Tiruppattur, Vellore Assembly constituency

For the similarly named Tiruppattur constituency in Sivaganga, see Tiruppattur, Sivaganga Assembly constituency.

Tirupattur
Constituency No. 50 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirupathur
Lok Sabha constituency	Tiruvannamalai
Established	1951
Total electors	2,38,544 [1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent A. Nallathambi
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Tirupattur is a state assembly constituency in Tirupattur district in Tamil Nadu, India. ^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 50. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Most successful party: DMK (nine times).

Since 2016, Tirupattur Assembly constituency has been represented in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by A. Nallathambi of DMK. ^[3] He was re-elected in 2021. ^{[4] [5]}

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	E. L. Raghava Mudaliar		Independent
1957	R. C. Samanna Gounder		Indian National Congress
1962	K. Tirupathy Gounder		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	C. K. Chinarasu Gounder		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	G. Ramasamy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	B. Sundaram		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	B. Sundaram		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	Y. Shanmugam		Indian National Congress
1985 by-election	S. P. Manavalan Mudaliar [6]		Indian National Congress
1989	B. Sundaram		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	A. K. C. Sundaravel		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	G. Shanmugam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	T. K. Raja		Pattali Makkal Katchi
2006	T. K. Raja		Pattali Makkal Katchi
2011	K. G. Ramesh		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	A. Nallathambi [7]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	A. Nallathambi		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			52.37%
2016			45.43%
2011			55.31%
2006			48.68%
2001			46.15%
1996			53.44%
1991			62.24%
1989			35.92%
1985 by-election			0.0%
1984			49.02%
1980			54.74%
1977			27.29%
1971			55.54%
1967			49.80%
1962			62.38%
1957			64.00%
1952			48.75%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Vellore) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Nallathambi	96,522	52.37%	+6.94
	PMK	T. K. Raja	68,282	37.05%	+30.17
	NTK	M. Sumathi	12,127	6.58%	New
	AMMK	A. Gnanasekar	2,702	1.47%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,632	0.89%	+0.21
	Independent	B. Vijayakumar	1,096	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			28,240	15.32%	11.02%
Turnout			184,298	77.26%	−1.80%
Rejected ballots			583	0.32%
Registered electors			238,544
	DMK hold		Swing	6.94%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Vellore) ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Nallathambi	80,791	45.43%	+4.66
	AIADMK	T. T. Kumar	73,144	41.13%	−14.18
	PMK	T. K. Raja	12,227	6.88%	New
	DMDK	K. Harikrishnan	3,968	2.23%	New
	BJP	V. Govindarajan	1,831	1.03%	+0.3
	NOTA	NOTA	1,193	0.67%	New
	Independent	T. Raja	1,051	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			7,647	4.30%	−10.24%
Turnout			177,843	79.06%	−3.33%
Registered electors			224,938
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-9.88%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Vellore) ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. G. Ramesh	82,895	55.31%	New
	DMK	S. Rajendran	61,103	40.77%	New
	BJP	M. Selva Kumar	1,087	0.73%	−0.78
	Independent	D. Kubendiran	1,006	0.67%	New
	Independent	K. Venkatesan	843	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			21,792	14.54%	5.24%
Turnout			149,869	82.40%	12.17%
Registered electors			181,888
	AIADMK gain from PMK		Swing	6.63%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Vellore) ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	T. K. Raja	71,932	48.68%	+2.53
	MDMK	K. C. Azhagiri	58,193	39.38%	+32.85
	DMDK	B. S. Senthilkumar	9,435	6.39%	New
	BJP	D. Shiva Shanmukam	2,229	1.51%	New
	Independent	D. N. Amudanandan	1,718	1.16%	New
	Independent	K. E. Mani	1,297	0.88%	New
	SP	H. Gopinathan	1,026	0.69%	New
	BSP	T. R. Saravanan	897	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			13,739	9.30%	4.86%
Turnout			147,764	70.23%	7.97%
Registered electors			210,399
	PMK hold		Swing	2.53%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Vellore) ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	T. K. Raja	59,840	46.15%	New
	DMK	S. Arasu	54,079	41.70%	−11.73
	MDMK	K. Annamalai	8,474	6.53%	−4.35
	Independent	M. Neela	1,730	1.33%	New
	Independent	M. Thiruvengadam	1,430	1.10%	New
	MNK(PLP)	G. Ramasamy	1,259	0.97%	New
	Independent	P. Chinnasamy	1,104	0.85%	New
	UCPI	M. Chinnaraj	839	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			5,761	4.44%	−21.11%
Turnout			129,674	62.26%	−4.42%
Registered electors			208,277
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	-7.29%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Vellore) ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Shanmugam	66,207	53.44%	+23.39
	AIADMK	P. G. Mani	34,549	27.89%	−34.36
	MDMK	K. C. Alagiri	13,490	10.89%	New
	AIIC(T)	G. Raju	8,070	6.51%	New
Margin of victory			31,658	25.55%	−6.65%
Turnout			123,897	66.68%	3.01%
Registered electors			193,029
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-8.81%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Vellore) ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. K. C. Sundaravel	69,402	62.24%	+45.48
	DMK	B. Sundaram	33,498	30.04%	−5.87
	PMK	S. Nataraja	7,137	6.40%	New
	BJP	A. Anbu	945	0.85%	New
Margin of victory			35,904	32.20%	20.41%
Turnout			111,503	63.67%	−9.11%
Registered electors			181,330
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	26.33%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Vellore) ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	B. Sundaram	40,998	35.92%	+5.83
	INC	S. P. Manavalan	27,541	24.13%	−24.89
	AIADMK	P. G. Mani	19,139	16.77%	New
	Independent	G. Ponnusamy	13,462	11.79%	New
	Independent	M. Raji Gounder	12,359	10.83%	New
Margin of victory			13,457	11.79%	−7.14%
Turnout			114,148	72.79%	−1.33%
Registered electors			159,767
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-13.10%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Vellore) ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Y. Shanmugam	46,884	49.02%	New
	DMK	B. Sundaram	28,781	30.09%	−24.65
	Independent	G. Ponnusamy	18,196	19.02%	New
	Independent	M. P. Ponnusamy	1,260	1.32%	New
Margin of victory			18,103	18.93%	8.56%
Turnout			95,649	74.12%	10.65%
Registered electors			134,589
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-5.73%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Vellore) ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	B. Sundaram	42,786	54.74%	+27.45
	AIADMK	G. Ramasamy	34,682	44.37%	+18.46
	Independent	T. V. Raja	690	0.88%	New
Margin of victory			8,104	10.37%	9.00%
Turnout			78,158	63.47%	1.05%
Registered electors			124,811
	DMK hold		Swing	27.45%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Vellore) ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	B. Sundaram	19,855	27.29%	−28.25
	AIADMK	K. Jayaraman	18,857	25.92%	New
	INC	T. A. Thatha Chettiar	16,225	22.30%	−22.17
	JP	N. Damodaran	13,786	18.95%	New
	Independent	C. Raji	2,194	3.02%	New
	Independent	T. C. Thangaraj	1,641	2.26%	New
Margin of victory			998	1.37%	−9.70%
Turnout			72,761	62.42%	−15.13%
Registered electors			118,361
	DMK hold		Swing	-28.25%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Vellore) ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Ramasamy	37,120	55.54%	+5.74
	INC	Y. Shammugan	29,720	44.46%	−2.16
Margin of victory			7,400	11.07%	7.90%
Turnout			66,840	77.55%	−4.20%
Registered electors			90,778
	DMK hold		Swing	5.74%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Vellore) ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Gounder	32,589	49.80%	−12.58
	INC	Shunmugam	30,512	46.62%	+9
	RPI	Murugesan	2,345	3.58%	New
Margin of victory			2,077	3.17%	−21.59%
Turnout			65,446	81.74%	15.50%
Registered electors			82,816
	DMK hold		Swing	-12.58%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Vellore) ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Thirupathy Gounder	32,400	62.38%	New
	INC	R. C. Samanna Gounder	19,540	37.62%	−26.38
Margin of victory			12,860	24.76%	−16.52%
Turnout			51,940	66.24%	28.28%
Registered electors			82,207
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-1.62%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Vellore) ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. C. Samanna Gounder	18,618	64.00%	+26.94
	Independent	Netesa Pillai	6,609	22.72%	New
	Independent	Krishnasami Lyer	2,112	7.26%	New
	Independent	Appasami	1,752	6.02%	New
Margin of victory			12,009	41.28%	29.59%
Turnout			29,091	37.95%	−17.36%
Registered electors			76,648
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	15.25%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tirupattur (Vellore) ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. L. Raghava Mudali	20,918	48.75%	New
	INC	R. C. Samanna Goundar	15,901	37.06%	New
	Socialist	K. C. Appaswami	3,524	8.21%	New
	KMPP	C. Muniswamy Gounder	2,566	5.98%	New
Margin of victory			5,017	11.69%
Turnout			42,909	55.31%
Registered electors			77,579
	Independent win (new seat)

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