Chengam (state assembly constituency)

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Chengam
Constituency for the State Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
State Tamil Nadu
District Tiruvannamalai
LS constituency Tiruvannamalai
Total electors2,74,963 [1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAGiri. M. P
Party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year2021

Chengam is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu, India. [2] The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes and comprises a portion of Chengam taluk. It is a part of the Tiruvannamalai constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. [3]

Contents

Madras State

YearWinnerParty
1952 Ramaswami Gounder Commonweal Party
1957 T. Karia Gounder Indian National Congress
1962 C. K. Chinnaraji Gounder Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967 P. S. Santhanam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

YearWinnerParty
1971 C. Pandurangam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 T. Swamikannu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 T. Swamikannu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984 T. Swamikannu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 M. Settu Janata Party
1991 P. Veerapandiyan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 K. V. Nannan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 Polur Varadhan Indian National Congress
2006 Polur Varadhan Indian National Congress
2011 T. Sureshkumar Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016 M. P. Giri [4] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 M. P. Giri [5] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Chengam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK Giri. M. P 108,081 48.73% 3.13%
AIADMK Nainakannu. M. S96,51143.51%3.95%
NTK Vennila. S12,0805.45%5.13%
DMDK Anbu. S2,7691.25%-2.56%
NOTA Nota1,0850.49%-0.18%
IJK Suganraj. S8280.37%
BSP Shanmugam. G8010.36%-0.09%
Independent Vijayachandran. G4170.19%
Independent Selvaraji. V3810.17%
Independent Dhinakaran. H2000.09%
NGPP Baskar. S1740.08%
Margin of victory11,5705.22%-0.82%
Turnout 2,21,79780.66%-3.49%
Rejected ballots00.00%
Registered electors 2,74,963
DMK hold Swing 3.13%


2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Chengam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK Giri . M. P 95,939 45.60%
AIADMK Dinagaran. M83,24839.57%
PMK Murugan. C15,1147.18%
DMDK Kalaiarasi . A8,0073.81%-43.14%
NOTA None Of The Above1,4030.67%
Independent Dhinakaran. S1,2550.60%
Independent Dhinakaran. H1,1510.55%
BSP Baskaran. M. R9480.45%-0.47%
BJP Karuppan. V8840.42%-2.08%
NTK Vennila. S6660.32%
Independent Murugan. R4250.20%
Margin of victory12,6916.03%-0.42%
Turnout 2,10,40384.16%-0.10%
Registered electors 2,50,015
DMK gain from DMDK Swing -1.35%


2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Chengam [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMDK Suresh@Sureshkumar. T 83,722 46.95% 34.29%
INC Selvaperunthagai. K72,22540.50%-2.24%
Independent Sureshkumar. R8,5434.79%
BJP Jayaraman. A4,4652.50%-0.71%
Independent Kumar. R2,5111.41%
IJK Mani. M1,6700.94%
BSP Subramanian. A. V1,6360.92%-1.19%
Independent Sankar. K1,3640.76%
Independent Suresh. T1,3470.76%
Independent Anbazhagan. P. G8420.47%
Margin of victory11,4976.45%-1.72%
Turnout 2,11,65684.25%12.98%
Registered electors 1,78,325
DMDK gain from INC Swing 4.20%


2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Chengam [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Polur Varadhan M 53,366 42.75% -5.68%
VCK Sakthivel P43,16634.58%
DMDK Suresh T15,80812.66%
BJP Thiruppathi V4,0093.21%
BSP Jaganathan R2,6312.11%
Independent Ramasamy V2,5762.06%
SP Shamala R1,7921.44%
Independent Saroja B1,4941.20%
Margin of victory10,2008.17%-2.81%
Turnout 1,24,84271.27%6.85%
Registered electors 1,75,158
INC hold Swing -5.68%


2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Chengam [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Polur Varadhan 54,145 48.43%
Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi Shamala. R41,86837.45%
Independent Munusamy. K4,7884.28%
MDMK Marimuthu. A4,7804.28%
Independent Muthammal. S2,4012.15%
JD(U) Anbalagan. P2,2181.98%
JD(S) Settu. M1,5971.43%
Margin of victory12,27710.98%-15.72%
Turnout 1,11,79764.42%-2.55%
Registered electors 1,73,711
INC gain from DMK Swing -10.68%


1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Chengam [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK Nannan. K. V. 58,958 59.11%
AIADMK Thamizharasan. C. K.32,32532.41%-26.90%
Independent Raji. C.4,6454.66%
JD Settu. M.3,0863.09%
BSP Chandraveni. T.2560.26%
Independent Pandiyan. G.1850.19%
Independent Rajendiran. P.1320.13%
Independent Palanichamy. V.1170.12%
Independent Annappan. M.430.04%
Margin of victory26,63326.70%-14.15%
Turnout 99,74766.98%-0.55%
Registered electors 1,56,671
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -0.20%


1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Chengam [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK P. Veera Pandiyan 54,611 59.31% 29.75%
JD K. Munusamy16,99418.46%
PMK M. Annappan11,28312.25%
Independent T. Samikkannu7,0567.66%
BJP K. Kesavalu1,1091.20%
Independent V. Narayanasamy4590.50%
Independent P. Dhanapal2740.30%
Independent A. Ramachandaran1870.20%
Independent P. Govindaraj1080.12%
Margin of victory37,61740.85%35.68%
Turnout 92,08167.53%7.12%
Registered electors 1,44,912
AIADMK gain from JP Swing 24.57%


1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Chengam [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JP Settu. M. 26,256 34.74%
AIADMK Veerapandiyan. P.22,34429.56%-31.86%
INC Jaya Arumugam13,02017.23%
AIADMK Samikkannu. T.11,36315.03%-46.39%
Independent Anandan. L.1,3931.84%
Independent Dhanapal. P.9901.31%
Independent Annadurai. M.2180.29%
Margin of victory3,9125.18%-28.01%
Turnout 75,58460.41%-11.83%
Registered electors 1,28,945
JP gain from AIADMK Swing -26.68%


1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Chengam [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK T. Swamikannu 45,770 61.42% 13.36%
JP P. Anbalagan21,03928.23%
Independent A. Kannan4,7216.34%
Independent N. Vattaru2,6153.51%
Independent Allimuthu. K. V.3750.50%
Margin of victory24,73133.19%31.69%
Turnout 74,52072.24%17.12%
Registered electors 1,11,906
AIADMK hold Swing 13.36%


1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Chengam [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK Swamikannu. T 26,823 48.06% 1.70%
INC Arumugam. A25,98746.56%
Independent Arumugam. P3,0065.39%
Margin of victory8361.50%-20.70%
Turnout 55,81655.12%3.17%
Registered electors 1,02,993
AIADMK hold Swing 1.70%


1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Chengam [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK T. Swamikannu 22,789 46.36%
DMK N. Poosanar11,87724.16%-37.23%
JP P. Anbalagan8,09416.47%
CPI D. Raja4,4929.14%
Independent P. Dhanapal1,4783.01%
Independent A. Jaya Arumugam3170.64%
Independent K.V. Allimuthu1110.23%
Margin of victory10,91222.20%-7.40%
Turnout 49,15851.95%-14.95%
Registered electors 96,111
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -15.03%


1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Chengam [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK C. Pandurangam 32,260 61.39% 4.55%
INC A. Ar. Mugam16,70531.79%-3.99%
Independent A. Ramasamy3,5866.82%
Margin of victory15,55529.60%8.53%
Turnout 52,55166.90%-2.78%
Registered electors 84,601
DMK hold Swing 4.55%


1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election  : Chengam [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK P. S. Santhanam 29,828 56.84% 1.62%
INC A. Arumugham18,77335.77%-4.40%
Independent P. Dhanapal1,9273.67%
RPI R. Kanniah1,4252.72%
Independent C. K. Manickam5241.00%
Margin of victory11,05521.07%6.02%
Turnout 52,47769.68%-4.58%
Registered electors 78,478
DMK hold Swing 1.62%


1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election  : Chengam [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK C. K. Chinnaraji Gounder 34,374 55.22%
INC Y. Shanmugam25,00840.17%-16.27%
Independent Thammaya Dass1,3502.17%
Independent Manickam1,0821.74%
Independent K. S. Rathnavel4400.71%
Margin of victory9,36615.04%-5.40%
Turnout 62,25474.27%27.98%
Registered electors 87,108
DMK gain from INC Swing -1.22%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election  : Chengam [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC T. Karia Goundar 20,079 56.44% 32.25%
Independent R. Venkatachala Mudaliar12,80636.00%
Independent E. Venkatachala Mudaliar2,6917.56%
Margin of victory7,27320.44%7.78%
Turnout 35,57646.28%-5.68%
Registered electors 76,865
INC gain from Commonweal Party Swing 19.58%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election  : Chengam [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Commonweal Party Ramaswami Gounder 13,413 36.86%
INC Muthukrishna Chettiar8,80424.19%24.19%
Justice Party Rengaswami Reddiar7,43420.43%
CPI Ramaswami6,74118.52%
Margin of victory4,60912.66%
Turnout 36,39251.97%
Registered electors 70,029
Commonweal Party win (new seat)

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