Dindigul_(state_assembly_constituency)

Dindigul
Dindigul
Constituency No. 132 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Dindigul
LS constituency	Dindigul
Established	1952
Total electors	2,76,583
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent C. Sreenivasan
Party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

Dindigul Assembly constituency

One of 234 Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu state, in India.

Dindigul is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Constituency number is 132 among the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies. It comes under Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency. Dindigul will be one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.^[2]

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Year	Winner
1952	Munisamy Pillai	Indian National Congress
1957	M. J. Jamal Mohideen
1962	R. Rengasamy
1967	A. Balasubramanyam	Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Year	Winner
1971	O. N. Sundaram Pillai	Indian National Congress
1977	N. Varadarajan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1980	N. Varadarajan	Independent
1984	A. Premkumar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	S. A. Thangarajan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991	B. Nirmala	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	R. Manimaran	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	K. Nagalakshimi	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2006	K. Balabharathi
2011	K. Balabharathi
2016	Dindigul C. Sreenivasan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Dindigul C. Sreenivasan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Sreenivasan	90,595	46.86%	-2.44%
	CPI(M)	N. Pandi	72,848	37.68%	33.02%
	NTK	R. Jayasundar	14,860	7.69%	6.49%
	MNM	R. Rajendran	9,063	4.69%	New
	AMMK	P. Ramuthevar	2,427	1.26%	New
	NOTA	Nota	1,807	0.93%	-0.57%
Margin of victory			17,747	9.18%	-1.99%
Turnout			193,311	69.89%	-4.65%
Rejected ballots			348	0.18%
Registered electors			276,583
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-2.44%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Sreenivasan	91,413	49.30%
	DMK	M. Basheer Ahamed	70,694	38.13%
	CPI(M)	N. Pandi	8,657	4.67%	-54.15%
	BJP	T. A. Thirumalai Balaji	5,079	2.74%	-1.16%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,783	1.50%	New
	PMK	R. Parasuraman	2,718	1.47%	New
	NTK	M. P. Ganesan	2,227	1.20%	New
Margin of victory			20,719	11.17%	-15.29%
Turnout			185,419	74.54%	-2.25%
Registered electors			248,751
	AIADMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-9.51%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Balabharathi	86,932	58.82%	15.08%
	PMK	J. Paul Baskar	47,817	32.35%
	BJP	P. G. Bose	5,761	3.90%	2.50%
	ABHM	V. Ganesan	2,014	1.36%	New
	Independent	M. Palanichamy	1,107	0.75%	New
	RSP	M. Muthuveeran	945	0.64%	New
	BSP	P. Baskaran	711	0.48%	-0.36%
	IJK	S. Nndharan	586	0.40%	New
	Independent	M. Nagoorgani	502	0.34%	New
	Independent	A. Abuthahir	271	0.18%	New
	Independent	A. Nagakanniga	270	0.18%	New
Margin of victory			39,115	26.46%	14.06%
Turnout			192,479	76.79%	6.79%
Registered electors			147,805
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	15.08%

Dindigul_(state_assembly_constituency)

Dindigul Assembly constituency

Madras State

Tamil Nadu

Election results

2021

2016

2011

2006

2001

1996

1991

1989

1984

1980

1977

1971

1967

1962

1957

1952

References

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Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			46.86%
2016			49.30%
2011			58.82%
2006			43.74%
2001			47.37%
1996			65.53%
1991			64.00%
1989			37.77%
1984			62.68%
1980			54.89%
1977			45.19%
1971			39.80%
1967			58.93%
1962			48.23%
1957			48.36%
1952			43.95%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Balabharathi	66,811	43.74%	-3.63%
	MDMK	N. Selvaragavan	47,862	31.33%	28.22%
	DMDK	G. Karthikeyan	27,287	17.86%	New
	SP	J. C. D. Prabhakar	2,970	1.94%	New
	BJP	T. A. Thirumalai Balaji	2,134	1.40%	New
	BSP	K. Sivanathan	1,290	0.84%	New
	RSP	M. Muthuveeran	1,154	0.76%	New
	PNK	M. Arunachalam	1,107	0.72%	New
	Independent	A. Palanichamy	1,045	0.68%	New
	AIFB	S. Thanikodi	632	0.41%	New
	JD(U)	N. Naguchamy Nadar	456	0.30%	New
Margin of victory			18,949	12.41%	10.55%
Turnout			152,748	70.00%	16.40%
Registered electors			218,221
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-3.63%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Nagalakshimi	71,003	47.37%	40.30%
	DMK	M. Basheer Ahmed	68,224	45.52%	-20.01%
	MDMK	Latha Selvaraj	4,662	3.11%	New
	Independent	R. Manimaran	2,635	1.76%	New
	Independent	V. Muruganandam	1,685	1.12%	New
	Thaayaga Makkal Katchi	S. N. Balasubramani	1,668	1.11%	New
Margin of victory			2,779	1.85%	-43.38%
Turnout			149,877	53.60%	-11.77%
Registered electors			279,805
	CPI(M) gain from DMK		Swing	-18.16%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Manimaran	94,353	65.53%
	AIADMK	V. Marutharaj	29,229	20.30%	-43.70%
	CPI(M)	R. S. Rejendran	10,180	7.07%	-22.07%
	PMK	S. Visuvasam	4,120	2.86%	New
	BJP	S. T. Manickam	3,488	2.42%	-1.23%
	Independent	M. Rengan Maruthai	252	0.18%	New
	Independent	S. R. Subramani	243	0.17%	New
	Independent	M. Raj	199	0.14%	New
	CPI(ML)L	V. Kulanthai	172	0.12%	New
	Independent	R. Desikachari	149	0.10%	New
	Independent	K. Palanisamy	140	0.10%	New
Margin of victory			65,124	45.23%	10.37%
Turnout			143,986	65.37%	5.28%
Registered electors			230,348
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	1.53%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	B. Nirmala	80,795	64.00%	43.93%
	CPI(M)	S. A. Thangarajan	36,791	29.14%	-8.63%
	BJP	K. Dhanabalan	4,617	3.66%	2.83%
	PMK	R. Sundar Rajan	2,588	2.05%	New
	JP	V. Abdulkadar	327	0.26%	New
	Independent	R. Selvaraj	197	0.16%	New
	Independent	P. M. Mustafa	172	0.14%	New
	Independent	K. Palani Chamy	155	0.12%	New
	Independent	P. Rengieya	138	0.11%	New
	Independent	S. Sebastian	131	0.10%	New
	Independent	A. Adhimoolam	121	0.10%	New
Margin of victory			44,004	34.85%	20.43%
Turnout			126,250	60.09%	-8.04%
Registered electors			215,517
	AIADMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	26.23%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	S. A. Thangarajan	46,617	37.77%
	INC	M. Sandhana Mary	28,815	23.34%
	AIADMK	K. A. Krishnasamy	24,763	20.06%	-42.62%
	AIADMK	A. Premkumar	17,445	14.13%	-48.55%
	Independent	P. Selvan Nadar	1,490	1.21%	New
	BJP	K. Muthukrishnan Kailai	1,016	0.82%	New
	Independent	A. Stepan	1,001	0.81%	New
	Independent	P. Subbiah	312	0.25%	New
	Independent	R. Raju	280	0.23%	New
	Independent	R. Jeyaraman	270	0.22%	New
	Independent	M. Viswa Bharathi	238	0.19%	New
Margin of victory			17,802	14.42%	-15.91%
Turnout			123,435	68.13%	-1.46%
Registered electors			184,923
	CPI(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-24.91%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Premkumar	67,718	62.68%
	CPI	N. Varadarajan	34,952	32.35%
	Independent	Pon. Srinivasan	3,842	3.56%	New
	Independent	F. Ananth	505	0.47%	New
	Independent	P. Madurai Veeran	462	0.43%	New
	Independent	N. Madharasa	243	0.22%	New
	Independent	B. Subbiah	202	0.19%	New
	Independent	S. Muthukrishnan	115	0.11%	New
Margin of victory			32,766	30.33%	18.87%
Turnout			108,039	69.58%	5.36%
Registered electors			160,905
	AIADMK gain from Independent		Swing	7.78%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	N. Varadarajan	55,195	54.89%	*New*
	INC	N. Abdul Khader	43,676	43.44%
	Independent	V. Pitchaimuthu	674	0.67%	New
	Independent	P. M. Musthafa	589	0.59%	New
	Independent	S. Muthukrishnan	413	0.41%	New
Margin of victory			11,519	11.46%	-15.27%
Turnout			100,547	64.22%	11.03%
Registered electors			158,089
	Independent gain from CPI(M)		Swing	9.71%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	N. Varadarajan	33,614	45.19%
	DMK	V. S. Lakshmanan	13,732	18.46%	New
	JP	V. Johnson	12,179	16.37%	New
	CPI	V. Madanagopal	11,125	14.96%	New
	Independent	A. Gnanaraj	2,357	3.17%	New
	Independent	M. M. Renganathan	1,380	1.86%	New
Margin of victory			19,882	26.73%	24.73%
Turnout			74,387	53.19%	-16.15%
Registered electors			141,172
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	5.38%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	O. N. Sundaram Pillai	27,775	39.80%	-1.27%
	Independent	Jama Hussain	26,384	37.81%	New
	CPI(M)	A. Balasubramanyam	14,990	21.48%	New
	Independent	C. Kasthurinathan	629	0.90%	New
Margin of victory			1,391	1.99%	-15.87%
Turnout			69,778	69.33%	-9.20%
Registered electors			110,295
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-19.12%

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Dindigul^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Rengaswamy	32,047	48.23%	-0.13%
	CPI	A. Balasubramanian	29,174	43.91%
	Independent	M. Nallakamu	2,708	4.08%	New
	SWA	S. Rajaram	2,517	3.79%	New
Margin of victory			2,873	4.32%	-1.95%
Turnout			66,446	77.38%	29.89%
Registered electors			89,114
	INC hold		Swing	-0.13%

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Dindigul^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. J. Jamal Mohideen	21,417	48.36%	4.41%
	CPI	A. Balasubramaniam	18,640	42.09%	New
	Independent	R. Janardhanam Naidu	2,922	6.60%	New
	Independent	M. V. Pichaya	1,311	2.96%	New
Margin of victory			2,777	6.27%	0.79%
Turnout			44,290	47.48%	-10.75%
Registered electors			93,280
	INC hold		Swing	4.41%

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Dindigul^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Munisamy Pillai	16,667	43.95%	43.95%
	CPI	A. Balasubramaniam	14,588	38.47%	New
	Independent	V. Venkatachalam	2,794	7.37%	New
	TTP	V. Arumugham	2,686	7.08%	New
	KMPP	K. Nagarattinam	1,188	3.13%	New
Margin of victory			2,079	5.48%
Turnout			37,923	58.23%
Registered electors			65,129
	INC win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	A. Balasubramanayam	42,381	58.93%
	INC	O. C. Pillai	29,537	41.07%	-7.16%
Margin of victory			12,844	17.86%	13.54%
Turnout			71,918	78.54%	1.16%
Registered electors			94,204
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	10.70%