Tiruppur South Assembly constituency

For previous elections held in this constituency, see Tiruppur Assembly constituency.

Tiruppur South or 'Tiruppur (South)' is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India newly formed after constituency delimitations in 2008.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 114. It is included in Tiruppur Lok Sabha constituency.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Tiruppur (South)
Constituency No. 114 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruppur
Lok Sabha constituency	Tiruppur
Established	2008
Total electors	2,76,483[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. Selvaraj
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
2011	K. Thangavel		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2016	S. Gunasekaran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	K. Selvaraj		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			43.59%
2016			44.68%
2011			61.63%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruppur (South)^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Selvaraj	75,535	43.59%	+8.62
	AIADMK	S. Gunasekaran	70,826	40.87%	−3.81
	NTK	K. Shanmugasundaram	12,898	7.44%	+5.92
	MNM	Anusha Ravi	9,934	5.73%	New
	AMMK	A. Vishalakchi	1,757	1.01%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,142	0.66%	−0.83
Margin of victory			4,709	2.72%	−6.99%
Turnout			173,276	62.67%	−3.61%
Rejected ballots			118	0.07%
Registered electors			276,483
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.09%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruppur (South)^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Gunasekaran	73,351	44.68%	New
	DMK	K. Selvaraj	57,418	34.98%	New
	CPI(M)	K. Thangavel	13,597	8.28%	−53.35
	BJP	N. Point Mani	7,640	4.65%	+1.06
	SDPI	M. Basheer Ahamed	2,547	1.55%	−0.61
	NTK	K. Shanmugasundaram	2,506	1.53%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,445	1.49%	New
	KMDK	K. Velumani	1,166	0.71%	New
	PMK	Sayed Masnsoor Husain	1,093	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			15,933	9.71%	−21.59%
Turnout			164,166	66.29%	−6.59%
Registered electors			247,665
	AIADMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-16.95%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruppur (South)^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Thangavel	75,424	61.63%	New
	INC	K. Senthilkumar	37,121	30.33%	New
	BJP	N. Pointmani	4,397	3.59%	New
	SDPI	M. Mohmedamanulla	2,645	2.16%	New
	Independent	L. M. Maswooth	944	0.77%	New
Margin of victory			38,303	31.30%
Turnout			122,375	72.87%
Registered electors			167,927
	CPI(M) win (new seat)