Avanashi Assembly constituency

Avanashi is a legislative assembly, that includes the city of Avanashi. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 112. Since 1977, this seat has been reserved for Scheduled Castes. Avanashi Assembly constituency is a part of Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency.^[2] This is one of the two assembly constituencies having inter-district boundaries of limit, the other being Udumalaipettai. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Avanashi
Constituency No. 112 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruppur & Coimbatore
Lok Sabha constituency	Nilgiris
Established	1957
Total electors	2,80,560[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent P. Dhanapal
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Composition

It is composed of Annur taluk in Coimbatore district and Avinashi taluk in Tiruppur district.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1957	K. Marappa Gounder		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	R. K. Gounder		Swatantra Party

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Duration	Winner	Party
Fifth	1971-77	T. O. Periyasamy		Vivasaya Sangam
Sixth	1977-80	S. N. Palaniswamy		Indian National Congress
Seventh	1980-84	M. Arumugam		Communist Party of India
Eighth	1984-89	P. Lakshmi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989-91	R. Annanambi
Tenth	1991-96	M. Seeniammal
Eleventh	1996-01	G. Elango		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-06	S. Mahalingam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006-2011	R. Prema
Fourteenth	2011-2016	A. A. Karuppasamy
Fifteenth	2016-2021	P. Dhanapal
Sixteenth	2021-Incumbent

Election results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Dhanapal	117,284	55.78%	7.67%
	DMK	Athiyamaan Raju	66,382	31.57%	−0.73%
	NTK	Shoba	13,256	6.30%	5.52%
	MNM	Venkateswaran. A	8,379	3.99%
	DMDK	Meera. K	2,577	1.23%
	NOTA	Nota	2,372	1.13%	−0.69%
Margin of victory			50,902	24.21%	8.40%
Turnout			2,10,255	74.94%	−2.82%
Rejected ballots			338	0.16%
Registered electors			2,80,560
	AIADMK hold		Swing	7.67%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Dhanapal	93,366	48.11%	−18.49%
	DMK	Anandhan E	62,692	32.31%
	CPI	M. Arumugham	15,016	7.74%
	BJP	Perumal C	8,081	4.16%	0.67%
	KMDK	Pragatheeswaran B	4,373	2.25%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,534	1.82%
	NTK	Sumathi P	1,514	0.78%
	PMK	Marimuthu K K	1,480	0.76%
	BSP	Sakthivel M	784	0.40%
	SS	Rangasamy P	671	0.35%
	Independent	Arulmurugan R	622	0.32%
Margin of victory			30,674	15.81%	−23.90%
Turnout			1,94,062	77.76%	−2.48%
Registered electors			2,49,571
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-18.49%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. A. Karuppasamy	103,002	66.60%	26.03%
	INC	Natarajan. A. R.	41,591	26.89%
	BJP	Rangasamy. R.	5,405	3.49%
	Independent	Jaya. V.	2,798	1.81%
	Independent	Moorthy. R.	1,858	1.20%
Margin of victory			61,411	39.71%	36.33%
Turnout			1,92,750	80.24%	9.63%
Registered electors			1,54,654
	AIADMK hold		Swing	26.03%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Prema. R.	54,562	40.57%	−7.63%
	CPI	M. Arumugham	50,023	37.20%
	DMDK	Anandharaj. M.	14,570	10.83%
	Independent	Mohanraj. M.	11,146	8.29%
	BSP	Ramasamy. P.	1,535	1.14%
	Independent	Nainan. K.	1,021	0.76%
	SP	Raviraj. M. R.	684	0.51%
	Independent	Chelladurai. P.	542	0.40%
	Independent	Ganesan. A.	393	0.29%
Margin of victory			4,539	3.38%	−13.63%
Turnout			1,34,476	70.61%	4.63%
Registered electors			1,90,450
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-7.63%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Mahalingam. S.	59,571	48.20%	14.33%
	Independent	M. Mohankumar	38,559	31.20%
	DMK	Radhamani Thirumathi	17,126	13.86%	−42.67%
	MDMK	R. Anna Nambi	4,052	3.28%	−3.51%
	Independent	Rajendran. P.	2,597	2.10%
	Independent	M. P. Sengottaian	1,674	1.35%
Margin of victory			21,012	17.00%	−5.66%
Turnout			1,23,579	65.98%	−4.66%
Registered electors			1,87,295
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-8.33%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Elango	66,006	56.53%
	AIADMK	M. Thiagarajan	39,549	33.87%	−35.80%
	MDMK	R. Shanmuga Sundharam	7,922	6.79%
	BJP	M. Palanisamy	2,042	1.75%	−2.74%
	Independent	K. Krishnan	403	0.35%
	Independent	Neelamalai. K. Muthusamy	320	0.27%
	Independent	S. Anvarasu	220	0.19%
	Independent	K. M. Jayaraj	163	0.14%
	ATMK	G. Arumugam	132	0.11%
Margin of victory			26,457	22.66%	−23.42%
Turnout			1,16,757	70.64%	3.69%
Registered electors			1,76,709
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-13.14%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Seeniammal	69,774	69.67%	37.07%
	CPI	M. Arumugham	23,625	23.59%
	BJP	M. Palanisamy	4,493	4.49%
	JP	K. M. Jayaraj	972	0.97%
	THMM	A. Selvaraj	430	0.43%
	Independent	P. Kannaiyan	294	0.29%
	Independent	M. Palani	283	0.28%
	PMK	R. Palanisamy	278	0.28%
Margin of victory			46,149	46.08%	44.01%
Turnout			1,00,149	66.94%	−7.44%
Registered electors			1,60,494
	AIADMK hold		Swing	37.07%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Annanambi. R.	33,964	32.60%	−34.70%
	DMK	Dhandapani. C.T.	31,806	30.53%
	INC	Palaniswamy. S.N.	30,974	29.73%
	Independent	Chandramohan. K.S.	5,028	4.83%
	Independent	Koval Ganesan	1,570	1.51%
	Independent	Subburaju. N.	854	0.82%
Margin of victory			2,158	2.07%	−37.12%
Turnout			1,04,196	74.39%	3.04%
Registered electors			1,44,291
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-34.70%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Lakshmi P.	58,677	67.30%
	CPI	Arumugam. M.	24,504	28.11%
	Independent	Nanjan. K.	1,336	1.53%
	Independent	Ponnusamy. C. A.	1,094	1.25%
	Independent	Ramaswamy. V.	979	1.12%
	Independent	Saraswathi A. S.	597	0.68%
Margin of victory			34,173	39.20%	23.45%
Turnout			87,187	71.35%	23.41%
Registered electors			1,31,978
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing	13.08%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Arumugam. M.	33,294	54.22%
	INC	Palanisamy. S. N.	23,623	38.47%	6.21%
	JP	Palanisamy. K. P.	4,492	7.31%
Margin of victory			9,671	15.75%	13.25%
Turnout			61,409	47.93%	−10.29%
Registered electors			1,30,646
	CPI gain from INC		Swing	21.96%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S.N. Palaniswamy	22,550	32.26%
	AIADMK	R. Annanambi	20,803	29.76%
	JP	P. Perumal	15,119	21.63%
	DMK	B. Chinnan	9,431	13.49%	−35.19%
	Independent	G. Elango	1,087	1.55%
	Independent	T.S. Chinnasamv	917	1.31%
Margin of victory			1,747	2.50%	1.28%
Turnout			69,907	58.22%	−12.30%
Registered electors			1,22,608
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-17.64%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. O. Periasamy	29,356	49.90%
	DMK	K. Thangavellu	28,637	48.68%
	Independent	T. P. Maruthachalam	835	1.42%
Margin of victory			719	1.22%	−7.49%
Turnout			58,828	70.52%	−0.58%
Registered electors			91,240
	Independent gain from SWA		Swing	-4.46%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	R. K. Gounder	31,927	54.36%
	INC	K. M. Gounder	26,808	45.64%	−7.38%
Margin of victory			5,119	8.72%	−20.36%
Turnout			58,735	71.10%	4.37%
Registered electors			87,279
	SWA gain from INC		Swing	1.34%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Marappa Gounder	27,009	53.02%	−7.22%
	SWA	M. Ponnusami	12,196	23.94%
	CPI	I. M. Sherrif	6,698	13.15%
	DMK	Ponniya Gounder	5,037	9.89%
Margin of victory			14,813	29.08%	8.59%
Turnout			50,940	66.73%	24.61%
Registered electors			80,839
	INC hold		Swing	-7.22%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Marappa Gounder	20,716	60.25%
	Independent	Karuppa Gounder	13,670	39.75%
Margin of victory			7,046	20.49%
Turnout			34,386	42.12%
Registered electors			81,634
	INC win (new seat)