Veerapandi Assembly constituency

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Veerapandi
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constitution-Veerapandi.svg
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictSalem
LS constituencySalem
Total electors2,60,064[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAM. Rajamuthu
Party  AIADMK  
Elected year2021

Veerapandi is a legislative assembly constituency in Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[2] It comprises a portion of Salem taluk and is a part of the wider Salem constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[3] The constituency is in existence since 1957 election. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Demographics[edit]

Demographics
Category Data
Created 2016
Vanniyar 30%
Sengundhar Kaikola Mudaliyar 25%
Kongu Vellalar Gounder 15%
Adi Dravida 7%
Arunthathiyar 05%
Others 18%
Total Electorate 2,39,268

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Madras State[edit]

Year Winner Party
1957 M. R. Kandasami Mudaliar Indian National Congress
1962 S. Arumugam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967 S. Arumugam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu[edit]

Year Winner Party
1971 S. Arumugam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 P. Venga Gounder All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 P. Vijayalakshmi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984 P. Vijayalakshmi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 P. Venkatachalam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 K. Arjunan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 S. Arumugam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 S. K. Selvam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 A. Rajendran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011 S. K. Selvam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 P. Manonmani[5] All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 M. Rajamuthu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results[edit]

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
 50.24%
2016
 
 45.86%
2011
 
 55.73%
2006
 
 42.51%
2001
 
 58.38%
1996
 
 54.34%
1991
 
 68.12%
1989
 
 34.53%
1984
 
 63.70%
1980
 
 57.95%
1977
 
 44.87%
1971
 
 62.23%
1967
 
 66.11%
1962
 
 54.78%
1957
 
 55.21%

2021[edit]

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Veerapandi[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK M. Rajamuthu 111,682 50.24% +4.39
DMK A. K. Tharun 91,787 41.29% +2.44
NTK S. Rajeshkumar 9,806 4.41% +3.81
AMMK S. K. Selvam 4,986 2.24% New
NOTA NOTA 1,409 0.63% -0.73
IJK R. Amutha 1,302 0.59% New
Margin of victory 19,895 8.95% 1.94%
Turnout 222,293 85.48% -0.92%
Registered electors 260,064
AIADMK hold Swing 4.39%

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2016[edit]

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2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Veerapandi[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Manonmani 94,792 45.86% -9.87
DMK A. Rajendran 80,311 38.85% -2.13
PMK A. R. B. Samraj 17,218 8.33% New
CPI A. Mohan 6,483 3.14% New
NOTA NOTA 2,828 1.37% New
NTK M. Sasi Kumar 1,233 0.60% New
KMDK K. P. Kamaraaj 1,198 0.58% New
Margin of victory 14,481 7.01% -7.74%
Turnout 206,718 86.40% -2.73%
Registered electors 239,268
AIADMK hold Swing -9.87%

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2011[edit]

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2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Veerapandi[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. K. Selvam 100,155 55.73% +13.99
DMK A. Rajendran 73,657 40.98% -1.53
Independent M. Vaithi 1,558 0.87% New
Independent K. Tamizharasan 1,355 0.75% New
Margin of victory 26,498 14.74% 13.97%
Turnout 179,729 89.12% 9.95%
Registered electors 201,660
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 13.22%

2006[edit]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Veerapandi[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. Rajendran 90,477 42.51% +4.59
AIADMK P. Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy 88,839 41.74% -16.64
DMDK S. Salem Govindaraj 28,254 13.27% New
BJP A. Annadurai 1,576 0.74% New
Margin of victory 1,638 0.77% -19.68%
Turnout 212,846 79.18% 8.14%
Registered electors 268,821
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -15.87%

2001[edit]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Veerapandi[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. K. Selvam 85,657 58.38% +19.25
DMK Veerapandy S. Arumugam 55,645 37.92% -16.42
MDMK A. Anburajendran 1,318 0.90% -0.37
Independent S. Amirthalingam 1,067 0.73% New
Independent V. Nehrurajan 962 0.66% New
Margin of victory 30,012 20.45% 5.24%
Turnout 146,733 71.03% 2.12%
Registered electors 206,595
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 4.04%

1996[edit]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Veerapandi[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Veerapandy S. Arumugam 75,563 54.34% +34.3
AIADMK K. Arjunan 54,412 39.13% -28.99
PMK M. Chinnappan 6,303 4.53% New
MDMK Anbu Rajendran 1,760 1.27% New
Margin of victory 21,151 15.21% -32.88%
Turnout 139,054 68.92% 6.83%
Registered electors 210,273
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -13.78%

1991[edit]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Veerapandi[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. Arjunan 79,725 68.12% +37.56
DMK P. Venkatachalam 23,451 20.04% -14.49
PMK M. Chinnappan 11,799 10.08% New
JP P. Palaniappan 798 0.68% New
Margin of victory 56,274 48.09% 44.12%
Turnout 117,028 62.09% -1.25%
Registered electors 194,734
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 33.59%

1989[edit]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Veerapandi[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK P. Venkatachalam 36,040 34.53% -0.16
AIADMK S. K. Selvam 31,899 30.56% -33.14
INC K. Mariappan 20,291 19.44% New
AIADMK P. Vijayalakshmi 10,635 10.19% -53.52
Independent M. G. C. Prabhakar 2,300 2.20% New
Independent N. Krishnamoorthy 1,618 1.55% New
Independent M. Govindan 673 0.64% New
Margin of victory 4,141 3.97% -25.05%
Turnout 104,369 63.34% -8.81%
Registered electors 168,878
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -29.17%

1984[edit]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Veerapandi[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Vijayalakshmi 61,609 63.70% +5.75
DMK Subramaniam 33,549 34.69% -5.12
Independent C. Raja 552 0.57% New
Margin of victory 28,060 29.01% 10.88%
Turnout 96,710 72.15% 1.15%
Registered electors 141,355
AIADMK hold Swing 5.75%

1980[edit]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Veerapandi[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Vijayalakshmi 51,034 57.95% +13.08
DMK K. P. Srinivasan 35,061 39.81% +14.31
JP M. M. Nallathambi 1,331 1.51% New
Independent T. K. Thangavel 508 0.58% New
Margin of victory 15,973 18.14% -1.23%
Turnout 88,061 71.00% 9.83%
Registered electors 125,608
AIADMK hold Swing 13.08%

1977[edit]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Veerapandi[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Venga Gounder 31,920 44.87% New
DMK M. Muthuswamy 18,144 25.50% -36.72
INC T. V. Thirumalai 10,777 15.15% -12.6
JP P. C. Kolandavelu 9,898 13.91% New
Independent R. Viruppannan 401 0.56% New
Margin of victory 13,776 19.36% -15.11%
Turnout 71,140 61.17% -6.99%
Registered electors 117,964
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -17.36%

1971[edit]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Veerapandi[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Veerapandy S. Arumugam 41,369 62.23% -3.88
INC T. V. Thirumalai 18,449 27.75% -6.13
CPI (M) K. Rangannan 4,221 6.35% New
Independent M. Malaikolundupillai 2,440 3.67% New
Margin of victory 22,920 34.48% 2.25%
Turnout 66,479 68.16% -4.92%
Registered electors 101,883
DMK hold Swing -3.88%

1967[edit]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Veerapandi[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Veerapandy S. Arumugam 42,681 66.11% +11.33
INC N. S. Sundararajan 21,876 33.89% -5.5
Margin of victory 20,805 32.23% 16.83%
Turnout 64,557 73.08% 0.73%
Registered electors 90,758
DMK hold Swing 11.33%

1962[edit]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Veerapandi[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Veerapandy S. Arumugam 30,840 54.78% New
INC A. Mariappan 22,171 39.39% -15.82
Independent V. Siddha Chetty 1,450 2.58% New
Independent K. Chinnathambi Gounder 937 1.66% New
Independent K. Samuel 895 1.59% New
Margin of victory 8,669 15.40% -9.26%
Turnout 56,293 72.35% 20.62%
Registered electors 80,507
DMK gain from INC Swing -0.42%

1957[edit]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Veerapandi[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC M. R. Kandasamy Mudaliar 21,264 55.21% New
Independent Chelliah 11,765 30.54% New
Independent K. V. Palanisamy 2,838 7.37% New
Independent Shanmuga Mudali 1,589 4.13% New
Independent Muthusamy Konan 1,062 2.76% New
Margin of victory 9,499 24.66%
Turnout 38,518 51.74%
Registered electors 74,451
INC win (new seat)

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch (help)
  2. ↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Dinamalar (2016). "Trouble for ADMK".
  5. ↑ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 91. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Veerapandi Election Result". Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  8. ↑ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  9. ↑ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
  10. ↑ Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  11. ↑ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  12. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  13. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  14. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  15. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  16. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  17. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  18. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  19. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  20. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1957" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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