Egmore (state assembly constituency)

Egmore
Egmore
State Assembly Constituency
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Existence	1957-present
Reservation	Scheduled Caste
Current MLA	I. Paranthamen
Party	DMK
Elected Year	2021
Most Successful Party	DMK (12 times)

Coordinates: 13°04′41″N 80°15′32″E / 13.078°N 80.259°E / 13.078; 80.259

Egmore (SC) is a constituency of the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu, India. It includes the locality of Egmore, which is in Chennai. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. Egmore assembly constituency is part of Chennai Central constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^{[citation needed]}

Madras State[]

Year	Winner
1957	Anbazhagan	Independent* Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1962	Jothi Venkatachalam	Indian National Congress
1967	A. V. P. Asaithambi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu[]

Assembly	Winner
Fifth	Arangannal	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh		Indian National Congress
Eighth	S. Balan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	Parithi Ellamvazhuthi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	Parithi Ellamvazhuthi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	Parithi Ellamvazhuthi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	Parithi Ellamvazhuthi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	Parithi Ellamvazhuthi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	K. Nalla Thambi	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
Fifteenth	K. S. Ravichandran^[1]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	I. Paranthamen	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Local parties, such as the DMK, were officially registered as Independent parties, during the 1957 election.

Election Results[]

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Egmore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	I. Paranthamen	68,832	57.71
	AIADMK	B. John Pandian	30,064	25.21
	MNM	U. Priyadarsini	9,990	8.38
	NTK	P. Geetha Lakshmi	6,276	5.26
	DMDK	T. Prabhu	1,293	1.08
Margin of victory			38,768	32.78
Turnout			1,19,450	61.84
	DMK hold		Swing

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Egmore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	Ravichandran K S	55,060	45.64
	AIADMK	Parithi Ellamvazhuthi E	44,381	36.79
	BJP	Venkatesan M	7,159	5.93
	DMDK	Prabhu T	6,321	5.24
	NOTA	None of the above	2,840	2.35
Majority			10,679	8.85
Turnout			1,20,669	63.01
	DMK gain from DMDK		Swing

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Egmore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMDK	Nallathambi K	51,772	46.23
	DMK	Parithi Ellamvzuthi	51,570	46.05
	BJP	Kumaravadivel N S	4,911	4.38
	IJK	Sundaramurthi R	1,132	1.02
Majority			202	0.18
Turnout			1,12,133	68.06
	DMDK gain from DMK		Swing

References[]

^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 16. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

[1] "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 16. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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