# Erode Assembly constituency

11°21′N 77°44′E﻿ / ﻿11.350°N 77.733°E﻿ / 11.350; 77.733
Erode was a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. After the delimitation in 2008, the constituency ceased to exist and was replaced by two constituencies, namely Erode East and Erode West.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Winner | Party |
| 1952 | Raju | Communist Party of India |
| 1957 | V. S. Manickasundaram | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | A. S. Dakshinamurthy Gounder | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | M. Chinnaswamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1971 | M. Subramanian | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1977 | S. Muthusamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1980 | S. Muthusamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1984 | S. Muthusamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1989 | Subbulakshmi Jegatheesan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1991 | C. Manickam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1996 | N. K. K. Periasamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2001 | K. S. Thennarasu | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2006 | N. K. K. P. Raajah | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2006 | 2006 | 44.17% | 44.17% |
| 2001 | 2001 | 52.40% | 52.40% |
| 1996 | 1996 | 59.80% | 59.80% |
| 1991 | 1991 | 63.11% | 63.11% |
| 1989 | 1989 | 41.40% | 41.40% |
| 1984 | 1984 | 53.50% | 53.50% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 56.62% | 56.62% |
| 1977 | 1977 | 43.09% | 43.09% |
| 1971 | 1971 | 61.16% | 61.16% |
| 1967 | 1967 | 59.14% | 59.14% |
| 1962 | 1962 | 39.61% | 39.61% |
| 1957 | 1957 | 37.28% | 37.28% |
| 1952 | 1952 | 40.88% | 40.88% |

### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Erode :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | N. K. K. P. Raja | 94,938 | 44.17% | 5.19% |
| | AIADMK | Sivakumar. E. R | 84,107 | 39.13% | −13.27% |
| | DMDK | Chandhirakumar. V. C | 29,011 | 13.50% | |
| | BJP | Chairman. Pon | 1,588 | 0.74% | |
| | Independent | Palanisamy. K | 1,585 | 0.74% | |
| | Independent | Muthukumar. R | 1,320 | 0.61% | |
| | BSP | Selladurai. K | 581 | 0.27% | |
| | Independent | Sekaran. R | 398 | 0.19% | |
| | Independent | Sukumaran. Pon | 261 | 0.12% | |
| | AIFB | Balan. R | 253 | 0.12% | |
| | Independent | Tamilrasu. M | 225 | 0.10% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,831 | 5.04% | −8.38% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,14,918 | 70.73% | 13.98% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,03,864 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -8.23% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Erode :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | K. S. Thennarasu | 95,450 | 52.40% | 19.92% |
| | DMK | Periyasamy N. K. K. | 71,010 | 38.98% | −20.82% |
| | MDMK | Ganeshamurthi. A. | 9,846 | 5.41% | 1.38% |
| | Independent | Vengai Rajendran P. | 2,233 | 1.23% | |
| | Independent | Vinaya Kamoorthi. N. | 1,524 | 0.84% | |
| | TDK | Senthilkumar N. | 658 | 0.36% | |
| | Independent | Ramu V. | 339 | 0.19% | |
| | Independent | Nallasivam A. M. | 218 | 0.12% | |
| | Independent | Chokkalingam A. P. | 211 | 0.12% | |
| | Independent | Palanisamy R. | 165 | 0.09% | |
| | Independent | Murugesan S. | 135 | 0.07% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 24,440 | 13.42% | −13.90% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,82,154 | 56.74% | −6.52% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,21,070 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -7.40% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Erode :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | N. K. K. Periasamy | 104,726 | 59.80% | 25.34% |
| | AIADMK | S. Muthusamy | 56,889 | 32.48% | −30.63% |
| | MDMK | A. Genashamurthy | 7,047 | 4.02% | |
| | BJP | C. Ravi | 1,433 | 0.82% | |
| | PMK | V. K. Jambu | 1,359 | 0.78% | |
| | Independent | M. Devakumar | 297 | 0.17% | |
| | Independent | E. J. Narayanaram Singh | 247 | 0.14% | |
| | Independent | Thiruvenkatachala Mudaliar | 233 | 0.13% | |
| | Independent | K. Murugesan | 201 | 0.11% | |
| | Independent | K. N. Selvaraj | 132 | 0.08% | |
| | Independent | G. Nataraj | 132 | 0.08% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 47,837 | 27.32% | −1.34% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,75,129 | 63.27% | 5.25% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,83,064 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -3.32% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Erode :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Manickam C. | 96,226 | 63.11% | 35.20% |
| | DMK | Ganeshamurthy A. | 52,538 | 34.46% | −6.94% |
| | PMK | Rajendran P. | 2,175 | 1.43% | |
| | AMI | Karuppusamy P. | 248 | 0.16% | |
| | Tharasu Makkal Mandram | Neelakandan S. | 184 | 0.12% | |
| | Independent | Murugesan C. | 176 | 0.12% | |
| | Independent | Bhoopathi K. | 131 | 0.09% | |
| | Independent | Vijayakumar P. | 110 | 0.07% | |
| | Independent | Ayyasamy K. | 107 | 0.07% | |
| | Independent | Chandrasekaran P. | 104 | 0.07% | |
| | Independent | Shanmugasundaram R. | 103 | 0.07% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 43,688 | 28.66% | 15.17% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,52,462 | 58.02% | −12.00% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,67,353 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 21.71% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Erode :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan | 68,128 | 41.40% | −3.41% |
| | AIADMK | Muthusamu. S. M | 45,930 | 27.91% | −25.59% |
| | AIADMK | Manickam. C. M | 33,391 | 20.29% | −33.21% |
| | Independent | Gunasekaran. T. M | 10,687 | 6.49% | |
| | Independent | Muthusamy. K. M | 2,234 | 1.36% | |
| | Independent | Elangandhi. E. K. M | 936 | 0.57% | |
| | Independent | Ponnusamy. P. K. M | 256 | 0.16% | |
| | Independent | Palanisamy. M. K. M | 250 | 0.15% | |
| | Independent | Subramaniam. K. M | 186 | 0.11% | |
| | Independent | Mani P. M | 155 | 0.09% | |
| | Independent | Selvam. R. M | 148 | 0.09% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 22,198 | 13.49% | 4.80% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,64,552 | 70.02% | −3.03% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,37,642 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -12.10% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Erode :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | S. Muthusamy | 71,722 | 53.50% | −3.12% |
| | DMK | Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan | 60,075 | 44.81% | |
| | Independent | M. Nallasamy | 332 | 0.25% | |
| | Independent | Kannammal | 312 | 0.23% | |
| | Independent | P. Chinnasamy | 272 | 0.20% | |
| | Independent | Subramaniam | 228 | 0.17% | |
| | Independent | Amrose | 226 | 0.17% | |
| | Independent | P. Karuppusamy | 217 | 0.16% | |
| | Independent | M. R. Subramaniam | 185 | 0.14% | |
| | Independent | K. Ayyavoo | 162 | 0.12% | |
| | Independent | R. Shanmugasundaram | 157 | 0.12% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,647 | 8.69% | −8.12% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,34,060 | 73.04% | 9.55% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,89,520 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -3.12% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Erode :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | S. Muthusamy | 62,342 | 56.62% | 13.53% |
| | INC | Sainathan. R. | 43,839 | 39.82% | |
| | JP | Varadharasan. K. V. V. | 2,423 | 2.20% | |
| | Independent | Karuppanan. M. S. | 451 | 0.41% | |
| | Independent | Balakrishnan. N. | 268 | 0.24% | |
| | Independent | Karunakaran. C. | 257 | 0.23% | |
| | Independent | Ayyavoo. K. | 179 | 0.16% | |
| | Independent | Subramaniam. G. S. | 159 | 0.14% | |
| | Independent | Chakharapani. R. | 113 | 0.10% | |
| | Independent | Shanmugasundaram. A. | 73 | 0.07% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 18,503 | 16.81% | −3.14% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,10,104 | 63.50% | 5.21% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,75,563 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 13.53% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Erode :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | S. Muthusamy | 37,968 | 43.09% | |
| | DMK | M. Subramanian | 20,389 | 23.14% | −38.02% |
| | JP | K.R. Nallasivam | 15,401 | 17.48% | |
| | CPI | P. Thirumalairajan | 12,995 | 14.75% | |
| | Independent | Kesavalal Kalidas Sait | 935 | 1.06% | |
| | Independent | Gurunatha Mudaliar | 277 | 0.31% | |
| | Independent | K. Manickam | 153 | 0.17% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 17,579 | 19.95% | −2.38% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 88,118 | 58.29% | −10.95% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,52,823 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -18.07% | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Erode :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | M. Subramanian | 47,809 | 61.16% | 2.02% |
| | INC | K. P. Muthusamy | 30,358 | 38.84% | 5.27% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 17,451 | 22.33% | −3.25% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 78,167 | 69.24% | −9.34% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,15,588 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 2.02% | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Erode :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | M. Chinnaswamy | 45,471 | 59.14% | |
| | INC | P. Arjunan | 25,808 | 33.57% | −6.04% |
| | CPI | R. C. Palaniappan | 4,687 | 6.10% | |
| | RPI(A) | M. Gurusamy | 920 | 1.20% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 19,663 | 25.57% | 16.54% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 76,886 | 78.57% | 2.95% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,00,217 | | |
| | DMK gain from INC | DMK gain from INC | Swing | 19.53% | |

### 1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Erode :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | A. S. Dhakshinamoorthy Gounder | 32,895 | 39.61% | 2.33% |
| | WT | M. Chinnasami Gounder | 25,392 | 30.57% | |
| | Independent | P. K. Palamisami | 24,769 | 29.82% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,503 | 9.03% | 2.87% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 83,056 | 75.62% | 22.45% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,13,826 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 2.33% | |

### 1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Erode :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | V. S. Manickasundaram | 19,012 | 37.28% | 2.35% |
| | CPI | K. T. Raju | 15,870 | 31.12% | |
| | Independent | N. Chinnusami | 14,531 | 28.49% | |
| | Independent | S. Sidhla Gounder | 1,584 | 3.11% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,142 | 6.16% | 0.22% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,997 | 53.17% | −7.88% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 95,917 | | |
| | INC gain from CPI | INC gain from CPI | Swing | -3.60% | |

### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Erode :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | Raju | 21,251 | 40.88% | |
| | INC | Deivasingamani Gounder | 18,160 | 34.93% | 34.93% |
| | Independent | Chenniappa Gounder | 6,805 | 13.09% | |
| | Socialist | Kandaswami | 4,334 | 8.34% | |
| | RPI | Krishnaswami | 1,439 | 2.77% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,091 | 5.95% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,989 | 61.05% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 85,159 | | |
| | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) |