Melur (State Assembly Constituency)
Melur is a legislative assembly constituency in Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below.
Most successful party: INC (7 times).
Madras State
Year | Winner | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1952 | S. Chinnakaruppa Thevar and P. Sivapirakasam |
Indian National Congress | |
1957 | M. Periyakaruppan Ambalam and P. Kakkan | ||
1962 | M. Sivaramanambalam |
Tamil Nadu
Year | Winner | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1977 | A. M. Paramasivan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1980 | K. V. Veeranambalam | Indian National Congress (I) | |
1984 | D. V. Veeranambalam | Indian National Congress | |
1989 | K. V. V. Rajamanickam | ||
1991 | |||
1996 | Tamil Maanila Congress | ||
2001 | R. Samy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
2006 | |||
2011 | |||
2016 | Periyapullan @ P. Selvam | ||
2021 |
Election results
2021
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | Periyapullan @ P. Selvam | 83,344 | 45.82% | -5.72 | |
INC | T. Ravichandran | 48,182 | 26.49% | New | |
AMMK | A. Selvaraj | 34,262 | 18.84% | New | |
NTK | P. Karuppusamy | 10,669 | 5.87% | +5.09 | |
MNM | K. Kathiresan | 2,176 | 1.20% | New | |
NOTA | NOTA | 884 | 0.49% | +0.05 | |
Margin of victory | 35,162 | 19.33% | 7.90% | ||
Turnout | 181,898 | 74.25% | 0.04% | ||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0.00% | |||
Registered electors | 244,996 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | -5.72% |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | Periyapullan @ P. Selvam | 88,909 | 51.54% | -4.2 | |
DMK | A. P. Ragupthy | 69,186 | 40.11% | +0.25 | |
TMC(M) | T. N. Bharath Natchiyappan | 4,579 | 2.65% | New | |
BJP | P. V. Boopathikakkan | 1,921 | 1.11% | +0.07 | |
NTK | I. T. Seeman | 1,339 | 0.78% | New | |
SDPI | S. Rishi Kapoor | 828 | 0.48% | New | |
AIFB | S. Kalaimani | 773 | 0.45% | New | |
NOTA | NOTA | 757 | 0.44% | New | |
Margin of victory | 19,723 | 11.43% | -4.45% | ||
Turnout | 172,501 | 74.20% | -3.35% | ||
Registered electors | 232,476 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | -4.20% |
2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | R. Samy | 85,869 | 55.74% | +8.42 | |
DMK | R. Rani | 61,407 | 39.86% | New | |
BJP | P. V. Dharmalingam | 1,608 | 1.04% | New | |
BSP | Sarasukumar Vaira | 1,080 | 0.70% | -0.25 | |
RJD | M. Gopalakrishnan | 856 | 0.56% | New | |
Independent | G. Vetrivel | 836 | 0.54% | New | |
Margin of victory | 24,462 | 15.88% | 13.53% | ||
Turnout | 198,652 | 77.55% | 6.39% | ||
Registered electors | 154,050 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | 8.42% |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | R. Samy | 64,013 | 47.32% | +1 | |
INC | K. V. V. Rajamanickam | 60,840 | 44.97% | New | |
DMDK | C. T. Rajaram | 5,269 | 3.89% | New | |
BSP | M. Panneer Selvam | 1,292 | 0.96% | New | |
Independent | R. Vairavan | 1,143 | 0.84% | New | |
AIFB | O. Subramanian | 1,018 | 0.75% | New | |
Margin of victory | 3,173 | 2.35% | -19.08% | ||
Turnout | 135,283 | 71.16% | 4.83% | ||
Registered electors | 190,114 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | 1.00% |
2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | R. Samy | 58,010 | 46.32% | New | |
DMK | S. Samayanallur Selavarasu | 31,172 | 24.89% | New | |
Independent | K. V. V. Rajamanickam | 26,428 | 21.10% | New | |
MDMK | Veera Elavarasan | 3,914 | 3.13% | -5.59 | |
Independent | K. Rajakili | 1,798 | 1.44% | New | |
JP | N. Dharmar Ambalam | 1,208 | 0.96% | New | |
Democratic Forward Bloc | M. K. Karuppanan | 1,158 | 0.92% | New | |
Independent | R. Elango | 734 | 0.59% | New | |
Margin of victory | 26,838 | 21.43% | -16.18% | ||
Turnout | 125,241 | 66.33% | 0.11% | ||
Registered electors | 188,821 | ||||
AIADMK gain from TMC(M) | Swing | -15.89% |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TMC(M) | K. V. V. Rajamanickam | 73,999 | 62.21% | New | |
INC | C. R. Sundararajan | 29,258 | 24.60% | -47.74 | |
MDMK | Veera Ilavarasan | 10,363 | 8.71% | New | |
JP | K. Puyal Ponniah | 3,864 | 3.25% | New | |
Margin of victory | 44,741 | 37.61% | -9.89% | ||
Turnout | 118,949 | 66.21% | 0.87% | ||
Registered electors | 189,179 | ||||
TMC(M) gain from INC | Swing | -10.12% |
1991
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | K. V. V. Rajamanickam | 80,348 | 72.33% | +35.93 | |
CPI(M) | N. Palanisamy | 27,576 | 24.82% | New | |
AAP | P. Manickam | 1,038 | 0.93% | New | |
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Margin of victory | 52,772 | 47.51% | 39.86% | ||
Turnout | 111,082 | 65.34% | -7.15% | ||
Registered electors | 175,149 | ||||
INC hold | Swing | 35.93% |
1989
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | K. V. V. Rajamanickam | 41,158 | 36.41% | -23.7 | |
DMK | K. R. Thiagarajan | 32,508 | 28.75% | New | |
AIADMK | A. M. Paramasivan | 31,470 | 27.84% | -5.53 | |
AIFB | N. Dharmar Abmalam | 3,675 | 3.25% | New | |
Independent | P. R. Posalan | 2,176 | 1.92% | New | |
Margin of victory | 8,650 | 7.65% | -19.09% | ||
Turnout | 113,054 | 72.50% | -3.83% | ||
Registered electors | 159,210 | ||||
INC hold | Swing | -23.70% |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | K. V. Veeranambalam | 60,794 | 60.11% | +5.51 | |
AIADMK | K. Thiyagarajan | 33,748 | 33.37% | -8.94 | |
INC(J) | A. M. Paramasivan | 5,302 | 5.24% | New | |
Independent | S. Krishnan | 821 | 0.81% | New | |
Margin of victory | 27,046 | 26.74% | 14.45% | ||
Turnout | 101,143 | 76.33% | 3.42% | ||
Registered electors | 139,154 | ||||
INC hold | Swing | 5.51% |
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | K. V. Veeranambalam | 54,003 | 54.60% | +18.7 | |
AIADMK | A. M. Paramasivan | 41,849 | 42.31% | +6.24 | |
Independent | J. S. Krishnan | 1,356 | 1.37% | New | |
Independent | N. Ramu | 686 | 0.69% | New | |
Independent | A. Ayyavu | 516 | 0.52% | New | |
Independent | V. Ramamurthy | 502 | 0.51% | New | |
Margin of victory | 12,154 | 12.29% | 12.12% | ||
Turnout | 98,912 | 72.90% | 1.75% | ||
Registered electors | 137,381 | ||||
INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | 18.53% |
1977
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | A. M. Paramasivan | 33,111 | 36.07% | New | |
INC | K. V. Veernanamablam | 32,955 | 35.90% | New | |
DMK | P. Malaichamy | 22,337 | 24.33% | New | |
JP | O. Sethuraman | 3,396 | 3.70% | New | |
Margin of victory | 156 | 0.17% | |||
Turnout | 91,799 | 71.15% | |||
Registered electors | 130,502 | ||||
AIADMK gain from | Swing |
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | M. Sivaraman Ambalam | 28,986 | 43.19% | +21.01 | |
DMK | V. V. N. Natarajan | 20,985 | 31.27% | New | |
SWA | V. Poonnuchamy Ambalam | 11,279 | 16.80% | New | |
CPI | M. Veeranam | 5,867 | 8.74% | New | |
Margin of victory | 8,001 | 11.92% | 10.81% | ||
Turnout | 67,117 | 74.55% | -13.14% | ||
Registered electors | 94,071 | ||||
INC hold | Swing | 21.01% |
1957
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | P. Kakkan | 33,123 | 22.18% | -5.11 | |
INC | M. Periya Karuppan Ambalam | 31,461 | 21.06% | -6.22 | |
Independent | K. Paramasamy Ambalam | 25,583 | 17.13% | New | |
Independent | P. Vadivel (Sc) | 20,804 | 13.93% | New | |
Independent | I. Samadharman (Sc) | 14,575 | 9.76% | New | |
Independent | K. P. S. P. Karuppiha Chettiar | 13,672 | 9.15% | New | |
Independent | A. Velusamy | 10,150 | 6.80% | New | |
Margin of victory | 1,662 | 1.11% | -4.85% | ||
Turnout | 149,368 | 87.69% | -3.69% | ||
Registered electors | 170,331 | ||||
INC hold | Swing | -5.11% |
1952
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | S. Chinnakaruppa Thavar | 40,032 | 27.28% | New | |
INC | P. Sivaparakasam | 31,277 | 21.31% | New | |
AIFB | B. Ponachami Ambalan | 22,437 | 15.29% | New | |
CPI | K. Veerana Veduvan | 14,930 | 10.17% | New | |
Socialist | Chellathayammal | 14,156 | 9.65% | New | |
Socialist | A. Aiyannan | 10,367 | 7.06% | New | |
Independent | R. V. Sahadevan | 4,898 | 3.34% | New | |
Independent | Chinna Periyambillai | 4,736 | 3.23% | New | |
Independent | R. Sethuramakrishna Iyer | 3,908 | 2.66% | New | |
Margin of victory | 8,755 | 5.97% | |||
Turnout | 146,741 | 91.38% | |||
Registered electors | 160,580 | ||||
INC win (new seat) |