Paramathi-Velur Assembly constituency

For other places with same/similar name, see Paramathi-Velur (disambiguation).

Paramathi-Velur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India that was formed after constituency delimitations in 2008.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 95. It consists of Paramathi-Velur taluk and portions of Tiruchengodu and Namakkal taluks. It forms a part of Namakkal Lok Sabha constituency.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Paramathi-Velur
Constituency No. 95 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Namakkal
Lok Sabha constituency	Namakkal
Established	2008
Total electors	2,21,602[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sekar S
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
2011	U. Thaniyarasu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	K. S. Moorthiy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	S. Sekar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			47.08%
2016			42.45%
2011			54.50%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Paramathi-Velur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Sekar	86,034	47.08%	+5.1
	DMK	K. S. Moorthiy	78,372	42.89%	+0.44
	NTK	K. Uvarani	11,684	6.39%	+5.46
	MNM	K. Natarajan	1,882	1.03%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	964	0.53%	−0.42
	AMMK	P. P. Saminathan	1,329	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			-7,662	-4.19%	−4.66%
Turnout			182,733	82.46%	−1.57%
Rejected ballots			168	0.09%
Registered electors			221,602
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	0.44%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Paramathi-Velur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. S. Moorthiy	74,418	42.45%	New
	AIADMK	R. Rajendhiran	73,600	41.98%	−12.52
	DMDK	K. Muthukumar	6,014	3.43%	New
	KMDK	C. Boopathi	5,116	2.92%	New
	BJP	S. Rajkumar	4,323	2.47%	+1.06
	PMK	N. Ramesh	3,740	2.13%	−31.92
	NOTA	NOTA	1,658	0.95%	New
	NTK	G. Deivasigamani	1,643	0.94%	New
	Independent	R. Periasamy	1,134	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			818	0.47%	−19.98%
Turnout			175,306	84.03%	2.77%
Registered electors			208,633
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-12.05%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Paramathi-Velur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	U.Thaniyarasu	82,682	54.50%	New
	PMK	C. Vadivel	51,664	34.06%	New
	Independent	V. Vaithiyanathan	6,233	4.11%	New
	BJP	K. Manoharan	2,140	1.41%	New
	Independent	A. Sivasankar	2,012	1.33%	New
	Independent	P. Gopal	1,527	1.01%	New
	IJK	M. Thangadurai	1,447	0.95%	New
	Independent	S. R. Balasubramaniam	911	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			31,018	20.45%
Turnout			151,705	81.26%
Registered electors			186,699
	AIADMK win (new seat)