Bargur Assembly constituency

Bargur
Bargur
Constituency No. 52 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Krishnagiri
Lok Sabha constituency	Krishnagiri
Established	1977
Total electors	2,40,476
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent E. C. Govindarasan
Party	AIADMK
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2026

Bargur is a state assembly constituency in Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 52. It comprises portions of Krishnagiri and Pochampalli taluks and is a part of Krishnagiri Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. Most successful party: AIADMK (nine times). It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Former chief minister Jayalalithaa contested twice in this constituency, won in 1991 and lost in 1996.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member
1977	H. G. Arumugam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	B. N. S. Doraisamy
1984	T. M. Venkatachalam
1989	K. R. Rajendran
1991	J. Jayalalithaa
1996	E. G. Sugavanam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	M. Thambidurai	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	M. Thambidurai	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2009 by-election	K. R. K. Narasiman	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	K. E. Krishnamoorthi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	V. Rajendran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	D. Mathiazhagan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2026	E. C. Govindarasan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2026			33.30%
2021			49.06%
2016			42.89%
2011			56.02%
2009 by-election			0.0%
2006			42.67%
2001			66.31%
1996			50.71%
1991			65.18%
1989			30.27%
1984			69.71%
1980			57.26%
1977			48.94%

Assembly election 2026

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	E. C. Govindarasan	71,240	33.30%	*New*
	TVK	E. Muralidharan	66,999	31.31%	New
	DMK	D. Mathiazhagan	65,228	30.49%	19.06
	NTK	Kavinkumar. S	5,462	2.55%	2.60
	NOTA	None of the above	631	0.29%	0.48
Margin of victory			4,241	1.98%	4.45
Turnout			214,129	89.04%	9.22
Total valid votes			213,960
Registered electors			240,476		3.16
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	16.25

Assembly election 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. Mathiazhagan	97,256	49.55%	7.19
	AIADMK	A. Krishnan	84,642	43.13%	0.24
	NTK	K. Karunakaran	10,116	5.15%	4.79
	NOTA	None of the above	1,518	0.77%	0.04
Margin of victory			12,614	6.43%	5.91
Turnout			198,221	79.82%	2.37
Total valid votes			196,266
Rejected ballots			437	0.22%	0.19
Registered electors			248,335		8.49
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	6.66

Assembly election 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Rajendran	80,650	42.89%	13.13
	DMK	E. C. Govindarasan	79,668	42.36%	New
	PMK	A. Kumar	18,407	9.79%	27.64
	TMC(M)	R. Rajendran	2,948	1.57%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,382	0.73%	New
	BJP	R. Manivannan	1,273	0.68%	0.78
Margin of victory			982	0.52%	18.07
Turnout			188,117	82.19%	0.33
Total valid votes			188,056
Rejected ballots			61	0.03%	0.01
Registered electors			228,893		18.27
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Assembly election 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. E. Krishnamoorthi	88,711	56.02%	*New*
	PMK	T. K. Raja	59,271	37.43%	New
	BJP	K. Asokan	2,314	1.46%	0.33
	Ulzaipali Makkal Katchy	K. Venkatesan	1,611	1.02%	New
	Independent	C. Vijayakumar	1,512	0.95%
	Independent	K. Sakthivel	1,307	0.83%
	Independent	C. Krishnamoorthy	1,279	0.81%
	Independent	R. Govindaraj	1,106	0.70%
Margin of victory			29,440	18.59%	26.55
Turnout			158,420	81.86%	10.60
Total valid votes			158,363
Rejected ballots			57	0.04%	0.04
Registered electors			193,531		5.32
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	12.32

Assembly by-election 2009

2009 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election : Bargur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. R. K. Narasiman	89,481	68.34%	27.90
	Independent	V. Chandran	30,378	23.20%
	Independent	Rajesh. E	3,482	2.66%
	Independent	Elango Siva.	1,958	1.50%
	CPI	Kannu. S	1,640	1.25%	New
	BJP	K. Asokan	1,482	1.13%	0.66
	Independent	Mageswari. K	946	0.72%
	Independent	Radmanrajan Dr.	852	0.65%
Margin of victory			59,103	45.14%	42.91
Turnout			130,942	71.26%	1.34
Total valid votes			130,940
Registered electors			183,756		7.14
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	25.67

Assembly election 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Thambidurai	61,299	42.67%	*New*
	DMK	V. Vetriselvan	58,091	40.44%	13.98
	DMDK	K. V. Govindaraj	11,157	7.77%	New
	Independent	C. Narayanasamy	5,666	3.94%
	NCP	R. Mani	2,519	1.75%	New
	Independent	K. Venkatesan	1,460	1.02%
	Independent	R. Saravanan	987	0.69%
Margin of victory			3,208	2.23%	37.62
Turnout			143,663	72.60%	9.50
Total valid votes			143,663
Registered electors			197,892		0.93
	AIADMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	23.64

Assembly election 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Thambidurai	82,039	66.31%	22.77
	DMK	E. G. Sugavanam	32,733	26.46%	24.25
	MDMK	Pon. Gunasekaran	3,476	2.81%	2.03
	Independent	S. Elango	3,047	2.46%
	Independent	Ra. Chennayan Alias Chenrayan	1,459	1.18%
	Independent	R. Govindaraj	962	0.78%
Margin of victory			49,306	39.85%	32.68
Turnout			123,716	63.10%	5.97
Total valid votes			123,716
Registered electors			196,078		8.92
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	15.60

Assembly election 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. G. Sugavanam	59,148	50.71%	49.45
	AIADMK	J. Jayalalithaa	50,782	43.54%	New
	PMK	E. P. Ramalingam	2,352	2.02%	0.27
	MDMK	K. Viswanathan	912	0.78%	New
	BJP	P. Madhavan	912	0.78%	0.33
Margin of victory			8,366	7.17%	28.67
Turnout			124,346	69.07%	0.23
Total valid votes			116,643
Rejected ballots			7,828	6.30%	1.15
Registered electors			180,024		13.95
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	14.47

Assembly election 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	J. Jayalalithaa	67,680	65.18%	*New*
	Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam	T. Rajendar	30,465	29.34%	New
	PMK	A. C. Chinnasamy	1,815	1.75%	New
	DMK	E. G. Sugavanam	1,311	1.26%	27.99
Margin of victory			37,215	35.84%	34.82
Turnout			109,478	69.30%	2.87
Total valid votes			103,841
Rejected ballots			5,637	5.15%	2.56
Registered electors			157,980		10.04
	AIADMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	34.91

Assembly election 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. R. Rajendran	30,551	30.27%	*New*
	DMK	E. G. Sugavanam	29,522	29.25%	0.61
	INC	M. Raman	20,906	20.72%	New
	AIADMK	D. Udhayakumar	17,338	17.18%	New
	Independent	V. Chandran	1,081	1.07%
	Independent	Ismail	636	0.63%
Margin of victory			1,029	1.02%	38.84
Turnout			103,604	72.17%	1.00
Total valid votes			100,921
Rejected ballots			2,683	2.59%	2.93
Registered electors			143,564		17.26
	AIADMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	39.44

Assembly election 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. M. Venkatachalam	57,388	69.71%	12.45
	DMK	P. V. Veeramani	24,577	29.86%	11.83
Margin of victory			32,811	39.86%	24.29
Turnout			87,134	71.17%	8.64
Total valid votes			82,321
Rejected ballots			4,813	5.52%	4.02
Registered electors			122,427		8.24
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Assembly election 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	B. N. S. Doraisamy	39,893	57.26%	*New*
	DMK	K. Murugesan	29,045	41.69%	15.50
	Independent	V. Periasamy	727	1.04%
Margin of victory			10,848	15.57%	7.18
Turnout			70,728	62.53%	1.48
Total valid votes			69,665
Rejected ballots			1,063	1.50%	0.16
Registered electors			113,106		15.34
	AIADMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	8.32

Assembly election 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	H. G. Arumugam	28,812	48.94%	*New*
	DMK	V. C. Thimmarayan	15,420	26.19%	New
	INC	T. Chinnaraju	8,599	14.61%	New
	JP	G. Sugadev	6,036	10.25%	New
Margin of victory			13,392	22.75%
Turnout			59,862	61.05%
Total valid votes			58,867
Rejected ballots			995	1.66%
Registered electors			98,061
	AIADMK win (new seat)

References

↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
↑ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
↑ "bargur Election Result". Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. 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.
↑ "Bye-Election Results - Election Commission of India". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
↑ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
↑ Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
↑ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

"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. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[2] "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

[3] "bargur Election Result". Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.

[4] "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.

[5] 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.

[6] "Bye-Election Results - Election Commission of India". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.

[7] Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.

[8] Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.

[9] Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[10] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[11] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[12] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[13] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[14] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

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