Erode East Assembly constituency

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] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Erode (East)
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictErode
LS constituencyErode
Total electors2,28,402[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAVacant
PartyVacant
Elected year2023

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 Komarapalayam Constituency.

Demographics

The Kongu Vellalar & Sengundha Mudhaliyar communities constitute about 60% of the total population of this constituency.[3]

Elections

Elected members from this constituency are as follows:

Year Winner Party
2011 V. C. Chandhirakumar Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016 K. S. Thennarasu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 E. Thirumagan Evera Indian National Congress
2023 by-election

2023 By-election Candidates

The AIADMK EPS faction candidate is Mr. Thennarasu.[4]

The Indian National Congress candidate is Mr. EVKS.[5]

The Tamilnadu ilaignar Katchi candidate Mr.Arunkumar

The Naam Tamilar Katchi candidate is Mrs. Menaga Navaneethan.[6]

Election results
Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
 44.27%
2016
 
 43.83%
2011
 
 50.83%

2023
2023 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Bye-election : Erode (East)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC E. V. K. S. Elangovan
AIADMK K. S. Thennarasu
NTK N.Menaga
DMDK S. Anand
Margin of victory
Turnout
Registered electors
gain from Swing

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
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. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  3. https://www.dinamani.com/elections/tamil-nadu/constituencies/2021/feb/18/tn-assembly-election-2021-erode-east-constituency-3565008.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "News7 Tamil-EPS AIADMK candidate 2023 Erode East".
  5. "EVKS Elangovan-grandson of EV Ramasamy Naicker's brother".
  6. "Naam Tamilar-Erode East 2023-Sengundha Mudhaliyar candidate-Seeman".

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