Palladam Assembly constituency

Palladam
Palladam
Constituency No. 115 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruppur
Lok Sabha constituency	Coimbatore
Established	1957
Total electors	3,89,786
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent M. S. M. Anandan
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Palladam is a legislative assembly in Tiruppur district in India, which includes the town of Palladam.^[2] Palladam Assembly constituency is a part of Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency.^[3] The constituency has been in existence since the 1957 election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Demographics

Gender demographics of Palladam constituency as of 01.04.2021,^[4] taken ahead of the State General election in Tamilnadu in 2021.

Year	Female	Male	Transgender	Total
2021	1,93,139	1,93,904	68	3,87,111

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner
1957	P. S. Chinnadurai	Praja Socialist Party
1962	Sengaliappan	Indian National Congress
1967	K. N. Kumarasamy Gounder	Praja Socialist Party

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Duration	Winner
Fifth	1971-77	K. N. Kumarasamy Gounder	Praja Socialist Party
Sixth	1977-80	P. G. Kittu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-84	P. N. Paramasiva Gounder
Eighth	1984-89	P. N. Paramasiva Gounder
Ninth	1989-91	M. Kannappan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991-96	K. S. Duraimurugan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-01	S. S. Ponmudi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-06	S. M. Velusamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006-11	S. M. Velusamy
Fourteenth	2011-2016	K. P. Paramasivam
Fifteenth	2016	A. Natarajan
Sixteenth	2021	M. S. M. Anandan

2021 elections

Constituency details

Men	Women	Third Gender	Total
1,87,927	1,87,852	60	3,75,838^[5]

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			48.86%
2016			47.01%
2011			66.78%
2006			43.73%
2001			55.86%
1996			55.64%
1991			61.03%
1989			39.12%
1984			53.97%
1980			48.36%
1977			33.11%
1971			57.57%
1967			46.99%
1962			51.66%
1957			57.83%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palladam^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. S. M. Anandan	126,903	48.86%	+1.85
	DMK	K. Muthu Rathinam	94,212	36.28%	+2.79
	NTK	S. Subramanian	20,524	7.90%	+6.68
	MNM	G. Mayilsamy	10,227	3.94%	New
	AMMK	R. Jothimani	2,618	1.01%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,802	0.69%	−0.95
Margin of victory			32,691	12.59%	−0.93%
Turnout			259,709	66.63%	−5.05%
Rejected ballots			98	0.04%
Registered electors			389,786
	AIADMK hold		Swing	1.85%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palladam^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Natarajan	111,866	47.01%	−19.77
	DMK	S. Krishna Moorthy	79,692	33.49%	New
	MDMK	K. Muthu Rathinam	14,841	6.24%	New
	BJP	S. Thangaraj	13,127	5.52%	+3.02
	KMDK	C. Rajendran	6,572	2.76%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	3,904	1.64%	New
	NTK	T. Velusamy	2,911	1.22%	New
	PMK	S. Kumar	2,292	0.96%	New
	Independent	G. Nataraj	1,547	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			32,174	13.52%	−25.92%
Turnout			237,966	71.68%	−5.71%
Registered electors			331,995
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-19.77%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palladam^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. P. Paramasivam	118,140	66.78%	+23.05
	KNMK	K. Balasubramanian	48,364	27.34%	New
	BJP	M. Shanmuga Sundaram	4,423	2.50%	+0.41
	Independent	A. Annadurai	2,693	1.52%	New
	Independent	R. Annadurai	1,819	1.03%	New
	Independent	M. Senthilmurugan	1,471	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			69,776	39.44%	36.14%
Turnout			228,611	77.38%	6.65%
Registered electors			176,910
	AIADMK hold		Swing	23.05%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palladam^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. M. Velusamy	73,059	43.73%	−12.13
	DMK	S. S. Ponmudi	67,542	40.42%	+6.53
	DMDK	G. Subramaniam	19,697	11.79%	New
	BJP	P. M. Thirumurthy	3,492	2.09%	New
	BSP	S. P. Mylswamy	1,226	0.73%	New
	Independent	A. S. Rajendran	927	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			5,517	3.30%	−18.66%
Turnout			167,080	70.73%	10.49%
Registered electors			236,223
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-12.13%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palladam^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. M. Velusamy	82,592	55.86%	+24.72
	DMK	S. S. Ponmudi	50,118	33.89%	−21.74
	MDMK	C. Ponnusamy	10,410	7.04%	−1.77
	JD(S)	S. P. Muthulingam	1,514	1.02%	New
	Independent	P. Velusamy	1,514	1.02%	New
Margin of victory			32,474	21.96%	−2.54%
Turnout			147,864	60.24%	−8.88%
Registered electors			245,455
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	0.22%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palladam^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. S. Ponmudi	73,901	55.64%	+23.22
	AIADMK	K. S. Duraimurugan	41,361	31.14%	−29.89
	MDMK	A. Ku. Palanisamy	11,707	8.81%	New
	BJP	G. Rangasamy Naidu	2,796	2.11%	−2.09
Margin of victory			32,540	24.50%	−4.11%
Turnout			132,825	69.12%	4.03%
Registered electors			200,271
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-5.39%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palladam^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. S. Duraimurugan	69,803	61.03%	+33.61
	DMK	M. Kannappan	37,079	32.42%	−6.7
	BJP	A. Bala Dhandapani	4,797	4.19%	New
	PMK	C. Murugan	684	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			32,724	28.61%	16.91%
Turnout			114,376	65.09%	−9.02%
Registered electors			183,291
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	21.91%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palladam^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Kannappan	45,395	39.12%	*New*
	AIADMK	K. Sivaraj	31,819	27.42%	−26.55
	INC	Sivaji Kandessamy	24,980	21.53%	New
	AIADMK	K. C. Palanisamy	10,986	9.47%	−44.5
	Independent	C. Subramanian	779	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			13,576	11.70%	0.53%
Turnout			116,038	74.11%	1.80%
Registered electors			159,768
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-14.85%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palladam^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. N. Paramasiva Gounder	51,083	53.97%	+5.61
	Independent	Sivasamy	40,510	42.80%	New
	Independent	P. K. Kittu	950	1.00%	New
	Independent	Thangavelu	815	0.86%	New
Margin of victory			10,573	11.17%	1.62%
Turnout			94,647	72.31%	6.44%
Registered electors			138,075
	AIADMK hold		Swing	5.61%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palladam^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. N. Paramasiva Gounder	40,305	48.36%	+15.25
	INC	K. N. Kumarasamy Gounder	32,345	38.81%	+14.23
	JP	S. Ramaswamy	7,861	9.43%	New
	Independent	A. P. Muthuswamy	2,826	3.39%	New
Margin of victory			7,960	9.55%	1.03%
Turnout			83,337	65.87%	−0.46%
Registered electors			128,604
	AIADMK hold		Swing	15.25%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palladam^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. G. Kittu	27,172	33.11%	*New*
	INC	K. N. Kumarasamy Gounder	20,175	24.58%	−10.2
	JP	R. Krishnasamy Gounder	19,379	23.61%	New
	DMK	R. C. Kandasamy	14,658	17.86%	New
	Independent	C. Chinnia Gonuder	684	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			6,997	8.53%	−14.26%
Turnout			82,068	66.34%	−0.73%
Registered electors			125,740
	AIADMK gain from PSP		Swing	-24.46%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palladam^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	K. N. Kumarasamy Gounder	34,876	57.57%	*New*
	INC	R. Sengaliappan	21,070	34.78%	−1.11
	CPI(M)	Arangaramurthi	4,637	7.65%	New
Margin of victory			13,806	22.79%	11.68%
Turnout			60,583	67.06%	−8.98%
Registered electors			99,853
	PSP hold		Swing	10.58%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Palladam^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	K. N. Kumarasamy Gounder	31,977	46.99%	*New*
	INC	R. Sengaliappan	24,421	35.89%	−15.78
	Independent	M. V. Gounder	11,650	17.12%	New
Margin of victory			7,556	11.10%	−17.79%
Turnout			68,048	76.04%	2.83%
Registered electors			95,869
	PSP gain from INC		Swing	-4.67%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Palladam^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Sengaliappan	33,437	51.66%	+14.3
	PSP	P. S. Chinnadurai	14,736	22.77%	New
	CPI	K. R. Ramasamy	10,247	15.83%	New
	DMK	Palamisamy	4,778	7.38%	New
	Socialist	Gopalasamy	1,523	2.35%	New
Margin of victory			18,701	28.89%	8.43%
Turnout			64,721	73.22%	21.59%
Registered electors			92,464
	INC gain from PSP		Swing	-6.17%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Palladam^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	P. S. Chinnadurai	27,111	57.83%	*New*
	INC	Kumarasami Gounder	17,515	37.36%	New
	Independent	Ponnusami	2,255	4.81%	New
Margin of victory			9,596	20.47%
Turnout			46,881	51.63%
Registered electors			90,803
	PSP win (new seat)

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