Jolarpet Assembly constituency

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Jolarpet
Constituency No. 49 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictTirupathur
LS constituencyTiruvannamalai
Total electors2,39,415[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  DMK
Elected year2021

Jolarpet is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, formed after constituency delimitations in 2007.[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 49. It comprises portions of Natrampalli taluk, Vaniyambadi and Tirupattur taluks and is a part of the Tiruvannamalai parliamentary constituency for national elections.[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Winner Party
2011 K. C. Veeramani All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 K. C. Veeramani[4] All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 K. Devaraji[5] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

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Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
45.89%
2016
45.57%
2011
55.13%

2021

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Jolarpet[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. Devaraji 89,490 45.89% +6.38
AIADMK K. C. Veeramani 88,399 45.33% −0.24
NTK A. Siva 13,328 6.83% New
NOTA NOTA 1,337 0.69% −0.13
Independent R. Karunanidhi 1,067 0.55% New
Margin of victory 1,091 0.56% −5.51%
Turnout 195,021 81.46% 0.43%
Rejected ballots 255 0.13%
Registered electors 239,415
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 0.31%

2016

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2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Jolarpet[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. C. Veeramani 82,525 45.57% −9.55
DMK C. Kavitha 71,534 39.50% New
PMK G. Ponnusamy 17,516 9.67% −30.8
DMDK A. Fayaz Basha 3,509 1.94% New
NOTA NOTA 1,483 0.82% New
VBMP A. Thirumalai 1,224 0.68% New
BJP N. Oveyam Ranjan 1,021 0.56% New
Margin of victory 10,991 6.07% −8.59%
Turnout 181,084 81.03% −0.62%
Registered electors 223,488
AIADMK hold Swing -9.55%

2011

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2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Jolarpet[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. C. Veeramani 86,273 55.13% New
PMK G. Ponnusamy 63,337 40.47% New
Independent M. Annamalai 1,912 1.22% New
Independent M. S. Veeramani 1,442 0.92% New
BSP M. Gandhibabu 956 0.61% New
Independent G. M. Ponnuswamy 889 0.57% New
Independent K. Paramasivam 864 0.55% New
Margin of victory 22,936 14.66%
Turnout 156,501 81.64%
Registered electors 191,688
AIADMK win (new seat)

References

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  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). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  4. ^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 49. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Election Commission of India".
  6. ^ "Jolarpet Election Result". Retrieved 15 October 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.