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

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

2006

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  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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