Tiruppattur, Vellore Assembly constituency

Tirupattur is a state assembly constituency in Tirupattur district in Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 50. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Most successful party: DMK (nine times).

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Tiruppattur, Vellore Assembly constituency

Tirupattur is a state assembly constituency in Tirupattur district in Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 50. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Most successful party: DMK (nine times).

Since 2016, Tirupattur Assembly constituency has been represented in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by A. Nallathambi of DMK. He was re-elected in 2021.

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>E. L. Raghava Mudaliar</td><td></td><td>Independent</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>R. C. Samanna Gounder</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>K. Tirupathy Gounder</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>C. K. Chinarasu Gounder</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>G. Ramasamy</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>B. Sundaram</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>B. Sundaram</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>Y. Shanmugam</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1985 by-election</td><td>S. P. Manavalan Mudaliar</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>B. Sundaram</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>A. K. C. Sundaravel</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>G. Shanmugam</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>T. K. Raja</td><td></td><td>Pattali Makkal Katchi</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>T. K. Raja</td><td></td><td>Pattali Makkal Katchi</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>K. G. Ramesh</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>A. Nallathambi</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>A. Nallathambi</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</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>A. Nallathambi</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>A. Gnanasekar</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Arumugam</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>N. Thiruppathi</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>224,918</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>A. Nallathambi</td><td>96,522</td><td>52.37%</td><td>+6.94</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>T. K. Raja</td><td>68,282</td><td>37.05%</td><td>+30.17</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>M. Sumathi</td><td>12,127</td><td>6.58%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>A. Gnanasekar</td><td>2,702</td><td>1.47%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,632</td><td>0.89%</td><td>+0.21</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>B. Vijayakumar</td><td>1,096</td><td>0.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>28,240</td><td>15.32%</td><td>11.02%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>184,298</td><td>77.26%</td><td>−1.80%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>583</td><td>0.32%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>238,544</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>6.94%</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>A. Nallathambi</td><td>80,791</td><td>45.43%</td><td>+4.66</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>T. T. Kumar</td><td>73,144</td><td>41.13%</td><td>−14.18</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>T. K. Raja</td><td>12,227</td><td>6.88%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>K. Harikrishnan</td><td>3,968</td><td>2.23%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>V. Govindarajan</td><td>1,831</td><td>1.03%</td><td>+0.3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,193</td><td>0.67%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. Raja</td><td>1,051</td><td>0.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,647</td><td>4.30%</td><td>−10.24%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>177,843</td><td>79.06%</td><td>−3.33%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>224,938</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-9.88%</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>K. G. Ramesh</td><td>82,895</td><td>55.31%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>S. Rajendran</td><td>61,103</td><td>40.77%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>M. Selva Kumar</td><td>1,087</td><td>0.73%</td><td>−0.78</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>D. Kubendiran</td><td>1,006</td><td>0.67%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Venkatesan</td><td>843</td><td>0.56%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>21,792</td><td>14.54%</td><td>5.24%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>149,869</td><td>82.40%</td><td>12.17%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>181,888</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from PMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>6.63%</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>T. K. Raja</td><td>71,932</td><td>48.68%</td><td>+2.53</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>K. C. Azhagiri</td><td>58,193</td><td>39.38%</td><td>+32.85</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>B. S. Senthilkumar</td><td>9,435</td><td>6.39%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>D. Shiva Shanmukam</td><td>2,229</td><td>1.51%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>D. N. Amudanandan</td><td>1,718</td><td>1.16%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. E. Mani</td><td>1,297</td><td>0.88%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>H. Gopinathan</td><td>1,026</td><td>0.69%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>T. R. Saravanan</td><td>897</td><td>0.61%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>13,739</td><td>9.30%</td><td>4.86%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>147,764</td><td>70.23%</td><td>7.97%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>210,399</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>2.53%</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>PMK</td><td>T. K. Raja</td><td>59,840</td><td>46.15%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>S. Arasu</td><td>54,079</td><td>41.70%</td><td>−11.73</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>K. Annamalai</td><td>8,474</td><td>6.53%</td><td>−4.35</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Neela</td><td>1,730</td><td>1.33%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Thiruvengadam</td><td>1,430</td><td>1.10%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNK(PLP)</td><td>G. Ramasamy</td><td>1,259</td><td>0.97%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Chinnasamy</td><td>1,104</td><td>0.85%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>UCPI</td><td>M. Chinnaraj</td><td>839</td><td>0.65%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,761</td><td>4.44%</td><td>−21.11%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>129,674</td><td>62.26%</td><td>−4.42%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>208,277</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-7.29%</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>G. Shanmugam</td><td>66,207</td><td>53.44%</td><td>+23.39</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>P. G. Mani</td><td>34,549</td><td>27.89%</td><td>−34.36</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>K. C. Alagiri</td><td>13,490</td><td>10.89%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIIC(T)</td><td>G. Raju</td><td>8,070</td><td>6.51%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>31,658</td><td>25.55%</td><td>−6.65%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>123,897</td><td>66.68%</td><td>3.01%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>193,029</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-8.81%</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>A. K. C. Sundaravel</td><td>69,402</td><td>62.24%</td><td>+45.48</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>B. Sundaram</td><td>33,498</td><td>30.04%</td><td>−5.87</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>S. Nataraja</td><td>7,137</td><td>6.40%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>A. Anbu</td><td>945</td><td>0.85%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>35,904</td><td>32.20%</td><td>20.41%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>111,503</td><td>63.67%</td><td>−9.11%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>181,330</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>26.33%</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>B. Sundaram</td><td>40,998</td><td>35.92%</td><td>+5.83</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>S. P. Manavalan</td><td>27,541</td><td>24.13%</td><td>−24.89</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>P. G. Mani</td><td>19,139</td><td>16.77%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G. Ponnusamy</td><td>13,462</td><td>11.79%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Raji Gounder</td><td>12,359</td><td>10.83%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>13,457</td><td>11.79%</td><td>−7.14%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>114,148</td><td>72.79%</td><td>−1.33%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>159,767</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>-13.10%</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>INC</td><td>Y. Shanmugam</td><td>46,884</td><td>49.02%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>B. Sundaram</td><td>28,781</td><td>30.09%</td><td>−24.65</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G. Ponnusamy</td><td>18,196</td><td>19.02%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. P. Ponnusamy</td><td>1,260</td><td>1.32%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>18,103</td><td>18.93%</td><td>8.56%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>95,649</td><td>74.12%</td><td>10.65%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>134,589</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-5.73%</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>DMK</td><td>B. Sundaram</td><td>42,786</td><td>54.74%</td><td>+27.45</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>G. Ramasamy</td><td>34,682</td><td>44.37%</td><td>+18.46</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. V. Raja</td><td>690</td><td>0.88%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>8,104</td><td>10.37%</td><td>9.00%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>78,158</td><td>63.47%</td><td>1.05%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>124,811</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>27.45%</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>DMK</td><td>B. Sundaram</td><td>19,855</td><td>27.29%</td><td>−28.25</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>K. Jayaraman</td><td>18,857</td><td>25.92%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>T. A. Thatha Chettiar</td><td>16,225</td><td>22.30%</td><td>−22.17</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>N. Damodaran</td><td>13,786</td><td>18.95%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. Raji</td><td>2,194</td><td>3.02%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. C. Thangaraj</td><td>1,641</td><td>2.26%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>998</td><td>1.37%</td><td>−9.70%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>72,761</td><td>62.42%</td><td>−15.13%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>118,361</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-28.25%</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>G. Ramasamy</td><td>37,120</td><td>55.54%</td><td>+5.74</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Y. Shammugan</td><td>29,720</td><td>44.46%</td><td>−2.16</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,400</td><td>11.07%</td><td>7.90%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>66,840</td><td>77.55%</td><td>−4.20%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>90,778</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>5.74%</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>C. Gounder</td><td>32,589</td><td>49.80%</td><td>−12.58</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Shunmugam</td><td>30,512</td><td>46.62%</td><td>+9</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RPI</td><td>Murugesan</td><td>2,345</td><td>3.58%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,077</td><td>3.17%</td><td>−21.59%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>65,446</td><td>81.74%</td><td>15.50%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>82,816</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-12.58%</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>DMK</td><td>K. Thirupathy Gounder</td><td>32,400</td><td>62.38%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>R. C. Samanna Gounder</td><td>19,540</td><td>37.62%</td><td>−26.38</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>12,860</td><td>24.76%</td><td>−16.52%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>51,940</td><td>66.24%</td><td>28.28%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>82,207</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>-1.62%</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>R. C. Samanna Gounder</td><td>18,618</td><td>64.00%</td><td>+26.94</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Netesa Pillai</td><td>6,609</td><td>22.72%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Krishnasami Lyer</td><td>2,112</td><td>7.26%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Appasami</td><td>1,752</td><td>6.02%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>12,009</td><td>41.28%</td><td>29.59%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>29,091</td><td>37.95%</td><td>−17.36%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>76,648</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from Independent</td><td>Swing</td><td>15.25%</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>E. L. Raghava Mudali</td><td>20,918</td><td>48.75%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>R. C. Samanna Goundar</td><td>15,901</td><td>37.06%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Socialist Party (India)</td><td>K. C. Appaswami</td><td>3,524</td><td>8.21%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>KMPP</td><td>C. Muniswamy Gounder</td><td>2,566</td><td>5.98%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,017</td><td>11.69%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>42,909</td><td>55.31%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>77,579</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>