Perur is a legislative assembly constituency in Coimbatore district, that includes the city, Perur. Perur was reserved for Scheduled Castes from 1967 to 1977. Perur Assembly constituency was part of Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyDurationWinnerParty
Fourth1967–71N. MarudachalamCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
Fifth1971–77N. MarudachalamCommunist Party of India
Sixth1977–80A. NatarajanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh1980–84KovaithambiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth1984–89A. NatarajanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth1989–91A. NatarajanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth1991–96K. P. RajuAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh1996–01A. NatarajanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth2001–06M. A. P. A. KrishnakumarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth2006–2011S. P. VelumaniAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

De-Notification

The Perur Constituency was de-notified and removed from the list of constituencies in 2007. The areas coming under it were merged with the existing Thondamuthur and the newly created North Coimbatore Constituency.

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
200646.33%
200155.50%
199661.01%
199157.55%
198947.40%
198452.63%
198048.04%
197733.74%
197157.68%
196761.49%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKS. P. Velumani114,02446.33%−9.17%
DMKN. Rukumani99,78940.54%5.73%
DMDKS. Rajasekar21,8298.87%
BJPK. P. Ramamurthy3,9131.59%
LJPP. Saminathan1,0560.43%
IndependentV. V. Varadharajan1,0380.42%
IndependentM. Jayaraj8180.33%
IndependentK. Velumani7930.32%
BSPK. Sivakumar6100.25%
IndependentV. Rukmani4900.20%
AIFBA. Noormohammad4490.18%
Margin of victory14,2355.78%−14.90%
Turnout246,12172.95%16.23%
Registered electors337,402
AIADMK holdSwing-9.17%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKM. A. P. A. Krishnakumar Alias Rohini94,60755.50%30.89%
DMKN. Nageswari Thirumathi59,34334.81%−26.20%
MDMKM. Palaniswamy9,9795.85%
IndependentM. Shenbhakaraj2,3041.35%
IndependentA. Maheswari1,9891.17%
IndependentA. Noor Mohammed8890.52%
IndependentG. Parameswari6800.40%
IndependentL. Sivakumar6730.39%
Margin of victory35,26420.69%−15.71%
Turnout170,46456.72%−8.13%
Registered electors300,569
AIADMK gain from DMKSwing-5.51%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKA. Natarajan96,50761.01%25.72%
AIADMKR. Thirumalaisamy38,93424.61%−32.93%
CPI(M)N. Amirtham13,0078.22%
BJPChellappan4,5322.87%−2.59%
JPPerur Nagaraj5980.38%
IndependentC. K. V. Selvaraj5510.35%
IC(S)R. Bhoopathiraja4140.26%
IndependentR. Krishnasamy4020.25%
ATMKSiddhan @ Gurusamy Siddhan3500.22%
PMKRaja3040.19%
IndependentEswaran2850.18%
Margin of victory57,57336.40%14.14%
Turnout158,18264.85%3.57%
Registered electors256,109
DMK gain from AIADMKSwing3.46%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKK. P. Raju76,67657.55%43.61%
DMKA. Natarajan47,01735.29%−12.11%
BJPV. Doraibalu7,2705.46%
JPK. Loganathan4020.30%
PMKK. Jothi3320.25%
INS(SCS)M. M. Ebrahim3060.23%
THMMM. Chinnasamy3030.23%
IndependentA. Jinnah Mohammed2240.17%
IndependentM. Jayaraj2110.16%
IndependentK. B. Balan1420.11%
IndependentS. Sangupandian1240.09%
Margin of victory29,65922.26%0.29%
Turnout133,24061.28%−10.89%
Registered electors225,491
AIADMK gain from DMKSwing10.15%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKA. Natarajan64,56547.40%−5.23%
IndependentV. D. Balasubramanian34,63225.42%
AIADMKN. Parathagan Alias Sinna Thambi18,98913.94%−32.32%
IndependentS. Radhakrishnan15,64911.49%
IndependentK. Subramanian1,0480.77%
IndependentK. G. Rajamanickam4800.35%
IndependentS. Selvaraj4120.30%
IndependentP. Kandasamy2700.20%
IndependentM. Jeyaraj1770.13%
Margin of victory29,93321.97%15.60%
Turnout136,22272.17%−0.05%
Registered electors192,421
DMK holdSwing-5.23%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKA. Natarajan58,30252.63%5.09%
AIADMKK. Marudasalam51,24146.26%−1.78%
IndependentM. Nithyanandam4520.41%
IndependentN. Devadass3190.29%
IndependentM. Senni2330.21%
IndependentM. Jayaraj1240.11%
IndependentM. A. Kandaswamy Gounder1030.09%
Margin of victory7,0616.37%5.88%
Turnout110,77472.22%5.63%
Registered electors161,164
DMK gain from AIADMKSwing4.60%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKKovaithambi47,30848.04%
DMKA. Natarajan46,82347.54%13.81%
JPE. M. Palanisami4,3554.42%
Margin of victory4850.49%−2.78%
Turnout98,48666.59%3.04%
Registered electors149,766
AIADMK gain from DMKSwing14.30%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKA. Natarajan29,15833.74%
CPI(M)M. Nanjappan26,32830.46%
CPIMylswamy15,41517.84%
JPP. S. Chinndurai14,53916.82%
IndependentA. Palanisamy3430.40%
IndependentA. P. Raju3350.39%
IndependentA. Palaniswamy2030.23%
IndependentS. D. Singaravelu1080.12%
Margin of victory2,8303.27%−23.11%
Turnout86,42963.55%−1.59%
Registered electors137,887
DMK gain from CPISwing-23.95%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPIN. Marudachalam39,27057.68%
INCK. P. Palanisami21,30731.30%−6.03%
CPI(M)K. Karamadai7,50311.02%
Margin of victory17,96326.39%2.22%
Turnout68,08065.14%−10.12%
Registered electors109,573
CPI gain from CPI(M)Swing-3.81%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Perur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)N. Marudachalam43,74061.49%
INCR. Rayappan26,54837.32%
IndependentV. Narayanasami8421.18%
Margin of victory17,19224.17%
Turnout71,13075.26%
Registered electors97,801
CPI(M) win (new seat)

External links

  • . Election Commission of India. Archived from on 5 October 2010.

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