Sulur Assembly constituency

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Sulur (Tamil: சூலூர்) is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 116. It comprises the Town Panchayat of Irugur, Kannampalayam, Mopperipalayam, Pallapalayam, Samalapuram, Sulur . It also has karumathapatti municipality and Village Panchayat of Sulur Block and Sultanpet Block surrounding areas in Coimbatore. It was formed in 2009 and is part of the Coimbatore parliamentary constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Members of the Assembly

Assembly Duration Winner Party
Fourteenth 2011-2016 K. Thinakaran Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
Fifteenth 2016-2019 R. Kanagaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
By-Election 2019 2019 – 2021 V. P. Kandasamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth 2021–present V. P. Kandasamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
49.23%
2019 By-election
44.78%
2016
47.38%
2011
52.29%
1962
38.76%
1957
44.59%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sulur
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
AIADMK hold Swing 1.85%

2019 By-election

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Sulur
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
AIADMK hold Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sulur
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
AIADMK gain from DMDK Swing -4.91%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sulur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMDK K. Thinakaran 88,680 52.29%
KNMK Eswaran E R 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
DMDK win (new seat)

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Sulur
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
INC hold Swing -5.83%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : 1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Sulur
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
INC win (new seat)