Uthangarai Assembly constituency

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Uthangarai
Constituency No. 51 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Krishnagiri
Lok Sabha constituency	Krishnagiri
Established	2008
Total electors	2,37,810[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent T M Tamilselvam
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Uthangarai is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after the constituency delimitation in 2008. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 51. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. It comprises a portion.^[2] Located in Krishnagiri district, it consists of Uthangarai taluk and a portion of Pochampalli taluk. It is included in Krishnagiri Lok Sabha constituency.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
2011	Manoranjitham Nagaraj		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016[4]
2021	T. M. Tamilselvam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			52.96%
2016			38.75%
2011			58.92%

2021

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. M. Tamilselvam	99,675	52.96%	+14.21
	INC	S. Arumugam	71,288	37.87%	New
	NTK	Elangovan	10,424	5.54%	New
	DMDK	R. Bakyaraj	2,291	1.22%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,359	0.72%	−0.23
	MNM	K. Murugesan	1,254	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			28,387	15.08%	13.63%
Turnout			188,223	79.15%	−3.45%
Rejected ballots			214	0.11%
Registered electors			237,810
	AIADMK hold		Swing	14.21%

2016

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Manoranjitham Nagaraj	69,980	38.75%	−20.18
	DMK	S. Malathy	67,367	37.30%	New
	PMK	T. N. Anguthi	23,500	13.01%	New
	VCK	C. Kaniyamudhan	12,669	7.01%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,717	0.95%	New
	BJP	S. A. Pandu	1,591	0.88%	−0.78
	KMDK	V. Theerthagiri	1,266	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			2,613	1.45%	−24.08%
Turnout			180,616	82.60%	0.51%
Registered electors			218,671
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-20.18%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Uthangarai^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Manoranjitham Nagaraj	90,381	58.92%	New
	VCK	Muniyammal	51,223	33.39%	New
	Independent	S. Vediyappan	4,134	2.70%	New
	BJP	C. K. Sankar	2,549	1.66%	New
	Independent	Dr. V. Devarajan	2,138	1.39%	New
	Independent	P. Vinothkumar	1,584	1.03%	New
	Independent	Murugan	1,382	0.90%	New
Margin of victory			39,158	25.53%
Turnout			153,391	82.09%
Registered electors			186,855
	AIADMK win (new seat)