# Morappur Assembly constituency

Morappur is a legislative assembly constituency, that includes the city, Morappur. It is part of 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 |
The constituency was merged into the newly formed Pappireddipatti Assembly constituency after the constituency delimitation in 2008.

## Election results
### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Morappur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,191 | 10.40% | −10.68% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 126,784 | 73.27% | 12.13% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 173,038 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -5.07% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Morappur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 23,316 | 21.09% | −4.56% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 110,577 | 61.14% | −9.30% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 180,856 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 2.33% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Morappur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 28,274 | 25.65% | −3.75% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 110,250 | 70.44% | 1.03% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 163,786 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 0.70% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Morappur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 29,504 | 29.40% | 19.25% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 100,353 | 69.41% | 5.41% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 148,890 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 12.69% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Morappur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,507 | 10.15% | −5.58% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 83,831 | 64.00% | −8.99% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 133,712 | | |
| | DMK gain from INC | DMK gain from INC | Swing | -10.16% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Morappur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,326 | 15.73% | −1.69% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 78,355 | 72.99% | 0.96% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 115,821 | | |
| | INC gain from AIADMK | INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | -6.41% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Morappur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,129 | 17.42% | 14.99% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 75,370 | 72.03% | 1.89% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 106,081 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 22.76% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Morappur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,616 | 2.43% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66,499 | 70.14% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 95,843 | | |
| | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) |