Anna Nagar Assembly constituency

Anna Nagar is a state assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 21. It includes the locality, Anna Nagar, which is in Chennai. It is part of the Chennai Central parliamentary constituency. Anna Nagar was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 21 Anna Nagar Assembly constituency is composed of Ward 66-70 & 73-75 of Greater Chennai Corporation.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Year	Winner
Sixth	1977	M. Karunanidhi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980	M. Karunanidhi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984	So. Ma. Ramachandran	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989	K. Anbazhagan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991	A. Chellakumar	Indian National Congress
Eleventh	1996	Arcot N. Veeraswami	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001	Arcot N. Veeraswami	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006	Arcot N. Veeraswami	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011	S. Gokula Indira	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016	M. K. Mohan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021	M. K. Mohan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			48.95%
2016			41.59%
2011			58.67%
2006			46.20%
2001			48.20%
1996			67.05%
1991			57.29%
1989			49.94%
1984			52.59%
1980			48.97%
1977			50.10%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anna Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. K. Mohan	80,054	48.95%	+7.36
	AIADMK	S. Gokula Indira	52,609	32.17%	-8.78
	MNM	V. Ponraj	17,522	10.71%	New
	NTK	S. Shankar	10,406	6.36%	+4.67
	NOTA	NOTA	1,545	0.94%	-1.39
	AMMK	K. N. Gunasekaran	1,169	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			27,445	16.78%	16.14%
Turnout			163,551	57.18%	-2.81%
Rejected ballots			726	0.44%
Registered electors			286,039
	DMK hold		Swing	7.36%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anna Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. K. Mohan	70,812	41.59%	*New*
	AIADMK	S. Gokula Indira	69,726	40.95%	-17.73
	BJP	K. Suresh	8,832	5.19%	+2.7
	MDMK	Mallika Dayalan	6,384	3.75%	New
	PMK	A. M. Akhilesh	5,402	3.17%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	3,970	2.33%	New
	NTK	N. Amutha	2,885	1.69%	New
Margin of victory			1,086	0.64%	-23.50%
Turnout			170,281	59.99%	-6.85%
Registered electors			283,857
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-17.09%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anna Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Gokula Indira	88,954	58.67%	*New*
	INC	V. K. Arivazhagan	52,364	34.54%	New
	BJP	P. K. Haribabu	3,769	2.49%	-1.16
Margin of victory			36,590	24.13%	18.42%
Turnout			151,608	66.84%	5.43%
Registered electors			226,836
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	12.47%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anna Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Arcot N. Veeraswami	100,099	46.20%	-2
	MDMK	Vijaya Thayanban	87,709	40.48%	+36.3
	LKPT	K. Rajamany	11,665	5.38%	New
	BJP	H. V. Hande	7,897	3.64%	New
	DMDK	K. Senthamarai Kannan	6,594	3.04%	New
Margin of victory			12,390	5.72%	2.24%
Turnout			216,659	61.41%	18.81%
Registered electors			352,829
	DMK hold		Swing	-2.00%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anna Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Arcot N. Veeraswami	77,353	48.20%	-18.84
	PMK	C. Arumugam	71,775	44.73%	+43.06
	MDMK	C. Appandurai	6,708	4.18%	New
	NCP	M. Kumaran	854	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			5,578	3.48%	-41.10%
Turnout			160,469	42.59%	-12.03%
Registered electors			376,745
	DMK hold		Swing	-18.84%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anna Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Arcot N. Veeraswami	103,819	67.05%	+30.47
	INC	R. Balasubramanian	34,802	22.48%	-34.81
	CPI(M)	K. Varadarajan	7,203	4.65%	New
	BJP	V. Elumalai	3,625	2.34%	-0.72
	PMK	V. J. Pandian	2,576	1.66%	New
Margin of victory			69,017	44.57%	23.86%
Turnout			154,842	54.62%	3.72%
Registered electors			289,232
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	9.76%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anna Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Chellakumar	75,512	57.29%	+41.14
	DMK	S. M. Ramachandran	48,214	36.58%	-13.37
	BJP	S. P. Ramakrishnan Alias Ramki	4,031	3.06%	New
	PMK	G. Selvam Alias Tamil Selvam	2,498	1.90%	New
Margin of victory			27,298	20.71%	-1.96%
Turnout			131,814	50.90%	-13.66%
Registered electors			262,348
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	7.34%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anna Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Anbazhagan	71,401	49.94%	-2.64
	AIADMK	V. Sukumar Babu	38,994	27.28%	-18.95
	INC	G. Lakshmanan	23,083	16.15%	New
	AIADMK	V. Kothadaraman	7,089	4.96%	-41.27
Margin of victory			32,407	22.67%	16.31%
Turnout			142,965	64.56%	1.76%
Registered electors			223,765
	DMK hold		Swing	-2.64%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anna Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. M. Ramachandran	63,854	52.59%	+3.61
	AIADMK	V. Kothandaraman	56,128	46.22%	-2.08
Margin of victory			7,726	6.36%	5.70%
Turnout			121,427	62.79%	0.54%
Registered electors			196,896
	DMK hold		Swing	3.61%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Anna Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Karunanidhi	51,290	48.97%	-1.13
	AIADMK	H. V. Hande	50,591	48.31%	+17.32
	JP	R. Jebamani	2,335	2.23%	New
Margin of victory			699	0.67%	-18.45%
Turnout			104,731	62.25%	13.61%