Bhavanisagar Assembly constituency

Bhavanisagar
Bhavanisagar
Constituency No. 107 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Erode
Lok Sabha constituency	Nilgiris
Established	1967
Total electors	2,37,629
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent V. P. Tamilselvi
Party	TVK
Alliance	TVK+
Elected year	2026

Bhavanisagar is a state assembly constituency in Erode district in Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 107. It comes under Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member
1967	Ramarasan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	V. K. Ramarasan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	V. K. Chinnasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	G. K. Subramaniam
1984	V. K. Chinnasamy
1989
1991
1996	V. A. Andamuthu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	P. Chithambaram	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	O. Subramaniam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	P. L. Sundaram	Communist Party of India
2016	S. Eswaran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	A. Bannari	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2026	V. P. Tamilselvi	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam

Madras State

Election results

Assembly election 2026

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhavanisagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TVK	V. P. Tamilselvi	72,391	33.73	*New*
	AIADMK	A. Bannari	67,822	31.60	New
	CPI	P. L. Sundaram	63,107	29.41	12.48
	NTK	S. Soundarya	5,832	2.72	1.57
	NOTA	None of the above	1,804	0.84	0.17
Margin of victory			4,569	2.13	5.93
Turnout			214,838	90.41	12.45
Total valid votes			214,595
Registered electors			237,629		8.69
	TVK gain from AIADMK		Swing	16.22

Assembly election 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhavanisagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Bannari	99,181	49.95	7.72
	CPI	P. L. Sundaram	83,173	41.89	27.66
	NTK	V. Sangeetha	8,517	4.29	3.65
	MNM	K. Karthikkumar	4,297	2.16	New
	DMDK	G. Ramesh	2,197	1.11	New
	NOTA	None of the above	2,005	1.01	0.51
	BSP	G. Sakthivel	1,197	0.60	0.01
Margin of victory			16,008	8.06	1.39
Turnout			202,895	77.96	4.01
Total valid votes			198,562
Rejected ballots			265	0.13	0.13
Registered electors			260,249		8.54
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Assembly election 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhavanisagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Eswaran	83,006	42.23	*New*
	DMK	R. Sathya	69,902	35.56	3.27
	CPI	P. L. Sundaram	27,965	14.23	36.46
	BJP	N. R. Palaniswami	3,557	1.81	0.91
	NOTA	None of the above	2,980	1.52	New
	PMK	N. R. Vadivel	1,485	0.76	New
	Independent	M. Lakshmi	1,367	0.70
	KMDK	T. Nagarajan	1,352	0.69	New
	NTK	G. Sangeetha	1,251	0.64	New
Margin of victory			13,104	6.67	5.20
Turnout			196,558	81.97	0.06
Total valid votes			196,551
Rejected ballots			7	0.00	0.09
Registered electors			239,778		20.19
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing	8.46

Assembly election 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhavanisagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	P. L. Sundaram	82,890	50.69	*New*
	DMK	R. Logeswari	63,487	38.83	11.96
	BJP	R. Palaniswami	4,440	2.72	1.50
	Independent	J. Jayaraman	2,848	1.74
	BSP	S. R. Arumugam	2,287	1.40	1.06
	Independent	M. Murugan	1,969	1.20
	Independent	B. Gopal	1,709	1.05
	Independent	N. Palanisamy	1,194	0.73
	Independent	P. Murugan	1,067	0.65
Margin of victory			19,403	11.87	3.76
Turnout			163,657	82.03	6.87
Total valid votes			163,511
Rejected ballots			146	0.09	0.09
Registered electors			199,502		16.82
	CPI gain from DMK		Swing	0.10

Assembly election 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhavanisagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	O. Subramaniam	65,055	50.79	12.21
	AIADMK	Sindu Ravichandaran	45,039	35.16	New
	DMDK	K. Subramanian	10,399	8.12	New
	Independent	Arumugan	2,440	1.90
	Independent	Venkatraj	1,782	1.39
	BJP	P. Thamarai Manalan	1,567	1.22	New
	Independent	Veeran	966	0.75
Margin of victory			20,016	15.63	6.54
Turnout			128,357	75.16	12.38
Total valid votes			128,086
Registered electors			170,773		5.22
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	3.12

Assembly election 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhavanisagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Chithambaram	53,879	47.67	13.05
	DMK	O. Subramaniam	43,604	38.58	16.31
	Independent	R. Sakthivel	5,326	4.71
	MDMK	S. Balasubramanian	3,086	2.73	4.83
	Independent	K. S. Muthusami	2,845	2.52
	Independent	P. Shanmugasundaram	2,563	2.27
	Independent	V. Bathran Alais Puratchi Bathran	994	0.88
Margin of victory			10,275	9.09	11.19
Turnout			113,107	62.78	10.75
Total valid votes			113,036
Rejected ballots			71	0.06	4.14
Registered electors			180,170		9.69
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	7.22

Assembly election 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhavanisagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. A. Andamuthu	63,483	54.89	34.24
	AIADMK	V. K. Chinnasamy	40,032	34.62	New
	MDMK	T. K. Subramaniam	8,742	7.56	New
	BJP	R. Venkatachalam	1,018	0.88	0.67
Margin of victory			23,451	20.28	21.82
Turnout			120,765	73.53	5.62
Total valid votes			115,646
Rejected ballots			5,069	4.20	0.45
Registered electors			164,250		6.07
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	7.85

Assembly election 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhavanisagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. K. Chinnasamy	63,474	62.74	*New*
	DMK	O. Subramaniam	20,887	20.65	9.79
	Independent	K. L. Ramasamy	13,347	13.19
	BJP	G. M. Krishnamoorthy	1,565	1.55	New
	THMM	R. Gunasekaran	751	0.74	New
Margin of victory			42,587	42.10	35.11
Turnout			105,164	67.91	9.49
Total valid votes			101,166
Rejected ballots			3,948	3.75	1.33
Registered electors			154,848		10.23
	AIADMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	25.30

Assembly election 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhavanisagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. K. Chinnasamy	39,716	37.44	*New*
	DMK	P. A. Swamynathan	32,296	30.44	New
	INC	P. A. Doraisamy	23,252	21.92	New
	Independent	E. V. K. S. Elangovan	8,381	7.90
	Independent	N. Subramanian	765	0.72
Margin of victory			7,420	6.99	11.89
Turnout			108,724	77.40	1.45
Total valid votes			106,088
Rejected ballots			2,636	2.42	2.72
Registered electors			140,475		13.77
	AIADMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	21.62

Assembly election 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhavanisagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. K. Chinnasamy	52,539	59.06	10.78
	JP	S. V. Vellingiri S. Alias Giri	35,743	40.18	New
	Independent	P. P. Lakshmanan	682	0.77
Margin of victory			16,796	18.88	5.47
Turnout			93,785	75.95	8.83
Total valid votes			88,964
Rejected ballots			4,821	5.14	3.28
Registered electors			123,478		1.85
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Assembly election 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhavanisagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. K. Subramaniam	38,557	48.28	*New*
	DMK	Swaminothan Sampoornam	27,852	34.88	4.44
	JP	N. K. Karuppuswamy	12,778	16.00	New
Margin of victory			10,705	13.41	11.37
Turnout			81,368	67.12	5.29
Total valid votes			79,858
Rejected ballots			1,510	1.86	0.18
Registered electors			121,236		3.73
	AIADMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	15.80

Assembly election 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhavanisagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. K. Chinnasamy	23,078	32.48	*New*
	DMK	Swaminothan Sampoornam	21,631	30.44	21.45
	JP	K. Karuppanan	13,027	18.33	New
	INC	T. K. Marisamy	11,428	16.08	New
	Independent	Makalialias Mahalingam	623	0.88
	Independent	S. V. Krishnasamy	475	0.67
Margin of victory			1,447	2.04	10.95
Turnout			72,269	61.83	7.41
Total valid votes			71,052
Rejected ballots			1,217	1.68	1.68
Registered electors			116,879		41.61
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	19.41

Assembly election 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bhavanisagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. K. Ramarasan	28,003	51.89	0.13
	INC	M. Velusamy	20,992	38.89	New
	Independent	R. Kasiappan	4,370	8.10
	Independent	K. A. Palaniappan	606	1.12
Margin of victory			7,011	12.99	3.79
Turnout			57,149	69.24	3.15
Total valid votes			53,971
Registered electors			82,534		8.33
	DMK hold		Swing

Assembly election 1967

1967 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Bhavanisagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Ramarasan	26,980	51.76	*New*
	INC	M. Velusamy	22,187	42.57	New
	RPI	V. Kuravan	2,954	5.67	New
Margin of victory			4,793	9.20
Turnout			55,156	72.39
Total valid votes			52,121
Registered electors			76,191
	DMK win (new seat)

References

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[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.

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