Pennagaram Assembly constituency

Pennagaram
Pennagaram
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Dharmapuri
LS constituency	Dharmapuri
Total electors	2,46,772
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent G. K. Mani
Party	PMK
Elected year	2021

Pennagaram is a state assembly constituency in Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu, India.^[2] It comprises Pennagaram taluk and a portion of Palacode taluk. It is a part of Dharmapuri constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[3]

Madras State

Year	Winner
1952	S. Kandaswami Gounder	Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party
1957	S. Hemalatha Devi	Indian National Congress
1962	M. V. Karivengadam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	P. K. C. Muthusamy	Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	N. Manickam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	K. Appunu Gounder	Janata Party
1980	P. Theertha Raman	Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress
1984	H. G. Arumugam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	N. Nanjappan	Independent
1991	V. Purushothaman	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	G. K. Mani	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2001	G. K. Mani	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2006	P. N. Periannan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2010	P. N. P. Inbasekaran	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	N. Nanjappan	Communist Party of India
2016	P. N. P. Inbasekaran^[4]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	G. K. Mani	Pattali Makkal Katchi

Election Results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Pennagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	G. K. Mani	106,123	50.46%
	DMK	Inbasekaran. P. N. P	84,937	40.39%	1.89%
	NTK	Tamilazhagan. R	8,945	4.25%	3.91%
	DMDK	Uthayakumar. R	2,921	1.39%
	Independent	Periyananjappan. A	1,968	0.94%
	NOTA	Nota	1,759	0.84%	−0.21%
	MNM	Shakila. K	1,471	0.70%
	Independent	Thirumurugan. P	451	0.21%
	Independent	Munusamy. S	265	0.13%
	BSP	Moorthi. S	245	0.12%	−0.12%
	Independent	Dharuman. K	243	0.12%
Margin of victory			21,186	10.07%	0.83%
Turnout			2,10,305	85.22%	−2.82%
Rejected ballots			437	0.21%
Registered electors			2,46,772
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	11.97%

2010 By-election

2009–10 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections : Pennagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	P. N. P Inbasekaran	77,669	45.48%
	PMK	G. K. M Tamil Kumaran	41,285	24.17%
	AIADMK	R. Anbazhagan	26,787	15.68%
	DMDK	Kaveryverman	11,406	6.67%
Majority			36,386	14.6%
Turnout			1,70,755	84.95%
	DMK hold		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Pennagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Inbasekaran. P. N. P.	76,848	38.49%	−3.71%
	PMK	Anbumani Ramadoss	58,402	29.25%
	AIADMK	Munusamy K. P	51,687	25.89%
	CPI	Nanjappan. N.	5,624	2.82%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,081	1.04%
	Independent	Muniappan. A	716	0.36%
	NTK	Sivakumar. G	688	0.34%
	Independent	Murugesan. M	688	0.34%
	Independent	Pothurasu. N	640	0.32%
	Independent	Dhanapal. G	555	0.28%
	BSP	Malliga. M	473	0.24%	−0.67%
Margin of victory			18,446	9.24%	2.13%
Turnout			1,99,635	88.04%	5.03%
Registered electors			2,26,746
	DMK gain from CPI		Swing	-10.82%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Pennagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Nanjappan N	80,028	49.31%
	DMK	Inbasekaran P N P	68,485	42.20%	−7.23%
	Independent	Munusamy M	3,047	1.88%
	BJP	Kandasamy K P	2,660	1.64%	1.02%
	Independent	Shanmugam R	1,546	0.95%
	BSP	Venkatesan M	1,478	0.91%	0.60%
	Independent	Muniappan P	1,208	0.74%
	Independent	Samykannu K K	853	0.53%
	Independent	Muniraj A	685	0.42%
	Independent	Balasubramanian P	675	0.42%
	Independent	Elavarasan C	650	0.40%
Margin of victory			11,543	7.11%	−10.85%
Turnout			1,95,492	83.02%	10.96%
Registered electors			1,62,288
	CPI gain from DMK		Swing	-0.12%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Pennagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Periannan. P. N	74,109	49.43%	33.84%
	AIADMK	Vetrivel. S. R	47,177	31.47%
	DMDK	Dhandapani. P	10,567	7.05%
	Independent	Muthulakshme. V	9,871	6.58%
	Independent	Balamurugan. M	1,738	1.16%
	Independent	Periyannan. E	1,269	0.85%
	Independent	Murugan. K	1,010	0.67%
	BJP	Kandasami. K. P	933	0.62%
	Independent	Balu. R	717	0.48%
	BSP	Seker. M	472	0.31%	−0.80%
	Independent	Sugumar. M	451	0.30%
Margin of victory			26,932	17.96%	5.05%
Turnout			1,49,932	72.05%	16.29%
Registered electors			2,08,084
	DMK gain from PMK		Swing	5.35%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Pennagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	Mani G. K.	49,125	44.08%
	Independent	Periannan K. N.	34,729	31.16%
	DMK	Kumar . M.	17,371	15.59%
	Independent	Periannan. K. N.	2,290	2.05%
	MDMK	Sekar . K. E.	1,466	1.32%	−0.15%
	Independent	Murugan . N	1,404	1.26%
	Independent	Anbalagan. K	1,318	1.18%
		Ravi. P.	1,262	1.13%
	BSP	Murugan C. K.	1,245	1.12%
	Independent	Anbalagan. T. C.	725	0.65%
	Independent	Periannan N. P	509	0.46%
Margin of victory			14,396	12.92%	12.55%
Turnout			1,11,444	55.76%	−9.07%
Registered electors			1,99,848
	PMK hold		Swing	12.45%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Pennagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	Mani. G. K.	34,906	31.63%
	CPI	Arumugam. M.	34,500	31.26%
	AIADMK	Anbalagan. R.	25,217	22.85%	−28.94%
		Nanjappan. N.	11,717	10.62%
	MDMK	Sekar. K. E.	1,616	1.46%
	BJP	Kandasamy. K. P.	682	0.62%
	Independent	Rajendran. K.	611	0.55%
	Independent	Murugan. C. K.	431	0.39%
	Independent	Vijay Anand. A.	338	0.31%
	Independent	Anbalagan. T. C.	182	0.16%
	Independent	Dasan @ Parasuraman. R.	173	0.16%
Margin of victory			406	0.37%	−19.30%
Turnout			1,10,373	64.83%	2.15%
Registered electors			1,84,582
	PMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-20.16%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Pennagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Purushothaman	49,585	51.79%	31.98%
	PMK	N. M. Subramaniam	30,757	32.12%
	CPI	M. Arumugam	14,830	15.49%
	THMM	K. Mathu	412	0.43%
	Independent	Marimuthu	162	0.17%
Margin of victory			18,828	19.66%	18.38%
Turnout			95,746	62.69%	11.16%
Registered electors			1,60,888
	AIADMK gain from Independent		Swing	30.69%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Pennagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nanjappan. N.	15,498	21.09%
	AIADMK	Srinivasan. P.	14,555	19.81%	−35.17%
	AIADMK	Rajarathanam. M.	9,808	13.35%	−41.63%
	JP	Kumaran. S.	9,209	12.53%
	Independent	Rajamanikkam. R.	8,877	12.08%
	Independent	Lakshmanan. M.	7,364	10.02%
	Independent	Chandiran. V.	2,571	3.50%
	Independent	Gunalan. S. K. G.	2,431	3.31%
	Independent	Kannan. A.	660	0.90%
	Independent	Karunanidhi. C.	628	0.85%
	Independent	Samraj. P.	550	0.75%
Margin of victory			943	1.28%	−22.25%
Turnout			73,468	51.53%	−16.50%
Registered electors			1,47,380
	Independent gain from AIADMK		Swing	-33.89%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Pennagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	H. G. Arumugam	44,616	54.98%
	CPI	Nanjappan N.	25,518	31.45%
	Independent	Subramaniam N. M.	9,580	11.81%
	Independent	Samadharamam S.	747	0.92%
	Independent	Murugesan M.	682	0.84%
Margin of victory			19,098	23.54%	12.70%
Turnout			81,143	68.03%	8.87%
Registered electors			1,26,479
	AIADMK gain from GKC		Swing	2.25%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Pennagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	GKC	Theertha Raman. P	34,590	52.74%
	DMK	Marumuthu. K	27,481	41.90%	26.40%
	JP	Appunu Gounder. K	3,520	5.37%
Margin of victory			7,109	10.84%	9.63%
Turnout			65,591	59.16%	3.82%
Registered electors			1,12,908
	GKC gain from JP		Swing	20.61%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Pennagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	K. Appunu Gounder	17,591	32.13%
	AIADMK	Krishnan	16,932	30.92%
	INC	B.K. Narasimhan	11,086	20.25%	−27.39%
	DMK	K. Marimuthu	8,487	15.50%	−36.86%
	Independent	K.M. Munniappan	660	1.21%
Margin of victory			659	1.20%	−3.53%
Turnout			54,756	55.34%	−13.53%
Registered electors			1,00,327
	JP gain from DMK		Swing	-20.24%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Pennagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Manickkam	33,298	52.36%	5.53%
	INC	P. K. C. Muthuswami	30,291	47.64%	−1.57%
Margin of victory			3,007	4.73%	2.36%
Turnout			63,589	68.87%	3.89%
Registered electors			99,155
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	3.16%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Pennagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. K. C. Muthusamy	27,913	49.20%	14.57%
	DMK	N. Manickam	26,570	46.84%	−7.02%
	CPI	R. P. Gounder	2,246	3.96%
Margin of victory			1,343	2.37%	−16.86%
Turnout			56,729	64.98%	12.41%
Registered electors			90,966
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-4.65%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Pennagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. V. Karivengadam	26,911	53.86%
	INC	S. Hemalatha Devi	17,303	34.63%	3.04%
	Independent	R. S. Veerappa Chettiar	2,995	5.99%
	SWA	B. Munisami Gounder	1,623	3.25%
	Independent	M. R. Rajan	1,134	2.27%
Margin of victory			9,608	19.23%	7.53%
Turnout			49,966	52.57%	21.45%
Registered electors			99,007
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	22.27%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Pennagaram^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hemalatha Devi	8,791	31.59%
	Independent	D. K. Gorunatha Chettiar	5,536	19.89%
	Independent	Thandavan	3,443	12.37%
	Independent	M. B. Munussamy Gounder	3,165	11.37%
	Independent	S. Kandasami Gounder	3,017	10.84%
	Independent	Govindan	2,297	8.25%
	Independent	Latchumi	864	3.10%
	Independent	Manthiri Thayappa Gounder	717	2.58%
Margin of victory			3,255	11.70%	7.40%
Turnout			27,830	31.12%	−11.80%
Registered electors			89,416
	INC gain from TTP		Swing	2.27%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Pennagaram^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TTP	S. Kandaswami Gounder	8,050	29.32%
	Independent	M. N. Raja Chettiar	6,870	25.02%
	Independent	R. Subbarao	6,261	22.81%
	Independent	Dhaddi Alias Perumalu	5,181	18.87%
	Independent	P. M. Pachiappa Gounder	1,092	3.98%
Margin of victory			1,180	4.30%
Turnout			27,454	42.93%
Registered electors			63,955
	TTP win (new seat)

References

^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
^ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 58. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "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.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

"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] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

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

[3] "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

[4] "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 58. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[5] "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.

[6] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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