Pallavaram (state assembly constituency)


Pallavaram is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2007.[1] Located in Kancheepuram district, it is included in the Sriperumbudur parliamentary constituency for national elections.[2]

It includes Pallavaram, Pammal and Anakaputhur Municipalities, Tirusulam and Pozhichalur Village Panchayats, Thiruneermalai Town Panchayat and Meenambakkam Town Panchayat (Now under Greater Chennai Corporation Zone 12).

Year Winner Party
2011 P. Dhansingh All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 I. Karunanithi[3] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 I. Karunanithi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election ResultsEdit

2021Edit

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pallavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK I. Karunanithi 1,26,427 47.49
AIADMK C. Rajendran 88,646 33.30
NTK Minishree Kanagaraj 21,362 8.02
MNM Senthil Kumar 20,612 7.74 +7.74
DMDK D. Murugesan 3,718 1.40
Majority 37,781 14.26
Turnout 2,66,808 61.16
DMK hold Swing

2016Edit

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pallavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK I. Karunanithi 1,12,891 44.94 +0.91
AIADMK C. R. Saraswathi 90,725 36.12 -16.58
MDMK C. Veeralakshmi 14,083 5.61 +5.61
BJP Gopi Ayyasamy 11,781 4.68 +4.68
PMK R. Venkatesan 9,339 3.72 +3.72
Margin of victory 22,165 8.82 +0.15
Turnout 2,51,263 61.76 -10.44
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -7.76

2011Edit

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pallavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Dhansingh 1,05,631 52.70 +52.70
DMK T. M. Anbarasan 88,257 44.03 +44.03
LSP R. Kumar 1,082 0.54 +0.54
BSP B. Rajappa 1,074 0.52 +0.52
IJK R. Samesudoss 1,052 0.52 +0.52
Margin of victory 17,374 8.67 ----
Turnout 2,00,483 72.20 New
AIADMK win (new seat)

ReferencesEdit

  1. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
  2. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 30. Retrieved 27 May 2016.