Sholingur Assembly constituency

Sholingur
Sholingur
Constituency No. 39 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ranipet
Lok Sabha constituency	Arakkonam
Established	1951
Total electors	2,58,076
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent G. Kapil
Party	TVK
Elected year	2026

Sholingur is a state assembly constituency in Ranipet district in Tamil Nadu, India.^[1] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 39. It consists of portions of the Walajah and Arakkonam taluks. It falls under Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner
1952	M. Subramaniya Naicker	Commonweal Party
1957	B. Bakthavathaalu Naidu	Indian National Congress
1962	A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar	Indian National Congress
1967	Aranganathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar	Indian National Congress
1977	S. J. Ramasamy Mudaliyar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	C. Gopal Mudaliyar
1984	N. Shanmugam
1989	A. M. Munirathinam	Indian National Congress
1991		Indian National Congress
1996		Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	R. Vilvanathan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	D. Arul Anbarasu	Indian National Congress
2011	P. R. Manogar	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	N. G. Parthiban^[3]^[4]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019^	G. Sampathu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	A. M. Munirathinam	Indian National Congress
2026	G. Kapil	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2026			36.16%
2021			49.46%
2019 by-election			48.00%
2016			36.79%
2011			38.98%
2006			45.98%
2001			50.12%
1996			54.33%
1991			53.90%
1989			39.24%
1984			51.38%
1980			49.40%
1977			38.23%
1971			55.39%
1967			51.67%
1962			56.02%
1957			55.44%
1952			36.16%

2026

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TVK	G. Kapil	84,506	36.16	New
	PMK	K. Saravanan	78,820	33.73	3.75
	INC	A. M. Munirathinam	57,997	24.82	24.64
	NTK	A. Ashok Kumar	6,468	2.77	1.56
	NOTA	NOTA	572	0.24	0.32
	Independent	M. Vijayan	548	0.23	New
	Independent	K. Munisamy	532	0.23	New
	TVK	Sudhakar. K	490	0.21	New
	BSP	M. Giridharan	378	0.16	New
	Independent	M. Dinesh	349	0.15	New
	Independent	V. Munirathinam	345	0.15	New
	Independent	T. Rajendran	316	0.14	New
	Independent	N. Gopalakrishnan	310	0.13	New
	Independent	N. Mani	284	0.12	New
	Independent	Santhanam. R	277	0.12	New
	Independent	Kaviyarasan. Subiramani	249	0.11	New
	Independent	V. Sadhasivam	234	0.10	New
	Vanchit Bahujan Aaghad	S. Senthilkumar	197	0.08	New
	Independent	A. Palani	183	0.08	New
	Independent	V. Hemachandiran	136	0.06	New
	Independent	A. Anandan	133	0.06	New
	Veerath Thiyagi Viswanathadoss Thozhilalarkal Katchi	R. Vinoth	133	0.06	New
	Independent	S. Ilayaraja	124	0.05	New
	Independent	R. Sethupathi	103	0.04	New
Margin of victory			5,686	2.43	9.55
Turnout			2,33,684	90.55	10.22
Registered electors			2,58,076		19,364
	TVK gain from INC		Swing	36.16

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. M. Munirathinam	110,228	49.46%	17.28%
	PMK	A. M. Krishnan	83,530	37.48%
	AMMK	N. G. Parthiban	12,979	5.82%
	NTK	Y. R. Pavendhan	9,656	4.33%	3.94%
	MNM	R. Jawahar	1,664	0.75%
	NOTA	Nota	1,239	0.56%	−0.25%
Margin of victory			26,698	11.98%	7.37%
Turnout			2,22,870	80.33%	−1.70%
Rejected ballots			245	0.11%
Registered electors			2,77,440
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	12.67%

2019 by-election

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Sholingur^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Sampathu	103,545	48.00
	DMK	A. Asokan	87,489	40.56
	AMMK	T. G. Mani	12,868	5.97	+5.97
	NTK	P. Gokulakrishnan	5,188	2.40	+2.40
	MNM	A. Malayarajan	2,466	1.14	+1.14
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,112	0.98
Majority			16,056	7.44
Turnout			2,15,795	82.34
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. G. Parthiban	77,651	36.79%
	INC	A. M. Munirathinam	67,919	32.18%	11.59%
	PMK	K. Saravanan	50,827	24.08%
	DMDK	P. R. Manogar	6,167	2.92%	−36.05%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,691	0.80%
	BJP	Kumar. M	1,468	0.70%
Margin of victory			9,732	4.61%	−0.42%
Turnout			2,11,064	82.03%	−2.69%
Registered electors			2,57,291
	AIADMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-2.19%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	P. R. Manogar	69,963	38.98%	29.64%
	Independent	A. M. Munirathinam	60,925	33.94%
	INC	D. Arul Anbarasu	36,957	20.59%	−25.39%
	Puratchi Bharatham	M. Bhavani.	3,858	2.15%
	Independent	T. V. Paramasivam	2,288	1.27%
	Independent	V. Velu	2,268	1.26%
		A. M. Inbanathan	1,181	0.66%
	BSP	N. Dhinakaran	1,076	0.60%
	Independent	Vadivel	983	0.55%
Margin of victory			9,038	5.04%	−0.70%
Turnout			2,11,864	84.72%	8.21%
Registered electors			1,79,499
	DMDK gain from INC		Swing	-7.00%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Arul Anbarasu	63,502	45.98%
	AIADMK	Gopal. C	55,586	40.25%	−9.88%
	DMDK	Prabakaran. C. D	12,900	9.34%
	Independent	Velu. V	2,026	1.47%
	SP	Gopi. R	1,319	0.96%
	BJP	Murugesan. D	1,308	0.95%
	Independent	Suresh. S	773	0.56%
Margin of victory			7,916	5.73%	−2.11%
Turnout			1,38,112	76.52%	5.22%
Registered electors			1,80,495
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-4.15%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Vilvanathan	62,576	50.12%
	PNK	A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar	52,781	42.28%
	MDMK	Ravi. N	3,033	2.43%	1.14%
	Independent	Laksmipathi S. K.	2,539	2.03%
	Puratchi Bharatham	Arumugam. M	2,409	1.93%
	Independent	Babu. K. C.	1,504	1.20%
Margin of victory			9,795	7.85%	−20.36%
Turnout			1,24,842	71.30%	−3.40%
Registered electors			1,75,100
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-4.21%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	A. M. Munirathinam	65,361	54.33%
	PMK	Shanmugham. S.	31,431	26.13%
	INC	Jayababu. R.	20,849	17.33%	−36.57%
	MDMK	Shanmugham. R.	1,557	1.29%
Margin of victory			33,930	28.21%	−3.19%
Turnout			1,20,293	74.70%	4.13%
Registered electors			1,68,374
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	0.43%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. M. Munirathinam	58,563	53.90%	14.66%
	DMK	C. Manickam	24,453	22.51%	−10.56%
	PMK	P. Panchatcharam	22,600	20.80%
	BJP	M. K. Santha Kumar	1,543	1.42%
	Independent	N. Chandiran	620	0.57%
Margin of victory			34,110	31.40%	25.22%
Turnout			1,08,647	70.57%	9.43%
Registered electors			1,58,696
	INC hold		Swing	14.66%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. M. Munirathinam	33,419	39.24%
	DMK	C. Manickam	28,161	33.06%	−13.98%
	AIADMK	C. Gopal	17,125	20.11%	−31.28%
	AIADMK	Kanmani Porki Alias Selvaraj	3,692	4.33%	−47.05%
	Independent	E. Nagarajan	728	0.85%
Margin of victory			5,258	6.17%	1.84%
Turnout			85,171	61.14%	−17.49%
Registered electors			1,43,254
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-12.15%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. Shanmugam	47,967	51.38%	1.99%
	DMK	K. Moorthi	43,918	47.05%	−2.13%
	Independent	A. Kanthappan	952	1.02%
	Independent	A. M. Periyasamy	514	0.55%
Margin of victory			4,049	4.34%	4.12%
Turnout			93,351	78.63%	16.16%
Registered electors			1,24,595
	AIADMK hold		Swing	1.99%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Gopal Mudaliyar	35,783	49.40%	11.16%
	DMK	Moorthy. K	35,626	49.18%	19.25%
	Independent	Annamalai Reddiar V. S	401	0.55%
	Independent	Kanthappan. A	330	0.46%
	Independent	Periasamy Reddiar. A. M	302	0.42%
Margin of victory			157	0.22%	−8.09%
Turnout			72,442	62.46%	0.96%
Registered electors			1,17,710
	AIADMK hold		Swing	11.16%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. J. Ramasamy Mudaliyar	25,997	38.23%
	DMK	K. Murthi	20,348	29.93%	−14.69%
	INC	C. Rajendran	9,393	13.81%	−41.57%
	JP	S.S. Sundararaman	9,266	13.63%
	Independent	S. Thiyagarajan	1,420	2.09%
	Independent	A. Kanthappan	919	1.35%
	Independent	G. Munisamy	652	0.96%
Margin of victory			5,649	8.31%	−2.47%
Turnout			67,995	61.51%	−17.61%
Registered electors			1,12,141
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	-17.15%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar	36,776	55.39%	14.02%
	DMK	Natrajan K. M.	29,621	44.61%	−7.06%
Margin of victory			7,155	10.78%	0.47%
Turnout			66,397	79.11%	−3.87%
Registered electors			89,522
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	3.72%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Aranganathan	35,225	51.67%	16.73%
	INC	A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar	28,201	41.37%	−14.65%
	Independent	A. Reddy	3,466	5.08%
	Independent	P. Reddy	1,282	1.88%
Margin of victory			7,024	10.30%	−10.78%
Turnout			68,174	82.98%	3.60%
Registered electors			85,378
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-4.35%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar	33,291	56.02%	0.57%
	DMK	V. Munuswamy	20,762	34.94%
	Independent	Reriasamy Rreddy	4,308	7.25%
	Independent	Ganapathy Kannappa Mudali	1,069	1.80%
Margin of victory			12,529	21.08%	−0.51%
Turnout			59,430	79.37%	23.48%
Registered electors			78,223
	INC hold		Swing	0.57%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. Bakthavathaalu Naidu	22,991	55.44%	27.85%
	Independent	M. Subramanian Naicker	14,037	33.85%
	Independent	Jayaraj	4,440	10.71%
Margin of victory			8,954	21.59%	13.02%
Turnout			41,468	55.90%	2.33%
Registered electors			74,186
	INC gain from Commonweal Party		Swing	19.28%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sholingur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Commonweal Party	M. Subramanya Naicker	12,028	36.16%
	INC	V. M. Ramaswami Mudaliar	9,177	27.59%	27.59%
	Independent	Perumal Alias Nannaya Naidu	2,754	8.28%
	Independent	S. Krishnaswami Naidu	2,473	7.43%
	Independent	B. Manavala Chowdary	2,453	7.37%
	Independent	Amavasaigan	1,195	3.59%
	Independent	P. R. Ratnavelu Naicker	1,136	3.42%
	KMPP	Tiruvangada Naicker	1,072	3.22%
Margin of victory			2,851	8.57%
Turnout			33,262	53.56%
Registered electors			62,097
	Commonweal Party win (new seat)

References

↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
↑ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
↑ Disqualification by Assembly Speaker 2017
↑ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 39. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Result 2026 - Sholingur". Election Commission of India. 4 May 2026. Archived from the original on 12 June 2026. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
↑ "Sholinghur Constituency Election Results 2016 - 2026". The Times of India. 4 May 2026. Archived from the original on 12 June 2026. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
↑ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

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[1] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

[2] "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[3] Disqualification by Assembly Speaker 2017

[4] "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 39. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election_Result_2026_-_Sholingur-5] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Result 2026 - Sholingur". Election Commission of India. 4 May 2026. Archived from the original on 12 June 2026. Retrieved 12 June 2026.

[Sholinghur_Constituency_Election_Results_2016_-_2026-6] "Sholinghur Constituency Election Results 2016 - 2026". The Times of India. 4 May 2026. Archived from the original on 12 June 2026. Retrieved 12 June 2026.

[7] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

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