Mettur Assembly constituency

Mettur is a state legislative assembly constituency in Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[2] It comprises a portion of Mettur taluk and is a part of the wider Dharmapuri constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[3] Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Mettur
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictSalem
LS constituencyDharmapuri
Total electors2,86,620[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAS. Sadhasivam
Party  PMK  
Elected year2021

Madras State
Year Winner Party
1957 K. S. Ardhanareeswara Gounder Indian National Congress
1962 K. S. Arthanareswara Gounder Indian National Congress
1967 M. Surendran Praja Socialist Party

Tamil Nadu
Year Winner Party
1971 M. Surendran Praja Socialist Party
1977 K. P. Nachimuthu Gounder All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 K. P. Nachimuthu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984 K. P. Nachimuthu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 M. Sreerangan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991 S. Sundarambal All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 P. Gopal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 S. Sundarambal All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 G. K. Mani Pattali Makkal Katchi
2011 S. R. Parthiban Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016 S. Semmalai[4] All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 S. Sadhasivam Pattali Makkal Katchi

Election Results

2021
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mettur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PMK S. Sadhasivam 97,055 44.43
DMK S. Srinivasaperumal 96,399 44.13
NTK Manikandan 9,109 4.17
MNM Anusuya 4,605 2.11
Majority
Turnout 2,18,442
PMK gain from AIADMK Swing

1962
1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Mettur[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. S. Ardhanareeswara Gounder 18,065 34.04% -11.60%
PSP M. Surendram 17,620 33.21%
DMK Paul Cruz 8,497 16.01%
CPI P. Ardhanari 8,295 15.63%
Independent Arulsamy 586 1.10%
Margin of victory 445 0.84% -11.32%
Turnout 53,063 68.93% 27.63%
Registered electors 79,747
INC hold Swing -11.60%

1957
1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Mettur[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. S. Ardhanareeswara Gounder 15,491 45.65%
PSP Surendiran 11,366 33.49%
Independent Chinnasamy 5,119 15.08%
Independent Narayanasami 1,959 5.77%
Margin of victory 4,125 12.16%
Turnout 33,935 41.29%
Registered electors 82,184
INC win (new seat)

References
  1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  4. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 85. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  5. Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

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