Modakkurichi (state assembly constituency)

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Modakkurichi is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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It Covers Sivagiri, Modakkurichi & some parts of Erode City. It is included in Erode Parliamentary Constituency.

During 1996 Assembly elections, a record 1033 candidates contested the Modakurachi Assembly seat. To check a repeat of this, the Election Commission increased the security deposit amount in the next elections. [1]

Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Madras State

YearWinnerParty
1951 R. Kuppuswami and N. Mahalingam Indian National Congress
1967 K. R. Nallasivam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

YearWinnerParty
1971 M. Chinnasami Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 S. Balakrishnan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984 S. Balakrishnan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 Erode A.Ganeshamoorthy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 Kavinilavu Dharmaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 P. C. Ramasami All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 R. M. Palanisami Indian National Congress
2011 R. N. Kittusamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 V. P. Subramani All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 C. Saraswathi Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Modakkurichi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP C. Saraswathi 78,12542.96%
DMK Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan 77,84442.81%
MNM Rajesh Kumar.M4,5742.52%
NTK Prakash.G12,9447.12%
None of the Above None of the Above2,3321.29%
Margin of victory281
Turnout 1,81,85775.26%
BJP gain from DMK Swing

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