the town, Thondamuthur.[1] Thondamuthur assembly constituency is part of Pollachi (Lok Sabha constituency). It was a part of Nilgiris (Lok Sabha constituency) till 2007. Election was not held in the year 1957.
Madras State[edit | edit source]
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Palanisami Gounder | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | V. Ellama Naidu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | R. Manickavasakam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Tamil Nadu[edit | edit source]
| Assembly | Duration | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifth | 1971-77 | R. Manickavasakam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | K. Maruthachalam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | Chinnaraj | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | C. Aranganayagam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | U.K. Vellingiri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | C. Aranganayagam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Eleventh | 1996-01 | C. R. Ramachandran | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Twelfth | 2001-06 | S.R. Balasubramoniyan | Tamil Maanila Congress | |
| Thirteenth | 2006-09 | M. Kannappan | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Thirteenth | 2009-2011 | M.N. Kandaswamy | Indian National Congress | |
| Fourteenth | 2011-2016 | S. P. Velumani | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Fifteenth | 2016-2021 | S. P. Velumani | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Sixteenth | 2021-Incumbent | S. P. Velumani | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Election Results[edit | edit source]
2021[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | S. P. Velumani | 1,24,225 | 53.89 |  1.12
| |
| DMK | Karthikeya Sivasenapathy | 82,595 | 35.83 |  35.83
| |
| MNM | S. Shajahan | 11,606 | 5.03 | 5.03
| |
| NTK | S. Kalaiarasi | 8,042 | 3.49 | 3.49
| |
| AMMK | S.R.Sathishkumar | 1,235 | 0.53 | 0.53
| |
| Independent | Mansoor Ali Khan (actor) | 428 | 0.18 | 0.18
| |
| NOTA | 1,635 | 0.71 | 0.71
| ||
| Margin of victory | 41,630 | 18.06 | 14.11
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| Turnout | 2,30,531 | 71.14 | 4.15
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| AIADMK hold | Swing | 1.12
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2016[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | S. P. Velumani | 1,09,519 | 55.01 | -7.39 | |
| MNMK | Syed Mohammed M A | 45,478 | 22.84 | +22.84 | |
| BJP | Karumuthu Thiyagarajan M | 19,043 | 9.56 | +6.07 | |
| DMDK | Thiyagarajan K | 7,968 | 4.00 | +4.00 | |
| SDPI | Anshar Sheriff A | 3,643 | 1.83 | -0.99 | |
| Margin of victory | 64,041 | 32.17 | -1.07 | ||
| Turnout | 1,99,210 | 66.99 | -8.18 | ||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -7.39 | |||
2011[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | S. P. Velumani | 99,886 | 62.40 | +62.40 | |
| INC | Kandaswamy M N | 46,683 | 29.16 | +29.16 | |
| BJP | Shridhar Murthy A | 5,581 | 3.49 | -1.00 | |
| SDPI | Ummar Kathap T M | 4,519 | 2.82 | +2.82 | |
| LSP | Kannammal Jagadeesan | 932 | 0.58 | +0.58 | |
| Margin of victory | 53,203 | 33.24 | -2.23 | ||
| Turnout | 1,60,248 | 75.17 | +16.12 | ||
| AIADMK gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Bye-election 2009[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | M. N. Kandaswamy | 112,350 | 56.61% | ||
| DMDK | K. Thangavelu | 40,863 | 20.59% | ||
| Majority | 71,487 | ||||
| Turnout | 198,461 | ||||
| INC gain from MDMK | Swing | ||||
2006[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDMK | M. Kannappan | 1,23,490 | |||
| INC | S. R. Balasubramaniam | 1,13,596 | |||
Bifurcation and Delimitation[edit | edit source]
The existing Thondamuthur Assembly Constituency was bifurcated in 2007 to create a new constituency - Kavundampalayam. Instead some parts of the Perur constituency were added to Thondamuthur after the removal of Perur constituency.[2]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ↑ "Two more Assembly segments notified". The Hindu. 16 August 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
External Links[edit | edit source]
- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.