Mettuppalayam is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency within the Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu
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Mettuppalayam is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency within the Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu. It falls beneath the Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency.
In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, the Mettuppalayam constituency had a complete of two,79,110 registered voters.
Voter turnout in earlier election
The voter turnout in Mettuppalayam within the earlier Assembly election was 75.51 p.c.
Past election outcomes and winners
In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, OK Chinnaraj of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) gained the Mettuppalayam seat. He gained 93,595 votes, as towards 77,481 votes gained by his major rival S Surendraran of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).
In the 2011 election, OK Chinnaraj of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) had gained the Mettuppalayam seat by defeating B Arunkumar of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).
Election date and timing
The Tamil Nadu Assembly polls might be held on 6 April 2021, together with Kerala and Puducherry. The day will even see part three polls in Assam and West Bengal. 92,000 polling cubicles might be there for the meeting polls. The counting of the votes is scheduled for two May.
The official notification of the Assembly polls within the state is scheduled for 12 March. The nomination of candidates might be accepted from then until 19 March. The scrutiny of nominations might be achieved on 20 March and the final date for withdrawal of candidature is 22 March.
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has a complete variety of 234 seats, of which 45 are reserved constituencies (42 SC constituencies and three ST Constituencies). The present time period of the Assembly ends on 24 May 2021.
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