Erode (East)
Constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictErode
LS constituencyErode
Total electors2,27,547[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2023

Erode East or 'Erode (East)' is a state assembly constituency in Erode district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 98. It consists of a portion of Erode taluk which includes Erode City. It is included in Erode Parliamentary Constituency.[2][3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

This constituency was newly formed, in the year of 2008, by dividing the integrated Erode Assembly Constituency.

Boundaries and parts

Erode East covers the central part of Erode City Corporation to the river Kaveri on the east and Modakurichi Constituency limit on the south; a part of the city is also covered by that constituency.

The eastern part of the city, to the eastern banks of the river Kaveri is included in Kumarapalayam Constituency.

Demographics

Gender demographic of Erode East as of 11.02.2023,[4] taken during the by-election in 2023.

Year Female Male Transgender Total
2023 1,16,497 1,11,025 25 2,27,547

Members of Legislative Assembly

Elected members from this constituency are as follows:

Year Member Political Party
2011 V. C. Chandhirakumar Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016 K. S. Thennarasu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 Thirumagan Evera[5] Indian National Congress
2023 E. V. K. S. Elangovan[6]

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2023
 
 64.58%
2021
 
 44.27%
2016
 
 43.83%
2011
 
 50.83%

2023

2023 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Bye-election : Erode (East)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC E. V. K. S. Elangovan 110,156 64.58 +20.31
AIADMK K. S. Thennarasu 43,923 25.75 New
NTK Menaka Navaneethan 10,827 6.35 -1.30
DMDK S. Anand 1,432 0.84 New
NOTA Nota 798 0.47 -0.55
Margin of victory 66,233 38.83 +32.97
Turnout 170,563 74.79 +7.97
Registered electors 2,27,547
INC hold Swing +20.31

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Erode (East)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Thirumagan Evera 67,300 44.27
TMC(M) Yuvaraja 58,396 38.41 -5.42
NTK Gomathi.S. 11,629 7.65 6.12
MNM Rajakumar.A. M. R 10,005 6.98
NOTA Nota 1,546 1.02 -1.07
AMMK Muthukumaran.S. A. 1,204 0.79
Margin of victory 8,904 5.86 +0.59
Turnout 1,52,631 66.82 -2.75
Registered electors 2,28,402
INC gain from AIADMK Swing 0.43

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Erode (East)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. S. Thennarasu 64,879 43.83
DMK Chandhirakumar V C 57,085 38.57 -4.44
DMDK Ponchairman 6,776 4.58 -46.25
BJP Rajeshkumar P 5,549 3.75 +1.36
NOTA None Of The Above 3,096 2.09
Margin of victory 7,794 5.27 -2.56
Turnout 1,48,018 69.57 -8.00
Registered electors 2,12,746
AIADMK gain from DMDK Swing -7.00

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Erode (East)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMDK V. C. Chandhirakumar 69,166 50.83
DMK S. Muthusamy 58,522 43.01
BJP Rajeshkumar P 3,244 2.38
Independent Minnal Murugash R 2,439 1.79
Margin of victory 10,644 7.82
Turnout 1,36,071 77.58
Registered electors 1,75,395
DMDK win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ "Patrikai.com 11.02.2023 Voters Count".
  2. ↑ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  3. ↑ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Patrikai.com 11.02.2023 Voters Count".
  5. ↑ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "ECI Erode East By Election Result".
  7. ↑ "74.79% voter turnout in Erode East bypoll". timesofindia. 28 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "ஈரோடு இடைத்தேர்தலில் 74.79% வாக்குகள் பதிவு!". news7tamil (in Tamil). 28 February 2023.

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