Taramangalam Assembly constituency

Taramangalam is a state assembly constituency in Salem district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. The constituency was in existence from the 1957 election to 2008.

Taramangalam
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Lok Sabha constituency	Dharmapuri
Established	1957
Abolished	2008
Total electors	200,861
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
Madras State
1957	N. S. Sundararajan		Indian National Congress
1962	N. S. Sundararajan		Indian National Congress
1967	Govindan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tamil Nadu
1971	Paramasivam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	R. Narayanan		Indian National Congress
1980	S. Semmalai		Independent
1984	S. Semmalai		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	K. Arjunan		Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Jayalalitha)
1991	R. Palanisamy		Indian National Congress
1996	P. Govindan		Pattali Makkal Katchi
2001	M. P. Kamaraj		Pattali Makkal Katchi
2006	P. Kannan		Pattali Makkal Katchi

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2006			34.60%
2001			56.09%
1996			44.19%
1991			47.66%
1989			25.49%
1984			69.68%
1980			60.33%
1977			34.59%
1971			61.79%
1967			57.80%
1962			52.65%
1957			63.47%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Taramangalam^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	P. Kannan	49,045	34.60%
	Independent	P. Govindan	36,791	25.95%
	MDMK	K. S. V. Thamarai Kannan	34,960	24.66%	22.17%
	DMDK	C. J. Suresh	14,870	10.49%
	Independent	A. Rajendra Kumar	1,682	1.19%
	BJP	P. Muthusamy	1,130	0.80%
	Independent	P. Govindan	1,046	0.74%
	Independent	M. Palanivel	818	0.58%
	Independent	M. Govindan	725	0.51%
	Independent	K. Gurusamy	690	0.49%
Margin of victory			12,254	8.64%	−12.67%
Turnout			1,41,757	70.57%	9.57%
Registered electors			2,00,861
	PMK hold		Swing	-21.49%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Taramangalam^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	M. P. Kamaraj	67,012	56.09%
	DMK	S. Ammasi	41,554	34.78%	12.21%
	MDMK	V. Vaithinathan	2,983	2.50%	−4.41%
	Independent	R. Murugan	2,509	2.10%
	Independent	K. Govindaraj	2,032	1.70%
	Independent	C. Lakshimannan	1,928	1.61%
	LJP	P. Srinivasan	421	0.35%
	Independent	A. M. Govindan	410	0.34%
	Independent	M. Govindan	317	0.27%
	Independent	M. Annadurai	302	0.25%
Margin of victory			25,458	21.31%	−0.31%
Turnout			1,19,468	61.01%	−5.73%
Registered electors			1,95,838
	PMK hold		Swing	11.91%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Taramangalam^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	P. Govindan	50,502	44.19%
	DMK	P. Elavarasan	25,795	22.57%
	INC	R. Palanisamy	25,375	22.20%	−25.46%
	MDMK	P. Kandasamy	7,889	6.90%
	Independent	S. Andiyappan	801	0.70%
	Independent	M. Govindarajan	489	0.43%
	Independent	K. R. Kandasamy	417	0.36%
	Independent	M. Mayilsamy	330	0.29%
	Independent	A. Kandasamy	320	0.28%
	Independent	P. Selvaraj	260	0.23%
	Independent	G. Karunakaran	248	0.22%
Margin of victory			24,707	21.62%	13.76%
Turnout			1,14,293	66.74%	0.43%
Registered electors			1,83,768
	PMK gain from INC		Swing	-3.47%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Taramangalam^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Palanisamy	50,538	47.66%	35.13%
	PMK	S. Ammasi	42,204	39.80%
	JD	P. Nacrimuthu	11,602	10.94%
	Independent	A. Kandasamy	450	0.42%
	Independent	K. Sundaram	403	0.38%
	Independent	C. Mani	315	0.30%
	Independent	K. Sithan	211	0.20%
	Independent	P. K. Karuppannan	160	0.15%
	Independent	R. Palanisamy	153	0.14%
Margin of victory			8,334	7.86%	5.20%
Turnout			1,06,036	66.30%	24.57%
Registered electors			1,66,184
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	22.18%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Taramangalam^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Arjunan	15,818	25.49%	−44.20%
	Independent	P. Kandasamy	14,165	22.82%
	DMK	P. Arrjunan	13,301	21.43%	−6.52%
	AIADMK	S. Semmalai	8,100	13.05%	−56.63%
	INC	T. Arunachalam	7,780	12.54%
	Independent	C. Ganesan	1,153	1.86%
	Independent	T. M. Rajamanickam	328	0.53%
	Independent	M. Govindan	311	0.50%
	Independent	P. Arumugam	301	0.48%
	Independent	S. Kiliappan	243	0.39%
	Independent	K. Sundar Ganeson	139	0.22%
Margin of victory			1,653	2.66%	−39.07%
Turnout			62,066	41.74%	−31.03%
Registered electors			1,52,563
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-44.20%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Taramangalam^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Semmalai	63,407	69.68%
	DMK	K. Arjunan	25,429	27.95%
	Independent	N. Perumal Gounder	533	0.59%
	Independent	Chinnappan	414	0.45%
	Independent	C. Manickam	348	0.38%
	Independent	K. S. Arumugam	223	0.25%
	Independent	Palanisamy	215	0.24%
	Independent	Rajugoundan	207	0.23%
	Independent	P. Dhanappan	130	0.14%
	Independent	G. Dhanabalan	89	0.10%
Margin of victory			37,978	41.74%	14.51%
Turnout			90,995	72.76%	2.99%
Registered electors			1,30,679
	AIADMK gain from Independent		Swing	9.35%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Taramangalam^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. Semmalai	49,597	60.33%
	INC	R. Narayanan	27,214	33.11%	−1.49%
	CPI	S. R. Perumal	3,909	4.76%
	Independent	K. S. Arumugam	1,193	1.45%
	Independent	K. Asaithambi	290	0.35%
Margin of victory			22,383	27.23%	27.20%
Turnout			82,203	69.78%	7.53%
Registered electors			1,19,790
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	25.74%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Taramangalam^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Narayanan	23,882	34.59%	−3.62%
	AIADMK	S. Semmalai	23,863	34.56%
	JP	T. M. Ramasamy Gounder	10,073	14.59%
	DMK	K. R. Govindan	9,020	13.06%	−48.73%
	Independent	K. Rajagopal	935	1.35%
	Independent	N. Perumal Gounder	917	1.33%
	Independent	P. M. Vadivel Gounder	351	0.51%
Margin of victory			19	0.03%	−23.56%
Turnout			69,041	62.24%	1.62%
Registered electors			1,13,229
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-27.20%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Taramangalam^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Paramasivam	33,257	61.79%	4.00%
	INC	T. M. Ramasamy Gounder	20,564	38.21%	−4.00%
Margin of victory			12,693	23.58%	7.99%
Turnout			53,821	60.62%	−7.25%
Registered electors			95,265
	DMK hold		Swing	4.00%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Taramangalam^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Govindan	33,222	57.80%	10.45%
	INC	M. S. Krishnan	24,259	42.20%	−10.45%
Margin of victory			8,963	15.59%	10.29%
Turnout			57,481	67.87%	−4.66%
Registered electors			88,234
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	5.15%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Taramangalam^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. S. Sundararajan	30,020	52.65%	−10.82%
	DMK	P. R. Nallathambi Gounder	26,997	47.35%
Margin of victory			3,023	5.30%	−36.84%
Turnout			57,017	72.53%	38.65%
Registered electors			81,534
	INC hold		Swing	-10.82%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Taramangalam^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. S. Soundararajan	15,752	63.47%
	Independent	Chinnappan	5,293	21.33%
	Independent	Nallappa Mudaliar	2,741	11.04%
	Independent	Periasamy Mudali	1,033	4.16%
Margin of victory			10,459	42.14%
Turnout			24,819	33.88%
Registered electors			73,266
	INC win (new seat)