| Uthangarai | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 51 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Krishnagiri |
| LS constituency | Krishnagiri |
| Total electors | 2,37,810[1] |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AIADMK |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Uthangarai is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2007. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 51. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. It comprises a portion.[2] Located in Krishnagiri district, it consists of Uthangarai taluk and a portion of Pochampalli taluk. It is included in the Krishnagiri parliamentary constituency.[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.
Members of the Legislative assembly
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Manoranjitham Nagaraj | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2016[4] | |||
| 2021 | T M Tamilselvam | ||
Election results
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | T. M. Tamilselvam | 99,675 | 52.96% | +14.21 | |
| INC | S. Arumugam | 71,288 | 37.87% | New | |
| NTK | Elangovan | 10,424 | 5.54% | New | |
| DMDK | R. Bakyaraj | 2,291 | 1.22% | New | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 1,359 | 0.72% | −0.23 | |
| MNM | K. Murugesan | 1,254 | 0.67% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 28,387 | 15.08% | 13.63% | ||
| Turnout | 188,223 | 79.15% | −3.45% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 214 | 0.11% | |||
| Registered electors | 237,810 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 14.21% | |||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Manoranjitham Nagaraj | 69,980 | 38.75% | −20.18 | |
| DMK | S. Malathy | 67,367 | 37.30% | New | |
| PMK | T. N. Anguthi | 23,500 | 13.01% | New | |
| VCK | C. Kaniyamudhan | 12,669 | 7.01% | New | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 1,717 | 0.95% | New | |
| BJP | S. A. Pandu | 1,591 | 0.88% | −0.78 | |
| KMDK | V. Theerthagiri | 1,266 | 0.70% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 2,613 | 1.45% | −24.08% | ||
| Turnout | 180,616 | 82.60% | 0.51% | ||
| Registered electors | 218,671 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -20.18% | |||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Manoranjitham Nagaraj | 90,381 | 58.92% | New | |
| VCK | Muniyammal | 51,223 | 33.39% | New | |
| Independent | S. Vediyappan | 4,134 | 2.70% | New | |
| BJP | C. K. Sankar | 2,549 | 1.66% | New | |
| Independent | Dr. V. Devarajan | 2,138 | 1.39% | New | |
| Independent | P. Vinothkumar | 1,584 | 1.03% | New | |
| Independent | Murugan | 1,382 | 0.90% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 39,158 | 25.53% | |||
| Turnout | 153,391 | 82.09% | |||
| Registered electors | 186,855 | ||||
| AIADMK win (new seat) | |||||
References
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
