11°00′35″N 76°49′41″E/11.00972°N 76.82806°E/ 11.00972; 76.82806

Thondamuthur is a legislative assembly in Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu, which includes the town of Thondamuthur. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 119. Thondamuthur Assembly constituency is part of Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency. It was a part of Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency until the 2008 delimitation. An election was not held in the year 1957. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Bifurcation

The existing Thondamuthur Assembly constituency was bifurcated in 2008 to create a new constituency - Kavundampalayam. Some parts of Perur Assembly constituency were added to Thondamuthur after the disestablishment of Perur constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

YearWinnerParty
1952Palanisami GounderIndian National Congress
1962V. Ellama Naidu
1967R. ManickavasakamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

AssemblyDurationWinnerParty
Fifth1971-77R. ManickavasakamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth1977-80K. MaruthachalamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh1980-84Chinnaraj
Eighth1984-89C. Aranganayagam
Ninth1989-91U. K. VellingiriCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
Tenth1991-96C. AranganayagamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh1996-01C. R. RamachandranDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth2001-06S. R. BalasubramoniyanTamil Maanila Congress
Thirteenth2006-09M. KannappanMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth2009-2011M. N. KandaswamyIndian National Congress
Fourteenth2011-2016S. P. VelumaniAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth2016-2021
Sixteenth2021-Incumbent

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
202153.89%
201655.01%
201162.40%
2009 by-election56.61%
200641.60%
200150.57%
199660.23%
199161.95%
198942.05%
198457.48%
198057.54%
197733.29%
197160.30%
196759.14%
196252.67%
195251.19%

2026

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKS. P. Velumani
DMKN. R. Karthikeyan
NTKRajbunisha Abdulkani
TVKK.P.R Sathish rajuNew
NOTANOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Registered electors287,442
gain fromSwing

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKS. P. Velumani124,22553.89−1.12
DMKKarthikeya82,59535.83New
MNMS. Shajahan11,6065.03New
NTKS. Kalaiarasi8,0423.49+2.28
NOTANOTA1,6350.71−0.92
AMMKR. Sathishkumar1,2350.54New
Margin of victory41,63018.06−14.11
Turnout230,53170.543.58
Rejected ballots8830.38
Registered electors326,828
AIADMK holdSwing-1.12

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKS. P. Velumani109,51955.01−7.39
MNMKKovai Syed Mohammed M. A.45,47822.84New
BJPM. Karumuthu Thiyagarajan19,0439.56+6.08
DMDKK. Thiyagarajan7,9684.00New
SDPIA. Anshar Sheriff3,6431.83−0.99
NOTANOTA3,2481.63New
KMDKS. R. Vairavel3,0051.51New
NTKR. Anandharaj2,4081.21New
PMKVidiyal Jaganathan1,3150.66New
Margin of victory64,04132.17−1.07
Turnout199,10066.96−8.14
Registered electors297,360
AIADMK holdSwing-7.39

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKS. P. Velumani99,88662.40+62.40
INCKandaswamy M N46,68329.16+29.16
BJPShridhar Murthy A5,5813.49−1.00
SDPIUmmar Kathap T M4,5192.82+2.82
LSPKannammal Jagadeesan9320.58+0.58
Margin of victory53,20333.24−2.23
Turnout1,60,24875.17+16.12
AIADMK gain from INCSwing

2009

2009–10 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Thondamuthur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCM. N. Kandaswamy112,35056.61
DMDKK. Thangavelu40,86320.59
Majority71,48736.02
Turnout198,461
INC gain from MDMKSwing

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MDMKM. Kannappan123,49041.60+32.59
INCS. R. Balasubramoniyan113,59638.27New
DMDKE. Dennis Kovil Pillai37,90112.77New
BJPM. Chinnaraj13,5454.56New
IndependentK. Varadharajan2,0350.69New
Margin of victory9,8943.33−11.55
Turnout296,86370.6516.93
Registered electors420,186
MDMK gain from TMC(M)Swing-8.97

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TMC(M)S. R. Balasubramoniyan96,95950.57New
DMKV. R. Sukanya68,42335.68−24.55
MDMKM. Krishnaswamy17,2829.01New
IndependentN. R. Harikumar5,2092.72New
Democratic Forward BlocA. R. Sakthivel1,4420.75New
Margin of victory28,53614.88−18.23
Turnout191,74553.72−11.41
Registered electors356,986
TMC(M) gain from DMKSwing-9.66

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKC. R. Ramachandran113,02560.23New
AIADMKT. Malaravan50,88827.12−34.84
CPI(M)U. K. Vellingiri12,8156.83−23.5
BJPK. C. Krishnamurthi6,9483.70−2.05
Margin of victory62,13733.111.49
Turnout187,65665.135.91
Registered electors300,961
DMK gain from AIADMKSwing-1.72

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKC. Aranganayagam92,36261.95+34.48
CPI(M)U. K. Vellingiri45,21830.33−11.72
BJPM. Venkatachalam8,5715.75New
JPS. Ayyaswamy1,0230.69New
Margin of victory47,14431.6217.04
Turnout149,08159.22−63.98
Registered electors260,841
AIADMK gain from CPI(M)Swing19.90

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)U. K. Vellingiri62,30542.05+3.53
AIADMKP. Shanmugam40,70227.47−30.01
AIADMKM. Chinnaraj27,52218.57−38.9
IndependentP. Swaminathan13,2058.91New
IndependentN. Gopalasamy7820.53New
Margin of victory21,60314.58−4.38
Turnout148,168123.2051.83
Registered electors123,266
CPI(M) gain from AIADMKSwing-15.43

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKAranganayakam67,67957.48−0.06
CPI(M)U. K. Vellingiri45,35338.52New
IndependentB. K. Ananda Kumar1,0040.85New
IndependentS. Manohar8770.74New
IndependentN. Soundararajan8040.68New
Margin of victory22,32618.963.89
Turnout117,74471.389.78
Registered electors173,480
AIADMK holdSwing-0.06

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKChinnaraj57,82257.54+24.25
DMKR. Manickkavachagam42,67342.46+17.05
Margin of victory15,14915.077.20
Turnout100,49561.602.79
Registered electors165,819
AIADMK holdSwing24.25

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKK. Maruthachalam31,69033.29New
DMKR. Manickavachagam24,19525.41−34.89
JPV. K. Lakshmanan22,57923.72New
INCT. M. Palanisamy15,86516.66New
RPIK. Kalinga Gounder5590.59New
Margin of victory7,4957.87−17.45
Turnout95,20758.81−17.47
Registered electors164,344
AIADMK gain from DMKSwing-27.02

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKR. Manickavasakam51,18160.30+1.16
IndependentM. Nataraj29,68934.98New
IndependentK. Rengaswamy Allas Raju4,0034.72New
Margin of victory21,49225.323.74
Turnout84,87376.281.42
Registered electors118,619
DMK holdSwing1.16

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKR. Manickavachakam42,26159.14+49.34
INCV. E. Naidu26,84237.56−15.11
IndependentR. K. Gounder2,3543.29New
Margin of victory15,41921.58−10.47
Turnout71,45774.86−4.20
Registered electors101,232
DMK gain from INCSwing6.47

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCV. Ellama Naidu32,52052.67New
CPIL. Arputhasamy12,73520.63New
SWAV. R. Ponnusamy Gounder6,72510.89New
DMKK. Meyyappan6,0549.81New
IndependentN. Subbian2,2253.60New
Socialist Party (India)M. Ramalingam1,4852.41New
Margin of victory19,78532.04
Turnout61,74479.06
Registered electors81,201
INC win (new seat)

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thondamuthur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCPalaniswani Gounder22,81451.19New
Socialist Party (India)Perumal10,89424.45New
KMPPAmmasai Gounder6,89515.47New
IndependentPalaniappa Gounder3,9618.89New
Margin of victory11,92026.75
Turnout44,56464.28
Registered electors69,328
INC win (new seat)

External links

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