Mettupalayam (state assembly constituency)

Mettupalayam is a legislative assembly constituency in Coimbatore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[2]

Mettupalayam
state assembly constituency
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
Existence1971-present
ReservationGeneral
Current MLAO. K. Chinnaraj
PartyAIADMK
Elected Year2016
Total Electors2,79,005 [1]
Most Successful PartyAIADMK (8 times)

Madras State

Year Winner Party
1952 Kempi Gowder Independent
1957 D. Raghubadhi Devi Indian National Congress
1962 N. Shanmuga Sundaram Indian National Congress
1967 T. T. S. Thippiah Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu

Assembly Duration Winner Party
Fifth 1971-77 M. C. Thooyamani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth 1977-80 S. Palanisamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh 1980-84 S. Palanisamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth 1984-89 M. Chinnaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth 1989-91 V. Gopalakrishnan Indian National Congress
Tenth 1991-96 L. Sulochana All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh 1996-2001 B. Arunkumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth 2001-06 K. Selvaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth 2006-11 O. K. Chinnaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth 2011-16 O. K. Chinnaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth 2016-Incumbent O. K. Chinnaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK O. K. Chinnaraj 93,595 44.41 -10.12
DMK S. Surendaran 77,481 36.76 -2.77
TMC Shanmuga Sundaram T R 13,324 6.32 +6.32
BJP Jaganathan P 11,036 5.24 +1.95
NOTA None of the above 3,408 1.62 +1.62
Margin of victory 16,114 7.65 -7.35
Turnout 2,10,776 75.52 -5.66
AIADMK hold Swing -10.12

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK O. K. Chinnaraj 93,700 54.53 +10.03
DMK Arunkumar B 67,925 39.53 -4.88
BJP K. R. Nandha Kumar 5,647 3.29 +1.19
CPI(ML)L Janaki Raman R 1,433 0.83 +0.83
IND Ravi Chandran B 1,382 0.80 +0.80
Margin of victory 25,775 15.00 +14.91
Turnout 1,71,946 81.18 +6.95
AIADMK hold Swing +10.03

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.

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