Anthiyur (state assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 11°35′N 77°36′E / 11.58°N 77.60°E / 11.58; 77.60

Anthiyur is the legislative assembly, that includes the town, Anthiyur and other neighbouring local bodies. It is a part of the Tiruppur (Lok Sabha constituency). The constituency is in existence since 1962 election. Anthiyur was a part of Gobichettipalayam (Lok Sabha constituency) until 2009 election.

Demographics[]

vanniyar,, Kongu Vellalar, Senguntha Mudaliar, Devanga Chettiyar, Muslims and Adi Dravida communities are populated in this constituency.^[1]

Madras State[]

Assembly	Year	Winner	Party
Third	1962	Perumalraju		Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967	E. M. Natarajan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu[]

Assembly	Duration	Winner
Fifth	1971-77*	E. M. Natarajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977-80	P. Guruswamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-84	P. Guruswamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984-89	U. P. Mathaiyan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989-91	V. Periasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991-96	V. Periasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-01	P. Selvarasu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-06		Pattali Makkal Katchi
Thirteenth	2006-2011	S. Gurusamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011-2016	S. S. Ramanitharan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016-2021		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021-Incumbent	Venkatachalam.A.G	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Note: From 1967 to 1971, Andhiyur was not listed as a (SC) constituency.

Election results[]

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anthiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	Venkatachalam.A.G	79,096	44.84
	AIADMK	Shanmugavel.K.S	77,821	44.12
	NTK	Saravanan.M	8,230	4.67
	MNM	Gurunathan.M	2,474	1.4
	AMMK	Selvam.S.R	1,212	0.69
	None of the Above	Nota	1,027	0.58
Margin of victory			1,275
Turnout			176,385
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anthiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	AIADMK	E.M.R.Raja Alias Rajakrishnan.K.R	71,575
	DMK	Venkatachalam A G	66,263
	PMK	Gopal.S.C.R	11,570
	DMDK	Raja Sampath M K	5,828
	BJP	Mohankumar P G	1,962
	None of the Above	Nota	1,546
Margin of victory			5,312
Turnout			169,581
	AIADMK gain from		Swing

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anthiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. S. Ramanitharan
	DMK

References[]

^ "114 - திருப்பூர் (தெற்கு)". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil).

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

[1] "114 - திருப்பூர் (தெற்கு)". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil).

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