Veerapandi Assembly constituency

Veerapandi is a legislative assembly constituency in Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 91. It comprises a portion of Salem taluk and is a part of the wider Salem Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[3] The constituency has been in existence since the 1957 election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Veerapandi
Constituency No. 91 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Lok Sabha constituency	Salem
Established	1957
Total electors	2,60,064[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent M. Rajamuthu
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Demographics

Demographics

Category	Data
Created	2016
Vanniyar	24%
Kongu Vellalar Gounder	20%
Nadar	17%
Senguntha kaikola Mudaliyar	11%
Adi Dravida	7%
Arunthathiyar	05%
Others	16%
Total Electorate	2,39,268

^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1957	M. R. Kandasami Mudaliar		Indian National Congress
1962	S. Arumugam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	S. Arumugam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	P. Venga Gounder		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	P. Vijayalakshmi
1984
1989	P. Venkatachalam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	K. Arjunan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	S. Arumugam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	S. K. Selvam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	A. Rajendran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	S. K. Selvam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	P. Manonmani[5]
2021	M. Rajamuthu

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			50.24%
2016			45.86%
2011			55.73%
2006			42.51%
2001			58.38%
1996			54.34%
1991			68.12%
1989			34.53%
1984			63.70%
1980			57.95%
1977			44.87%
1971			62.23%
1967			66.11%
1962			54.78%
1957			55.21%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Veerapandi^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Rajamuthu	111,682	50.24%	+4.39
	DMK	A. K. Tharun	91,787	41.29%	+2.44
	NTK	S. Rajeshkumar	9,806	4.41%	+3.81
	AMMK	S. K. Selvam	4,986	2.24%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,409	0.63%	−0.73
	IJK	R. Amutha	1,302	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			19,895	8.95%	1.94%
Turnout			222,293	85.48%	−0.92%
Rejected ballots			1063	0.48%
Registered electors			260,064
	AIADMK hold		Swing	4.39%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Veerapandi^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Manonmani	94,792	45.86%	−9.87
	DMK	A. Rajendran	80,311	38.85%	−2.13
	PMK	A. R. B. Samraj	17,218	8.33%	New
	CPI	A. Mohan	6,483	3.14%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,828	1.37%	New
	NTK	M. Sasi Kumar	1,233	0.60%	New
	KMDK	K. P. Kamaraaj	1,198	0.58%	New
Margin of victory			14,481	7.01%	−7.74%
Turnout			206,718	86.40%	−2.73%
Registered electors			239,268
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-9.87%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Veerapandi^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. K. Selvam	100,155	55.73%	+13.99
	DMK	A. Rajendran	73,657	40.98%	−1.53
	Independent	M. Vaithi	1,558	0.87%	New
	Independent	K. Tamizharasan	1,355	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			26,498	14.74%	13.97%
Turnout			179,729	89.12%	9.95%
Registered electors			201,660
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	13.22%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Veerapandi^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Rajendran	90,477	42.51%	+4.59
	AIADMK	P. Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy	88,839	41.74%	−16.64
	DMDK	S. Salem Govindaraj	28,254	13.27%	New
	BJP	A. Annadurai	1,576	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			1,638	0.77%	−19.68%
Turnout			212,846	79.18%	8.14%
Registered electors			268,821
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-15.87%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Veerapandi^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. K. Selvam	85,657	58.38%	+19.25
	DMK	Veerapandy S. Arumugam	55,645	37.92%	−16.42
	MDMK	A. Anburajendran	1,318	0.90%	−0.37
	Independent	S. Amirthalingam	1,067	0.73%	New
	Independent	V. Nehrurajan	962	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			30,012	20.45%	5.24%
Turnout			146,733	71.03%	2.12%
Registered electors			206,595
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	4.04%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Veerapandi^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Veerapandy S. Arumugam	75,563	54.34%	+34.3
	AIADMK	K. Arjunan	54,412	39.13%	−28.99
	PMK	M. Chinnappan	6,303	4.53%	New
	MDMK	Anbu Rajendran	1,760	1.27%	New
Margin of victory			21,151	15.21%	−32.88%
Turnout			139,054	68.92%	6.83%
Registered electors			210,273
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-13.78%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Veerapandi^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Arjunan	79,725	68.12%	+37.56
	DMK	P. Venkatachalam	23,451	20.04%	−14.49
	PMK	M. Chinnappan	11,799	10.08%	New
	JP	P. Palaniappan	798	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			56,274	48.09%	44.12%
Turnout			117,028	62.09%	−1.25%
Registered electors			194,734
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	33.59%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Veerapandi^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Venkatachalam	36,040	34.53%	−0.16
	AIADMK	S. K. Selvam	31,899	30.56%	−33.14
	INC	K. Mariappan	20,291	19.44%	New
	AIADMK	P. Vijayalakshmi	10,635	10.19%	−53.52
	Independent	M. G. C. Prabhakar	2,300	2.20%	New
	Independent	N. Krishnamoorthy	1,618	1.55%	New
	Independent	M. Govindan	673	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			4,141	3.97%	−25.05%
Turnout			104,369	63.34%	−8.81%
Registered electors			168,878
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-29.17%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Veerapandi^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Vijayalakshmi	61,609	63.70%	+5.75
	DMK	Subramaniam	33,549	34.69%	−5.12
	Independent	C. Raja	552	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			28,060	29.01%	10.88%
Turnout			96,710	72.15%	1.15%
Registered electors			141,355
	AIADMK hold		Swing	5.75%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Veerapandi^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Vijayalakshmi	51,034	57.95%	+13.08
	DMK	K. P. Srinivasan	35,061	39.81%	+14.31
	JP	M. M. Nallathambi	1,331	1.51%	New
	Independent	T. K. Thangavel	508	0.58%	New
Margin of victory			15,973	18.14%	−1.23%
Turnout			88,061	71.00%	9.83%
Registered electors			125,608
	AIADMK hold		Swing	13.08%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Veerapandi^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Venga Gounder	31,920	44.87%	New
	DMK	M. Muthuswamy	18,144	25.50%	−36.72
	INC	T. V. Thirumalai	10,777	15.15%	−12.6
	JP	P. C. Kolandavelu	9,898	13.91%	New
	Independent	R. Viruppannan	401	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			13,776	19.36%	−15.11%
Turnout			71,140	61.17%	−6.99%
Registered electors			117,964
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-17.36%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Veerapandi^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Veerapandy S. Arumugam	41,369	62.23%	−3.88
	INC	T. V. Thirumalai	18,449	27.75%	−6.13
	CPI(M)	K. Rangannan	4,221	6.35%	New
	Independent	M. Malaikolundupillai	2,440	3.67%	New
Margin of victory			22,920	34.48%	2.25%
Turnout			66,479	68.16%	−4.92%
Registered electors			101,883
	DMK hold		Swing	-3.88%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Veerapandi^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Veerapandy S. Arumugam	42,681	66.11%	+11.33
	INC	N. S. Sundararajan	21,876	33.89%	−5.5
Margin of victory			20,805	32.23%	16.83%
Turnout			64,557	73.08%	0.73%
Registered electors			90,758
	DMK hold		Swing	11.33%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Veerapandi^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Veerapandy S. Arumugam	30,840	54.78%	New
	INC	A. Mariappan	22,171	39.39%	−15.82
	Independent	V. Siddha Chetty	1,450	2.58%	New
	Independent	K. Chinnathambi Gounder	937	1.66%	New
	Independent	K. Samuel	895	1.59%	New
Margin of victory			8,669	15.40%	−9.26%
Turnout			56,293	72.35%	20.62%
Registered electors			80,507
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-0.42%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Veerapandi^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. R. Kandasamy Mudaliar	21,264	55.21%	New
	Independent	Chelliah	11,765	30.54%	New
	Independent	K. V. Palanisamy	2,838	7.37%	New
	Independent	Shanmuga Mudali	1,589	4.13%	New
	Independent	Muthusamy Konan	1,062	2.76%	New
Margin of victory			9,499	24.66%
Turnout			38,518	51.74%
Registered electors			74,451
	INC win (new seat)