Anthiyur Assembly constituency

State Legislative Assembly Constituency in Tamil Nadu

11°35′N 77°36′E / 11.58°N 77.60°E / 11.58; 77.60

Anthiyur
Constituency No. 105 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Erode
LS constituency	Tiruppur
Established	1962
Total electors	2,19,551
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent A. G. Venkatachalam
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Anthiyur is a legislative assembly, that includes the town of Anthiyur and other neighbouring local bodies. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 105. It is a part of Tiruppur Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency is in existence since 1962 election. Anthiyur was a part of Gobichettipalayam Lok Sabha constituency until 2009 election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Demographics

Vanniyar, Kongu Vellalar Gounder, Uppuliyr Arunththathiyar, Senguntha Mudaliar, Devanga Chettiyar, Muslims and Adi Dravida communities are populated in this constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Assembly	Year	Winner	Party
Third	1962	Perumalraju		Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967	E. M. Natarajan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Duration	Winner
Fifth	1971-77*	E. M. Natarajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977-80	P. Guruswamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-84	P. Guruswamy
Eighth	1984-89	U. P. Mathaiyan
Ninth	1989-91	V. Periasamy
Tenth	1991-96	V. Periasamy
Eleventh	1996-01	P. Selvarasu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-06	S. R. Krishnan	Pattali Makkal Katchi
Thirteenth	2006-2011	S. Gurusamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011-2016	S. S. Ramanitharan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016-2021	K. R. Rajakrishnan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021-Incumbent	A. G. Venkatachalam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Note: From 1967 to 1971, Andhiyur was not listed as a (SC) constituency.

Election results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anthiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. G. Venkatachalam	79,096	44.84%	5.77%
	AIADMK	Shanmugavel. K. S	77,821	44.12%	1.91%
	NTK	Saravanan. M	8,230	4.67%	4.02%
	MNM	Gurunathan. M	2,474	1.40%
	AHIMSASP	Prathaban. A	2,045	1.16%
	AMMK	Selvam. S. R	1,212	0.69%
	NOTA	Nota	1,027	0.58%	−0.33%
	BSP	Pattan. G	957	0.54%	0.24%
Margin of victory			1,275	0.72%	−2.41%
Turnout			1,76,385	80.34%	−1.33%
Rejected ballots			317	0.18%
Registered electors			2,19,551
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	2.64%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anthiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	E. M. R. Raja Alias Rajakrishnan. K. R	71,575	42.21%	−12.72%
	DMK	Venkatachalam A G	66,263	39.07%	1.82%
	PMK	Gopal. S. C. R	11,570	6.82%
	KMDK	Raja D	5,995	3.54%
	DMDK	Raja Sampath M K	5,828	3.44%
	BJP	Mohankumar P G	1,962	1.16%	−0.23%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,546	0.91%
	NTK	Manimekalai K	1,101	0.65%
	Independent	Ravi C	630	0.37%
	BSP	Mahendran G	513	0.30%	−0.49%
	Independent	Kathirvel K	419	0.25%
Margin of victory			5,312	3.13%	−14.54%
Turnout			1,69,581	81.67%	−0.62%
Registered electors			2,07,641
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-12.72%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anthiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Ramanitharan. S. S	78,496	54.92%	21.38%
	DMK	Raaja. N. K. K. P	53,242	37.25%	−14.05%
	Independent	Pongiyia Gounder. K	2,269	1.59%
	BJP	Bargunan A. P. S	1,988	1.39%	0.09%
	Independent	Sheikdavood. A. M	1,528	1.07%
	Ulzaipali Makkal Katchy	Velumani. A	1,493	1.04%
	BSP	Paramasivan. A	1,132	0.79%
	Independent	Vadivel. K	556	0.39%
	Independent	Chinnaponnu Vathiyar. V. M	544	0.38%
	Independent	Sakthivel. G	511	0.36%
	Independent	Chandrakumar. S	439	0.31%
Margin of victory			25,254	17.67%	−0.09%
Turnout			1,73,681	82.29%	12.75%
Registered electors			1,42,922
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	3.62%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anthiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Gurusamy. S	57,043	51.30%	15.30%
	AIADMK	Subramaniam. M	37,300	33.54%
	DMDK	Jagadeeswaran. P	11,574	10.41%
	Independent	Raju. P	1,763	1.59%
	BJP	Palanisamy. V	1,446	1.30%
	Independent	Mannathan. P	784	0.71%
	Independent	Gurusamy. P	709	0.64%
	Independent	Guruvan. G	579	0.52%
Margin of victory			19,743	17.75%	−0.63%
Turnout			1,11,198	69.54%	12.88%
Registered electors			1,59,908
	DMK gain from PMK		Swing	-3.08%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anthiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	Krishnan. R	53,436	54.38%
	DMK	Selvarasu. P	35,374	36.00%	−16.97%
	MDMK	Thangavel . M. D	3,808	3.88%	−0.03%
	Independent	Raja . M	2,167	2.21%
	Independent	Sellammal	1,556	1.58%
	Independent	Ponnusamy. G	1,083	1.10%
	MNK(PLP)	Gurusamy. V	466	0.47%
	Independent	Shanmugam . G	379	0.39%
Margin of victory			18,062	18.38%	−6.82%
Turnout			98,269	56.66%	−9.99%
Registered electors			1,73,432
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	1.41%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anthiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Selvarasu. P.	52,535	52.97%	28.54%
	AIADMK	Subramaniam. M.	27,541	27.77%	−31.92%
	PMK	Sivakami	13,924	14.04%
	MDMK	Eradha Rukmani	3,874	3.91%
	Independent	Palanisamy. K.	299	0.30%
	Independent	Chinnaponnuvathiyar. V. M.	203	0.20%
	Independent	Raju. T.	201	0.20%
	Independent	Madhan. N.	170	0.17%
	Independent	Raman. S.	170	0.17%
	Independent	Paulraj. P.	136	0.14%
	Independent	Velusamy. M. K.	128	0.13%
Margin of victory			24,994	25.20%	−10.05%
Turnout			99,181	66.65%	3.80%
Registered electors			1,53,654
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-6.72%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anthiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Periasamy V.	52,592	59.68%	22.38%
	DMK	Eradharukmani	21,530	24.43%	−10.13%
	PMK	Karuppan M.	13,179	14.96%
	AAP	Kannan N.	410	0.47%
	THMM	Manickam K.	405	0.46%
Margin of victory			31,062	35.25%	32.51%
Turnout			88,116	62.86%	7.31%
Registered electors			1,44,480
	AIADMK hold		Swing	22.38%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anthiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Perisamy. V.	26,702	37.31%	−32.44%
	DMK	Ramasamy. K.	24,740	34.57%	5.44%
	INC	Chidambaram. V.	8,199	11.46%
	AIADMK	Mathaiyam. U.P.	8,071	11.28%	−58.47%
	India Farmers and Tailers Party	Ganesan. R.	746	1.04%
	Independent	Madesh. D.	701	0.98%
	Independent	Guruswamy. P.	606	0.85%
	Independent	Subramanian.S	523	0.73%
	Independent	Gurusamy. R.	416	0.58%
	Independent	Karuppanan. S.K.	261	0.36%
	Independent	Perimal. S.C.	217	0.30%
Margin of victory			1,962	2.74%	−37.88%
Turnout			71,574	55.54%	−14.72%
Registered electors			1,32,166
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-32.44%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anthiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	U. P. Mathaiyan	53,825	69.75%	12.69%
	DMK	Lakshmi S.	22,479	29.13%	−5.04%
	Independent	Sivalingam T.	863	1.12%
Margin of victory			31,346	40.62%	17.74%
Turnout			77,167	70.27%	13.61%
Registered electors			1,14,321
	AIADMK hold		Swing	12.69%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anthiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Guruswamy	34,498	57.06%	14.60%
	DMK	Vadivel. T. G.	20,662	34.17%	16.27%
	JP	Karuppan. M.	4,588	7.59%
	Independent	Muthusamy. T. P.	714	1.18%
Margin of victory			13,836	22.88%	0.68%
Turnout			60,462	56.66%	0.06%
Registered electors			1,08,662
	AIADMK hold		Swing	14.60%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anthiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Guruswamy	23,950	42.46%
	JP	A. Palani	11,423	20.25%
	DMK	V.P. Palaniammal	10,099	17.90%	−38.88%
	INC	K.C. Raju	9,080	16.10%	−27.11%
	Independent	T. Sivalingam	1,283	2.27%
	Independent	A.K. Aran	388	0.69%
	Independent	G.J. Raju	183	0.32%
Margin of victory			12,527	22.21%	8.63%
Turnout			56,406	56.60%	−6.40%
Registered electors			1,01,515
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-14.33%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anthiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. M. Natarajan	32,691	56.79%	0.79%
	INC	K. S. Nanjappan	24,876	43.21%	−0.79%
Margin of victory			7,815	13.58%	1.59%
Turnout			57,567	63.00%	−10.27%
Registered electors			93,941
	DMK hold		Swing	0.79%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Anthiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. M. Natarajan	34,877	55.99%	26.21%
	INC	Gurumurthi	27,409	44.01%	−12.00%
Margin of victory			7,468	11.99%	−14.23%
Turnout			62,286	73.27%	24.71%
Registered electors			88,402
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-0.01%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Anthiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Perumalraju	22,533	56.01%
	DMK	Kalimuthu	11,984	29.79%
	Independent	Thavasi	4,272	10.62%
	Independent	Karuppan	1,444	3.59%
Margin of victory			10,549	26.22%
Turnout			40,233	48.55%
Registered electors			88,662
	INC win (new seat)

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