Perundurai Assembly constituency
State Legislative Assembly Constituency in Tamil Nadu
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Perundurai is a state assembly constituency in Erode district in Tamil Nadu.[1] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 103. It covers Perundurai and some parts of Erode City. It is included in Tiruppur Lok Sabha constituency.[2] The constituency has been in existence since 1957 election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
| Perundurai | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 103 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Erode |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Tiruppur |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,14,451 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Vacant | |
Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.
Demographics
Kongu Vellalar Gounder Community is majorly presented in this Assembly constituency and Senguntha Mudaliar, Vettuva Gounder and Adi Dravida communities are also populated in this constituency.[3]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971^ | N. K. Palanisamy | Communist Party of India | |
| 1977 | A. Ponnusamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1980 | T. K. Nallappan | Communist Party of India | |
| 1984 | A. Ponnusamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1989 | V. N. Subramanian | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1993 ^ | V. P. Periasamy | ||
| 1996 | N. Periyasamy | Communist Party of India | |
| 2001 | K. S. Palanisamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2006 | C. Ponnudurai | ||
| 2011 | N. D. Venkatachalam | ||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | S. Jayakumar | ||
| 2026 | |||
| 2026^ | |||
^ upcoming by-election following S. Jayakumar's resignation on 25 May 2026 to join Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
^ 1971 By election
^ 1993 By election
^ 2026 By election
Election results
2026 By-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TVK | |||||
| DMK | |||||
| AIADMK | |||||
| Other parties | Other party candidates | ||||
| Independent | Independent candidates | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
2026
{
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | S. Jayakumar | 70,302 | 35.03 | ||
| DMK | N. D. Venkatachalam | 60,609 | 30.20 | New | |
| TVK | V. P. Arunachalam | 59,483 | 29.64 | New | |
| Independent | C. Venkatachalam | 878 | 0.44 | New | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 812 | 0.40 | ||
| Margin of victory | 9,693 | 4.83 | |||
| Turnout | 2,01,079 | 93.76 | |||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | S. Jayakumar | 85,125 | 44.84 | +0.79 | |
| KMDK | K. K. C. Balu | 70,618 | 37.20 | +0.15 | |
| Independent | N. D. Venkatachalam | 9,895 | 5.21 | New | |
| MNM | C. K. Nandhakumar | 3,533 | 1.86 | New | |
| Independent | Shankarsamy | 3,336 | 1.76 | New | |
| BSP | M. Thambi | 1,620 | 0.85 | +0.14 | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 1,189 | 0.63 | −0.47 | |
| Margin of victory | 14,507 | 7.64 | 0.63 | ||
| Turnout | 189,843 | 83.31 | −2.30 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 563 | 0.30 | |||
| Registered electors | 227,870 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 0.79 | |||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | N. D. Venkatachalam | 80,292 | 44.05 | −16.1 | |
| DMK | K. P. Samy (A) P. Mohana Sundaram | 67,521 | 37.05 | New | |
| KMDK | K. K. C. Balu | 14,545 | 7.98 | New | |
| TMC(M) | V. P. Shanmugam | 6,304 | 3.46 | New | |
| BJP | A. Chandrasekaran | 2,625 | 1.44 | New | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 1,991 | 1.09 | New | |
| PMK | P. Kumaresan | 1,498 | 0.82 | New | |
| BSP | K. Sekar | 1,306 | 0.72 | −0.64 | |
| Margin of victory | 12,771 | 7.01 | −21.19 | ||
| Turnout | 182,263 | 85.62 | 1.72 | ||
| Registered electors | 212,885 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -16.10 | |||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | N. D. Venkatachalam | 89,960 | 60.15 | +16.78 | |
| KNMK | K. K. C. Balu | 47,793 | 31.96 | New | |
| BSP | G. Anbazhagan | 2,033 | 1.36 | +0.74 | |
| Independent | L. Antony Peter | 1,464 | 0.98 | New | |
| JD(U) | K. Arumugam | 1,371 | 0.92 | New | |
| Independent | P. Tamilarasu | 1,026 | 0.69 | New | |
| Independent | N. P. Venkatachalam | 925 | 0.62 | New | |
| Independent | T. V. Thangamuthu | 845 | 0.56 | New | |
| Independent | P. Raju | 823 | 0.55 | New | |
| IJK | M. Tamilselvan | 779 | 0.52 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 42,167 | 28.19 | 21.96 | ||
| Turnout | 149,561 | 83.90 | 7.76 | ||
| Registered electors | 178,269 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 16.78 | |||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | C. Ponnudurai | 59,631 | 43.37 | −14.51 | |
| CPI | N. Periyasamy | 51,053 | 37.13 | New | |
| DMDK | M. Ravichandran | 18,212 | 13.24 | New | |
| BJP | T. Shri Gandheeswaran | 1,960 | 1.43 | New | |
| Independent | R. Palanisam | 1,447 | 1.05 | New | |
| JD(U) | B. Devadasan | 1,136 | 0.83 | New | |
| Independent | K. Krishnamoorthy | 1,066 | 0.78 | New | |
| BSP | M. M. S. Subramaniam | 850 | 0.62 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 8,578 | 6.24 | −19.21 | ||
| Turnout | 137,506 | 76.13 | 11.18 | ||
| Registered electors | 180,617 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -14.51 | |||
2001
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | K. S. Palanisamy | 72,133 | 57.88 | +22.52 | |
| CNMK | N. Govindaswamy | 40,421 | 32.43 | New | |
| MDMK | V. M. Kandasamy | 6,528 | 5.24 | −1.33 | |
| Independent | P. Raman | 1,374 | 1.10 | New | |
| JD(S) | K. P. Sengodu | 1,337 | 1.07 | New | |
| Independent | S. R. Devendara Manickam | 1,020 | 0.82 | New | |
| Independent | P. Muthusamy | 803 | 0.64 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 31,712 | 25.45 | 11.02 | ||
| Turnout | 124,623 | 64.95 | −5.16 | ||
| Registered electors | 191,912 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from CPI | Swing | 8.09 | |||
1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | N. Periyasamy | 60,587 | 49.79 | +27.91 | |
| AIADMK | P. Periyasamy | 43,036 | 35.36 | −34.91 | |
| MDMK | V. M. Kandasamy | 7,992 | 6.57 | New | |
| Independent | T. K. Periyasamy | 2,292 | 1.88 | New | |
| BJP | A. Meivelsamy | 1,228 | 1.01 | −1.55 | |
| Margin of victory | 17,551 | 14.42 | −33.97 | ||
| Turnout | 121,693 | 70.11 | 1.14 | ||
| Registered electors | 179,713 | ||||
| CPI gain from AIADMK | Swing | -20.49 | |||
1991
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. N. Subramanian | 77,277 | 70.28 | +35.39 | |
| CPI | T. K. Naliappan | 24,060 | 21.88 | New | |
| Independent | K. P. Sengodu | 3,199 | 2.91 | New | |
| BJP | A. Chandra Sekaran | 2,815 | 2.56 | New | |
| AAP | M. Subiramaniom | 698 | 0.63 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 53,217 | 48.40 | 35.46 | ||
| Turnout | 109,961 | 68.97 | −8.36 | ||
| Registered electors | 164,972 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 35.39 | |||
1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. N. Subramanian | 39,654 | 34.89 | −29.45 | |
| INC | R. Arumugam | 24,956 | 21.96 | New | |
| DMK | S. Kandappan | 22,985 | 20.22 | New | |
| AIADMK | A. Ponnusamy | 11,309 | 9.95 | −54.39 | |
| Independent | P. S. Subramaniam Alias Mani | 9,226 | 8.12 | New | |
| India Farmers and Tailers Party | K. Venkatachalam | 1,406 | 1.24 | New | |
| Independent | V. T. R. Veerappa Gounder | 922 | 0.81 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 14,698 | 12.93 | −17.07 | ||
| Turnout | 113,650 | 77.33 | 3.20 | ||
| Registered electors | 150,170 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -29.45 | |||
1984
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | A. Ponnusamy | 60,830 | 64.34 | New | |
| CPI | T. K. Nallappan | 32,465 | 34.34 | −20.35 | |
| Independent | M. Thangavelu | 1,254 | 1.33 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 28,365 | 30.00 | 15.57 | ||
| Turnout | 94,549 | 74.13 | 10.94 | ||
| Registered electors | 134,058 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from CPI | Swing | 9.65 | |||
1980
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | T. K. Nallappan | 44,210 | 54.69 | +22.67 | |
| INC | N. K. P. Jaganathan | 32,543 | 40.26 | New | |
| JP | T. C. Gopalan | 2,183 | 2.70 | New | |
| Independent | Palaniappan | 895 | 1.11 | New | |
| Independent | T. N. Kumarasamy Gounder | 742 | 0.92 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 11,667 | 14.43 | 6.55 | ||
| Turnout | 80,837 | 63.19 | 2.14 | ||
| Registered electors | 129,785 | ||||
| CPI gain from AIADMK | Swing | 14.78 | |||
1977
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | A. Ponnusamy | 30,574 | 39.91 | New | |
| CPI | N. K. Palanisamy | 24,532 | 32.02 | −24.34 | |
| JP | R. Ramalingam | 12,803 | 16.71 | New | |
| DMK | R. Kandasamy | 5,946 | 7.76 | New | |
| Independent | M. Chenni | 2,752 | 3.59 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 6,042 | 7.89 | −4.84 | ||
| Turnout | 76,607 | 61.04 | −6.08 | ||
| Registered electors | 127,223 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from CPI | Swing | -16.46 | |||
1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | N. K. Palanisamy | 38,882 | 56.37 | +46.7 | |
| Independent | K. Chinnasamy Gounder | 30,100 | 43.63 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 8,782 | 12.73 | 8.25 | ||
| Turnout | 68,982 | 67.12 | −11.87 | ||
| Registered electors | 111,717 | ||||
| CPI gain from SSP | Swing | 8.96 | |||
1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSP | S. Balasubramanian | 33,164 | 47.41 | New | |
| INC | N. N. S. Nandradiar | 30,030 | 42.93 | −15.48 | |
| CPI | N. T. Raju | 6,761 | 9.66 | −30.62 | |
| Margin of victory | 3,134 | 4.48 | −13.64 | ||
| Turnout | 69,955 | 78.99 | −3.78 | ||
| Registered electors | 94,274 | ||||
| SSP gain from INC | Swing | -11.00 | |||
1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | N. Nallasenaapathi Sarkerai Manradiar | 36,225 | 58.41 | +17 | |
| CPI | N. K. Palanisamy | 24,986 | 40.29 | −18.3 | |
| Socialist Party (India) | U. R. Kumarasami | 563 | 0.91 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 11,239 | 18.12 | 0.95 | ||
| Turnout | 62,016 | 82.77 | 25.79 | ||
| Registered electors | 77,326 | ||||
| INC gain from CPI | Swing | -0.17 | |||
1957
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | N. K. Palanisami | 24,205 | 58.59 | New | |
| INC | V.R.A. Manicka Mudaliar | 17,110 | 41.41 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 7,095 | 17.17 | |||
| Turnout | 41,315 | 56.99 | |||
| Registered electors | 72,499 | ||||
| CPI win (new seat) | |||||