| Sulur | |
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| Constituency No. 116 for theTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Coimbatore |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Coimbatore |
| Established | 1957 (first establishment) 2008 (second establishment) |
| Total electors | 3,17,124[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AIADMK |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Sulur (Tamil:சூலூர்) is alegislative assembly constituency in theIndian state ofTamil Nadu.[2][3] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 116. It comprises theTown Panchayat ofIrugur,Kannampalayam,Mopperipalayam,Pallapalayam,Samalapuram andSulur. It also has Karumathapatti municipality and VillagePanchayat ofSulur Block andSultanpet Block surrounding areas inCoimbatore. It was formed for the second time in 2008 and is part ofCoimbatore Lok Sabha constituency.[4][5] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
| Assembly | Duration | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourteenth | 2011-2016 | K. Thinakaran | Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | |
| Fifteenth | 2016-2019 | R. Kanagaraj | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2019 by-election | 2019 – 2021 | V. P. Kandasamy | ||
| Sixteenth | 2021–present | |||
| 2021 | 49.23% | |||
| 2019 by-election | 44.78% | |||
| 2016 | 47.38% | |||
| 2011 | 52.29% | |||
| 1962 | 38.76% | |||
| 1957 | 44.59% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. P. Kandasamy | 118,968 | 49.23% | ||
| DMK | Premier Selvam (A)Kalichamy M | 87,036 | 36.02% | ||
| NTK | Elangovan. G | 14,426 | 5.97% | ||
| MNM | Ranganathan. A | 12,658 | 5.24% | ||
| AMMK | Senthil Kumar. S. A. | 4,111 | 1.70% | ||
| NOTA | Nota | 2,610 | 1.08% | ||
| Margin of victory | 31,932 | 13.21% | −3.97% | ||
| Turnout | 2,41,653 | 76.20% | 0.60% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 309 | 0.13% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,17,124 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | 1.85% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. P. Kandasamy | 1,00,782 | 44.78 | ||
| DMK | Pongalur N. Palanisamy | 90,669 | 40.29 | ||
| AMMK | K. Sugumar | 16,530 | 7.35 | ||
| MNM | S. Mohanraj | 6,644 | 2.95 | ||
| NTK | V. Vijaya Ragavan | 4,335 | 1.93 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,938 | 0.86 | ||
| Majority | 10,113 | 4.49 | |||
| Turnout | 2,26,998 | 76.89 | |||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | R. Kanagaraj | 100,977 | 47.38% | ||
| INC | Manoharan. V. M. C. | 64,346 | 30.19% | ||
| BJP | Mandharasalam. S. D. | 13,517 | 6.34% | 3.78% | |
| DMDK | Thinakaran. K. | 13,106 | 6.15% | −46.14% | |
| KMDK | Premier Selvam @ Kalichamy. M. | 9,672 | 4.54% | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,688 | 1.73% | ||
| NTK | Vijayaragavan. M. V. | 2,873 | 1.35% | ||
| PMK | Ganesan. P. K. | 1,687 | 0.79% | ||
| Margin of victory | 36,631 | 17.19% | −0.23% | ||
| Turnout | 2,13,121 | 75.60% | −4.55% | ||
| Registered electors | 2,81,890 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromDMDK | Swing | -4.91% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMDK | K. Thinakaran | 88,680 | 52.29% | ||
| KNMK | E. R. Eswaran | 59,148 | 34.88% | ||
| Independent | Dhinakaran K | 7,285 | 4.30% | ||
| BJP | Senthilkumar K | 4,353 | 2.57% | ||
| Independent | Karthikeyan Pon | 3,053 | 1.80% | ||
| Independent | Mariappan Dr M | 2,205 | 1.30% | ||
| Independent | Jerold Amalajothi I | 1,315 | 0.78% | ||
| Independent | Thangavelu C | 1,281 | 0.76% | ||
| BSP | Abdul Hakkim P | 1,064 | 0.63% | ||
| Margin of victory | 29,532 | 17.41% | {{{change}}} | ||
| Turnout | 2,11,574 | 80.16% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,69,588 | ||||
| DMDKwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | C. Kolandai Ammal | 25,732 | 38.76% | −5.83% | |
| CPI | K. N. Chinnayan | 21,375 | 32.19% | ||
| PSP | Kumarasami Gounder | 10,017 | 15.09% | ||
| DMK | U. K. N. Rasu | 6,953 | 10.47% | ||
| Independent | A. Sethupathy | 1,364 | 2.05% | ||
| Independent | V. R. Gopalasami Chettiar | 955 | 1.44% | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,357 | 6.56% | −0.08% | ||
| Turnout | 66,396 | 77.14% | 25.43% | ||
| Registered electors | 89,754 | ||||
| INChold | Swing | -5.83% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | C. Kolandai Ammal | 18,328 | 44.59% | ||
| CPI | K. Ramani | 15,598 | 37.95% | ||
| Independent | Shanmugasundaram | 4,053 | 9.86% | ||
| Independent | Natarajan | 3,126 | 7.60% | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,730 | 6.64% | |||
| Turnout | 41,105 | 51.70% | |||
| Registered electors | 79,503 | ||||
| INCwin (new seat) | |||||
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