# Singanallur Assembly constituency

Singanallur Assembly constituency is a legislative Assembly constituency of Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 121. It contains 18 wards of Coimbatore which include the neighborhood of Singanallur. The important landmarks of the constituency are Coimbatore International Airport, Singanallur Bus Terminus, Sungam Lake, Boat House, TIDEL Park Coimbatore and ESI Medical College Hospital. It is a part of Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Assembly | Duration | Winner | Party |
| Fourth | 1967-71 | P. Velusamy | Praja Socialist Party |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | A. Subramaniam | Praja Socialist Party |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | R. Venkedusamy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | A. D. Kulasekar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | R. Sengalippan | Janata Party |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | Era Mohan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | P. Govindaraj | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Eleventh | 1996-01 | N. Palaniswamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Twelfth | 2001-06 | K. C. Karunakaran | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Thirteenth | 2006-2011 | R. Chinnaswamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Fourteenth | 2011-2016 | R. Chinnaswamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Fifteenth | 2016-2021 | N. Karthik | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Sixteenth | 2021- | K. R. Jayaram | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Singanallur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | K. R. Jayaram | 81,244 | 40.22 | 2.94 |
| | DMK | N. Karthik | 70,390 | 34.84 | 5.18 |
| | MNM | R. Mahendran | 36,855 | 18.24 | New |
| | NTK | R. Narmadha | 8,366 | 4.14 | 1.83 |
| | None of the Above | None of the Above | 1,432 | 0.71 | 1.27 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,854 | 5.38 | 2.74 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,02,021 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | +2.94 | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Singanallur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Karthik N | 75,459 | 40.02 | 40.02 |
| | AIADMK | Singai Muthu N | 70,279 | 37.28 | 19.04 |
| | BJP | Nandakumar C R | 16,605 | 8.81 | 3.69 |
| | MDMK | Arjunaraj A | 11,035 | 5.85 | 5.85 |
| | NTK | Kalyana sundaram S | 4,354 | 2.31 | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,180 | 2.74 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,88,531 | 61.89 | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Singanallur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Chinnasamy R | 89,487 | 56.32 | 14.58 |
| | INC | Mayura S Jayakumar | 55,161 | 34.71 | 34.71 |
| | BJP | Rajendran R | 8,142 | 5.12 | 3.02 |
| | LSP | Dhandapani P | 1,983 | 1.25 | 1.25 |
| | IND. | Vashan V V | 1,663 | 1.05 | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 34,326 | 21.61 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,59,148 | 69.09 | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | | |

### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Singanallur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Chinnasamy R | 1,00,283 | 41.74 | 41.74 |
| | CPI(M) | Soundararajan | 1,00,269 | 41.73 | 7.84 |
| | DMDK | Ponnusamy | 31,268 | 13.01 | New |
| | BJP | Velusamy | 5057 | 2.10 | 2.10 |
| | Independent | Rajkumar | 2019 | 0.84 | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 14 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,40,267 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from CPI(M) | AIADMK gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Singanallur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Karunakaran K C | 82773 | 49.57 | 49.57 |
| | DMK | Palanisamy N | 62772 | 37.59 | 32.56 |
| | MDMK | Muthukrishnan G | 14825 | 8.88 | 4.11 |
| | JD(S) | Ponnusamy K M | 2723 | 1.63 | 1.63 |
| | Independent | Velusamy V | 2008 | 1.2 | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 20001 | 11.98 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 166992 | 56.82 | |
| | CPI(M) gain from DMK | CPI(M) gain from DMK | Swing | | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Singanallur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Palanisamy N | 92379 | 60.15 | 60.15 |
| | AIADMK | Duraisamy R | 33967 | 22.12 | 33.34 |
| | MDMK | M. Kannappan | 19951 | 12.99 | New |
| | BJP | Kalyanasundaram R | 3741 | 2.44 | 2.25 |
| | Indian Congress (Socialist) | Palanisamy | 363 | 0.24 | 0.24 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 58412 | 38.03 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 153574 | 63.2 | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Singanallur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Singai Govindarasu | 68069 | 55.46 | 55.46 |
| | JD | Sengalipappan R | 46099 | 37.56 | 37.56 |
| | BJP | Balaji V | 5755 | 4.69 | 4.69 |
| | PMK | Veluchamy P | 1096 | 0.89 | New |
| | Tharasu Makkal Mandram | Krishnasamy A | 280 | 0.23 | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 21970 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 122727 | 59.22 | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Singanallur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Mohan Era | 63827 | 49.40 | 49.40 |
| | INC | Subaiah PL | 25589 | 19.81 | 25.11 |
| | CPI(M) | Kannan S | 22148 | 17.14 | 17.14 |
| | AIADMK | Karuppusamy N | 15319 | 11.86 | New |
| | Independent | Balasundaram D | 643 | 0.5 | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 38238 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 129195 | 70.5 | |
| | DMK gain from JP | DMK gain from JP | Swing | | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Singanallur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JP | Sengalipappan R | 54787 | 49.37 | 37.16 |
| | INC | Subrananiam A | 49856 | 44.92 | 44.92 |
| | BJP | Natarajan KS | 2103 | 1.89 | New |
| | Independent (Politician) | Three Star Natarajan | 1375 | 1.24 | New |
| | Independent (Politician) | Kalaimani VC | 1119 | 1.01 | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4931 | 4.45 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 110981 | 71.02 | |
| | JP gain from DMK | JP gain from DMK | Swing | | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Singanallur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Kulasekar AD | 44523 | 45.16 | 22.78 |
| | CPI(M) | Venkatasamy | 41302 | 41.90 | 13.94 |
| | JP | Sadasivan NS | 12032 | 12.21 | 13.81 |
| | Independent | Sivasamy | 452 | 0.46 | New |
| | Independent | Chinnakutty R | 273 | 0.28 | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3221 | 3.26 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 98582 | 66.34 | |
| | DMK gain from CPI(M) | DMK gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Singanallur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Venkatasamy | 25820 | 27.96 | 15.63 |
| | JP | Sengalipappan R | 24024 | 26.02 | New |
| | INC | Subrananiam A | 20978 | 22.72 | 22.72 |
| | DMK | Veerasamy S | 20662 | 22.38 | 22.38 |
| | Independent | Ramasamy SS | 853 | 0.92 | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1796 | 1.94 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 92337 | 69.72 | |
| | CPI(M) gain from PSP | CPI(M) gain from PSP | Swing | | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Singanallur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PSP | Subrananiam A | 35888 | 53.89 | |
| | INC | Subaian PL | 20848 | 31.3 | |
| | CPI(M) | Venkatasamy | 8209 | 12.33 | |
| | Independent | Marappan N | 1653 | 2.48 | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 15040 | 22.59 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66598 | 71.79 | |
| | PSP hold | PSP hold | Swing | | |