Erode West (state assembly constituency)

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Erode (West)
Constituency for the State Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
State Tamil Nadu
District Erode
LS constituency Erode
Total electors2,93,058 [1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA S. Muthusamy
Party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year2021

Erode West is a state assembly constituency of Erode City in Erode District in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It consists of portions of the Perundurai and Erode taluks. It is included in Erode Parliamentary Constituency. [2]

Contents

This constituency was newly formed, in the year of 2008, by dividing the integrated Erode Assembly Constituency. Erode West was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. [3]

Boundaries

It covers the western part of Erode City Corporation to the Perundurai constituency limit on the west and Modakurichi Constituency limit on the south; a part of the city is also covered by these two constituencies. Also Bhavani constituency covers some part of the city in the north.

Demographics

The constituency has a significant number of Kongu Vellalar Gounder and Senguntha Mudaliar, Nadar and Adi Dravida communities. [4]

Members of assembly

Elected members from this constituency are as follows,

YearWinnerParty
2011 K. V. Ramalingam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 K. V. Ramalingam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 S. Muthusamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
49.49%
2016
43.46%
2011
59.29%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Erode (West)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK S. Muthusamy 100,757 49.49% 8.62%
AIADMK K. V. Ramalingam 78,66838.64%-4.82%
NTK Chandra Kumar P13,3536.56%5.27%
MNM Durai Sevugan8,1073.98%
NOTA Nota1,9680.97%-0.83%
AMMK Sivasubramaniyan S7300.36%
BSP Dhanalakshmi A5680.28%0.03%
Independent Vimala M4340.21%
Independent Muthusamy A1890.09%
Independent Vengatesan A1790.09%
Independent Kalithass R1690.08%
Margin of victory22,08910.85%8.26%
Turnout 2,03,61169.48%-4.43%
Rejected ballots4900.24%
Registered electors 2,93,058
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 6.03%


2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Erode (West)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK Ramalingam K. V. 82,297 43.46% -15.83%
DMK S. Muthusamy 77,39140.87%
KMDK Easwara Murthy M7,4773.95%
MDMK Murugan N6,6243.50%
BJP Palanisamy N. P.4,1772.21%-0.09%
NOTA None Of The Above3,4031.80%
PMK Arumugam P V3,0001.58%
NTK Jothivel T2,4481.29%
Independent Aravindan P6440.34%
BSP Veerappan C4730.25%-0.41%
Independent Muthusamy A3710.20%
Margin of victory4,9062.59%-22.14%
Turnout 1,89,36773.91%-5.36%
Registered electors 2,56,208
AIADMK hold Swing -15.83%


2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Erode (West)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK K. V. Ramalingam 90,789 59.29%
INC Yuvaraja M52,92134.56%
BJP Palanisamy N. P3,5162.30%
Independent Venkatachalam K1,3710.90%
Independent Tamilarasu M1,1830.77%
BSP Nagarajan V. P1,0120.66%
PB Kittusamy E4720.31%
Independent Senthilrajan T. S. R4380.29%
IJK Senthilkumar V. S4130.27%
Independent Shanmugam (Dr)P. N3030.20%
Independent Muruganathan S2620.17%
Margin of victory37,86824.73%{{{change}}}
Turnout 1,93,17079.27%
Registered electors 1,53,133
AIADMK win (new seat)

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References

  1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  3. "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu .
  4. "சமுதாய வாக்குகளைக் குறிவைக்கும் வேட்பாளர்கள்: வாக்குகள் வசப்படுமா?". Dinamani (in Tamil).