Pappireddipatti Assembly constituency

Pappireddipatti
Pappireddipatti
Constituency No. 60 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Dharmapuri
Lok Sabha constituency	Dharmapuri
Established	2008
Total electors	2,65,487
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent A. Govindasamy
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Pappireddippatti is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after the constituency delimitation in 2008.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 60. Located in Dharmapuri district, it comprises portions of Dharmapuri and Pappireddipatti taluks. It is included in Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency for elections to the Parliament of India.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

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Year	Winner
2011	P. Palaniappan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	P. Palaniappan - Disqualification by Assembly Speaker Dhanapal in 2017^[4]
2019 by-election	A. Govindasamy
2021	A. Govindasamy

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			51.81%
2019 by-election			48.25%
2016			35.56%
2011			45.39%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Govindasamy	114,507	51.81%	+16.25
	DMK	M. Prabhu Rajasekar	77,564	35.10%	+8.22
	AMMK	P. Palaniappan	15,863	7.18%	New
	NTK	R. Ramesh	7,573	3.43%	New
	MNM	Srinivasan	1,729	0.78%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,338	0.61%	−0.1
Margin of victory			36,943	16.72%	10.63%
Turnout			220,994	83.24%	−2.54%
Rejected ballots			282	0.13%
Registered electors			265,487
	AIADMK hold		Swing	16.25%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	A. Govindasamy	103,981	48.25
	DMK	A. Mani	85,488	39.67
	AMMK	D. K. Rajendran	15,283	7.09
	NTK	S. Sathish	3,783	1.76
	MNM	M. Nallathambi	2,374	1.10
Margin of victory			18,493	8.58
Turnout			2,15,406	84.84
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Palaniappan	74,234	35.56%	−9.83
	PMK	A. Sathiyamoorthy	61,521	29.47%	New
	DMK	M. Prabhu Rajasekar	56,109	26.88%	−12.29
	DMDK	A. Baskar	9,441	4.52%	New
	KMDK	G. Ashokan	1,760	0.84%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,467	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			12,713	6.09%	−0.13%
Turnout			208,754	85.78%	4.87%
Registered electors			243,367
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-9.83%

Members of the Legislative Assembly

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pappireddipatti^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Palaniappan	76,582	45.39%	*New*
	DMK	V. Mullaivendhan	66,093	39.17%	New
	Independent	M. Velu	18,710	11.09%	New
	Independent	P. Shankar	2,130	1.26%	New
	Independent	P. Moorthy	1,270	0.75%	New
	BSP	P. Vaigundan	1,037	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			10,489	6.22%
Turnout			168,731	80.91%
Registered electors			208,543
	AIADMK win (new seat)