Sulur Assembly constituency

Sulur
Sulur
Constituency No. 116 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Coimbatore
Lok Sabha constituency	Coimbatore
Established	1957 (first establishment); 2008 (second establishment)
Total electors	3,17,124
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent V. P. Kandasamy
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Sulur (Tamil: சூலூர்) is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[2]^[3] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 116. It comprises the Town Panchayat of Irugur, Kannampalayam, Mopperipalayam, Pallapalayam, Samalapuram and Sulur. It also has Karumathapatti municipality and Village Panchayat of Sulur Block and Sultanpet Block surrounding areas in Coimbatore. It was formed for the second time in 2008 and is part of Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency.^[4]^[5] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Quick Facts Constituency details, Country ...

Assembly	Duration	Winner
Fourteenth	2011-2016	K. Thinakaran	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016-2019	R. Kanagaraj	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019 by-election	2019 – 2021	V. P. Kandasamy
Sixteenth	2021–present	V. P. Kandasamy

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			49.23%
2019 by-election			44.78%
2016			47.38%
2011			52.29%
1962			38.76%
1957			44.59%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. P. Kandasamy	118,968	49.23%
	DMK	Premier Selvam (A)Kalichamy M	87,036	36.02%
	NTK	Elangovan. G	14,426	5.97%
	MNM	Ranganathan. A	12,658	5.24%
	AMMK	Senthil Kumar. S. A.	4,111	1.70%
	NOTA	Nota	2,610	1.08%
Margin of victory			31,932	13.21%	−3.97%
Turnout			2,41,653	76.20%	0.60%
Rejected ballots			309	0.13%
Registered electors			3,17,124
	AIADMK hold		Swing	1.85%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	V. P. Kandasamy	1,00,782	44.78
	DMK	Pongalur N. Palanisamy	90,669	40.29
	AMMK	K. Sugumar	16,530	7.35
	MNM	S. Mohanraj	6,644	2.95
	NTK	V. Vijaya Ragavan	4,335	1.93
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,938	0.86
Majority			10,113	4.49
Turnout			2,26,998	76.89
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Kanagaraj	100,977	47.38%
	INC	Manoharan. V. M. C.	64,346	30.19%
	BJP	Mandharasalam. S. D.	13,517	6.34%	3.78%
	DMDK	Thinakaran. K.	13,106	6.15%	−46.14%
	KMDK	Premier Selvam @ Kalichamy. M.	9,672	4.54%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,688	1.73%
	NTK	Vijayaragavan. M. V.	2,873	1.35%
	PMK	Ganesan. P. K.	1,687	0.79%
Margin of victory			36,631	17.19%	−0.23%
Turnout			2,13,121	75.60%	−4.55%
Registered electors			2,81,890
	AIADMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-4.91%

Members of Legislative Assembly

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sulur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	K. Thinakaran	88,680	52.29%
	KNMK	E. R. Eswaran	59,148	34.88%
	Independent	Dhinakaran K	7,285	4.30%
	BJP	Senthilkumar K	4,353	2.57%
	Independent	Karthikeyan Pon	3,053	1.80%
	Independent	Mariappan Dr M	2,205	1.30%
	Independent	Jerold Amalajothi I	1,315	0.78%
	Independent	Thangavelu C	1,281	0.76%
	BSP	Abdul Hakkim P	1,064	0.63%
Margin of victory			29,532	17.41%	{{{change}}}
Turnout			2,11,574	80.16%
Registered electors			1,69,588
	DMDK win (new seat)

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sulur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	C. Kolandai Ammal	25,732	38.76%	−5.83%
	CPI	K. N. Chinnayan	21,375	32.19%
	PSP	Kumarasami Gounder	10,017	15.09%
	DMK	U. K. N. Rasu	6,953	10.47%
	Independent	A. Sethupathy	1,364	2.05%
	Independent	V. R. Gopalasami Chettiar	955	1.44%
Margin of victory			4,357	6.56%	−0.08%
Turnout			66,396	77.14%	25.43%
Registered electors			89,754
	INC hold		Swing	-5.83%

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sulur^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	C. Kolandai Ammal	18,328	44.59%
	CPI	K. Ramani	15,598	37.95%
	Independent	Shanmugasundaram	4,053	9.86%
	Independent	Natarajan	3,126	7.60%
Margin of victory			2,730	6.64%
Turnout			41,105	51.70%
Registered electors			79,503
	INC win (new seat)