Purasawalkam Assembly constituency
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Purasuwalkam | |
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Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Chennai |
LS constituency | Chennai Central |
Established | 1962 |
Abolished | 2011 |
Total electors | 167,730 |
Reservation | none |
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.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Madras State
Year | Winner | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1962 | Bashyam Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
1967 | V. S. Govindarajan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Tamil Nadu
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(M) | 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(M) | Swing | -22.07% |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TMC(M) | 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(M) gain from INC | Swing | 14.83% |
1991
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | B. Ranganathan | 71,391 | 39.68% | ||
DMK | Arcot N. Veeraswami | 48,559 | 26.99% | ||
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% | ||
AIADMK | B. Ranganathan | 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% | ||
ABJS | Krishniah | 792 | 1.11% | ||
Margin of victory | 12,226 | 7.29% | |||
Turnout | 71,110 | 74.37% | |||
DMK gain from | Swing |
References
- ^ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2001". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 1984". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- "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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