# Avanashi Assembly constituency

Avanashi is a legislative assembly, that includes the city of Avanashi. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 112. Since 1977, this seat has been reserved for Scheduled Castes. Avanashi Assembly constituency is a part of Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency. This is one of the two assembly constituencies having inter-district boundaries of limit, the other being Udumalaipettai. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

## Composition

It is composed of Annur taluk in Coimbatore district and Avinashi taluk in Tiruppur district.

## Members of Legislative Assembly
### Madras State

| Year | Winner | Party |
| 1957 | K. Marappa Gounder | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | K. Marappa Gounder | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | R. K. Gounder | Swatantra Party |

### Tamil Nadu

| Assembly | Duration | Winner | Party |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | T. O. Periyasamy | Vivasaya Sangam |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | S. N. Palaniswamy | Indian National Congress |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | M. Arumugam | Communist Party of India |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | P. Lakshmi | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | R. Annanambi | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | M. Seeniammal | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Eleventh | 1996-01 | G. Elango | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Twelfth | 2001-06 | S. Mahalingam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Thirteenth | 2006-2011 | R. Prema | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Fourteenth | 2011-2016 | A. A. Karuppasamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Fifteenth | 2016-2021 | P. Dhanapal | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Sixteenth | 2021-Incumbent | P. Dhanapal | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | P. Dhanapal | 117,284 | 55.78% | 7.67% |
| | DMK | Athiyamaan Raju | 66,382 | 31.57% | −0.73% |
| | NTK | Shoba | 13,256 | 6.30% | 5.52% |
| | MNM | Venkateswaran. A | 8,379 | 3.99% | |
| | DMDK | Meera. K | 2,577 | 1.23% | |
| | NOTA | Nota | 2,372 | 1.13% | −0.69% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 50,902 | 24.21% | 8.40% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,10,255 | 74.94% | −2.82% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 338 | 0.16% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,80,560 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 7.67% | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | P. Dhanapal | 93,366 | 48.11% | −18.49% |
| | DMK | Anandhan E | 62,692 | 32.31% | |
| | CPI | M. Arumugham | 15,016 | 7.74% | |
| | BJP | Perumal C | 8,081 | 4.16% | 0.67% |
| | KMDK | Pragatheeswaran B | 4,373 | 2.25% | |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,534 | 1.82% | |
| | NTK | Sumathi P | 1,514 | 0.78% | |
| | PMK | Marimuthu K K | 1,480 | 0.76% | |
| | BSP | Sakthivel M | 784 | 0.40% | |
| | SS | Rangasamy P | 671 | 0.35% | |
| | Independent | Arulmurugan R | 622 | 0.32% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 30,674 | 15.81% | −23.90% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,94,062 | 77.76% | −2.48% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,49,571 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -18.49% | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | A. A. Karuppasamy | 103,002 | 66.60% | 26.03% |
| | INC | Natarajan. A. R. | 41,591 | 26.89% | |
| | BJP | Rangasamy. R. | 5,405 | 3.49% | |
| | Independent | Jaya. V. | 2,798 | 1.81% | |
| | Independent | Moorthy. R. | 1,858 | 1.20% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 61,411 | 39.71% | 36.33% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,92,750 | 80.24% | 9.63% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,54,654 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 26.03% | |

### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Prema. R. | 54,562 | 40.57% | −7.63% |
| | CPI | M. Arumugham | 50,023 | 37.20% | |
| | DMDK | Anandharaj. M. | 14,570 | 10.83% | |
| | Independent | Mohanraj. M. | 11,146 | 8.29% | |
| | BSP | Ramasamy. P. | 1,535 | 1.14% | |
| | Independent | Nainan. K. | 1,021 | 0.76% | |
| | SP | Raviraj. M. R. | 684 | 0.51% | |
| | Independent | Chelladurai. P. | 542 | 0.40% | |
| | Independent | Ganesan. A. | 393 | 0.29% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,539 | 3.38% | −13.63% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,34,476 | 70.61% | 4.63% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,90,450 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -7.63% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Mahalingam. S. | 59,571 | 48.20% | 14.33% |
| | Independent | M. Mohankumar | 38,559 | 31.20% | |
| | DMK | Radhamani Thirumathi | 17,126 | 13.86% | −42.67% |
| | MDMK | R. Anna Nambi | 4,052 | 3.28% | −3.51% |
| | Independent | Rajendran. P. | 2,597 | 2.10% | |
| | Independent | M. P. Sengottaian | 1,674 | 1.35% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 21,012 | 17.00% | −5.66% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,23,579 | 65.98% | −4.66% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,87,295 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -8.33% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | G. Elango | 66,006 | 56.53% | |
| | AIADMK | M. Thiagarajan | 39,549 | 33.87% | −35.80% |
| | MDMK | R. Shanmuga Sundharam | 7,922 | 6.79% | |
| | BJP | M. Palanisamy | 2,042 | 1.75% | −2.74% |
| | Independent | K. Krishnan | 403 | 0.35% | |
| | Independent | Neelamalai. K. Muthusamy | 320 | 0.27% | |
| | Independent | S. Anvarasu | 220 | 0.19% | |
| | Independent | K. M. Jayaraj | 163 | 0.14% | |
| | ATMK | G. Arumugam | 132 | 0.11% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 26,457 | 22.66% | −23.42% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,16,757 | 70.64% | 3.69% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,76,709 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -13.14% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | M. Seeniammal | 69,774 | 69.67% | 37.07% |
| | CPI | M. Arumugham | 23,625 | 23.59% | |
| | BJP | M. Palanisamy | 4,493 | 4.49% | |
| | JP | K. M. Jayaraj | 972 | 0.97% | |
| | THMM | A. Selvaraj | 430 | 0.43% | |
| | Independent | P. Kannaiyan | 294 | 0.29% | |
| | Independent | M. Palani | 283 | 0.28% | |
| | PMK | R. Palanisamy | 278 | 0.28% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 46,149 | 46.08% | 44.01% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,00,149 | 66.94% | −7.44% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,60,494 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 37.07% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Annanambi. R. | 33,964 | 32.60% | −34.70% |
| | DMK | Dhandapani. C.T. | 31,806 | 30.53% | |
| | INC | Palaniswamy. S.N. | 30,974 | 29.73% | |
| | Independent | Chandramohan. K.S. | 5,028 | 4.83% | |
| | Independent | Koval Ganesan | 1,570 | 1.51% | |
| | Independent | Subburaju. N. | 854 | 0.82% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,158 | 2.07% | −37.12% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,04,196 | 74.39% | 3.04% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,44,291 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -34.70% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Lakshmi P. | 58,677 | 67.30% | |
| | CPI | Arumugam. M. | 24,504 | 28.11% | |
| | Independent | Nanjan. K. | 1,336 | 1.53% | |
| | Independent | Ponnusamy. C. A. | 1,094 | 1.25% | |
| | Independent | Ramaswamy. V. | 979 | 1.12% | |
| | Independent | Saraswathi A. S. | 597 | 0.68% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 34,173 | 39.20% | 23.45% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 87,187 | 71.35% | 23.41% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,31,978 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from CPI | AIADMK gain from CPI | Swing | 13.08% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | Arumugam. M. | 33,294 | 54.22% | |
| | INC | Palanisamy. S. N. | 23,623 | 38.47% | 6.21% |
| | JP | Palanisamy. K. P. | 4,492 | 7.31% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,671 | 15.75% | 13.25% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 61,409 | 47.93% | −10.29% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,30,646 | | |
| | CPI gain from INC | CPI gain from INC | Swing | 21.96% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | S.N. Palaniswamy | 22,550 | 32.26% | |
| | AIADMK | R. Annanambi | 20,803 | 29.76% | |
| | JP | P. Perumal | 15,119 | 21.63% | |
| | DMK | B. Chinnan | 9,431 | 13.49% | −35.19% |
| | Independent | G. Elango | 1,087 | 1.55% | |
| | Independent | T.S. Chinnasamv | 917 | 1.31% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,747 | 2.50% | 1.28% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 69,907 | 58.22% | −12.30% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,22,608 | | |
| | INC gain from Independent | INC gain from Independent | Swing | -17.64% | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | T. O. Periasamy | 29,356 | 49.90% | |
| | DMK | K. Thangavellu | 28,637 | 48.68% | |
| | Independent | T. P. Maruthachalam | 835 | 1.42% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 719 | 1.22% | −7.49% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,828 | 70.52% | −0.58% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 91,240 | | |
| | Independent gain from SWA | Independent gain from SWA | Swing | -4.46% | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SWA | R. K. Gounder | 31,927 | 54.36% | |
| | INC | K. M. Gounder | 26,808 | 45.64% | −7.38% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,119 | 8.72% | −20.36% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,735 | 71.10% | 4.37% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 87,279 | | |
| | SWA gain from INC | SWA gain from INC | Swing | 1.34% | |

### 1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | K. Marappa Gounder | 27,009 | 53.02% | −7.22% |
| | SWA | M. Ponnusami | 12,196 | 23.94% | |
| | CPI | I. M. Sherrif | 6,698 | 13.15% | |
| | DMK | Ponniya Gounder | 5,037 | 9.89% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 14,813 | 29.08% | 8.59% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,940 | 66.73% | 24.61% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 80,839 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | -7.22% | |

### 1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Avanashi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | K. Marappa Gounder | 20,716 | 60.25% | |
| | Independent | Karuppa Gounder | 13,670 | 39.75% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,046 | 20.49% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,386 | 42.12% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 81,634 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |