Kilvelur Assembly constituency

Kilvelur
Constituency No. 164 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
LS constituency	Nagapattinam
Established	2008
Total electors	1,78,686 [1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nagaimaali V P
Party	CPI(M)
Elected year	2021

Kilvelur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India newly formed after constituency delimitations in 2008. ^[2] It is included in Nagapattinam Lok Sabha constituency. It comprises Kilvelur, Keezhayur and a part of Nagapattinam panchayat union. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
2011	Nagaimaali V P		Communist Party of India
2016	U. Mathivanan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Nagaimaali V P		Communist Party of India

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			47.85%
2016			44.95%
2011			48.99%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kilvelur ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	V. P. Nagaimaali	67,988	47.85%	+35.88
	PMK	S. Vadivel Ravanan	51,003	35.89%	+33.98
	NTK	S. Ponelavazhaki	15,173	10.68%	+9.55
	MNM	G. Sidhu	2,906	2.05%	New
	AMMK	M. Neethimohan	2,503	1.76%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	896	0.63%	−0.13
Margin of victory			16,985	11.95%	4.58%
Turnout			142,099	79.52%	−4.88%
Rejected ballots			378	0.27%
Registered electors			178,686
	CPI(M) gain from DMK		Swing	2.90%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kilvelur ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	U. Mathivanan	61,999	44.95%	−3.44
	AIADMK	N. Meena	51,829	37.58%	New
	CPI(M)	V. P. Nagaimaali	16,499	11.96%	−37.03
	PMK	A. Vanitha	2,637	1.91%	New
	NTK	G. Palanivel	1,553	1.13%	New
	BJP	S. Kumar	1,142	0.83%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,049	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			10,170	7.37%	6.78%
Turnout			137,929	84.40%	−1.48%
Registered electors			163,415
	DMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-4.04%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kilvelur ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	V. P. Nagaimaali	59,402	48.99%	New
	DMK	U. Mathivanan	58,678	48.39%	New
	Independent	G. Devaki	1,487	1.23%	New
	BSP	J. Shajahan	743	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			724	0.60%
Turnout			121,254	85.88%
Registered electors			141,185
	CPI(M) win (new seat)

References

1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
2. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
3. "kilvelur Election Result" . Retrieved 21 July 2022.
4. "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
5. Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

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