Jolarpet Assembly constituency

12.6387567°N 78.5002115°E / 12.6387567; 78.5002115

Jolarpet
Constituency No. 49 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirupathur
Lok Sabha constituency	Tiruvannamalai
Established	2008
Total electors	2,39,415[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. Devaraji
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Jolarpet is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, formed after constituency delimitations in 2008.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 49. It comprises portions of Natrampalli taluk, Vaniyambadi and Tirupattur taluks and is a part of Tiruvannamalai Lok Sabha constituency for national elections.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
2011	K. C. Veeramani		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	K. C. Veeramani[4]		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	K. Devaraji[5]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			45.89%
2016			45.57%
2011			55.13%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Jolarpet^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Devaraji	89,490	45.89%	+6.38
	AIADMK	K. C. Veeramani	88,399	45.33%	−0.24
	NTK	A. Siva	13,328	6.83%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,337	0.69%	−0.13
	Independent	R. Karunanidhi	1,067	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			1,091	0.56%	−5.51%
Turnout			195,021	81.46%	0.43%
Rejected ballots			255	0.13%
Registered electors			239,415
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.31%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Jolarpet^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. C. Veeramani	82,525	45.57%	−9.55
	DMK	C. Kavitha	71,534	39.50%	New
	PMK	G. Ponnusamy	17,516	9.67%	−30.8
	DMDK	A. Fayaz Basha	3,509	1.94%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,483	0.82%	New
	VBMP	A. Thirumalai	1,224	0.68%	New
	BJP	N. Oveyam Ranjan	1,021	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			10,991	6.07%	−8.59%
Turnout			181,084	81.03%	−0.62%
Registered electors			223,488
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-9.55%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Jolarpet^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. C. Veeramani	86,273	55.13%	New
	PMK	G. Ponnusamy	63,337	40.47%	New
	Independent	M. Annamalai	1,912	1.22%	New
	Independent	M. S. Veeramani	1,442	0.92%	New
	BSP	M. Gandhibabu	956	0.61%	New
	Independent	G. M. Ponnuswamy	889	0.57%	New
	Independent	K. Paramasivam	864	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			22,936	14.66%
Turnout			156,501	81.64%
Registered electors			191,688
	AIADMK win (new seat)