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Bargur Assembly constituency

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. 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.

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Bargur
Constituency No. 52 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictKrishnagiri
Lok Sabha constituencyKrishnagiri
Established1977
Total electors2,40,476
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AIADMK
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2026

Bargur is a state assembly constituency in Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu, India.1 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).2 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 Party
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
2009 by-election K. R. K. Narasiman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011 K. E. Krishnamoorthi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 V. Rajendran
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% Decrease19.06
NTK Kavinkumar. S 5,462 2.55% Decrease2.60
NOTA None of the above 631 0.29% Decrease0.48
Margin of victory 4,241 1.98% Decrease4.45
Turnout 214,129 89.04% Increase9.22
Total valid votes 213,960
Registered electors 240,476 Decrease3.16
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing Decrease16.25

Assembly election 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK D. Mathiazhagan 97,256 49.55% Increase7.19
AIADMK A. Krishnan 84,642 43.13% Increase0.24
NTK K. Karunakaran 10,116 5.15% Increase4.79
NOTA None of the above 1,518 0.77% Increase0.04
Margin of victory 12,614 6.43% Increase5.91
Turnout 198,221 79.82% Decrease2.37
Total valid votes 196,266
Rejected ballots 437 0.22% Increase0.19
Registered electors 248,335 Increase8.49
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing Increase6.66

Assembly election 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. Rajendran 80,650 42.89% Decrease13.13
DMK E. C. Govindarasan 79,668 42.36% New
PMK A. Kumar 18,407 9.79% Decrease27.64
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% Decrease0.78
Margin of victory 982 0.52% Decrease18.07
Turnout 188,117 82.19% Increase0.33
Total valid votes 188,056
Rejected ballots 61 0.03% Decrease0.01
Registered electors 228,893 Increase18.27
AIADMK hold Swing

Assembly election 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur5
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% Increase0.33
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% Decrease26.55
Turnout 158,420 81.86% Increase10.60
Total valid votes 158,363
Rejected ballots 57 0.04% Increase0.04
Registered electors 193,531 Increase5.32
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing Decrease12.32

Assembly by-election 2009

2009 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election : Bargur6
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. R. K. Narasiman 89,481 68.34% Increase27.90
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% Increase0.66
Independent Mageswari. K 946 0.72%
Independent Radmanrajan Dr. 852 0.65%
Margin of victory 59,103 45.14% Increase42.91
Turnout 130,942 71.26% Decrease1.34
Total valid votes 130,940
Registered electors 183,756 Decrease7.14
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing Increase25.67

Assembly election 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur7
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK M. Thambidurai 61,299 42.67% New
DMK V. Vetriselvan 58,091 40.44% Increase13.98
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% Decrease37.62
Turnout 143,663 72.60% Increase9.50
Total valid votes 143,663
Registered electors 197,892 Increase0.93
AIADMK gain from AIADMK Swing Decrease23.64

Assembly election 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur8
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK M. Thambidurai 82,039 66.31% Increase22.77
DMK E. G. Sugavanam 32,733 26.46% Decrease24.25
MDMK Pon. Gunasekaran 3,476 2.81% Increase2.03
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% Increase32.68
Turnout 123,716 63.10% Decrease5.97
Total valid votes 123,716
Registered electors 196,078 Increase8.92
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing Increase15.60

Assembly election 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK E. G. Sugavanam 59,148 50.71% Increase49.45
AIADMK J. Jayalalithaa 50,782 43.54% New
PMK E. P. Ramalingam 2,352 2.02% Increase0.27
MDMK K. Viswanathan 912 0.78% New
BJP P. Madhavan 912 0.78% Increase0.33
Margin of victory 8,366 7.17% Decrease28.67
Turnout 124,346 69.07% Decrease0.23
Total valid votes 116,643
Rejected ballots 7,828 6.30% Increase1.15
Registered electors 180,024 Increase13.95
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing Decrease14.47

Assembly election 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur10
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% Decrease27.99
Margin of victory 37,215 35.84% Increase34.82
Turnout 109,478 69.30% Decrease2.87
Total valid votes 103,841
Rejected ballots 5,637 5.15% Increase2.56
Registered electors 157,980 Increase10.04
AIADMK gain from AIADMK Swing Increase34.91

Assembly election 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur11
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. R. Rajendran 30,551 30.27% New
DMK E. G. Sugavanam 29,522 29.25% Decrease0.61
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% Decrease38.84
Turnout 103,604 72.17% Increase1.00
Total valid votes 100,921
Rejected ballots 2,683 2.59% Decrease2.93
Registered electors 143,564 Increase17.26
AIADMK gain from AIADMK Swing Decrease39.44

Assembly election 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur12
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK T. M. Venkatachalam 57,388 69.71% Increase12.45
DMK P. V. Veeramani 24,577 29.86% Decrease11.83
Margin of victory 32,811 39.86% Increase24.29
Turnout 87,134 71.17% Increase8.64
Total valid votes 82,321
Rejected ballots 4,813 5.52% Increase4.02
Registered electors 122,427 Increase8.24
AIADMK hold Swing

Assembly election 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur13
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK B. N. S. Doraisamy 39,893 57.26% New
DMK K. Murugesan 29,045 41.69% Increase15.50
Independent V. Periasamy 727 1.04%
Margin of victory 10,848 15.57% Decrease7.18
Turnout 70,728 62.53% Increase1.48
Total valid votes 69,665
Rejected ballots 1,063 1.50% Decrease0.16
Registered electors 113,106 Increase15.34
AIADMK gain from AIADMK Swing Increase8.32

Assembly election 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Bargur14
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

References

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