# Pappireddipatti Assembly constituency

Pappireddippatti is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after the constituency delimitation in 2008. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 60. Located in Dharmapuri district, it comprises portions of Dharmapuri and Pappireddipatti taluks. It is included in Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency for elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Winner | Party |
| 2011 | P. Palaniappan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2016 | P. Palaniappan - Disqualification by Assembly Speaker Dhanapal in 2017 | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2019 by-election | A. Govindasamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2021 | A. Govindasamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2021 | 2021 | 51.81% | 51.81% |
| 2019 by-election | 2019 by-election | 48.25% | 48.25% |
| 2016 | 2016 | 35.56% | 35.56% |
| 2011 | 2011 | 45.39% | 45.39% |

### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pappireddipatti :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | A. Govindasamy | 114,507 | 51.81% | +16.25 |
| | DMK | M. Prabhu Rajasekar | 77,564 | 35.10% | +8.22 |
| | AMMK | P. Palaniappan | 15,863 | 7.18% | New |
| | NTK | R. Ramesh | 7,573 | 3.43% | New |
| | MNM | Srinivasan | 1,729 | 0.78% | New |
| | NOTA | NOTA | 1,338 | 0.61% | −0.1 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 36,943 | 16.72% | 10.63% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 220,994 | 83.24% | −2.54% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 282 | 0.13% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 265,487 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 16.25% | |

### 2019 by-election

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Pappireddipatti :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AIADMK | A. Govindasamy | 103,981 | 48.25 |
| | DMK | A. Mani | 85,488 | 39.67 |
| | AMMK | D. K. Rajendran | 15,283 | 7.09 |
| | NTK | S. Sathish | 3,783 | 1.76 |
| | MNM | M. Nallathambi | 2,374 | 1.10 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 18,493 | 8.58 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,15,406 | 84.84 |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pappireddipatti :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | P. Palaniappan | 74,234 | 35.56% | −9.83 |
| | PMK | A. Sathiyamoorthy | 61,521 | 29.47% | New |
| | DMK | M. Prabhu Rajasekar | 56,109 | 26.88% | −12.29 |
| | DMDK | A. Baskar | 9,441 | 4.52% | New |
| | KMDK | G. Ashokan | 1,760 | 0.84% | New |
| | NOTA | NOTA | 1,467 | 0.70% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,713 | 6.09% | −0.13% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 208,754 | 85.78% | 4.87% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 243,367 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -9.83% | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pappireddipatti :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | P. Palaniappan | 76,582 | 45.39% | New |
| | DMK | V. Mullaivendhan | 66,093 | 39.17% | New |
| | Independent | M. Velu | 18,710 | 11.09% | New |
| | Independent | P. Shankar | 2,130 | 1.26% | New |
| | Independent | P. Moorthy | 1,270 | 0.75% | New |
| | BSP | P. Vaigundan | 1,037 | 0.61% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,489 | 6.22% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 168,731 | 80.91% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 208,543 | | |
| | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) |