Sholingur Assembly constituency

Sholingur is a state assembly constituency in Ranipet district in Tamil Nadu, India.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 39. It consists of portions of the Walajah and Arakkonam taluks. It falls under Arakkonam 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.

Sholingur
Constituency No. 39 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ranipet
Lok Sabha constituency	Arakkonam
Established	1951
Total electors	2,77,440[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent A. M. Munirathinam
Party	INC
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	M. Subramaniya Naicker		Commonweal Party
1957	B. Bakthavathaalu Naidu		Indian National Congress
1962	A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar		Indian National Congress
1967	Aranganathan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar		Indian National Congress
1977	S. J. Ramasamy Mudaliyar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	C. Gopal Mudaliyar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	N. Shanmugam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	A. M. Munirathinam		Indian National Congress
1991	A. M. Munirathinam		Indian National Congress
1996	A. M. Munirathinam		Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	R. Vilvanathan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	D. Arul Anbarasu		Indian National Congress
2011	P. R. Manogar		Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	N. G. Parthiban - Disqualification by Assembly Speaker 2017[4]		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019 by-election	G. Sampathu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	A. M. Munirathinam		Indian National Congress

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			49.46%
2019 by-election			48.00%
2016			36.79%
2011			38.98%
2006			45.98%
2001			50.12%
1996			54.33%
1991			53.90%
1989			39.24%
1984			51.38%
1980			49.40%
1977			38.23%
1971			55.39%
1967			51.67%
1962			56.02%
1957			55.44%
1952			36.16%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. M. Munirathinam	110,228	49.46%	17.28%
	PMK	A. M. Krishnan	83,530	37.48%
	AMMK	N. G. Parthiban	12,979	5.82%
	NTK	Y. R. Pavendhan	9,656	4.33%	3.94%
	MNM	R. Jawahar	1,664	0.75%
	NOTA	Nota	1,239	0.56%	−0.25%
Margin of victory			26,698	11.98%	7.37%
Turnout			2,22,870	80.33%	−1.70%
Rejected ballots			245	0.11%
Registered electors			2,77,440
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	12.67%

2019 by-election

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Sholingur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Sampathu	103,545	48.00
	DMK	A. Asokan	87,489	40.56
	AMMK	T. G. Mani	12,868	5.97	+5.97
	NTK	P. Gokulakrishnan	5,188	2.40	+2.40
	MNM	A. Malayarajan	2,466	1.14	+1.14
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,112	0.98
Majority			16,056	7.44
Turnout			2,15,795	82.34
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. G. Parthiban	77,651	36.79%
	INC	A. M. Munirathinam	67,919	32.18%	11.59%
	PMK	K. Saravanan	50,827	24.08%
	DMDK	P. R. Manogar	6,167	2.92%	−36.05%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,691	0.80%
	BJP	Kumar. M	1,468	0.70%
Margin of victory			9,732	4.61%	−0.42%
Turnout			2,11,064	82.03%	−2.69%
Registered electors			2,57,291
	AIADMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-2.19%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	P. R. Manogar	69,963	38.98%	29.64%
	Independent	A. M. Munirathinam	60,925	33.94%
	INC	Arulanbarasu	36,957	20.59%	−25.39%
	Puratchi Bharatham	M. Bhavani.	3,858	2.15%
	Independent	T. V. Paramasivam	2,288	1.27%
	Independent	V. Velu	2,268	1.26%
		A. M. Inbanathan	1,181	0.66%
	BSP	N. Dhinakaran	1,076	0.60%
	Independent	Vadivel	983	0.55%
Margin of victory			9,038	5.04%	−0.70%
Turnout			2,11,864	84.72%	8.21%
Registered electors			1,79,499
	DMDK gain from INC		Swing	-7.00%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Arul Anbarasu	63,502	45.98%
	AIADMK	Gopal. C	55,586	40.25%	−9.88%
	DMDK	Prabakaran. C. D	12,900	9.34%
	Independent	Velu. V	2,026	1.47%
	SP	Gopi. R	1,319	0.96%
	BJP	Murugesan. D	1,308	0.95%
	Independent	Suresh. S	773	0.56%
Margin of victory			7,916	5.73%	−2.11%
Turnout			1,38,112	76.52%	5.22%
Registered electors			1,80,495
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-4.15%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Vilvanathan	62,576	50.12%
	PNK	A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar	52,781	42.28%
	MDMK	Ravi. N	3,033	2.43%	1.14%
	Independent	Laksmipathi S. K.	2,539	2.03%
	Puratchi Bharatham	Arumugam. M	2,409	1.93%
	Independent	Babu. K. C.	1,504	1.20%
Margin of victory			9,795	7.85%	−20.36%
Turnout			1,24,842	71.30%	−3.40%
Registered electors			1,75,100
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-4.21%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	A. M. Munirathinam	65,361	54.33%
	PMK	Shanmugham. S.	31,431	26.13%
	INC	Jayababu. R.	20,849	17.33%	−36.57%
	MDMK	Shanmugham. R.	1,557	1.29%
Margin of victory			33,930	28.21%	−3.19%
Turnout			1,20,293	74.70%	4.13%
Registered electors			1,68,374
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	0.43%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. M. Munirathinam	58,563	53.90%	14.66%
	DMK	C. Manickam	24,453	22.51%	−10.56%
	PMK	P. Panchatcharam	22,600	20.80%
	BJP	M. K. Santha Kumar	1,543	1.42%
	Independent	N. Chandiran	620	0.57%
Margin of victory			34,110	31.40%	25.22%
Turnout			1,08,647	70.57%	9.43%
Registered electors			1,58,696
	INC hold		Swing	14.66%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. M. Munirathinam	33,419	39.24%
	DMK	C. Manickam	28,161	33.06%	−13.98%
	AIADMK	C. Gopal	17,125	20.11%	−31.28%
	AIADMK	Kanmani Porki Alias Selvaraj	3,692	4.33%	−47.05%
	Independent	E. Nagarajan	728	0.85%
Margin of victory			5,258	6.17%	1.84%
Turnout			85,171	61.14%	−17.49%
Registered electors			1,43,254
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-12.15%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. Shanmugam	47,967	51.38%	1.99%
	DMK	K. Moorthi	43,918	47.05%	−2.13%
	Independent	A. Kanthappan	952	1.02%
	Independent	A. M. Periyasamy	514	0.55%
Margin of victory			4,049	4.34%	4.12%
Turnout			93,351	78.63%	16.16%
Registered electors			1,24,595
	AIADMK hold		Swing	1.99%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Gopal Mudaliyar	35,783	49.40%	11.16%
	DMK	Moorthy. K	35,626	49.18%	19.25%
	Independent	Annamalai Reddiar V. S	401	0.55%
	Independent	Kanthappan. A	330	0.46%
	Independent	Periasamy Reddiar. A. M	302	0.42%
Margin of victory			157	0.22%	−8.09%
Turnout			72,442	62.46%	0.96%
Registered electors			1,17,710
	AIADMK hold		Swing	11.16%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. J. Ramasamy Mudaliyar	25,997	38.23%
	DMK	K. Murthi	20,348	29.93%	−14.69%
	INC	C. Rajendran	9,393	13.81%	−41.57%
	JP	S.S. Sundararaman	9,266	13.63%
	Independent	S. Thiyagarajan	1,420	2.09%
	Independent	A. Kanthappan	919	1.35%
	Independent	G. Munisamy	652	0.96%
Margin of victory			5,649	8.31%	−2.47%
Turnout			67,995	61.51%	−17.61%
Registered electors			1,12,141
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	-17.15%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar	36,776	55.39%	14.02%
	DMK	Natrajan K. M.	29,621	44.61%	−7.06%
Margin of victory			7,155	10.78%	0.47%
Turnout			66,397	79.11%	−3.87%
Registered electors			89,522
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	3.72%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Aranganathan	35,225	51.67%	16.73%
	INC	A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar	28,201	41.37%	−14.65%
	Independent	A. Reddy	3,466	5.08%
	Independent	P. Reddy	1,282	1.88%
Margin of victory			7,024	10.30%	−10.78%
Turnout			68,174	82.98%	3.60%
Registered electors			85,378
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-4.35%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar	33,291	56.02%	0.57%
	DMK	V. Munuswamy	20,762	34.94%
	Independent	Reriasamy Rreddy	4,308	7.25%
	Independent	Ganapathy Kannappa Mudali	1,069	1.80%
Margin of victory			12,529	21.08%	−0.51%
Turnout			59,430	79.37%	23.48%
Registered electors			78,223
	INC hold		Swing	0.57%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. Bakthavathaalu Naidu	22,991	55.44%	27.85%
	Independent	M. Subramanian Naicker	14,037	33.85%
	Independent	Jayaraj	4,440	10.71%
Margin of victory			8,954	21.59%	13.02%
Turnout			41,468	55.90%	2.33%
Registered electors			74,186
	INC gain from Commonweal Party		Swing	19.28%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Commonweal Party	M. Subramanya Naicker	12,028	36.16%
	INC	V. M. Ramaswami Mudaliar	9,177	27.59%	27.59%
	Independent	Perumal Alias Nannaya Naidu	2,754	8.28%
	Independent	S. Krishnaswami Naidu	2,473	7.43%
	Independent	B. Manavala Chowdary	2,453	7.37%
	Independent	Amavasaigan	1,195	3.59%
	Independent	P. R. Ratnavelu Naicker	1,136	3.42%
	KMPP	Tiruvangada Naicker	1,072	3.22%
Margin of victory			2,851	8.57%
Turnout			33,262	53.56%
Registered electors			62,097
	Commonweal Party win (new seat)