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.
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 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly edit
Madras State edit
Year | Winner | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1962 | Bashyam Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
1967 | V. S. Govindarajan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Tamil Nadu edit
Election results edit
2006 edit
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 edit
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ "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.