Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar Assembly constituency

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Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar
Constituency No. 15 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Tamil Nadu
District Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency Chennai North
Established2008
Total electors219,399 [1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  DMK
Elected year2021

Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (SC) is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, formed after the constituency delimitation in 2008. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 15. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. [2] It is included in Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Contents

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

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 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK P. Sivakumar 81,727 61.61% +16.36
AIADMK P. L. Kalyani26,71420.14%−22.68
NTK Dr. R. Illavanji10,9218.23%+6.89
MNM S. Obath9,7107.32%New
DMDK M. P. Sekar1,7871.35%New
NOTA NOTA1,0460.79%−1.18
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 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK P. Sivakumar 61,744 45.25% New
AIADMK V. Neelakandan 58,42242.82%−16.06
CPI(M) Suganthi5,7024.18%New
NOTA NOTA2,6851.97%New
PMK D. Vanithamani2,0561.51%New
NTK Gowri1,8311.34%New
SDPI Pushparaj9250.68%New
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 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK V. Neelakandan 72,887 58.87% New
INC Dr. C. Natesan43,54635.17%New
BJP E. Karunanidhi3,5612.88%New
IJK Ajitha7560.61%New
BSP C. Sakthivel6300.51%New
Margin of victory29,34123.70%
Turnout 123,80768.31%
Registered electors 181,243
AIADMK win (new seat)

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.
  4. "Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar Election Result" . Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  5. "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.
  6. 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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