Tiruvarur (state assembly constituency)

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Tiruvarur
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State Tamil Nadu
Established1971-present
Total electors2,53,030 [1]
ReservationGeneral
Most successful party DMK (8 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAPoondi. Kalaivanan
Party DMK
Elected year 2019

Tiruvarur is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu. [2] It is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency. Changed as General Constituency from 2011 general elections. It consists of Thiruvarur, Koradacherry and part of Kodavasal panchayat union.

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Madras State

YearWinnerParty
1962 C. M. Ambikapathy Indian National Congress
1967 P.S.Dhanushkodi Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Tamil Nadu

YearWinnerParty
1971 Karunanidhi thazhai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 Karunanithi thazhai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 M. Sellamuthu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1984 M. Sellamuthu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1989 V. Thambusamy Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991 V. Thambusamy Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996 A. Asokan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 A. Asokan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 U. Mathivanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011 M. Karunanidhi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 M. Karunanidhi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019* K. Poondi Kalaivanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 K. Poondi Kalaivanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvarur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK K. Poondi Kalaivanan 1,08,90652.29
AIADMK A.N.R.Pannerselvam 57,73227.72
NTK R.Vinothini 26,30012.63
SDPI M.A.Naseema Banu 6,3643.06
MNM Kabilrasan4,0681.95
Majority51,174
Turnout 2,08,290
DMK hold Swing

Bypoll 2019

Bye-election, 2019: Thiruvarur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK K. Poondi Kalaivanan 1,17,61657.00
AIADMK R. Jeevanantham53,04525.71
AMMK S. Kamaraj 19,1339.27
NTK R. Vinothini8,1443.95
MNM K. Arun Chidambaram4,2512.06
NOTA None of the Above 1,4130.68
Majority64,57131.29
Turnout 2,06,348
DMK hold Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruvarur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK M. Karunanidhi
AIADMK

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References

  1. "Assembly wise final electoral count-29April2016" (PDF). Tamil Nadu Election Commission. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  2. "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.