Thiyagarayanagar Assembly constituency

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Thiyagarayanagar
Constituency No. 24 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChennai
Lok Sabha constituencyChennai South
Established1957
Total electors158,757
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  [[Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam|Template:Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam/meta/shortname]]  
Elected year2026

Thiyagarayanagar is the legislative assembly constituency located in the southern part of Chennai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 24. It is a part of Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency during national elections. Thiyagarayanagar has been in existence since the 1957 election. It currently covers T. Nagar and adjacent localities, such as Pondy Bazaar, Kodambakkam, Ashok Nagar, K. K. Nagar, MGR Nagar, Vadapalani and West Mambalam.[1] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Madras State[edit | edit source]

Year Winner Party
1957 K. Vinayakam Indian National Congress
1962 Kanchi Manimozhiyar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967 M. P. Sivagnanam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu[edit | edit source]

Assembly Year Winner Party
Fifth 1971 K. M. Subramaniam Indian National Congress
Sixth 1977 R. E. Chandran Jayapal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh 1980 K. Sourirajan Indian National Congress
Eighth 1984 K. Sourirajan Indian National Congress
Ninth 1989 S. A. Ganesan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth 1991 S. Jayakumar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh 1996 A. Chellakumar Tamil Maanila Congress
Twelfth 2001 J. Anbazhagan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth 2006 V. P. Kalairajan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth 2011 V. P. Kalairajan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth 2016 B. Sathyanarayanan[2] All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth 2021 J. Karunanithi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventeenth 2026 N. Anand Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam

Election results[edit | edit source]

Vote share of winning candidates
2026
 
 38.55%
2021
 
 41.05%
2016
 
 37.47%
2011
 
 58.48%
2006
 
 48.57%
2001
 
 48.55%
1996
 
 67.16%
1991
 
 61.19%
1989
 
 43.03%
1984
 
 49.26%
1980
 
 50.58%
1977
 
 30.91%
1971
 
 48.32%
1967
 
 57.36%
1962
 
 41.02%
1957
 
 45.10%

2026[edit | edit source]

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2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: T. Nagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TVK Bussy N. Anand 51,632 38.55% New
AIADMK B. Sathyanarayanan 38,605 28.83% −12.12
DMK Raja Anbazhagan 37,017 27.64% −13.41
NTK Anusha Vijayakumar 4554 3.40% −2.67
NOTA NOTA 878 0.66% −0.52
Margin of victory 13,027 9.72% +9.62
Turnout 133,928 84.36% +28.65
Registered electors 158757
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam gain from AIADMK Swing

2021[edit | edit source]

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK J. Karunanithi 56,035 41.05% +5.8
AIADMK B. Sathyanarayanan 55,898 40.95% +3.48
MNM Pala. Karuppiah 14,567 10.67% New
NTK S. Sivasankari 8,284 6.07% +4.61
NOTA NOTA 1,617 1.18% −1.33
AMMK R. Bharaneeswaran 782 0.57% New
Margin of victory 137 0.10% -2.12%
Turnout 136,497 55.71% −2.22%
Registered electors 245,005
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 3.58%

2016[edit | edit source]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK B. Sathyanarayanan 53,207 37.47% −21.01
DMK Kanimozhi N. V. N. Somu 50,052 35.25% New
BJP H. Raja 19,888 14.01% +10.48
DMDK V. Kumar 6,210 4.37% New
PMK V. Vinoth 5,071 3.57% New
NOTA NOTA 3,570 2.51% New
NTK Padmanapan 2,072 1.46% New
Margin of victory 3,155 2.22% -22.80%
Turnout 141,982 57.93% −8.64%
Registered electors 245,101
AIADMK hold Swing -21.01%

2011[edit | edit source]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. P. Kalairajan 75,883 58.48% +9.92
INC A. Chellakumar 43,421 33.46% New
BJP K. Ravichandran 4,575 3.53% +0.75
Independent Traffic Ramaswamy 1,305 1.01% New
IJK G. Sarada 958 0.74% New
Independent E. Sarathbabu 830 0.64% New
Margin of victory 32,462 25.02% 14.22%
Turnout 129,751 66.57% 3.69%
Registered electors 194,922
AIADMK hold Swing 9.92%

2006[edit | edit source]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. P. Kalairajan 74,131 48.57% +2.12
DMK J. Anbazhagan 57,654 37.77% −10.77
DMDK T. Pandian 8,824 5.78% New
LKPT S. Arvind 6,323 4.14% New
BJP Muktha V. Srinivasan 4,235 2.77% New
Margin of victory 16,477 10.80% 8.70%
Turnout 152,632 62.87% 19.99%
Registered electors 242,771
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 0.02%

2001[edit | edit source]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK J. Anbazhagan 57,875 48.55% New
AIADMK E. V. K. Sulochana Sampath 55,376 46.45% +22.33
MDMK K. Thyagarajan 3,697 3.10% New
Margin of victory 2,499 2.10% -40.94%
Turnout 119,216 42.88% −12.82%
Registered electors 277,999
DMK gain from TMC Swing -18.61%

1996[edit | edit source]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC(M) A. Chellakumar 76,461 67.16% New
AIADMK S. Vijayan 27,463 24.12% −37.07
BJP S. Srinivasan 5,285 4.64% +0.39
JD K. Jagaveera Pandian 1,959 1.72% New
PMK D. Kuppusamy 940 0.83% New
Margin of victory 48,998 43.04% 13.31%
Turnout 113,853 55.70% 3.63%
Registered electors 208,349
TMC gain from AIADMK Swing 5.97%

1991[edit | edit source]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. Jayakumar 64,460 61.19% +39.65
DMK S. A. Ganesan 33,147 31.47% −11.56
BJP R. Durai 4,479 4.25% +2.94
PMK A. Krishnamurthy Alias A. K. Morthy 2,137 2.03% New
Margin of victory 31,313 29.73% 10.62%
Turnout 105,341 52.07% −13.24%
Registered electors 204,830
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 18.16%

1989[edit | edit source]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK S. A. M. Ganesan 49,772 43.03% New
INC K. Sourirajan 27,668 23.92% −25.34
AIADMK V. Balasubramainan 24,920 21.54% New
AIADMK Jeppiaar 8,268 7.15% New
BJP M. S. Nithyanandam 1,517 1.31% −5.66
Independent N. Manickam 821 0.71% New
Independent A. Kittappan 663 0.57% New
Margin of victory 22,104 19.11% 10.19%
Turnout 115,667 65.31% 1.88%
Registered electors 178,867
DMK gain from INC Swing -6.23%

1984[edit | edit source]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. Sourirajan 49,038 49.26% New
JP G. Kalivaradan 40,154 40.34% New
BJP K. Jana Krishna Murthi 6,945 6.98% +2.56
Independent M. K. Srinivasan 2,137 2.15% New
Margin of victory 8,884 8.92% 1.24%
Turnout 99,550 63.43% 7.99%
Registered electors 160,537
INC gain from Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress Swing -1.32%

1980[edit | edit source]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
GKC K. Sourirajan 42,566 50.58% New
DMK R. E. Chandran Jeyapal 36,100 42.89% +11.98
BJP K. Sanckar 3,716 4.42% New
JP T. Swaminathan 1,462 1.74% New
Margin of victory 6,466 7.68% 6.32%
Turnout 84,164 55.44% 13.32%
Registered electors 153,113
Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress gain from DMK Swing 19.66%

1977[edit | edit source]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK R. E. Chandran Jayapal 23,346 30.91% −16.27
AIADMK K. Krishnamoorthy 22,316 29.55% New
JP K. Krishnamoorthy (Jana) 18,020 23.86% New
INC A. J. Doss 7,833 10.37% −37.95
Independent K. Sowrirajan 2,387 3.16% New
Independent K. Kalyanasundaram 560 0.74% New
Independent D. Jayakanthan 481 0.64% New
Margin of victory 1,030 1.36% 0.22%
Turnout 75,522 42.12% −23.54%
Registered electors 180,871
DMK gain from INC Swing -17.41%

1971[edit | edit source]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. M. Subramaniam 37,100 48.32% New
DMK D. V. Narayanasamy 36,221 47.18% −10.18
ABJS K. Narayan Rao 1,880 2.45% New
Independent Thirunagar Rathinam 1,187 1.55% New
Margin of victory 879 1.14% -14.07%
Turnout 76,775 65.66% −6.68%
Registered electors 121,232
INC gain from DMK Swing -9.03%

1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK M. P. Sivagnanam 37,662 57.36% +16.34
Independent K. M. Subramaniam 27,669 42.14% New
ABJS Lakshminarasimhan 333 0.51% New
Margin of victory 9,993 15.22% 5.29%
Turnout 65,664 72.34% 2.74%
Registered electors 92,089
DMK hold Swing 16.34%

1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Kanchi Manimozhiar 35,402 41.02% New
INC Guntur Narasimha Rao 26,834 31.09% −14.01
SWA C. Damodaram 9,196 10.65% New
Independent Krishnamoorthy 8,002 9.27% New
TNP K. Murugesan 4,653 5.39% New
Independent M. K. Srinivasan 1,424 1.65% New
Independent A. S. Jesubatham 566 0.66% New
Margin of victory 8,568 9.93% -2.53%
Turnout 86,308 69.61% 36.26%
Registered electors 128,854
DMK gain from INC Swing -4.08%

1957[edit | edit source]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. Vinayakam 16,813 45.10% New
Independent A. S. Jesupatham 12,170 32.65% New
Independent S. Krishnamoorthy 8,296 22.25% New
Margin of victory 4,643 12.45%
Turnout 37,279 33.35%
Registered electors 111,797
INC win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ MS, Nileena (14 January 2016). "T Nagar: Tired of civic problems, will residents opt for NOTA?". Citizen Matters, Chennai. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 24. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Thiyagarayanagar Election Result". Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
  7. ↑ Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  8. ↑ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  9. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  10. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  11. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  12. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  13. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  14. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  15. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  16. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  17. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1957" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

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