# Ariyalur Assembly constituency

11°8′14″N 79°4′40″E﻿ / ﻿11.13722°N 79.07778°E﻿ / 11.13722; 79.07778
Ariyalur is a legislative assembly, that includes the city of Ariyalur. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 149. Until 2006, Ariyalur Assembly constituency was part of Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2006, it has been a part of Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

## History

From the 1977 elections, the assembly seat was won by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) three times during the 1977, 1980 and 1989 elections, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) two times during the 2001 and 2011 elections, Indian National Congress once during 2006 and Tamil Maanila Congress once during the 1996 elections. In 2016 Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the constituency was Thamarai S.Rajendran from the AIADMK Party. The current MLA since 2021 has been K. Chinnappa from DMK.

## Members of Legislative Assembly
### Madras State

| Assembly | Duration | Winner | Party |
| First | 1952-57 | Palaniandi | Independent |
| Second | 1957-62 | Ramalinga Padayachi | Indian National Congress |
| Third | 1962-67 | R. Narayanan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Fourth | 1967-71 | R. Karuppiam | Indian National Congress |

### Tamil Nadu

| Assembly | Duration | Winner | Party |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | G. Sivaperumal | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | T. Arumugam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | T. Arumugam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | S. Purushothaman | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | T. Arumugam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | S. Manimegalai | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Eleventh | 1996-01 | D. Amaramoorthy | Tamil Maanila Congress |
| Twelfth | 2001-06 | P. Elavazhagan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Thirteenth | 2006-2011 | D. Amaramoorthy | Indian National Congress |
| Fourteenth | 2011-2016 | Durai. Manivel | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Fifteenth | 2016-2021 | S. Rajendran | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Sixteenth | 2021-Incumbent | K. Chinnappa | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ariyalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | K. Chinnappa | 103,975 | 46.45% | 5.48% |
| | AIADMK | Rajendran. S | 1,00,741 | 45.01% | 3.07% |
| | NTK | Suguna Kumar | 12,346 | 5.52% | 4.97% |
| | AMMK | Durai. Manivel | 2,044 | 0.91% | |
| | NOTA | Nota | 1,389 | 0.62% | −0.28% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,234 | 1.44% | 0.48% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,23,839 | 84.48% | −0.45% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 567 | 0.25% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,64,971 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 4.51% | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ariyalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Rajendran. S | 88,523 | 41.94% | −5.83% |
| | DMK | Sivasankar. S. S | 86,480 | 40.97% | |
| | DMDK | Jayavel. Rama | 13,599 | 6.44% | |
| | PMK | Thirumavalavan. K | 13,529 | 6.41% | |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,896 | 0.90% | |
| | Independent | Vijayakumar. R | 1,348 | 0.64% | |
| | IJK | Baskar. C | 1,330 | 0.63% | |
| | NTK | Manikkam. T | 1,146 | 0.54% | |
| | Independent | Veeramani. T | 995 | 0.47% | |
| | BSP | Savarianandham. V | 675 | 0.32% | −0.90% |
| | Independent | Pazhanivel. P | 577 | 0.27% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,043 | 0.97% | −8.63% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,11,078 | 84.93% | 0.11% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,48,541 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -5.83% | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ariyalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Durai. Manivel | 88,726 | 47.77% | 5.57% |
| | INC | D. Amaramoorthy | 70,906 | 38.17% | −7.19% |
| | IJK | Baskar C | 9,501 | 5.11% | |
| | Independent | Panneerselvam R | 7,099 | 3.82% | |
| | BJP | Abirami P | 2,981 | 1.60% | 0.77% |
| | Independent | Muruganantham T | 2,640 | 1.42% | |
| | BSP | Neelamegam K | 2,267 | 1.22% | 0.43% |
| | Independent | Muthusami M K | 1,629 | 0.88% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 17,820 | 9.59% | 6.43% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,18,992 | 84.82% | 4.01% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,85,749 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from INC | AIADMK gain from INC | Swing | 2.40% | |

### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ariyalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | D. Amaramoorthy | 60,089 | 45.36% | |
| | AIADMK | Ravichandran. M | 55,895 | 42.20% | 1.17% |
| | DMDK | Jayavel. Rama | 8,630 | 6.52% | |
| | Independent | Mariyappan. K | 2,936 | 2.22% | |
| | BJP | Sekar. K | 1,111 | 0.84% | |
| | BSP | Samidurai. M | 1,041 | 0.79% | |
| | Independent | Sukumar. G | 782 | 0.59% | |
| | Independent | Chandrasekar. S. M | 768 | 0.58% | |
| | Independent | Senthil @ Senthil Kumar. V | 629 | 0.47% | |
| | Independent | Maheshkumar. N | 579 | 0.44% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,194 | 3.17% | −4.92% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,32,460 | 80.81% | 10.45% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,63,907 | | |
| | INC gain from AIADMK | INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | 4.33% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ariyalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Elavazhagan. P. | 52,676 | 41.03% | 9.14% |
| | DMK | Kathiravan. T. A. | 42,297 | 32.95% | |
| | Independent | Punnyamoorthy. D. | 20,399 | 15.89% | |
| | MDMK | Chinnappa. K. | 10,121 | 7.88% | −2.53% |
| | Independent | Maheshkumaran. N. | 2,891 | 2.25% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,379 | 8.08% | −13.22% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,28,384 | 70.37% | −8.18% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,82,450 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from TMC(M) | AIADMK gain from TMC(M) | Swing | -12.16% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ariyalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TMC(M) | D. Amaramoorthy | 62,157 | 53.19% | |
| | AIADMK | Elavarasan. A. | 37,263 | 31.89% | −25.11% |
| | MDMK | Chinnappah. K. | 12,163 | 10.41% | |
| | PMK | Raja. P. | 2,926 | 2.50% | |
| | BJP | Ayyarappan. G. | 1,060 | 0.91% | 0.24% |
| | Independent | Panneerselvam. M. | 804 | 0.69% | |
| | Independent | Nedumaran. A. | 147 | 0.13% | |
| | Independent | Kaliyaperumal. S. | 135 | 0.12% | |
| | Independent | Paramasivam. K. | 103 | 0.09% | |
| | Independent | Murugesan. K. | 96 | 0.08% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 24,894 | 21.30% | 0.92% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,16,854 | 78.55% | 2.44% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,59,636 | | |
| | TMC(M) gain from AIADMK | TMC(M) gain from AIADMK | Swing | -3.81% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ariyalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Manimegalai S. | 64,680 | 57.00% | 30.08% |
| | DMK | Chinnappa K. | 41,551 | 36.62% | −6.98% |
| | PMK | Arivalagan R. | 5,744 | 5.06% | |
| | BJP | A. Karuppaiah N. | 755 | 0.67% | |
| | Independent | Chandrasekar M. | 302 | 0.27% | |
| | Independent | Kathiaresan K. P. | 269 | 0.24% | |
| | Independent | Samivelu A. | 173 | 0.15% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 23,129 | 20.38% | 3.71% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,13,474 | 76.11% | −5.33% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,54,420 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 13.40% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ariyalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | T. Arumugam | 47,353 | 43.60% | 3.49% |
| | AIADMK | Elavazhagan P. | 29,242 | 26.92% | −31.44% |
| | INC | Swamynathan T. K. S. | 21,247 | 19.56% | |
| | AIADMK | Ganesan P. | 10,507 | 9.67% | −48.69% |
| | Independent | Abaranji C. | 258 | 0.24% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 18,111 | 16.68% | −1.58% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,08,607 | 81.45% | −1.12% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,36,145 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -14.76% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ariyalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | S. Purushothaman | 56,815 | 58.36% | 16.34% |
| | DMK | T. Arumugam | 39,045 | 40.11% | −12.42% |
| | Independent | T. K. Thangavel | 996 | 1.02% | |
| | Independent | A. S. Rathinam | 497 | 0.51% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 17,770 | 18.25% | 7.74% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 97,353 | 82.57% | 6.48% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,22,373 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 5.83% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ariyalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | T. Arumugam | 45,980 | 52.53% | 12.80% |
| | AIADMK | Asokan. | 36,776 | 42.01% | 3.88% |
| | Independent | Aramirdham. A. S. | 3,695 | 4.22% | |
| | Independent | Ganesan. A. | 738 | 0.84% | |
| | Independent | Murugesan. K. | 342 | 0.39% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,204 | 10.52% | 8.93% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 87,531 | 76.09% | 1.34% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,16,590 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 12.80% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ariyalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | T. Arumugam | 31,380 | 39.73% | −24.45% |
| | AIADMK | Karuppiah Alias Asokan | 30,125 | 38.14% | |
| | INC | G. Srinivasan | 12,359 | 15.65% | −14.56% |
| | JP | T. Natarajan | 3,781 | 4.79% | |
| | Independent | R. Krishnasamy | 1,131 | 1.43% | |
| | Independent | A.P. Munisamy | 213 | 0.27% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,255 | 1.59% | −32.39% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 78,989 | 74.75% | −6.68% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,07,638 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | -24.45% | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ariyalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | G. Sivaperumal | 48,320 | 64.18% | 28.82% |
| | INC | R. Sambasivam Moopanar | 22,740 | 30.20% | −7.17% |
| | Independent | M. Ganesan | 3,535 | 4.70% | |
| | Independent | P. K. Thirunavukkarasu | 692 | 0.92% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 25,580 | 33.98% | 31.97% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 75,287 | 81.43% | −1.72% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 96,537 | | |
| | DMK gain from INC | DMK gain from INC | Swing | 26.81% | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ariyalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | R. Karuppiam | 26,440 | 37.37% | 10.10% |
| | DMK | G. Sepperumal | 25,017 | 35.36% | −28.98% |
| | Independent | S. Ramasami | 19,294 | 27.27% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,423 | 2.01% | −35.06% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 70,751 | 83.15% | 13.57% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 89,136 | | |
| | INC gain from DMK | INC gain from DMK | Swing | -26.97% | |

### 1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ariyalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | R. Narayanan | 41,721 | 64.34% | |
| | INC | R. Viswanathan | 17,681 | 27.27% | −0.17% |
| | TNP | M. Vadivel | 3,095 | 4.77% | |
| | Independent | A. Balakrishnan | 2,346 | 3.62% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 24,040 | 37.07% | 33.95% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,843 | 69.58% | 22.52% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 96,922 | | |
| | DMK gain from INC | DMK gain from INC | Swing | 36.90% | |

### 1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ariyalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Ramalinga Padayachi | 11,741 | 27.44% | 1.95% |
| | Independent | Narayanan | 10,404 | 24.31% | |
| | Independent | Haji Abdul Kadir Jamali | 6,992 | 16.34% | |
| | Independent | Dhanaraj | 4,797 | 11.21% | |
| | Independent | Manickam | 3,069 | 7.17% | |
| | Independent | Arasan | 2,640 | 6.17% | |
| | Independent | Thangavelu | 2,154 | 5.03% | |
| | Independent | Vadivelu | 992 | 2.32% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,337 | 3.12% | −0.48% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,789 | 47.06% | −12.47% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 90,932 | | |
| | INC gain from Independent | INC gain from Independent | Swing | -1.65% | |

### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ariyalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Palaniandi | 11,422 | 29.09% | |
| | INC | Razar | 10,007 | 25.49% | 25.49% |
| | Independent | Shanmughasundara Mudaliar | 8,289 | 21.11% | |
| | Independent | Muthuswamy | 8,141 | 20.74% | |
| | Independent | Periaswami Padyachi | 1,403 | 3.57% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,415 | 3.60% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,262 | 59.53% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 65,957 | | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |