Uthiramerur (state assembly constituency)

Uthiramerur
Uthiramerur
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kanchipuram
LS constituency	Kancheepuram
Total electors	2,60,367
Most successful party	DMK (7 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	K. Sundar
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Uthiramerur is a state assembly constituency in Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu, India.^[2] It comprises Uthiramerur taluk and a portion of Kanchipuram taluk and forms a part of Kancheepuram constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[3]

Madras State[]

Year	Winner
1952	V. K. Ramaswami Mudaliar	Indian National Congress
1957	V. K. Ramaswami Mudaliar	Independent
1967		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu[]

Year	Winner
1977		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	S. Jagathrakshakan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	K. Sundar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	Kanchi Panneerselvam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	K. Sundar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	V. Somasundaram	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	K. Sundar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	P. Ganesan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	K. Sundar^[4]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	K. Sundar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			44.38%
2016			43.02%
2011			51.75%
2006			48.75%
2001			56.48%
1996			52.84%
1991			55.46%
1989			34.71%
1984			57.21%
1980			49.11%
1977			45.03%
1971			68.85%
1967			64.01%
1962			53.71%
1957			41.25%
1952			36.39%

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Uthiramerur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Sundar	93,427	44.38%	1.36%
	AIADMK	V. Somasundaram	91,805	43.61%	6.70%
	NTK	Kamacthi. S	11,405	5.42%	4.95%
	AMMK	Ranjithkumar. R. V	7,211	3.43%
	MNM	Susaiappar. A	2,100	1.00%
	NOTA	Nota	952	0.45%	-0.38%
	Independent	Ponnambalam. R	753	0.36%
	BSP	Suresh D	602	0.29%	-0.03%
	Independent	Madhavaraj. K. V	448	0.21%
	Independent	Thangaraj. K	333	0.16%
	Independent	Jayabalan. E	306	0.15%
Margin of victory			1,622	0.77%	-5.35%
Turnout			2,10,529	80.86%	-2.15%
Rejected ballots			442	0.21%
Registered electors			2,60,367
	DMK hold		Swing	1.36%

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Uthiramerur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Sundar	85,513	43.02%	-0.53%
	AIADMK	Ganesan. P	73,357	36.90%	-14.85%
	PMK	Gangadharan. Pon	24,221	12.19%
	DMDK	Rajendran. M	9,184	4.62%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,647	0.83%
	NTK	Susairaj. R	928	0.47%
	BJP	Purushothaman. V	786	0.40%	-0.44%
	Independent	Jayaraman. S	768	0.39%
	Independent	Jayaprakash. C	762	0.38%
	BSP	Suresh. D	636	0.32%	-0.16%
	Independent	Vanasundari. M	236	0.12%
Margin of victory			12,156	6.12%	-2.08%
Turnout			1,98,773	83.00%	-3.45%
Registered electors			2,39,472
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-8.73%

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Uthiramerur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Ganesan	86,912	51.75%	11.31%
	DMK	Ponkumar	73,146	43.55%	-5.19%
	Independent	M. Mohanavelu	1,917	1.14%
	BJP	K. Gurumurthy	1,407	0.84%	0.14%
	Independent	M. J. Arokiasamy	1,133	0.67%
	Independent	V. Deivasigamani	1,063	0.63%
	BSP	V. D. Rajan	803	0.48%
	Independent	R. Muthukumar	352	0.21%
	Independent	K. Saravanan	346	0.21%
		K. Ettiyappan	260	0.15%
	IJK	G. Mohanasundaram	214	0.13%
Margin of victory			13,766	8.20%	-0.11%
Turnout			1,94,258	86.46%	7.20%
Registered electors			1,67,946
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	3.00%

2006[]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Uthiramerur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Sundar	70,488	48.75%	13.40%
	AIADMK	V. Somasundaram	58,472	40.44%	-16.04%
	DMDK	Murugesan. D	10,335	7.15%
	Independent	Venkatesan. K. K	2,070	1.43%
	Independent	Lakshiminarasiman. R	1,043	0.72%
	BJP	Rajavelu. T	1,010	0.70%
	SP	Gnanasekaran. K	256	0.18%
	LJP	Nagappan. K	217	0.15%
		Ramanathan Naicker. A	200	0.14%
	Independent	Rajendran. G	186	0.13%
	Independent	Shanmugam. S. E	166	0.11%
Margin of victory			12,016	8.31%	-12.82%
Turnout			1,44,596	79.25%	12.68%
Registered electors			1,82,455
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.73%

2001[]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Uthiramerur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Somasundaram	73,824	56.48%	30.09%
	DMK	K. Sundar	46,202	35.35%	-17.50%
	MDMK	Radha Krishnan. . G.	2,668	2.04%	-0.71%
	Independent	Ravi Chandran. C	2,499	1.91%
	Independent	Tamil Vendan . T	2,399	1.84%
		Parvendan. D.	1,293	0.99%
	Independent	Managa. V	834	0.64%
	Independent	Agaram Chitharanjan Doss.	459	0.35%
	Independent	Dhana Sekaran. M	323	0.25%
	Independent	Panchaksharam P.	215	0.16%
Margin of victory			27,622	21.13%	-5.33%
Turnout			1,30,716	66.57%	-7.38%
Registered electors			1,96,375
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	3.63%

1996[]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Uthiramerur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Sundar	66,086	52.84%	27.23%
	AIADMK	N. K. Gnanasekaran	32,994	26.38%	-29.07%
	PMK	V. Kamalambal	19,143	15.31%
	MDMK	K. P. Janakiraman	3,446	2.76%
	Independent	Gv. Mathiazhagan	1,401	1.12%
	BJP	M. Krishnamurthy	605	0.48%
	Independent	A. Selvaraj	393	0.31%
	Independent	Chitharanjan Doss	307	0.25%
	Independent	A. Loganathan	234	0.19%
	Independent	K. Perumal	172	0.14%
	Independent	R. Rasool	112	0.09%
Margin of victory			33,092	26.46%	-3.38%
Turnout			1,25,058	73.95%	3.36%
Registered electors			1,76,287
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-2.61%

1991[]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Uthiramerur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Kanchi Panneerselvam	63,367	55.46%	33.09%
	DMK	K. Sundar	29,273	25.62%	-9.09%
	PMK	R. Viswanathan	20,552	17.99%
	Independent	S. Chitharanjan Doss	553	0.48%
	JP	M. Manogaran	520	0.46%
Margin of victory			34,094	29.84%	17.50%
Turnout			1,14,265	70.59%	9.30%
Registered electors			1,66,439
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	20.75%

1989[]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Uthiramerur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Sundar	31,304	34.71%	-4.89%
	AIADMK	Sundar Raman. P. M	20,175	22.37%	-34.84%
	INC	Anbarasu. Era	12,057	13.37%
	Independent	Selvaraj. R. M	12,019	13.33%
	AIADMK	Jagathrakshakan. S. M	8,921	9.89%	-47.32%
	Independent	Devraj. A. V. M	2,307	2.56%
	Independent	Elumalai. C. M	1,784	1.98%
	Independent	Elango. K. M. M	473	0.52%
	Independent	Munikrishnan. V. V. M	304	0.34%
	Independent	Sankaran. V. M	273	0.30%
	Independent	Anbarasi	272	0.30%
Margin of victory			11,129	12.34%	-5.27%
Turnout			90,191	61.29%	-16.52%
Registered electors			1,50,706
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-22.50%

1984[]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Uthiramerur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Narasimma Pallavan. K.	57,797	57.21%	8.10%
	DMK	Ponmozhi. C. V. M. A.	40,007	39.60%
	Independent	Devaraj. A. V.	2,784	2.76%
	Independent	Sankaran. V.	436	0.43%
Margin of victory			17,790	17.61%	15.81%
Turnout			1,01,024	77.81%	8.12%
Registered electors			1,34,151
	AIADMK hold		Swing	8.10%

1980[]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Uthiramerur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Jagathrakshakan	43,303	49.11%	4.08%
	INC	Ramadoss. S	41,717	47.31%	34.86%
	JP	Seetharama Naicker. P	1,434	1.63%
	Independent	Murugesan. M	983	1.11%
	Independent	Mani. P	564	0.64%
	Independent	Arumuga Gounder. K	171	0.19%
Margin of victory			1,586	1.80%	-14.45%
Turnout			88,172	69.69%	2.40%
Registered electors			1,28,261
	AIADMK hold		Swing	4.08%

1977[]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Uthiramerur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Pakkur Subramanyan	34,877	45.03%
	DMK	K.M. Erajagopal	22,294	28.78%	-40.07%
	INC	C. Ramaswamy	9,647	12.45%	-15.81%
	JP	M.P. Radhakrishnan	8,641	11.16%
	Independent	K.N. Kuppuswamy Gounder	1,998	2.58%
Margin of victory			12,583	16.25%	-24.34%
Turnout			77,457	67.29%	-8.30%
Registered electors			1,16,733
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-23.83%

1971[]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Uthiramerur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K M Erasagopal	48,462	68.85%	4.84%
	INC	C Ramasamy	19,896	28.27%	-7.72%
	Independent	T E Pachaiyappan	2,027	2.88%
Margin of victory			28,566	40.59%	12.57%
Turnout			70,385	75.60%	-7.64%
Registered electors			96,108
	DMK hold		Swing	4.84%

1967[]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Uthiramerur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. M. Rajagopal	47,689	64.01%
	INC	O. S. Reddiar	26,814	35.99%	-17.72%
Margin of victory			20,875	28.02%	12.92%
Turnout			74,503	83.23%	5.47%
Registered electors			92,974
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	10.30%

1962[]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Uthiramerur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	O. Srinivasa Reddiar	33,766	53.71%	15.29%
	Independent	Doraswamy Naicker	24,276	38.61%
	Independent	K. C. Deenadayalu Naidu	1,705	2.71%
		T .G. Sundaramoorthy	1,421	2.26%
	Independent	P. Muthumari Pillai	771	1.23%
	SWA	Chinna Kannu Naicker	630	1.00%
	Independent	Yogi Jagannatham	302	0.48%
Margin of victory			9,490	15.09%	12.26%
Turnout			62,871	77.76%	23.36%
Registered electors			84,188
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	12.46%

1957[]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Uthiramerur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	V. K. Ramaswami Mudaliar	18,385	41.25%
	INC	K. Duraiswamy Nayagar	17,122	38.42%	2.03%
	Independent	Munuswamy	4,706	10.56%
	Independent	S. Murugesa Mudaliar	3,416	7.66%
	Independent	Jagannathan	939	2.11%
Margin of victory			1,263	2.83%	-7.40%
Turnout			44,568	54.40%	0.96%
Registered electors			81,928
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	4.86%

1952[]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Uthiramerur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. K. Ramaswami Mudaliar	13,144	36.39%	36.39%
	KMPP	Duraiswami Naicker	9,449	26.16%
		Srinivasalu Naidu	8,192	22.68%
	Independent	Jagannadan	2,698	7.47%
	Independent	Singara Mudaliar	2,636	7.30%
Margin of victory			3,695	10.23%
Turnout			36,119	53.44%
Registered electors			67,590
	INC win (new seat)

References[]

^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ "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. 36. 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.

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[1] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[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. 36. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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