Sathyamangalam Assembly constituency

Sathyamangalam was a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. The constituency was in existence from 1957 to the 2008 delimitation, after which it was merged with Bhavanisagar Assembly constituency.

Sathiyamangalam
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Erode
Lok Sabha constituency	Gobichettipalayam
Established	1957
Abolished	2008
Total electors	171,378
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
Madras State
1957	K. Gopal Gounder		Independent
1962	Gopal Gounder		Indian National Congress
1967	P. G. Karuthiruman		Indian National Congress
Tamil Nadu
1971	S. K. Subramaniam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	K. A. Sengottaiyan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	R. Rangasamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	E. V. K. S. Elangovan		Indian National Congress
1989	T. K. Subramaniam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	A. T. Saraswathi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	S. K. Rajendran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	K. R. Kandasamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	L. P. Dharmalingam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2006			46.13%
2001			52.21%
1996			48.65%
1991			67.21%
1989			31.66%
1984			62.97%
1980			50.04%
1977			35.81%
1971			55.60%
1967			49.22%
1962			59.63%
1957			59.40%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sathyamangalam^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	L. P. Dharmalingam	56,035	46.13%	26.10%
	MDMK	T. K. Subramaniam	40,141	33.05%	17.18%
	DMDK	D. Manoharan	15,596	12.84%
	BJP	S. N. R. Sivakumar	3,711	3.06%
	Independent	N. S. Ramalingan	2,112	1.74%
	SP	R. Palanisamy	1,775	1.46%
	Independent	K. Selvan	1,124	0.93%
	Independent	B. Gopal	971	0.80%
Margin of victory			15,894	13.09%	−19.09%
Turnout			121,465	70.88%	11.23%
Registered electors			171,378
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-6.08%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sathyamangalam^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. R. Kandasamy	54,252	52.21%	11.96%
	DMK	S. K. Rajendran	20,818	20.04%	−28.62%
	MDMK	T. K. Subramaniam	16,486	15.87%
	Independent	D. Sivanna	10,947	10.54%
	Independent	R. Sakthivel	1,400	1.35%
Margin of victory			33,434	32.18%	23.78%
Turnout			103,903	59.65%	−9.68%
Registered electors			174,264
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	3.56%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sathyamangalam^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. K. Rajendran	50,885	48.65%	20.39%
	AIADMK	T. R. Attiannan	42,101	40.25%	−26.95%
	CPI(M)	A. M. Kadar	7,142	6.83%
	BJP	M. Subburaju	1,721	1.65%	−0.62%
	Independent	K. M. Chinnakutty	571	0.55%
	AIIC(T)	S. M. Subramanian	523	0.50%
	Independent	T. C. Krishna	357	0.34%
	Independent	S. K. Sellakutty	333	0.32%
	Independent	S. Ganesan	322	0.31%
	Independent	K. N. Natarajan	260	0.25%
	Independent	K. Kamala	234	0.22%
Margin of victory			8,784	8.40%	−30.55%
Turnout			104,586	69.33%	3.80%
Registered electors			158,941
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-18.56%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sathyamangalam^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. T. Saraswathi	63,739	67.21%	36.68%
	DMK	T. K. Subramaniam	26,801	28.26%	−3.40%
	BJP	S. M. Nallasamy	2,146	2.26%
	JP	T. V. Karivaradarajan	729	0.77%
	PMK	T. Panneerselvam	716	0.75%
	THMM	S. M. Mahendran	401	0.42%
	Independent	P. Sundrasamy	223	0.24%
	Independent	M. S. Sridaran	81	0.09%
Margin of victory			36,938	38.95%	37.82%
Turnout			94,836	65.53%	−8.34%
Registered electors			151,431
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	35.55%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sathyamangalam^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. K. Subramaniam	30,535	31.66%	0.62%
	AIADMK	S. K. Palanisamy	29,448	30.53%
	INC	T. Chinnasamy	22,407	23.23%	−39.73%
	AIADMK	R. Rangasmay	12,589	13.05%
	Independent	N. Subbaiyan	684	0.71%
	Independent	Rasachetti	461	0.48%
	Independent	P. Prabakaran	196	0.20%
	Independent	K. Longanathan	126	0.13%
Margin of victory			1,087	1.13%	−30.80%
Turnout			96,446	73.87%	0.59%
Registered electors			134,394
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-31.31%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sathyamangalam^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. V. K. S. Elangovan	50,725	62.97%	13.01%
	DMK	T. K. Subramaniam	25,006	31.04%
	Independent	K. C. Subramanaiam	1,476	1.83%
	Independent	R. Kalanaicker	1,368	1.70%
	Independent	V. K. Kaliappa Achari	1,237	1.54%
	Independent	B. Muthu	747	0.93%
Margin of victory			25,719	31.93%	31.84%
Turnout			80,559	73.28%	10.08%
Registered electors			117,272
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	12.92%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sathyamangalam^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Rangasamy	35,096	50.04%	14.23%
	INC	C. R. Rasappa	35,036	49.96%	16.69%
Margin of victory			60	0.09%	−2.47%
Turnout			70,132	63.20%	6.11%
Registered electors			113,957
	AIADMK hold		Swing	14.23%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sathyamangalam^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. A. Sengottaiyan	21,145	35.81%
	INC	C. R. Rajappa	19,639	33.26%	−6.66%
	DMK	T. M. Onna Marannan	10,250	17.36%	−38.24%
	JP	N. N. Nagaraj	7,054	11.95%
	Independent	P. Muthirulandi	952	1.61%
Margin of victory			1,506	2.55%	−13.13%
Turnout			59,040	57.09%	−12.50%
Registered electors			105,350
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-19.79%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sathyamangalam^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. K. Subramaniam	31,873	55.60%
	INC	P. G. Karuthiruman	22,887	39.93%	−9.30%
	CPI(M)	S. M. Badran	2,563	4.47%
Margin of victory			8,986	15.68%	13.35%
Turnout			57,323	69.60%	−1.55%
Registered electors			86,531
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	6.38%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sathyamangalam^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. G. Karuthiruman	25,484	49.22%	−10.41%
	CPI(M)	S. M. Marappan	24,278	46.89%
	Independent	Rajamanickam	2,011	3.88%
Margin of victory			1,206	2.33%	−32.08%
Turnout			51,773	71.15%	18.77%
Registered electors			78,131
	INC hold		Swing	-10.41%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sathyamangalam^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Gopal Kounder	23,914	59.63%	19.03%
	Independent	Anthonisamy	10,115	25.22%
	SWA	Pachaiyappa Naicker	6,073	15.14%
Margin of victory			13,799	34.41%	15.61%
Turnout			40,102	52.38%	8.01%
Registered electors			81,582
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	0.23%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sathyamangalam^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. Gopal Gounder	21,298	59.40%
	INC	K. Aranganathan	14,558	40.60%
Margin of victory			6,740	18.80%
Turnout			35,856	44.37%
Registered electors			80,814
	Independent win (new seat)