Athoor (state assembly constituency)

Athoor
Athoor
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Dindigul
LS constituency	Dindigul
Established	1952
Total electors	2,91,442
Reservation	General
Most successful party	DMK (9 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	I. Periyasamy
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Last updated February 23, 2022

Athoor is the legislative assembly in Dindigul district, that includes the city, Athoor.^[2] Athoor assembly constituency was part of Dindigul (Lok Sabha constituency).

Madras State

Year	Winner
1952	T.S.Soundram	Indian National Congress
1957	M. A. B. Arumugasamy Chettiar	Indian National Congress
1962	V. S. S. Mani	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	V. S. S. Mani Chettiyar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Duration	Winner
Fifth	1971-1977	A.M.T Nachiappan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977-1980	A. Vellaisamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-1984	A. Vellaisamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984-1989	V.R. Nedunchezhiyan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989-1991	I. Periasamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991-1996	S.M. Durai	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-2001	I. Periasamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-2006	P.K.T. Natarajaan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006-2011	I. Periasamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011-2016	I. Periasamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016-2021	I. Periasamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
sixteenth	2021-incumbent	I. Periasamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Athoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	I. Periyasamy	165,809	72.11
	PMK	M. Thilagabama	30,238	13.15

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Athoor^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. S. S. Mani Chettiyar	34,632	50.30%
	INC	M. A. B. Arumugasamy Chettiar	29,136	42.32%	0.09%
	Independent	R. Sadasivam	5,080	7.38%
Margin of victory			5,496	7.98%	-10.91%
Turnout			68,848	67.59%	18.27%
Registered electors			1,05,730
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	8.07%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Athoor^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. A. B. Arumugasamy Chettiar	22,929	42.23%	-12.84%
	Independent	V. S. S. Mani Chettiyar	12,669	23.33%
	Independent	L. K. A. Jeyaram	10,139	18.67%
	Independent	M. N. Kamatchi	6,077	11.19%
	Independent	Sadasivam	2,480	4.57%
Margin of victory			10,260	18.90%	-3.39%
Turnout			54,294	49.32%	-13.60%
Registered electors			1,10,089
	INC hold		Swing	-12.84%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Athoor^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Soundaram Ramachandran	25,849	55.08%	55.08%
	Independent	V. S. S. Mani Chettiyar	15,388	32.79%
	KMPP	Sadasivam	5,697	12.14%
Margin of victory			10,461	22.29%
Turnout			46,934	62.91%
Registered electors			74,601
	INC win (new seat)

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References

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↑ "1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
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↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

"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] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[2] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[3] "1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[4] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

[5] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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