Mettupalayam (state assembly constituency)

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Mettupalayam
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
StateTamil Nadu
Established1971-present
Total electors2,79,005 [1]
ReservationGeneral
Most successful partyAIADMK (9 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAK. Selvaraj
PartyAIADMK
Elected year2021

Mettupalayam is a legislative assembly constituency in Coimbatore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[2]

Madras State[]

Year Winner Party
1952 Independent
1957 Indian National Congress
1962 Indian National Congress
1967 Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu[]

Assembly Duration Winner Party
Fifth 1971-77 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth 1977-80 S. Palanisamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh 1980-84 S. Palanisamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth 1984-89 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth 1989-91 Indian National Congress
Tenth 1991-96 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh 1996-2001 B. Arunkumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth 2001-06 K. Selvaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth 2006-11 O. K. Chinnaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth 2011-16 O. K. Chinnaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth 2016-21 O. K. Chinnaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth 2021 K. Selvaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results[]

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. Selvaraj 105231 46.75 +2.34
DMK T.R.Shanmugasundaram 102775 45.66 +8.9
NTK Yasmin K 10954 4.87
AMMK SARAVANAN P 1864 0.83
None of the Above None of the Above 2733 1.21
Margin of victory 2456 1.09 -6.56
Turnout 225083 TBD TBD
AIADMK hold Swing +2.34

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK O. K. Chinnaraj 93,595 44.41 -10.12
DMK S. Surendaran 77,481 36.76 -2.77
TMC Shanmuga Sundaram T R 13,324 6.32 +6.32
BJP Jaganathan P 11,036 5.24 +1.95
NOTA None of the above 3,408 1.62 +1.62
Margin of victory 16,114 7.65 -7.35
Turnout 2,10,776 75.52 -5.66
AIADMK hold Swing -10.12

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mettupalayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK O. K. Chinnaraj 93,700 54.53 +10.03
DMK B. Arunkumar 67,925 39.53 -4.88
BJP K. R. Nandha Kumar 5,647 3.29 +1.19
CPI(ML)L Janaki Raman R 1,433 0.83 +0.83
IND Ravi Chandran B 1,382 0.80 +0.80
Margin of victory 25,775 15.00 +14.91
Turnout 1,71,946 81.18 +6.95
AIADMK hold Swing +10.03

References[]

  1. ^ "Assembly wise final electoral count-29April2016" (PDF). Tamil Nadu Election Commission. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

Coordinates: 11°18′00″N 76°57′00″E / 11.3000°N 76.9500°E / 11.3000; 76.9500

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