Mettupalayam Assembly constituency

Mettupalayam
Constituency No. 111 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Coimbatore
LS constituency	Nilgiris
Established	1971
Total electors	2,96,870 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent A. K. Selvaraj
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Mettupalayam is a legislative assembly constituency in Coimbatore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ^[2] It comes under Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency. ^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Kempi Gowder		Independent
1957	D. Raghubadhi Devi		Indian National Congress
1962	N. Shanmuga Sundaram
1967	T. T. S. Thippiah

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Duration	Winner	Party
Fifth	1971-77	M. C. Thooyamani		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977-80	S. Palanisamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-84
Eighth	1984-89	M. Chinnaraj
Ninth	1989-91	V. Gopalakrishnan		Indian National Congress
Tenth	1991-96	L. Sulochana		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-2001	B. Arunkumar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-06	A. K. Selvaraj		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006-11	O. K. Chinnaraj
Fourteenth	2011-16
Fifteenth	2016-21
Sixteenth	2021-present	A. K. Selvaraj

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021			46.75%
2016			44.41%
2011			54.53%
2006			44.50%
2001			60.02%
1996			55.60%
1991			60.82%
1989			28.21%
1984			59.60%
1980			58.96%
1977			32.37%
1971			56.08%
1967			45.42%
1962			46.90%
1957			49.37%
1952			19.24%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. K. Selvaraj	105,231	46.75%	+2.34
	DMK	T. R. Shanmugasundaram	102,775	45.66%	+8.9
	NTK	K. Yasmin	10,954	4.87%	+4.15
	NOTA	NOTA	2,733	1.21%	−0.4
	AMMK	P. Saravanan	1,864	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			2,456	1.09%	−6.55%
Turnout			225,083	75.82%	0.31%
Rejected ballots			456	0.20%
Registered electors			296,870
	AIADMK hold		Swing	2.34%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	O. K. Chinnaraj	93,595	44.41%	−10.12
	DMK	S. Surendran	77,481	36.76%	−2.77
	TMC(M)	T. R. Shanmuga Sundaram	13,324	6.32%	New
	BJP	P. Jaganathan	11,036	5.24%	+1.95
	NOTA	NOTA	3,408	1.62%	New
	SDPI	S. Mohammed Rafi	2,209	1.05%	New
	PMK	K. Moorthi	1,870	0.89%	New
	KMDK	K. Vellingiri	1,604	0.76%	New
	NTK	A. Abdul Vahab	1,509	0.72%	New
	Independent	K. Venkatesh	1,264	0.60%	New
	Independent	M. K. Poongundran	1,145	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			16,114	7.65%	−7.35%
Turnout			210,761	75.51%	−5.62%
Registered electors			279,110
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-10.12%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	O. K. Chinnaraj	93,700	54.53%	+10.02
	DMK	B. Arunkumar	67,925	39.53%	−4.88
	BJP	K. R. Nandhakumar	5,647	3.29%	+1.18
	CPI(ML)L	R. Janaki Raman	1,433	0.83%	New
	Independent	B. Ravichandran	1,382	0.80%	New
Margin of victory			25,775	15.00%	14.91%
Turnout			211,799	81.13%	6.91%
Registered electors			171,836
	AIADMK hold		Swing	10.02%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	O. K. Chinnaraj	67,445	44.50%	−15.52
	DMK	B. Arunkumar	67,303	44.41%	+13.2
	DMDK	V. Saraswathi	10,877	7.18%	New
	BJP	P. Jeganathan	3,187	2.10%	New
	Independent	R. Premnath	1,346	0.89%	New
Margin of victory			142	0.09%	−28.72%
Turnout			151,546	74.23%	9.35%
Registered electors			204,170
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-15.52%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. K. Selvaraj	85,578	60.02%	+28.18
	DMK	B. Arunkumar	44,500	31.21%	−24.39
	MDMK	B. N. Rajendran	6,755	4.74%	−1.3
	NCP	U. N. Murugasan Benjamin	2,339	1.64%	New
	Independent	M. Jabbar	1,474	1.03%	New
Margin of victory			41,078	28.81%	5.05%
Turnout			142,577	64.88%	−5.30%
Registered electors			219,782
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	4.42%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	B. Arunkumar	71,954	55.60%	+29.6
	AIADMK	K. Doraiswamy	41,202	31.84%	−28.98
	MDMK	T. T. Arangasamy	7,817	6.04%	New
	BJP	Sri. Nandhakumar	4,884	3.77%	−2.08
	PMK	A. Thangaraj	1,548	1.20%	New
	JP	S. B. Anbuselvan	761	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			30,752	23.76%	−11.06%
Turnout			129,404	70.17%	3.19%
Registered electors			195,527
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-5.22%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	L. Sulochana	72,912	60.82%	+38.52
	DMK	B. Arunkumar	31,173	26.01%	New
	BJP	Nandakumar Sri	7,017	5.85%	New
		M. R. Sivasamy	6,325	5.28%	New
	PMK	R. Palanichami	628	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			41,739	34.82%	28.91%
Turnout			119,873	66.98%	−8.31%
Registered electors			186,264
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	32.61%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Gopalakrishnan	34,194	28.21%	New
	AIADMK	V. Jayaraman	27,034	22.30%	−37.29
	JP	C. V. Kandasamy	25,987	21.44%	New
	India Farmers and Tailers Party	M. R. Sivasamy	18,097	14.93%	New
	AIADMK	D. K. Duraisamy	11,041	9.11%	−50.49
	Independent	Sunbban	1,480	1.22%	New
	Independent	C. Saminathan	774	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			7,160	5.91%	−13.74%
Turnout			121,209	75.29%	−0.99%
Registered electors			165,095
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-31.38%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Chinnaraj	61,951	59.60%	+0.63
	DMK	M. Mathiyan	41,527	39.95%	New
Margin of victory			20,424	19.65%	0.16%
Turnout			103,952	76.28%	16.96%
Registered electors			142,909
	AIADMK hold		Swing	0.63%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Palanisamy	48,266	58.96%	+26.59
	INC	K. Vijayan	32,311	39.47%	+15.09
	Independent	S. K. Ponnusamy	593	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			15,955	19.49%	12.88%
Turnout			81,860	59.32%	−1.14%
Registered electors			140,096
	AIADMK hold		Swing	26.59%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Palanisamy	26,029	32.37%	New
	JP	T. T. S. Thippaiah	20,717	25.76%	New
	INC	M. K. Kembaia Gowder	19,604	24.38%	New
	DMK	O. Arumugasamy	11,757	14.62%	−41.46
	Independent	V. Subramani	1,121	1.39%	New
	Independent	G. N. Shanmugam	817	1.02%	New
Margin of victory			5,312	6.61%	−5.55%
Turnout			80,410	60.46%	−12.87%
Registered electors			135,224
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-23.71%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. C. Thooyamani	39,013	56.08%	+15.21
	Independent	Ramaswami	30,553	43.92%	New
Margin of victory			8,460	12.16%	7.62%
Turnout			69,566	73.33%	−0.70%
Registered electors			99,930
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	10.66%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. T. S. Thippiah	29,709	45.42%	−1.49
	DMK	Thooyamani	26,736	40.87%	New
	CPI	K. Veellingiri	8,967	13.71%	−21.65
Margin of victory			2,973	4.55%	−7.00%
Turnout			65,412	74.03%	−0.17%
Registered electors			93,585
	INC hold		Swing	-1.49%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Shanmugasundaram	25,398	46.90%	−2.46
	CPI	K. Vellingiri	19,145	35.36%	New
	SWA	K. R. Krishnasami	7,655	14.14%	New
	Independent	Saminatha Chettiar	1,481	2.74%	New
	Independent	M. Nagappan	470	0.87%	New
Margin of victory			6,253	11.55%	8.92%
Turnout			54,149	74.21%	14.18%
Registered electors			76,665
	INC hold		Swing	-2.46%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Raghubadhi Devi	20,690	49.37%	+38.11
	Independent	Madhannan	19,587	46.74%	New
	Independent	C. Swaminatha Chettiar	1,632	3.89%	New
Margin of victory			1,103	2.63%	−5.36%
Turnout			41,909	60.02%	−54.62%
Registered electors			69,821
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	30.12%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kempi Gounder	30,687	19.24%	New
	INC	Abdul Salam, Azad	17,946	11.25%	New
	Independent	Mahadevan	3,059	1.92%	New
	Independent	Saminatha Chetty	1,139	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			12,741	7.99%
Turnout			159,462	114.65%
Registered electors			139,088
	Independent win (new seat)

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