Madathukulam Assembly constituency

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

10°34′00″N 77°21′00″E / 10.5667°N 77.35°E / 10.5667; 77.35

Madathukulam
Constituency No. 126 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruppur
LS constituency	Pollachi
Established	2011
Total electors	2,48,501^[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent C. Mahendran
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Madathukulam is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India newly formed after constituency delimitations 2008.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 126. It is included in the Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

It covers the area of Madathukulam block.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner
2011	C. Shanmugavelu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	R. Jayaramakrishnan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	C.Mahendran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			46.35%
2016			44.66%
2011			54.71%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Madathukulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Mahendran	84,313	46.35%	2.66%
	DMK	R. Jayaramakrishnan	77,875	42.81%	-1.86%
	AMMK	C. Shanmugavelu	6,515	3.58%
	NTK	U Sanuja	6,245	3.43%	2.86%
	MNM	K Kumaresan	2,894	1.59%
	NOTA	Nota	1,048	0.58%	-0.68%
	Independent	G Ramakrishnan	712	0.39%
	Independent	K Mahendrakumar	611	0.34%
	Independent	K Manickasamy	503	0.28%
	BSP	J. Benjamin Kirubakaran	467	0.26%	-0.20%
	Independent	P Mahendran	172	0.09%
Margin of victory			6,438	3.54%	2.57%
Turnout			1,81,913	73.20%	-2.89%
Rejected ballots			11	0.01%
Registered electors			2,48,501
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	1.68%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Madathukulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Jayaramakrishnan R	76,619	44.66%	3.64%
	AIADMK	Manoharan K	74,952	43.69%	-11.02%
	TMC(M)	Maheswari A S	6,208	3.62%
	BJP	Muthukumar A	2,619	1.53%	0.72%
	PMK	Ravichandran A	2,443	1.42%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,147	1.25%
	KMDK	Kumaragurubaran	1,573	0.92%
	Independent	Manoharan S	1,450	0.85%
	NTK	Ravishankar C	980	0.57%
	BSP	Alavudeen S	783	0.46%	0.04%
	Independent	Veeramanickam S	569	0.33%
Margin of victory			1,667	0.97%	-12.72%
Turnout			1,71,544	76.09%	-5.40%
Registered electors			2,25,451
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-10.05%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Madathukulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Shanmugavelu	78,622	54.71%
	DMK	M. P. Saminathan	58,953	41.02%
	Independent	D. Varadharajan	1,742	1.21%
	BJP	R. Vijayaragavan	1,166	0.81%
	Independent	P. Nandakumar	946	0.66%
	Independent	S. Sadayappan	739	0.51%
	BSP	S. Radhakrishnan	598	0.42%
	Independent	N. Thangavel	289	0.20%
	Independent	P. Subramaniam	289	0.20%
	Independent	T. Saminathan	218	0.15%
	Independent	M. Kandhasamy	141	0.10%
Margin of victory			19,669	13.69%	{{{change}}}
Turnout			1,76,351	81.49%
Registered electors			1,43,703
	AIADMK win (new seat)

References

^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2008.