Ranipet Assembly constituency

Ranipet
Constituency No. 41 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ranipet
LS constituency	Arakkonam
Total electors	2,66,481^[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent R. Gandhi
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Ranipet is a legislative assembly constituency in Ranipettai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 41. It consists of a portion of Walajah taluk. It comes under Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below..

Madras State

Year	Winner
1952	Kadir Sheriff	Indian National Congress
1957	Chandrasekaran	Indian National Congress
1962	Abdul Khaleel	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	A. G. Sahib	Independent

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	K. A. Wahab	Independent
1977	Durai Murugan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	Durai Murugan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	M. Kadirvelu	Indian National Congress
1989	J. Hassain	Independent
1991	N. G. Venugopal	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	R. Gandhi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	M. S. Chandrasekaran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	R. Gandhi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	A. Mohammedjan^[4]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	R. Gandhi^[5]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			50.18%
2016			42.85%
2011			53.14%
2006			55.01%
2001			56.37%
1996			50.80%
1991			53.29%
1989			30.08%
1984			55.60%
1980			53.70%
1977			43.53%
1971			53.96%
1967			45.14%
1962			39.32%
1957			33.63%
1952			38.65%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ranipet^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Gandhi	103,291	50.18%	+7.34
	AIADMK	S. M. Sugumar	86,793	42.17%	+3.46
	NTK	V. Shylaja	10,234	4.97%	New
	MNM	M. Atham Basha	2,762	1.34%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,632	0.79%	-0.32
Margin of victory			16,498	8.02%	3.88%
Turnout			205,830	77.24%	0.17%
Rejected ballots			320	0.16%
Registered electors			266,481
	DMK hold		Swing	7.34%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ranipet^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Gandhi	81,724	42.85%	-1.3
	AIADMK	C. Elumalai	73,828	38.71%	-14.44
	PMK	M. K. Murali	23,850	12.50%	New
	DMDK	S. Nithiyanandham	5,906	3.10%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,121	1.11%	New
	BJP	V. Nagaraj	1,342	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			7,896	4.14%	-4.86%
Turnout			190,742	77.07%	-2.35%
Registered electors			247,501
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-10.30%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ranipet^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Mohammedjan	83,834	53.14%	+17.21
	DMK	R. Gandhi	69,633	44.14%	-10.87
	Independent	R. Murugan	1,213	0.77%	New
	BSP	S. Sasikumar	842	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			14,201	9.00%	-10.07%
Turnout			157,749	79.41%	5.32%
Registered electors			198,641
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-1.86%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ranipet^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Gandhi	92,584	55.01%	+15.54
	AIADMK	R. Thamizharasan	60,489	35.94%	-20.43
	DMDK	N. Paari	9,058	5.38%	New
	Independent	K. Shakthivel Nathan	1,687	1.00%	New
	Independent	R. Rajesh Kumar	1,618	0.96%	New
	BJP	V. Kuppusamy	1,598	0.95%	New
Margin of victory			32,095	19.07%	2.17%
Turnout			168,313	74.09%	9.01%
Registered electors			227,170
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.36%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ranipet^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. S. Chandrasekaran	83,250	56.37%	+29.87
	DMK	R. Gandhi	58,287	39.47%	-11.34
	Independent	A. K. A. Manavalan	1,951	1.32%	New
	MDMK	J. Damodaran	1,939	1.31%	-4.59
	Independent	Prabakaran M	987	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			24,963	16.90%	-7.40%
Turnout			147,686	65.08%	-4.77%
Registered electors			227,057
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	5.57%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ranipet^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Gandhi	71,346	50.80%	+24.38
	AIADMK	M. Masilamani	37,219	26.50%	-26.79
	PMK	K. L. Elavazagan	21,987	15.66%	New
	MDMK	J. Hassain	8,293	5.91%	New
Margin of victory			34,127	24.30%	-2.56%
Turnout			140,434	69.85%	1.38%
Registered electors			208,349
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-2.49%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ranipet^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. G. Venugopal	65,204	53.29%	+36.22
	DMK	M. Abdul Latheef	32,332	26.42%	+0.62
	PMK	P. Natesan Ananthalai	23,064	18.85%	New
	BJP	N. B. Ventaraman	1,345	1.10%	New
Margin of victory			32,872	26.87%	22.59%
Turnout			122,356	68.47%	11.04%
Registered electors			185,387
	AIADMK gain from Independent		Swing	23.21%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ranipet^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Hassain	27,724	30.08%	*New*
	DMK	M. Kuppusami	23,784	25.80%	-7.26
	AIADMK	S. Kovi Mohannan	15,738	17.07%	New
	INC	M. Kadirvel	10,813	11.73%	-43.87
	Independent	L. Vilvanathan	10,088	10.94%	New
	Independent	C. Govindaraj	1,755	1.90%	New
	Independent	K. Selvaraj	650	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			3,940	4.27%	-18.27%
Turnout			92,179	57.43%	-18.87%
Registered electors			164,533
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	-25.52%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ranipet^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Kadirvelu	56,068	55.60%	*New*
	DMK	V. M. Abdul Jabbar	33,337	33.06%	-20.64
	Independent	R. Sundaramoorthy	9,211	9.13%	New
	Independent	M. Abdul Gafoor	686	0.68%	New
	Independent	R. Kulandaivelu	660	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			22,731	22.54%	13.75%
Turnout			100,844	76.31%	10.10%
Registered electors			138,811
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	1.90%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ranipet^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Durai Murugan	44,318	53.70%	+10.17
	AIADMK	N. Renu	37,064	44.91%	New
	Independent	R. T. S. Murthy	431	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			7,254	8.79%	-12.06%
Turnout			82,529	66.21%	3.25%
Registered electors			126,741
	DMK hold		Swing	10.17%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ranipet^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Durai Murugan	31,940	43.53%	*New*
	Independent	K. A. Wahab	16,643	22.68%	New
	INC	A. Sampath Narasimhan	14,838	20.22%	-25.82
	JP	Abdul Gaffor	7,584	10.34%	New
	Independent	M. A. K. Siddiqui	1,253	1.71%	New
	Independent	D. Arumugam	862	1.17%	New
Margin of victory			15,297	20.85%	12.93%
Turnout			73,377	62.96%	-10.01%
Registered electors			118,555
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing	-10.43%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Ranipet^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. A Wahab	36,357	53.96%	*New*
	INC	A. G. Ranganatha Naicker	31,022	46.04%	+2.49
Margin of victory			5,335	7.92%	6.33%
Turnout			67,379	72.97%	-4.67%
Registered electors			99,025
	Independent hold		Swing	8.82%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ranipet^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. G. Sahib	30,011	45.14%	*New*
	INC	S. K. Sheriff	28,953	43.55%	+5.64
	Independent	C. K. Gounder	3,645	5.48%	New
	Independent	V. C. Kesavan	1,936	2.91%	New
	Independent	K. Jagannathan	989	1.49%	New
	Independent	A. K. Ukkirapani	548	0.82%	New
	Independent	S. S. Sundararaman	406	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			1,058	1.59%	0.18%
Turnout			66,488	77.64%	4.12%
Registered electors			91,628
	Independent gain from DMK		Swing	5.82%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ranipet^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Abdul Khaleel	24,082	39.32%	*New*
	INC	A. E. Chandrasekara Naicker	23,218	37.91%	+4.27
	We Tamils	Varadarajan	9,562	15.61%	New
	Independent	Ganesan	2,429	3.97%	New
	Independent	T. Doraiswamy	1,183	1.93%	New
	Independent	V. Vollikkannu	391	0.64%	New
	Independent	Munisami Naicker	384	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			864	1.41%	-3.01%
Turnout			61,249	73.52%	21.29%
Registered electors			87,522
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	5.68%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ranipet^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chandrasekara Naicker	12,386	33.63%	-5.01
	Independent	R. A. Subhan	10,759	29.22%	New
	Independent	C. A. Varanat Han	9,164	24.89%	New
	Independent	Utharanathan	2,635	7.16%	New
	Independent	Srinivasan	1,127	3.06%	New
	Independent	M. Rangaswamy	754	2.05%	New
Margin of victory			1,627	4.42%	-10.56%
Turnout			36,825	52.23%	-2.78%
Registered electors			70,501
	INC hold		Swing	-5.01%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ranipet^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kadir Sheriff	17,934	38.65%	*New*
	Commonweal Party	Munuswami Gounder	10,983	23.67%	New
	Independent	Subhan	6,489	13.98%	New
	Independent	Margabandu Sarma	3,031	6.53%	New
	Independent	Munia Pillai	2,500	5.39%	New
	KMPP	Varadarajan	2,149	4.63%	New
	Akhil Bharat Hindu Maha Sabha	Rajavelu Mudaliar	1,255	2.70%	New
	Independent	Rangaswami	1,114	2.40%	New
	Socialist	A. Rangaswami Chettiar	948	2.04%	New
Margin of victory			6,951	14.98%
Turnout			46,403	55.02%
Registered electors			84,346
	INC win (new seat)

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