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| Uthangarai | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 51 for theTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Krishnagiri |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Krishnagiri |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 2,37,810[1] |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AIADMK |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Uthangarai is astate assemblyconstituency inTamil Nadu, India, that was formed after the constituencydelimitation in 2008. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 51. The seat isreserved for candidates from theScheduled Castes. It comprises a portion.[2] Located inKrishnagiri district, it consists ofUthangarai taluk and a portion ofPochampalli taluk. It is included inKrishnagiri Lok Sabha constituency.[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Manoranjitham Nagaraj | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2016[4] | |||
| 2021 | T. M. Tamilselvam | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | T. M. Tamilselvam | 99,675 | 52.96% | +14.21 | |
| INC | S. Arumugam | 71,288 | 37.87% | New | |
| NTK | Elangovan | 10,424 | 5.54% | New | |
| DMDK | R. Bakyaraj | 2,291 | 1.22% | New | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 1,359 | 0.72% | −0.23 | |
| MNM | K. Murugesan | 1,254 | 0.67% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 28,387 | 15.08% | 13.63% | ||
| Turnout | 188,223 | 79.15% | −3.45% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 214 | 0.11% | |||
| Registered electors | 237,810 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | 14.21% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Manoranjitham Nagaraj | 69,980 | 38.75% | −20.18 | |
| DMK | S. Malathy | 67,367 | 37.30% | New | |
| PMK | T. N. Anguthi | 23,500 | 13.01% | New | |
| VCK | C. Kaniyamudhan | 12,669 | 7.01% | New | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 1,717 | 0.95% | New | |
| BJP | S. A. Pandu | 1,591 | 0.88% | −0.78 | |
| KMDK | V. Theerthagiri | 1,266 | 0.70% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 2,613 | 1.45% | −24.08% | ||
| Turnout | 180,616 | 82.60% | 0.51% | ||
| Registered electors | 218,671 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | -20.18% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Manoranjitham Nagaraj | 90,381 | 58.92% | New | |
| VCK | Muniyammal | 51,223 | 33.39% | New | |
| Independent | S. Vediyappan | 4,134 | 2.70% | New | |
| BJP | C. K. Sankar | 2,549 | 1.66% | New | |
| Independent | Dr. V. Devarajan | 2,138 | 1.39% | New | |
| Independent | P. Vinothkumar | 1,584 | 1.03% | New | |
| Independent | Murugan | 1,382 | 0.90% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 39,158 | 25.53% | |||
| Turnout | 153,391 | 82.09% | |||
| Registered electors | 186,855 | ||||
| AIADMKwin (new seat) | |||||