Purasawalkam (state assembly constituency)
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Purusawalkam is a defunct legislative assembly constituency, that includes the locality, Purasawalkam of Chennai City and its surroundings. Purasawalkam assembly constituency was part of Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency). It was later divided between Egmore and newly created Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar assembly constituencies.
Madras State[]
Year | Winner | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1962 | Indian National Congress | ||
1967 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Tamil Nadu[]
Assembly | Duration | Winner | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1971 Tamil Nadu state assembly election | 1971-77 | K. Anbazhagan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1977 Tamil Nadu state assembly election | 1977-80 | K. Anbazhagan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1980 Tamil Nadu state assembly election | 1980-84 | K. Anbazhagan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1984 Tamil Nadu state assembly election | 1984-89 | K. Nanjil Manoharan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election | 1989-91 | Arcot N. Veeraswami | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election | 1991-96 | B. Ranganathan | Indian National Congress | |
1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election | 1996-01 | B. Ranganathan | Indian National Congress | |
2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election | 2001-06 | B. Ranganathan | Indian National Congress | |
2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election | 2006-2011 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Election Results[]
2006[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Babu. V.S. | 90,140 | 53.74% | ||
AIADMK | Venkateshbabu | 82,777 | 49.35% | ||
DMDK | Jacquelene Gomez | 12,690 | 7.57% | ||
BJP | Elumalai. V. | 2,019 | 1.20% | ||
SWA | Kamalaakannan. J. | 769 | 0.46% | ||
Independent | Raja. K. | 603 | 0.36% | ||
Margin of victory | 7,363 | 4.39% | 1.74% | ||
Turnout | 167,730 | 87.51% | -45.83% | ||
DMK hold | Swing | 5.21% |
2001[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | B. Ranganathan | 69,681 | 48.53% | ||
TMC | Vetriivel P | 65,879 | 45.89% | ||
MDMK | Gurunathan S | 4,902 | 3.41% | ||
JD(S) | Antony Xavier R | 1,033 | 0.72% | ||
Independent | Venkataramani J | 598 | 0.42% | ||
Independent | Peter Solomon | 389 | 0.27% | ||
Margin of victory | 3,802 | 2.65% | -49.58% | ||
Turnout | 143,574 | 46.71% | -11.55% | ||
DMK gain from TMC | Swing | -22.07% |
1996[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TMC | B. Ranganathan | 98,157 | 70.61% | ||
INC | Gnanam. J. Kathipara | 25,543 | 18.37% | ||
BJP | Ethirajan. G. | 9,128 | 6.57% | ||
MDMK | Dhakshina Murthy. K. | 2,623 | 1.89% | ||
PMK | Nadesan. M. | 1,604 | 1.15% | ||
Independent | Gnana Sekar. A. | 657 | 0.47% | ||
Margin of victory | 72,614 | 52.23% | 34.39% | ||
Turnout | 139,022 | 58.26% | 2.18% | ||
TMC gain from INC | Swing | 14.83% |
1991[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | B. Ranganathan | 71,391 | 396.79% | ||
DMK | Arcot N. Veeraswami | 48,559 | 269.89% | ||
PMK | Manivannan R. | 3,656 | 20.32% | ||
BJP | Selvaraj B. | 3,120 | 17.34% | ||
JP | Sagunthala B. | 243 | 1.35% | ||
Independent | Elango S. | 206 | 1.14% | ||
Margin of victory | 22,832 | 17.84% | -9.97% | ||
Turnout | 127,992 | 56.08% | -12.16% | ||
INC gain from DMK | Swing | 5.90% |
1989[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Arcot N. Veeraswami | 68,640 | 49.88% | ||
ADK(JL) | Ranganathan. B. | 30,376 | 22.07% | ||
Independent | Anbarasu. C. | 29,962 | 21.77% | ||
BJP | Purasai Kumaran | 5,169 | 3.76% | ||
Independent | Meiyappan. R. | 1,130 | 0.82% | ||
Independent | Mahendran. K. | 319 | 0.23% | ||
Margin of victory | 38,264 | 27.81% | 24.04% | ||
Turnout | 137,613 | 68.24% | 1.73% | ||
DMK hold | Swing | -1.26% |
1984[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Nanjil K. Manoharan | 61,246 | 51.14% | ||
AIADMK | Suppu. K. | 56,736 | 47.37% | ||
Independent | Dhanapal R. H. | 482 | 0.40% | ||
Independent | Manivannan. D. | 206 | 0.17% | ||
Independent | Selyamary. S. | 200 | 0.17% | ||
Independent | Munirathinam. E. | 196 | 0.16% | ||
Margin of victory | 4,510 | 3.77% | -1.90% | ||
Turnout | 119,763 | 66.51% | 6.74% | ||
DMK hold | Swing | -1.21% |
1980[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | K. Anbazhagan | 52,729 | 52.35% | ||
AIADMK | Valampuri John | 47,021 | 46.68% | ||
JP | Manivannan.D | 535 | 0.53% | ||
Independent | Mani.D | 439 | 0.44% | ||
Margin of victory | 5,708 | 5.67% | -15.27% | ||
Turnout | 100,724 | 59.77% | 14.50% | ||
DMK hold | Swing | 7.26% |
1977[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | K. Anbazhagan | 41,073 | 45.09% | ||
JP | T. S. Govindaswamy | 22,004 | 24.16% | ||
ADK | P.A. Venkateshwaralu | 19,745 | 21.68% | ||
CPI | R. Dakshinamoorthy | 7,206 | 7.91% | ||
Independent | H. Stanley | 265 | 0.29% | ||
Independent | Rajesekharan | 248 | 0.27% | ||
Margin of victory | 19,069 | 20.94% | 6.46% | ||
Turnout | 91,085 | 45.27% | -18.47% | ||
DMK hold | Swing | -11.03% |
1971[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | K. Anbazhagan | 47,182 | 56.13% | ||
INC | Bashyam Reddy | 35,016 | 41.65% | ||
Independent | M Deenan | 1,865 | 2.22% | ||
Margin of victory | 12,166 | 14.47% | 7.18% | ||
Turnout | 84,063 | 63.74% | -10.63% | ||
DMK hold | Swing | -1.91% |
1967[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | V. S. Govindarajan | 41,272 | 58.04% | ||
INC | Damodaran | 29,046 | 40.85% | ||
BJS | Krishniah | 792 | 1.11% | ||
Margin of victory | 12,226 | 7.29% | |||
Turnout | 71,110 | 74.37% | |||
DMK gain from | Swing |
References[]
- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
Coordinates: 13°05′09″N 80°15′02″E / 13.08593°N 80.25047°E
Categories:
- Defunct assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu
- Chennai district