Thondamuthur (state assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 11°00′35″N 76°49′41″E / 11.00972°N 76.82806°E / 11.00972; 76.82806

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 StateEdit

Year Winner Party
1952 Palanisami Gounder Indian National Congress
1962 V. Ellama Naidu Indian National Congress
1967 R. Manickavasakam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil NaduEdit

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 ResultsEdit

2021Edit

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
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
Turnout 2,30,531 71.14  4.15
AIADMK hold Swing  1.12

2016Edit

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
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

2011Edit

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
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 2009Edit

2009–10 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Thondamuthur
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

2006Edit

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MDMK M. Kannappan 1,23,490
INC S. R. Balasubramaniam 1,13,596

Bifurcation and DelimitationEdit

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]

ReferencesEdit

  1. "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  2. "Two more Assembly segments notified". The Hindu. 16 August 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

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