Ariyalur Assembly constituency
11°8′14″N 79°4′40″E / 11.13722°N 79.07778°E
| Ariyalur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 149 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Ariyalur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Chidambaram |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,63,156 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AIADMK |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Ariyalur is a legislative assembly, that includes the city of Ariyalur. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 149. Until 2006, Ariyalur Assembly constituency was part of Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2006, it has been a part of Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
History
From the 1977 elections, the assembly seat was won by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) three times during the 1977, 1980 and 1989 elections, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) two times during the 2001 and 2011 elections, Indian National Congress once during 2006 and Tamil Maanila Congress once during the 1996 elections.[3] In 2016 Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the constituency was Thamarai S.Rajendran from the AIADMK Party.[4] The current MLA since 2021 has been K. Chinnappa from DMK.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election results
Assembly election 2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | S. Rajendran | 95,219 | 40.37% | New | |
| DMK | Latha Balu | 70,721 | 29.98% | ||
| TVK | Sivakumar. M | 57,359 | 24.32% | New | |
| NTK | Pugazhendhi. D | 8,527 | 3.62% | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 641 | 0.27% | ||
| Margin of victory | 24,498 | 10.39% | |||
| Turnout | 236,042 | 89.70% | |||
| Total valid votes | 235,858 | ||||
| Registered electors | 263,156 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | K. Chinnappa | 103,975 | 46.45% | ||
| AIADMK | Thamarai S. Rajendran | 100,741 | 45.01% | ||
| NTK | Suguna Kumar | 12,346 | 5.52% | ||
| AMMK | Durai. Manivel | 2,044 | 0.91% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,389 | 0.62% | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,234 | 1.44% | |||
| Turnout | 225,792 | 85.21% | |||
| Total valid votes | 223,836 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 567 | 0.25% | |||
| Registered electors | 264,971 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | S. Rajendran | 88,523 | 41.94% | ||
| DMK | S. S. Sivasankar | 86,480 | 40.97% | New | |
| DMDK | Rama Jayavel | 13,599 | 6.44% | New | |
| PMK | K. Thirumavalavan | 13,529 | 6.41% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,896 | 0.90% | New | |
| Independent | R. Vijayakumar | 1,348 | 0.64% | ||
| IJK | C. Baskar | 1,330 | 0.63% | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,043 | 0.97% | |||
| Turnout | 211,232 | 84.99% | |||
| Total valid votes | 211,078 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 154 | 0.07% | |||
| Registered electors | 248,541 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Durai. Manivel | 88,726 | 47.77% | ||
| INC | D. Amaramoorthy | 70,906 | 38.17% | ||
| IJK | C. Baskar | 9,501 | 5.11% | New | |
| Independent | R. Panneerselvam | 7,099 | 3.82% | ||
| BJP | P. Abirami | 2,981 | 1.60% | ||
| Independent | T. Muruganantham | 2,640 | 1.42% | ||
| BSP | K. Neelamegam | 2,267 | 1.22% | ||
| Independent | M. K. Muthusami | 1,629 | 0.88% | ||
| Margin of victory | 17,820 | 9.59% | |||
| Turnout | 185,766 | 84.83% | |||
| Total valid votes | 185,749 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.01% | |||
| Registered electors | 218,992 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | D. Amaramoorthy | 60,089 | 45.36% | New | |
| AIADMK | M. Ravichandran | 55,895 | 42.20% | New | |
| DMDK | Rama Jayavel | 8,630 | 6.52% | New | |
| Independent | K. Mariyappan | 2,936 | 2.22% | ||
| BJP | K. Sekar | 1,111 | 0.84% | New | |
| BSP | M. Samidurai | 1,041 | 0.79% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 4,194 | 3.17% | |||
| Turnout | 132,472 | 80.82% | |||
| Total valid votes | 132,460 | ||||
| Registered electors | 163,907 | ||||
| INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 2001
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | P. Elavazhagan | 52,676 | 41.03% | ||
| DMK | T. A. Kathiravan | 42,297 | 32.95% | New | |
| Independent | D. Punnyamoorthy | 20,399 | 15.89% | ||
| MDMK | K. Chinnappa | 10,121 | 7.88% | ||
| Independent | N. Maheshkumaran | 2,891 | 2.25% | ||
| Margin of victory | 10,379 | 8.08% | |||
| Turnout | 128,385 | 70.37% | |||
| Total valid votes | 128,384 | ||||
| Registered electors | 182,450 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from TMC(M) | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMC(M) | D. Amaramoorthy | 62,157 | 53.19% | New | |
| AIADMK | A. Elavarasan | 37,263 | 31.89% | New | |
| MDMK | K. Chinnappa | 12,163 | 10.41% | New | |
| PMK | P. Raja | 2,926 | 2.50% | ||
| BJP | G. Ayyarappan | 1,060 | 0.91% | ||
| Independent | M. Panneerselvam | 804 | 0.69% | ||
| Margin of victory | 24,894 | 21.30% | |||
| Turnout | 125,395 | 78.55% | |||
| Total valid votes | 116,854 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 8,729 | 6.96% | |||
| Registered electors | 159,636 | ||||
| TMC(M) gain from AIADMK | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 1991
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | S. Manimegalai | 64,680 | 57.00% | New | |
| DMK | K. Chinnappa | 41,551 | 36.62% | ||
| PMK | R. Arivalagan | 5,744 | 5.06% | New | |
| BJP | A. Karuppaiah. N | 755 | 0.67% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 23,129 | 20.38% | |||
| Turnout | 117,536 | 76.11% | |||
| Total valid votes | 113,474 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 4,062 | 3.46% | |||
| Registered electors | 154,420 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | T. Arumugam | 47,353 | 43.60% | ||
| AIADMK | P. Elavazhagan | 29,242 | 26.92% | New | |
| INC | T. K. S. Swamynathan | 21,247 | 19.56% | New | |
| AIADMK | P. Ganesan | 10,507 | 9.67% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 18,111 | 16.68% | |||
| Turnout | 110,886 | 81.45% | |||
| Total valid votes | 108,607 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 2,279 | 2.06% | |||
| Registered electors | 136,145 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 1984
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | S. Purushothaman | 56,815 | 58.36% | ||
| DMK | T. Arumugam | 39,045 | 40.11% | ||
| Independent | T. K. Thangavel | 996 | 1.02% | ||
| Margin of victory | 17,770 | 18.25% | |||
| Turnout | 101,042 | 82.57% | |||
| Total valid votes | 97,353 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 3,689 | 3.65% | |||
| Registered electors | 122,373 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 1980
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | T. Arumugam | 45,980 | 52.53% | ||
| AIADMK | Asokan | 36,776 | 42.01% | New | |
| Independent | A. S. Aramirdham | 3,695 | 4.22% | ||
| Independent | A. Ganesan | 738 | 0.84% | ||
| Margin of victory | 9,204 | 10.52% | |||
| Turnout | 88,716 | 76.09% | |||
| Total valid votes | 87,531 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 1,185 | 1.34% | |||
| Registered electors | 116,590 | ||||
| DMK hold | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 1977
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | T. Arumugam | 31,380 | 39.73% | ||
| AIADMK | Karuppiah Alias Asokan | 30,125 | 38.14% | New | |
| INC | G. Srinivasan | 12,359 | 15.65% | New | |
| JP | T. Natarajan | 3,781 | 4.79% | New | |
| Independent | R. Krishnasamy | 1,131 | 1.43% | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,255 | 1.59% | |||
| Turnout | 80,457 | 74.75% | |||
| Total valid votes | 78,989 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 1,468 | 1.82% | |||
| Registered electors | 107,638 | ||||
| DMK hold | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | G. Sivaperumal | 48,320 | 64.18% | ||
| INC | R. Sambasivam Moopanar | 22,740 | 30.20% | New | |
| Independent | M. Ganesan | 3,535 | 4.70% | ||
| Independent | P. K. Thirunavukkarasu | 692 | 0.92% | ||
| Margin of victory | 25,580 | 33.98% | |||
| Turnout | 78,607 | 81.43% | |||
| Total valid votes | 75,287 | ||||
| Registered electors | 96,537 | ||||
| DMK gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | R. Karuppiam | 26,440 | 37.37% | ||
| DMK | G. Sepperumal | 25,017 | 35.36% | ||
| Independent | S. Ramasami | 19,294 | 27.27% | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,423 | 2.01% | |||
| Turnout | 74,113 | 83.15% | |||
| Total valid votes | 70,751 | ||||
| Registered electors | 89,136 | ||||
| INC gain from DMK | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | R. Narayanan | 41,721 | 64.34% | New | |
| INC | R. Viswanathan | 17,681 | 27.27% | ||
| TNP | M. Vadivel | 3,095 | 4.77% | New | |
| Independent | A. Balakrishnan | 2,346 | 3.62% | ||
| Margin of victory | 24,040 | 37.07% | |||
| Turnout | 67,436 | 69.58% | |||
| Total valid votes | 64,843 | ||||
| Registered electors | 96,922 | ||||
| DMK gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 1957
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ramalinga Padayachi | 11,741 | 27.44% | ||
| Independent | R. Narayanan | 10,404 | 24.31% | ||
| Independent | Haji Abdul Kadir Jamali | 6,992 | 16.34% | ||
| Independent | Dhanaraj | 4,797 | 11.21% | ||
| Independent | Manickam | 3,069 | 7.17% | ||
| Independent | Arasan | 2,640 | 6.17% | ||
| Independent | Thangavelu | 2,154 | 5.03% | ||
| Independent | Vadivelu | 992 | 2.32% | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,337 | 3.12% | |||
| Turnout | 42,789 | 47.06% | |||
| Total valid votes | 42,789 | ||||
| Registered electors | 90,932 | ||||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Palaniandi | 11,422 | 29.09% | New | |
| INC | Razar | 10,007 | 25.49% | New | |
| Independent | Shanmughasundara Mudaliar | 8,289 | 21.11% | New | |
| Independent | Muthuswamy | 8,141 | 20.74% | New | |
| Independent | Periaswami Padyachi | 1,403 | 3.57% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 1,415 | 3.60% | |||
| Turnout | 39,262 | 59.53% | |||
| Total valid votes | 39,262 | ||||
| Registered electors | 65,957 | ||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Notes
- ↑ "Members of Lok Sabha from Tamil Nadu". Government of Tamil Nadu. 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ "Map showing the new assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 1. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ "Partywise Comparison Since 1977". Election Commission of India. 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ "MLA of Ariyalur". Government of Tamil Nadu. 2021. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Result 2026 - Ariyalur". Election Commission of India. 4 May 2026. Archived from the original on 5 May 2026. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ "Ariyalur Constituency Election Results 2016 - 2026". The Times of India. 5 May 2026. Archived from the original on 4 June 2026. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ↑ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
- ↑ Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1957" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
References
- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
