Melur Vidhan Sabha Constituency

Melur is a Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituency of the State of Tamil Nadu in India.

Areas after delimitation order of 2008

Melur Taluk

General Election 2021

TOTAL ELECTORS: 244996, TURN OUT TOTAL: 182782 (74.61%)

CANDIDATE	SEX	AGE	CATEGORY	PARTY	VALID VOTES POLLED	% VOTES POLLED
1 PERIYAPULLAN @ SELVAM P.	M	49	GEN	ADMK	83344	45.6
2 RAVICHANDRAN T.	M	65	GEN	INC	48182	26.36
3 SELVARAJ A.	M	57	GEN	AMMKMNKZ	34262	18.74
4 KARUPPUSAMY P.	M	42	GEN	NTK	10669	5.84
5 KATHIRESAN K.	M	44	GEN	MNM	2176	1.19
6 NOTA	NOTA			NOTA	884	0.48
7 PANDI K.	M	56	SC	IND	736	0.4
8 BALAN T.	M	42	GEN	IND	630	0.34
9 GOBALAKRISHNAN M.	M	43	GEN	IND	350	0.19
10 MOHANRAM C.	M	55	GEN	IND	342	0.19
11 DHINAKARAN S.	M	31	GEN	IND	274	0.15
12 SENTHILRAJ K.	M	33	GEN	MIDP	270	0.15
13 KANNAN P.	M	44	GEN	IND	258	0.14
14 NAGENDRAN N.	M	27	GEN	IND	200	0.11
15 SIVASAMY R.	M	42	GEN	IND	110	0.06
16 DHARMAR P.	M	38	SC	IND	95	0.05

General Election 2016

TOTAL ELECTORS : 232476, TURNOUT TOTAL: 172501 (74.20%)

CANDIDATE NAME	SEX	AGE	CATEGORY	PARTY	VALID VOTES POLLED	% VOTES POLLED
1 PERIYAPULLAN @ SELVAM P	M	44	GEN	ADMK	88909	51.54
2 RAGUPTHY A.P	M	57	GEN	DMK	69186	40.11
3 BHARATH NATCHIYAPPAN T.N	M	40	GEN	TMC(M)	4579	2.65
4 BOOPATHIKAKKAN P.V	M	52	SC	BJP	1921	1.11
5 SEEMAN I T	M	36	GEN	NTK	1339	0.78
6 RISHI KAPOOR. S	M	35	GEN	SDPI	828	0.48
7 KALAIMANI S	M	40	GEN	AIFB	773	0.45
8 None of the Above				NOTA	757	0.44
9 ABDUL SALAM A.K	M	56	GEN	PMK	746	0.43
10 PANDIDURAI A	M	37	SC	IND	662	0.38
11 MANOHARAN. V	M	57	GEN	IND	478	0.28
12 KARIKALAN. S	M	31	GEN	IND	401	0.23
13 PALANIKUMAR S	M	38	GEN	IND	374	0.22
14 DEVADASAN S	M	30	SC	IND	337	0.20
15 PAKKIYANATHAN K	M	37	SC	IND	337	0.20
16 ANITHA R	F	38	GEN	GAPP	210	0.12
17 PANDI K	M	51	SC	IND	169	0.10
18 DHARMAR P	M	32	SC	IND	161	0.09
19 JOTHI.V	M	40	GEN	IND	135	0.08
20 GANDHIPRABHU R	M	30	SC	IND	109	0.06
21 VEERANAN I	M	44	GEN	RJD	90	0.05

2011 general election results

Candidate	Sex	Age	Category	Party	Votes polled	% Votes polled
1 SAMY R	M	45	GEN	AIADMK	85869	55.74
2 RANI R	F	51	GEN	DMK	61407	39.86
3 DHARMALINGAM P V	M	44	GEN	BJP	1608	1.04
4 SARASUKUMAR VAIRA	M	36	SC	BSP	1080	0.70
5 GOPALAKRISHNAN M	M	34	GEN	RJD	856	0.56
6 VETRIVEL G	M	42	GEN	IND	836	0.54
7 ALAGAR L	M	43	GEN	IND	769	0.50
8 MUTHU P	M	41	GEN	IND	589	0.38
9 PITCHAI R	M	52	GEN	IND	385	0.25
10 SUBRAMANI V	M	47	SC	IND	340	0.22
11 KANNAN C	M	34	GEN	IND	311	0.20

Election held before the delimitation order of 2008

2006 assembly election results

1 . SAMY.R was AIADMK candidate. He polled 64013 votes.
2 . RAVICHANDRAN.K.V.V was INC candidate. He polled 60840 votes.
3 . RAJARAM.C.T was DMDK candidate. He polled 5269 votes.
4 . PANNEER SELVAM.M was BSP candidate. He polled 1292 votes.
5 . VAIRAVAN.R was an independent candidate. He polled 1143 votes.
6 . SUBRAMANIAN.O was AIFB candidate. He polled 1018 votes.
7 . PURUSHOTHAMAN.S was JP candidate. He polled 550 votes.
8 . SENGAIMUNI.R was an independent candidate. He polled 468 votes.
9 . PERIYASWAMY.C was an independent candidate. He polled 281 votes.
10 . SELVAGANESAN.K was an independent candidate. He polled 211 votes.
11 . KANNAN.M was an independent candidate. He polled 198 votes.
TOTAL VALID VOTES POLLED: 135283