Purasawalkam Assembly constituency

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Purasuwalkam
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Tamil Nadu
District Chennai
LS constituency Chennai Central
Established1962
Abolished2008
Total electors167,730 (2006)
ReservationNone

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.

Contents

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Madras State

YearWinnerParty
1962Bashyam Reddy Indian National Congress
1967V. S. Govindarajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

AssemblyDurationWinnerParty
1971 Tamil Nadu state assembly election 1971–77 K. Anbazhagan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 Tamil Nadu state assembly election 1977–80
1980 Tamil Nadu state assembly election 1980–84
1984 Tamil Nadu state assembly election 1984–89 K. Nanjil Manoharan
1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election 1989–91 Arcot N. Veeraswami
1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election 1991–96 B. Ranganathan Indian National Congress
1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election 1996–01 Tamil Maanila Congress
2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election 2001–06 Indian National Congress
2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election 2006–2011V.S. Babu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Purasawalkam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK Babu. V.S. 90,140 53.74%
AIADMK Venkateshbabu82,77749.35%
DMDK Jacquelene Gomez12,6907.57%
BJP Elumalai. V.2,0191.20%
SWA Kamalaakannan. J.7690.46%
Independent Raja. K.6030.36%
Margin of victory7,3634.39%1.74%
Turnout 167,73087.51%−45.83%
DMK hold Swing 5.21%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Purasawalkam [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK B. Ranganathan 69,68148.53%
TMC(M) Vetriivel P65,87945.89%
MDMK Gurunathan S4,9023.41%
JD(S) Antony Xavier R1,0330.72%
Independent Venkataramani J5980.42%
Independent Peter Solomon3890.27%
Margin of victory3,8022.65%−49.58%
Turnout 143,57446.71%−11.55%
DMK gain from TMC(M) Swing -22.07%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Purasawalkam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TMC(M) B. Ranganathan 98,15770.61%
INC Gnanam. J. Kathipara25,54318.37%
BJP Ethirajan. G.9,1286.57%
MDMK Dhakshina Murthy. K.2,6231.89%
PMK Nadesan. M.1,6041.15%
Independent Gnana Sekar. A.6570.47%
Margin of victory72,61452.23%34.39%
Turnout 139,02258.26%2.18%
TMC(M) gain from INC Swing 14.83%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Purasawalkam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC B. Ranganathan 71,39139.68%
DMK Arcot N. Veeraswami 48,55926.99%
PMK Manivannan R.3,65620.32%
BJP Selvaraj B.3,12017.34%
JP Sagunthala B.2431.35%
Independent Elango S.2061.14%
Margin of victory22,83217.84%−9.97%
Turnout 127,99256.08%−12.16%
INC gain from DMK Swing 5.90%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Purasawalkam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK Arcot N. Veeraswami 68,64049.88%
AIADMK B. Ranganathan 30,37622.07%
Independent Anbarasu. C.29,96221.77%
BJP Purasai Kumaran5,1693.76%
Independent Meiyappan. R.1,1300.82%
Independent Mahendran. K.3190.23%
Margin of victory38,26427.81%24.04%
Turnout 137,61368.24%1.73%
DMK hold Swing -1.26%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Purasawalkam [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK Nanjil K. Manoharan 61,24651.14%
AIADMK Suppu. K.56,73647.37%
Independent Dhanapal R. H.4820.40%
Independent Manivannan. D.2060.17%
Independent Selyamary. S.2000.17%
Independent Munirathinam. E.1960.16%
Margin of victory4,5103.77%−1.90%
Turnout 119,76366.51%6.74%
DMK hold Swing -1.21%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Purasawalkam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK K. Anbazhagan 52,72952.35%
AIADMK Valampuri John47,02146.68%
JP Manivannan.D5350.53%
Independent Mani.D4390.44%
Margin of victory5,7085.67%−15.27%
Turnout 100,72459.77%14.50%
DMK hold Swing 7.26%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Purasawalkam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK K. Anbazhagan 41,07345.09%
JP T. S. Govindaswamy22,00424.16%
ADKP.A. Venkateshwaralu19,74521.68%
CPI R. Dakshinamoorthy7,2067.91%
Independent H. Stanley2650.29%
Independent Rajesekharan2480.27%
Margin of victory19,06920.94%6.46%
Turnout 91,08545.27%−18.47%
DMK hold Swing -11.03%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Purasawalkam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK K. Anbazhagan 47,18256.13%
INC Bashyam Reddy35,01641.65%
Independent M Deenan1,8652.22%
Margin of victory12,16614.47%7.18%
Turnout 84,06363.74%−10.63%
DMK hold Swing -1.91%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Purasawalkam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK V. S. Govindarajan41,27258.04%
INC Damodaran29,04640.85%
ABJS Krishniah7921.11%
Margin of victory12,2267.29%
Turnout 71,11074.37%
DMK gain from Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2001". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 1984". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 18 May 2023.

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