| Modakurichi | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 100 for theTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Erode |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Erode |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,38,899[1] |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Modakkurichi Assembly constituency (தமிழ்: மொடக்குறிச்சி) is alegislative assembly constituency in theIndian state ofTamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 100. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
It covers Sivagiri,Modakkurichi and some parts of Erode City. It is included inErode Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
During the1996 Assembly elections, a record 1033 candidates contested the Modakurichi Assembly seat. To check a repeat of this, the Election Commission increased the security deposit amount in the next elections.[3]
Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | R. Kuppuswami andN. Mahalingam | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | K. R. Nallasivam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2021 | 43.13% | |||
| 2016 | 43.62% | |||
| 2011 | 57.29% | |||
| 2006 | 44.11% | |||
| 2001 | 55.24% | |||
| 1996 | 54.97% | |||
| 1991 | 61.98% | |||
| 1989 | 44.27% | |||
| 1984 | 56.56% | |||
| 1980 | 58.67% | |||
| 1977 | 44.75% | |||
| 1971 | 58.18% | |||
| 1967 | 61.23% | |||
| 1952 | 37.93% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | C. Saraswathi | 78,125 | 43.13% | +40.83 | |
| DMK | Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan | 77,844 | 42.97% | +0.61 | |
| NTK | G. Prakash | 12,944 | 7.15% | +6.18 | |
| MNM | M. Rajeshkumar | 4,574 | 2.52% | New | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 2,342 | 1.29% | −0.24 | |
| AMMK | D. Thangaraj | 1,547 | 0.85% | New | |
| BSP | R. Boopathi | 1,143 | 0.63% | −0.06 | |
| Margin of victory | 281 | 0.16% | −1.10% | ||
| Turnout | 181,157 | 75.83% | −3.75% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 589 | 0.33% | |||
| Registered electors | 238,899 | ||||
| BJPgain fromAIADMK | Swing | -0.49% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. P. Sivasubramani | 77,067 | 43.62% | −13.67 | |
| DMK | P. Sachidanandam | 74,845 | 42.36% | New | |
| KMDK | S. Suriamoorthi | 5,607 | 3.17% | New | |
| DMDK | M. Ramesh | 4,853 | 2.75% | New | |
| BJP | J. Chinnamalai Krishnakumar | 4,052 | 2.29% | −3.18 | |
| PMK | Nachimuthu | 2,809 | 1.59% | New | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 2,715 | 1.54% | New | |
| NTK | G. Prakash | 1,713 | 0.97% | New | |
| BSP | V. Parthiban | 1,219 | 0.69% | −0.61 | |
| Margin of victory | 2,222 | 1.26% | −24.98% | ||
| Turnout | 176,676 | 79.58% | −1.92% | ||
| Registered electors | 222,002 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | -13.67% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | R. N. Kittusamy | 87,705 | 57.29% | +15.81 | |
| INC | R. M. Palanisami | 47,543 | 31.06% | −13.06 | |
| BJP | T. Kathirvel | 8,376 | 5.47% | +3.22 | |
| BSP | K. Devendiran | 1,992 | 1.30% | +0.67 | |
| Independent | K. S. Govanam Thangavel | 1,555 | 1.02% | New | |
| Independent | R. Veeragopal | 1,314 | 0.86% | New | |
| Independent | S. Ganesan | 1,088 | 0.71% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 40,162 | 26.23% | 23.60% | ||
| Turnout | 187,832 | 81.50% | 5.31% | ||
| Registered electors | 153,092 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromINC | Swing | 13.18% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | R. M. Palanisami | 64,625 | 44.11% | New | |
| AIADMK | V. P. Namachivayam | 60,765 | 41.48% | −13.77 | |
| DMDK | B. Victoria | 10,711 | 7.31% | New | |
| BJP | P. Nallasamy | 3,303 | 2.25% | New | |
| Independent | K. S. Thangavel | 1,076 | 0.73% | New | |
| Independent | K. Selladurai | 1,033 | 0.71% | New | |
| BSP | S. Govindasamy | 929 | 0.63% | −0.08 | |
| Margin of victory | 3,860 | 2.63% | −22.80% | ||
| Turnout | 146,507 | 76.20% | 15.19% | ||
| Registered electors | 192,274 | ||||
| INCgain fromAIADMK | Swing | -11.13% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | P. C. Ramasami | 74,296 | 55.24% | +34 | |
| DMK | Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan | 40,084 | 29.81% | −25.17 | |
| MDMK | P. M. Kulandaivelu | 6,332 | 4.71% | −12.7 | |
| Independent | N. Vinayagamoorthy | 2,292 | 1.70% | New | |
| Independent | K. S. Thangavel | 1,960 | 1.46% | New | |
| Independent | P. Subramanian | 1,910 | 1.42% | New | |
| Independent | K. M. Balasubramaniam | 1,898 | 1.41% | New | |
| Independent | C. Thiyagarajan | 1,344 | 1.00% | New | |
| Tamil Desiyak Katchi | S. Suriamoorthy | 1,242 | 0.92% | New | |
| UCPI | T. K. Gunasekaran | 1,086 | 0.81% | New | |
| BSP | S. K. Chenniappan | 954 | 0.71% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 34,212 | 25.44% | −8.29% | ||
| Turnout | 134,487 | 61.01% | 0.22% | ||
| Registered electors | 220,433 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromDMK | Swing | 0.27% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan | 64,436 | 54.97% | +21.74 | |
| AIADMK | R. N. Kittusamy | 24,896 | 21.24% | −40.74 | |
| MDMK | K. Elanchezhian | 20,403 | 17.41% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 39,540 | 33.73% | 4.99% | ||
| Turnout | 117,215 | 60.79% | −8.33% | ||
| Registered electors | 194,579 | ||||
| DMKgain fromAIADMK | Swing | -7.01% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Kavinilavu Dharmaraj | 78,653 | 61.98% | +29.92 | |
| DMK | K. Elanchezhian | 42,178 | 33.24% | −11.03 | |
| BJP | A. Gandhi | 3,450 | 2.72% | New | |
| PMK | M. David | 1,304 | 1.03% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 36,475 | 28.74% | 16.54% | ||
| Turnout | 126,904 | 69.12% | −8.30% | ||
| Registered electors | 188,095 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromDMK | Swing | 17.71% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | A. Ganeshamurthi | 58,058 | 44.27% | +2.64 | |
| AIADMK | S. Balakrishnan | 42,051 | 32.06% | −24.5 | |
| AIADMK | Chinnusamy | 16,811 | 12.82% | −43.74 | |
| INC | R. Sainathan | 10,047 | 7.66% | New | |
| Independent | K. Palanisamy | 1,225 | 0.93% | New | |
| Independent | A. Gandhi | 884 | 0.67% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 16,007 | 12.20% | −2.72% | ||
| Turnout | 131,154 | 77.42% | −0.33% | ||
| Registered electors | 172,990 | ||||
| DMKgain fromAIADMK | Swing | -12.29% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | S. Balakrishnan | 65,641 | 56.56% | −2.12 | |
| DMK | A. Ganeshamurthi | 48,315 | 41.63% | +1.43 | |
| Independent | K. S. Shanmugham | 1,069 | 0.92% | New | |
| Independent | N. Ayyaswamy | 737 | 0.64% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 17,326 | 14.93% | −3.55% | ||
| Turnout | 116,060 | 77.75% | 10.98% | ||
| Registered electors | 154,501 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | -2.12% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | S. Balakrishnan | 56,049 | 58.67% | +13.93 | |
| DMK | A. Ganeshamurthi | 38,402 | 40.20% | +22.34 | |
| Independent | M. S. Bharati | 578 | 0.61% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 17,647 | 18.47% | −8.41% | ||
| Turnout | 95,526 | 66.77% | 2.39% | ||
| Registered electors | 145,802 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | 13.93% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan | 38,072 | 44.75% | New | |
| DMK | A. Ganeshamurthy | 15,200 | 17.86% | −40.31 | |
| JP | M. Arumugam | 12,955 | 15.23% | New | |
| INC | R. Sainathan | 11,462 | 13.47% | New | |
| Independent | S. Shanmugasundaram | 3,538 | 4.16% | New | |
| Independent | M. Raman | 2,284 | 2.68% | New | |
| Independent | S. Rangasamy | 516 | 0.61% | New | |
| Independent | M. Murugesan | 473 | 0.56% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 22,872 | 26.88% | 9.24% | ||
| Turnout | 85,083 | 64.38% | −8.90% | ||
| Registered electors | 134,149 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromDMK | Swing | -13.43% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | M. Chinnasami | 45,108 | 58.18% | New | |
| Socialist | M. Chenniappan | 31,431 | 40.54% | New | |
| Independent | Rangasami | 676 | 0.87% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 13,677 | 17.64% | −9.20% | ||
| Turnout | 77,533 | 73.28% | −4.78% | ||
| Registered electors | 109,028 | ||||
| DMKgain fromSSP | Swing | -3.05% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSP | K. R. Nallasivam | 45,303 | 61.23% | New | |
| INC | C. Kulandiammal | 25,444 | 34.39% | New | |
| RPI | S. Gobu | 3,245 | 4.39% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 19,859 | 26.84% | |||
| Turnout | 73,992 | 78.06% | |||
| Registered electors | 100,057 | ||||
| SSPgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | R. Kuppuswami | 18,835 | 37.93% | New | |
| Socialist | Chinandorai | 14,062 | 28.32% | New | |
| CPI | Raman | 11,100 | 22.35% | New | |
| Independent | Ayyasami Gounder | 4,101 | 8.26% | New | |
| Independent | Narasimha Ayyar | 945 | 1.90% | New | |
| Independent | Ramamoorthy | 613 | 1.23% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 4,773 | 9.61% | |||
| Turnout | 49,656 | 65.07% | |||
| Registered electors | 76,307 | ||||
| INCwin (new seat) | |||||