Thiyagarayanagar (state assembly constituency)

Thiyagarayanagar
Thiyagarayanagar
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
LS constituency	Chennai South
Total electors	2,45,005
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Karunanithi J
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Last updated March 28, 2022

Thiyagarayanagar is the legislative assembly constituency located in the southern part of Chennai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a part of Chennai South parliamentary constituency during national elections. Thiyagarayanagar is in existence since 1957 election. It currently covers T. Nagar and adjacent localities, such as Pondy Bazaar, Kodambakkam, Ashok Nagar, KK Nagar, MGR Nagar, Vadapalani and West Mambalam.^[2]

Madras State

Year	Winner
1957	K. Vinayakam	Indian National Congress
1962	Kanchi Manimozhiyar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	M. P. Sivagnanam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Year	Winner
Fifth	1971	K. M. Subramaniam	Indian National Congress
Sixth	1977	R. E. Chandran Jayapal	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980	K. Sourirajan	Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984	K. Sourirajan	Indian National Congress
Ninth	1989	S. A. Ganesan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991	S. Jayakumar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996	A. Chellakumar	Tamil Maanila Congress
Twelfth	2001	J. Anbazhagan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006	V. P. Kalairajan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011	V. P. Kalairajan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016	B. Sathyanarayanan ^[3]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021	J. Karunanidhi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	J. Karunanithi	56,035	40.57
	AIADMK	B. Sathiyanarayanan	55,898	40.47
	MNM	Pala. Karuppiah	14,567	10.55
	NTK	Sivasankari S	8,284	6.00
	None of the Above	None Of The Above	1,617	1.17
Margin of victory			137	0.10
Turnout			1,38,198	56.40
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	B. Sathyanarayanan	53,207	37.47	-21.01
	DMK	Dr. Kanimozhi NVN Somu	50,052	35.25	+35.25
	BJP	H. Raja	19,888	14.01	+10.48
	DMDK	V. Kumar	6,210	4.37	+4.37
	PMK	V. Vinoth	5,071	3.57	+3.57
Margin of victory			3,155	2.22	-22.80
Turnout			1,42,015	57.94	-8.68
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-21.01

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. P. Kalairajan	75,883	58.48	+9.91
	INC	A. Chellakumar	43,421	33.46	+33.46
	BJP	K. Ravichandran	4,575	3.53	+0.76
	IND	Traffic Ramaswamy	1,305	1.01	+1.01
	IJK	G. Sarada	958	0.78	+0.78
Margin of victory			32,462	25.02	+14.22
Turnout			1,29,851	66.62	+3.73
	AIADMK hold		Swing	+9.91

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. P. Kalairajan	74,131
	DMK	J. Anbazhagan	57,654

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Thiyagarayanagar^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	K. Vinayakam	16,813	45.10%
	Independent	A. S. Jesupatham	12,170	32.65%
	Independent	S. Krishnamoorthy	8,296	22.25%
Margin of victory			4,643	12.45%
Turnout			37,279	33.35%
Registered electors			1,11,797
	INC win (new seat)

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References

↑ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
↑ MS, Nileena (14 January 2016). "T Nagar: Tired of civic problems, will residents opt for NOTA?". Citizen Matters, Chennai. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
↑ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 24. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

"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] MS, Nileena (14 January 2016). "T Nagar: Tired of civic problems, will residents opt for NOTA?". Citizen Matters, Chennai. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

[3] "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 24. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[4] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

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