Erode East Assembly constituency

Erode East or 'Erode (East)' is a state assembly constituency in Erode district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 98. It consists of a portion of Erode taluk which includes Erode City. It is included in Erode Lok Sabha constituency.^[2][3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Erode (East)
Constituency No. 98 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Erode
Lok Sabha constituency	Erode
Established	2008
Total electors	2,27,547[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent V. C. Chandhirakumar
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2025

This constituency was newly formed, in the year of 2008, by dividing the integrated Erode Assembly Constituency.

Boundaries and parts

Erode East covers the central part of Erode City Corporation to the river Kaveri on the east and Modakkurichi Assembly constituency limit on the south; a part of the city is also covered by that constituency.

The eastern part of the city, to the eastern banks of the river Kaveri is included in Kumarapalayam Assembly constituency.

Demographics

The Kongu Vellalar Gounder and Sengundha Mudhaliyar communities constituted about 60% of the total population of this constituency in 2021.^[4]

Gender demographic of Erode East as of 11.02.2023,^[5] taken during the 2023 by-election:

Year	Female	Male	Transgender	Total
2023	1,16,497	1,11,025	25	2,27,547

Members of Legislative Assembly

Elected members from this constituency are as follows:

Year	Member	Political Party
2011	V. C. Chandhirakumar		Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	K. S. Thennarasu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Thirumagan Evera[6]		Indian National Congress
2023^	E. V. K. S. Elangovan[7]
2025^	V. C. Chandhirakumar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2025			74.70%
2023			64.58%
2021			44.27%
2016			43.83%
2011			50.83%

2025

2025 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Bye-election: Erode East^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. C. Chandhirakumar	115,709	74.70	New
	NTK	M. K. Seethalakshmi	24,151	15.59	9.24
	Others	Other party candidates	2,911	1.88	1.04
	Independent	Independent candidates	6,010	3.88	2.75
	NOTA	None of the above	6,109	3.94	3.47
Margin of victory			91,558	59.11	20.28
Turnout			154,890	68.06	6.73
Registered electors			227,546
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	+10.12

2023

2023 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Bye-election: Erode East^[7][9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. V. K. S. Elangovan	110,156	64.58	20.31
	AIADMK	K. S. Thennarasu	43,923	25.75	New
	NTK	Menaka Navaneethan	10,827	6.35	1.30
	DMDK	S. Anand	1,432	0.84	New
	Others	Other party candidates	1,501	0.84	0.18
	Independent	Independent candidates	1,926	1.13	0.50
	NOTA	None of the above	798	0.47	0.55
Margin of victory			66,233	38.83	32.97
Turnout			170,563	74.79	7.97
Registered electors			227,547
	INC hold		Swing	+20.31

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Erode East^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. Thirumagan Evera	67,300	44.27	New
	AIADMK	M. Yuvaraja	58,396	38.41	5.42
	NTK	S. Gomathi	11,629	7.65	6.12
	MNM	A. M. R. Rajakumar	10,005	6.98	New
	AMMK	S. A. Muthukumaran	1,204	0.79	New
	Others	Other party candidates	998	0.66
	Independent	Independent candidates	959	0.63
	NOTA	None of the above	1,546	1.02	1.07
Margin of victory			8,904	5.86	0.59
Turnout			152,037	66.57	3.00
Registered electors			228,402
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	+0.43

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Erode East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. S. Thennarasu	64,879	43.83	New
	DMK	V. C. Chandhirakumar	57,085	38.57	4.44
	DMDK	Ponchairman	6,776	4.58	46.25
	BJP	Rajeshkumar P	5,549	3.75	1.36
	Others	Other candidates	10,633	7.18
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,096	2.09	0.11
Margin of victory			7,794	5.27	2.56
Turnout			148,018	69.57	8.00
Registered electors			212,746
	AIADMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-7.00

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Erode East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	V. C. Chandhirakumar	69,166	50.83	New
	DMK	S. Muthusamy	58,522	43.01	New
	BJP	Rajeshkumar P	3,244	2.38	New
	Independent	Minnal Murugash R	2,439	1.79	New
	NOTA	None of the above	2,700	1.98	New
Margin of victory			10,644	7.82	New
Turnout			136,071	77.58	New
Registered electors			175,395
	DMDK win (new seat)