Thondamuthur Assembly constituency

11°00′35″N 76°49′41″E

Thondamuthur
Constituency No. 119 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	3,26,828[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent S. P. Velumani
Party	AIADMK
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

Thondamuthur is a legislative assembly in Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu, which includes the town of Thondamuthur.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 119. Thondamuthur Assembly constituency is part of Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency.^[3] It was a part of Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency until the 2008 delimitation. An election was not held in the year 1957. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Bifurcation

The existing Thondamuthur Assembly constituency was bifurcated in 2008 to create a new constituency - Kavundampalayam. Some parts of Perur Assembly constituency were added to Thondamuthur after the disestablishment of Perur constituency.^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Palanisami Gounder		Indian National Congress
1962	V. Ellama Naidu
1967	R. Manickavasakam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Duration	Winner	Party
Fifth	1971-77	R. Manickavasakam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977-80	K. Maruthachalam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-84	Chinnaraj
Eighth	1984-89	C. Aranganayagam
Ninth	1989-91	U. K. Vellingiri		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Tenth	1991-96	C. Aranganayagam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-01	C. R. Ramachandran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-06	S. R. Balasubramoniyan		Tamil Maanila Congress
Thirteenth	2006-09	M. Kannappan		Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2009-2011	M. N. Kandaswamy		Indian National Congress
Fourteenth	2011-2016	S. P. Velumani		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016-2021
Sixteenth	2021-Incumbent

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			53.89%
2016			55.01%
2011			62.40%
2009 by-election			56.61%
2006			41.60%
2001			50.57%
1996			60.23%
1991			61.95%
1989			42.05%
1984			57.48%
1980			57.54%
1977			33.29%
1971			60.30%
1967			59.14%
1962			52.67%
1952			51.19%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. P. Velumani	124,225	53.89	−1.12
	DMK	Karthikeya	82,595	35.83	New
	MNM	S. Shajahan	11,606	5.03	New
	NTK	S. Kalaiarasi	8,042	3.49	+2.28
	NOTA	NOTA	1,635	0.71	−0.92
	AMMK	R. Sathishkumar	1,235	0.54	New
Margin of victory			41,630	18.06	−14.11
Turnout			230,531	70.54	3.58
Rejected ballots			883	0.38
Registered electors			326,828
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-1.12

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. P. Velumani	109,519	55.01	−7.39
	MNMK	Kovai Syed Mohammed M. A.	45,478	22.84	New
	BJP	M. Karumuthu Thiyagarajan	19,043	9.56	+6.08
	DMDK	K. Thiyagarajan	7,968	4.00	New
	SDPI	A. Anshar Sheriff	3,643	1.83	−0.99
	NOTA	NOTA	3,248	1.63	New
	KMDK	S. R. Vairavel	3,005	1.51	New
	NTK	R. Anandharaj	2,408	1.21	New
	PMK	Vidiyal Jaganathan	1,315	0.66	New
Margin of victory			64,041	32.17	−1.07
Turnout			199,100	66.96	−8.14
Registered electors			297,360
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-7.39

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. P. Velumani	99,886	62.40	+62.40
	INC	Kandaswamy M N	46,683	29.16	+29.16
	BJP	Shridhar Murthy A	5,581	3.49	−1.00
	SDPI	Ummar Kathap T M	4,519	2.82	+2.82
	LSP	Kannammal Jagadeesan	932	0.58	+0.58
Margin of victory			53,203	33.24	−2.23
Turnout			1,60,248	75.17	+16.12
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009–10 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Thondamuthur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. N. Kandaswamy	112,350	56.61
	DMDK	K. Thangavelu	40,863	20.59
Majority			71,487	36.02
Turnout			198,461
	INC gain from MDMK		Swing

2006

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDMK	M. Kannappan	123,490	41.60	+32.59
	INC	S. R. Balasubramoniyan	113,596	38.27	New
	DMDK	E. Dennis Kovil Pillai	37,901	12.77	New
	BJP	M. Chinnaraj	13,545	4.56	New
	Independent	K. Varadharajan	2,035	0.69	New
Margin of victory			9,894	3.33	−11.55
Turnout			296,863	70.65	16.93
Registered electors			420,186
	MDMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-8.97

2001

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	S. R. Balasubramoniyan	96,959	50.57	New
	DMK	V. R. Sukanya	68,423	35.68	−24.55
	MDMK	M. Krishnaswamy	17,282	9.01	New
	Independent	N. R. Harikumar	5,209	2.72	New
	Democratic Forward Bloc	A. R. Sakthivel	1,442	0.75	New
Margin of victory			28,536	14.88	−18.23
Turnout			191,745	53.72	−11.41
Registered electors			356,986
	TMC(M) gain from DMK		Swing	-9.66

1996

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. R. Ramachandran	113,025	60.23	New
	AIADMK	T. Malaravan	50,888	27.12	−34.84
	CPI(M)	U. K. Vellingiri	12,815	6.83	−23.5
	BJP	K. C. Krishnamurthi	6,948	3.70	−2.05
Margin of victory			62,137	33.11	1.49
Turnout			187,656	65.13	5.91
Registered electors			300,961
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.72

1991

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Aranganayagam	92,362	61.95	+34.48
	CPI(M)	U. K. Vellingiri	45,218	30.33	−11.72
	BJP	M. Venkatachalam	8,571	5.75	New
	JP	S. Ayyaswamy	1,023	0.69	New
Margin of victory			47,144	31.62	17.04
Turnout			149,081	59.22	−63.98
Registered electors			260,841
	AIADMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	19.90

1989

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	U. K. Vellingiri	62,305	42.05	+3.53
	AIADMK	P. Shanmugam	40,702	27.47	−30.01
	AIADMK	M. Chinnaraj	27,522	18.57	−38.9
	Independent	P. Swaminathan	13,205	8.91	New
	Independent	N. Gopalasamy	782	0.53	New
Margin of victory			21,603	14.58	−4.38
Turnout			148,168	123.20	51.83
Registered electors			123,266
	CPI(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-15.43

1984

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Aranganayakam	67,679	57.48	−0.06
	CPI(M)	U. K. Vellingiri	45,353	38.52	New
	Independent	B. K. Ananda Kumar	1,004	0.85	New
	Independent	S. Manohar	877	0.74	New
	Independent	N. Soundararajan	804	0.68	New
Margin of victory			22,326	18.96	3.89
Turnout			117,744	71.38	9.78
Registered electors			173,480
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-0.06

1980

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Chinnaraj	57,822	57.54	+24.25
	DMK	R. Manickkavachagam	42,673	42.46	+17.05
Margin of victory			15,149	15.07	7.20
Turnout			100,495	61.60	2.79
Registered electors			165,819
	AIADMK hold		Swing	24.25

1977

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Maruthachalam	31,690	33.29	New
	DMK	R. Manickavachagam	24,195	25.41	−34.89
	JP	V. K. Lakshmanan	22,579	23.72	New
	INC	T. M. Palanisamy	15,865	16.66	New
	RPI	K. Kalinga Gounder	559	0.59	New
Margin of victory			7,495	7.87	−17.45
Turnout			95,207	58.81	−17.47
Registered electors			164,344
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-27.02

1971

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Manickavasakam	51,181	60.30	+1.16
	Independent	M. Nataraj	29,689	34.98	New
	Independent	K. Rengaswamy Allas Raju	4,003	4.72	New
Margin of victory			21,492	25.32	3.74
Turnout			84,873	76.28	1.42
Registered electors			118,619
	DMK hold		Swing	1.16

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Manickavachakam	42,261	59.14	+49.34
	INC	V. E. Naidu	26,842	37.56	−15.11
	Independent	R. K. Gounder	2,354	3.29	New
Margin of victory			15,419	21.58	−10.47
Turnout			71,457	74.86	−4.20
Registered electors			101,232
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	6.47

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Ellama Naidu	32,520	52.67	New
	CPI	L. Arputhasamy	12,735	20.63	New
	SWA	V. R. Ponnusamy Gounder	6,725	10.89	New
	DMK	K. Meyyappan	6,054	9.81	New
	Independent	N. Subbian	2,225	3.60	New
	Socialist	M. Ramalingam	1,485	2.41	New
Margin of victory			19,785	32.04
Turnout			61,744	79.06
Registered electors			81,201
	INC win (new seat)

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Palaniswani Gounder	22,814	51.19	New
	Socialist	Perumal	10,894	24.45	New
	KMPP	Ammasai Gounder	6,895	15.47	New
	Independent	Palaniappa Gounder	3,961	8.89	New
Margin of victory			11,920	26.75
Turnout			44,564	64.28
Registered electors			69,328
	INC win (new seat)