Thiruporur Assembly constituency

Thiruporur
Thiruporur
Constituency No. 33 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chengalpattu
Lok Sabha constituency	Kancheepuram
Established	1951
Total electors	2,94,620
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent S. S. Balaji
Party	VCK
Elected year	2021

Last updated March 24, 2025

Thiruporur is a state assembly constituency in Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu, India.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 33. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	M. R. Ramachandran		Indian National Congress
1967	M. Adhi		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	M. Munu Adhi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	G. Chokkalingam
1980	G. Chokkalingam
1984	Thamizhmani	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	D. Thirumurthy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	D. Dhanpal	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	G. Chokkalingam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	S. Kanitha Sampath	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	D. Moorthy	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2011	K. Manoharan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	M. Kothandapani - Disqualification by Assembly Speaker 2017^[3]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019 by-election	L. Idhayavarman ^[4]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	S. S. Balaji	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			41.80%
2019 by-election			47.53%
2016			34.91%
2011			53.06%
2006			45.07%
2001			54.64%
1996			50.77%
1991			56.55%
1989			40.65%
1984			47.28%
1980			50.63%
1977			44.78%
1971			57.00%
1967			60.03%
1952			37.47%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruporur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	VCK	S. S. Balaji	93,954	41.80%
	PMK	K. Arumugam	92,007	40.94%
	NTK	S. Mohana Sundari	20,428	9.09%	8.18%
	MNM	Lavanya. N	8,194	3.65%
	AMMK	Kothandapani. M	7,662	3.41%
	NOTA	Nota	1,982	0.88%	−0.17%
	BSP	V. K. Pakkiri Ambadkar	1,135	0.51%	0.36%
Margin of victory			1,947	0.87%	0.39%
Turnout			2,24,747	76.28%	−2.81%
Rejected ballots			101	0.04%
Registered electors			2,94,620
	VCK gain from DMK		Swing	6.90%

2019 by-election

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Thiruporur^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	L. Idhayavarman	103,248	47.53	+13.09
	AIADMK	S. Arumugam	82,235	37.86	+2.77
	AMMK	M. Kothandapani	11,936	5.49	+5.49
	NTK	S. Mohanasundari	9,910	4.56	+3.65
	MNM	U. Karunakaran	6,039	2.78	+2.78
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,243	1.03	+0.02
Majority			21,013	9.67	+9.20
Turnout			2,17,419	80.29	+1.20
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	+12.62

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruporur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Kothandapani	70,215	34.91%	−18.15%
	DMK	Viswanathan. V	69,265	34.44%
	PMK	Vasu. K	28,125	13.98%
	MDMK	Sathya. C. E	25,539	12.70%
	BJP	Rangaswamy. V. G	2,605	1.30%	0.30%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,116	1.05%
	NTK	Ellalan Yusuf. I	1,836	0.91%
Margin of victory			950	0.47%	−11.06%
Turnout			2,01,141	79.09%	−3.53%
Registered electors			2,54,307
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-18.15%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruporur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Manoharan	84,169	53.06%	14.24%
	PMK	K. Arumugam	65,881	41.53%
	Puratchi Bharatham	G. Sivalingam	1,598	1.01%
	BJP	N. Gopalakrishnan	1,579	1.00%	−0.22%
	Independent	G. Rajamuthu	1,367	0.86%
	Independent	S. Anandbabu	902	0.57%
	BSP	S. Saravanan	807	0.51%	−0.21%
Margin of victory			18,288	11.53%	5.28%
Turnout			1,92,007	82.62%	17.00%
Registered electors			1,58,639
	AIADMK gain from PMK		Swing	7.99%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruporur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	Moorthy. D	73,328	45.07%
	AIADMK	Dhanapal. M	63,164	38.82%	−15.82%
	DMDK	Kannappan. K	19,227	11.82%
	BJP	Ponvaratharajan. M	1,979	1.22%
	BSP	Srinivasan. M	1,177	0.72%
	CPI(ML)L	Eraniappan. C	955	0.59%	−0.61%
	Independent	Jagadeesan. V	926	0.57%
Margin of victory			10,164	6.25%	−11.88%
Turnout			1,62,708	65.62%	7.54%
Registered electors			2,47,954
	PMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-9.57%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruporur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Kanitha Sampath	74,716	54.64%	29.81%
	DMK	Nagarajan C	49,926	36.51%	−14.26%
	MDMK	Seeman P	5,082	3.72%	−5.49%
	Independent	Anandan. V	2,711	1.98%
	Puratchi Bharatham	Udayakumar N	2,676	1.96%
	CPI(ML)L	Eraniappan C	1,636	1.20%	0.34%
Margin of victory			24,790	18.13%	−7.82%
Turnout			1,36,747	58.08%	−10.71%
Registered electors			2,35,443
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	3.87%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruporur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Chockalingam	62,414	50.77%	22.90%
	AIADMK	Loganathan. N. K.	30,518	24.82%	−31.73%
	PMK	Narayanasamy. K. @ Maniarasu	13,960	11.36%
	MDMK	Sathiyaseelan. E.	11,322	9.21%
	Independent	Viswanathan. D.	1,770	1.44%
	BJP	Mani. M. G.	1,144	0.93%	0.26%
	CPI(ML)L	Iraniappan. C.	1,049	0.85%
Margin of victory			31,896	25.95%	−2.74%
Turnout			1,22,935	68.79%	0.40%
Registered electors			1,88,360
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-5.78%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruporur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Dhanpal	60,262	56.55%	20.15%
	DMK	G. Chockalingam	29,698	27.87%	−12.78%
	PMK	C. Palanisamy	15,529	14.57%
	BJP	A. Veerabadran	714	0.67%	0.15%
Margin of victory			30,564	28.68%	24.44%
Turnout			1,06,559	68.39%	8.18%
Registered electors			1,59,767
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	15.90%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruporur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Thirumurthy. D. M	33,638	40.65%	1.36%
	AIADMK	Govindarajan. M. M	30,126	36.41%	−10.87%
	AIADMK	Thamizh Mani. V. M	9,479	11.46%	−35.82%
	INC	Mnusamy. K. M	7,795	9.42%
	BJP	Mani. M. G. M	433	0.52%	−0.11%
Margin of victory			3,512	4.24%	−3.75%
Turnout			82,749	60.21%	−14.87%
Registered electors			1,40,584
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-6.63%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruporur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Thamizhmani	38,075	47.28%	0.14%
	DMK	Chokkalingam. G.	31,641	39.29%	−11.34%
	Independent	Govindarasan. M.	9,959	12.37%
	BJP	Rajamani. D.	513	0.64%
	Independent	Kuppan	345	0.43%
Margin of victory			6,434	7.99%	4.50%
Turnout			80,533	75.08%	11.17%
Registered electors			1,13,888
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-3.35%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruporur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Chockalingam	33,287	50.63%	5.85%
	AIADMK	Govindarasan. M	30,990	47.13%	6.13%
	Independent	Dhanapal. V	572	0.87%
	Independent	Jayachandran. N	562	0.85%
	Independent	Krishnan. N	338	0.51%
Margin of victory			2,297	3.49%	−0.28%
Turnout			65,749	63.92%	5.56%
Registered electors			1,04,235
	DMK hold		Swing	5.85%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruporur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. Chockalingam	24,932	44.78%	−12.22%
	AIADMK	T. Radha	22,831	41.00%
	JP	R. Dakshinamoorthy	5,910	10.61%
	RPI(A)	G. Naghamani	712	1.28%
	Independent	N. Jayachandran	672	1.21%
	Independent	B. Sahadevan	466	0.84%
Margin of victory			2,101	3.77%	−17.84%
Turnout			55,682	58.36%	−12.13%
Registered electors			97,060
	DMK hold		Swing	-12.22%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiruporur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M Munu Adhi	40,187	57.00%	−3.03%
	INC	T M Dhanapal	24,950	35.39%	0.60%
	Independent	K Kuppan	4,223	5.99%
	Independent	Sagadevan B	706	1.00%
	Independent	P A Appadurai	441	0.63%
Margin of victory			15,237	21.61%	−3.62%
Turnout			70,507	70.48%	−5.74%
Registered electors			1,04,099
	DMK hold		Swing	-3.03%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiruporur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	M. Adhi	39,047	60.03%
	INC	N. M. Manivarama	22,631	34.79%
	Independent	Bupathy	2,039	3.13%
	Independent	Sahadevan	1,334	2.05%
Margin of victory			16,416	25.24%
Turnout			65,051	76.23%
Registered electors			88,914
	DMK hold		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiruporur^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. R. Ramachandran	9,580	37.47%	37.47%
	RPI	S. Murugesa Mudaliar	4,527	17.70%
	KMPP	M. V. Ganapathi Nayakar	3,790	14.82%
	Independent	C. Deivasikhamani	3,644	14.25%
	Socialist	T. K. Krishnaswami	2,731	10.68%
	Independent	C. M. Nagappan	1,298	5.08%
Margin of victory			5,053	19.76%
Turnout			25,570	37.88%
Registered electors			67,495
	INC win (new seat)

References

↑ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
↑ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 33. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
↑ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
↑ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

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[1] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[2] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

[3] "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 33. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[4] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[5] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[6] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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