Sholinganallur (state assembly constituency)

Sholinganallur
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kanchipuram
LS constituency	Chennai South
Total electors	6,98,820 [1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	S. Aravindramesh
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021			44.18%
2016			42.53%
2011			60.43%

Sholinganallur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2007. ^[2] It is a part of the Chennai South parliamentary constituency for national elections.

Year	Winner	Party
2011	K. P. Kandan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	Aravind Ramesh [3]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Aravind Ramesh		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021			44.18%
2016			42.53%
2011			60.43%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Shozhinganallur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Aravind Ramesh	171,558	44.18%	1.65%
	AIADMK	K. P. Kandan	1,36,153	35.06%	-3.15%
	NTK	S. Michael	38,872	10.01%	6.87%
	MNM	Rajiv Kumar	30,284	7.80%
	DMDK	R. Murugan	3,912	1.01%
	NOTA	Nota	3,030	0.78%	-1.34%
	Independent	K. Surjithkumar	676	0.17%
	BSP	G. Prakash Robert	554	0.14%	-0.04%
	Independent	S. Senthil	477	0.12%
	Independent	H. Aravindhkumar	452	0.12%
	AMAK	M. Rajeswaripriya	427	0.11%
Margin of victory			35,405	9.12%	4.80%
Turnout			3,88,355	55.57%	-1.81%
Rejected ballots			552	0.14%
Registered electors			6,98,820
	DMK hold		Swing	1.65%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Shozhinganallur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Aravind Ramesh S	147,014	42.53%
	AIADMK	Sundaram N	1,32,101	38.21%	-22.22%
	PMK	Ramkumar. K	15,595	4.51%
	VCK	Paneer Doss R	15,129	4.38%
	BJP	Ujagar Singh	14,915	4.31%	1.29%
	NTK	Rajan. S	10,842	3.14%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	7,332	2.12%
		Arun Kumar S	803	0.23%
	BSP	Peramaiyan. G	645	0.19%	-0.64%
	Independent	Sundaram M	247	0.07%
	Independent	Sankar. J	226	0.07%
Margin of victory			14,913	4.31%	-23.52%
Turnout			3,45,697	57.38%	-9.89%
Registered electors			6,02,472
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-17.90%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Shozhinganallur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. P. Kandan	145,385	60.43%
	VCK	S. S. Balaji	78,413	32.59%
	BJP	S. Mohandoss Gandhi	7,275	3.02%
	BSP	K. Utharapathi	1,983	0.82%
	IJK	K. Singaraj	1,666	0.69%
	Independent	K. Narasimhan	1,648	0.69%
	Independent	R. Ravi	1,127	0.47%
	PB	M. Anbumozhi	796	0.33%
		T. Sheela	708	0.29%
		J. Dhamotharan	694	0.29%
	Independent	A. Kandhasamy	453	0.19%
Margin of victory			66,972	27.84%	{{{change}}}
Turnout			3,57,660	67.27%
Registered electors			2,40,583
	AIADMK win (new seat)

References

1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
2. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
3. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 27. Retrieved 27 May 2016.