Thiruvallur (state assembly constituency)

Thiruvallur
Thiruvallur
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
Established	1952 - present
Total electors	2,74,876
Reservation	General
Most successful party	DMK (7 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Raajendran. V. G
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Tiruvallur is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.^[2] It consists of portions of the Tiruttani and Thiruvallur taluks. It falls under Thiruvallur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[3] Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Madras State[]

Year	Winner
1952	and	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1957	and V. S. Arunachalam	Indian National Congress
1962	V. S. Arunachalam	Indian National Congress
1967	S. M. Dorairaj	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu[]

Year	Winner
1971	S. M. Dorairaj	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	S. Pattabiraman	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	S. Pattabiraman	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	S. Pattabiraman	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	C. S. Mani	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	D. Sudharsanam	Tamil Maanila Congress
2006	E. A. P. Sivaji	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	B. V. Ramanaa	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	^[4]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	V. G. Raajendran	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2006			48.14%
2001			42.90%
1996			60.78%
1991			56.91%
1989			47.18%
1984			51.73%
1980			41.49%
1977			45.38%
1971			62.81%
1967			66.06%
1962			50.19%
1957			33.72%
1952			26.65%

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvallur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. G. Raajendran	1,07,709	50.27
	AIADMK	B. V. Ramanaa	85,008	39.68
	NTK	Pasupathy P.	15,028	7.01	+7.01
	BSP	Doss. D	2,329	1.09
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1,872	0.87
Margin of victory			22,701	10.60%	8.10%
Turnout			214,243	77.94%	-2.14%
Rejected ballots			159	0.07%
Registered electors			274,876
	DMK hold		Swing	11.26%

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvallur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	V. G. Raajendran	80,473	39.02
	AIADMK	Baskaran A	75,335	36.53
	PMK	Balayogi V	31,935	15.48
	VCK	Balasubramani A	7,006	3.40
	BSP	Prem Sekar M	2,171	1.05
Majority			5,138	2.49
Turnout			2,06,244	80.17
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvallur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	B. V. Ramanaa	91,337	53.69
	DMK	E. A. P. Sivaji	67,689	39.79
		James E	2,220	1.30
	BJP	Janakiraman R M R	1,869	1.10
	RJD	Deivasigamani T A	1,080	0.63
Majority			23,648	13.90
Turnout			1,70,669	82.08
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	5.55

2006[]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvallur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Shivaji. E.A.P	64,378	48.14%
	AIADMK	B. V. Ramanaa	55,454	41.47%
	DMDK	Parathasarathi.B	8,048	6.02%
	Independent	Jegajeevanram.S	1,413	1.06%
	BJP	Veeramani. R.S	1,092	0.82%
	Independent	Vasan.M	885	0.66%
	BSP	Srinivasan. D	722	0.54%
	Independent	Chidhambaram.S	504	0.38%
Margin of victory			8,924	6.67%	-11.20%
Turnout			133,732	70.9%	13.10%
	DMK gain from TMC		Swing	5.24%

2001[]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvallur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC	D. Sudarsanam	47,899	42.90%
	PNK	Rajendiran. V.G.	27,948	25.03%
	Independent	Sachithanandham .T.S.	18,145	16.25%
	Independent	Vijayakumar P.	6,090	5.45%
		James.E	4,738	4.24%
	MDMK	Vasu. R.	2,674	2.40%
	Independent	Selvarasan. Suba	1,141	1.02%
Margin of victory			19,951	17.87%	-13.02%
Turnout			111,648	57.8%	-11.15%
	TMC gain from DMK		Swing	-17.88%

1996[]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvallur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Subramani	65,432	60.78%
	AIADMK	Kanagaraaj. G.	32,178	29.89%
	MDMK	Gajendran. D.	4,781	4.44%
	Independent	Dhalapathi. R.	3,485	3.24%
	BJP	Selvarasan. Suba	923	0.86%
	Independent	Manikkareddiar. A.	302	0.28%
Margin of victory			33,254	30.89%	3.18%
Turnout			107,657	68.95%	3.66%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	3.87%

1991[]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvallur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Sakkubai Devaraj D.	54,267	56.91%
	DMK	C. Subramani	27,847	29.20%
	PMK	Arumugam S.	5,795	6.08%
	Independent	Baskar J.	3,915	4.11%
	BJP	Loganathan M.	2,038	2.14%
	Independent	Sagunthala V.	335	0.35%
Margin of victory			26,420	27.71%	4.44%
Turnout			95,353	65.29%	-6.35%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	9.73%

1989[]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvallur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S.R. Munirathinam	45,091	47.18%
	AIADMK(JL)	M. Selvaraj	22,852	23.91%
	INC	D. Sudarsanam	17,686	18.51%
	AIADMK(JL)	S. Pattabiraman	7,300	7.64%
	ICS(SCS)	R. Surendran	1,134	1.19%
	Independent	M. Sampathkumar	431	0.45%
Margin of victory			22,239	23.27%	17.97%
Turnout			95,567	71.64%	-5.32%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-4.54%

1984[]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvallur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Pattabiraman	44,461	51.73%
	DMK	S. R. Munirathinam	39,908	46.43%
	BJP	M. Loganathan	1,142	1.33%
	Independent	D. Sagariya	445	0.52%
Margin of victory			4,553	5.30%	-2.33%
Turnout			85,956	76.96%	12.12%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	10.23%

1980[]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvallur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Pattabiraman	30,121	41.49%
	INC	Purushothaman.R	24,585	33.87%
	JP	Muniratham Naidu.B	12,560	17.30%
	Independent	Selvaraj. M.	4,794	6.60%
	Independent	Varadarajan. T	300	0.41%
	Independent	Sagariya. D	235	0.32%
Margin of victory			5,536	7.63%	-4.66%
Turnout			72,595	64.84%	1.81%
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-3.89%

1977[]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvallur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Pattabiraman	30,670	45.38%
	JP	Munirathinam Naidu .B	22,368	33.09%
	DMK	T.K. Ponnuvelu	7,943	11.75%
	INC	T. Gopalan	3,165	4.68%
	Independent	D. Ethurasan	2,792	4.13%
	Independent	P. Gopal	651	0.96%
Margin of victory			8,302	12.28%	-19.96%
Turnout			67,589	63.03%	-8.29%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-17.43%

1971[]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvallur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. M. Dorairaj	36,496	62.81%
	INC	V. S. Arunachalam	17,759	30.56%
	Independent	P. Gopal	3,855	6.63%
Margin of victory			18,737	32.24%	-2.92%
Turnout			58,110	71.32%	-2.34%
	DMK hold		Swing	-3.25%

1967[]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvallur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. M. Dorairaj	40,687	66.06%
	INC	V. S. Arunachalam	19,030	30.90%
	Independent	P. Gopal	1,875	3.04%
Margin of victory			21,657	35.16%	24.86%
Turnout			61,592	73.66%	12.90%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	30.97%

1962[]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvallur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. S. Arunachalam	21,609	35.08%
	DMK	S. M. Dorairaj	17,175	27.89%
	SWA	M.Dharmalingam	4,269	6.93%
Margin of victory			4,434	10.30%	5.67%
Turnout			43,053	60.76%	-9.65%
	INC hold		Swing	-30.21%

1957[]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvallur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Eakambara Mudaly	40,214	65.29%
	INC	V. S. Arunachalam	34,689	56.32%
	Independent	N.Govindasamy Naidu	17,035	27.66%
	Independent	M.Dharmalingam (Sc)	7,564	12.28%
	Independent	K.M.Balu Nayagar	6,001	9.74%
	Independent	Narayana Nayagar	4,569	7.42%
Margin of victory			5,525	4.63%	1.25%
Turnout			119,244	70.41%	-9.88%
	INC gain from KMPP		Swing	12.36%

1952[]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvallur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KMPP	M.Dharmalingam	32,599	52.93%
	KMPP	V.Govindaswamy Naidu	28,462	46.21%
	INC	N.Egambara Mudaliar	19,392	31.48%
	INC	V. S. Arunachalam	18,480	30.00%
	AIFB	N.Govindaswami Naidu	11,502	18.67%
	RPI	Dharmapillai	8,217	13.34%
	Independent	J.Mangilal	3,689	5.99%
Margin of victory			4,137	3.38%	0.00%
Turnout			122,341	80.29%	0.00%
	KMPP win (new seat)

References[]

^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021.
^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
^ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 4. 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] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021.

[2] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

[3] "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[4] "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 4. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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