Erode East Assembly constituency

Erode (East)
Erode (East)
Constituency No. 98 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Erode
Lok Sabha constituency	Erode
Established	2008
Total electors	1,79,592
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent M. Vijay Balaji
Party	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
Elected year	2026

Erode East is a state assembly constituency in Erode district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 98. It consists of a portion of Erode taluk which includes Erode City. It is included in Erode Lok Sabha constituency. Erode East is completely an urban constituency which covers 33 wards out of 80 wards of Erode city corporation.^[1]^[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

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RegionSouth India

StateTamil Nadu

DistrictErode

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This constituency was newly formed, in the year of 2008, by dividing the integrated Erode Assembly Constituency.

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Year	Member
2011	V. C. Chandhirakumar	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	K. S. Thennarasu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Thirumagan Evera^[5]	Indian National Congress
2023^	E. V. K. S. Elangovan^[6]	Indian National Congress
2025^	V. C. Chandhirakumar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2026	M. Vijay Balaji	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam


2026			42.93%
2025			74.70%
2023			64.58%
2021			44.27%
2016			43.83%
2011			50.83%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TVK	M. Vijay Balaji	69,747	42.93	New
	INC	Gopinath Palaniyappan	45,781	28.18	New
	AIADMK	R. Manoharan	38,183	23.50	New
	NTK	S. Thandavamoorthy	4,987	3.07	12.52
	NOTA	NOTA	879	0.54	3.40
	Independent	J. Muthu Bava	858	0.53	New
	Independent	H. Mohamed Gaipeer	321	0.20	New
	BSP	B. Chitra	256	0.16	New
	Vishwa Tamil Kazhagam	M. Kamal Kumar	227	0.14	New
	Independent	R. Vairam	196	0.12	New
	Samaniya Makkal Nala Katchi	K. Manikannan	173	0.11	New
	Independent	Nathiya.S	136	0.08	New
	Independent	C. Thiyagarajan	132	0.08	New
	Independent	M. Dharani Kumar	96	0.06	New
	TVK	A. Manikandan	86	0.05	New
	Tamilaga Makkal Nala Katchi	K. Dhavasiappan	80	0.05	New
	Veerath Thiyagi Viswanathadoss Thozhilalarkal Katchi	R. Dhandapani	76	0.05	New
	Independent	S. Lakshmanathan	67	0.04	New
	Independent	M.V. Karthy	66	0.04	New
	Independent	Shanmugam.P	55	0.03	New
	Independent	M. Murugesan	51	0.03	New
Margin of victory			23,966	14.75	44.36
Turnout			1,62,453	90.46	22.40
Registered electors			1,79,592		47,977
	TVK gain from DMK		Swing	42.93

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. C. Chandhirakumar	115,709	74.70	*New*
	NTK	M. K. Seethalakshmi	24,151	15.59	9.24
	Others	Other party candidates	2,911	1.88	1.04
	Independent	Independent candidates	6,010	3.88	2.75
	NOTA	None of the above	6,109	3.94	3.47
Margin of victory			91,558	59.11	20.28
Turnout			154,890	68.06	6.73
Registered electors			227,569
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	+10.12

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. V. K. S. Elangovan	110,156	64.58	20.31
	AIADMK	K. S. Thennarasu	43,923	25.75	New
	NTK	Menaka Navaneethan	10,827	6.35	1.30
	DMDK	S. Anand	1,432	0.84	New
	Others	Other party candidates	1,501	0.84	0.18
	Independent	Independent candidates	1,926	1.13	0.50
	NOTA	None of the above	798	0.47	0.55
Margin of victory			66,233	38.83	32.97
Turnout			170,563	74.79	7.97
Registered electors			227,547
	INC hold		Swing	+20.31

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. Thirumagan Evera	67,300	44.27	*New*
	AIADMK	M. Yuvaraja	58,396	38.41	5.42
	NTK	S. Gomathi	11,629	7.65	6.12
	MNM	A. M. R. Rajakumar	10,005	6.98	New
	AMMK	S. A. Muthukumaran	1,204	0.79	New
	Others	Other party candidates	998	0.66
	Independent	Independent candidates	959	0.63
	NOTA	None of the above	1,546	1.02	1.07
Margin of victory			8,904	5.86	0.59
Turnout			152,037	66.57	3.00
Registered electors			228,402
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	+0.43

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. S. Thennarasu	64,879	43.83	*New*
	DMK	V. C. Chandhirakumar	57,085	38.57	4.44
	DMDK	Ponchairman	6,776	4.58	46.25
	BJP	Rajeshkumar P	5,549	3.75	1.36
	Others	Other candidates	10,633	7.18
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,096	2.09	0.11
Margin of victory			7,794	5.27	2.56
Turnout			148,018	69.57	8.00
Registered electors			212,746
	AIADMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-7.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	V. C. Chandhirakumar	69,166	50.83	*New*
	DMK	S. Muthusamy	58,522	43.01	New
	BJP	Rajeshkumar P	3,244	2.38	New
	Independent	Minnal Murugash R	2,439	1.79	New
	NOTA	None of the above	2,700	1.98	New
Margin of victory			10,644	7.82	New
Turnout			136,071	77.58	New
Registered electors			175,395
	DMDK win (new seat)