Modakkurichi Assembly constituency (தமிழ்: மொடக்குறிச்சி) is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 100. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
It covers Sivagiri, Modakkurichi and some parts of Erode City. It is included in Erode Lok Sabha constituency.
During the 1996 Assembly elections, a record 1033 candidates contested the Modakurichi Assembly seat. To check a repeat of this, the Election Commission increased the security deposit amount in the next elections.Due to this, Election to Modakurichi Cosntituency had been postponed for one month and by election was conducted. This Cosntituency elected women representatives for more times.
Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.
Members of Legislative Assembly Madras State
Year Winner Party 1952 R. Kuppuswami and N. Mahalingam 1967 K. R. Nallasivam
Tamil Nadu
Year Winner Party 1971 M. Chinnasami 1977 Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan 1980 S. Balakrishnan 1984 1989 Erode A. Ganeshamoorthy 1991 Kavinilavu Dharmaraj 1996^ Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan 2001 P. C. Ramasami 2006 R. M. Palanisami 2011 R. N. Kittusamy 2016 V. P. Subramani 2021 C. Saraswathi 2026D. Shanmugan
1996 - General Election was adjourned due to the contest of 1033 candidates. By election was held on 2nd June, 1996
Election results
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2021
2016
2011
2006
2001
1996
1991
1989
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1977
1971
1967
1952
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