Katpadi Assembly constituency

Katpadi is a state assembly constituency in Vellore district in Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 40. It comprises portions of the Katpadi, Vellore, and Walajah taluks. It is a part of Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. The constituency was formed in 1962 by separating Gudiyatham Assembly constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

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Katpadi Assembly constituency

Katpadi is a state assembly constituency in Vellore district in Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 40. It comprises portions of the Katpadi, Vellore, and Walajah taluks. It is a part of Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. The constituency was formed in 1962 by separating Gudiyatham Assembly constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Demographics

Katpadi Assembly constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Category</th><th>Data</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Created</td><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td>Adi dravidar</td><td>25%</td></tr><tr><td>Vanniyar</td><td>25%</td></tr><tr><td>Thuluva Vellalar</td><td>20%</td></tr><tr><td>Telugu People and Religious Minorities</td><td>20%</td></tr><tr><td>Others</td><td>10%</td></tr><tr><td>Total Electorate (2016)</td><td>2,29,868</td></tr></tbody></table>

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1962</td><td>B. Rajagopal Naidu</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>G. Natarajan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr></tbody></table>

Tamil Nadu

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1971</td><td>Durai Murugan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>M. A. Jayavelu</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>N. A. Poongavanam</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>G. Ragupathi</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>Durai Murugan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>K. M. Kalaiselvi</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>Durai Murugan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

2026

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Durai Murugan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK+</td><td>V. Ramu</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Thirukumaran</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>M. Sudhakar</td><td></td><td></td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>215,751</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>gain from</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Durai Murugan</td><td>85,140</td><td>46.18%</td><td>−4.72</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>V. Ramu</td><td>84,394</td><td>45.78%</td><td>+8.34</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>S. Thirukkumaran</td><td>10,449</td><td>5.67%</td><td>+5.03</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,889</td><td>1.02%</td><td>−0.38</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>A. S. Raja</td><td>1,066</td><td>0.58%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IJK</td><td>M. Sudharsan</td><td>1,003</td><td>0.54%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>746</td><td>0.40%</td><td>−13.06%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>184,357</td><td>74.17%</td><td>−3.21%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>517</td><td>0.28%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>248,567</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-4.72%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Durai Murugan</td><td>90,534</td><td>50.90%</td><td>+1.35</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>S. R. K. Appu</td><td>66,588</td><td>37.44%</td><td>−10.15</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>N. T. Shanmugam</td><td>12,728</td><td>7.16%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>2,492</td><td>1.40%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TMC(M)</td><td>T. V. Sivanandam</td><td>2,163</td><td>1.22%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>L. Puviarasan</td><td>1,135</td><td>0.64%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>23,946</td><td>13.46%</td><td>11.50%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>177,870</td><td>77.38%</td><td>−2.17%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>229,868</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>1.35%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Durai Murugan</td><td>75,064</td><td>49.55%</td><td>−7.9</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>S. R. K. Appu (A) S. Radhakrishnan.</td><td>72,091</td><td>47.59%</td><td>+13.39</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>A. Varadarajan</td><td>1,539</td><td>1.02%</td><td>−0.01</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Sriram</td><td>1,067</td><td>0.70%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,973</td><td>1.96%</td><td>−21.29%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>151,498</td><td>79.54%</td><td>9.15%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>190,456</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-7.90%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2006

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Durai Murugan</td><td>86,824</td><td>57.45%</td><td>+7.98</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>B. Narayanan</td><td>51,677</td><td>34.19%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>S. Radha Krishanan</td><td>8,492</td><td>5.62%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>V. R. Suresh</td><td>1,543</td><td>1.02%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Jaganathan</td><td>779</td><td>0.52%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>35,147</td><td>23.26%</td><td>17.09%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>151,130</td><td>70.39%</td><td>3.43%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>214,702</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>7.98%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2001

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Durai Murugan</td><td>64,187</td><td>49.47%</td><td>−11.73</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>A. K. Natarajan</td><td>56,185</td><td>43.30%</td><td>+39.21</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>Satchidanandam D</td><td>2,923</td><td>2.25%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Sellapandiyan</td><td>1,997</td><td>1.54%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Puratchi Bharatham</td><td>G. Deenadhayalan</td><td>1,563</td><td>1.20%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Velmurugan</td><td>1,071</td><td>0.83%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Venkatesan K</td><td>781</td><td>0.60%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. N. Selvam</td><td>766</td><td>0.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>8,002</td><td>6.17%</td><td>−27.10%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>129,746</td><td>66.96%</td><td>−3.43%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>193,925</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-11.73%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1996

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Durai Murugan</td><td>75,439</td><td>61.20%</td><td>+28.18</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>K. Pandurangan</td><td>34,432</td><td>27.93%</td><td>−28.5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>B. Murugesan</td><td>5,042</td><td>4.09%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>T. R. Purushothaman</td><td>4,819</td><td>3.91%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Sellapandian</td><td>2,037</td><td>1.65%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>41,007</td><td>33.27%</td><td>9.86%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>123,266</td><td>70.39%</td><td>3.62%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>181,380</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>4.77%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1991

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>K. M. Kalaiselvi</td><td>63,005</td><td>56.43%</td><td>+32.96</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Durai Murugan</td><td>36,866</td><td>33.02%</td><td>−10.39</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>M. Damodaran</td><td>8,778</td><td>7.86%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G. Subramani</td><td>1,980</td><td>1.77%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>26,139</td><td>23.41%</td><td>3.47%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>111,652</td><td>66.77%</td><td>−2.93%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>173,715</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>13.02%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1989

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Durai Murugan</td><td>43,181</td><td>43.41%</td><td>+3.79</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>R. Margabandu</td><td>23,344</td><td>23.47%</td><td>−33.61</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V. Dhandayutha Pani</td><td>20,859</td><td>20.97%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>A. M. Ragunatan</td><td>8,858</td><td>8.90%</td><td>−48.17</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. P. Santhana Raj</td><td>2,192</td><td>2.20%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>19,837</td><td>19.94%</td><td>2.48%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>99,475</td><td>69.71%</td><td>−6.02%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>145,879</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-13.67%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1984

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>G. Raghupathi</td><td>53,077</td><td>57.08%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Durai Murugan</td><td>36,839</td><td>39.62%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. K. Somasundaram</td><td>1,195</td><td>1.29%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. G. S. Mahalingam</td><td>983</td><td>1.06%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. P. Santhanaraj</td><td>894</td><td>0.96%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>16,238</td><td>17.46%</td><td>9.78%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>92,988</td><td>75.73%</td><td>18.09%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>127,249</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from CPI</td><td>Swing</td><td>10.60%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1980

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>N. A. Poongavanam</td><td>31,918</td><td>46.48%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>A. K. Shanmugasundaram</td><td>26,639</td><td>38.79%</td><td>+34.37</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>T. R. Ranga Reddy</td><td>7,214</td><td>10.50%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. A. Jayavelu</td><td>2,905</td><td>4.23%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,279</td><td>7.69%</td><td>1.02%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>68,676</td><td>57.64%</td><td>−5.08%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>121,387</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>8.30%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1977

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>M. A. Jayavelu</td><td>26,873</td><td>38.18%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Sambasivam</td><td>22,183</td><td>31.51%</td><td>−26.27</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>K. P. Navakoti</td><td>15,683</td><td>22.28%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V. N. Rathinam</td><td>3,114</td><td>4.42%</td><td>−27.82</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Natarajan</td><td>1,112</td><td>1.58%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ramasamy Alias Shozhan</td><td>878</td><td>1.25%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Govindaraji</td><td>546</td><td>0.78%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>4,690</td><td>6.66%</td><td>−18.88%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>70,389</td><td>62.72%</td><td>−11.43%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>113,689</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-19.61%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1971

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Durai Murugan</td><td>37,487</td><td>57.79%</td><td>+4.73</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Dhandayuthapani</td><td>20,919</td><td>32.25%</td><td>−8.05</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Sundaram</td><td>6,133</td><td>9.45%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Manickam</td><td>329</td><td>0.51%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>16,568</td><td>25.54%</td><td>12.79%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>64,868</td><td>74.15%</td><td>−4.87%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>91,305</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>4.73%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1967

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>G. Natarajan</td><td>32,952</td><td>53.06%</td><td>+18.38</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>P. S. R. Naidu</td><td>25,032</td><td>40.30%</td><td>−3.88</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RPI</td><td>C. Gopal</td><td>4,125</td><td>6.64%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,920</td><td>12.75%</td><td>3.24%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>62,109</td><td>79.02%</td><td>5.40%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>82,615</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>8.87%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1962

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>B. Rajagopal Naidu</td><td>26,389</td><td>44.19%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Natarajan</td><td>20,710</td><td>34.68%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>Kothandaraman</td><td>10,192</td><td>17.07%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PSP</td><td>A. Kulasekara Naidu</td><td>1,219</td><td>2.04%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. R. Gopal</td><td>1,212</td><td>2.03%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,679</td><td>9.51%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>59,722</td><td>73.62%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>85,824</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>