Kilvelur (state assembly constituency)
Kilvelur (SC) is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India newly formed after constituency delimitations 2008.[1] It is included in the Nagapattinam parliamentary constituency.It comprises kilvelur, keezhayur and part of Nagapattinam panchayat union.
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | P. Mahalingam | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2016 | U. Mathivanan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2021 | P. Mahalingam | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
Election Results[edit | edit source]
2021[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI (M) | P. Mahalingam | 67,988 | 47.55 | ||
| PMK | S. Vadivel Ravanan | 51,003 | 35.67 | ||
| Majority | 16,985 | 11.88 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| CPI (M) gain from DMK | Swing | ||||
2016[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | U. Mathivanan | 61,999 | |||
| AIADMK | N. Meena | 51,829 | |||
2011[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI (M) | P. Mahalingam | 59,402 | |||
| DMK | U. Mathivanan | 58,678 | |||
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
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