Ariyalur is a legislative assembly, that includes the city of Ariyalur. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 149. Until 2006, Ariyalur Assembly constituency was part of Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2006, it has been a part of Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
History From the 1977 elections, the assembly seat was won by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) three times during the 1977, 1980 and 1989 elections, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) two times during the 2001 and 2011 elections, Indian National Congress once during 2006 and Tamil Maanila Congress once during the 1996 elections. In 2016 Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the constituency was Thamarai S.Rajendran from the AIADMK Party. The current MLA since 2021 has been K. Chinnappa from DMK.
Members of the Legislative Assembly Election MemberParty 1952 Palaniandi 1957 Ramalinga Padayachi 1962 R. Narayanan 1967 R. Karuppiam 1971 G. Sivaperumal 1977 T. Arumugam 1980 1984 S. Purushothaman 1989 T. Arumugam 1991 S. Manimegalai 1996 D. Amaramoorthy 2001 P. Elavazhagan 2006 D. Amaramoorthy 2011 Durai. Manivel 2016 S. Rajendran 2021 K. Chinnappa 2026 S. Rajendran
Election results Assembly election 2026
Assembly election 2021
Assembly election 2016
Assembly election 2011
Assembly election 2006
Assembly election 2001
Assembly election 1996
Assembly election 1991
Assembly election 1989
Assembly election 1984
Assembly election 1980
Assembly election 1977
Assembly election 1971
Assembly election 1967
Assembly election 1962
Assembly election 1957
Assembly election 1952
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