The Anthiyur assembly elections saw AIADMK's Haribaskar P competing against DMK's Sivabalan M, and the former emerged victorious with 60,042 votes. The AIADMK candidate defeated the DMK's contender by a margin of 1,260 votes.
Anthiyur Assembly constituency is located in Erode district of Tamil Nadu and forms part of the Tiruppur Lok Sabha constituency. The seat lies in the Kongu region of western Tamil Nadu and represents a largely agrarian belt with growing trade and small-scale industries.
Electoral contests in the constituency have typically been dominated by the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), reflecting the broader political rivalry between the two Dravidian parties in the region.
In the 2016 Assembly elections, the constituency had 2,07,641 electors, with 1,69,581 valid votes polled. AIADMK candidate K R Raja alias Rajakrishnan E M R secured victory with 71,575 votes, defeating DMK candidate A G Venkatachalam, who polled 66,263 votes. The margin of victory stood at 5,312 votes, indicating a relatively close contest between the two major parties.
Earlier, in the 2011 Assembly elections, Anthiyur had 1,73,681 electors, with 1,42,922 valid votes recorded. AIADMK candidate S S Ramanitharan won the seat with 78,496 votes, defeating DMK candidate N K K P Raaja, who secured 53,242 votes. The winning margin of 25,254 votes reflected strong support for the AIADMK during that election cycle.
The results across these two elections indicate a period of AIADMK dominance in the constituency, although the narrower margin in 2016 suggests that Anthiyur remains politically competitive within the broader AIADMK–DMK rivalry in western Tamil Nadu.
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