Veerapandi (state Assembly Constituency)
Veerapandi is a legislative assembly constituency in Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 91. It comprises a portion of Salem taluk and is a part of the wider Salem constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. The constituency has been in existence since the 1957 election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.
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 |
Madras State
Year | Winner | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1957 | M. R. Kandasami Mudaliar | Indian National Congress | |
1962 | S. Arumugam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1967 |
Tamil Nadu
Year | Winner | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1971 | S. Arumugam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1977 | P. Venga Gounder | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1980 | P. Vijayalakshmi | ||
1984 | |||
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 | ||
2021 | M. Rajamuthu |
Election results
2021
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% | ||
Rejected ballots | 1063 | 0.48% | |||
Registered electors | 260,064 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | 4.39% |
2016
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% |
2011
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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) |