Madurai North Assembly constituency

Madurai (North)
Constituency No. 191 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Lok Sabha constituency	Madurai
Established	1951
Total electors	2,43,424 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent G. Thalapathi
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Madurai North is a legislative assembly constituency 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. ^[2]

Extent of Assembly constituency

• Madurai South Taluk (part)
• Madurai (M Corp.) Ward No.2 to 8, 11 to 15 and 17 to 20
• Madurai North Taluk (part)
• Melamadai (CT)

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
2006	K. S. K. Rajendran		Indian National Congress
2011	A. K. Bose		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	V. V. Rajan Chellappa
2021	G. Thalapathi		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			47.11%
2016			45.64%
2011			63.62%
1952			37.57%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai (North)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Thalapathi	73,010	47.11%	New
	BJP	P. Saravanan	50,094	32.32%	New
	NTK	S. Anbarasi	15,311	9.88%	+7.58
	MNM	M. Alagar	12,102	7.81%	New
	AMMK	M. Jeyapal	3,280	2.12%	New
	NOTA	Nota	1,564	1.01%	−1.24
	Independent	R. Natarajan	168	0.11%	New
	Independent	P. Sankarapandi	163	0.11%	New
	Independent	J. Abubakkar Sithick	139	0.09%	New
	Independent	K. Theivammal	125	0.08%	New
Margin of victory			22,916	14.79%	2.58%
Turnout			154,992	63.67%	−2.54%
Rejected ballots			304	0.20%
Registered electors			243,424
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	1.46%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai (North) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. V. Rajan Chellappa	70,460	45.64%	−17.98
	INC	V. Karthikeyan	51,621	33.44%	+2.36
	DMDK	S. Mujupur Rahuman	17,732	11.49%	New
	NTK	M. Saral	3,541	2.29%	New
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,479	2.25%	New
	PMK	R. Aasai Kumar	2,039	1.32%	New
	IJK	B. Anand	1,339	0.87%	New
	Gandhiya Makkal Iyakkam	R. Thiruchenthuran	892	0.58%	New
	AIFB	P. Bhagavathy	641	0.42%	New
	Independent	I. Abdul Sukkur	422	0.27%	New
	Independent	P. Murugan	351	0.23%	New
Margin of victory			18,839	12.20%	−20.34%
Turnout			154,368	66.22%	−6.65%
Registered electors			233,129
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-17.98%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Madurai (North) ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. K. Bose	90,706	63.62%	New
	INC	K. S. K. Rajendran	44,306	31.08%	New
	BJP	M. Kumaralingam	3,505	2.46%	New
	IJK	S. Senthilkumar	1,148	0.81%	New
	Independent	S. Jeyachandran	780	0.55%	New
	Independent	S. Chandrasekaran	755	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			46,400	32.55%
Turnout			195,659	72.87%
Registered electors			142,571
	AIADMK win (new seat)

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Madurai (North) ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	P. Ramamurthi	16,337	37.57%	New
	INC	T. Chidambara Bharathi	13,005	29.91%	New
	Justice Party	P. T. Rajan	4,939	11.36%	New
	Independent	G. Ramanujam	4,154	9.55%	New
	Independent	S. R. Varadarajulu Naidu	3,562	8.19%	New
	Independent	S.V. Ramalingam	784	1.80%	New
	Independent	Muthumalai Pillai	699	1.61%	New
Margin of victory			3,332	7.66%
Turnout			43,480	63.89%
Registered electors			68,059
	CPI win (new seat)

References

1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
3. "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
4. Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
5. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1951" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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