Avanashi (state assembly constituency)

Avanashi
Avanashi
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
Established	1957 - present
Total electors	2,80,731
Reservation	Scheduled Caste
Most successful party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (8 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	P. Dhanapal
Party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Avanashi (SC) is the legislative assembly, that includes the city, Avanashi. From 1977, this seat is reserved for scheduled caste. Avanashi assembly constituency is part of Nilgiris (Lok Sabha constituency). This is one of the two assembly constituencies having inter-district boundaries of limit, the other being Udumalpet.

Madras State[]

Year	Winner
1957	K. Marappa Gounder	Indian National Congress
1962		Indian National Congress
1967		Swatantra Party

Tamil Nadu[]

Assembly	Duration	Winner
Fifth	1971-77
Sixth	1977-80		Indian National Congress
Seventh	1980-84		Communist Party of India
Eighth	1984-89		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989-91		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991-96		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-01	G. Elango	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-06	S. Mahalingam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006-2011		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011-2016	A. A. Karuppasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016-2021	P. Dhanapal	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021-Incumbent	P. Dhanapal	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results[]

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	P. Dhanapal	117284	55.16
	DMK	R. Athiyamaan	66382	31.22
	MNM	Dr. A. Venkateswaran	8379	3.94
	AMMK	S. Meera	2577	1.21
	NTK	Shoba	13256	6.23
	Independent
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2372	1.12
Majority
Turnout
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Dhanapal
	DMK

References[]

^ "Assembly wise final electoral count-29April2016" (PDF). Tamil Nadu Election Commission. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

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

[1] "Assembly wise final electoral count-29April2016" (PDF). Tamil Nadu Election Commission. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

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