Tiruppur Assembly constituency

Tiruppur
Tiruppur
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Coimbatore
Lok Sabha constituency	Coimbatore
Established	1951
Abolished	2008
Total electors	428,422
Reservation	None

Tiruppur is the legislative Assembly constituency, that includes the city of Tiruppur. Tiruppur Assembly constituency was part of Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency. It was a two-member constituency in the 1952 election.

History[edit | edit source]

After 2008[edit | edit source]

Owing to the enormous Urban agglomeration in Tiruppur city, Tiruppur Assembly constituency has now been bifurcated into Tiruppur North and Tiruppur South constituencies.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

A total of 14 members from 13 elections have been elected from this constituency. It has elected five members each from Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, and four members each from Indian National Congress, and two members each from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Madras State[edit | edit source]

Year	Winner	Party		Votes	Runner-up	Party	Votes
Madras State
1952	1) Arumugam 2) Rangasami Naidu		Indian National Congress	38,846 30,991	3) Muthivanam 4) Ramaswami	CPI CPI	21,772 15,736
1957	K. N. Palanisamy Gounder	29,519	V. Ponnulinga Gounder	CPI	18,976
1962	K. N. Palanisamy Gounder	41,748	Ponnulinga Gounder	CPI	26,175
1967	S. Duraisamy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	35,518	K. N. Palanisamy Gounder	INC	21,373
Tamil Nadu
1971	S. Duraisamy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	40,762	S. A. Khader	IND	32,995
1977	R. Manimaran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	38,984	A. Ganapathy	CPI	24,569
1980	R. Manimaran	63,371	Mohan Kandasamy alias (P. Kandasamy Gounder)	INC(I)	39,276
1984	K. Subbarayan		Communist Party of India	51,874	R. Manimaran	ADMK	50,634
1989	C. Govindasamy		Communist Party of India	55,481	K. Subbarayan	CPI	38,102
1991	V. Palanisamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	92,509	C. Govindasamy	CPM	55,868
1996	K. Subbarayan		Communist Party of India	101,392	C. Sivasami	ADMK	60,337
2001	C. Sivasami		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	127,224	Lalitha Kumaramangalam	BJP	80,668
2006	C. Govindasamy		Communist Party of India	105,713	S. Duraisamy	MDMK	94,754

Election results[edit | edit source]

2006[edit | edit source]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruppur^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	C. Govindasamy	106,073	43.44%
	MDMK	S. Duraisamy	94,774	38.81%
	DMDK	K. Palanisamy	27,217	11.15%
	BJP	A. M. Karthikkeyean	9,476	3.88%	−34.10%
	Independent	M. Shanger	1,609	0.66%
	SP	K. Sukumaran	1,004	0.41%
	Independent	B. Venkatesan	966	0.40%
	Independent	A. Lingasamy	781	0.32%
	Independent	K. Moorthi	622	0.25%
	All India Forward Bloc (Subhasist)	S. Sundara Pandiyan	616	0.25%
	Independent	Alagappan Periasamy	444	0.18%
Margin of victory			11,299	4.63%	-17.29%
Turnout			244,194	57.00%	3.61%
Registered electors			428,422
	CPI (M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-16.47%

2001[edit | edit source]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruppur^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Sivasamy	127,224	59.91%	29.82%
	BJP	Lalitha Kumaramangalam	80,668	37.98%	35.50%
	Independent	S. Nagarajan	1,878	0.88%
	Independent	P. Shanmugam	1,060	0.50%
	Independent	R. Duraisamy	809	0.38%
	Independent	K. Sivasubramaniam	733	0.35%
Margin of victory			46,556	21.92%	1.45%
Turnout			212,372	53.39%	−9.76%
Registered electors			397,889
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing	9.35%

1996[edit | edit source]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruppur^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	K. Subbarayan	101,392	50.56%
	AIADMK	C. Sivasamy	60,337	30.09%	−27.84%
	MDMK	S. Duraisamy	20,637	10.29%
	Independent	K. Sundramoorthy	7,473	3.73%
	BJP	M. Palanisamy	4,992	2.49%	−2.71%
	PMK	C. Vadivel	450	0.22%
	Independent	K. Gopal	343	0.17%
	Independent	S. Nataraj	340	0.17%
	Independent	C. Ravi	282	0.14%
	Independent	R. Ramasamy	255	0.13%
	Independent	R. Chinnakuti	218	0.11%
Margin of victory			41,055	20.47%	-2.47%
Turnout			200,542	63.15%	−0.80%
Registered electors			329,182
	CPI gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.37%

1991[edit | edit source]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruppur^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Palanisamy	92,509	57.92%	41.02%
	CPI(M)	C. Govindasamy	55,868	34.98%	0.57%
	BJP	R. Samiappan	8,309	5.20%
	PMK	K. S. Babu	459	0.29%
	Independent	T. V. Subramaniam	288	0.18%
	Independent	Subbu Alias Subramaniam	285	0.18%
	Independent	A. Sampath	273	0.17%
	Independent	V. P. Mani	200	0.13%
	Independent	M. Subramaniam	126	0.08%
	Independent	K. A. Chelliah	120	0.08%
	Independent	A. Lingasamy	106	0.07%
Margin of victory			36,641	22.94%	12.16%
Turnout			159,707	63.95%	−9.97%
Registered electors			255,427
	AIADMK gain from CPI (M)		Swing	23.52%

1989[edit | edit source]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruppur^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	C. Govindasamy	55,481	34.41%
	CPI	K. Subbarayan	38,102	23.63%
	INC	R. Krishnan	31,786	19.71%
	AIADMK	M. N. Palanisamy	27,251	16.90%	−23.04%
	TNC(K)	K. P. Govindasamy	5,826	3.61%
	Independent	Mani Govindasamy	1,124	0.70%
	Independent	K. Shanmugam	309	0.19%
	Independent	S. Dharuman	229	0.14%
	Independent	A. Balakrishnan	197	0.12%
	Independent	A. Subramaniam	162	0.10%
	Independent	R. Sampath	160	0.10%
Margin of victory			17,379	10.78%	9.80%
Turnout			161,247	73.92%	0.36%
Registered electors			222,283
	CPI (M) gain from CPI		Swing	-6.51%

1984[edit | edit source]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruppur^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	K. Subbarayan	51,874	40.92%
	AIADMK	R. Manimaran	50,634	39.94%	−37.42%
	Indian Congress (J)	M. N. Palanisamy	22,099	17.43%
	BJP	C. Palanisamy	725	0.57%
	Independent	T. R. Subramanian	290	0.23%
	Independent	M. G. B. Rathinasamy	284	0.22%
	Independent	M. Palanisamy	136	0.11%
	Independent	S. Sampath	126	0.10%
	Independent	K. Selvaraj	115	0.09%
	Independent	R. Rangasamy	96	0.08%
	Independent	N. Natarajan	94	0.07%
Margin of victory			1,240	0.98%	-28.44%
Turnout			126,772	73.56%	7.63%
Registered electors			182,124
	CPI gain from AIADMK		Swing	-36.44%

1980[edit | edit source]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruppur^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Manimaran	63,371	77.36%	36.23%
	INC	P. Kandasamy Gounder	39,276	47.95%
	JP	S. Venkat Raj	7,760	9.47%
	Independent	M. Palanisammi	549	0.67%
	Independent	P. Vyapuri Mudaliar	259	0.32%
Margin of victory			24,095	29.41%	14.21%
Turnout			81,914	65.93%	−2.26%
Registered electors			126,155
	AIADMK hold		Swing	36.23%

1977[edit | edit source]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruppur^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Manimaran	38,984	41.13%
	CPI	A. Ganapathy	24,569	25.92%
	DMK	K. Doraisamy	16,414	17.32%	−37.56%
	JP	K. Velusamy	13,775	14.53%
	Independent	N. Palanisamy Alias Chinnakutty	532	0.56%
	Independent	N. Natarajan	507	0.53%
Margin of victory			14,415	15.21%	4.75%
Turnout			94,781	68.19%	−2.24%
Registered electors			140,401
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-13.74%

1971[edit | edit source]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruppur^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Duraisamy	40,762	54.88%	4.82%
	Independent	S. A. Khader	32,995	44.42%
	Independent	N. Rangasami Chettiar	524	0.71%
Margin of victory			7,767	10.46%	-9.48%
Turnout			74,281	70.43%	−8.09%
Registered electors			111,543
	DMK hold		Swing	4.82%

1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruppur^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Duraisamy	35,518	50.05%	40.18%
	INC	K. N. Palanisamy Gounder	21,373	30.12%	−21.77%
	CPI	P. Murugesan	14,073	19.83%
Margin of victory			14,145	19.93%	0.58%
Turnout			70,964	78.52%	0.21%
Registered electors			96,272
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-1.84%

1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruppur^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. N. Palanisamy Gounder	41,748	51.89%	−5.58%
	CPI	Ponnulinge Gounder	26,175	32.53%
	DMK	S. Duraisamy	7,944	9.87%
	SWA	Sundaram	4,592	5.71%
Margin of victory			15,573	19.36%	-1.17%
Turnout			80,459	78.31%	23.89%
Registered electors			106,491
	INC hold		Swing	-5.58%

1957[edit | edit source]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruppur^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	K. N. Palanisamy Gounder	29,519	57.47%
	CPI	V. Ponnulinga Gounder	18,976	36.94%
	Independent	C. Duraisami	2,873	5.59%
Margin of victory			10,543	20.52%
Turnout			51,368	54.42%
Registered electors			94,395
	INC win (new seat)

1952[edit | edit source]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruppur^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Arumugam	38,846	23.89%	23.89%
	INC	Rangaswami Naidu	30,991	19.06%	19.06%
	CPI	Muthivanam	21,772	13.39%
	CPI	Ramaswami	15,736	9.68%
	Socialist	Nagaparnadi	15,193	9.35%
	Independent	Kanakarathinam	13,551	8.34%
	Socialist	Palaniswami Gounder	12,098	7.44%
	Independent	Muthukumaraswami Gounder	10,110	6.22%
	RPI	Pandaram	4,278	2.63%
Margin of victory			7,855	4.83%
Turnout			162,575	98.41%
Registered electors			165,201
	INC win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
↑ Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
↑ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1957" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1951" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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.

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[1] Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.

[2] Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.

[3] Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[4] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[5] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[6] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[7] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[8] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[9] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[10] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[11] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[12] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1957" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

[13] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1951" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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