Uppiliapuram Assembly constituency

Uppiliyapuram is a state assembly constituency in Tiruchirappalli district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] It is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency.

Uppilyapuram
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Trichy
Lok Sabha constituency	Perambalur
Established	1962
Abolished	2008
Total electors	173,935
Reservation	ST

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
Madras State
1962	V. A. Mutthiah		Indian National Congress
1967	T. P. Alagamuthu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tamil Nadu
1971	T. P. Alagamuthu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	R. Periasamy		Indian National Congress
1980	V. Rangarajan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	R. Saroja		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	R. Mookkan		Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Jayalalitha)
1991	V. Ravichandran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	T. Karuppusami		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	R. Saroja		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	R. Rani		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2006			46.98%
2001			50.47%
1996			62.20%
1991			67.46%
1989			39.93%
1984			60.61%
1980			49.46%
1977			37.08%
1971			51.60%
1967			56.29%
1962			47.26%

2006

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Rani	59,171	46.98%	7.10%
	AIADMK	P. Muthusamy	46,789	37.15%	−13.33%
	DMDK	Mookan	14,514	11.52%
	Independent	Rajendran	2,066	1.64%
	BJP	Sivakumar	1,548	1.23%
	Independent	P. Ravi	1,248	0.99%
	Independent	Chelladurai	621	0.49%
Margin of victory			12,382	9.83%	−0.77%
Turnout			125,957	72.42%	10.32%
Registered electors			173,935
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-3.50%

2001

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Saroja	58,810	50.47%	18.83%
	DMK	R. Rani	46,459	39.87%	−22.32%
	Independent	P. Ravi	5,745	4.93%
	MDMK	E. Pon Rajendran	5,503	4.72%	−0.71%
Margin of victory			12,351	10.60%	−19.95%
Turnout			116,517	62.10%	−6.78%
Registered electors			187,653
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-11.72%

1996

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. Karuppusami	70,372	62.20%	30.87%
	AIADMK	R. Saroja	35,804	31.65%	−35.81%
	MDMK	P. Rajendran	6,144	5.43%
	Independent	P. Periasamy	389	0.34%
	Independent	T. Selvarani	259	0.23%
	Independent	V. Ravichandran	174	0.15%
Margin of victory			34,568	30.55%	−5.58%
Turnout			113,142	68.88%	4.37%
Registered electors			170,627
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-5.26%

1991

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Ravichandaran	69,748	67.46%	27.53%
	DMK	M. Sundravadanam	32,392	31.33%	−4.40%
	THMM	M. Periyasamy	714	0.69%
	Independent	M. Sekar	542	0.52%
Margin of victory			37,356	36.13%	31.93%
Turnout			103,396	64.51%	−10.03%
Registered electors			165,647
	AIADMK hold		Swing	27.53%

1989

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Mookkan	43,384	39.93%	−20.68%
	DMK	M. Varadarajan	38,824	35.73%	−2.31%
	INC	M. Selvaraj	18,774	17.28%
	AIADMK	S. Sivaprakasan	5,900	5.43%	−55.18%
	Independent	K. Perumal	1,041	0.96%
	Independent	P. Periasamy	728	0.67%
Margin of victory			4,560	4.20%	−18.37%
Turnout			108,651	74.54%	−0.65%
Registered electors			149,200
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-20.68%

1984

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Saroja	59,347	60.61%	11.14%
	DMK	R. Mookkayee	37,249	38.04%
	Independent	P. Periyasamy	712	0.73%
	Independent	O. K. Perumal	612	0.63%
Margin of victory			22,098	22.57%	19.98%
Turnout			97,920	75.19%	5.98%
Registered electors			134,178
	AIADMK hold		Swing	11.14%

1980

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Rengarajan	43,263	49.46%	19.07%
	INC	R. Palani Muthu	40,997	46.87%	9.79%
	JP	K. Perumal	1,751	2.00%
	Independent	O. K. Perumal	1,121	1.28%
	Independent	A. Ramaraju	333	0.38%
Margin of victory			2,266	2.59%	−4.10%
Turnout			87,465	69.21%	5.91%
Registered electors			128,076
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	12.38%

1977

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Periasamy	31,642	37.08%	−6.32%
	AIADMK	M. Atchaya Gopal	25,936	30.40%
	DMK	R. Natarasan	23,524	27.57%	−24.03%
	JP	C. Chinna Samy	4,222	4.95%
Margin of victory			5,706	6.69%	−1.51%
Turnout			85,324	63.30%	−19.24%
Registered electors			136,600
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-14.51%

1971

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. P. Alagamuthu	42,861	51.60%	−4.69%
	INC	R. Periasami	36,054	43.40%	2.71%
	Independent	S. R. Nararajan	4,150	5.00%
Margin of victory			6,807	8.19%	−7.40%
Turnout			83,065	82.53%	−5.08%
Registered electors			104,712
	DMK hold		Swing	-4.69%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Uppiliapuram^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. P. Alagamuthu	43,453	56.29%	9.60%
	INC	A. V. Mudaliar	31,416	40.69%	−6.57%
	Independent	P. Chinnasamy	2,330	3.02%
Margin of victory			12,037	15.59%	15.02%
Turnout			77,199	87.62%	3.08%
Registered electors			91,046
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	9.02%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Uppiliapuram^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. A. Muthiah	29,435	47.26%
	DMK	N. Pethureddiar	29,077	46.69%
	Independent	O. P. Sivalingam	3,766	6.05%
Margin of victory			358	0.57%
Turnout			62,278	84.53%
Registered electors			76,113
	INC win (new seat)