Ariyalur Assembly constituency

Ariyalur is the legislative assembly, that includes the city, Ariyalur. Until 2006, Ariyalur assembly constituency was part of Perambalur (Lok Sabha constituency). After 2006, it is part of Chidambaram (Lok Sabha constituency).

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Palaniandi	IND
1957	Ramalinga Padayachi	INC
1962	R. Narayanan	DMK
1967	R. Karuppiam	INC

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Duration	Winner	Party
Fifth	1971-77	G. Sivaperumal	DMK
Sixth	1977-80	T. Arumugam	DMK
Seventh	1980-84	T. Arumugam	DMK
Eighth	1984-89	S. Purushothaman	ADMK
Ninth	1989-91	T. Arumugam	DMK
Tenth	1991-96	S. Manimegalai	ADMK
Eleventh	1996-01	D. Amaramoorthy	Tamil Maanila Congress
Twelfth	2001-06	P. Elavazhagan	ADMK
Thirteenth	2006-2011	D. Amaramoorthy	INC
Fourteenth	2011-2016	Durai. Manivel	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016-Incumbent	S. Rajendran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election: Ariyalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Rajendran	88,523	41.97
	DMK	S. S. Sivasankar	86,480	40.97
	DMDK	Jayavel Rama	13,599	6.44
	PMK	Thiruma Valavan K	13,529	6.41
	NOTA	None of the above	1,896	0.90
Majority			2,043	0.97
Turnout			2,11,232	84.99
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election: Ariyalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Durai. Manivel	88,726	47.77
	INC	Amara Moorthy D	70,906	38.17
	IJK	Baskar C	9,501	5.11
	IND	Panneerselvam R	7,099	3.82
	BJP	Abirami P	2,981	1.60
Majority			17,820	9.60
Turnout			1,85,766	84.83
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing

References

• "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.