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Morappur Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 12°07′N 78°23′E / 12.11°N 78.39°E / 12.11; 78.39
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Morappur
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictDharmapuri
Established1977
Abolished2011
Total electors1,73,038

Morappur is a legislative assembly constituency, that includes the city, Morappur. It is part of the Dharmapuri (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Assembly Duration Winner Party
Sixth 1977-80 N. Kuppusamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh 1980-84 N. Kuppusamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth 1984-89 T. Theerthagiri Gounder Indian National Congress
Ninth 1989-91 V. Mullaivendhan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth 1991-96 K. Singaram All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh 1996-01 V. Mullaivendhan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth 2001-06 P. Palaniappan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth 2006-11 V. Mullaivendhan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Merged into the newly formed Pappireddippatti State Assembly Constituency after constituency delimitation post 2008.[1]

Election results

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2006

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2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Morappur[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK V. Mullaivendhan 64,962 51.24% 16.01%
AIADMK K. Singaram 51,771 40.83% −15.48%
DMDK S. Saravanan 4,932 3.89%
Independent R. Pathmanapan 2,116 1.67%
BJP S. Jayakumar 1,792 1.41%
BSP S. Thirumoorthi 1,211 0.96%
Margin of victory 13,191 10.40% −10.68%
Turnout 126,784 73.27% 12.13%
Registered electors 173,038
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -5.07%

2001

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2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Morappur[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Palaniappan 62,266 56.31% 27.97%
DMK E. V. Rajasekaran 38,950 35.22% −18.76%
Tamil Desiyak Katchi M. Selvakumar 3,355 3.03%
MDMK P. Mathiazhagan 2,709 2.45% 0.03%
Independent G. Vasantha 1,402 1.27%
Independent R. Chinnaraju 1,167 1.06%
Independent M. Sathiavani 450 0.41%
Independent P. Kamalasekar 278 0.25%
Margin of victory 23,316 21.09% −4.56%
Turnout 110,577 61.14% −9.30%
Registered electors 180,856
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 2.33%

1996

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1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Morappur[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK V. Mullaivendhan 59,518 53.98% 31.39%
AIADMK K. Singaram 31,244 28.34% −24.95%
PMK T. Ramalingam 15,689 14.23%
MDMK R. Ravanan 2,669 2.42%
Independent M. Annamalai 320 0.29%
Independent R. Sivakavi 182 0.17%
Independent R. Kennedy 169 0.15%
Independent R. Ayyakannu 159 0.14%
Independent M. Shanmugam 117 0.11%
Independent V. Chandrasekaran 70 0.06%
Independent M. P. Sekar 61 0.06%
Margin of victory 28,274 25.65% −3.75%
Turnout 110,250 70.44% 1.03%
Registered electors 163,786
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 0.70%

1991

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1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Morappur[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. Singaram 53,477 53.29% 22.83%
PMK A. Arunachalam 23,973 23.89%
DMK V. Samikannu 22,678 22.60% −18.00%
THMM C. Sathiyamoorthy 225 0.22%
Margin of victory 29,504 29.40% 19.25%
Turnout 100,353 69.41% 5.41%
Registered electors 148,890
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 12.69%

1989

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1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Morappur[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK V. Mullaivendhan 34,038 40.60% 5.57%
AIADMK M. G. Sekhar 25,531 30.46%
INC Venkatachalam 16,308 19.45% −31.31%
Independent M. Manoharan 4,922 5.87%
Independent M. Annamalai 994 1.19%
Independent S. Rajaguru 446 0.53%
Independent G. Sugadev 338 0.40%
Independent M. Rathinasamy 250 0.30%
Independent V. Raman 241 0.29%
Independent M. Singaravelu 164 0.20%
Independent N. V. Chennan 147 0.18%
Margin of victory 8,507 10.15% −5.58%
Turnout 83,831 64.00% −8.99%
Registered electors 133,712
DMK gain from INC Swing -10.16%

1984

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1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Morappur[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC T. Theerthagiri Gounder 39,779 50.77% 11.01%
DMK V. Samikannu 27,453 35.04%
Independent R. Ramachandran 8,813 11.25%
BJP T. M. A. Mariappan 1,528 1.95%
Independent M. Marydass 782 1.00%
Margin of victory 12,326 15.73% −1.69%
Turnout 78,355 72.99% 0.96%
Registered electors 115,821
INC gain from AIADMK Swing -6.41%

1980

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1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Morappur[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK N. Kuppusamy 43,096 57.18% 22.76%
INC R. Balasubramanian 29,967 39.76%
JP G. Suadev 1,089 1.44%
Independent M. R. Srinivasan 713 0.95%
Independent K. Theethan 269 0.36%
Margin of victory 13,129 17.42% 14.99%
Turnout 75,370 72.03% 1.89%
Registered electors 106,081
AIADMK hold Swing 22.76%

1977

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1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Morappur[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK N. Kuppusamy 22,886 34.42%
DMK R. P. Murugan 21,270 31.99%
JP K. Arunachalam 13,770 20.71%
CPI P. P. Rasu 4,616 6.94%
Independent K. Natarasan 3,710 5.58%
Independent M. G. Sekar 139 0.21%
Independent T. V. Anganna Chettiar 108 0.16%
Margin of victory 1,616 2.43%
Turnout 66,499 70.14%
Registered electors 95,843
AIADMK win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  2. ^ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
  3. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). 12 May 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  4. ^ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  5. ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  6. ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  7. ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  8. ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  9. ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
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12°07′N 78°23′E / 12.11°N 78.39°E / 12.11; 78.39