Purasawalkam (State Assembly Constituency)
Purusawalkam is a defunct legislative assembly constituency, that includes the locality, Purasawalkam of Chennai City and its surroundings. Purasawalkam assembly constituency was part of Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency). It was later divided between Egmore and newly created Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar assembly constituencies.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Madras State
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Bashyam Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | V. S. Govindarajan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Tamil Nadu
Election results
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Babu. V.S. | 90,140 | 53.74% | ||
| AIADMK | Venkateshbabu | 82,777 | 49.35% | ||
| DMDK | Jacquelene Gomez | 12,690 | 7.57% | ||
| BJP | Elumalai. V. | 2,019 | 1.20% | ||
| SWA | Kamalaakannan. J. | 769 | 0.46% | ||
| Independent | Raja. K. | 603 | 0.36% | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,363 | 4.39% | 1.74% | ||
| Turnout | 167,730 | 87.51% | −45.83% | ||
| DMK hold | Swing | 5.21% | |||
2001
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | B. Ranganathan | 69,681 | 48.53% | ||
| TMC(M) | Vetriivel P | 65,879 | 45.89% | ||
| MDMK | Gurunathan S | 4,902 | 3.41% | ||
| JD(S) | Antony Xavier R | 1,033 | 0.72% | ||
| Independent | Venkataramani J | 598 | 0.42% | ||
| Independent | Peter Solomon | 389 | 0.27% | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,802 | 2.65% | −49.58% | ||
| Turnout | 143,574 | 46.71% | −11.55% | ||
| DMK gain from TMC(M) | Swing | -22.07% | |||
1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMC(M) | B. Ranganathan | 98,157 | 70.61% | ||
| INC | Gnanam. J. Kathipara | 25,543 | 18.37% | ||
| BJP | Ethirajan. G. | 9,128 | 6.57% | ||
| MDMK | Dhakshina Murthy. K. | 2,623 | 1.89% | ||
| PMK | Nadesan. M. | 1,604 | 1.15% | ||
| Independent | Gnana Sekar. A. | 657 | 0.47% | ||
| Margin of victory | 72,614 | 52.23% | 34.39% | ||
| Turnout | 139,022 | 58.26% | 2.18% | ||
| TMC(M) gain from INC | Swing | 14.83% | |||
1991
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | B. Ranganathan | 71,391 | 39.68% | ||
| DMK | Arcot N. Veeraswami | 48,559 | 26.99% | ||
| PMK | Manivannan R. | 3,656 | 20.32% | ||
| BJP | Selvaraj B. | 3,120 | 17.34% | ||
| JP | Sagunthala B. | 243 | 1.35% | ||
| Independent | Elango S. | 206 | 1.14% | ||
| Margin of victory | 22,832 | 17.84% | −9.97% | ||
| Turnout | 127,992 | 56.08% | −12.16% | ||
| INC gain from DMK | Swing | 5.90% | |||
1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Arcot N. Veeraswami | 68,640 | 49.88% | ||
| AIADMK | B. Ranganathan | 30,376 | 22.07% | ||
| Independent | Anbarasu. C. | 29,962 | 21.77% | ||
| BJP | Purasai Kumaran | 5,169 | 3.76% | ||
| Independent | Meiyappan. R. | 1,130 | 0.82% | ||
| Independent | Mahendran. K. | 319 | 0.23% | ||
| Margin of victory | 38,264 | 27.81% | 24.04% | ||
| Turnout | 137,613 | 68.24% | 1.73% | ||
| DMK hold | Swing | -1.26% | |||
1984
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Nanjil K. Manoharan | 61,246 | 51.14% | ||
| AIADMK | Suppu. K. | 56,736 | 47.37% | ||
| Independent | Dhanapal R. H. | 482 | 0.40% | ||
| Independent | Manivannan. D. | 206 | 0.17% | ||
| Independent | Selyamary. S. | 200 | 0.17% | ||
| Independent | Munirathinam. E. | 196 | 0.16% | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,510 | 3.77% | −1.90% | ||
| Turnout | 119,763 | 66.51% | 6.74% | ||
| DMK hold | Swing | -1.21% | |||
1980
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | K. Anbazhagan | 52,729 | 52.35% | ||
| AIADMK | Valampuri John | 47,021 | 46.68% | ||
| JP | Manivannan.D | 535 | 0.53% | ||
| Independent | Mani.D | 439 | 0.44% | ||
| Margin of victory | 5,708 | 5.67% | −15.27% | ||
| Turnout | 100,724 | 59.77% | 14.50% | ||
| DMK hold | Swing | 7.26% | |||
1977
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | K. Anbazhagan | 41,073 | 45.09% | ||
| JP | T. S. Govindaswamy | 22,004 | 24.16% | ||
| ADK | P.A. Venkateshwaralu | 19,745 | 21.68% | ||
| CPI | R. Dakshinamoorthy | 7,206 | 7.91% | ||
| Independent | H. Stanley | 265 | 0.29% | ||
| Independent | Rajesekharan | 248 | 0.27% | ||
| Margin of victory | 19,069 | 20.94% | 6.46% | ||
| Turnout | 91,085 | 45.27% | −18.47% | ||
| DMK hold | Swing | -11.03% | |||
1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | K. Anbazhagan | 47,182 | 56.13% | ||
| INC | Bashyam Reddy | 35,016 | 41.65% | ||
| Independent | M Deenan | 1,865 | 2.22% | ||
| Margin of victory | 12,166 | 14.47% | 7.18% | ||
| Turnout | 84,063 | 63.74% | −10.63% | ||
| DMK hold | Swing | -1.91% | |||
1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | V. S. Govindarajan | 41,272 | 58.04% | ||
| INC | Damodaran | 29,046 | 40.85% | ||
| ABJS | Krishniah | 792 | 1.11% | ||
| Margin of victory | 12,226 | 7.29% | |||
| Turnout | 71,110 | 74.37% | |||
| DMK gain from | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2001". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 1984". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.