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Uthangarai (state assembly constituency)

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Uthangarai
Constituency for the State Assembly
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Constituency details
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictKrishnagiri
LS constituencyKrishnagiri
Total electors2,37,810[1]
Most successful partyAIADMK (3 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAT M Tamilselvam
PartyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year2021

Uthangarai is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2007 The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. It comprises a portion.[2] Located in Krishnagiri district, it consists of Uthangarai taluk and a portion of Pochampalli taluk. It is included in the Krishnagiri parliamentary constituency.[3]

Members of the Legislative assembly[]

Year Winner Party
2011 Manoranjitham Nagaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016[4]
2021 T M Tamilselvam

Election Results[]

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Uthangarai
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK T M Tamilselvam 99,675 52.96
INC S. Arumugam 71,288 37.87
NTK Elangovan 10,424 5.54
DMDK R. Bakyaraj 2,291 1.22
None of the Above None of the Above 1,359 0.72
Margin of victory 28,387
Turnout 1,88,223
AIADMK hold Swing

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Uthangarai
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Manoranjitham Nagaraj 69,980 38.75
DMK S Malathy 67,367 37.30
PMK T N Anguthi 23,500 13.01
VCK C Kaniyamudhan 12,669 7.01
NOTA None of the above 1,717 0.95
Majority 2,613 1.45
Turnout 1,80,646 82.61
AIADMK hold Swing

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Uthangarai
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Manoranjitham Nagaraj 90,381 58.92
VCK Muniyammal 51,223 33.39
IND Vediyappan S 4,134 2.70
BJP Sankar C K 2,549 1.66
IND Dr Devarajan V 2,138 1.39
Majority 39,158 25.53
Turnout 1,53,475 82.14 New
AIADMK win (new seat)

References[]

  1. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. ^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitaion 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  4. ^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 51. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
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