Tirukkoyilur (state assembly constituency)

Tirukkoyilur is a state assembly constituency of Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu, India. It comprises a portion of Tirukkoyilur taluk and is a part of the Villupuram constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[1]

Thiru. A. Muthuswamy was the first M.L.A of thirukovilur town, at the period of 1952–1957. It was in existence from 1952 to 1971 state elections. After delimitation of constituencies in 2007, Mughaiyur constituency and Rishivandhiyam constituency are reorganised into Tirukovilur constituency. It has 1,94,414 registered voters for 2011 election.^[2]

Demographics[]

Demographics (2011)^[3]
Category	Data
Created	2016
Vanniyar	35%
Sengunthar Kaikola Mudaliyar	17%
Adi Dravida	30%
Nathama Udayar	5%
Konar, Nayudu, Pillaimar	07%
Others	6%
Total Electorate	2,50,669

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Madras State[]

Year	Winner
1952		Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party
1957	and	Independent and Indian National Congress
1962		Indian National Congress
1967	E. M. Subramaniam	Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu[]

Year	Winner	Party
1971			Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tirukkoyilur was again formed after constituency delimitations 2008.^[5]

Year	Winner
2011	L. Venkatesan	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	K. Ponmudy^[6]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	K. Ponmudy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[]

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirukkoyilur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	DMK	K. Ponmudy	1,10,980
	BJP	Kalivaradhan	51,300
	DMDK	Venkatesan	13,997
	NTK	C.Murugan	11,620
Majority
Turnout
	DMK gain from		Swing

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirukkoyilur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Ponmudy
	AIADMK

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tirukkoyilur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	L. Venkatesan
	DMK

References[]

^ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ "தொகுதி - ஓர் அறிமுகம்!: திருக்கோவிலூர் (பொது)". The Hindu. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ "Multifarious issues for the electorate". The Hindu. 30 April 2004. Archived from the original on 18 November 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
^ Vikadan (2016). "மண்ணின் மைந்தர் வெற்றி பெறுவாரா".
^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitaion 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 76. 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 - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

[2] "தொகுதி - ஓர் அறிமுகம்!: திருக்கோவிலூர் (பொது)". The Hindu. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[3] "Multifarious issues for the electorate". The Hindu. 30 April 2004. Archived from the original on 18 November 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2009.

[4] Vikadan (2016). "மண்ணின் மைந்தர் வெற்றி பெறுவாரா".

[5] "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitaion 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.

[6] "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 76. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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