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]
Dindigul | |
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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[1] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Alliance | NDA |
Elected year | 2021 |
Year | Winner | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1952 | Munisamy Pillai | Indian National Congress | |
1957 | M. J. Jamal Mohideen | ||
1962 | R. Rengasamy | ||
1967 | A. Balasubramanyam | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Year | Winner | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1971 | O. N. Sundaram Pillai | Indian National Congress | |
1977 | N. Varadarajan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
1980 | 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 | |||
2016 | Dindigul C. Sreenivasan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
2021 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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) |
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