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
Election results
Vote share of winning candidates | | |
| 2021 | | 49.23% |
| 2019 by-election | | 44.78% |
| 2016 | | 47.38% |
| 2011 | | 52.29% |
| 1962 | | 38.76% |
| 1957 | | 44.59% |
2026
2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sulur| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| AIADMK+ | V. P. Kandasamy | | | |
| DMK | Thalapathi Murugesan | | | |
| NTK | Rajasekar | | | |
| TVK | N. M. Sukumar | | | New |
| NOTA | NOTA | | | |
| Margin of victory | | | |
| Turnout | | | |
| Rejected ballots | | | |
| Registered electors | 303,541 | | |
| gain from | Swing | | |
2021
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sulur| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| AIADMK | V. P. Kandasamy | 118,968 | 49.23% | |
| KMDK | Selvam Kalichamy M. | 87,036 | 36.02% | |
| NTK | Elangovan. G | 14,426 | 5.97% | |
| MNM | Ranganathan. A | 12,658 | 5.24% | |
| AMMK | Senthil Kumar. S. A. | 4,111 | 1.70% | |
| NOTA | Nota | 2,610 | 1.08% | |
| Margin of victory | 31,932 | 13.21% | −3.97% |
| Turnout | 2,41,653 | 76.20% | 0.60% |
| Rejected ballots | 309 | 0.13% | |
| Registered electors | 3,17,124 | | |
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 1.85% | |
2019 by-election
2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Sulur| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| AIADMK | V. P. Kandasamy | 1,00,782 | 44.78 | |
| DMK | Pongalur N. Palanisamy | 90,669 | 40.29 | |
| AMMK | K. Sugumar | 16,530 | 7.35 | |
| MNM | S. Mohanraj | 6,644 | 2.95 | |
| NTK | V. Vijaya Ragavan | 4,335 | 1.93 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,938 | 0.86 | |
| Majority | 10,113 | 4.49 | |
| Turnout | 2,26,998 | 76.89 | |
| AIADMK hold | Swing | | |
2016
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sulur| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| AIADMK | R. Kanagaraj | 100,977 | 47.38% | |
| INC | Manoharan. V. M. C. | 64,346 | 30.19% | |
| BJP | Mandharasalam. S. D. | 13,517 | 6.34% | 3.78% |
| DMDK | Thinakaran. K. | 13,106 | 6.15% | −46.14% |
| KMDK | Premier Selvam @ Kalichamy. M. | 9,672 | 4.54% | |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,688 | 1.73% | |
| NTK | Vijayaragavan. M. V. | 2,873 | 1.35% | |
| PMK | Ganesan. P. K. | 1,687 | 0.79% | |
| Margin of victory | 36,631 | 17.19% | −0.23% |
| Turnout | 2,13,121 | 75.60% | −4.55% |
| Registered electors | 2,81,890 | | |
| AIADMK gain from DMDK | Swing | -4.91% | |
2011
2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sulur| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| DMDK | K. Thinakaran | 88,680 | 52.29% | |
| KNMK | E. R. Eswaran | 59,148 | 34.88% | |
| Independent | Dhinakaran K | 7,285 | 4.30% | |
| BJP | Senthilkumar K | 4,353 | 2.57% | |
| Independent | Karthikeyan Pon | 3,053 | 1.80% | |
| Independent | Mariappan Dr M | 2,205 | 1.30% | |
| Independent | Jerold Amalajothi I | 1,315 | 0.78% | |
| Independent | Thangavelu C | 1,281 | 0.76% | |
| BSP | Abdul Hakkim P | 1,064 | 0.63% | |
| Margin of victory | 29,532 | 17.41% | {{{change}}} |
| Turnout | 2,11,574 | 80.16% | |
| Registered electors | 1,69,588 | | |
| DMDK win (new seat) |
1962
1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sulur| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| INC | C. Kolandai Ammal | 25,732 | 38.76% | −5.83% |
| CPI | K. N. Chinnayan | 21,375 | 32.19% | |
| PSP | Kumarasami Gounder | 10,017 | 15.09% | |
| DMK | U. K. N. Rasu | 6,953 | 10.47% | |
| Independent | A. Sethupathy | 1,364 | 2.05% | |
| Independent | V. R. Gopalasami Chettiar | 955 | 1.44% | |
| Margin of victory | 4,357 | 6.56% | −0.08% |
| Turnout | 66,396 | 77.14% | 25.43% |
| Registered electors | 89,754 | | |
| INC hold | Swing | -5.83% | |
1957
1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sulur| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| INC | C. Kolandai Ammal | 18,328 | 44.59% | |
| CPI | K. Ramani | 15,598 | 37.95% | |
| Independent | Shanmugasundaram | 4,053 | 9.86% | |
| Independent | Natarajan | 3,126 | 7.60% | |
| Margin of victory | 2,730 | 6.64% | |
| Turnout | 41,105 | 51.70% | |
| Registered electors | 79,503 | | |
| INC win (new seat) |
External links
- . Election Commission of India. Archived from on 5 October 2010.
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