Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2021, Palladam profile: AIADMK's A Natarajan won constituency in 2016

Palladam is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Tiruppur district of Tamil Nadu. It falls under the Tiruppur Lok Sabha constituency.

In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, the Palladam constituency had a total of 3,31,995 registered voters.

Voter turnout in previous election

The voter turnout in Palladam in the previous Assembly election was 71.68 percent.

Past election results and winners

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In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, A Natarajan of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) won the Palladam seat. He won 1,11,866 votes, as against 79,692 votes won by his main rival S Krishnamoorthy of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).

In the 2011 election, KP Paramasivan of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) had won the Palladam seat by defeating K Bala Subramanian of the Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam (KNMK).

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.