Pennagaram Assembly constituency

Pennagaram is a state assembly constituency in Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu, India.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 58. It comprises Pennagaram taluk and a portion of Palacode taluk. It is a part of Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Pennagaram
Constituency No. 58 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Dharmapuri
Lok Sabha constituency	Dharmapuri
Established	1951
Total electors	2,46,772[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent G. K. Mani
Party	PMK (S. Ramadoss)
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	S. Kandaswami Gounder		Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party
1957	S. Hemalatha Devi		Indian National Congress
1962	M. V. Karivengadam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	P. K. C. Muthusamy		Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	N. Manickam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	K. Appunu Gounder		Janata Party
1980	P. Theertha Raman		Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress
1984	H. G. Arumugam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	N. Nanjappan		Independent
1991	V. Purushothaman		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	G. K. Mani		Pattali Makkal Katchi
2001
2006	P. N. Periannan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2010	P. N. P. Inbasekaran
2011	N. Nanjappan		Communist Party of India
2016	P. N. P. Inbasekaran[4]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	G. K. Mani		Pattali Makkal Katchi

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			50.46%
2016			38.49%
2011			49.31%
2010 by-election			45.48%
2006			49.43%
2001			44.08%
1996			31.63%
1991			51.79%
1989			21.09%
1984			54.98%
1980			52.74%
1977			32.13%
1971			52.36%
1967			49.20%
1962			53.86%
1957			31.59%
1952			29.32%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pennagaram^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	G. K. Mani	106,123	50.46%	+21.21
	DMK	P. N. P. Inbasekaran	84,937	40.39%	+1.89
	NTK	R. Tamilazhagan	8,945	4.25%	New
	DMDK	R. Uthayakumar	2,921	1.39%	New
	Independent	A. Periyananjappan	1,968	0.94%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,759	0.84%	−0.21
	MNM	K. Shakila	1,471	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			21,186	10.07%	0.83%
Turnout			210,305	85.22%	−2.82%
Rejected ballots			437	0.21%
Registered electors			246,772
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	11.97%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pennagaram^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. N. P. Inbasekaran	76,848	38.49%	−3.71
	PMK	Anbumani Ramadoss	58,402	29.25%	New
	AIADMK	K. P. Munusamy	51,687	25.89%	New
	CPI	N. Nanjappan	5,624	2.82%	−46.5
	NOTA	NOTA	2,081	1.04%	New
Margin of victory			18,446	9.24%	2.13%
Turnout			199,635	88.04%	5.03%
Registered electors			226,746
	DMK gain from CPI		Swing	-10.82%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pennagaram^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	N. Nanjappan	80,028	49.31%	New
	DMK	P. N. P. Inbasekaran	68,485	42.20%	−7.23
	Independent	M. Munusamy	3,047	1.88%	New
	BJP	K. P. Kandasamy	2,660	1.64%	+1.02
	Independent	R. Shanmugam	1,546	0.95%	New
	BSP	M. Venkatesan	1,478	0.91%	New
	Independent	P. Muniappan	1,208	0.74%	New
	Independent	K. K. Samykannu	853	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			11,543	7.11%	−10.85%
Turnout			162,288	83.02%	10.96%
Registered electors			195,492
	CPI gain from DMK		Swing	-0.12%

2010 by-election

2009–10 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Pennagaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. N. P Inbasekaran	77,669	45.48%
	PMK	G. K. M Tamil Kumaran	41,285	24.17%
	AIADMK	R. Anbazhagan	26,787	15.68%
	DMDK	Kaveryverman	11,406	6.67%
Majority			36,386	14.6%
Turnout			1,70,755	84.95%
	DMK hold		Swing

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pennagaram^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. N. Periannan	74,109	49.43%	+33.84
	AIADMK	S. R. Vetrivel	47,177	31.47%	New
	DMDK	P. Dhandapani	10,567	7.05%	New
	Independent	V. Muthulakshme	9,871	6.58%	New
	Independent	M. Balamurugan	1,738	1.16%	New
	Independent	E. Periyannan	1,269	0.85%	New
	Independent	K. Murugan	1,010	0.67%	New
	BJP	K. P. Kandasami	933	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			26,932	17.96%	5.05%
Turnout			149,932	72.05%	16.29%
Registered electors			208,084
	DMK gain from PMK		Swing	5.35%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pennagaram^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	G. K. Mani	49,125	44.08%	+12.45
	Independent	K. N. Periannan	34,729	31.16%	New
	DMK	M. Kumar	17,371	15.59%	New
	Independent	K. N. Periannan	2,290	2.05%	New
	MDMK	K. E. Sekar	1,466	1.32%	−0.15
	Independent	N. Murugan	1,404	1.26%	New
	Independent	K. Anbalagan	1,318	1.18%	New
	UCPI	P. Ravi	1,262	1.13%	New
	BSP	C. K. Murugan	1,245	1.12%	New
	Independent	T. C. Anbalagan	725	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			14,396	12.92%	12.55%
Turnout			111,444	55.76%	−9.07%
Registered electors			199,848
	PMK hold		Swing	12.45%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pennagaram^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	G. K. Mani	34,906	31.63%	New
	CPI	M. Arumugam	34,500	31.26%	+15.77
	AIADMK	R. Anbalagan	25,217	22.85%	−28.94
	UCPI	N. Nanjappan	11,717	10.62%	New
	MDMK	K. E. Sekar	1,616	1.46%	New
	BJP	K. P. Kandasamy	682	0.62%	New
	Independent	K. Rajendran	611	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			406	0.37%	−19.30%
Turnout			110,373	64.83%	2.15%
Registered electors			184,582
	PMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-20.16%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pennagaram^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Purushothaman	49,585	51.79%	+31.98
	PMK	N. M. Subramaniam	30,757	32.12%	New
	CPI	M. Arumugam	14,830	15.49%	New
Margin of victory			18,828	19.66%	18.38%
Turnout			95,746	62.69%	11.16%
Registered electors			160,888
	AIADMK gain from Independent		Swing	30.69%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pennagaram^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	N. Nanjappan	15,498	21.09%	New
	AIADMK	P. Srinivasan	14,555	19.81%	−35.17
	AIADMK	M. Rajarathanam	9,808	13.35%	−41.63
	JP	S. Kumaran	9,209	12.53%	New
	Independent	R. Rajamanikkam	8,877	12.08%	New
	Independent	M. Lakshmanan	7,364	10.02%	New
	Independent	V. Chandiran	2,571	3.50%	New
	Independent	S. K. G. Gunalan	2,431	3.31%	New
	Independent	A. Kannan	660	0.90%	New
	Independent	C. Karunanidhi	628	0.85%	New
	Independent	P. Samraj	550	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			943	1.28%	−22.25%
Turnout			73,468	51.53%	−16.50%
Registered electors			147,380
	Independent gain from AIADMK		Swing	-33.89%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pennagaram^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	H. G. Arumugam	44,616	54.98%	New
	CPI	N. Nanjappan	25,518	31.45%	New
	Independent	N. M. Subramaniam	9,580	11.81%	New
	Independent	S. Samadharamam	747	0.92%	New
	Independent	M. Murugesan	682	0.84%	New
Margin of victory			19,098	23.54%	12.70%
Turnout			81,143	68.03%	8.87%
Registered electors			126,479
	AIADMK gain from GKC		Swing	2.25%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pennagaram^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	GKC	P. Theertha Raman	34,590	52.74%	New
	DMK	K. Marumuthu	27,481	41.90%	+26.4
	JP	K. Appunu Gounder	3,520	5.37%	New
Margin of victory			7,109	10.84%	9.63%
Turnout			65,591	59.16%	3.82%
Registered electors			112,908
	GKC gain from JP		Swing	20.61%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pennagaram^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	K. Appunu Gounder	17,591	32.13%	New
	AIADMK	Krishnan	16,932	30.92%	New
	INC	B. K. Narasimhan	11,086	20.25%	−27.39
	DMK	K. Marimuthu	8,487	15.50%	−36.86
	Independent	K. M. Munniappan	660	1.21%	New
Margin of victory			659	1.20%	−3.53%
Turnout			54,756	55.34%	−13.53%
Registered electors			100,327
	JP gain from DMK		Swing	-20.24%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pennagaram^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Manickkam	33,298	52.36%	+5.53
	INC	P. K. C. Muthuswami	30,291	47.64%	−1.57
Margin of victory			3,007	4.73%	2.36%
Turnout			63,589	68.87%	3.89%
Registered electors			99,155
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	3.16%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Pennagaram^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. K. C. Muthusamy	27,913	49.20%	+14.57
	DMK	N. Manickam	26,570	46.84%	−7.02
	CPI	R. P. Gounder	2,246	3.96%	New
Margin of victory			1,343	2.37%	−16.86%
Turnout			56,729	64.98%	12.41%
Registered electors			90,966
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-4.65%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Pennagaram^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. V. Karivengadam	26,911	53.86%	New
	INC	S. Hemalatha Devi	17,303	34.63%	+3.04
	Independent	R. S. Veerappa Chettiar	2,995	5.99%	New
	SWA	B. Munisami Gounder	1,623	3.25%	New
	Independent	M. R. Rajan	1,134	2.27%	New
Margin of victory			9,608	19.23%	7.53%
Turnout			49,966	52.57%	21.45%
Registered electors			99,007
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	22.27%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Pennagaram^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Hemalatha Devi	8,791	31.59%	New
	Independent	D. K. Gorunatha Chettiar	5,536	19.89%	New
	Independent	Thandavan	3,443	12.37%	New
	Independent	M. B. Munussamy Gounder	3,165	11.37%	New
	Independent	S. Kandasami Gounder	3,017	10.84%	New
	Independent	Govindan	2,297	8.25%	New
	Independent	Latchumi	864	3.10%	New
	Independent	Manthiri Thayappa Gounder	717	2.58%	New
Margin of victory			3,255	11.70%	7.40%
Turnout			27,830	31.12%	−11.80%
Registered electors			89,416
	INC gain from TTP		Swing	2.27%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Pennagaram^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TTP	S. Kandaswami Gounder	8,050	29.32%	New
	Independent	M. N. Raja Chettiar	6,870	25.02%	New
	Independent	R. Subbarao	6,261	22.81%	New
	Independent	Dhaddi Alias Perumalu	5,181	18.87%	New
	Independent	P. M. Pachiappa Gounder	1,092	3.98%	New
Margin of victory			1,180	4.30%
Turnout			27,454	42.93%
Registered electors			63,955
	TTP win (new seat)