Kilvelur (state assembly constituency)

Kilvelur
Kilvelur
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
LS constituency	Nagapattinam
Established	2011
Total electors	1,78,686
Reservation	Scheduled Caste
Most successful party	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (2 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Nagaimaali V P
Party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Elected year	2021

Kilvelur (SC) is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India newly formed after constituency delimitations 2008.^[2] It is included in the Nagapattinam parliamentary constituency.It comprises kilvelur, keezhayur and part of Nagapattinam panchayat union.

Year	Winner
2011	Nagaimaali V P	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2016	U. Mathivanan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Nagaimaali V P	Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Election Results[]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			47.85%
2016			44.95%
2011			48.99%

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kilvelur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Nagaimaali V P	67,988	47.85%	35.88%
	PMK	Vadivel Ravanan S	51,003	35.89%
	NTK	Ponelavazhaki S	15,173	10.68%	9.55%
	MNM	Sidhu G	2,906	2.05%
	AMMK	Neethimohan M	2,503	1.76%
	NOTA	Nota	896	0.63%	-0.13%
	BSP	Tamilarasan U	641	0.45%	0.08%
	Independent	Kalaiselvan G	615	0.43%
	PT	Muthalagan S	614	0.43%
	Independent	Vedha Mukundhan	483	0.34%
	Independent	Maruthaiyan G	173	0.12%
Margin of victory			16,985	11.95%	4.58%
Turnout			1,42,099	79.52%	-4.88%
Rejected ballots			378	0.27%
Registered electors			1,78,686
	CPI(M) gain from DMK		Swing	2.90%

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kilvelur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	U. Mathivanan	61,999	44.95%	-3.44%
	AIADMK	Meena. N	51,829	37.58%
	CPI(M)	Nagaimaali V P	16,499	11.96%	-37.03%
	PMK	Vanitha. A	2,637	1.91%
	NTK	Palanivel. G	1,553	1.13%
	BJP	Kumar. S	1,142	0.83%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,049	0.76%
	BSP	Jayaprakash. K	511	0.37%	-0.24%
	Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam	Jamraja. K	381	0.28%
	Independent	Pratheep. N	329	0.24%
Margin of victory			10,170	7.37%	6.78%
Turnout			1,37,929	84.40%	-1.48%
Registered electors			1,63,415
	DMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-4.04%

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kilvelur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	P. Mahalingam	59,402	48.99%
	DMK	Mathivanan U	58,678	48.39%
	Independent	Devaki G	1,487	1.23%
	BSP	Shajahan J	743	0.61%
	Independent	Selvarasu T	605	0.50%
	Independent	Sadasivam K	339	0.28%
Margin of victory			724	0.60%
Turnout			1,41,185	85.88%
Registered electors			1,21,254
	CPI(M) win (new seat)

References[]

^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.

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[1] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[2] "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.

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