Pappireddipatti Assembly constituency

Pappireddippatti is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2007.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 60. Located in Dharmapuri district, it comprises portions of the Dharmapuri and Pappireddipatti taluks. It is included in the Dharmapuri parliamentary constituency for elections to the Parliament of India.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Pappireddipatti
Constituency No. 60 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Dharmapuri
LS constituency	Dharmapuri
Total electors	2,65,487[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent A. Govindasamy
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
2011	P. Palaniappan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	P. Palaniappan - Disqualification by Assembly Speaker Dhanapal on 2017 [4]		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
By-Election 2019	A. Govindasamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	A. Govindasamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021			51.81%
2019 By-election			48.25%
2016			35.56%
2011			45.39%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pappireddipatti^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Govindasamy	114,507	51.81%	+16.25
	DMK	M. Prabhu Rajasekar	77,564	35.10%	+8.22
	AMMK	P. Palaniappan	15,863	7.18%	New
	NTK	R. Ramesh	7,573	3.43%	New
	MNM	Srinivasan	1,729	0.78%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,338	0.61%	−0.1
Margin of victory			36,943	16.72%	10.63%
Turnout			220,994	83.24%	−2.54%
Rejected ballots			282	0.13%
Registered electors			265,487
	AIADMK hold		Swing	16.25%

2019 By-election

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Pappireddipatti^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Govindasamy	103,981	48.25
	DMK	A. Mani	85,488	39.67
	AMMK	D. K. Rajendran	15,283	7.09
	NTK	S. Sathish	3,783	1.76
	MNM	M. Nallathambi	2,374	1.10
Margin of victory			18,493	8.58
Turnout			2,15,406	84.84
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pappireddipatti^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Palaniappan	74,234	35.56%	−9.83
	PMK	A. Sathiyamoorthy	61,521	29.47%	New
	DMK	M. Prabhu Rajasekar	56,109	26.88%	−12.29
	DMDK	A. Baskar	9,441	4.52%	New
	KMDK	G. Ashokan	1,760	0.84%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,467	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			12,713	6.09%	−0.13%
Turnout			208,754	85.78%	4.87%
Registered electors			243,367
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-9.83%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pappireddipatti^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Palaniappan	76,582	45.39%	New
	DMK	V. Mullaivendhan	66,093	39.17%	New
	Independent	M. Velu	18,710	11.09%	New
	Independent	P. Shankar	2,130	1.26%	New
	Independent	P. Moorthy	1,270	0.75%	New
	BSP	P. Vaigundan	1,037	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			10,489	6.22%
Turnout			168,731	80.91%
Registered electors			208,543
	AIADMK win (new seat)

References

1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
2. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
3. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
4. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 60. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
5. "Pappireddipatti Election Result". Retrieved 12 June 2022.
6. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
7. "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
8. Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

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