Thiruvottiyur Assembly constituency

Thiruvottiyur is a state assembly constituency in Chennai district in Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 10. It consists of a portion of Tiruvottiyur taluk. It falls under Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1967	A. P. Arasu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	M. V. Narayanasamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	P. Sigamony	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	Kumari Ananthan	Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress
1982	U Thangasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	G. K. J. Baarathi	Indian National Congress
1989	T. K. Palanisamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	K. Kuppan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	T. C. Vijayan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	T. Arumugam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	K. P. P. Samy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	K. Kuppan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	K. P. P. Samy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	K. P. Shankar	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

^† Assassinated or died in office

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			44.34%
2016			43.25%
2011			57.03%
2006			46.34%
2001			54.94%
1996			64.19%
1991			56.54%
1989			45.58%
1984			54.26%
1980			47.36%
1977			31.29%
1971			53.74%
1967			61.23%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiruvottiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. P. Shankar	88,185	44.34%	+1.09
	AIADMK	K. Kuppan	50,524	25.40%	-15.29
	NTK	Seeman	48,597	24.43%	+22.35
	MNM	D. Mohan	7,053	3.55%	New
	AMMK	M. Soundara Pandian	1,417	0.71%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,111	0.56%	-0.98
Margin of victory			37,661	18.94%	16.38%
Turnout			198,885	64.99%	-1.93%
Rejected ballots			81	0.04%
Registered electors			306,004
	DMK hold		Swing	1.09%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiruvottiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. P. P. Samy	82,205	43.25%	+2.79
	AIADMK	B. Balraj	77,342	40.69%	-16.34
	DMDK	A. V. Arumugam	13,463	7.08%	New
	PMK	R. Vasanthakumari	4,025	2.12%	New
	NTK	R. Gokul	3,961	2.08%	New
	BJP	M. Sivakumar	3,313	1.74%	+0.7
	NOTA	NOTA	2,917	1.53%	New
Margin of victory			4,863	2.56%	-14.01%
Turnout			190,061	66.92%	-7.45%
Registered electors			284,010
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-13.78%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiruvottiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Kuppan	93,944	57.03%	+11.7
	DMK	K. P. P. Samy	66,653	40.47%	-5.87
	BJP	V. Venkata Krishnan	1,719	1.04%	+0.17
Margin of victory			27,291	16.57%	15.56%
Turnout			164,716	74.37%	5.57%
Registered electors			221,495
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	10.69%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiruvottiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. P. P. Samy	158,204	46.34%	*New*
	AIADMK	V. Moorthy	154,757	45.33%	-9.61
	DMDK	S. Murugan	21,915	6.42%	New
	BJP	K. Ganesan	2,977	0.87%	New
Margin of victory			3,447	1.01%	-15.42%
Turnout			341,402	68.79%	20.94%
Registered electors			496,267
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-8.60%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiruvottiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. Arumugam	113,808	54.94%	+32.28
	Independent	Kumari Ananthan	79,767	38.50%	New
	MDMK	S. G. Sekar	8,483	4.09%	New
	Independent	Bullet J. Selvaraj	2,221	1.07%	New
	JD(S)	S. Gunasekaran	1,446	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			34,041	16.43%	-25.10%
Turnout			207,167	47.85%	-10.10%
Registered electors			432,947
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-9.25%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiruvottiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. C. Vijayan	115,939	64.19%	+25.65
	AIADMK	B. Balraj	40,917	22.65%	-33.88
	CPI(M)	A. Soundararajan	16,329	9.04%	New
	PMK	T. Velmurugan	4,559	2.52%	New
	BJP	S. Nallasivam	1,511	0.84%	-0.16
Margin of victory			75,022	41.53%	23.54%
Turnout			180,624	57.95%	-1.04%
Registered electors			319,663
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	7.65%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiruvottiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Kuppan	85,823	56.54%	+25.12
	DMK	T. K. Pallanisamy	58,501	38.54%	-7.04
	PMK	T. Abbu Gounder	4,796	3.16%	New
	BJP	R. Annamalai	1,513	1.00%	New
Margin of victory			27,322	18.00%	3.84%
Turnout			151,797	58.99%	-8.11%
Registered electors			262,462
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	10.96%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiruvottiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. K. Palanisamy	67,849	45.58%	+0.89
	AIADMK	J. Rama Chandran	46,777	31.42%	New
	INC	G. K. J. Bharathi	19,782	13.29%	-40.98
	Independent	K. V. P. Bhoominathan	10,863	7.30%	New
	Independent	S. Thangal Mathialagan	786	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			21,072	14.16%	4.57%
Turnout			148,866	67.10%	-5.61%
Registered electors			225,272
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-8.69%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiruvottiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. K. J. Baarathi	65,194	54.26%	+10.28
	DMK	T. K. Palaniswamy	53,684	44.68%	New
Margin of victory			11,510	9.58%	6.20%
Turnout			120,141	72.71%	5.58%
Registered electors			167,640
	INC gain from GKC		Swing	6.90%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiruvottiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	GKC	Kumari Ananthan	48,451	47.36%	*New*
	INC	T. Loganathan	44,993	43.98%	New
	JP	T. P. Elumalai	8,604	8.41%	New
Margin of victory			3,458	3.38%	0.47%
Turnout			102,296	67.13%	9.35%
Registered electors			153,890
	GKC gain from AIADMK		Swing	16.08%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiruvottiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Sigamony	26,458	31.29%	*New*
	DMK	M. V. Narayanaswamy	23,995	28.37%	-25.36
	Independent	C. K. Madhavan	16,888	19.97%	New
	JP	B. Mutuswamy Naidu	16,800	19.87%	New
Margin of victory			2,463	2.91%	-13.89%
Turnout			84,567	57.77%	-9.23%
Registered electors			148,299
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-22.45%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiruvottiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. V. Narayanaswamy	51,487	53.74%	-7.5
	INC	Venkatesalu Naidu	35,391	36.94%	-1.83
	CPI(M)	C. K. Madhavan	8,057	8.41%	New
	Independent	Suriyamuthu	877	0.92%	New
Margin of victory			16,096	16.80%	-5.67%
Turnout			95,812	67.00%	-8.52%
Registered electors			149,448
	DMK hold		Swing	-7.50%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Thiruvottiyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. P. Arasu	51,437	61.23%	*New*
	INC	V. Venkateswaralu	32,564	38.77%	New
Margin of victory			18,873	22.47%
Turnout			84,001	75.52%
Registered electors			114,201
	DMK win (new seat)