Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar
Constituency No. 15 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChennai
LS constituencyChennai North
Total electors219,399[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  DMK
Elected year2021

Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (SC) is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, formed after constituency delimitation. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 15. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes.[2] It is included in the Chennai North parliamentary constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Although it is named after the neighbourhood of Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar, that area is not included in the constituency but rather in the Kolathur constituency. Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar constituency comprises:

Members of the Assembly

Year Winner Party
2011 V. Neelakandan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 P. Sivakumar[3] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
 61.61%
2016
 
 45.25%
2011
 
 58.87%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK P. Sivakumar 81,727 61.61% +16.36
AIADMK P. L. Kalyani 26,714 20.14% -22.68
NTK Dr. R. Illavanji 10,921 8.23% +6.89
MNM S. Obath 9,710 7.32% New
DMDK M. P. Sekar 1,787 1.35% New
NOTA NOTA 1,046 0.79% -1.18
Margin of victory 55,013 41.47% 39.04%
Turnout 132,650 60.46% -3.01%
Rejected ballots 184 0.14%
Registered electors 219,399
DMK hold Swing 16.36%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK P. Sivakumar 61,744 45.25% New
AIADMK V. Neelakandan 58,422 42.82% -16.06
CPI(M) Suganthi 5,702 4.18% New
NOTA NOTA 2,685 1.97% New
PMK D. Vanithamani 2,056 1.51% New
NTK Gowri 1,831 1.34% New
SDPI Pushparaj 925 0.68% New
Margin of victory 3,322 2.43% -21.26%
Turnout 136,450 63.47% -4.84%
Registered electors 214,976
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -13.62%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. Neelakandan 72,887 58.87% New
INC Dr. C. Natesan 43,546 35.17% New
BJP E. Karunanidhi 3,561 2.88% New
IJK Ajitha 756 0.61% New
BSP C. Sakthivel 630 0.51% New
Margin of victory 29,341 23.70%
Turnout 123,807 68.31%
Registered electors 181,243
AIADMK win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. ^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
  3. ^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 15. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar Election Result". Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  6. ^ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

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