Park Town (state assembly constituency)

Park Town is the legislative assembly, that includes the city, Chennai. Park Town assembly constituency was part of Chennai Central parliamentary constituency till 2008.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Duration	Winner	Party
Fourth	1967-71	H. V. Hande		Swatantra Party
Fifth	1971-77	H. V. Hande		Swatantra Party
Sixth	1977-80	T. S. Nallathambi		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-84	N. V. N. Somu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984-89	K. Anbazhagan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989-91	A. Rahman Khan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991-96	U. Baluraman		Indian National Congress
Eleventh	1996-01	T. Rajender		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-06	S. G. Vinayakamurthi		Tamil Maanila Congress
Thirteenth	2006-11	K. Srinivasan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Park Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Srinivasan. K.	34,314	47.06%
	DMK	Rahmankhan A.	27,957	38.34%
	DMDK	Balasubramanian. K.	5,300	7.27%
	BJP	Kantilal. C.	3,621	4.97%
	BSP	Harikrishnan. S.	446	0.61%
	TNJC	Srinivasamoorthy. C.R.	278	0.38%
Margin of victory			6,357	8.72%	-1.20%
Turnout			72,915	62.31%	-45.24%
	AIADMK gain from TMC		Swing	-4.34%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Park Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC	Vinayakamurthi S. G.	33,031	51.40%
	DMK	T. Rajendar	26,654	41.47%
	MDMK	G. Nanmaran	1,590	2.47%
	BSP	E. Murugan	1,220	1.90%
	[[Janata Dal (Secular)|Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/shortname]]	Pe. Govindaswamy	728	1.13%
	Independent	Rajendhran.T.V	400	0.62%
Margin of victory			6,377	9.92%	-35.34%
Turnout			64,268	45.86%	-12.85%
	TMC gain from DMK		Swing	-17.04%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Park Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. Rajendar	44,565	68.43%
	INC	S.V. Shankar	15,086	23.17%
	BJP	L. Sundaram	2,183	3.35%
	MDMK	Kootharasan	1,620	2.49%
	AIIC(T)	U. Balaraman	1,105	1.70%
	Independent	P.K. Krishnadoss	99	0.15%
Margin of victory			29,479	45.27%	28.01%
Turnout			65,124	58.71%	3.88%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	13.38%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Park Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Balaraman. U	37,747	55.05%
	DMK	Rahmankhan. A	25,912	37.79%
	BJP	Kantilal. C	3,507	5.11%
	PMK	Elumalai (Choolai) .P	437	0.64%
	JP	Meerankhan. M	217	0.32%
	Independent	Selvarajan. K	129	0.19%
Margin of victory			11,835	17.26%	-9.49%
Turnout			68,571	54.83%	-12.77%
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	5.80%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Park Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Rahman Khan	37,083	49.25%
	ADK(JL)	Babuji Gautam	16,940	22.50%
	INC	Vinayagamurthi S. G	15,080	20.03%
	BJP	Kantilal. C	3,014	4.00%
	Independent	Gurusamy. M. Alias Devar M. G	2,001	2.66%
	Independent	Chandrasekaran. A	223	0.30%
Margin of victory			20,143	26.75%	22.78%
Turnout			75,296	67.6%	3.81%
	DMK hold		Swing	-1.64%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Park Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Anbazhagan	37,540	50.89%
	AIADMK	Jothi. M.	34,613	46.92%
	Independent	Bachubhai M. Patil	548	0.74%
	Independent	M. S. Mani	314	0.43%
	Independent	Jagajothi	236	0.32%
	Independent	Mohamed Bilal	201	0.27%
Margin of victory			2,927	3.97%	-17.91%
Turnout			73,770	63.79%	6.68%
	DMK hold		Swing	-5.05%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Park Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. V. N. Somu	38,095	55.94%
	AIADMK	Lalchand Daga.S.	23,197	34.06%
	JP	Arumugha Naicker.A	6,556	9.63%
	Independent	Manakchand Nahar.	146	0.21%
	Independent	Jagajothi Alias Govindarajulu.C	104	0.15%	-0.42
Margin of victory			14,898	21.88%	17.16%
Turnout			68,098	57.11%	9.58%
	DMK hold		Swing	23.16%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Park Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T.S. Nallathambi	22,433	32.78%
	JP	N.G. Bhuvaneshwari	19,207	28.07%
	AIADMK	B. Ramabadhran	18,598	27.18%
	INC	A. Kuppuswamy	7,429	10.86%
	Independent	Jagajothi Alias Govindarajulu.C	393	0.57%
Margin of victory			3,226	4.71%	-4.69%
Turnout			68,429	47.53%	-20.64%
	DMK gain from Swatantra Party		Swing	-21.92%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Park Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	[[Swatantra Party|Template:Swatantra Party/meta/shortname]]	H. V. Hande	30,743	54.70%
	INC	A V Asaithambi	25,456	45.30%
Margin of victory			5,287	9.41%	5.73%
Turnout			56,199	68.17%	-7.75%
	[[Swatantra Party|Template:Swatantra Party/meta/shortname]] hold		Swing	3.13%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Park Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	[[Swatantra Party|Template:Swatantra Party/meta/shortname]]	H. V. Hande	29,144	51.57%
	INC	T. N. Anandanayaki	26,465	46.83%
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/shortname]]	P. C. Kalyanasundaram	384	0.68%
	Independent	K. Ariyasankaran	325	0.58%
	Independent	V. Thanikachalam	191	0.34%
Margin of victory			2,679	3.67%
Turnout			56,509	75.92%
	Swatantra Party gain from [[|N/A]]		Swing

References

• "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.