Chengalpattu Assembly constituency

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Chengalpattu is a state assembly constituency in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 32. It comprises a portion of Chengalpattu taluk and is a part of the Kancheepuram constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Madras State

Year Winner Party
1952 K. Vinayakam Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1957 Appavu and Muthuswamy Naicker Indian National Congress
1962 C. G. Viswanathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967 C. G. Viswanathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year Winner Party
1971 C. G. Viswanathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984 P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 V. Tamilmani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 C. D. Varadarajan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 V. Tamilmani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 K. Arumugam Pattali Makkal Katchi
2006 K. Arumugam Pattali Makkal Katchi
2011 D. Murugesan Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016 M. Varalakshmi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 M. Varalakshmi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
48.18%
2016
45.11%
2011
44.58%
2006
48.37%
2001
43.50%
1996
57.53%
1991
48.65%
1989
45.73%
1984
50.14%
1980
53.07%
1977
43.50%
1971
62.09%
1967
62.77%
1962
50.32%
1957
24.73%
1952
45.38%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chengalpattu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK M. Varalakshmi 130,573 48.18% 3.07%
AIADMK Gajendran. M 1,03,908 38.34% 3.76%
NTK Sanjeevinathan. K 26,868 9.91% 8.30%
IJK Muthamilselvan. S 4,146 1.53%
NOTA Nota 3,075 1.13% -0.30%
AMMK Sathishkumar. A 3,069 1.13%
Margin of victory 26,665 9.84% -0.69%
Turnout 2,71,012 63.26% -4.04%
Rejected ballots 479 0.18%
Registered electors 4,28,379
DMK hold Swing 3.07%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chengalpattu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK M. Varalakshmi 112,675 45.11%
AIADMK Kamalakkannan. R 86,383 34.58%
PMK Arumugam. K 20,899 8.37%
DMDK D. Murugesan 17,438 6.98% -37.59%
NTK Sanjeevinathan. K 4,035 1.62%
NOTA None Of The Above 3,584 1.43%
IJK Muthamilselvan. S 1,517 0.61%
BSP Ajay. S 577 0.23% -0.39%
Independent Venkatesan. E 467 0.19%
Independent Durairaj. L 439 0.18%
Independent Varalakshmi. K 406 0.16%
Margin of victory 26,292 10.53% 10.37%
Turnout 2,49,774 67.30% -6.73%
Registered electors 3,71,109
DMK gain from DMDK Swing 0.54%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chengalpattu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMDK D. Murugesan 83,297 44.58% 37.63%
PMK V. G. Rangasamy 83,006 44.42%
M. Panneer Selvam 4,124 2.21%
BJP K. T. Raghavan 4,073 2.18% 1.60%
Independent R. Murugan 3,597 1.92%
IJK S. Muthamilselvan 3,265 1.75%
BSP L. Durairaj 1,167 0.62% 0.17%
PB K. Somasundaram 1,040 0.56%
Independent R. Venkatesan 902 0.48%
Independent K. Ayyanarappan 641 0.34%
Independent M. Kuppan 419 0.22%
Margin of victory 291 0.16% -7.86%
Turnout 2,52,409 74.03% 2.61%
Registered electors 1,86,867
DMDK gain from PMK Swing -3.80%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chengalpattu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PMK Arumugam. K 61,664 48.37%
AIADMK Arumugam. S 51,451 40.36%
DMDK Manjula . S 8,852 6.94%
Independent Jeevarathinam. M 1,880 1.47%
Independent Prakashbabu. P 871 0.68%
BJP Sriram. N 736 0.58%
BSP Amoor Beemrao. A 575 0.45%
Vedapuri. M 315 0.25%
Independent Durairaj. V 261 0.20%
Paramasivem. N 179 0.14%
SP Thulasiammal . R 175 0.14%
Margin of victory 10,213 8.01% 3.74%
Turnout 1,27,475 71.43% 12.30%
Registered electors 1,78,466
PMK hold Swing 4.87%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chengalpattu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PMK Arumugam K 52,465 43.50%
DMK Viswanathan V 47,316 39.23% -18.30%
MDMK Sathya E 15,617 12.95% 7.95%
Independent Venkatesan V 1,663 1.38%
PB Ramesh K 990 0.82%
Independent Subramanian E 826 0.68%
Gopalakrishnan N 572 0.47%
JD(S) Balaraman . S 507 0.42%
Independent Ramadoss. R 343 0.28%
Independent Amul Rani R 308 0.26%
Margin of victory 5,149 4.27% -27.60%
Turnout 1,20,607 59.13% -9.57%
Registered electors 2,04,010
PMK gain from DMK Swing -14.03%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chengalpattu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK V. Tamilmani 66,443 57.53% 24.69%
AIADMK Kumarasamy. C. V. N. 29,638 25.66% -22.98%
PMK Bhaskaran. C. R. 11,969 10.36%
MDMK Radhakrishnan. N. 5,776 5.00%
BJP Veeraraghavan. N. J. 848 0.73% -0.45%
Independent Sekar. M. 132 0.11%
Independent Rajendran. O.

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chengalpattu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK C. D. Varadarajan 51,694 48.65% 22.10%
DMK V. Tamilmani 34,896 32.84% -12.89%
PMK Baskaran C. R. 17,725 16.68%
BJP Elumalai A. N. 1,262 1.19%
Independent Selvam N. 196 0.18%
Independent Dhandapani N. 158 0.15%
Independent Durairaj L. 139 0.13%
Independent Arunachalam D. 93 0.09%
Independent Venkatasubbaiah J. 59 0.06%
Independent Abdulhameed M. G. 44 0.04%
Margin of victory 16,798 15.81% -3.38%
Turnout 1,06,266 68.22% 6.71%
Registered electors 1,59,450
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 2.91%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chengalpattu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK V. Tamilmani 38,948 45.73% -3.06%
AIADMK C. D. Varadarajan 22,607 26.54% -23.60%
INC R. Vasudevan 12,866 15.11%
AIADMK Ponkumar 5,342 6.27% -43.87%
Independent T. Munusamy 3,545 4.16%
Independent M. Rajendran 456 0.54%
Independent M. Sekar 326 0.38%
Independent B. Sagadevan 218 0.26%
Independent S. Narendran 217 0.25%
Independent M. Prabakaran 175 0.21%
Independent T. V. Jegannathen 169 0.20%
Margin of victory 16,341 19.19% 17.84%
Turnout 85,167 61.51% -15.69%
Registered electors 1,41,410
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -4.41%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chengalpattu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan 45,423 50.14% -2.93%
DMK Rudrakotti. V. 44,203 48.80%
Independent Sagadevan. B. 373 0.41%
Independent Paramanandam. N. S. 321 0.35%
Independent Abdul Hameed. M. G. 267 0.29%
Margin of victory 1,220 1.35% -5.41%
Turnout 90,587 77.20% 15.31%
Registered electors 1,20,202
AIADMK hold Swing -2.93%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chengalpattu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan 40,466 53.07% 9.58%
INC Natarajan. K 35,314 46.32% 39.97%
Independent Ramachandran. S. P 465 0.61%
Margin of victory 5,152 6.76% 1.01%
Turnout 76,245 61.89% 0.00%
Registered electors 1,24,925
AIADMK hold Swing 9.58%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chengalpattu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan 29,306 43.50%
DMK V. Rudrakotti 25,436 37.75% -24.34%
JP B.S. Raghupathy 6,942 10.30%
INC P. Dhanpal Nayagar 4,275 6.34% -20.73%
Independent N.E. Mahboob Basha 611 0.91%
Independent M. Vedachalam 504 0.75%
Independent S.A. Kali Nayagar 303 0.45%
Margin of victory 3,870 5.74% -29.28%
Turnout 67,377 61.89% -10.21%
Registered electors 1,10,575
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -18.60%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Chengalpattu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK C G Vishwanathan 41,949 62.09% -0.68%
INC S T Neelakantan 18,290 27.07% -1.66%
Independent P Ramakrishnan 3,748 5.55%
Independent U T Krishnasamy 1,455 2.15%
Independent P Ramasamy 1,264 1.87%
Independent S K Sunder Raj 345 0.51%
Independent A Chinnapayyan 285 0.42%
Independent N S Paramanandam 222 0.33%
Margin of victory 23,659 35.02% 0.98%
Turnout 67,558 72.10% -6.93%
Registered electors 98,995
DMK hold Swing -0.68%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Chengalpattu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK C. G. Viswanathan 43,428 62.77% 12.45%
INC T. Naicker 19,879 28.73% -17.76%
Independent Narasimhan 5,879 8.50%
Margin of victory 23,549 34.04% 30.21%
Turnout 69,186 79.03% 2.85%
Registered electors 90,773
DMK hold Swing 12.45%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Chengalpattu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK C. G. Viswanathan 27,933 50.32%
INC G. Rajarathana Nayagar 25,809 46.50% 21.77%
Independent T. M. Ramaswamy 1,767 3.18%
Margin of victory 2,124 3.83% 3.16%
Turnout 55,509 76.18% 0.88%
Registered electors 76,741
DMK gain from INC Swing 25.59%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Chengalpattu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Muthuswamy Naickar 26,568 24.73% -1.35%
INC Appavu (Sc) 25,854 24.06% -2.01%
Independent Ramachandran 22,884 21.30%
Independent Rathinam (Sc) 21,682 20.18%
Independent Paramasivan (Sc) 10,453 9.73%
Margin of victory 714 0.66% -18.64%
Turnout 1,07,441 75.29% 30.60%
Registered electors 1,42,694
INC gain from KMPP Swing -20.65%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Chengalpattu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
KMPP K. Vinayakam 14,681 45.38%
INC U. L. Raja 8,435 26.07% 26.07%
RPI Paramasivam 3,185 9.85%
Independent M. Palaniswamy 1,964 6.07%
Govindarajulu Reddiar 1,643 5.08%
Independent Elumalai Naicker 1,276 3.94%
Independent P. V. Srinivasan 1,167 3.61%
Margin of victory 6,246 19.31%
Turnout 32,351 44.69%
Registered electors 72,383