Tirukkoyilur Assembly constituency

State Legislative Assembly Constituency in Tamil Nadu

Tirukkoyilur
Constituency No. 76 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Villupuram
LS constituency	Villupuram
Total electors	2,54,313^[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. Ponmudi
Elected year	2021

Tirukkoyilur is a state assembly constituency of Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 76. It comprises a portion of Tirukkoyilur taluk and is a part of the Villupuram constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

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.^[3]

Demographics

Demographics (2011)^[4]
Category	Data
Created	2016
Vanniyar	45%
Sengunthar Kaikola Mudaliyar	12%
Adi Dravida	27%
Nathama Udayar	5%
Konar, Nayudu, Pillaimar	05%
Others	6%
Total Electorate	2,50,669

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Elected Members

Madras State

Year	Winner
1952	A. Muthuswamy	Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party
1957	S. A. M. Annamalai Odayar and Kuppusami	Independent and Indian National Congress
1962	Lakshminarasimma Ammal	Indian National Congress
1967	E. M. Subramaniam	Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	A. S. Kumarasamy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tirukkoyilur was again formed after constituency delimitations 2008.^[6]

Year	Winner
2011	L. Venkatesan	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	K. Ponmudy^[7]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	K. Ponmudy^[7]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			57.00%
2016			49.80%
2011			49.18%
1971			55.27%
1967			51.25%
1962			51.26%
1957			24.27%
1952			28.99%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirukkoyilur^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Ponmudy	110,980	57.00%	+7.2
	BJP	Vat. Kalivaradhan	51,300	26.35%	+25.72
	DMDK	L. Venkatesan	13,997	7.19%	New
	NTK	S. Murugan	11,620	5.97%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,039	1.05%	-0.07
	Independent	M. Vignesh	1,482	0.76%	New
	IJK	M. Senthilkumar	1,066	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			59,680	30.65%	8.86%
Turnout			194,718	76.57%	-2.25%
Rejected ballots			155	0.08%
Registered electors			254,313
	DMK hold		Swing	7.20%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirukkoyilur^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Ponmudy	93,837	49.80%	+6.15
	AIADMK	G. Gothandaraman	52,780	28.01%	New
	PMK	Balasakthi	18,822	9.99%	New
	TMC(M)	G. Ganesh	15,045	7.98%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,110	1.12%	New
	Independent	Rajesh	1,473	0.78%	New
	BJP	S. Dhandapani	1,178	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			41,057	21.79%	16.26%
Turnout			188,438	78.82%	-1.69%
Registered electors			239,087
	DMK gain from DMDK		Swing	0.62%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirukkoyilur^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	L. Venkatesan	78,229	49.18%	*New*
	DMK	M. Thangam	69,438	43.65%	New
	Independent	V. Venkatesan	6,029	3.79%	New
	IJK	S. S. Venkatesan	3,280	2.06%	New
	BSP	C. Periyasamy	1,271	0.80%	New
	Independent	R. Santhi	828	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			8,791	5.53%
Turnout			159,075	80.50%
Registered electors			197,599
	DMDK win (new seat)

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tirukkoyilur^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. S. Kumarasamy	38,520	55.27%	+6.52
	INC	A. Vadivel	31,171	44.73%	-6.52
Margin of victory			7,349	10.55%	8.04%
Turnout			69,691	78.91%	-2.56%
Registered electors			92,628
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	4.02%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tirukkoyilur^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. M. Subramaniam	34,259	51.25%	-0.01
	DMK	A. S. Kumarasamy	32,586	48.75%	+21.82
Margin of victory			1,673	2.50%	-21.82%
Turnout			66,845	81.47%	17.54%
Registered electors			85,190
	INC hold		Swing	-0.01%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tirukkoyilur^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lakshiminarasimma Ammal	27,954	51.26%	+29.62
	DMK	Balasubramaniam	14,687	26.93%	New
	SWA	Mohanadoss	8,465	15.52%	New
	CPI	Venugopal	3,430	6.29%	New
Margin of victory			13,267	24.33%	21.69%
Turnout			54,536	63.93%	-34.42%
Registered electors			90,641
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	26.98%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tirukkoyilur^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. A. M. Annamalai Odayar	41,980	24.27%	*New*
	INC	Lakshmi Narasamma	37,422	21.64%	+1.11
	INC	Kuppusami (Sc)	35,916	20.77%	+0.24
	Independent	Muthusami (Sc)	31,036	17.95%	New
	Independent	Kadirvelu Koundar	15,179	8.78%	New
	Independent	Ramasami	11,406	6.60%	New
Margin of victory			4,558	2.64%	-0.04%
Turnout			172,939	98.35%	-10.74%
Registered electors			175,837
	Independent gain from TTP		Swing	-4.72%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tirukkoyilur^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TTP	T. D. Muthukumaraswamy Naidu	38,928	28.99%	*New*
	TTP	A. Muthuswami	35,334	26.32%	New
	INC	Kulasekhara Dass	27,567	20.53%	New
	INC	M. Rajagopal	23,206	17.28%	New
	Independent	D. Dayalu Reddair	5,964	4.44%	New
	Socialist	N. Ramalingam	3,265	2.43%	New
Margin of victory			3,594	2.68%
Turnout			134,264	109.09%
Registered electors			123,072
	TTP win (new seat)

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