Erode East Assembly constituency

Erode (East)
Constituency No. 98 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Erode
LS constituency	Erode
Total electors	2,27,547 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vacant
Party	-
Elected year	2023

Erode East or 'Erode (East)' is a state assembly constituency in Erode district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 98. It consists of a portion of Erode taluk which includes Erode City. It is included in Erode Parliamentary Constituency. ^{[2] [3]} It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

This constituency was newly formed, in the year of 2008, by dividing the integrated Erode Assembly Constituency.

Boundaries and parts

Erode East covers the central part of Erode City Corporation to the river Kaveri on the east and Modakurichi Constituency limit on the south; a part of the city is also covered by that constituency.

The eastern part of the city, to the eastern banks of the river Kaveri is included in Kumarapalayam Constituency.

Demographics

The Kongu Vellalar & Sengundha Mudhaliyar communities constitute about 60% As of the total population of this constituency.2021 ^[4]

Gender demographic of Erode East as of 11.02.2023, ^[5] taken during the by-election in 2023.

Year	Female	Male	Transgender	Total
2023	1,16,497	1,11,025	25	2,27,547

Members of Legislative Assembly

Elected members from this constituency are as follows:

Year	Member	Political Party
2011	V. C. Chandhirakumar		Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	K. S. Thennarasu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Thirumagan Evera [6]		Indian National Congress
2023 (By-election)	E. V. K. S. Elangovan [7]
2025 (By-election)	TBD		TBD

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2023			64.58%
2021			44.27%
2016			43.83%
2011			50.83%

2025

2025 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Bye-election: Erode (East)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. C. Chandhirakumar
	NTK
	NOTA	Nota
Margin of victory
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing

2023

2023 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Bye-election: Erode (East) ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. V. K. S. Elangovan	110,156	64.58	+20.31
	AIADMK	K. S. Thennarasu	43,923	25.75	New
	NTK	Menaka Navaneethan	10,827	6.35	−1.30
	DMDK	S. Anand	1,432	0.84	New
	NOTA	Nota	798	0.47	−0.55
Margin of victory			66,233	38.83	+32.97
Turnout			170,563	74.79	+7.97
Registered electors			2,27,547
	INC hold		Swing	+20.31

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Erode (East)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Thirumagan Evera	67,300	44.27
	TMC(M)	Yuvaraja	58,396	38.41	−5.42
	NTK	Gomathi.S.	11,629	7.65	6.12
	MNM	Rajakumar.A. M. R	10,005	6.98
	NOTA	Nota	1,546	1.02	−1.07
	AMMK	Muthukumaran.S. A.	1,204	0.79
Margin of victory			8,904	5.86	+0.59
Turnout			1,52,631	66.82	−2.75
Registered electors			2,28,402
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.43

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Erode (East)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. S. Thennarasu	64,879	43.83
	DMK	Chandhirakumar V C	57,085	38.57	−4.44
	DMDK	Ponchairman	6,776	4.58	−46.25
	BJP	Rajeshkumar P	5,549	3.75	+1.36
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,096	2.09
Margin of victory			7,794	5.27	−2.56
Turnout			1,48,018	69.57	−8.00
Registered electors			2,12,746
	AIADMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-7.00

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Erode (East)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	V. C. Chandhirakumar	69,166	50.83
	DMK	S. Muthusamy	58,522	43.01
	BJP	Rajeshkumar P	3,244	2.38
	Independent	Minnal Murugash R	2,439	1.79
Margin of victory			10,644	7.82
Turnout			1,36,071	77.58
Registered electors			1,75,395
	DMDK win (new seat)

References

1. "Patrikai.com 11.02.2023 Voters Count".
2. "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
3. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
4. "தினமணி - 2021 Voter Information".
5. "Patrikai.com 11.02.2023 Voters Count".
6. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
7. "ECI Erode East By Election Result".
8. "74.79% voter turnout in Erode East bypoll". timesofindia. 28 February 2023.
9. "ஈரோடு இடைத்தேர்தலில் 74.79% வாக்குகள் பதிவு!". news7tamil (in Tamil). 28 February 2023.

• "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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