Tiruppur (State Assembly Constituency)

Tiruppur is the legislative assembly, that includes the city, Tiruppur. Tiruppur assembly constituency was part of Coimbatore parliamentary constituency. It was a two-member constituency in 1952 election.

Winners

A total of 14 members from 13 elections have been elected from this constituency. It has elected 5 members each from Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, and 4 members each from Indian National Congress, and 2 members each from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Madras State

Year Winner Party Votes Runner-up Party Votes
1952 1) Arumugam
2) Rangasami Naidu		 INC
INC		 38,846
30,991		 3) Muthivanam
4) Ramaswami		 CPI
CPI		 21,772
15,736
1957 K. N. Palanisamy INC 29,519 V. Ponnulinga Gounder CPI 18,976
1962 K. N. Palanisamy Gounder INC 41,748 Ponnulinga Gounder CPI 26,175
1967 S. Duraisamy DMK 35,518 K. N. Palanisamy Gounder INC 21,373

Tamil Nadu

Year Winner Party Votes Runner-up Party Votes
1971 S. Duraisamy DMK 40,762 S. A. Khader IND 32,995
1977 R. Manimaran ADMK 38,984 A. Ganapathy CPI 24,569
1980 R. Manimaran ADMK 63,371 Mohan Kandasamy alias
(P. Kandasamy Gounder)		 INC(I) 39,276
1984 K. Subbarayan CPI 51,874 R. Manimaran ADMK 50,634
1989 C. Govindasamy CPM 55,481 K. Subbarayan CPI 38,102
1991 V. Palanisamy ADMK 92,509 C. Govindasamy CPM 55,868
1996 K. Subbarayan CPI 101,392 C. Sivasami ADMK 60,337
2001 C. Sivasami ADMK 127,224 Lalitha Kumaramangalam BJP 80,668
2006 C. Govindasamy CPM 105,713 S. Duraisamy MDMK 94,754

Post Delimitations 2008

Owing to the enormous Urban agglomeration in the Tiruppur city, Tiruppur (State Assembly Constituency) is now bifurcated into Tiruppur North and Tiruppur South constituencies.

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