Athoor Assembly constituency

One of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India

Athoor
Constituency No. 129 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Dindigul
LS constituency	Dindigul
Established	1952
Total electors	2,91,442^[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent I. Periyasamy
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Athoor is a legislative assembly in Dindigul district, that includes the city, Athoor.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 129. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Athoor assembly constituency is a part of Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency.

Madras State

Year	Winner
1952	T.S.Soundram	Indian National Congress
1957	M. A. B. Arumugasamy Chettiar	Indian National Congress
1962	V. S. S. Mani	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	V. S. S. Mani Chettiyar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Duration	Winner
Fifth	1971-1977	A.M.T Nachiappan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977-1980	A. Vellaisamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-1984	A. Vellaisamy
Eighth	1984-1989	V.R. Nedunchezhiyan
Ninth	1989-1991	I. Periasamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991-1996	S.M. Durai	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-2001	I. Periasamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-2006	P.K.T. Natarajaan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006-2011	I. Periasamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011-2016
Fifteenth	2016-2021
sixteenth	2021-incumbent

Election results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Athoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	I. Periyasamy	165,809	72.60%	19.50%
	PMK	Thilagabama M	30,238	13.24%
	NTK	Simon Justin A	17,168	7.52%	7.08%
	MNM	Sivasakthivel P	3,241	1.42%	New
	AMMK	Selvakumar P	3,017	1.32%	New
	Independent	Savadamuthu A	1,722	0.75%	New
	NOTA	Nota	1,564	0.68%	-0.23%
	Independent	Palraj R	1,357	0.59%	New
	APTADMK	Muthulakshmi R	1,180	0.52%	New
	PT	Silambarasan M	880	0.39%	New
	BSP	Karthigaiselvan K	749	0.33%	New
Margin of victory			1,35,571	59.36%	47.52%
Turnout			2,28,376	78.36%	-6.90%
Rejected ballots			326	0.14%
Registered electors			2,91,442
	DMK hold		Swing	19.50%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Athoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	I. Periyasamy	121,738	53.10%	-6.48%
	AIADMK	Viswanathan R Natham	94,591	41.26%
	DMDK	Packiya Selvaraj M	3,741	1.63%	-29.45%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,105	0.92%	New
	BJP	Ilanchezhiyan S. P	1,365	0.60%	-0.58%
	NTK	Mariagunasekaran R	1,013	0.44%	New
	PMK	Nirmala Gnanasoundari I	671	0.29%	New
	LJP	Arumugam K	650	0.28%	New
	Independent	Viswanathan M	632	0.28%	New
	Independent	Palraj R	521	0.23%	New
	Independent	Periyasamy M	446	0.19%	New
Margin of victory			27,147	11.84%	-16.66%
Turnout			2,29,252	85.26%	1.84%
Registered electors			2,68,876
	DMK hold		Swing	-6.48%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Athoor^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	I. Periyasamy	112,751	59.58%	6.38%
	DMDK	Balasubramani. S	58,819	31.08%	23.07%
	Independent	Balasubramani. S.	6,685	3.53%	New
	Independent	Raja. T	3,207	1.69%	New
	BJP	Bharanidharan. J.	2,233	1.18%	-0.07%
	Independent	Ramamoorthy. K.	1,384	0.73%	New
	BSP	Raja. B.	1,191	0.63%	-0.08%
	IJK	Ilanchelian. M.	799	0.42%	New
	Independent	Palanisamy. K	591	0.31%	New
	Independent	Muruganantham. M.	581	0.31%	New
	Independent	Alagupandian. R.	501	0.26%	New
Margin of victory			53,932	28.50%	9.98%
Turnout			2,26,859	83.42%	12.56%
Registered electors			1,89,245
	DMK hold		Swing	6.38%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Athoor^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	I. Periyasamy	76,308	53.20%	6.84%
	AIADMK	Sreenivasan. C	49,747	34.68%	-14.44%
	DMDK	Rajesh Perumalp	11,485	8.01%	New
	BJP	Muthuramalingam. D	1,794	1.25%	New
	Independent	Muruganandam. S	1,086	0.76%	New
	BSP	Saravanakumar. P	1,012	0.71%	New
	Independent	Puthumai. C	603	0.42%	New
	Independent	Pothiraj. S	484	0.34%	New
	Independent	Balusamyc	275	0.19%	New
	Independent	Shanmugam. A	227	0.16%	New
	Independent	Sivakumar. S	207	0.14%	New
Margin of victory			26,561	18.52%	15.75%
Turnout			1,43,432	70.86%	9.57%
Registered electors			2,02,430
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	4.08%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Athoor^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Natarajaan. P. K. T.	64,053	49.13%	24.20%
	DMK	I. Periyasamy	60,447	46.36%	-17.73%
	MDMK	Jeyaraj. C.	2,570	1.97%	New
	Independent	Mathialagan. A.	1,791	1.37%	New
	Independent	Thampidurai. M.	711	0.55%	New
	Independent	David Jeyaprakash. A.	277	0.21%	New
	Independent	Singaravelan . P. V.	270	0.21%	New
	Independent	Krishnasamy. V.	265	0.20%	New
Margin of victory			3,606	2.77%	-36.40%
Turnout			1,30,384	61.29%	-7.90%
Registered electors			2,12,758
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-14.96%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Athoor^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	I. Periyasamy	82,294	64.09%	34.28%
	AIADMK	Chinnamuthu. C.	32,002	24.92%	-43.81%
	CPI(M)	Nagalakshmi. K.	10,743	8.37%	New
	Independent	Jeyaraman. K.	936	0.73%	New
	ATMK	Murugavel. P.	366	0.29%	New
	AIIC(T)	Palaniswamy. R.	354	0.28%	New
	JP	Chandrasekaran. S.	268	0.21%	New
	Independent	Antony. S.	237	0.18%	New
	Independent	Mayilraj. N. A.	131	0.10%	New
	Independent	Ponnuchamy. M.	100	0.08%	New
	Independent	Sundaram. K.	81	0.06%	New
Margin of victory			50,292	39.17%	0.24%
Turnout			1,28,403	69.19%	4.89%
Registered electors			1,93,792
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-4.65%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Athoor^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S.M. Durai	81,394	68.74%	46.49%
	DMK	I. Periyasamy	35,297	29.81%	-2.41%
	Independent	Anbu Selvan M. C.	840	0.71%	New
	Independent	Mani A. T. S.	171	0.14%	New
	Independent	Palani Andavar S.	168	0.14%	New
	Independent	Balusamy S.	128	0.11%	New
	Independent	Chinnasamy A. P.	123	0.10%	New
	Independent	Puratchi Mani P. C. R.	123	0.10%	New
	Independent	Natarajan P. V.	86	0.07%	New
	Independent	Chandra Bose C.	85	0.07%	New
Margin of victory			46,097	38.93%	35.72%
Turnout			1,18,415	64.30%	-6.31%
Registered electors			1,89,272
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	36.52%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Athoor^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	I. Periyasamy	37,469	32.22%	-3.13%
	INC	Abdul Kadhar. N.	33,733	29.01%
	AIADMK	Srinivasan. G.	25,869	22.25%	-40.91%
	Independent	Thirumalaisamy. S.	16,604	14.28%	New
	Independent	Sebastian. Y.	562	0.48%	New
	Independent	Raju. O.	478	0.41%	New
	TNC(K)	Varadharajan. R.V.	421	0.36%	New
	Independent	Alagumalai. R.	392	0.34%	New
	Independent	Kasthuri Rangasamy	264	0.23%	New
	Independent	Jeganathan. R.	215	0.18%	New
	Independent	Muthusamy. M.P.	168	0.14%	New
Margin of victory			3,736	3.21%	-24.59%
Turnout			1,16,289	70.61%	-1.88%
Registered electors			1,68,597
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-30.94%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Athoor^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V.R. Nedunchezhiyan	67,178	63.16%	4.99%
	DMK	Rajambal K.	37,605	35.35%	-5.61%
	Independent	Pandy. K.	591	0.56%	New
	Independent	Krishnasamy	320	0.30%	New
	Independent	Palanisamy S.	290	0.27%	New
	Independent	Krishnasamy G.	225	0.21%	New
	Independent	Hassanullah A.	157	0.15%	New
Margin of victory			29,573	27.80%	10.60%
Turnout			1,06,366	72.49%	9.60%
Registered electors			1,52,731
	AIADMK hold		Swing	4.99%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Athoor^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Vellaisamy	55,359	58.17%	12.77%
	DMK	Rajambal	38,990	40.97%	20.94%
	Independent	Panneer Selvam Odayar. P.	507	0.53%	New
	Independent	Palanichamy. R.	315	0.33%	New
Margin of victory			16,369	17.20%	-8.17%
Turnout			95,171	62.89%	13.76%
Registered electors			1,53,445
	AIADMK hold		Swing	12.77%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Athoor^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Vellaisamy	31,590	45.40%
	DMK	A. M. T. Nachiappan	13,938	20.03%	-39.67%
	INC	R.S. Mani Bharathi	12,200	17.53%	-18.50%
	JP	S.N. Rajagopal	9,476	13.62%	New
	Independent	M.S. Rayappan	2,382	3.42%	New
Margin of victory			17,652	25.37%	1.70%
Turnout			69,586	49.13%	-21.87%
Registered electors			1,43,340
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-14.31%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Athoor^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. M. T. Nachiappan	42,195	59.70%	9.00%
	INC	Lakshmanan T. P. S.	25,467	36.03%	-12.32%
	Independent	Sadasivam R.	3,013	4.26%	New
Margin of victory			16,728	23.67%	21.32%
Turnout			70,675	70.99%	-6.04%
Registered electors			1,07,556
	DMK hold		Swing	9.00%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Athoor^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. S. S. Mani Chettiyar	37,879	50.70%	0.40%
	INC	R. R. Reddiar	36,124	48.36%	6.04%
	Independent	P. V. Thevar	702	0.94%	New
Margin of victory			1,755	2.35%	-5.63%
Turnout			74,705	77.04%	9.44%
Registered electors			1,00,535
	DMK hold		Swing	0.40%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Athoor^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. S. S. Mani Chettiyar	34,632	50.30%
	INC	M. A. B. Arumugasamy Chettiar	29,136	42.32%	0.09%
	Independent	R. Sadasivam	5,080	7.38%	New
Margin of victory			5,496	7.98%	-10.91%
Turnout			68,848	67.59%	18.27%
Registered electors			1,05,730
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	8.07%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Athoor^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. A. B. Arumugasamy Chettiar	22,929	42.23%	-12.84%
	Independent	V. S. S. Mani Chettiyar	12,669	23.33%	New
	Independent	L. K. A. Jeyaram	10,139	18.67%	New
	Independent	M. N. Kamatchi	6,077	11.19%	New
	Independent	Sadasivam	2,480	4.57%	New
Margin of victory			10,260	18.90%	-3.39%
Turnout			54,294	49.32%	-13.60%
Registered electors			1,10,089
	INC hold		Swing	-12.84%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Athoor^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Soundaram Ramachandran	25,849	55.08%	55.08%
	Independent	V. S. S. Mani Chettiyar	15,388	32.79%	New
	KMPP	Sadasivam	5,697	12.14%	New
Margin of victory			10,461	22.29%
Turnout			46,934	62.91%
Registered electors			74,601
	INC win (new seat)

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