Kunnam (state assembly constituency)

Kunnam
Kunnam
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Perambalur
LS constituency	Chidambaram
Established	2011
Total electors	2,73,461
Reservation	General
Most successful party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (2 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	S. S. Sivasankar
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Kunnam is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India newly formed after constituency delimitations 2008.^[2] It is included in the Chidambaram parliamentary constituency.

Year	Winner
2011	S. S. Sivasankar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	R. T. Ramachandran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	S. S. Sivasankar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			47.43%
2016			38.15%
2011			46.89%

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kunnam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. S. Sivasankar	103,922	47.43%	18.45%
	AIADMK	R. T. Ramachandran	97,593	44.54%	6.39%
	NTK	Arul. P.	9,354	4.27%	3.46%
	AMMK	Kaarthikeyan. S.	2,118	0.97%
	Independent	Selvaraju. R.	977	0.45%
	Independent	Balamurugan. S.	934	0.43%
	NOTA	Nota	753	0.34%	-1.13%
	MNM	Sathik Basha. A. S.	739	0.34%
	Independent	Prakash. M. R.	604	0.28%
	BSP	Pandiyan. S.	494	0.23%	-0.31%
	Independent	Vinothkumar. M.	451	0.21%
Margin of victory			6,329	2.89%	-6.28%
Turnout			2,19,126	80.13%	-0.02%
Rejected ballots			151	0.07%
Registered electors			2,73,461
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	9.28%

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kunnam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. T. Ramachandran	78,218	38.15%
	DMK	Durairaj. T	59,422	28.98%	-17.91%
	PMK	Vaithilingam. G	37,271	18.18%
	VCK	Mohamed Shanavas. J	19,853	9.68%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,024	1.47%
	NTK	Arul. P	1,665	0.81%
	IJK	Ragupathi A. V. R	1,168	0.57%
	BSP	Rajendran. K	1,092	0.53%	-0.34%
	Independent	Durairaj. R	1,055	0.51%
	Independent	Ramalingam. M	586	0.29%
	Independent	Silambarasan. N	566	0.28%
Margin of victory			18,796	9.17%	-4.00%
Turnout			2,05,044	80.15%	-1.76%
Registered electors			2,55,823
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-8.74%

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kunnam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	S. S. Sivasankar	81,723	46.89%
	DMDK	Durai. Kamaraj	58,766	33.72%
	IJK	Jayaseelan. P	13,735	7.88%
	Independent	Ponnivalavan. P	8,395	4.82%
	BJP	Baskaran. T	2,509	1.44%
	Independent	Ramesh. B	2,264	1.30%
	BSP	Rajendiran. K	1,526	0.88%
	JMM	Maruthadurai. G	1,433	0.82%
	Independent	Kumar. M	1,411	0.81%
		Thangavel. M	1,070	0.61%
	Independent	Saminathan. P	901	0.52%
Margin of victory			22,957	13.17%
Turnout			2,12,789	81.91%
Registered electors			1,74,294
	DMK win (new seat)

References[]

^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 10 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 10 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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