Erode West Assembly constituency
State Legislative Assembly Constituency in Tamil Nadu
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Erode West or 'Erode (West)' is a state assembly constituency of Erode city in Erode district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 99. It consists of portions of the Perundurai and Erode taluks. It is included in Erode Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
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| Erode (West) | |
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| Constituency No. 99 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Erode |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Erode |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 250,177 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | DMK |
| Elected year | 2021 |
This constituency was newly formed, in the year of 2008, by dividing the integrated Erode Assembly Constituency. Erode West was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.[3]
Boundaries
It covers the western part of Erode City Corporation to the Perundurai Assembly constituency limit on the west and Modakkurichi Assembly constituency limit on the south; a part of the city is also covered by these two constituencies. Bhavani Assembly constituency also covers some part of the city in the north.
Demographics
Gender demographic of Erode West as of 11.02.2021,[4] taken during the State General election in 2021:
| Year | Female | Male | Transgender | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,42,913 | 1,48,373 | 30 | 2,91,316 |
Members of Legislative Assembly
Elected members from this constituency are as follows:
| Year | Winner | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | K. V. Ramalingam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
| 2016 | ||||
| 2021 | S. Muthusamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
| 2026 | K. K. Anand Mohan | Tamilaga vettri kazhagam | ||
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | S. Muthusamy | ||||
| TMC(M) | M. Yuvaraja | ||||
| NTK | Vijay | ||||
| TVK | K. K. Anand Mohan | New | |||
| NOTA | NOTA | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Registered electors | 245,493 | ||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | S. Muthusamy | 100,757 | 49.49% | 8.62% | |
| AIADMK | K. V. Ramalingam | 78,668 | 38.64% | −4.82% | |
| NTK | Chandra Kumar P | 13,353 | 6.56% | 5.27% | |
| MNM | Durai Sevugan | 8,107 | 3.98% | ||
| NOTA | Nota | 1,968 | 0.97% | −0.83% | |
| Margin of victory | 22,089 | 10.85% | 8.26% | ||
| Turnout | 2,03,611 | 69.48% | −4.43% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 490 | 0.24% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,93,058 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 6.03% | |||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Ramalingam K. V. | 82,297 | 43.46% | −15.83% | |
| DMK | S. Muthusamy | 77,391 | 40.87% | ||
| KMDK | Easwara Murthy M | 7,477 | 3.95% | ||
| MDMK | Murugan N | 6,624 | 3.50% | ||
| BJP | Palanisamy N. P. | 4,177 | 2.21% | −0.09% | |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,403 | 1.80% | ||
| PMK | Arumugam P V | 3,000 | 1.58% | ||
| NTK | Jothivel T | 2,448 | 1.29% | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,906 | 2.59% | −22.14% | ||
| Turnout | 1,89,367 | 73.91% | −5.36% | ||
| Registered electors | 2,56,208 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -15.83% | |||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | K. V. Ramalingam | 90,789 | 59.29% | ||
| INC | Yuvaraja M | 52,921 | 34.56% | ||
| BJP | Palanisamy N. P | 3,516 | 2.30% | ||
| Independent | Venkatachalam K | 1,371 | 0.90% | ||
| Independent | Tamilarasu M | 1,183 | 0.77% | ||
| BSP | Nagarajan V. P | 1,012 | 0.66% | ||
| Margin of victory | 37,868 | 24.73% | {{{change}}} | ||
| Turnout | 1,93,170 | 79.27% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,53,133 | ||||
| AIADMK win (new seat) | |||||