Manachanallur Assembly constituency

Manachanallur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India newly formed after constituency delimitations in 2008.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 144. It is included in Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Manachanallur
Constituency No. 144 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruchirappalli
Lok Sabha constituency	Perambalur
Established	2008
Total electors	2,44,202[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent S. Kathiravan
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
2011	T. P. Poonatchi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	M. Parameswari		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	S. Kathiravan[3]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			59.46%
2016			46.17%
2011			53.12%
1952			51.45%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Manachanallur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Kathiravan	116,334	59.46%	+17.47
	AIADMK	M. Paranjothi	56,716	28.99%	−17.18
	NTK	Dr. V. Krishnasamy	14,443	7.38%	+6.44
	MNM	R. Samson	1,996	1.02%	New
	AMMK	M. Rajasekharn	1,631	0.83%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,067	0.55%	−0.72
Margin of victory			59,618	30.47%	26.29%
Turnout			195,652	80.12%	−1.93%
Rejected ballots			141	0.07%
Registered electors			244,202
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	13.29%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Manachanallur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Parameswari	83,083	46.17%	−6.96
	DMK	S. Ganesan	75,561	41.99%	+1.13
	DMDK	M. Babu	8,193	4.55%	New
	BJP	S. Aravind	3,662	2.03%	−0.6
	NOTA	NOTA	2,274	1.26%	New
	NTK	R. Manikandan	1,704	0.95%	New
	PMK	M. Prince	1,212	0.67%	New
	BSP	P. Ganesan	899	0.50%	−0.01
Margin of victory			7,522	4.18%	−8.09%
Turnout			179,968	82.05%	−2.01%
Registered electors			219,337
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-6.96%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Manachanallur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. P. Poonatchi	83,105	53.12%	New
	DMK	N. Selvaraj	63,915	40.86%	New
	BJP	M. Subramaniam	4,127	2.64%	New
	Independent	G. Rethinakumar	1,093	0.70%	New
	Puratchi Bharatham	V. Anbalagan	1,010	0.65%	New
	BSP	P. Ganesan	791	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			19,190	12.27%
Turnout			186,109	84.06%
Registered electors			156,437
	AIADMK win (new seat)

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Manachanallur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajagopal	14,367	51.45%	New
	Independent	Arunachalam	6,121	21.92%	New
	Socialist	Balakrishnan	3,949	14.14%	New
	Independent	Kodandaraman	3,486	12.48%	New
Margin of victory			8,246	29.53%
Turnout			27,923	44.62%
Registered electors			62,574
	INC win (new seat)