Tirukkoyilur Assembly constituency

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Tirukkoyilur
Constituency No. 76 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Tamil Nadu
District Villupuram
Lok Sabha constituency Villupuram
Established1951
Total electors2,54,313 [1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Elected year2021

Tirukkoyilur is a state assembly constituency of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 76. It comprises a portion of Tirukkoyilur taluk and is a part of Viluppuram Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. [2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

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Thiru. A. Muthuswamy was the first MLA of Thirukovilur Town, from 1952–1957. It was in existence from 1951 to the 1971 state elections. After the delimitation of constituencies in 2008, Mughaiyur Assembly constituency and Rishivandhiyam Assembly constituency were reorganised into Tirukovilur Assembly constituency. It had 1,94,414 registered voters for the 2011 election. [3]

Demographics

Demographics (2011) [4]
CategoryData
Created2016
Vanniyar 25%
Sengunthar Kaikola Mudaliyar 20%
Adi Dravida 25%
Nathama Udayar05%
Konar, Nayudu, Pillaimar08%
Others16%
Total Electorate2,50,669

[5]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

YearWinnerParty
1952 A. Muthuswamy Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party
1957 S. A. M. Annamalai Odayar and
Kuppusami 		Independent and
Indian National Congress
1962 Lakshminarasimma Ammal Indian National Congress
1967 E. M. Subramaniam

Tamil Nadu

YearWinnerParty
1971 A. S. Kumarasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tirukkoyilur was again formed after constituency delimitations in 2008. [6]

YearWinnerParty
2011 L. Venkatesan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016 K. Ponmudy [7] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021
 
57.00%
2016
 
49.80%
2011
 
49.18%
1971
 
55.27%
1967
 
51.25%
1962
 
51.26%
1957
 
24.27%
1952
 
28.99%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirukkoyilur [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK K. Ponmudy 110,980 57.00% +7.2
BJP Vat. Kalivaradhan51,30026.35%+25.72
DMDK L. Venkatesan13,9977.19%New
NTK S. Murugan11,6205.97%New
NOTA NOTA2,0391.05%−0.07
Independent M. Vignesh1,4820.76%New
IJK M. Senthilkumar1,0660.55%New
Margin of victory59,68030.65%8.86%
Turnout 194,71876.57%−2.25%
Rejected ballots1550.08%
Registered electors 254,313
DMK hold Swing 7.20%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirukkoyilur [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK K. Ponmudy 93,837 49.80% +6.15
AIADMK G. Gothandaraman52,78028.01%New
PMK Balasakthi18,8229.99%New
TMC(M) G. Ganesh15,0457.98%New
NOTA NOTA2,1101.12%New
Independent Rajesh1,4730.78%New
BJP S. Dhandapani1,1780.63%New
Margin of victory41,05721.79%16.26%
Turnout 188,43878.82%−1.69%
Registered electors 239,087
DMK gain from DMDK Swing 0.62%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirukkoyilur [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMDK L. Venkatesan 78,229 49.18% New
DMK M. Thangam69,43843.65%New
Independent V. Venkatesan6,0293.79%New
IJK S. S. Venkatesan3,2802.06%New
BSP C. Periyasamy1,2710.80%New
Independent R. Santhi8280.52%New
Margin of victory8,7915.53%
Turnout 159,07580.50%
Registered electors 197,599
DMDK win (new seat)

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirukkoyilur [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK A. S. Kumarasamy 38,520 55.27% +6.52
INC A. Vadivel31,17144.73%−6.52
Margin of victory7,34910.55%8.04%
Turnout 69,69178.91%−2.56%
Registered electors 92,628
DMK gain from INC Swing 4.02%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tirukkoyilur [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC E. M. Subramaniam 34,259 51.25% −0.01
DMK A. S. Kumarasamy32,58648.75%+21.82
Margin of victory1,6732.50%−21.82%
Turnout 66,84581.47%17.54%
Registered electors 85,190
INC hold Swing -0.01%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tirukkoyilur [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Lakshiminarasimma Ammal 27,954 51.26% +29.62
DMK Balasubramaniam14,68726.93%New
SWA Mohanadoss8,46515.52%New
CPI Venugopal3,4306.29%New
Margin of victory13,26724.33%21.69%
Turnout 54,53663.93%−34.42%
Registered electors 90,641
INC gain from Independent Swing 26.98%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tirukkoyilur [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent S. A. M. Annamalai Odayar 41,980 24.27% New
INC Lakshmi Narasamma37,42221.64%+1.11
INC Kuppusami (Sc)35,91620.77%+0.24
Independent Muthusami (Sc)31,03617.95%New
Independent Kadirvelu Koundar15,1798.78%New
Independent Ramasami11,4066.60%New
Margin of victory4,5582.64%−0.04%
Turnout 172,93998.35%−10.74%
Registered electors 175,837
Independent gain from TTP Swing -4.72%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tirukkoyilur [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TTP T. D. Muthukumaraswamy Naidu 38,928 28.99% New
TTP A. Muthuswami35,33426.32%New
INC Kulasekhara Dass27,56720.53%New
INC M. Rajagopal23,20617.28%New
Independent D. Dayalu Reddair5,9644.44%New
Socialist N. Ramalingam3,2652.43%New
Margin of victory3,5942.68%
Turnout 134,264109.09%
Registered electors 123,072
TTP win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "தொகுதி - ஓர் அறிமுகம்!: திருக்கோவிலூர் (பொது)". The Hindu. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "Multifarious issues for the electorate". The Hindu . 30 April 2004. Archived from the original on 18 November 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  5. ↑ Vikadan (2016). "மண்ணின் மைந்தர் வெற்றி பெறுவாரா".
  6. ↑ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
  7. ↑ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 76. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Tirukkoyilur Election Result" . Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  12. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  13. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  14. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1957" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  15. ↑ 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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