Mailam Assembly constituency

Mailam
Constituency No. 71 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Villupuram
LS constituency	Arani
Total electors	2,20,236 [1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent C. Sivakumar
Party	PMK
Elected year	2021

Mailam is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitations in 2007. ^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 71. Located in Viluppuram district, it comprises portions of the Gingee and Tindivanam taluks. It is included in the Arani 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.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
2011	K. P. Nagarajan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	R. Masilamani [4]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	C. Sivakumar [5]		Pattali Makkal Katchi

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021			46.02%
2016			41.40%
2011			53.92%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mailam ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	C. Sivakumar	81,044	46.02%	+31
	DMK	Dr. R. Masilamani	78,814	44.75%	+3.35
	NTK	L. Umamaheswari	8,340	4.74%	+4.34
	DMDK	A. Sundaresan	3,921	2.23%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	884	0.50%	−0.5
Margin of victory			2,230	1.27%	−5.92%
Turnout			176,105	79.96%	−1.04%
Rejected ballots			119	0.07%
Registered electors			220,236
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	4.62%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mailam ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dr. R. Masilamani	70,880	41.40%	New
	AIADMK	K. Annadurai	58,574	34.21%	−19.71
	PMK	V. R. Rajashekaran	25,711	15.02%	−25.64
	VCK	S. S. Balaji	10,866	6.35%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,722	1.01%	New
Margin of victory			12,306	7.19%	−6.07%
Turnout			171,211	81.00%	−1.47%
Registered electors			211,372
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-12.52%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mailam ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. P. Nagarajan	81,656	53.92%	New
	PMK	R. Prakash	61,575	40.66%	New
	BJP	B. Elumalai	1,844	1.22%	New
	Independent	S. Vinayagamoorthy	1,555	1.03%	New
	Independent	Vasanthi	1,506	0.99%	New
	BSP	K. Vijayan	1,191	0.79%	New
	Independent	S. Nedunchezhiyan	813	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			20,081	13.26%
Turnout			183,634	82.47%
Registered electors			151,434
	AIADMK win (new seat)

See also

• Delimitation Commission of India

References

1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
2. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
3. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
4. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 71. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
5. "Elected Representatives | Viluppuram District, Govt of Tamil Nadu | India".
6. "mailam Election Result" . Retrieved 25 May 2022.
7. "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.
8. 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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