Nilakottai (state assembly constituency)

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Nilakottai is a state assembly constituency in Dindigul district in Tamil Nadu.[1] It is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency. Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below.

Madras State[]

Year Winner Party
1952 and Indian National Congress
1957 and A. S. Ponnammal Indian National Congress
1962 Indian National Congress
1967 A. Muniyandi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu[]

Year Winner Party
1971 A. Muniyandi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 A. Baluchamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 A. S. Ponnammal Independent
1984 A. Baluchamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 A. S. Ponnammal Indian National Congress
1991 A. S. Ponnammal Indian National Congress
1996 A. S. Ponnammal Tamil Maanila Congress
2001 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 S. Thenmozhi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011 A. Ramasamy Puthiya Tamilagam
2016 R. Thangathurai - Disqualification by Assembly Speaker 2017 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
By-Election 2019 S. Thenmozhi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 S. Thenmozhi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[]

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Nilakottai
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Thenmozhi 91,461
Murugavel Rajan 63,843
NTK Vasantha Devi 17,505
DMDK K.Ramasamy 3,704
MNM Ananth 3,181
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

By-Election 2019[]

Bye-elections, 2019: Nilakottai
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. Thenmozhi 90,982
DMK C. Soundarapandian 70,307
AMMK R. Thangathurai 9,401
NTK A. Sanigilipandian 4,934
MNM C. Chinnadurai 3,139
NOTA None of the Above 1,339
Majority 20,675
Turnout 1,84,374 80.29
AIADMK hold Swing

References[]

  1. ^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

Coordinates: 10°10′N 77°52′E / 10.17°N 77.87°E / 10.17; 77.87

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