Rasipuram (state assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 11°28′N 78°10′E / 11.47°N 78.17°E / 11.47; 78.17

Rasipuram is a state assembly constituency in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu, India.^[1] It comprises a portion of Rasipuram taluk and is a part of the wider Namakkal constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[2] The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Madras State[]

Year	Winner
1952	T. M. Kaliannan	Indian National Congress
1957		Indian National Congress
1962		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu[]

Year	Winner
1971		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	P. Duraisamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	K. P. Ramalingam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	K. P. Ramalingam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	P. R. Sundaram	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	P. R. Sundaram	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	P. Dhanapal	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	^[3]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	R. Mathiventhan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[]

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Rasipuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	Dr.R.Mathiventhan	90,727	46.08
	AIADMK	Dr.V.Saroja	88,775	45.09
	NTK	K. Silambarasi	11,295	5.74
	None of the Above	NOTA	2,110
Majority
Turnout			1,96,904
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Rasipuram
	Candidate	Votes
AIADMK	Dr. V. Saroja	86,901
DMK	V. P. Duraisamy	77,270
PMK	Pushpagandhi	6,952
VCK	Arjunan	4,341
KMDK	Bharathi	2,542

References[]

^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
^ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 92. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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

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

[2] "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

[3] "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 92. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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