Edappadi (state assembly constituency)

Edapadi is a state assembly constituency in Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India.[2] It comprises Edappadi taluk and a portion of Mettur taluk. It is a part of the wider Salem constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[3] Elections were not held in 1957 and 1962.

Edappadi
state assembly constituency
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Existence	1971-present
Reservation	General
Current MLA	Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Party	AIADMK
Elected Year	2016
Total Electors	2,61,137 [1]
Most Successful Party	AIADMK (6 times)

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	S. Arthanareeswara Gounder	Indian National Congress
1967	A. Arumugam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	A. Arumugam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	I. Ganesan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	I. Ganesan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	Govindaswamy	Indian National Congress
1989	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Jayalalithaa)
1991	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	I. Ganesan	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2001	I. Ganesan	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2006	V. Kaveri	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2011	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	Edappadi K. Palaniswami[4]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election: Edappadi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	98,703	43.74	-12.64
	PMK	Annadurai N	56,681	25.12	-12.54
	DMK	Murugesan P A	55,149	24.44	+24.44
	CPI (M)	Thangavel P	5,437	2.41	+2.41
	NOTA	None of the above	1,913	0.85	+0.85
Majority			42,022	18.68	-0.04
Turnout			2,25,787	86.41	+0.93
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-12.64

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election: Edappadi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	1,04,586	56.38	+15.36
	PMK	Karthe M	69,848	37.66	-7.10
	IJK	Venkatesan M	3,638	1.96	+1.96
	IND	Pursotaman N R	1,924	1.04	+1.04
	BJP	Thangaraj B	1,901	1.02	N/A
Majority			34,738	18.72	-14.98
Turnout			1,85,552	85.48	+9.15
	AIADMK gain from PMK		Swing	+11.62

References

1. "Assembly wise final electoral count-29April2016" (PDF). Tamil Nadu Election Commission. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
2. "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
3. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
4. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 86. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

• "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.