Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (state assembly constituency)

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Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar
Constituency for the State Assembly
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Constituency details
State Tamil Nadu
District Chennai
Constituency Chennai North
Total electors219,399 [1]
Most successful party DMK (14 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLASivakumar. P @ Thayagamkavi
Party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year2021

Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (SC) is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, formed after constituency delimitation. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. [2] It is included in the Chennai North parliamentary constituency.

Contents

Although it is named after the neighbourhood of Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar, that area is not included in the constituency but rather in the Kolathur constituency. Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar constituency comprises:

YearWinnerParty
2011 V. Neelakandan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 Sivakumar. P @ Thayagamkavi [3] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 Sivakumar. P @ Thayagamkavi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
61.61%
2016
45.25%
2011
58.87%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK Sivakumar. P @ Thayagamkavi81,72761.13
AIADMK P. L. Kalyani26,71419.98
NTK Dr. R. Illavanji10,9218.17
MNM S. Obath9,7107.26+7.26
DMDK M. P. Sekar1,7871.34
NOTA Nota1,0460.79%-1.18%
BSP Bagavath Singh. M3550.27%-0.08%
Independent Sihamani. G2140.16%
Independent Sundar. G1440.11%
Independent Selvakumar. A1360.10%
Independent Kalyani. K1290.10%
Margin of victory55,01341.47%39.04%
Turnout 132,65060.46%-3.01%
Rejected ballots1840.14%
Registered electors 219,399
DMK hold Swing 16.36%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK Sivakumar. P @ Thayagamkavi61,74445.25
AIADMK V. Neelakandan 58,42242.82
CPI(M) Suganthi5,7024.18
NOTA None of the above2,6851.97
PMK Vanithamani D2,0561.51
NTK Gowri1,8311.34%
SDPI Pushparaj9250.68%
IJK Chandrasekar4820.35%
BSP Sathish S4680.34%-0.17%
Independent Neelakandan G3280.24%
Independent Karunanidhi K2240.16%
Margin of victory3,3222.43%-21.26%
Turnout 136,45063.47%-4.84%
Registered electors 214,976
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -13.62%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK V. Neelakandan 72,88758.87
INC Dr. C. Natesan43,54635.17
BJP E. Karunanidhi3,5612.88
IJK Ajitha7560.61
Majority29,34123.70
Turnout 1,23,87168.35New
AIADMK win (new seat)

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References

  1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  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. 15. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

2. http://www.elections.in/tamil-nadu/assembly-constituencies/thiru-vi-ka-nagar.html