Sulur (Tamil: சூலூர்) is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 116. It comprises the Town Panchayat of Irugur, Kannampalayam, Mopperipalayam, Pallapalayam, Samalapuram and Sulur. It also has Karumathapatti municipality and Village Panchayat of Sulur Block and Sultanpet Block surrounding areas in Coimbatore. It was formed for the second time in 2008 and is part of Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Members of Legislative Assembly

AssemblyDurationWinnerParty
Fourteenth2011–2016K. ThinakaranDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
Fifteenth2016–2019R. KanagarajAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019 by-election2019 – 2021V. P. Kandasamy
Sixteenth2021–present

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
202149.23%
2019 by-election44.78%
201647.38%
201152.29%
196238.76%
195744.59%

2026

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sulur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK+V. P. Kandasamy
DMKThalapathi Murugesan
NTKRajasekar
TVKN. M. SukumarNew
NOTANOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Registered electors303,541
gain fromSwing

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sulur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKV. P. Kandasamy118,96849.23%
KMDKSelvam Kalichamy M.87,03636.02%
NTKElangovan. G14,4265.97%
MNMRanganathan. A12,6585.24%
AMMKSenthil Kumar. S. A.4,1111.70%
NOTANota2,6101.08%
Margin of victory31,93213.21%−3.97%
Turnout2,41,65376.20%0.60%
Rejected ballots3090.13%
Registered electors3,17,124
AIADMK holdSwing1.85%

2019 by-election

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Sulur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKV. P. Kandasamy1,00,78244.78
DMKPongalur N. Palanisamy90,66940.29
AMMKK. Sugumar16,5307.35
MNMS. Mohanraj6,6442.95
NTKV. Vijaya Ragavan4,3351.93
NOTANone of the Above1,9380.86
Majority10,1134.49
Turnout2,26,99876.89
AIADMK holdSwing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sulur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKR. Kanagaraj100,97747.38%
INCManoharan. V. M. C.64,34630.19%
BJPMandharasalam. S. D.13,5176.34%3.78%
DMDKThinakaran. K.13,1066.15%−46.14%
KMDKPremier Selvam @ Kalichamy. M.9,6724.54%
NOTANone Of The Above3,6881.73%
NTKVijayaragavan. M. V.2,8731.35%
PMKGanesan. P. K.1,6870.79%
Margin of victory36,63117.19%−0.23%
Turnout2,13,12175.60%−4.55%
Registered electors2,81,890
AIADMK gain from DMDKSwing-4.91%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sulur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMDKK. Thinakaran88,68052.29%
KNMKE. R. Eswaran59,14834.88%
IndependentDhinakaran K7,2854.30%
BJPSenthilkumar K4,3532.57%
IndependentKarthikeyan Pon3,0531.80%
IndependentMariappan Dr M2,2051.30%
IndependentJerold Amalajothi I1,3150.78%
IndependentThangavelu C1,2810.76%
BSPAbdul Hakkim P1,0640.63%
Margin of victory29,53217.41%{{{change}}}
Turnout2,11,57480.16%
Registered electors1,69,588
DMDK win (new seat)

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sulur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCC. Kolandai Ammal25,73238.76%−5.83%
CPIK. N. Chinnayan21,37532.19%
PSPKumarasami Gounder10,01715.09%
DMKU. K. N. Rasu6,95310.47%
IndependentA. Sethupathy1,3642.05%
IndependentV. R. Gopalasami Chettiar9551.44%
Margin of victory4,3576.56%−0.08%
Turnout66,39677.14%25.43%
Registered electors89,754
INC holdSwing-5.83%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sulur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCC. Kolandai Ammal18,32844.59%
CPIK. Ramani15,59837.95%
IndependentShanmugasundaram4,0539.86%
IndependentNatarajan3,1267.60%
Margin of victory2,7306.64%
Turnout41,10551.70%
Registered electors79,503
INC win (new seat)

External links

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

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