# Bhavani Assembly constituency

Bhavani is a state assembly constituency in Erode district in Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 104. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
It covers Bhavani and some parts of Erode City.
It is included in Tiruppur Lok Sabha constituency.

## Demographics

The constituency has a significant number of Vanniyar, Kongu Vellalar Gounder, and Senguntha Mudaliar, Reddiyar and Adi Dravida communities.

## Members of Legislative Assembly
### Madras State

| Year | Winner | Party |
| 1952 | B. K. Nallaswami | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | G. G. Gurumurthi and P. G. Manickam | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | N. K. Ranganayaki | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | A. M. Raja | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

### Tamil Nadu

| Year | Winner | Party |
| 1971 | A. M. Raja | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1977 | M. R. Soundarrajan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1980 | P. G. Narayanan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1984 | P. G. Narayanan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1989 | G. G. Gurumoorthy | Independent politician |
| 1991 | S. Muthusamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1996 | S. N. Balasubramanian | Tamil Maanila Congress |
| 2001 | K. C. Karuppannan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2006 | R. V. Ramanathan | Pattali Makkal Katchi |
| 2011 | P. G. Narayanan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2016 | K. C. Karuppannan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2021 | K. C. Karuppannan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | K. C. Karuppannan | 100,915 | 50.10% | 4.72% |
| | DMK | Durairaj. K. P | 78,392 | 38.92% | 6.71% |
| | NTK | Sathya. M | 10,471 | 5.20% | 4.25% |
| | MNM | Sadhanandham. K | 4,221 | 2.10% | |
| | NOTA | Nota | 2,079 | 1.03% | −0.41% |
| | Independent | Satheesh Kumar. P | 1,224 | 0.61% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 22,523 | 11.18% | −1.99% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,01,433 | 84.40% | 1.55% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 69 | 0.03% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,38,667 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 4.72% | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | K. C. Karuppannan | 85,748 | 45.38% | −8.90% |
| | DMK | Sivakumar N | 60,861 | 32.21% | |
| | PMK | Ramanathan K V | 20,727 | 10.97% | |
| | DMDK | Gopal P | 6,927 | 3.67% | |
| | KMDK | Chandrasekar S | 4,389 | 2.32% | |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,716 | 1.44% | |
| | BJP | Shithivinayagan K A | 2,480 | 1.31% | −0.83% |
| | NTK | Seethalakshmi M K | 1,784 | 0.94% | |
| | INMMK | Ponnudurai P | 608 | 0.32% | |
| | BSP | Baladhandapani V S | 560 | 0.30% | −0.37% |
| | GMI | Ramasamy S | 527 | 0.28% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 24,887 | 13.17% | −4.30% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,88,950 | 82.85% | 1.03% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,28,069 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -8.90% | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Narayanan. P. G | 87,121 | 54.28% | 16.77% |
| | PMK | Mahendran. K. S | 59,080 | 36.81% | |
| | BJP | Shithi Vinayagan. K. A | 3,432 | 2.14% | 0.58% |
| | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party | Kumar. M | 1,534 | 0.96% | |
| | Independent | Venkatachalam. K | 1,325 | 0.83% | |
| | Independent | Sathiya D | 1,270 | 0.79% | |
| | Independent | Saravanan. K | 1,236 | 0.77% | |
| | BSP | Thangarasu. S | 1,065 | 0.66% | −0.10% |
| | Independent | Ananthamoorthy. S | 980 | 0.61% | |
| | Independent | Ravi. A | 954 | 0.59% | |
| | Independent | Palanisamy. M | 904 | 0.56% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 28,041 | 17.47% | 13.44% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,96,163 | 81.82% | 7.22% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,60,496 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from PMK | AIADMK gain from PMK | Swing | 12.74% | |

### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PMK | K V Ramanathan | 52,603 | 41.55% | |
| | AIADMK | K. C. Karuppannan | 47,500 | 37.52% | −20.68% |
| | DMDK | Gopal. P | 17,001 | 13.43% | |
| | BJP | Palanisamy K. A. P | 1,971 | 1.56% | |
| | Independent | Aruljothi. P. K | 1,549 | 1.22% | |
| | Independent | Perumal. V. M | 1,540 | 1.22% | |
| | Independent | Rangasamy. P | 1,087 | 0.86% | |
| | BSP | Kandasamy. S. K | 971 | 0.77% | |
| | Independent | Raju. E | 969 | 0.77% | |
| | Independent | Perumal. C | 632 | 0.50% | |
| | Independent | Thiyagarajan. M | 351 | 0.28% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,103 | 4.03% | −25.66% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,26,612 | 74.60% | 13.84% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,69,720 | | |
| | PMK gain from AIADMK | PMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -16.65% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | K. C. Karuppannan | 64,405 | 58.20% | 32.76% |
| | PNK | Sudhanandhen. J. | 31,546 | 28.50% | |
| | MDMK | Thiyagarajan. S. K. | 8,921 | 8.06% | |
| | Independent | Velmurugan. V. N. | 2,305 | 2.08% | |
| | Independent | Karuppusamy. M. | 1,159 | 1.05% | |
| | JD(S) | Arumugham. C. M. | 825 | 0.75% | |
| | Independent | Perumal. V. M. | 595 | 0.54% | |
| | Independent | Paramasivam. S. L. | 534 | 0.48% | |
| | Independent | Palani. M. | 381 | 0.34% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 32,859 | 29.69% | 3.90% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,10,671 | 60.76% | −11.56% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,82,155 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from TMC(M) | AIADMK gain from TMC(M) | Swing | 6.97% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TMC(M) | Balasubramanian. S. N. | 57,256 | 51.23% | |
| | AIADMK | Manivannan. K. S. | 28,427 | 25.43% | −35.81% |
| | PMK | Venkatachalam. M. P. | 18,768 | 16.79% | |
| | CPI(M) | Palanisamy. P. | 4,216 | 3.77% | |
| | Independent | Nallasamy. A. M. | 758 | 0.68% | |
| | Independent | Subramanian. N. | 432 | 0.39% | |
| | Independent | Vinayagamoorthy. E. | 367 | 0.33% | |
| | Independent | Sathiyamoorthy. K. S. | 325 | 0.29% | |
| | Independent | Paulraj. B. | 294 | 0.26% | |
| | Independent | Mohanaraj. S. | 231 | 0.21% | |
| | Independent | Siva. A. | 160 | 0.14% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 28,829 | 25.79% | −14.61% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,11,769 | 72.31% | 4.11% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,62,004 | | |
| | TMC(M) gain from AIADMK | TMC(M) gain from AIADMK | Swing | -10.02% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | S. Muthusamy | 61,337 | 61.24% | 50.66% |
| | DMK | Duraisamy M. C. | 20,867 | 20.84% | −1.80% |
| | PMK | Ramanathan V. V. | 16,358 | 16.33% | |
| | THMM | Neelagandan S. | 378 | 0.38% | |
| | Independent | Peetharan K. M. | 305 | 0.30% | |
| | Independent | Thangavelu K. G. | 159 | 0.16% | |
| | Independent | Veerappa Gounder V. T. R. | 128 | 0.13% | |
| | Independent | Ganesan K. N. | 110 | 0.11% | |
| | Independent | Venkatachalam V. N. | 103 | 0.10% | |
| | Independent | Murugesan B. M. | 101 | 0.10% | |
| | Independent | Venkatesan P. | 96 | 0.10% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 40,470 | 40.41% | 20.86% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,00,153 | 68.21% | 5.51% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,51,501 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from Independent | AIADMK gain from Independent | Swing | 19.06% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | G.G. Gurumoorthy | 36,371 | 42.18% | |
| | DMK | P.S. Kiruttinasamy | 19,518 | 22.64% | −13.29% |
| | INC | S.N. Balasubramanian | 19,291 | 22.37% | |
| | AIADMK | P.N. Govindan | 9,125 | 10.58% | −52.72% |
| | Independent | K. Palanisamy | 586 | 0.68% | |
| | Independent | P. Chandrasekaran | 283 | 0.33% | |
| | Independent | K.M. Petharan | 278 | 0.32% | |
| | Independent | P.L. Siddha Gounder | 130 | 0.15% | |
| | Independent | P.S. Palanisamy | 118 | 0.14% | |
| | Independent | T.G. Ranganathan | 116 | 0.13% | |
| | Independent | S.A. Subramanian | 107 | 0.12% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 16,853 | 19.55% | −7.83% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 86,226 | 62.69% | −14.57% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,40,948 | | |
| | Independent gain from AIADMK | Independent gain from AIADMK | Swing | -21.12% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | P. G. Narayanan | 58,350 | 63.30% | 2.42% |
| | DMK | N. K. K. Periasmy | 33,116 | 35.93% | |
| | Independent | M. N. Krishnaswamy | 709 | 0.77% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 25,234 | 27.38% | −1.89% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 92,175 | 77.26% | 15.69% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,24,086 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 2.42% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Narayanan. P. G. | 44,152 | 60.89% | 29.48% |
| | INC | Madeswaran. M. P. V. | 22,926 | 31.61% | 8.48% |
| | JP | Manickam. N. | 4,719 | 6.51% | |
| | Independent | Chitha Gounder. E. | 720 | 0.99% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 21,226 | 29.27% | 23.84% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 72,517 | 61.57% | −5.13% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,19,674 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 29.48% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | M.R. Soundarrajan | 22,989 | 31.41% | |
| | JP | G. Gurumoorthy | 19,013 | 25.98% | |
| | INC | S.N. Balasubramaniam | 16,931 | 23.13% | −16.13% |
| | DMK | N.K.K. Periasamy | 14,258 | 19.48% | −39.88% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,976 | 5.43% | −14.67% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 73,191 | 66.70% | −2.33% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,11,262 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -27.95% | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | A. M. Raja | 38,527 | 59.36% | −5.80% |
| | INC | P. Kuppusamy Mudaliar | 25,480 | 39.26% | 6.19% |
| | Independent | P. Manickkam | 893 | 1.38% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,047 | 20.10% | −11.99% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,900 | 69.03% | −7.76% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 96,870 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | -5.80% | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | A. M. Raja | 43,353 | 65.16% | 30.79% |
| | INC | P. K. Mudaliar | 21,999 | 33.07% | −16.03% |
| | Independent | C. V. V. Samy | 1,177 | 1.77% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 21,354 | 32.10% | 17.37% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66,529 | 76.79% | 8.24% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 90,290 | | |
| | DMK gain from INC | DMK gain from INC | Swing | 16.07% | |

### 1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | N. K. Ranganayaki | 32,739 | 49.10% | 15.27% |
| | DMK | A. M. Raja | 22,919 | 34.37% | |
| | CPI | J. I. Mohammad Ibrahim | 6,649 | 9.97% | |
| | SWA | T. A. Kuppusami Chettiar | 1,588 | 2.38% | |
| | Independent | S. Vaiyapuri Madali | 1,200 | 1.80% | |
| | Independent | M. Sayad Abdul Razak | 1,010 | 1.51% | |
| | Independent | S. C. Latchumana Pathan | 315 | 0.47% | |
| | Independent | K. Kavari Gounder | 261 | 0.39% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,820 | 14.73% | 8.15% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66,681 | 68.55% | −15.36% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,02,272 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 15.27% | |

### 1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | G. G. Gurumurthi | 49,926 | 33.83% | −2.53% |
| | INC | P. G. Manickam (Sc) | 40,224 | 27.26% | −9.11% |
| | Independent | K. Komaraswami Gounder | 26,944 | 18.26% | |
| | Independent | A. Subramanian (Sc) | 17,580 | 11.91% | |
| | Independent | K. M. Chenroyam | 12,899 | 8.74% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,702 | 6.57% | 0.19% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,47,573 | 83.91% | 13.82% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,75,870 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | -2.53% | |

### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bhavani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | B. K. Nallaswami | 18,649 | 36.36% | 36.36% |
| | TTP | N. Palaniswami Gounder | 15,375 | 29.98% | |
| | Independent | T. M. Sambuselli Gounder | 11,321 | 22.08% | |
| | CPI | B. N. Balu | 5,938 | 11.58% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,274 | 6.38% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,283 | 70.09% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 73,169 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |