Mettur Assembly constituency
Mettur is a state legislative assembly constituency in Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 85. It comprises a portion of Mettur taluk and is a part of the wider Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.
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Mettur Assembly constituency
Mettur is a state legislative assembly constituency in Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 85. It comprises a portion of Mettur taluk and is a part of the wider Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Madras State
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1957</td><td>K. S. Ardhanareeswara Gounder</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>K. S. Arthanareswara Gounder</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>M. Surendran</td><td></td><td>Praja Socialist Party</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. Surendran</td><td></td><td>Praja Socialist Party</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>K. P. Nachimuthu Gounder</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>M. Sreerangan</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>S. Sundarambal</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>P. Gopal</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>S. Sundarambal</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>G. K. Mani</td><td></td><td>Pattali Makkal Katchi</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>S. R. Parthiban</td><td></td><td>Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>S. Semmalai</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>S. Sadhasivam</td><td></td><td>Pattali Makkal Katchi</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>Mithun Chakravarthy</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>G. Venkatachalam</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Vidhya Veerappan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>K. Selvam</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>253,445</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>PMK</td><td>S. Sadhasivam</td><td>97,055</td><td>44.43%</td><td>+20.37</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>S. Srinivasaperumal</td><td>96,399</td><td>44.13%</td><td>+12.11</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>C. Manikandan</td><td>9,109</td><td>4.17%</td><td>+3.7</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>P. Anusuya</td><td>4,605</td><td>2.11%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Selvan</td><td>2,823</td><td>1.29%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>2,247</td><td>1.03%</td><td>+0.15</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>M. Ramesh Aravind</td><td>1,874</td><td>0.86%</td><td>−1.98</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DAMK</td><td>K. Thangavel</td><td>1,783</td><td>0.82%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>656</td><td>0.30%</td><td>−2.73%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>218,442</td><td>76.21%</td><td>−2.66%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>427</td><td>0.20%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>286,620</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>9.38%</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>S. Semmalai</td><td>72,751</td><td>35.05%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>S. R. Parthiban</td><td>66,469</td><td>32.02%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>G. K. Mani</td><td>49,939</td><td>24.06%</td><td>−19.03</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>R. Boopathy</td><td>5,892</td><td>2.84%</td><td>−41.78</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,829</td><td>0.88%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>P. Balasubramanian</td><td>1,428</td><td>0.69%</td><td>−0.66</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>KMDK</td><td>A. Rajagounder</td><td>1,345</td><td>0.65%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Parthiban</td><td>707</td><td>0.34%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>6,282</td><td>3.03%</td><td>1.50%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>207,574</td><td>78.87%</td><td>−0.76%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>263,189</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMDK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-9.57%</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>DMDK</td><td>S. R. Parthiban</td><td>75,672</td><td>44.62%</td><td>+36.71</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>G. K. Mani</td><td>73,078</td><td>43.09%</td><td>−4.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Dr. K. Padmarajan</td><td>6,273</td><td>3.70%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Pakkiam</td><td>2,738</td><td>1.61%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IJK</td><td>R. Senthilkumar</td><td>2,487</td><td>1.47%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>P. Balasubramanian</td><td>2,286</td><td>1.35%</td><td>+0.66</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. K. Parthiban</td><td>1,338</td><td>0.79%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Mani</td><td>1,254</td><td>0.74%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Ranjith</td><td>1,254</td><td>0.74%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Murugan</td><td>1,110</td><td>0.65%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,594</td><td>1.53%</td><td>−6.53%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>212,992</td><td>79.63%</td><td>9.98%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>169,607</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK gain from PMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-3.33%</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>PMK</td><td>G. K. Mani</td><td>66,250</td><td>47.94%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>K. Kandasamy</td><td>55,112</td><td>39.88%</td><td>−2.37</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>S. Dhandapany</td><td>10,921</td><td>7.90%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. S. Mani</td><td>1,831</td><td>1.33%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Padmarajan</td><td>1,454</td><td>1.05%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>M. Muthu Kumaran</td><td>957</td><td>0.69%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. Saravanan</td><td>822</td><td>0.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>11,138</td><td>8.06%</td><td>1.12%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>138,183</td><td>69.65%</td><td>13.88%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>198,408</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>5.69%</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>S. Sundarambal</td><td>49,504</td><td>42.25%</td><td>+16.27</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>P. Gopal</td><td>41,369</td><td>35.31%</td><td>−8.66</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. P. Nachimthu</td><td>20,906</td><td>17.84%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>A. Arumugam</td><td>1,610</td><td>1.37%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Munusamy</td><td>1,304</td><td>1.11%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Raja</td><td>1,040</td><td>0.89%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Padmarajan</td><td>809</td><td>0.69%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Manickam</td><td>627</td><td>0.54%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>8,135</td><td>6.94%</td><td>−10.37%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>117,169</td><td>55.76%</td><td>−9.90%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>210,151</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-1.72%</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>P. Gopal</td><td>50,799</td><td>43.97%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>R. Balakrishnan</td><td>30,793</td><td>26.65%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>P. Soundram</td><td>30,012</td><td>25.98%</td><td>−23.33</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>M. Rajagopal</td><td>2,336</td><td>2.02%</td><td>−14.49</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>20,006</td><td>17.32%</td><td>−7.21%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>115,540</td><td>65.66%</td><td>2.65%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>185,204</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-5.34%</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>S. Sundarambal</td><td>53,368</td><td>49.30%</td><td>+24.93</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>G. K. Mani</td><td>26,825</td><td>24.78%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>M. Seerangan</td><td>17,878</td><td>16.52%</td><td>−9.1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. P. Nachimuthu</td><td>8,822</td><td>8.15%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>26,543</td><td>24.52%</td><td>23.28%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>108,245</td><td>63.01%</td><td>4.97%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>178,129</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td>23.69%</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>CPI(M)</td><td>M. Sreerangan</td><td>23,308</td><td>25.61%</td><td>+7.2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>K. Gurusamy</td><td>22,180</td><td>24.37%</td><td>−23.78</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>R. Narayanan</td><td>20,721</td><td>22.77%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. P. Nachimuthu</td><td>15,094</td><td>16.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>K. Navamani</td><td>7,409</td><td>8.14%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. K. Sidhan</td><td>541</td><td>0.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,128</td><td>1.24%</td><td>−17.39%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>90,996</td><td>58.04%</td><td>−15.24%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>160,935</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-22.54%</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>K. P. Nachimuthu Gounder</td><td>46,083</td><td>48.15%</td><td>−10.13</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Gurusamy</td><td>28,253</td><td>29.52%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>M. Seerangan</td><td>17,626</td><td>18.42%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. M. Munusamy</td><td>2,754</td><td>2.88%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Kandasamy Vai</td><td>649</td><td>0.68%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>17,830</td><td>18.63%</td><td>−3.88%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>95,699</td><td>73.28%</td><td>6.23%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>138,136</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-10.13%</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>K. P. Nachimuthu Gounder</td><td>48,845</td><td>58.28%</td><td>+14.61</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>S. Kandappan</td><td>29,977</td><td>35.77%</td><td>+20.89</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>M. C. Pachaiapan</td><td>4,560</td><td>5.44%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>18,868</td><td>22.51%</td><td>−1.32%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>83,810</td><td>67.06%</td><td>9.26%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>126,625</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>14.61%</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>K. P. Nachimuthu Gounder</td><td>30,762</td><td>43.67%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>P. Natesan</td><td>13,976</td><td>19.84%</td><td>−18.05</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>G. A. Vadivelu</td><td>13,448</td><td>19.09%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>L. K. Ramu</td><td>10,478</td><td>14.88%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. Obuli</td><td>910</td><td>1.29%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Madalaimuthu</td><td>530</td><td>0.75%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>16,786</td><td>23.83%</td><td>4.27%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>70,436</td><td>57.79%</td><td>−5.07%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>123,548</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from PSP</td><td>Swing</td><td>-13.77%</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>PSP</td><td>M. Surendran</td><td>32,656</td><td>57.45%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Karuppanna Gounder</td><td>21,538</td><td>37.89%</td><td>−1.28</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sengoda Gounder</td><td>2,650</td><td>4.66%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>11,118</td><td>19.56%</td><td>9.94%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>56,844</td><td>62.86%</td><td>−12.07%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>97,813</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PSP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>8.67%</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>PSP</td><td>M. Surendran</td><td>30,635</td><td>48.78%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>K. K. Gounder</td><td>24,597</td><td>39.17%</td><td>+5.12</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. S. Kandasami</td><td>5,950</td><td>9.47%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Arulsami</td><td>1,619</td><td>2.58%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>6,038</td><td>9.61%</td><td>8.78%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>62,801</td><td>74.93%</td><td>6.00%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>89,534</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PSP gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>14.74%</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>K. S. Ardhanareeswara Gounder</td><td>18,065</td><td>34.04%</td><td>−11.6</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PSP</td><td>M. Surendram</td><td>17,620</td><td>33.21%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Paul Cruz</td><td>8,497</td><td>16.01%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>P. Ardhanari</td><td>8,295</td><td>15.63%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Arulsamy</td><td>586</td><td>1.10%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>445</td><td>0.84%</td><td>−11.32%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>53,063</td><td>68.93%</td><td>27.63%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>79,747</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-11.60%</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>K. S. Ardhanareeswara Gounder</td><td>15,491</td><td>45.65%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PSP</td><td>Surendiran</td><td>11,366</td><td>33.49%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Chinnasamy</td><td>5,119</td><td>15.08%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Narayanasami</td><td>1,959</td><td>5.77%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>4,125</td><td>12.16%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>33,935</td><td>41.29%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>82,184</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>