| Avanashi | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 112 for theTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Tiruppur &Coimbatore |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Nilgiris |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,80,560[1] |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AIADMK |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Avanashi is a legislative assembly, that includes the city ofAvanashi. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 112. Since 1977, this seat has been reserved forScheduled Castes. Avanashi Assembly constituency is a part ofNilgiris Lok Sabha constituency.[2] This is one of the two assembly constituencies having inter-district boundaries of limit, the other beingUdumalaipettai. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
It is composed ofAnnur taluk inCoimbatore district andAvinashi taluk inTiruppur district.
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | K. Marappa Gounder | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | R. K. Gounder | Swatantra Party | |
| Assembly | Duration | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifth | 1971-77 | T. O. Periyasamy | Vivasaya Sangam | |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | S. N. Palaniswamy | Indian National Congress | |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | M. Arumugam | Communist Party of India | |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | P. Lakshmi | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | R. Annanambi | ||
| Tenth | 1991-96 | M. Seeniammal | ||
| Eleventh | 1996-01 | G. Elango | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Twelfth | 2001-06 | S. Mahalingam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Thirteenth | 2006-2011 | R. Prema | ||
| Fourteenth | 2011-2016 | A. A. Karuppasamy | ||
| Fifteenth | 2016-2021 | P. Dhanapal | ||
| Sixteenth | 2021-Incumbent | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | P. Dhanapal | 117,284 | 55.78% | 7.67% | |
| DMK | Athiyamaan Raju | 66,382 | 31.57% | −0.73% | |
| NTK | Shoba | 13,256 | 6.30% | 5.52% | |
| MNM | Venkateswaran. A | 8,379 | 3.99% | ||
| DMDK | Meera. K | 2,577 | 1.23% | ||
| NOTA | Nota | 2,372 | 1.13% | −0.69% | |
| Margin of victory | 50,902 | 24.21% | 8.40% | ||
| Turnout | 2,10,255 | 74.94% | −2.82% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 338 | 0.16% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,80,560 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | 7.67% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | P. Dhanapal | 93,366 | 48.11% | −18.49% | |
| DMK | Anandhan E | 62,692 | 32.31% | ||
| CPI | M. Arumugham | 15,016 | 7.74% | ||
| BJP | Perumal C | 8,081 | 4.16% | 0.67% | |
| KMDK | Pragatheeswaran B | 4,373 | 2.25% | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,534 | 1.82% | ||
| NTK | Sumathi P | 1,514 | 0.78% | ||
| PMK | Marimuthu K K | 1,480 | 0.76% | ||
| BSP | Sakthivel M | 784 | 0.40% | ||
| SS | Rangasamy P | 671 | 0.35% | ||
| Independent | Arulmurugan R | 622 | 0.32% | ||
| Margin of victory | 30,674 | 15.81% | −23.90% | ||
| Turnout | 1,94,062 | 77.76% | −2.48% | ||
| Registered electors | 2,49,571 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | -18.49% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | A. A. Karuppasamy | 103,002 | 66.60% | 26.03% | |
| INC | Natarajan. A. R. | 41,591 | 26.89% | ||
| BJP | Rangasamy. R. | 5,405 | 3.49% | ||
| Independent | Jaya. V. | 2,798 | 1.81% | ||
| Independent | Moorthy. R. | 1,858 | 1.20% | ||
| Margin of victory | 61,411 | 39.71% | 36.33% | ||
| Turnout | 1,92,750 | 80.24% | 9.63% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,54,654 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | 26.03% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | R. Prema | 54,562 | 40.57% | −7.63% | |
| CPI | M. Arumugham | 50,023 | 37.20% | ||
| DMDK | Anandharaj. M. | 14,570 | 10.83% | ||
| Independent | Mohanraj. M. | 11,146 | 8.29% | ||
| BSP | Ramasamy. P. | 1,535 | 1.14% | ||
| Independent | Nainan. K. | 1,021 | 0.76% | ||
| SP | Raviraj. M. R. | 684 | 0.51% | ||
| Independent | Chelladurai. P. | 542 | 0.40% | ||
| Independent | Ganesan. A. | 393 | 0.29% | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,539 | 3.38% | −13.63% | ||
| Turnout | 1,34,476 | 70.61% | 4.63% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,90,450 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | -7.63% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Mahalingam. S. | 59,571 | 48.20% | 14.33% | |
| Independent | M. Mohankumar | 38,559 | 31.20% | ||
| DMK | Radhamani Thirumathi | 17,126 | 13.86% | −42.67% | |
| MDMK | R. Anna Nambi | 4,052 | 3.28% | −3.51% | |
| Independent | Rajendran. P. | 2,597 | 2.10% | ||
| Independent | M. P. Sengottaian | 1,674 | 1.35% | ||
| Margin of victory | 21,012 | 17.00% | −5.66% | ||
| Turnout | 1,23,579 | 65.98% | −4.66% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,87,295 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromDMK | Swing | -8.33% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | G. Elango | 66,006 | 56.53% | ||
| AIADMK | M. Thiagarajan | 39,549 | 33.87% | −35.80% | |
| MDMK | R. Shanmuga Sundharam | 7,922 | 6.79% | ||
| BJP | M. Palanisamy | 2,042 | 1.75% | −2.74% | |
| Independent | K. Krishnan | 403 | 0.35% | ||
| Independent | Neelamalai. K. Muthusamy | 320 | 0.27% | ||
| Independent | S. Anvarasu | 220 | 0.19% | ||
| Independent | K. M. Jayaraj | 163 | 0.14% | ||
| ATMK | G. Arumugam | 132 | 0.11% | ||
| Margin of victory | 26,457 | 22.66% | −23.42% | ||
| Turnout | 1,16,757 | 70.64% | 3.69% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,76,709 | ||||
| DMKgain fromAIADMK | Swing | -13.14% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | M. Seeniammal | 69,774 | 69.67% | 37.07% | |
| CPI | M. Arumugham | 23,625 | 23.59% | ||
| BJP | M. Palanisamy | 4,493 | 4.49% | ||
| JP | K. M. Jayaraj | 972 | 0.97% | ||
| THMM | A. Selvaraj | 430 | 0.43% | ||
| Independent | P. Kannaiyan | 294 | 0.29% | ||
| Independent | M. Palani | 283 | 0.28% | ||
| PMK | R. Palanisamy | 278 | 0.28% | ||
| Margin of victory | 46,149 | 46.08% | 44.01% | ||
| Turnout | 1,00,149 | 66.94% | −7.44% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,60,494 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | 37.07% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Annanambi. R. | 33,964 | 32.60% | −34.70% | |
| DMK | Dhandapani. C.T. | 31,806 | 30.53% | ||
| INC | Palaniswamy. S.N. | 30,974 | 29.73% | ||
| Independent | Chandramohan. K.S. | 5,028 | 4.83% | ||
| Independent | Koval Ganesan | 1,570 | 1.51% | ||
| Independent | Subburaju. N. | 854 | 0.82% | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,158 | 2.07% | −37.12% | ||
| Turnout | 1,04,196 | 74.39% | 3.04% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,44,291 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | -34.70% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Lakshmi P. | 58,677 | 67.30% | ||
| CPI | Arumugam. M. | 24,504 | 28.11% | ||
| Independent | Nanjan. K. | 1,336 | 1.53% | ||
| Independent | Ponnusamy. C. A. | 1,094 | 1.25% | ||
| Independent | Ramaswamy. V. | 979 | 1.12% | ||
| Independent | Saraswathi A. S. | 597 | 0.68% | ||
| Margin of victory | 34,173 | 39.20% | 23.45% | ||
| Turnout | 87,187 | 71.35% | 23.41% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,31,978 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromCPI | Swing | 13.08% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Arumugam. M. | 33,294 | 54.22% | ||
| INC | Palanisamy. S. N. | 23,623 | 38.47% | 6.21% | |
| JP | Palanisamy. K. P. | 4,492 | 7.31% | ||
| Margin of victory | 9,671 | 15.75% | 13.25% | ||
| Turnout | 61,409 | 47.93% | −10.29% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,30,646 | ||||
| CPIgain fromINC | Swing | 21.96% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | S.N. Palaniswamy | 22,550 | 32.26% | ||
| AIADMK | R. Annanambi | 20,803 | 29.76% | ||
| JP | P. Perumal | 15,119 | 21.63% | ||
| DMK | B. Chinnan | 9,431 | 13.49% | −35.19% | |
| Independent | G. Elango | 1,087 | 1.55% | ||
| Independent | T.S. Chinnasamv | 917 | 1.31% | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,747 | 2.50% | 1.28% | ||
| Turnout | 69,907 | 58.22% | −12.30% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,22,608 | ||||
| INCgain fromIndependent | Swing | -17.64% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | T. O. Periasamy | 29,356 | 49.90% | ||
| DMK | K. Thangavellu | 28,637 | 48.68% | ||
| Independent | T. P. Maruthachalam | 835 | 1.42% | ||
| Margin of victory | 719 | 1.22% | −7.49% | ||
| Turnout | 58,828 | 70.52% | −0.58% | ||
| Registered electors | 91,240 | ||||
| Independentgain fromSWA | Swing | -4.46% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWA | R. K. Gounder | 31,927 | 54.36% | ||
| INC | K. M. Gounder | 26,808 | 45.64% | −7.38% | |
| Margin of victory | 5,119 | 8.72% | −20.36% | ||
| Turnout | 58,735 | 71.10% | 4.37% | ||
| Registered electors | 87,279 | ||||
| SWAgain fromINC | Swing | 1.34% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | K. Marappa Gounder | 27,009 | 53.02% | −7.22% | |
| SWA | M. Ponnusami | 12,196 | 23.94% | ||
| CPI | I. M. Sherrif | 6,698 | 13.15% | ||
| DMK | Ponniya Gounder | 5,037 | 9.89% | ||
| Margin of victory | 14,813 | 29.08% | 8.59% | ||
| Turnout | 50,940 | 66.73% | 24.61% | ||
| Registered electors | 80,839 | ||||
| INChold | Swing | -7.22% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | K. Marappa Gounder | 20,716 | 60.25% | ||
| Independent | Karuppa Gounder | 13,670 | 39.75% | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,046 | 20.49% | |||
| Turnout | 34,386 | 42.12% | |||
| Registered electors | 81,634 | ||||
| INCwin (new seat) | |||||
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