Perur Assembly constituency

Perur
Perur
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Coimbatore
Established	1967
Abolished	2006
Total electors	337,402
Reservation	None

Perur is a legislative assembly constituency in Coimbatore district, that includes the city, Perur.^[1] Perur was reserved for scheduled caste from 1967 to 1977. Perur assembly constituency was part of Coimbatore Parliamentary constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Duration	Winner
Fourth	1967–71	N. Marudachalam	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Fifth	1971–77	N. Marudachalam	Communist Party of India
Sixth	1977–80	A. Natarajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980–84	Kovaithambi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984–89	A. Natarajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989–91	A. Natarajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991–96	K. P. Raju	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996–01	A. Natarajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001–06	M. A. P. A. Krishnakumar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006–2011	S. P. Velumani	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

De-Notification

The Perur Constituency was de-notified and removed from the list of constituencies in 2007. The areas coming under it were merged with the existing Thondamuthur and the newly created North Coimbatore Constituency.^[2]

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2006			46.33%
2001			55.50%
1996			61.01%
1991			57.55%
1989			47.40%
1984			52.63%
1980			48.04%
1977			33.74%
1971			57.68%
1967			61.49%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perur^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. P. Velumani	114,024	46.33%	−9.17%
	DMK	N. Rukumani	99,789	40.54%	5.73%
	DMDK	S. Rajasekar	21,829	8.87%
	BJP	K. P. Ramamurthy	3,913	1.59%
	LJP	P. Saminathan	1,056	0.43%
	Independent	V. V. Varadharajan	1,038	0.42%
	Independent	M. Jayaraj	818	0.33%
	Independent	K. Velumani	793	0.32%
	BSP	K. Sivakumar	610	0.25%
	Independent	V. Rukmani	490	0.20%
	AIFB	A. Noormohammad	449	0.18%
Margin of victory			14,235	5.78%	−14.90%
Turnout			246,121	72.95%	16.23%
Registered electors			337,402
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-9.17%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perur^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. A. P. A. Krishnakumar Alias Rohini	94,607	55.50%	30.89%
	DMK	N. Nageswari Thirumathi	59,343	34.81%	−26.20%
	MDMK	M. Palaniswamy	9,979	5.85%
	Independent	M. Shenbhakaraj	2,304	1.35%
	Independent	A. Maheswari	1,989	1.17%
	Independent	A. Noor Mohammed	889	0.52%
	Independent	G. Parameswari	680	0.40%
	Independent	L. Sivakumar	673	0.39%
Margin of victory			35,264	20.69%	−15.71%
Turnout			170,464	56.72%	−8.13%
Registered electors			300,569
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-5.51%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perur^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Natarajan	96,507	61.01%	25.72%
	AIADMK	R. Thirumalaisamy	38,934	24.61%	−32.93%
	CPI(M)	N. Amirtham	13,007	8.22%
	BJP	Chellappan	4,532	2.87%	−2.59%
	JP	Perur Nagaraj	598	0.38%
	Independent	C. K. V. Selvaraj	551	0.35%
	IC(S)	R. Bhoopathiraja	414	0.26%
	Independent	R. Krishnasamy	402	0.25%
	ATMK	Siddhan @ Gurusamy Siddhan	350	0.22%
	PMK	Raja	304	0.19%
	Independent	Eswaran	285	0.18%
Margin of victory			57,573	36.40%	14.14%
Turnout			158,182	64.85%	3.57%
Registered electors			256,109
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	3.46%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perur^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. P. Raju	76,676	57.55%	43.61%
	DMK	A. Natarajan	47,017	35.29%	−12.11%
	BJP	V. Doraibalu	7,270	5.46%
	JP	K. Loganathan	402	0.30%
	PMK	K. Jothi	332	0.25%
	INS(SCS)	M. M. Ebrahim	306	0.23%
	THMM	M. Chinnasamy	303	0.23%
	Independent	A. Jinnah Mohammed	224	0.17%
	Independent	M. Jayaraj	211	0.16%
	Independent	K. B. Balan	142	0.11%
	Independent	S. Sangupandian	124	0.09%
Margin of victory			29,659	22.26%	0.29%
Turnout			133,240	61.28%	−10.89%
Registered electors			225,491
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	10.15%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perur^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Natarajan	64,565	47.40%	−5.23%
	Independent	V. D. Balasubramanian	34,632	25.42%
	AIADMK	N. Parathagan Alias Sinna Thambi	18,989	13.94%	−32.32%
	Independent	S. Radhakrishnan	15,649	11.49%
	Independent	K. Subramanian	1,048	0.77%
	Independent	K. G. Rajamanickam	480	0.35%
	Independent	S. Selvaraj	412	0.30%
	Independent	P. Kandasamy	270	0.20%
	Independent	M. Jeyaraj	177	0.13%
Margin of victory			29,933	21.97%	15.60%
Turnout			136,222	72.17%	−0.05%
Registered electors			192,421
	DMK hold		Swing	-5.23%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perur^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Natarajan	58,302	52.63%	5.09%
	AIADMK	K. Marudasalam	51,241	46.26%	−1.78%
	Independent	M. Nithyanandam	452	0.41%
	Independent	N. Devadass	319	0.29%
	Independent	M. Senni	233	0.21%
	Independent	M. Jayaraj	124	0.11%
	Independent	M. A. Kandaswamy Gounder	103	0.09%
Margin of victory			7,061	6.37%	5.88%
Turnout			110,774	72.22%	5.63%
Registered electors			161,164
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	4.60%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perur^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Kovaithambi	47,308	48.04%
	DMK	A. Natarajan	46,823	47.54%	13.81%
	JP	E. M. Palanisami	4,355	4.42%
Margin of victory			485	0.49%	−2.78%
Turnout			98,486	66.59%	3.04%
Registered electors			149,766
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	14.30%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perur^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Natarajan	29,158	33.74%
	CPI(M)	M. Nanjappan	26,328	30.46%
	CPI	Mylswamy	15,415	17.84%
	JP	P. S. Chinndurai	14,539	16.82%
	Independent	A. Palanisamy	343	0.40%
	Independent	A. P. Raju	335	0.39%
	Independent	A. Palaniswamy	203	0.23%
	Independent	S. D. Singaravelu	108	0.12%
Margin of victory			2,830	3.27%	−23.11%
Turnout			86,429	63.55%	−1.59%
Registered electors			137,887
	DMK gain from CPI		Swing	-23.95%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perur^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	N. Marudachalam	39,270	57.68%
	INC	K. P. Palanisami	21,307	31.30%	−6.03%
	CPI(M)	K. Karamadai	7,503	11.02%
Margin of victory			17,963	26.39%	2.22%
Turnout			68,080	65.14%	−10.12%
Registered electors			109,573
	CPI gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-3.81%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Perur^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	N. Marudachalam	43,740	61.49%
	INC	R. Rayappan	26,548	37.32%
	Independent	V. Narayanasami	842	1.18%
Margin of victory			17,192	24.17%
Turnout			71,130	75.26%
Registered electors			97,801
	CPI(M) win (new seat)

References

^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
^ "Two more Assembly segments notified". The Hindu. 16 August 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
^ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). 12 May 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
^ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

External links

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

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[1] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[2] "Two more Assembly segments notified". The Hindu. 16 August 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2020.

[3] Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.

[4] "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). 12 May 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.

[5] Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[6] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[7] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[8] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[9] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[10] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[11] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[12] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

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