Mettur is a state legislative assembly constituency in
Salem district of Tamil Nadu. Mettur taluk falls under this constituency and it
is a part Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the
Parliament of India. Semmalai S of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)
is the sitting MLA of Mettur. He won the seat by defeating Parthiban SR from
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) by 6,282 votes.

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Here are a few details about the Mettur assembly
seat

Name of the assembly constituency, district: Mettur, Salem

Lok Sabha constituency: Dharmapuri

Polling date: April 6

2016 candidates: Semmalai S (AIADMK), Parthiban SR (DMK),
Mani GK (PMK)

2021 candidates: NA

Sitting MLA, party: Semmalai S, AIADMK

Winning margin in 2016: 6,282

Runner up name, party: Parthiban SR, DMK

Number of voters in 2016: 207,673

Percentage of votes polled in 2016: 78.91%

Number of women voters in 2016: 98,77

Number of polling booths in 2016: 873