Harur Assembly constituency

12.052°N 78.4855°E / 12.052; 78.4855

Harur
Constituency No. 61 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Dharmapuri
Lok Sabha constituency	Dharmapuri
Established	1951
Total electors	2,50,120[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent V. Sampathkumar
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Harur is a state legislative assembly constituency in Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu, India, which includes the city of Harur.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 61. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. It is part of the Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	A. Duraisamy Gounder		Indian National Congress
1957	M. K. Mariappan
1962	C. Manickam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	N. Theerthagiri		Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Year	Winner	Party
Fifth	1971	S. A. Chinnaraju		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977	M. Annamalai		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Seventh	1980	C. Sabapathy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984	R. Rajamanickam
Ninth	1989	M. Annamalai		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Tenth	1991	P. Abaranji		Indian National Congress
Eleventh	1996	Vedammal		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001	V. Krishnamoorthy		Communist Party of India
Thirteenth	2006	P. Dillibabu		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Fourteenth	2011
Fifteenth	2016	R. Murugan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2019 by-election	V. Sampathkumar
Sixteenth	2021

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			50.46%
2019 by-election			45.10%
2016			33.96%
2011			51.71%
2006			45.70%
2001			53.04%
1996			55.59%
1991			58.56%
1989			31.68%
1984			66.96%
1980			57.66%
1977			34.69%
1971			54.26%
1967			48.09%
1962			41.33%
1957			23.13%
1952			28.14%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Harur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Sampathkumar	99,061	50.46	16.50
	CPI(M)	A. Kumar	68,699	34.99
	AMMK	R. Murugan	14,327	7.30
	NTK	K. Keerthana	10,950	5.58	5.25
	NOTA	Nota	2,249	1.15	0.05
Margin of victory			30,362	15.47	9.46
Turnout			196,316	78.49	−5.81
Rejected ballots			423	0.22
Registered electors			250,120
	AIADMK hold		Swing	16.50

2019 by-election

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Sampathkumar	88,632	45.10
	DMK	C. Krishnakumar	79,238
	Independent	R. Murugan	20,282
	NTK	P. Thileep	3,902
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,157
Majority			9,394
Turnout			1,96,524	83.67
Registered electors			2,35,857
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Harur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Murugan	64,568	33.96%
	DMK	S. Rajendran	53,147	27.95%
	VCK	K. Govindhasamy	33,632	17.69%
	PMK	S. Murali	27,747	14.59%
	KMDK	K. Surulirajan	3,500	1.84%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,092	1.10%
	BJP	P. Vediyappan	1,948	1.02%	−1.49%
Margin of victory			11,421	6.01%	−11.63%
Turnout			190,134	84.30%	4.69%
Registered electors			225,545
	AIADMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-17.75%

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. Dillibabu	77,703	51.71%	6.00%
	VCK	B. M. Nandhan	51,200	34.07%
	Independent	P. Parthiban	5,290	3.52%
	Independent	S. Rajendran	4,844	3.22%
	BJP	K. Samikannu	3,777	2.51%	0.22%
	Independent	A. Athimulam	2,149	1.43%
	Independent	T. Anbutheeban	2,119	1.41%
	IJK	S. Buddhamani	1,974	1.31%
	BSP	P. Chinnasamy	1,216	0.81%	−0.42%
Margin of victory			26,503	17.64%	8.83%
Turnout			188,764	79.61%	10.08%
Registered electors			150,272
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	6.00%

2006

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. Dillibabu	71,030	45.70%
	VCK	K. Govindasamy	57,337	36.89%
	DMDK	P. Arjunan	15,754	10.14%
	BJP	P. Ambethkar	3,566	2.29%
	Independent	V. P. Murugan	2,959	1.90%
	BSP	R. Raji	1,907	1.23%
	Independent	M. Thirumal	1,466	0.94%
	Independent	V. Kalaimani	1,392	0.90%
Margin of victory			13,693	8.81%	−16.40%
Turnout			155,411	69.52%	10.72%
Registered electors			223,534
	CPI(M) gain from CPI		Swing	-7.34%

2001

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	V. Krishnamoorthy	70,433	53.04%
	DMK	D. Periyasamy	36,954	27.83%	−27.76%
	Independent	M. Palani	13,819	10.41%
	Independent	V. Venkatesh	3,191	2.40%
	MDMK	M. Budthiran	2,894	2.18%
	Independent	V. K. Periasami	1,961	1.48%
	Independent	K. Sakkan	1,664	1.25%
	Independent	V. Sivaraman	1,173	0.88%
	Independent	K. Sivanathan	692	0.52%
Margin of victory			33,479	25.21%	−3.47%
Turnout			132,781	58.80%	−6.94%
Registered electors			225,920
	CPI gain from DMK		Swing	-2.55%

1996

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Vedammal	70,561	55.59%
	INC	J. Natesan	34,158	26.91%	−31.65%
	RPI	P. V. Kariyamal	13,210	10.41%
	CPI(M)	P. Shanmugam	6,136	4.83%	−14.65%
	JP	M. Dasarathan	1,508	1.19%
	Independent	R. Selvaraj	1,112	0.88%
Margin of victory			36,403	28.68%	−8.64%
Turnout			126,930	65.74%	0.18%
Registered electors			206,726
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-2.97%

1991

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Abaranji	66,636	58.56%	37.33%
	PMK	P. V. Kariyamal	24,172	21.24%
	CPI(M)	M. Annamalai	22,175	19.49%	−12.19%
Margin of victory			42,464	37.32%	35.22%
Turnout			113,790	65.56%	8.60%
Registered electors			179,487
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	26.88%

1989

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. Annamalai	28,324	31.68%	0.71%
	AIADMK	A. Anbazhagan	26,447	29.58%	−37.38%
	INC	M. Kuppammal	18,982	21.23%
	AIADMK	R. Rajamanickam	11,448	12.80%	−54.16%
	Independent	M. Kamalesan	3,570	3.99%
	Independent	H. P. Vaigundam	461	0.52%
Margin of victory			1,877	2.10%	−33.89%
Turnout			89,418	56.96%	−11.98%
Registered electors			160,709
	CPI(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-35.28%

1984

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Rajamanickam	60,106	66.96%	9.30%
	CPI(M)	M. Annamalai	27,799	30.97%
	Independent	C. Markandan	1,383	1.54%
	Independent	A. Viseray	475	0.53%
Margin of victory			32,307	35.99%	17.82%
Turnout			89,763	68.93%	12.38%
Registered electors			136,214
	AIADMK hold		Swing	9.30%

1980

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Sabapathy	40,009	57.66%
	INC	T. V. Natesan	27,401	39.49%	18.66%
	Independent	K. S. Raman	1,715	2.47%
Margin of victory			12,608	18.17%	5.06%
Turnout			69,383	56.55%	4.43%
Registered electors			124,169
	AIADMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	22.97%

1977

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. Annamalai	20,042	34.69%
	JP	K. Surattaiyan	12,470	21.59%
	INC	K. S. Raman	12,032	20.83%	−18.85%
	DMK	R. Sivaraj	11,096	19.21%	−35.05%
	Independent	P. Meiyazhakan	1,622	2.81%
	Independent	K. Theethan	508	0.88%
Margin of victory			7,572	13.11%	−1.48%
Turnout			57,770	52.12%	−18.94%
Registered electors			112,102
	CPI(M) gain from DMK		Swing	-19.57%

1971

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. A. Chinnaraju	33,039	54.26%	7.13%
	INC	M. Ponnusamy	24,159	39.68%	−8.41%
	Independent	K. Ponnusamy	3,299	5.42%
	Independent	M. Raman	391	0.64%
Margin of victory			8,880	14.58%	13.63%
Turnout			60,888	71.06%	−5.29%
Registered electors			88,615
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	6.17%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Harur^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Theerthagiri	27,565	48.09%	13.63%
	DMK	N. Arumugam	27,017	47.14%	5.80%
	RPI	P. V. Kariyamal	2,488	4.34%
Margin of victory			548	0.96%	−5.91%
Turnout			57,318	76.35%	14.29%
Registered electors			77,563
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	6.76%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Harur^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Manickam	26,879	41.33%
	INC	M. K. Mariappa	22,411	34.46%	11.34%
	CPI	A. Munisamy	11,204	17.23%
	We Tamils	K. Nagarajan	2,385	3.67%
	Independent	C. Theerthagiri	1,259	1.94%
	Independent	M. Arumugam	893	1.37%
Margin of victory			4,468	6.87%	6.43%
Turnout			65,031	62.07%	0.81%
Registered electors			110,626
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	18.21%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Harur^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. M. Munusami Gounder	26,172	23.13%	3.29%
	Independent	T. Ponnusami	14,133	12.49%
	Independent	C. Theerthagiri (Sc)	13,689	12.10%
	CPI	Poosami (Sc)	10,682	9.44%
	Independent	Desai Venugopal Naidu	9,180	8.11%
	Independent	K. Sivaprakasam Mudali	5,661	5.00%
	Independent	P. Subramania Chetty	4,818	4.26%
	Independent	Podujanopagari T. V. Anganna Chettiar	3,161	2.79%
Margin of victory			12,039	11.46%
Turnout			113,172	61.26%	−11.97%
Registered electors			184,747
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-5.01%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Harur^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Duraiswami Gounder	27,806	28.14%
	INC	Nanjappan	19,601	19.83%	19.83%
	RPI	Mariappan	15,098	15.28%
	Independent	Theerthagiri	8,724	8.83%
	Independent	Thirupathi Chetty	5,729	5.80%
	Independent	Theerthan	3,946	3.99%
Margin of victory			8,205	8.30%
Turnout			98,825	73.23%
Registered electors			134,950
	Independent win (new seat)