Tirukkoyilur Assembly constituency

Tirukkoyilur is a state assembly constituency of Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 76. It comprises a portion of Tirukkoyilur taluk and is a part of the Villupuram constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Tirukkoyilur
Constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictVillupuram
LS constituencyVillupuram
Total electors2,54,313[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  DMK
Alliance  SPA
Elected year2021

Thiru. A. Muthuswamy was the first M.L.A of thirukovilur town, at the period of 1952–1957. It was in existence from 1952 to 1971 state elections. After delimitation of constituencies in 2007, Mughaiyur constituency and Rishivandhiyam constituency are reorganised into Tirukovilur constituency. It has 1,94,414 registered voters for 2011 election.[3]

Demographics
Demographics (2011)[4]
Category Data
Created 2016
Vanniyar 35%
Sengunthar Kaikola Mudaliyar 17%
Adi Dravida 30%
Nathama Udayar 5%
Konar, Nayudu, Pillaimar 07%
Others 6%
Total Electorate 2,50,669

[5]

Madras State
Year Winner Party
1952 A. Muthuswamy Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party
1957 S. A. M. Annamalai Odayar and
Kuppusami		 Independent and
Indian National Congress
1962 Lakshminarasimma Ammal Indian National Congress
1967 E. M. Subramaniam Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu
Year Winner Party
1971 A. S. Kumarasamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tirukkoyilur was again formed after constituency delimitations 2008.[6]

Year Winner Party
2011 L. Venkatesan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016 K. Ponmudy[7] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 K. Ponmudy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results
Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
 57.00%
2016
 
 49.80%
2011
 
 49.18%
1971
 
 55.27%
1967
 
 51.25%
1962
 
 51.26%
1957
 
 24.27%
1952
 
 28.99%

2021
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirukkoyilur[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. Ponmudy 110,980 57.00% +7.2
BJP Vat. Kalivaradhan 51,300 26.35% +25.72
DMDK L. Venkatesan 13,997 7.19% New
NTK S. Murugan 11,620 5.97% New
NOTA NOTA 2,039 1.05% -0.07
Independent M. Vignesh 1,482 0.76% New
IJK M. Senthilkumar 1,066 0.55% New
Margin of victory 59,680 30.65% 8.86%
Turnout 194,718 76.57% -2.25%
Rejected ballots 155 0.08%
Registered electors 254,313
DMK hold Swing 7.20%

2016
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirukkoyilur[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. Ponmudy 93,837 49.80% +6.15
AIADMK G. Gothandaraman 52,780 28.01% New
PMK Balasakthi 18,822 9.99% New
TMC(M) G. Ganesh 15,045 7.98% New
NOTA NOTA 2,110 1.12% New
Independent Rajesh 1,473 0.78% New
BJP S. Dhandapani 1,178 0.63% New
Margin of victory 41,057 21.79% 16.26%
Turnout 188,438 78.82% -1.69%
Registered electors 239,087
DMK gain from DMDK Swing 0.62%

2011
2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirukkoyilur[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMDK L. Venkatesan 78,229 49.18% New
DMK M. Thangam 69,438 43.65% New
Independent V. Venkatesan 6,029 3.79% New
IJK S. S. Venkatesan 3,280 2.06% New
BSP C. Periyasamy 1,271 0.80% New
Independent R. Santhi 828 0.52% New
Margin of victory 8,791 5.53%
Turnout 159,075 80.50%
Registered electors 197,599
DMDK win (new seat)

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1971
1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirukkoyilur[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. S. Kumarasamy 38,520 55.27% +6.52
INC A. Vadivel 31,171 44.73% -6.52
Margin of victory 7,349 10.55% 8.04%
Turnout 69,691 78.91% -2.56%
Registered electors 92,628
DMK gain from INC Swing 4.02%

1967
1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tirukkoyilur[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC E. M. Subramaniam 34,259 51.25% -0.01
DMK A. S. Kumarasamy 32,586 48.75% +21.82
Margin of victory 1,673 2.50% -21.82%
Turnout 66,845 81.47% 17.54%
Registered electors 85,190
INC hold Swing -0.01%

1962
1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tirukkoyilur[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Lakshiminarasimma Ammal 27,954 51.26% +29.62
DMK Balasubramaniam 14,687 26.93% New
SWA Mohanadoss 8,465 15.52% New
CPI Venugopal 3,430 6.29% New
Margin of victory 13,267 24.33% 21.69%
Turnout 54,536 63.93% -34.42%
Registered electors 90,641
INC gain from Independent Swing 26.98%

1957
1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tirukkoyilur[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent S. A. M. Annamalai Odayar 41,980 24.27% New
INC Lakshmi Narasamma 37,422 21.64% +1.11
INC Kuppusami (Sc) 35,916 20.77% +0.24
Independent Muthusami (Sc) 31,036 17.95% New
Independent Kadirvelu Koundar 15,179 8.78% New
Independent Ramasami 11,406 6.60% New
Margin of victory 4,558 2.64% -0.04%
Turnout 172,939 98.35% -10.74%
Registered electors 175,837
Independent gain from TTP Swing -4.72%

1952
1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tirukkoyilur[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TTP T. D. Muthukumaraswamy Naidu 38,928 28.99% New
TTP A. Muthuswami 35,334 26.32% New
INC Kulasekhara Dass 27,567 20.53% New
INC M. Rajagopal 23,206 17.28% New
Independent D. Dayalu Reddair 5,964 4.44% New
Socialist N. Ramalingam 3,265 2.43% New
Margin of victory 3,594 2.68%
Turnout 134,264 109.09%
Registered electors 123,072
TTP win (new seat)

References
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