Avanashi
Avanashi
Constituency No. 112 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Lok Sabha constituency Nilgiris Established 1957
Total electors 2,53,372
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent S. Kamali
Avanashi is a legislative assembly, that includes the city of Avanashi . Its State Assembly Constituency number is 112. Since 1977, this seat has been reserved for Scheduled Castes . Avanashi Assembly constituency is a part of Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency . This is one of the two assembly constituencies having inter-district boundaries of limit, the other being Udumalaipettai . It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
Composition It is composed of Annur taluk in Coimbatore district and Avinashi taluk in Tiruppur district .
Members of Legislative Assembly Madras State Tamil Nadu Election results 2026 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi Party Candidate Votes % ±% TVK S. Kamali 84,209 36.36 New BJP Dr. L. Murugan 68,836 29.72 New DMK Dr. Gokilamani.V 65,530 28.29 3.28 NTK Menaka.V 7,704 3.33 2.97 NOTA NOTA 1,563 0.67 0.46 Independent Gokilamani.M 652 0.28 New BSP Govindan.P 585 0.25 New Independent Dhanabal.R 546 0.24 New Ganasangam Party of India Arumugam.R 501 0.22 New Independent Moorthi.R 313 0.14 New Independent Subramani.C.K 264 0.11 New TVK Chinnasamy.V 259 0.11 New Independent Anandhi.S 235 0.10 New Independent Sathiyarasu.R 215 0.09 New Independent Arumugam.P 188 0.08 New Margin of victory 15,373 6.64 17.57 Turnout 2,31,600 91.41 16.47 Registered electors 2,53,372 27,188 TVK gain from AIADMK Swing 36.36
2021 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi Party Candidate Votes % ±% AIADMK P. Dhanapal 117,284 55.78% 7.67% ATP Athiyamaan Raju 66,382 31.57% −0.73% NTK Shoba 13,256 6.30% 5.52% MNM Venkateswaran. A 8,379 3.99% DMDK Meera. K 2,577 1.23% NOTA Nota 2,372 1.13% −0.69% Margin of victory 50,902 24.21% 8.40% Turnout 2,10,255 74.94% −2.82% Rejected ballots 338 0.16% Registered electors 2,80,560 AIADMK hold Swing 7.67%
2016 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi Party Candidate Votes % ±% AIADMK P. Dhanapal 93,366 48.11% −18.49% DMK Anandhan E 62,692 32.31% CPI M. Arumugham 15,016 7.74% BJP Perumal C 8,081 4.16% 0.67% KMDK Pragatheeswaran B 4,373 2.25% NOTA None Of The Above 3,534 1.82% NTK Sumathi P 1,514 0.78% PMK Marimuthu K K 1,480 0.76% BSP Sakthivel M 784 0.40% SS Rangasamy P 671 0.35% Independent Arulmurugan R 622 0.32% Margin of victory 30,674 15.81% −23.90% Turnout 1,94,062 77.76% −2.48% Registered electors 2,49,571 AIADMK hold Swing -18.49%
2011 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi Party Candidate Votes % ±% AIADMK A. A. Karuppasamy 103,002 66.60% 26.03% INC Natarajan. A. R. 41,591 26.89% BJP Rangasamy. R. 5,405 3.49% Independent Jaya. V. 2,798 1.81% Independent Moorthy. R. 1,858 1.20% Margin of victory 61,411 39.71% 36.33% Turnout 1,92,750 80.24% 9.63% Registered electors 1,54,654 AIADMK hold Swing 26.03%
2006 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi Party Candidate Votes % ±% AIADMK R. Prema 54,562 40.57% −7.63% CPI M. Arumugham 50,023 37.20% DMDK Anandharaj. M. 14,570 10.83% Independent Mohanraj. M. 11,146 8.29% BSP Ramasamy. P. 1,535 1.14% Independent Nainan. K. 1,021 0.76% SP Raviraj. M. R. 684 0.51% Independent Chelladurai. P. 542 0.40% Independent Ganesan. A. 393 0.29% Margin of victory 4,539 3.38% −13.63% Turnout 1,34,476 70.61% 4.63% Registered electors 1,90,450 AIADMK hold Swing -7.63%
2001 2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi Party Candidate Votes % ±% AIADMK Mahalingam. S. 59,571 48.20% 14.33% Independent M. Mohankumar 38,559 31.20% DMK Radhamani Thirumathi 17,126 13.86% −42.67% MDMK R. Anna Nambi 4,052 3.28% −3.51% Independent Rajendran. P. 2,597 2.10% Independent M. P. Sengottaian 1,674 1.35% Margin of victory 21,012 17.00% −5.66% Turnout 1,23,579 65.98% −4.66% Registered electors 1,87,295 AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -8.33%
1996 1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi Party Candidate Votes % ±% DMK G. Elango 66,006 56.53% AIADMK M. Thiagarajan 39,549 33.87% −35.80% MDMK R. Shanmuga Sundharam 7,922 6.79% BJP M. Palanisamy 2,042 1.75% −2.74% Independent K. Krishnan 403 0.35% Independent Neelamalai. K. Muthusamy 320 0.27% Independent S. Anvarasu 220 0.19% Independent K. M. Jayaraj 163 0.14% ATMK G. Arumugam 132 0.11% Margin of victory 26,457 22.66% −23.42% Turnout 1,16,757 70.64% 3.69% Registered electors 1,76,709 DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -13.14%
1991 1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi Party Candidate Votes % ±% AIADMK M. Seeniammal 69,774 69.67% 37.07% CPI M. Arumugham 23,625 23.59% BJP M. Palanisamy 4,493 4.49% JP K. M. Jayaraj 972 0.97% THMM A. Selvaraj 430 0.43% Independent P. Kannaiyan 294 0.29% Independent M. Palani 283 0.28% PMK R. Palanisamy 278 0.28% Margin of victory 46,149 46.08% 44.01% Turnout 1,00,149 66.94% −7.44% Registered electors 1,60,494 AIADMK hold Swing 37.07%
1989 1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi Party Candidate Votes % ±% AIADMK Annanambi. R. 33,964 32.60% −34.70% DMK Dhandapani. C.T. 31,806 30.53% INC Palaniswamy. S.N. 30,974 29.73% Independent Chandramohan. K.S. 5,028 4.83% Independent Koval Ganesan 1,570 1.51% Independent Subburaju. N. 854 0.82% Margin of victory 2,158 2.07% −37.12% Turnout 1,04,196 74.39% 3.04% Registered electors 1,44,291 AIADMK hold Swing -34.70%
1984 1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi Party Candidate Votes % ±% AIADMK Lakshmi P. 58,677 67.30% CPI Arumugam. M. 24,504 28.11% Independent Nanjan. K. 1,336 1.53% Independent Ponnusamy. C. A. 1,094 1.25% Independent Ramaswamy. V. 979 1.12% Independent Saraswathi A. S. 597 0.68% Margin of victory 34,173 39.20% 23.45% Turnout 87,187 71.35% 23.41% Registered electors 1,31,978 AIADMK gain from CPI Swing 13.08%
1980 1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi Party Candidate Votes % ±% CPI Arumugam. M. 33,294 54.22% INC Palanisamy. S. N. 23,623 38.47% 6.21% JP Palanisamy. K. P. 4,492 7.31% Margin of victory 9,671 15.75% 13.25% Turnout 61,409 47.93% −10.29% Registered electors 1,30,646 CPI gain from INC Swing 21.96%
1977 1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi Party Candidate Votes % ±% INC S.N. Palaniswamy 22,550 32.26% AIADMK R. Annanambi 20,803 29.76% JP P. Perumal 15,119 21.63% DMK B. Chinnan 9,431 13.49% −35.19% Independent G. Elango 1,087 1.55% Independent T.S. Chinnasamv 917 1.31% Margin of victory 1,747 2.50% 1.28% Turnout 69,907 58.22% −12.30% Registered electors 1,22,608 INC gain from Independent Swing -17.64%
1971 1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent T. O. Periasamy 29,356 49.90% DMK K. Thangavellu 28,637 48.68% Independent T. P. Maruthachalam 835 1.42% Margin of victory 719 1.22% −7.49% Turnout 58,828 70.52% −0.58% Registered electors 91,240 Independent gain from SWA Swing -4.46%
1967 1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi Party Candidate Votes % ±% SWA R. K. Gounder 31,927 54.36% INC K. M. Gounder 26,808 45.64% −7.38% Margin of victory 5,119 8.72% −20.36% Turnout 58,735 71.10% 4.37% Registered electors 87,279 SWA gain from INC Swing 1.34%
1962 1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi Party Candidate Votes % ±% INC K. Marappa Gounder 27,009 53.02% −7.22% SWA M. Ponnusami 12,196 23.94% CPI I. M. Sherrif 6,698 13.15% DMK Ponniya Gounder 5,037 9.89% Margin of victory 14,813 29.08% 8.59% Turnout 50,940 66.73% 24.61% Registered electors 80,839 INC hold Swing -7.22%
1957 1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi Party Candidate Votes % ±% INC K. Marappa Gounder 20,716 60.25% Independent Karuppa Gounder 13,670 39.75% Margin of victory 7,046 20.49% Turnout 34,386 42.12% Registered electors 81,634 INC win (new seat)
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