Mettupalayam Assembly constituency

Mettupalayam is a legislative assembly constituency in Coimbatore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It comes under Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

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Mettupalayam Assembly constituency

Mettupalayam is a legislative assembly constituency in Coimbatore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It comes under Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1952</td><td>Kempi Gowder</td><td></td><td>Independent</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>D. Raghubadhi Devi</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>N. Shanmuga Sundaram</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>T. T. S. Thippiah</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>M. C. Thooyamani</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>S. Palanisamy</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>M. Chinnaraj</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>V. Gopalakrishnan</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>L. Sulochana</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>B. Arunkumar</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>A. K. Selvaraj</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>O. K. Chinnaraj</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>A. K. Selvaraj</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>SPA</td><td>Kavitha Kalyanasundaram</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK+</td><td>O. K. Chinnaraj</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>S. Gopala Krishnan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>N. Sunil Anand</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>279,438</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>AIADMK</td><td>A. K. Selvaraj</td><td>105,231</td><td>46.75%</td><td>+2.34</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>T. R. Shanmugasundaram</td><td>102,775</td><td>45.66%</td><td>+8.9</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>K. Yasmin</td><td>10,954</td><td>4.87%</td><td>+4.15</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>2,733</td><td>1.21%</td><td>−0.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>P. Saravanan</td><td>1,864</td><td>0.83%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,456</td><td>1.09%</td><td>−6.55%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>225,083</td><td>75.82%</td><td>0.31%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>456</td><td>0.20%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>296,870</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>2.34%</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>AIADMK</td><td>O. K. Chinnaraj</td><td>93,595</td><td>44.41%</td><td>−10.12</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>S. Surendran</td><td>77,481</td><td>36.76%</td><td>−2.77</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TMC(M)</td><td>T. R. Shanmuga Sundaram</td><td>13,324</td><td>6.32%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>P. Jaganathan</td><td>11,036</td><td>5.24%</td><td>+1.95</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>3,408</td><td>1.62%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>S. Mohammed Rafi</td><td>2,209</td><td>1.05%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>K. Moorthi</td><td>1,870</td><td>0.89%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>KMDK</td><td>K. Vellingiri</td><td>1,604</td><td>0.76%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>A. Abdul Vahab</td><td>1,509</td><td>0.72%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Venkatesh</td><td>1,264</td><td>0.60%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. K. Poongundran</td><td>1,145</td><td>0.54%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>16,114</td><td>7.65%</td><td>−7.35%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>210,761</td><td>75.51%</td><td>−5.62%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>279,110</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-10.12%</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>AIADMK</td><td>O. K. Chinnaraj</td><td>93,700</td><td>54.53%</td><td>+10.02</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>B. Arunkumar</td><td>67,925</td><td>39.53%</td><td>−4.88</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>K. R. Nandhakumar</td><td>5,647</td><td>3.29%</td><td>+1.18</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(ML)L</td><td>R. Janaki Raman</td><td>1,433</td><td>0.83%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>B. Ravichandran</td><td>1,382</td><td>0.80%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>25,775</td><td>15.00%</td><td>14.91%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>211,799</td><td>81.13%</td><td>6.91%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>171,836</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>10.02%</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>AIADMK</td><td>O. K. Chinnaraj</td><td>67,445</td><td>44.50%</td><td>−15.52</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>B. Arunkumar</td><td>67,303</td><td>44.41%</td><td>+13.2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>V. Saraswathi</td><td>10,877</td><td>7.18%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>P. Jeganathan</td><td>3,187</td><td>2.10%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Premnath</td><td>1,346</td><td>0.89%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>142</td><td>0.09%</td><td>−28.72%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>151,546</td><td>74.23%</td><td>9.35%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>204,170</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-15.52%</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>AIADMK</td><td>A. K. Selvaraj</td><td>85,578</td><td>60.02%</td><td>+28.18</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>B. Arunkumar</td><td>44,500</td><td>31.21%</td><td>−24.39</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>B. N. Rajendran</td><td>6,755</td><td>4.74%</td><td>−1.3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NCP</td><td>U. N. Murugasan Benjamin</td><td>2,339</td><td>1.64%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Jabbar</td><td>1,474</td><td>1.03%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>41,078</td><td>28.81%</td><td>5.05%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>142,577</td><td>64.88%</td><td>−5.30%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>219,782</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>4.42%</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>B. Arunkumar</td><td>71,954</td><td>55.60%</td><td>+29.6</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>K. Doraiswamy</td><td>41,202</td><td>31.84%</td><td>−28.98</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>T. T. Arangasamy</td><td>7,817</td><td>6.04%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Sri. Nandhakumar</td><td>4,884</td><td>3.77%</td><td>−2.08</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>A. Thangaraj</td><td>1,548</td><td>1.20%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>S. B. Anbuselvan</td><td>761</td><td>0.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>30,752</td><td>23.76%</td><td>−11.06%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>129,404</td><td>70.17%</td><td>3.19%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>195,527</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-5.22%</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>L. Sulochana</td><td>72,912</td><td>60.82%</td><td>+38.52</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>B. Arunkumar</td><td>31,173</td><td>26.01%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Nandakumar Sri</td><td>7,017</td><td>5.85%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>M. R. Sivasamy</td><td>6,325</td><td>5.28%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>R. Palanichami</td><td>628</td><td>0.52%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>41,739</td><td>34.82%</td><td>28.91%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>119,873</td><td>66.98%</td><td>−8.31%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>186,264</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>32.61%</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>INC</td><td>V. Gopalakrishnan</td><td>34,194</td><td>28.21%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>V. Jayaraman</td><td>27,034</td><td>22.30%</td><td>−37.29</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>C. V. Kandasamy</td><td>25,987</td><td>21.44%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>India Farmers and Tailers Party</td><td>M. R. Sivasamy</td><td>18,097</td><td>14.93%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>D. K. Duraisamy</td><td>11,041</td><td>9.11%</td><td>−50.49</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sunbban</td><td>1,480</td><td>1.22%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. Saminathan</td><td>774</td><td>0.64%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,160</td><td>5.91%</td><td>−13.74%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>121,209</td><td>75.29%</td><td>−0.99%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>165,095</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-31.38%</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>M. Chinnaraj</td><td>61,951</td><td>59.60%</td><td>+0.63</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>M. Mathiyan</td><td>41,527</td><td>39.95%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>20,424</td><td>19.65%</td><td>0.16%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>103,952</td><td>76.28%</td><td>16.96%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>142,909</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>0.63%</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>AIADMK</td><td>S. Palanisamy</td><td>48,266</td><td>58.96%</td><td>+26.59</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>K. Vijayan</td><td>32,311</td><td>39.47%</td><td>+15.09</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. K. Ponnusamy</td><td>593</td><td>0.72%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>15,955</td><td>19.49%</td><td>12.88%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>81,860</td><td>59.32%</td><td>−1.14%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>140,096</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>26.59%</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>S. Palanisamy</td><td>26,029</td><td>32.37%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>T. T. S. Thippaiah</td><td>20,717</td><td>25.76%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>M. K. Kembaia Gowder</td><td>19,604</td><td>24.38%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>O. Arumugasamy</td><td>11,757</td><td>14.62%</td><td>−41.46</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Subramani</td><td>1,121</td><td>1.39%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G. N. Shanmugam</td><td>817</td><td>1.02%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,312</td><td>6.61%</td><td>−5.55%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>80,410</td><td>60.46%</td><td>−12.87%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>135,224</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-23.71%</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>M. C. Thooyamani</td><td>39,013</td><td>56.08%</td><td>+15.21</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ramaswami</td><td>30,553</td><td>43.92%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>8,460</td><td>12.16%</td><td>7.62%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>69,566</td><td>73.33%</td><td>−0.70%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>99,930</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>10.66%</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>INC</td><td>T. T. S. Thippiah</td><td>29,709</td><td>45.42%</td><td>−1.49</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Thooyamani</td><td>26,736</td><td>40.87%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>K. Veellingiri</td><td>8,967</td><td>13.71%</td><td>−21.65</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,973</td><td>4.55%</td><td>−7.00%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>65,412</td><td>74.03%</td><td>−0.17%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>93,585</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-1.49%</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>N. Shanmugasundaram</td><td>25,398</td><td>46.90%</td><td>−2.46</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>K. Vellingiri</td><td>19,145</td><td>35.36%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SWA</td><td>K. R. Krishnasami</td><td>7,655</td><td>14.14%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Saminatha Chettiar</td><td>1,481</td><td>2.74%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Nagappan</td><td>470</td><td>0.87%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>6,253</td><td>11.55%</td><td>8.92%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>54,149</td><td>74.21%</td><td>14.18%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>76,665</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-2.46%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1957

<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>D. Raghubadhi Devi</td><td>20,690</td><td>49.37%</td><td>+38.11</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Madhannan</td><td>19,587</td><td>46.74%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. Swaminatha Chettiar</td><td>1,632</td><td>3.89%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,103</td><td>2.63%</td><td>−5.36%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>41,909</td><td>60.02%</td><td>−54.62%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>69,821</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from Independent</td><td>Swing</td><td>30.12%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1952

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Kempi Gounder</td><td>30,687</td><td>19.24%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Abdul Salam, Azad</td><td>17,946</td><td>11.25%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Mahadevan</td><td>3,059</td><td>1.92%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Saminatha Chetty</td><td>1,139</td><td>0.71%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>12,741</td><td>7.99%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>159,462</td><td>114.65%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>139,088</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>