Marungapuri Assembly constituency

Marungapuri was a state assembly constituency in Tiruchirappalli district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Marungapuri
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruchirappalli
Established	1977
Abolished	2008
Total electors	1,87,713

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1971	N. Kittappa		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	K. Karunaigiri Muthiah		Indian National Congress
1980	M. A. Rajkumar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	P. Sholairaj		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	K. Ponnusamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	K. Ponnusamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	B. M. Senguttuvan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	V. A. Chellaiyah		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	C. Chinnasamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Marungapuri^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Chinnasamy	57,910	42.87%	−11.05%
	DMK	A. Rokkaiah	55,378	41.00%	7.84%
	BJP	T. Kumar @ B. T. Kumar	9,503	7.04%
	DMDK	M. Jamal Mohamed	5,376	3.98%
	Independent	V. Periasamy	1,763	1.31%
	BSP	P. Subramani	1,359	1.01%
	Independent	A. Francis	1,143	0.85%
	LJP	C. Sakthivel	1,075	0.80%
	Independent	M. Pandithurai	513	0.38%
	Independent	S. Pitchaimani	425	0.31%
	Independent	P. Alagar	364	0.27%
Margin of victory			2,532	1.87%	−18.89%
Turnout			135,080	71.96%	8.63%
Registered electors			187,713
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-11.05%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Marungapuri^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. A. Chelliah	65,619	53.92%	12.38%
	DMK	B. M. Senguttuvan	40,347	33.16%	−13.70%
	MDMK	A. Durairaj	11,796	9.69%	0.49%
	Independent	A. M. Sharfudeen	2,418	1.99%
	JD(U)	Susila Rani H	1,508	1.24%
Margin of victory			25,272	20.77%	15.45%
Turnout			121,688	63.33%	−8.44%
Registered electors			192,283
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	7.06%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Marungapuri^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	B. M. Senguttuvan	56,380	46.86%	16.63%
	AIADMK	K. Solairaj	49,986	41.54%	−25.34%
	MDMK	A. Durairaj	11,074	9.20%
	BJP	S. Thangavelu	1,259	1.05%	−1.38%
	PMK	P. Charless Samidas	1,105	0.92%
	Independent	K. Thirupathi	253	0.21%
	Independent	S. Raju	167	0.14%
	Independent	V. Palanimuthu	94	0.08%
Margin of victory			6,394	5.31%	−31.33%
Turnout			120,318	71.76%	0.01%
Registered electors			175,887
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-20.02%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Marungapuri^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Ponnusamy	76,476	66.88%	16.90%
	DMK	N. Selvaraj	34,572	30.23%	−9.78%
	BJP	Solai Gounder	2,776	2.43%
	Independent	Arockiam	186	0.16%
	Independent	Joseph	173	0.15%
	THMM	Ramaiah	165	0.14%
Margin of victory			41,904	36.65%	26.68%
Turnout			114,348	71.76%	−6.88%
Registered electors			163,372
	AIADMK hold		Swing	16.90%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Marungapuri^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Ponnusamy	55,297	49.98%	−19.39%
	DMK	B. Senguttuvan	44,274	40.01%
	INC	S. A. Dorai Sebatstian	9,054	8.18%
	Independent	K. Subramaniyan	441	0.40%
	Independent	M. Srinivasan	409	0.37%
	Independent	K. Subramaniyan	379	0.34%
	Independent	P. M. Subramaniam	144	0.13%
	Independent	V. Marimuthu	133	0.12%
	Independent	V. Sethuraman	128	0.12%
	Independent	V. Muthukumar	114	0.10%
	Independent	T. A. Savarimuthu	70	0.06%
Margin of victory			11,023	9.96%	−32.68%
Turnout			110,648	78.63%	3.06%
Registered electors			143,268
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-19.39%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Marungapuri^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Sholairaj	62,656	69.36%	27.39%
	Independent	P. Ramasamy	24,135	26.72%
	Independent	S. John Joseph	1,926	2.13%
	Independent	Fathima Peter	966	1.07%
	Independent	Subramanian	646	0.72%
Margin of victory			38,521	42.65%	37.96%
Turnout			90,329	75.58%	9.48%
Registered electors			126,822
	AIADMK hold		Swing	27.39%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Marungapuri^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. A. Raj Kumar	32,021	41.98%	20.68%
	INC	V. Ramanathan	28,444	37.29%	−1.30%
	Independent	N. Vairamani Gounder	14,013	18.37%
	Independent	K. Andi	1,271	1.67%
	Independent	P. K. M. Abdul Hussan	533	0.70%
Margin of victory			3,577	4.69%	−9.84%
Turnout			76,282	66.10%	3.27%
Registered electors			116,714
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	3.39%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Marungapuri^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Karunaigiri Muthiah	27,093	38.58%
	DMK	A. P. Raju	16,894	24.06%
	AIADMK	M. A. Rajakumar	14,954	21.30%
	JP	E. V. Kandaswamy	9,987	14.22%
	Independent	A. Nookkiah Konar	1,292	1.84%
Margin of victory			10,199	14.52%
Turnout			70,220	62.83%
Registered electors			113,252
	INC win (new seat)