Aravakurichi Assembly constituency

Aravakurichi is an assembly constituency in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly, that includes the town of Aravakurichi and other neighbouring parts of Karur district.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 134. It is a part of Karur Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Aravakurichi
Constituency No. 134 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Karur
Lok Sabha constituency	Karur
Established	1951
Total electors	2,13,946[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent R. Elango
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Assembly	Year	Winner	Party
First	1952	N. Rathina Gounder		Independent
Second	1957	S. Sadasivam		Indian National Congress
Third	1962	S. Sadasivam		Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967	S. K. Gounder		Swatantra Party

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Year	Winner	Party
Fifth	1971-77	Abdul Jabbar		Indian Union Muslim League
Sixth	1977-80	S. Sadasivam		Indian National Congress
Seventh	1980-84	P. S. Sennimalai Kandasamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984-89	S. Jagadheeshan
Ninth	1989-91	Monjanoor Ramasamy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991-96	Asia Mariyamul		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-01	S. S. Mohammad Ismail		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-06	E. A. Liyaudeen Sait		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006-2011	M. A. Khaleelur Rahman		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011-2016	K. C. Palanisamy
Fifteenth	2016-2017 disqualification by Assembly Speaker	V. Senthil Balaji		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
By-Election 2019	2019-2021			Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021-Incumbent	R. Elango

Election results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aravakurichi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Elango	93,369	52.98	−3.47
	BJP	K. Annamalai	68,553	38.90	New
	NTK	Anitha Parveen. M	7,188	4.08	+ 2.78
	AMMK	Thangavel. P. S. N	1,599	0.91	New
	MNM	Mohammed Haneef Shahil. K. S	1,382	0.78	New
	Independent	Saravanan. P	1,236	0.70	New
	NOTA	None of the above	869	0.49	New
Margin of victory			24,816	14.08
Turnout			176,245	82.38
Rejected ballots			451	0.26
Registered electors			213,946
	DMK hold		Swing

2019 By-election

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Aravakurichi^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Senthil Balaji	97,800	56.45
	AIADMK	V. V. Senthil Nathan	59,843	34.54
	AMMK	Shahul Hameed	7,195	4.15	New
	NTK	P.K.Selvam	2,227	1.29	New
	MNM	S. Mohanraj	1,361	0.79	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	904	0.52
Majority			35,693	21.85
Turnout			1,73,271	84.40
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aravakurichi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Senthil Balaji	88,068	53.51
	DMK	K. C. Palanisamy	64,407	39.13
	BJP	S. Prabhu	3,162	1.92	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,538	0.93
	DMDK	M. Muthu	1,513	0.92	New
Majority			23,661	14.38
Turnout			1,64,582	82.15
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aravakurichi^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. C. Palanisamy	72,831	49.71%	4.11%
	AIADMK	Senthilnathan. V	68,290	46.61%
	Independent	Vijayakumar. R	1,530	1.04%	New
	Independent	Jagadeesan. N	1,355	0.92%	New
	BSP	Marimuthu. C	779	0.53%	New
	Independent	Ramasamy. V	370	0.25%	New
	Independent	Mohamed Iqbal. H	326	0.22%	New
	JD(U)	Shanmugam. S	180	0.12%	New
	Independent	Kannan. R	161	0.11%	New
	Independent	Muruganandam. L. K	139	0.09%	New
	Independent	Indiramoorthy. V	106	0.07%	New
Margin of victory			4,541	3.10%	0.30%
Turnout			1,70,483	85.94%	11.19%
Registered electors			1,46,509
	DMK hold		Swing	4.11%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aravakurichi^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Khaleelur Rahman. M. A.	45,960	45.60%	14.65%
	MDMK	Monjanur Ramasamy. P.	43,135	42.80%	27.00%
	DMDK	Basheer Mohamed. A.	6,619	6.57%	New
	BJP	Manoharan. K.	1,744	1.73%	New
	Independent	Ramamoorthy. R.	1,291	1.28%	New
	Independent	Dalit Pandiyan. V.	633	0.63%	New
	Independent	Bala Subramani. S.	523	0.52%	New
	Independent	Kaja Mohideen. M.	336	0.33%	New
	Independent	Mallika. S.	313	0.31%	New
	Independent	Dhayalan. R. M.	229	0.23%	New
Margin of victory			2,825	2.80%	−14.28%
Turnout			1,00,783	74.75%	14.06%
Registered electors			1,34,828
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-2.43%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aravakurichi^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Liyaudeen Sait E. A	51,535	48.03%	18.14%
	DMK	Lakshmi Duraisamy Tmt.	33,209	30.95%	−7.42%
	MDMK	Monjanur Ramasamy P	16,954	15.80%	−8.63%
	Independent	Amuthakumar V	2,054	1.91%	New
	Independent	Sheik Abdul Kadhar M. S.	1,160	1.08%	New
	Independent	Ganesan K	722	0.67%	New
	Independent	Sasikumar M	707	0.66%	New
	Independent	Pounkodi L	565	0.53%	New
	Independent	Karuppusamy T P	395	0.37%	New
Margin of victory			18,326	17.08%	8.60%
Turnout			1,07,301	60.68%	−5.48%
Registered electors			1,76,820
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	9.66%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aravakurichi^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. S. Mohammad Ismail	41,153	38.36%	2.86%
	AIADMK	Duraisamy. V. K.	32,059	29.89%	−25.72%
	MDMK	Monjanur Ramasamy. P.	26,203	24.43%	New
	Independent	Gnanasekaran. J.	4,767	4.44%	New
	BJP	Chenniappan. V. S.	1,138	1.06%	New
	PMK	Gunasekaran. K.	737	0.69%	New
	Independent	Kumar. S.	455	0.42%	New
	Independent	Jayapal. G.	399	0.37%	New
	Independent	Natarajan. K.	224	0.21%	New
	Independent	Annadurai. R.	70	0.07%	New
	Independent	Dhayalan. R. M.	63	0.06%	New
Margin of victory			9,094	8.48%	−11.62%
Turnout			1,07,268	66.17%	2.90%
Registered electors			1,69,837
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-17.24%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aravakurichi^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Mariyamul Asia	57,957	55.60%	29.09%
	DMK	Monjanur Ramasamy P.	37,005	35.50%	−6.90%
	Independent	Muthusamy K.	1,461	1.40%	New
	Independent	Amaravathi K.	906	0.87%	New
	PMK	Arumugam T. P. S.	550	0.53%	New
	Independent	Palaniappan N.	337	0.32%	New
	Independent	Krishnamoorthy K.	209	0.20%	New
	Independent	Periyasamy R.	206	0.20%	New
	Independent	Chelllan K.	198	0.19%	New
	Independent	Munisamy K.	175	0.17%	New
	Independent	Kandasamy K.	173	0.17%	New
Margin of victory			20,952	20.10%	4.22%
Turnout			1,04,232	63.27%	−10.48%
Registered electors			1,73,736
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	13.20%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aravakurichi^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Ramasamy Monjanor	48,463	42.40%	−0.22%
	AIADMK	S. Jagadeesan	30,309	26.52%	−29.20%
	INC	S. Sadasivam	24,226	21.20%	New
	Independent	K. V. Somasundaram	6,423	5.62%	New
	AIADMK	V. M. Duraisamy	3,100	2.71%	−53.01%
	Independent	M. Damodaran	486	0.43%	New
	Independent	Sakthkvel	346	0.30%	New
	Independent	Muthuravi	310	0.27%	New
	Independent	K. Pasupathi	216	0.19%	New
	Independent	Kuliah Asiriyar	208	0.18%	New
	Independent	S. Raman	120	0.10%	New
Margin of victory			18,154	15.88%	2.78%
Turnout			1,14,296	73.75%	−2.29%
Registered electors			1,57,264
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-13.32%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aravakurichi^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Jegatheesan	57,887	55.72%	4.12%
	DMK	P. Ramasami	44,273	42.62%	New
	Independent	C. S. Basheer Ahmed	792	0.76%	New
	Independent	S. Sakthivel	492	0.47%	New
	Independent	T. Kothandapani	443	0.43%	New
Margin of victory			13,614	13.10%	7.49%
Turnout			1,03,887	76.04%	10.81%
Registered electors			1,41,938
	AIADMK hold		Swing	4.12%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aravakurichi^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Sennimalai Alias. Kandahsamy P. S.	45,145	51.60%
	INC	Shanmugam. K.	40,233	45.99%	6.48%
	Independent	Shanmugam. K. . L. I. M.	1,125	1.29%	New
	Independent	Raman. S.	979	1.12%	New
Margin of victory			4,912	5.61%	−7.77%
Turnout			87,482	65.23%	2.78%
Registered electors			1,35,591
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	12.10%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aravakurichi^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Sadasivam	32,581	39.51%
	DMK	P. Ramasamy	21,547	26.13%
	Independent	Abdul Jabbar	16,152	19.59%	New
	JP	V.K. Ramasamy	5,666	6.87%	New
	Independent	Muthan Alias Muthusamy	5,269	6.39%	New
	Independent	Raman	1,252	1.52%	New
Margin of victory			11,034	13.38%	−13.54%
Turnout			82,467	62.46%	−3.35%
Registered electors			1,33,806
	INC gain from IUML		Swing	-20.59%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Aravakurichi^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	Abdul Jabbar	34,164	60.10%
	SWA	Kadasamy Gounder S.	18,859	33.18%
	Independent	Rengaswamy Gounder K.	2,653	4.67%	New
	Independent	Krishnan P. V.	1,170	2.06%	New
Margin of victory			15,305	26.92%	−8.00%
Turnout			56,846	65.81%	−6.21%
Registered electors			1,00,107
	IUML gain from SWA		Swing	-7.36%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Aravakurichi^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	S. K. Gounder	46,614	67.46%
	INC	V. P. Gounder	22,482	32.54%	−12.73%
Margin of victory			24,132	34.93%	23.30%
Turnout			69,096	72.02%	0.58%
Registered electors			99,247
	SWA gain from INC		Swing	22.20%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Aravakurichi^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Sadasivam	28,372	45.26%	−9.76%
	SWA	C. Muthusami Gounder	21,082	33.63%	New
	IUML	Abdul Khader Jamali	8,919	14.23%	New
	Independent	P. Thangavel	2,604	4.15%	New
	Independent	P. Subba Naicker	1,704	2.72%	New
Margin of victory			7,290	11.63%	−7.97%
Turnout			62,681	71.44%	20.65%
Registered electors			91,900
	INC hold		Swing	-9.76%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Aravakurichi^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Sadasivam	24,726	55.02%	21.63%
	Independent	N. Rathina Gounder	15,920	35.43%	New
	Independent	N. Senthilvel	4,291	9.55%	New
Margin of victory			8,806	19.60%	−3.51%
Turnout			44,937	50.79%	−14.31%
Registered electors			88,480
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-1.48%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Aravakurichi^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	N. Rathina Gounder	30,692	56.50%
	INC	T. M. Nallaswamy	18,140	33.40%	33.40%
	Socialist	T. N. Krishnan	5,487	10.10%	New
Margin of victory			12,552	23.11%
Turnout			54,319	65.09%
Registered electors			83,446
	Independent win (new seat)