Melur Assembly constituency

Not to be confused with Melur North Assembly constituency or Melur South Assembly constituency.

Melur is a legislative assembly constituency in Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and winners from this constituency are listed below. Most successful party: INC (seven times).

Melur
Constituency No. 188 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Lok Sabha constituency	Madurai
Established	1951
Total electors	2,44,996[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Periyapulian @ P. Selvam
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	S. Chinnakaruppa Thevar and P. Sivapirakasam		Indian National Congress
1957	M. Periyakaruppan Ambalam and P. Kakkan
1962	M. Sivaramanambalam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1977	A. M. Paramasivan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	K. V. Veeranambalam		Indian National Congress (I)
1984	K. V. Veeranambalam		Indian National Congress
1989	K. V. V. Rajamanickam
1991
1996			Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	R. Samy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006
2011
2016	Periyapullan @ P. Selvam
2021

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			45.82%
2016			51.54%
2011			55.74%
2006			47.32%
2001			46.32%
1996			62.21%
1991			72.33%
1989			36.41%
1984			60.11%
1980			54.60%
1977			36.07%
1962			43.19%
1957			22.18%
1952			27.28%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Melur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Periyapullan @ P. Selvam	83,344	45.82%	−5.72
	INC	T. Ravichandran	48,182	26.49%	New
	AMMK	A. Selvaraj	34,262	18.84%	New
	NTK	P. Karuppusamy	10,669	5.87%	+5.09
	MNM	K. Kathiresan	2,176	1.20%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	884	0.49%	+0.05
Margin of victory			35,162	19.33%	7.90%
Turnout			181,898	74.25%	0.04%
Rejected ballots			0	0.00%
Registered electors			244,996
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-5.72%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Melur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Periyapullan @ P. Selvam	88,909	51.54%	−4.2
	DMK	A. P. Ragupthy	69,186	40.11%	+0.25
	TMC(M)	T. N. Bharath Natchiyappan	4,579	2.65%	New
	BJP	P. V. Boopathikakkan	1,921	1.11%	+0.07
	NTK	I. T. Seeman	1,339	0.78%	New
	SDPI	S. Rishi Kapoor	828	0.48%	New
	AIFB	S. Kalaimani	773	0.45%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	757	0.44%	New
Margin of victory			19,723	11.43%	−4.45%
Turnout			172,501	74.20%	−3.35%
Registered electors			232,476
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-4.20%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Melur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Samy	85,869	55.74%	+8.42
	DMK	R. Rani	61,407	39.86%	New
	BJP	P. V. Dharmalingam	1,608	1.04%	New
	BSP	Sarasukumar Vaira	1,080	0.70%	−0.25
	RJD	M. Gopalakrishnan	856	0.56%	New
	Independent	G. Vetrivel	836	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			24,462	15.88%	13.53%
Turnout			198,652	77.55%	6.39%
Registered electors			154,050
	AIADMK hold		Swing	8.42%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Melur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Samy	64,013	47.32%	+1
	INC	K. V. V. Ravichandran	60,840	44.97%	New
	DMDK	C. T. Rajaram	5,269	3.89%	New
	BSP	M. Panneer Selvam	1,292	0.96%	New
	Independent	R. Vairavan	1,143	0.84%	New
	AIFB	O. Subramanian	1,018	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			3,173	2.35%	−19.08%
Turnout			135,283	71.16%	4.83%
Registered electors			190,114
	AIADMK hold		Swing	1.00%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Melur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Samy	58,010	46.32%	New
	DMK	S. Samayanallur Selavarasu	31,172	24.89%	New
	Independent	K. V. V. Rajamanickam	26,428	21.10%	New
	MDMK	Veera Elavarasan	3,914	3.13%	−5.59
	Independent	K. Rajakili	1,798	1.44%	New
	JP	N. Dharmar Ambalam	1,208	0.96%	New
	Democratic Forward Bloc	M. K. Karuppanan	1,158	0.92%	New
	Independent	R. Elango	734	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			26,838	21.43%	−16.18%
Turnout			125,241	66.33%	0.11%
Registered electors			188,821
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-15.89%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Melur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	K. V. V. Rajamanickam	73,999	62.21%	New
	INC	C. R. Sundararajan	29,258	24.60%	−47.74
	MDMK	Veera Ilavarasan	10,363	8.71%	New
	JP	K. Puyal Ponniah	3,864	3.25%	New
Margin of victory			44,741	37.61%	−9.89%
Turnout			118,949	66.21%	0.87%
Registered electors			189,179
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-10.12%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Melur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. V. V. Rajamanickam	80,348	72.33%	+35.93
	CPI(M)	N. Palanisamy	27,576	24.82%	New
	AMI	P. Manickam	1,038	0.93%	New
Margin of victory			52,772	47.51%	39.86%
Turnout			111,082	65.34%	−7.15%
Registered electors			175,149
	INC hold		Swing	35.93%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Melur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. V. V. Rajamanickam	41,158	36.41%	−23.7
	DMK	K. R. Thiagarajan	32,508	28.75%	New
	AIADMK	A. M. Paramasivan	31,470	27.84%	−5.53
	AIFB	N. Dharmar Abmalam	3,675	3.25%	New
	Independent	P. R. Posalan	2,176	1.92%	New
Margin of victory			8,650	7.65%	−19.09%
Turnout			113,054	72.50%	−3.83%
Registered electors			159,210
	INC hold		Swing	-23.70%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Melur^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. V. Veeranambalam	60,794	60.11%	+5.51
	AIADMK	K. Thiyagarajan	33,748	33.37%	−8.94
	INC(J)	A. M. Paramasivan	5,302	5.24%	New
	Independent	S. Krishnan	821	0.81%	New
Margin of victory			27,046	26.74%	14.45%
Turnout			101,143	76.33%	3.42%
Registered electors			139,154
	INC hold		Swing	5.51%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Melur^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. V. Veeranambalam	54,003	54.60%	+18.7
	AIADMK	A. M. Paramasivan	41,849	42.31%	+6.24
	Independent	J. S. Krishnan	1,356	1.37%	New
	Independent	N. Ramu	686	0.69%	New
	Independent	A. Ayyavu	516	0.52%	New
	Independent	V. Ramamurthy	502	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			12,154	12.29%	12.12%
Turnout			98,912	72.90%	1.75%
Registered electors			137,381
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	18.53%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Melur^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. M. Paramasivan	33,111	36.07%	New
	INC	K. V. Veernanamablam	32,955	35.90%	New
	DMK	P. Malaichamy	22,337	24.33%	New
	JP	O. Sethuraman	3,396	3.70%	New
Margin of victory			156	0.17%
Turnout			91,799	71.15%
Registered electors			130,502
	AIADMK gain from		Swing

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Melur^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Sivaraman Ambalam	28,986	43.19%	+21.01
	DMK	V. V. N. Natarajan	20,985	31.27%	New
	SWA	V. Poonnuchamy Ambalam	11,279	16.80%	New
	CPI	M. Veeranam	5,867	8.74%	New
Margin of victory			8,001	11.92%	10.81%
Turnout			67,117	74.55%	−13.14%
Registered electors			94,071
	INC hold		Swing	21.01%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Melur^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Kakkan	33,123	22.18%	−5.11
	INC	M. Periya Karuppan Ambalam	31,461	21.06%	−6.22
	Independent	K. Paramasamy Ambalam	25,583	17.13%	New
	Independent	P. Vadivel (Sc)	20,804	13.93%	New
	Independent	I. Samadharman (Sc)	14,575	9.76%	New
	Independent	K. P. S. P. Karuppiha Chettiar	13,672	9.15%	New
	Independent	A. Velusamy	10,150	6.80%	New
Margin of victory			1,662	1.11%	−4.85%
Turnout			149,368	87.69%	−3.69%
Registered electors			170,331
	INC hold		Swing	-5.11%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Melur^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Chinnakaruppa Thavar	40,032	27.28%	New
	INC	P. Sivaparakasam	31,277	21.31%	New
	AIFB	B. Ponachami Ambalan	22,437	15.29%	New
	CPI	K. Veerana Veduvan	14,930	10.17%	New
	Socialist	Chellathayammal	14,156	9.65%	New
	Socialist	A. Aiyannan	10,367	7.06%	New
	Independent	R. V. Sahadevan	4,898	3.34%	New
	Independent	Chinna Periyambillai	4,736	3.23%	New
	Independent	R. Sethuramakrishna Iyer	3,908	2.66%	New
Margin of victory			8,755	5.97%
Turnout			146,741	91.38%
Registered electors			160,580
	INC win (new seat)