Mettupalayam Assembly constituency

Mettupalayam
Mettupalayam
Constituency No. 111 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Coimbatore
Lok Sabha constituency	Nilgiris
Established	1951
Total electors	2,82,235
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Sunilanand
Party	TVK
Elected year	2026

Mettupalayam is a legislative assembly constituency in Coimbatore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[1] It comes under Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency.^[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

CountryIndia

RegionSouth India

StateTamil Nadu

DistrictCoimbatore

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Year	Winner
1952	Kempi Gowder	Independent
1957	D. Raghubadhi Devi	Indian National Congress
1962	N. Shanmuga Sundaram
1967	T. T. S. Thippiah

Year	Winner
1971	M. C. Thooyamani	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	S. Palanisamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	S. Palanisamy
1984	M. Chinnaraj
1989	V. Gopalakrishnan	Indian National Congress
1991	L. Sulochana	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	B. Arunkumar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	A. K. Selvaraj	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	O. K. Chinnaraj
2011
2016
2021	A. K. Selvaraj
2026	N. Sunil Anand	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam


2026			30.97%
2021			46.75%
2016			44.41%
2011			54.53%
2006			44.50%
2001			60.02%
1996			55.60%
1991			60.82%
1989			28.21%
1984			59.60%
1980			58.96%
1977			32.37%
1971			56.08%
1967			45.42%
1962			46.90%
1957			49.37%
1952			19.24%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TVK	N. Sunil Anand	75,664	30.97	New
	DMK	Smt. Kavitha Kalyanasundaram	67,896	27.79	17.87
	AIADMK	O.K. Chinnaraj	61,736	25.27	21.48
	Independent	T.R. Shanmugasundaram	26,756	10.95	New
	NTK	S. Gopalakrishnan	6,508	2.66	2.21
	NOTA	NOTA	839	0.34	0.87
	Independent	V. Senthil Kumar	612	0.25	New
	Independent	V. Anandkumar	596	0.24	New
	Independent	R. Chinnaraj	586	0.24	New
	Veerath Thiyagi Viswanathadoss Thozhilalarkal Katchi	S. Abdul Rahiman	458	0.19	New
	Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Amma Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Sivaraj.R	387	0.16	New
	Naadaalum Makkal Katchi	R. Sangeetha	356	0.15	New
	All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam	Dhamotharan.V	296	0.12	New
	Independent	S. Kavitha	263	0.11	New
	Independent	N. Saravana Kumar	252	0.10	New
	Independent	A. Sathiyaleela	238	0.10	New
	Independent	C. Mahendran	190	0.08	New
	Party For The Rights Of Other Backward Classes	C. Nagaraj	161	0.07	New
	Independent	M. Palanichami	120	0.05	New
	Independent	T. Amirthalingam	119	0.05	New
	Independent	Rangasamy.P	99	0.04	New
	Independent	Manoharan	98	0.04	New
	Independent	P. Ravichandran	89	0.04	New
Margin of victory			7,768	3.18	2.09
Turnout			2,44,319	86.57	10.75
Registered electors			2,82,235		14,635
	TVK gain from AIADMK		Swing	30.97

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. K. Selvaraj	105,231	46.75%	+2.34
	DMK	T. R. Shanmugasundaram	102,775	45.66%	+8.9
	NTK	K. Yasmin	10,954	4.87%	+4.15
	NOTA	NOTA	2,733	1.21%	−0.4
	AMMK	P. Saravanan	1,864	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			2,456	1.09%	−6.55%
Turnout			225,083	75.82%	0.31%
Rejected ballots			456	0.20%
Registered electors			296,870
	AIADMK hold		Swing	2.34%

Mettupalayam Assembly constituency

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Tamil Nadu

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	O. K. Chinnaraj	93,595	44.41%	−10.12
	DMK	S. Surendran	77,481	36.76%	−2.77
	TMC(M)	T. R. Shanmuga Sundaram	13,324	6.32%	New
	BJP	P. Jaganathan	11,036	5.24%	+1.95
	NOTA	NOTA	3,408	1.62%	New
	SDPI	S. Mohammed Rafi	2,209	1.05%	New
	PMK	K. Moorthi	1,870	0.89%	New
	KMDK	K. Vellingiri	1,604	0.76%	New
	NTK	A. Abdul Vahab	1,509	0.72%	New
	Independent	K. Venkatesh	1,264	0.60%	New
	Independent	M. K. Poongundran	1,145	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			16,114	7.65%	−7.35%
Turnout			210,761	75.51%	−5.62%
Registered electors			279,110
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-10.12%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	O. K. Chinnaraj	93,700	54.53%	+10.02
	DMK	B. Arunkumar	67,925	39.53%	−4.88
	BJP	K. R. Nandhakumar	5,647	3.29%	+1.18
	CPI(ML)L	R. Janaki Raman	1,433	0.83%	New
	Independent	B. Ravichandran	1,382	0.80%	New
Margin of victory			25,775	15.00%	14.91%
Turnout			211,799	81.13%	6.91%
Registered electors			171,836
	AIADMK hold		Swing	10.02%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	O. K. Chinnaraj	67,445	44.50%	−15.52
	DMK	B. Arunkumar	67,303	44.41%	+13.2
	DMDK	V. Saraswathi	10,877	7.18%	New
	BJP	P. Jeganathan	3,187	2.10%	New
	Independent	R. Premnath	1,346	0.89%	New
Margin of victory			142	0.09%	−28.72%
Turnout			151,546	74.23%	9.35%
Registered electors			204,170
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-15.52%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. K. Selvaraj	85,578	60.02%	+28.18
	DMK	B. Arunkumar	44,500	31.21%	−24.39
	MDMK	B. N. Rajendran	6,755	4.74%	−1.3
	NCP	U. N. Murugasan Benjamin	2,339	1.64%	New
	Independent	M. Jabbar	1,474	1.03%	New
Margin of victory			41,078	28.81%	5.05%
Turnout			142,577	64.88%	−5.30%
Registered electors			219,782
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	4.42%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	B. Arunkumar	71,954	55.60%	+29.6
	AIADMK	K. Doraiswamy	41,202	31.84%	−28.98
	MDMK	T. T. Arangasamy	7,817	6.04%	New
	BJP	Sri. Nandhakumar	4,884	3.77%	−2.08
	PMK	A. Thangaraj	1,548	1.20%	New
	JP	S. B. Anbuselvan	761	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			30,752	23.76%	−11.06%
Turnout			129,404	70.17%	3.19%
Registered electors			195,527
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-5.22%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	L. Sulochana	72,912	60.82%	+38.52
	DMK	B. Arunkumar	31,173	26.01%	New
	BJP	Nandakumar Sri	7,017	5.85%	New
		M. R. Sivasamy	6,325	5.28%	New
	PMK	R. Palanichami	628	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			41,739	34.82%	28.91%
Turnout			119,873	66.98%	−8.31%
Registered electors			186,264
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	32.61%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Gopalakrishnan	34,194	28.21%	*New*
	AIADMK	V. Jayaraman	27,034	22.30%	−37.29
	JP	C. V. Kandasamy	25,987	21.44%	New
	India Farmers and Tailers Party	M. R. Sivasamy	18,097	14.93%	New
	AIADMK	D. K. Duraisamy	11,041	9.11%	−50.49
	Independent	Sunbban	1,480	1.22%	New
	Independent	C. Saminathan	774	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			7,160	5.91%	−13.74%
Turnout			121,209	75.29%	−0.99%
Registered electors			165,095
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-31.38%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Chinnaraj	61,951	59.60%	+0.63
	DMK	M. Mathiyan	41,527	39.95%	New
Margin of victory			20,424	19.65%	0.16%
Turnout			103,952	76.28%	16.96%
Registered electors			142,909
	AIADMK hold		Swing	0.63%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Palanisamy	48,266	58.96%	+26.59
	INC	K. Vijayan	32,311	39.47%	+15.09
	Independent	S. K. Ponnusamy	593	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			15,955	19.49%	12.88%
Turnout			81,860	59.32%	−1.14%
Registered electors			140,096
	AIADMK hold		Swing	26.59%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Palanisamy	26,029	32.37%	*New*
	JP	T. T. S. Thippaiah	20,717	25.76%	New
	INC	M. K. Kembaia Gowder	19,604	24.38%	New
	DMK	O. Arumugasamy	11,757	14.62%	−41.46
	Independent	V. Subramani	1,121	1.39%	New
	Independent	G. N. Shanmugam	817	1.02%	New
Margin of victory			5,312	6.61%	−5.55%
Turnout			80,410	60.46%	−12.87%
Registered electors			135,224
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-23.71%

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. T. S. Thippiah	29,709	45.42%	−1.49
	DMK	Thooyamani	26,736	40.87%	New
	CPI	K. Veellingiri	8,967	13.71%	−21.65
Margin of victory			2,973	4.55%	−7.00%
Turnout			65,412	74.03%	−0.17%
Registered electors			93,585
	INC hold		Swing	-1.49%

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Shanmugasundaram	25,398	46.90%	−2.46
	CPI	K. Vellingiri	19,145	35.36%	New
	SWA	K. R. Krishnasami	7,655	14.14%	New
	Independent	Saminatha Chettiar	1,481	2.74%	New
	Independent	M. Nagappan	470	0.87%	New
Margin of victory			6,253	11.55%	8.92%
Turnout			54,149	74.21%	14.18%
Registered electors			76,665
	INC hold		Swing	-2.46%

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kempi Gowder	30,687	19.24%	*New*
	INC	Abdul Salam, Azad	17,946	11.25%	New
	Independent	Mahadevan	3,059	1.92%	New
	Independent	Saminatha Chetty	1,139	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			12,741	7.99%
Turnout			159,462	114.65%
Registered electors			139,088
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. C. Thooyamani	39,013	56.08%	+15.21
	Independent	Ramaswami	30,553	43.92%	New
Margin of victory			8,460	12.16%	7.62%
Turnout			69,566	73.33%	−0.70%
Registered electors			99,930
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	10.66%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Raghubadhi Devi	20,690	49.37%	+38.11
	Independent	Madhannan	19,587	46.74%	New
	Independent	C. Swaminatha Chettiar	1,632	3.89%	New
Margin of victory			1,103	2.63%	−5.36%
Turnout			41,909	60.02%	−54.62%
Registered electors			69,821
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	30.12%