Mettur Assembly constituency

Mottur
Mottur
Constituency No. 85 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Lok Sabha constituency	Dharmapuri
Established	1957
Total electors	2,55,869
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent G. Venkatachalam
Party	AIADMK
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2026

Mettur is a state legislative assembly constituency in Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[1] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 85. It comprises a portion of Mettur taluk and is a part of the wider Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

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RegionSouth India

StateTamil Nadu

DistrictSalem

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Year	Winner
1957	K. S. Ardhanareeswara Gounder	Indian National Congress
1962	K. S. Arthanareswara Gounder	Indian National Congress
1967	M. Surendran	Praja Socialist Party

Year	Winner
1971	M. Surendran	Praja Socialist Party
1977	K. P. Nachimuthu Gounder	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
1984
1989	M. Sreerangan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991	S. Sundarambal	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	P. Gopal	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	S. Sundarambal	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	G. K. Mani	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2011	S. R. Parthiban	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	S. Semmalai^[3]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	S. Sadhasivam	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2026	G. Venkatachalam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam


2026			37.43%
2021			44.43%
2016			35.05%
2011			44.62%
2006			47.94%
2001			42.25%
1996			43.97%
1991			49.30%
1989			25.61%
1984			48.15%
1980			58.28%
1977			43.67%
1971			57.45%
1967			48.78%
1962			34.04%
1957			45.65%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Venkatachalam. G	86,498	37.43	New
	DMK	Midhun Chakravarthy. M	67,393	29.16	14.97
	TVK	Selvam. K	65,260	28.24	New
	NTK	Vidhya Veerappan	7,109	3.08	1.09
	NOTA	NOTA	794	0.34	0.69
	Independent	Ramkumar. D.M	706	0.31	New
	Independent	Durairaj. V	659	0.29	New
	Independent	Venkatasalam. G	471	0.20	New
	TVK	Periyaponnu. O	403	0.17	New
	Independent	Dr. Padmarajan. K	390	0.17	New
	Independent	Prabakaran. S	251	0.11	New
	Independent	Krishnamoorthy. P	237	0.10	New
	Independent	Saravanakumar. M	223	0.10	New
	Independent	Murugan. P	192	0.08	New
	Independent	Jaganathan. A	121	0.05	New
	Vada Tamil Nadu Munnetra Katchi	Velu. A	107	0.05	New
	Independent	Chidambaram. A	104	0.05	New
	Independent	Kannan. M	99	0.04	New
	Independent	Kannan. R	88	0.04	New
Margin of victory			19,105	8.27	7.97
Turnout			2,31,105	90.32	14.11
Registered electors			2,55,869		30,751
	AIADMK gain from PMK		Swing	37.43

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	S. Sadhasivam	97,055	44.43%	+20.37
	DMK	S. Srinivasaperumal	96,399	44.13%	+12.11
	NTK	C. Manikandan	9,109	4.17%	+3.7
	MNM	P. Anusuya	4,605	2.11%	New
	Independent	Selvan	2,823	1.29%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,247	1.03%	+0.15
	DMDK	M. Ramesh Aravind	1,874	0.86%	−1.98
	DAMK	K. Thangavel	1,783	0.82%	New
Margin of victory			656	0.30%	−2.73%
Turnout			218,442	76.21%	−2.66%
Rejected ballots			427	0.20%
Registered electors			286,620
	PMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	9.38%

Mettur Assembly constituency

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Semmalai	72,751	35.05%	*New*
	DMK	S. R. Parthiban	66,469	32.02%	New
	PMK	G. K. Mani	49,939	24.06%	−19.03
	DMDK	R. Boopathy	5,892	2.84%	−41.78
	NOTA	NOTA	1,829	0.88%	New
	BJP	P. Balasubramanian	1,428	0.69%	−0.66
	KMDK	A. Rajagounder	1,345	0.65%	New
	Independent	R. Parthiban	707	0.34%	New
Margin of victory			6,282	3.03%	1.50%
Turnout			207,574	78.87%	−0.76%
Registered electors			263,189
	AIADMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-9.57%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	S. R. Parthiban	75,672	44.62%	+36.71
	PMK	G. K. Mani	73,078	43.09%	−4.86
	Independent	Dr. K. Padmarajan	6,273	3.70%	New
	Independent	A. Pakkiam	2,738	1.61%	New
	IJK	R. Senthilkumar	2,487	1.47%	New
	BJP	P. Balasubramanian	2,286	1.35%	+0.66
	Independent	S. K. Parthiban	1,338	0.79%	New
	Independent	R. Mani	1,254	0.74%	New
	Independent	V. Ranjith	1,254	0.74%	New
	Independent	P. Murugan	1,110	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			2,594	1.53%	−6.53%
Turnout			212,992	79.63%	9.98%
Registered electors			169,607
	DMDK gain from PMK		Swing	-3.33%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	G. K. Mani	66,250	47.94%	*New*
	AIADMK	K. Kandasamy	55,112	39.88%	−2.37
	DMDK	S. Dhandapany	10,921	7.90%	New
	Independent	M. S. Mani	1,831	1.33%	New
	Independent	K. Padmarajan	1,454	1.05%	New
	BJP	M. Muthu Kumaran	957	0.69%	New
	Independent	T. Saravanan	822	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			11,138	8.06%	1.12%
Turnout			138,183	69.65%	13.88%
Registered electors			198,408
	PMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	5.69%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Sundarambal	49,504	42.25%	+16.27
	DMK	P. Gopal	41,369	35.31%	−8.66
	Independent	K. P. Nachimthu	20,906	17.84%	New
	MDMK	A. Arumugam	1,610	1.37%	New
	Independent	K. Munusamy	1,304	1.11%	New
	Independent	S. Raja	1,040	0.89%	New
	Independent	K. Padmarajan	809	0.69%	New
	Independent	K. Manickam	627	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			8,135	6.94%	−10.37%
Turnout			117,169	55.76%	−9.90%
Registered electors			210,151
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-1.72%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Gopal	50,799	43.97%	*New*
	PMK	R. Balakrishnan	30,793	26.65%	New
	AIADMK	P. Soundram	30,012	25.98%	−23.33
	CPI(M)	M. Rajagopal	2,336	2.02%	−14.49
Margin of victory			20,006	17.32%	−7.21%
Turnout			115,540	65.66%	2.65%
Registered electors			185,204
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-5.34%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Sundarambal	53,368	49.30%	+24.93
	PMK	G. K. Mani	26,825	24.78%	New
	CPI(M)	M. Seerangan	17,878	16.52%	−9.1
	Independent	K. P. Nachimuthu	8,822	8.15%	New
Margin of victory			26,543	24.52%	23.28%
Turnout			108,245	63.01%	4.97%
Registered electors			178,129
	AIADMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	23.69%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. Sreerangan	23,308	25.61%	+7.2
	AIADMK	K. Gurusamy	22,180	24.37%	−23.78
	INC	R. Narayanan	20,721	22.77%	New
	Independent	K. P. Nachimuthu	15,094	16.59%	New
	CPI	K. Navamani	7,409	8.14%	New
	Independent	K. K. Sidhan	541	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			1,128	1.24%	−17.39%
Turnout			90,996	58.04%	−15.24%
Registered electors			160,935
	CPI(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-22.54%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. P. Nachimuthu Gounder	46,083	48.15%	−10.13
	Independent	K. Gurusamy	28,253	29.52%	New
	CPI(M)	M. Seerangan	17,626	18.42%	New
	Independent	T. M. Munusamy	2,754	2.88%	New
	Independent	Kandasamy Vai	649	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			17,830	18.63%	−3.88%
Turnout			95,699	73.28%	6.23%
Registered electors			138,136
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-10.13%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. P. Nachimuthu Gounder	48,845	58.28%	+14.61
	DMK	S. Kandappan	29,977	35.77%	+20.89
	JP	M. C. Pachaiapan	4,560	5.44%	New
Margin of victory			18,868	22.51%	−1.32%
Turnout			83,810	67.06%	9.26%
Registered electors			126,625
	AIADMK hold		Swing	14.61%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. P. Nachimuthu Gounder	30,762	43.67%	*New*
	INC	P. Natesan	13,976	19.84%	−18.05
	JP	G. A. Vadivelu	13,448	19.09%	New
	DMK	L. K. Ramu	10,478	14.88%	New
	Independent	T. Obuli	910	1.29%	New
	Independent	M. Madalaimuthu	530	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			16,786	23.83%	4.27%
Turnout			70,436	57.79%	−5.07%
Registered electors			123,548
	AIADMK gain from PSP		Swing	-13.77%

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mettur^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	M. Surendran	32,656	57.45%	*New*
	INC	Karuppanna Gounder	21,538	37.89%	−1.28
	Independent	Sengoda Gounder	2,650	4.66%	New
Margin of victory			11,118	19.56%	9.94%
Turnout			56,844	62.86%	−12.07%
Registered electors			97,813
	PSP hold		Swing	8.67%

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Mettur^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. S. Ardhanareeswara Gounder	18,065	34.04%	−11.6
	PSP	M. Surendram	17,620	33.21%	New
	DMK	Paul Cruz	8,497	16.01%	New
	CPI	P. Ardhanari	8,295	15.63%	New
	Independent	Arulsamy	586	1.10%	New
Margin of victory			445	0.84%	−11.32%
Turnout			53,063	68.93%	27.63%
Registered electors			79,747
	INC hold		Swing	-11.60%

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Mettur^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. S. Ardhanareeswara Gounder	15,491	45.65%	*New*
	PSP	Surendiran	11,366	33.49%	New
	Independent	Chinnasamy	5,119	15.08%	New
	Independent	Narayanasami	1,959	5.77%	New
Margin of victory			4,125	12.16%
Turnout			33,935	41.29%
Registered electors			82,184
	INC win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	M. Surendran	30,635	48.78%	*New*
	INC	K. K. Gounder	24,597	39.17%	+5.12
	Independent	R. S. Kandasami	5,950	9.47%	New
	Independent	M. Arulsami	1,619	2.58%	New
Margin of victory			6,038	9.61%	8.78%
Turnout			62,801	74.93%	6.00%
Registered electors			89,534
	PSP gain from INC		Swing	14.74%