Jolarpet Assembly constituency

State Legislative Assembly Constituency in Tamil Nadu

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Jolarpet
Constituency No. 49 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirupathur
LS constituency	Tiruvannamalai
Total electors	2,39,415^[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. Devaraji
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Jolarpet is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, formed after constituency delimitations in 2007.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 49. It comprises portions of Natrampalli taluk, Vaniyambadi and Tirupattur taluks and is a part of the Tiruvannamalai parliamentary constituency for national elections.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner
2011	K. C. Veeramani	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	K. C. Veeramani^[4]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	K. Devaraji^[5]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			45.89%
2016			45.57%
2011			55.13%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Jolarpet^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Devaraji	89,490	45.89%	+6.38
	AIADMK	K. C. Veeramani	88,399	45.33%	-0.24
	NTK	A. Siva	13,328	6.83%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,337	0.69%	-0.13
	Independent	R. Karunanidhi	1,067	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			1,091	0.56%	-5.51%
Turnout			195,021	81.46%	0.43%
Rejected ballots			255	0.13%
Registered electors			239,415
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.31%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Jolarpet^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. C. Veeramani	82,525	45.57%	-9.55
	DMK	C. Kavitha	71,534	39.50%	New
	PMK	G. Ponnusamy	17,516	9.67%	-30.8
	DMDK	A. Fayaz Basha	3,509	1.94%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,483	0.82%	New
	VBMP	A. Thirumalai	1,224	0.68%	New
	BJP	N. Oveyam Ranjan	1,021	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			10,991	6.07%	-8.59%
Turnout			181,084	81.03%	-0.62%
Registered electors			223,488
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-9.55%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Jolarpet^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. C. Veeramani	86,273	55.13%	*New*
	PMK	G. Ponnusamy	63,337	40.47%	New
	Independent	M. Annamalai	1,912	1.22%	New
	Independent	M. S. Veeramani	1,442	0.92%	New
	BSP	M. Gandhibabu	956	0.61%	New
	Independent	G. M. Ponnuswamy	889	0.57%	New
	Independent	K. Paramasivam	864	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			22,936	14.66%
Turnout			156,501	81.64%
Registered electors			191,688
	AIADMK win (new seat)

References

^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
^ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 49. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "Election Commission of India".
^ "Jolarpet Election Result". Retrieved 15 October 2022.
^ "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.