Pollachi Assembly constituency

Further information: Pollachi division

Pollachi is the legislative assembly in Coimbatore district, which includes the city of Pollachi.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 123. This assembly constituency is a part of Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Pollachi
Constituency No. 123 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Coimbatore
Lok Sabha constituency	Pollachi
Established	1951
Total electors	2,27,049[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pollachi V. Jayaraman
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	N. Mahalingam and P. K. Thirumurthy		Indian National Congress
1957	K. Ponniah and N. Mahalingam		Indian National Congress
1962	N. Mahalingam		Indian National Congress
1967	A. P. S. Gounder		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Duration	Winner	Party
Fifth	1971-77	A. P. Shanmugasundara Goundar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977-80	O. P. Somasundaram		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-84	M. V. Rathinam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984-89	M. V. Rathinam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989-91	V. P. Chandrasekar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991-96	V. P. Chandrasekar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-01	S. Raju		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-06	Pollachi V. Jayaraman		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006-2011	Pollachi V. Jayaraman		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011-2016	M. K. Muthukaruppannasamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016 -2021	Pollachi V. Jayaraman		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021-	Pollachi V. Jayaraman		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			45.84%
2016			46.59%
2011			57.46%
2006			46.02%
2001			52.48%
1996			49.20%
1991			63.32%
1989			37.25%
1984			52.60%
1980			56.61%
1977			45.11%
1971			63.53%
1967			58.65%
1962			56.18%
1957			25.63%
1952			23.09%

2021

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Pollachi V. Jayaraman	80,567	45.84%	−0.75
	DMK	Dr. K. Varadharajan	78,842	44.86%	+6.2
	MNM	V. T. Sathieshkumar	7,589	4.32%	New
	NTK	N. Logeswari	6,402	3.64%	+2.83
	NOTA	NOTA	1,546	0.88%	−0.46
	AMMK	K. Sugumar	1,141	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			1,725	0.98%	−6.95%
Turnout			175,762	77.41%	−0.29%
Rejected ballots			50	0.03%
Registered electors			227,049
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-0.75%

2016

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Pollachi V. Jayaraman	78,553	46.59%	−10.87
	DMK	R. Tamilmani	65,185	38.66%	New
	KMDK	K. Nithyanandhan	7,722	4.58%	New
	BJP	R. Sivakumar	5,363	3.18%	+0.42
	DMDK	S. Muthukumar	4,893	2.90%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,254	1.34%	New
	NTK	K. Umamaheswari	1,369	0.81%	New
Margin of victory			13,368	7.93%	−13.45%
Turnout			168,616	77.70%	−2.36%
Registered electors			217,007
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-10.87%

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. K. Muthukaruppannasamy	81,446	57.46%	+11.44
	KNMK	K. Nithyanandhan	51,138	36.08%	New
	BJP	V. K. Ragunathan	3,909	2.76%	+1.26
	BSP	M. Kalimuthu	1,528	1.08%	New
	Independent	N. Praveen Kumar	1,449	1.02%	New
	Independent	P. K. Arumugam	1,221	0.86%	New
	IJK	K. Manimaran	1,056	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			30,308	21.38%	19.21%
Turnout			141,747	80.06%	9.84%
Registered electors			177,052
	AIADMK hold		Swing	11.44%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pollachi^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Pollachi V. Jayaraman	62,455	46.02%	−6.47
	DMK	D. Shanthi Devi	59,509	43.85%	+17.67
	DMDK	S. Meenakshi Sundaram	7,543	5.56%	New
	BJP	V. K. Ragunathan	2,039	1.50%	New
	Independent	V. M. Jayaraman	1,291	0.95%	New
	Independent	G. S. Gokulraj	1,003	0.74%	New
	Independent	B. Manikandan	838	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			2,946	2.17%	−24.14%
Turnout			135,722	70.22%	9.59%
Registered electors			193,283
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-6.47%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pollachi^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Pollachi V. Jayaraman	64,648	52.48%	+21.56
	DMK	R. Tamil Mani	32,244	26.18%	−23.02
	MDMK	K. Varadharajan	22,014	17.87%	+1.68
	Independent	M. Manikandan	1,338	1.09%	New
	Independent	K. B. Asokan	1,193	0.97%	New
	Independent	V. Subrahmaniem	919	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			32,404	26.31%	8.03%
Turnout			123,179	60.63%	−8.49%
Registered electors			203,219
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	3.28%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pollachi^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Raju	58,709	49.20%	+14.21
	AIADMK	Pollachi V. Jayaraman	36,895	30.92%	−32.4
	MDMK	Andu @ Nachimuthu	19,318	16.19%	New
	BJP	K. M. Ramalingam	1,094	0.92%	New
	Independent	P. Dhandapani	621	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			21,814	18.28%	−10.05%
Turnout			119,324	69.13%	2.89%
Registered electors			183,063
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-14.12%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pollachi^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. P. Chandrasekar	72,736	63.32%	+26.07
	DMK	M. N. Andu Alias Nachimuth	40,195	34.99%	+1.11
Margin of victory			32,541	28.33%	24.96%
Turnout			114,867	66.24%	−7.06%
Registered electors			178,093
	AIADMK hold		Swing	26.07%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pollachi^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. P. Chandrasekar	41,749	37.25%	−15.35
	DMK	P. T. Balu	37,975	33.89%	−12.13
	INC	N. Padmavathy	24,605	21.96%	New
	Independent	S. T. Doriaswamy	3,133	2.80%	New
	Independent	A. Venkatachalam	2,556	2.28%	New
Margin of victory			3,774	3.37%	−3.23%
Turnout			112,070	73.30%	−0.48%
Registered electors			156,063
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-15.35%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pollachi^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. V. Rathinam	54,337	52.60%	−4
	DMK	S. Raju	47,527	46.01%	+3.37
	Independent	K. Chockalingam	872	0.84%	New
Margin of victory			6,810	6.59%	−7.37%
Turnout			103,293	73.78%	3.42%
Registered electors			145,707
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-4.00%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pollachi^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. V. Rathinam	52,833	56.61%	+11.5
	DMK	M. Kannappan	39,797	42.64%	+19.43
	Independent	P. Kannaiyan	704	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			13,036	13.97%	−7.93%
Turnout			93,334	70.36%	8.57%
Registered electors			134,946
	AIADMK hold		Swing	11.50%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pollachi^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	O. P. Somasundaram	34,896	45.11%	New
	DMK	S. Raju	17,952	23.20%	−40.32
	INC	M. K. Palanisamy	12,537	16.21%	New
	JP	R. Natarajan	10,677	13.80%	New
	Independent	C. Shanmukasundaram	474	0.61%	New
	Independent	K. . Sethu	408	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			16,944	21.90%	−5.94%
Turnout			77,364	61.79%	−9.57%
Registered electors			127,400
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-18.42%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pollachi^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. P. Shanmugasundara Goundar	41,654	63.53%	+4.88
	Independent	A. Easwarasamy Gounder	23,396	35.68%	New
	Independent	M. Rangasamy Naicker	517	0.79%	New
Margin of victory			18,258	27.85%	9.39%
Turnout			65,567	71.36%	−5.44%
Registered electors			96,560
	DMK hold		Swing	4.88%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Pollachi^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. P. Shanmugasundara Goundar	37,480	58.65%	+17.12
	INC	E. Gounder	25,688	40.20%	−15.98
	Independent	Balu	740	1.16%	New
Margin of victory			11,792	18.45%	3.81%
Turnout			63,908	76.80%	−3.67%
Registered electors			85,643
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	2.47%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Pollachi^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Mahalingam	38,929	56.18%	+30.55
	DMK	Rangaswamy	28,780	41.53%	New
	Independent	C. P. Kandasamy	1,589	2.29%	New
Margin of victory			10,149	14.65%	13.28%
Turnout			69,298	80.47%	−34.06%
Registered electors			89,033
	INC hold		Swing	30.55%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Pollachi^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Mahalingam	52,076	25.63%	+2.53
	INC	K. Ponniah (Sc)	49,309	24.26%	+1.17
	PSP	P. Thangavel Gounder	33,534	16.50%	New
	CPI	V. K. Rangaswamy (Sc)	31,648	15.57%	+2.46
	Independent	A. S. Balasubramaniam	19,391	9.54%	New
	Independent	E. Ramaswamy (Sc)	11,221	5.52%	New
	Independent	M. Azhagamuthu (Sc)	4,030	1.98%	New
	Independent	R. Varadappan (Sc)	2,009	0.99%	New
Margin of victory			2,767	1.36%	−3.89%
Turnout			203,218	114.53%	6.76%
Registered electors			177,434
	INC hold		Swing	2.53%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Pollachi^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Mahalingam	35,148	23.09%	New
	INC	P. K. Thirumurthy	27,151	17.84%	New
	CPI	Marudhachalam	19,966	13.12%	New
	CPI	Palanisami	17,491	11.49%	New
	Socialist	Khazer Mahamad	12,660	8.32%	New
	Independent	Jabakhanai	10,799	7.10%	New
	Independent	Valangirippan	9,377	6.16%	New
	Socialist	Shanmugasundaram	8,295	5.45%	New
	Independent	Muppali Kudumban	4,421	2.90%	New
	Independent	Joseph	2,996	1.97%	New
	Independent	Sheikh Mastafi	1,981	1.30%	New
Margin of victory			7,997	5.25%
Turnout			152,205	107.77%
Registered electors			141,226
	INC win (new seat)