Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2021, Mettur profile: AIADMK's S Semmalai currently represents constituency

Mettur Assembly Election 2021: Mettur is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Salem district of Tamil Nadu. It falls under the Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, the Mettur constituency had a total of 2,63,189 registered voters.

Voter turnout in previous election

The voter turnout in Mettur in the previous Assembly election was 78.87 percent.

Past election results and winners

In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, S Semmalai of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) won the Mettur seat. He won 72,751 votes, as against 66,469 votes won by his main rival SR Parthiban of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). In the 2011 election, SR Parthiban of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam had won the Mettur seat by defeating GK Mani of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK).

Election date and timing

The Tamil Nadu Assembly polls will be held on  6 April 2021, along with Kerala and Puducherry. The day will also see phase three polls in Assam and West Bengal. 92,000 polling booths will be there for the assembly polls. The counting of the votes is scheduled for 2 May. The official notification of the Assembly polls in the state is scheduled for 12 March. The nomination of candidates will be accepted from then till 19 March. The scrutiny of nominations will be done on 20 March and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is 22 March. The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has a total number of 234 seats, of which 45 are reserved constituencies (42 SC constituencies and 3 ST Constituencies). The current term of the Assembly ends on 24 May 2021.