Chengam | |
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Constituency No. 62 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Tiruvannamalai |
LS constituency | Tiruvannamalai |
Total electors | 2,74,963 [1] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | DMK |
Elected year | 2021 |
Chengam is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu, India. [2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 62. 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] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | M. P. Giri | 108,081 | 48.73% | 3.13% | |
AIADMK | Nainakannu. M. S | 96,511 | 43.51% | 3.95% | |
NTK | Vennila. S | 12,080 | 5.45% | 5.13% | |
DMDK | Anbu. S | 2,769 | 1.25% | -2.56% | |
Margin of victory | 11,570 | 5.22% | -0.82% | ||
Turnout | 2,21,797 | 80.66% | -3.49% | ||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0.00% | |||
Registered electors | 2,74,963 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | 3.13% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | M. P. Giri | 95,939 | 45.60% | ||
AIADMK | Dinagaran. M | 83,248 | 39.57% | ||
PMK | Murugan. C | 15,114 | 7.18% | ||
DMDK | Kalaiarasi . A | 8,007 | 3.81% | -43.14% | |
NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,403 | 0.67% | ||
Margin of victory | 12,691 | 6.03% | -0.42% | ||
Turnout | 2,10,403 | 84.16% | -0.10% | ||
Registered electors | 2,50,015 | ||||
DMK gain from DMDK | Swing | -1.35% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMDK | Suresh@Sureshkumar. T | 83,722 | 46.95% | 34.29% | |
INC | Selvaperunthagai. K | 72,225 | 40.50% | -2.24% | |
Independent | Sureshkumar. R | 8,543 | 4.79% | ||
BJP | Jayaraman. A | 4,465 | 2.50% | -0.71% | |
Independent | Kumar. R | 2,511 | 1.41% | ||
Margin of victory | 11,497 | 6.45% | -1.72% | ||
Turnout | 2,11,656 | 84.25% | 12.98% | ||
Registered electors | 1,78,325 | ||||
DMDK gain from INC | Swing | 4.20% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Polur Varadhan M | 53,366 | 42.75% | -5.68% | |
VCK | Sakthivel P | 43,166 | 34.58% | ||
DMDK | Suresh T | 15,808 | 12.66% | ||
BJP | Thiruppathi V | 4,009 | 3.21% | ||
BSP | Jaganathan R | 2,631 | 2.11% | ||
Independent | Ramasamy V | 2,576 | 2.06% | ||
SP | Shamala R | 1,792 | 1.44% | ||
Independent | Saroja B | 1,494 | 1.20% | ||
Margin of victory | 10,200 | 8.17% | -2.81% | ||
Turnout | 1,24,842 | 71.27% | 6.85% | ||
Registered electors | 1,75,158 | ||||
INC hold | Swing | -5.68% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Polur Varadhan | 54,145 | 48.43% | ||
MTD | Shamala. R | 41,868 | 37.45% | ||
Independent | Munusamy. K | 4,788 | 4.28% | ||
MDMK | Marimuthu. A | 4,780 | 4.28% | ||
Independent | Muthammal. S | 2,401 | 2.15% | ||
Janata Dal (United) | Anbalagan. P | 2,218 | 1.98% | ||
Janata Dal (Secular) | Settu. M | 1,597 | 1.43% | ||
Margin of victory | 12,277 | 10.98% | -15.72% | ||
Turnout | 1,11,797 | 64.42% | -2.55% | ||
Registered electors | 1,73,711 | ||||
INC gain from DMK | Swing | -10.68% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Nannan. K. V. | 58,958 | 59.11% | ||
AIADMK | Thamizharasan. C. K. | 32,325 | 32.41% | -26.90% | |
Independent | Raji. C. | 4,645 | 4.66% | ||
JD | Settu. M. | 3,086 | 3.09% | ||
Margin of victory | 26,633 | 26.70% | -14.15% | ||
Turnout | 99,747 | 66.98% | -0.55% | ||
Registered electors | 1,56,671 | ||||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -0.20% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | P. Veera Pandiyan | 54,611 | 59.31% | 29.75% | |
JD | K. Munusamy | 16,994 | 18.46% | ||
PMK | M. Annappan | 11,283 | 12.25% | ||
Independent | T. Samikkannu | 7,056 | 7.66% | ||
BJP | K. Kesavalu | 1,109 | 1.20% | ||
Margin of victory | 37,617 | 40.85% | 35.68% | ||
Turnout | 92,081 | 67.53% | 7.12% | ||
Registered electors | 1,44,912 | ||||
AIADMK gain from JP | Swing | 24.57% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
JP | Settu. M. | 26,256 | 34.74% | ||
AIADMK | Veerapandiyan. P. | 22,344 | 29.56% | -31.86% | |
INC | Jaya Arumugam | 13,020 | 17.23% | ||
AIADMK | Samikkannu. T. | 11,363 | 15.03% | -46.39% | |
Independent | Anandan. L. | 1,393 | 1.84% | ||
Independent | Dhanapal. P. | 990 | 1.31% | ||
Margin of victory | 3,912 | 5.18% | -28.01% | ||
Turnout | 75,584 | 60.41% | -11.83% | ||
Registered electors | 1,28,945 | ||||
JP gain from AIADMK | Swing | -26.68% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | T. Swamikannu | 45,770 | 61.42% | 13.36% | |
JP | P. Anbalagan | 21,039 | 28.23% | ||
Independent | A. Kannan | 4,721 | 6.34% | ||
Independent | N. Vattaru | 2,615 | 3.51% | ||
Margin of victory | 24,731 | 33.19% | 31.69% | ||
Turnout | 74,520 | 72.24% | 17.12% | ||
Registered electors | 1,11,906 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | 13.36% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | Swamikannu. T | 26,823 | 48.06% | 1.70% | |
INC | Arumugam. A | 25,987 | 46.56% | ||
Independent | Arumugam. P | 3,006 | 5.39% | ||
Margin of victory | 836 | 1.50% | -20.70% | ||
Turnout | 55,816 | 55.12% | 3.17% | ||
Registered electors | 1,02,993 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | 1.70% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | T. Swamikannu | 22,789 | 46.36% | ||
DMK | N. Poosanar | 11,877 | 24.16% | -37.23% | |
JP | P. Anbalagan | 8,094 | 16.47% | ||
CPI | D. Raja | 4,492 | 9.14% | ||
Independent | P. Dhanapal | 1,478 | 3.01% | ||
Margin of victory | 10,912 | 22.20% | -7.40% | ||
Turnout | 49,158 | 51.95% | -14.95% | ||
Registered electors | 96,111 | ||||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -15.03% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | C. Pandurangam | 32,260 | 61.39% | 4.55% | |
INC | A. Ar. Mugam | 16,705 | 31.79% | -3.99% | |
Independent | A. Ramasamy | 3,586 | 6.82% | ||
Margin of victory | 15,555 | 29.60% | 8.53% | ||
Turnout | 52,551 | 66.90% | -2.78% | ||
Registered electors | 84,601 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | 4.55% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | P. S. Santhanam | 29,828 | 56.84% | 1.62% | |
INC | A. Arumugham | 18,773 | 35.77% | -4.40% | |
Independent | P. Dhanapal | 1,927 | 3.67% | ||
RPI | R. Kanniah | 1,425 | 2.72% | ||
Independent | C. K. Manickam | 524 | 1.00% | ||
Margin of victory | 11,055 | 21.07% | 6.02% | ||
Turnout | 52,477 | 69.68% | -4.58% | ||
Registered electors | 78,478 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | 1.62% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | C. K. Chinnaraji Gounder | 34,374 | 55.22% | ||
INC | Y. Shanmugam | 25,008 | 40.17% | -16.27% | |
Independent | Thammaya Dass | 1,350 | 2.17% | ||
Independent | Manickam | 1,082 | 1.74% | ||
Margin of victory | 9,366 | 15.04% | -5.40% | ||
Turnout | 62,254 | 74.27% | 27.98% | ||
Registered electors | 87,108 | ||||
DMK gain from INC | Swing | -1.22% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | T. Karia Goundar | 20,079 | 56.44% | 32.25% | |
Independent | R. Venkatachala Mudaliar | 12,806 | 36.00% | ||
Independent | E. Venkatachala Mudaliar | 2,691 | 7.56% | ||
Margin of victory | 7,273 | 20.44% | 7.78% | ||
Turnout | 35,576 | 46.28% | -5.68% | ||
Registered electors | 76,865 | ||||
INC gain from Commonweal Party | Swing | 19.58% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Commonweal Party | Ramaswami Gounder | 13,413 | 36.86% | ||
INC | Muthukrishna Chettiar | 8,804 | 24.19% | 24.19% | |
Justice Party | Rengaswami Reddiar | 7,434 | 20.43% | ||
CPI | Ramaswami | 6,741 | 18.52% | ||
Margin of victory | 4,609 | 12.66% | |||
Turnout | 36,392 | 51.97% | |||
Registered electors | 70,029 | ||||
Commonweal Party win (new seat) |
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