Katpadi Assembly constituency

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Katpadi
Constituency No. 40 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
LS constituency	Arakkonam
Total electors	2,48,567
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Durai Murugan
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Katpadi is a state assembly constituency in Vellore district in Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 40. It comprises portions of the Katpadi, Vellore, and Walajah taluks. It is a part of Arakkonam constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. The constituency was formed in 1962 by separating Gudiyatham constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Demographics

Demographics (2016)
Category	Data
Created	2016
Adi dravidar	25%
Vanniyar	25%
Sengunthar kaikolar mudaliar	20%
Telugu People and Religious Minorities	20%
Others	10%
Total Electorate(2016)	2,29,868

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1962	B. Rajagopal Naidu		Indian National Congress
1967	G. Natarajan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	Durai Murugan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	M. A. Jayavelu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	N. A. Poongavanam	Communist Party of India
1984	G. Ragupathi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	Durai Murugan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	K. M. Kalaiselvi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	Duraimurugan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001
2006
2011
2016
2021

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			46.18%
2016			50.90%
2011			49.55%
2006			57.45%
2001			49.47%
1996			61.20%
1991			56.43%
1989			43.41%
1984			57.08%
1980			46.48%
1977			38.18%
1971			57.79%
1967			53.06%
1962			44.19%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Katpadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Durai Murugan	85,140	46.18%	−4.72
	AIADMK	V. Ramu	84,394	45.78%	+8.34
	NTK	S. Thirukkumaran	10,449	5.67%	+5.03
	NOTA	NOTA	1,889	1.02%	−0.38
	AMMK	A. S. Raja	1,066	0.58%	New
	IJK	M. Sudharsan	1,003	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			746	0.40%	−13.06%
Turnout			184,357	74.17%	−3.21%
Rejected ballots			517	0.28%
Registered electors			248,567
	DMK hold		Swing	-4.72%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Katpadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Durai Murugan	90,534	50.90%	+1.35
	AIADMK	S. R. K. Appu	66,588	37.44%	−10.15
	PMK	N. T. Shanmugam	12,728	7.16%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,492	1.40%	New
	TMC(M)	T. V. Sivanandam	2,163	1.22%	New
	NTK	L. Puviarasan	1,135	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			23,946	13.46%	11.50%
Turnout			177,870	77.38%	−2.17%
Registered electors			229,868
	DMK hold		Swing	1.35%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Katpadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Durai Murugan	75,064	49.55%	−7.9
	AIADMK	S. R. K. Appu (A) S. Radhakrishnan.	72,091	47.59%	+13.39
	BJP	A. Varadarajan	1,539	1.02%	−0.01
	Independent	M. Sriram	1,067	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			2,973	1.96%	−21.29%
Turnout			151,498	79.54%	9.15%
Registered electors			190,456
	DMK hold		Swing	-7.90%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Katpadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Durai Murugan	86,824	57.45%	+7.98
	AIADMK	B. Narayanan	51,677	34.19%	New
	DMDK	S. Radha Krishanan	8,492	5.62%	New
	BJP	V. R. Suresh	1,543	1.02%	New
	Independent	K. Jaganathan	779	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			35,147	23.26%	17.09%
Turnout			151,130	70.39%	3.43%
Registered electors			214,702
	DMK hold		Swing	7.98%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Katpadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Durai Murugan	64,187	49.47%	−11.73
	PMK	A. K. Natarajan	56,185	43.30%	+39.21
	MDMK	Satchidanandam D	2,923	2.25%	New
	Independent	S. Sellapandiyan	1,997	1.54%	New
	Puratchi Bharatham	G. Deenadhayalan	1,563	1.20%	New
	Independent	M. Velmurugan	1,071	0.83%	New
	Independent	Venkatesan K	781	0.60%	New
	Independent	A. N. Selvam	766	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			8,002	6.17%	−27.10%
Turnout			129,746	66.96%	−3.43%
Registered electors			193,925
	DMK hold		Swing	-11.73%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Katpadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Durai Murugan	75,439	61.20%	+28.18
	AIADMK	K. Pandurangan	34,432	27.93%	−28.5
	PMK	B. Murugesan	5,042	4.09%	New
	CPI(M)	T. R. Purushothaman	4,819	3.91%	New
	Independent	S. Sellapandian	2,037	1.65%	New
Margin of victory			41,007	33.27%	9.86%
Turnout			123,266	70.39%	3.62%
Registered electors			181,380
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	4.77%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Katpadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. M. Kalaiselvi	63,005	56.43%	+32.96
	DMK	Durai Murugan	36,866	33.02%	−10.39
	PMK	M. Damodaran	8,778	7.86%	New
	Independent	G. Subramani	1,980	1.77%	New
Margin of victory			26,139	23.41%	3.47%
Turnout			111,652	66.77%	−2.93%
Registered electors			173,715
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	13.02%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Katpadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Durai Murugan	43,181	43.41%	+3.79
	AIADMK	R. Margabandu	23,344	23.47%	−33.61
	INC	V. Dhandayutha Pani	20,859	20.97%	New
	AIADMK	A. M. Ragunatan	8,858	8.90%	−48.17
	Independent	K. P. Santhana Raj	2,192	2.20%	New
Margin of victory			19,837	19.94%	2.48%
Turnout			99,475	69.71%	−6.02%
Registered electors			145,879
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-13.67%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Katpadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Raghupathi	53,077	57.08%	*New*
	DMK	Durai Murugan	36,839	39.62%	New
	Independent	T. K. Somasundaram	1,195	1.29%	New
	Independent	R. G. S. Mahalingam	983	1.06%	New
	Independent	K. P. Santhanaraj	894	0.96%	New
Margin of victory			16,238	17.46%	9.78%
Turnout			92,988	75.73%	18.09%
Registered electors			127,249
	AIADMK gain from CPI		Swing	10.60%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Katpadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	N. A. Poongavanam	31,918	46.48%	*New*
	INC	A. K. Shanmugasundaram	26,639	38.79%	+34.37
	JP	T. R. Ranga Reddy	7,214	10.50%	New
	Independent	M. A. Jayavelu	2,905	4.23%	New
Margin of victory			5,279	7.69%	1.02%
Turnout			68,676	57.64%	−5.08%
Registered electors			121,387
	CPI gain from AIADMK		Swing	8.30%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Katpadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. A. Jayavelu	26,873	38.18%	*New*
	DMK	Sambasivam	22,183	31.51%	−26.27
	JP	K. P. Navakoti	15,683	22.28%	New
	INC	V. N. Rathinam	3,114	4.42%	−27.82
	Independent	P. Natarajan	1,112	1.58%	New
	Independent	Ramasamy Alias Shozhan	878	1.25%	New
	Independent	K. Govindaraji	546	0.78%	New
Margin of victory			4,690	6.66%	−18.88%
Turnout			70,389	62.72%	−11.43%
Registered electors			113,689
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-19.61%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Katpadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Durai Murugan	37,487	57.79%	+4.73
	INC	Dhandayuthapani	20,919	32.25%	−8.05
	CPI(M)	Sundaram	6,133	9.45%	New
	Independent	M. Manickam	329	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			16,568	25.54%	12.79%
Turnout			64,868	74.15%	−4.87%
Registered electors			91,305
	DMK hold		Swing	4.73%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Katpadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Natarajan	32,952	53.06%	+18.38
	INC	P. S. R. Naidu	25,032	40.30%	−3.88
	RPI	C. Gopal	4,125	6.64%	New
Margin of victory			7,920	12.75%	3.24%
Turnout			62,109	79.02%	5.40%
Registered electors			82,615
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	8.87%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Katpadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. Rajagopal Naidu	26,389	44.19%	*New*
	DMK	Natarajan	20,710	34.68%	New
	CPI	Kothandaraman	10,192	17.07%	New
	PSP	A. Kulasekara Naidu	1,219	2.04%	New
	Independent	C. R. Gopal	1,212	2.03%	New
Margin of victory			5,679	9.51%
Turnout			59,722	73.62%
Registered electors			85,824
	INC win (new seat)

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