Anthiyur is a legislative assembly, that includes the town, Anthiyur and other neighbouring local bodies. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 105. It is a part of the Erode Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency is in existence since 1962 election. Anthiyur was a part of Gobichettipalayam Lok Sabha constituency until 2009 election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
Demographics
Kongu Vellalar Gounder, vanniyar, Aruththathiyar, Senguntha Mudaliar, Devanga Chettiyar, Muslims and Adi Dravida communities are populated in this constituency.
Madras State
| Assembly | Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third | 1962 | Perumalraju | Indian National Congress | |
| Fourth | 1967 | E. M. Natarajan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Tamil Nadu
| Assembly | Duration | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifth | 1971-77* | E. M. Natarajan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | P. Guruswamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | P. Guruswamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | U. P. Mathaiyan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | V. Periasamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | V. Periasamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Eleventh | 1996-01 | P. Selvarasu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Twelfth | 2001-06 | S.R.Krishnan | Pattali Makkal Katchi | |
| Thirteenth | 2006-2011 | S. Gurusamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Fourteenth | 2011-2016 | S. S. Ramanitharan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Fifteenth | 2016-2021 | K. R. Rajakrishnan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Sixteenth | 2021-Incumbent | A. G. Venkatachalam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
- Note: From 1967 to 1971, Andhiyur was not listed as a (SC) constituency.
Election results
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | A. G. Venkatachalam | 79,096 | 44.84% | 5.77% | |
| AIADMK | Shanmugavel. K. S | 77,821 | 44.12% | 1.91% | |
| NTK | Saravanan. M | 8,230 | 4.67% | 4.02% | |
| MNM | Gurunathan. M | 2,474 | 1.40% | ||
| AHIMSASP | Prathaban. A | 2,045 | 1.16% | ||
| AMMK | Selvam. S. R | 1,212 | 0.69% | ||
| NOTA | Nota | 1,027 | 0.58% | -0.33% | |
| BSP | Pattan. G | 957 | 0.54% | 0.24% | |
| Margin of victory | 1,275 | 0.72% | -2.41% | ||
| Turnout | 1,76,385 | 80.34% | -1.33% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 317 | 0.18% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,19,551 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 2.64% | |||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | E. M. R. Raja Alias Rajakrishnan. K. R | 71,575 | 42.21% | -12.72% | |
| DMK | Venkatachalam A G | 66,263 | 39.07% | 1.82% | |
| PMK | Gopal. S. C. R | 11,570 | 6.82% | ||
| KMDK | Raja D | 5,995 | 3.54% | ||
| DMDK | Raja Sampath M K | 5,828 | 3.44% | ||
| BJP | Mohankumar P G | 1,962 | 1.16% | -0.23% | |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,546 | 0.91% | ||
| NTK | Manimekalai K | 1,101 | 0.65% | ||
| Independent | Ravi C | 630 | 0.37% | ||
| BSP | Mahendran G | 513 | 0.30% | -0.49% | |
| Independent | Kathirvel K | 419 | 0.25% | ||
| Margin of victory | 5,312 | 3.13% | -14.54% | ||
| Turnout | 1,69,581 | 81.67% | -0.62% | ||
| Registered electors | 2,07,641 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -12.72% | |||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Ramanitharan. S. S | 78,496 | 54.92% | 21.38% | |
| DMK | Raaja. N. K. K. P | 53,242 | 37.25% | -14.05% | |
| Independent | Pongiyia Gounder. K | 2,269 | 1.59% | ||
| BJP | Bargunan A. P. S | 1,988 | 1.39% | 0.09% | |
| Independent | Sheikdavood. A. M | 1,528 | 1.07% | ||
| Ulzaipali Makkal Katchy | Velumani. A | 1,493 | 1.04% | ||
| BSP | Paramasivan. A | 1,132 | 0.79% | ||
| Independent | Vadivel. K | 556 | 0.39% | ||
| Independent | Chinnaponnu Vathiyar. V. M | 544 | 0.38% | ||
| Independent | Sakthivel. G | 511 | 0.36% | ||
| Independent | Chandrakumar. S | 439 | 0.31% | ||
| Margin of victory | 25,254 | 17.67% | -0.09% | ||
| Turnout | 1,73,681 | 82.29% | 12.75% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,42,922 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 3.62% | |||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Gurusamy. S | 57,043 | 51.30% | 15.30% | |
| AIADMK | Subramaniam. M | 37,300 | 33.54% | ||
| DMDK | Jagadeeswaran. P | 11,574 | 10.41% | ||
| Independent | Raju. P | 1,763 | 1.59% | ||
| BJP | Palanisamy. V | 1,446 | 1.30% | ||
| Independent | Mannathan. P | 784 | 0.71% | ||
| Independent | Gurusamy. P | 709 | 0.64% | ||
| Independent | Guruvan. G | 579 | 0.52% | ||
| Margin of victory | 19,743 | 17.75% | -0.63% | ||
| Turnout | 1,11,198 | 69.54% | 12.88% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,59,908 | ||||
| DMK gain from PMK | Swing | -3.08% | |||
2001
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMK | Krishnan. R | 53,436 | 54.38% | ||
| DMK | Selvarasu. P | 35,374 | 36.00% | -16.97% | |
| MDMK | Thangavel . M. D | 3,808 | 3.88% | -0.03% | |
| Independent | Raja . M | 2,167 | 2.21% | ||
| Independent | Sellammal | 1,556 | 1.58% | ||
| Independent | Ponnusamy. G | 1,083 | 1.10% | ||
| MNK(PLP) | Gurusamy. V | 466 | 0.47% | ||
| Independent | Shanmugam . G | 379 | 0.39% | ||
| Margin of victory | 18,062 | 18.38% | -6.82% | ||
| Turnout | 98,269 | 56.66% | -9.99% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,73,432 | ||||
| PMK gain from DMK | Swing | 1.41% | |||
1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Selvarasu. P. | 52,535 | 52.97% | 28.54% | |
| AIADMK | Subramaniam. M. | 27,541 | 27.77% | -31.92% | |
| PMK | Sivakami | 13,924 | 14.04% | ||
| MDMK | Eradha Rukmani | 3,874 | 3.91% | ||
| Independent | Palanisamy. K. | 299 | 0.30% | ||
| Independent | Chinnaponnuvathiyar. V. M. | 203 | 0.20% | ||
| Independent | Raju. T. | 201 | 0.20% | ||
| Independent | Madhan. N. | 170 | 0.17% | ||
| Independent | Raman. S. | 170 | 0.17% | ||
| Independent | Paulraj. P. | 136 | 0.14% | ||
| Independent | Velusamy. M. K. | 128 | 0.13% | ||
| Margin of victory | 24,994 | 25.20% | -10.05% | ||
| Turnout | 99,181 | 66.65% | 3.80% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,53,654 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -6.72% | |||
1991
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Periasamy V. | 52,592 | 59.68% | 22.38% | |
| DMK | Eradharukmani | 21,530 | 24.43% | -10.13% | |
| PMK | Karuppan M. | 13,179 | 14.96% | ||
| AAP | Kannan N. | 410 | 0.47% | ||
| Tharasu Makkal Mandram | Manickam K. | 405 | 0.46% | ||
| Margin of victory | 31,062 | 35.25% | 32.51% | ||
| Turnout | 88,116 | 62.86% | 7.31% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,44,480 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 22.38% | |||
1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Perisamy. V. | 26,702 | 37.31% | -32.44% | |
| DMK | Ramasamy. K. | 24,740 | 34.57% | 5.44% | |
| INC | Chidambaram. V. | 8,199 | 11.46% | ||
| AIADMK | Mathaiyam. U.P. | 8,071 | 11.28% | -58.47% | |
| India Farmers and Tailers Party | Ganesan. R. | 746 | 1.04% | ||
| Independent | Madesh. D. | 701 | 0.98% | ||
| Independent | Guruswamy. P. | 606 | 0.85% | ||
| Independent | Subramanian.S | 523 | 0.73% | ||
| Independent | Gurusamy. R. | 416 | 0.58% | ||
| Independent | Karuppanan. S.K. | 261 | 0.36% | ||
| Independent | Perimal. S.C. | 217 | 0.30% | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,962 | 2.74% | -37.88% | ||
| Turnout | 71,574 | 55.54% | -14.72% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,32,166 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -32.44% | |||
1984
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | U. P. Mathaiyan | 53,825 | 69.75% | 12.69% | |
| DMK | Lakshmi S. | 22,479 | 29.13% | -5.04% | |
| Independent | Sivalingam T. | 863 | 1.12% | ||
| Margin of victory | 31,346 | 40.62% | 17.74% | ||
| Turnout | 77,167 | 70.27% | 13.61% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,14,321 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 12.69% | |||
1980
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | P. Guruswamy | 34,498 | 57.06% | 14.60% | |
| DMK | Vadivel. T. G. | 20,662 | 34.17% | 16.27% | |
| JP | Karuppan. M. | 4,588 | 7.59% | ||
| Independent | Muthusamy. T. P. | 714 | 1.18% | ||
| Margin of victory | 13,836 | 22.88% | 0.68% | ||
| Turnout | 60,462 | 56.66% | 0.06% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,08,662 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 14.60% | |||
1977
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | P. Guruswamy | 23,950 | 42.46% | ||
| JP | A. Palani | 11,423 | 20.25% | ||
| DMK | V.P. Palaniammal | 10,099 | 17.90% | -38.88% | |
| INC | K.C. Raju | 9,080 | 16.10% | -27.11% | |
| Independent | T. Sivalingam | 1,283 | 2.27% | ||
| Independent | A.K. Aran | 388 | 0.69% | ||
| Independent | G.J. Raju | 183 | 0.32% | ||
| Margin of victory | 12,527 | 22.21% | 8.63% | ||
| Turnout | 56,406 | 56.60% | -6.40% | ||
| Registered electors | 1,01,515 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -14.33% | |||
1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | E. M. Natarajan | 32,691 | 56.79% | 0.79% | |
| INC | K. S. Nanjappan | 24,876 | 43.21% | -0.79% | |
| Margin of victory | 7,815 | 13.58% | 1.59% | ||
| Turnout | 57,567 | 63.00% | -10.27% | ||
| Registered electors | 93,941 | ||||
| DMK hold | Swing | 0.79% | |||
1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | E. M. Natarajan | 34,877 | 55.99% | 26.21% | |
| INC | Gurumurthi | 27,409 | 44.01% | -12.00% | |
| Margin of victory | 7,468 | 11.99% | -14.23% | ||
| Turnout | 62,286 | 73.27% | 24.71% | ||
| Registered electors | 88,402 | ||||
| DMK gain from INC | Swing | -0.01% | |||
1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Perumalraju | 22,533 | 56.01% | ||
| DMK | Kalimuthu | 11,984 | 29.79% | ||
| Independent | Thavasi | 4,272 | 10.62% | ||
| Independent | Karuppan | 1,444 | 3.59% | ||
| Margin of victory | 10,549 | 26.22% | |||
| Turnout | 40,233 | 48.55% | |||
| Registered electors | 88,662 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||