Thiruporur Assembly constituency

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Thiruporur is a state assembly constituency in Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu, India. 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 Party
1971 M. Munu Adhi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 G. Chokkalingam
1980
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
By-Election 2019 L. Idhayavarman 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%

21st century

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
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%

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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%
PB 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%
PB 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%

20th century

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
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)