The Gobichettipalayam assembly constituency is currently held by AIADMK MLA Sengottaiyan KA, who defeated Saravanan SV of INC in 2016.

The seat, which is one of Tamil Nadu’s 234 assembly constituencies, is a Selection grade municipality in the Erode district.

Here are a few details about the Gobichettipalayam Assembly seat

Name of the assembly constituency, district: Gobichettipalayam, Erode

Lok Sabha constituency: Gobichettipalayam

2016 candidates: Sengottaiyan K.A (AIADMK) Saravanan S.V (INC)

Sitting MLA, party: Sengottaiyan K.A (AIADMK)

Winning margin in 2016: 11223

Runner-up name party: Saravanan S.V (INC)

Number of voters in 2016: 204733

Percentage of votes polled in 2016: 84.36%

Number of woman voters in 2016: 103593

Number of polling booths in 2016: 292