Chengalpattu Assembly constituency

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Chengalpattu
Constituency No. 32 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chengalpattu
LS constituency	Kancheepuram
Total electors	4,28,379
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent M. Varalakshmi
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Chengalpattu is a state assembly constituency in Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 32. It comprises a portion of Chengalpattu taluk and is a part of the Kancheepuram constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

The Vanniyar community is the majority community in this constituency with around 30% population.

The population of other communities are: Paraiyar 22%, All Vellala Mudhaliyars + Senguntha Mudhaliyars 15%, All kinds of Naidus 8%, Konar 7% and 5% Muslims.

Madras State

Year	Winner
1952	K. Vinayakam	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1957	Appavu and Muthuswamy Naicker	Indian National Congress
1962	C. G. Viswanathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	C. G. Viswanathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	C. G. Viswanathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	V. Tamilmani	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	C. D. Varadarajan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	V. Tamilmani	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	K. Arumugam	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2006	K. Arumugam	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2011	D. Murugesan	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	M. Varalakshmi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	M. Varalakshmi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			48.18%
2016			45.11%
2011			44.58%
2006			48.37%
2001			43.50%
1996			57.53%
1991			48.65%
1989			45.73%
1984			50.14%
1980			53.07%
1977			43.50%
1971			62.09%
1967			62.77%
1962			50.32%
1957			24.73%
1952			45.38%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengalpattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Varalakshmi	130,573	48.18%	3.07%
	AIADMK	Gajendran. M	1,03,908	38.34%	3.76%
	NTK	Sanjeevinathan. K	26,868	9.91%	8.30%
	IJK	Muthamilselvan. S	4,146	1.53%
	NOTA	Nota	3,075	1.13%	−0.30%
	AMMK	Sathishkumar. A	3,069	1.13%
Margin of victory			26,665	9.84%	−0.69%
Turnout			2,71,012	63.26%	−4.04%
Rejected ballots			479	0.18%
Registered electors			4,28,379
	DMK hold		Swing	3.07%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengalpattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Varalakshmi	112,675	45.11%
	AIADMK	Kamalakkannan. R	86,383	34.58%
	PMK	Arumugam. K	20,899	8.37%
	DMDK	D. Murugesan	17,438	6.98%	−37.59%
	NTK	Sanjeevinathan. K	4,035	1.62%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,584	1.43%
	IJK	Muthamilselvan. S	1,517	0.61%
	BSP	Ajay. S	577	0.23%	−0.39%
	Independent	Venkatesan. E	467	0.19%
	Independent	Durairaj. L	439	0.18%
	Independent	Varalakshmi. K	406	0.16%
Margin of victory			26,292	10.53%	10.37%
Turnout			2,49,774	67.30%	−6.73%
Registered electors			3,71,109
	DMK gain from DMDK		Swing	0.54%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengalpattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	D. Murugesan	83,297	44.58%	37.63%
	PMK	V. G. Rangasamy	83,006	44.42%
		M. Panneer Selvam	4,124	2.21%
	BJP	K. T. Raghavan	4,073	2.18%	1.60%
	Independent	R. Murugan	3,597	1.92%
	IJK	S. Muthamilselvan	3,265	1.75%
	BSP	L. Durairaj	1,167	0.62%	0.17%
	Puratchi Bharatham	K. Somasundaram	1,040	0.56%
	Independent	R. Venkatesan	902	0.48%
	Independent	K. Ayyanarappan	641	0.34%
	Independent	M. Kuppan	419	0.22%
Margin of victory			291	0.16%	−7.86%
Turnout			2,52,409	74.03%	2.61%
Registered electors			1,86,867
	DMDK gain from PMK		Swing	-3.80%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengalpattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	Arumugam. K	61,664	48.37%
	AIADMK	Arumugam. S	51,451	40.36%
	DMDK	Manjula . S	8,852	6.94%
	Independent	Jeevarathinam. M	1,880	1.47%
	Independent	Prakashbabu. P	871	0.68%
	BJP	Sriram. N	736	0.58%
	BSP	Amoor Beemrao. A	575	0.45%
		Vedapuri. M	315	0.25%
	Independent	Durairaj. V	261	0.20%
		Paramasivem. N	179	0.14%
	SP	Thulasiammal . R	175	0.14%
Margin of victory			10,213	8.01%	3.74%
Turnout			1,27,475	71.43%	12.30%
Registered electors			1,78,466
	PMK hold		Swing	4.87%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengalpattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	Arumugam K	52,465	43.50%
	DMK	Viswanathan V	47,316	39.23%	−18.30%
	MDMK	Sathya E	15,617	12.95%	7.95%
	Independent	Venkatesan V	1,663	1.38%
	Puratchi Bharatham	Ramesh K	990	0.82%
	Independent	Subramanian E	826	0.68%
		Gopalakrishnan N	572	0.47%
	JD(S)	Balaraman . S	507	0.42%
	Independent	Ramadoss. R	343	0.28%
	Independent	Amul Rani R	308	0.26%
Margin of victory			5,149	4.27%	−27.60%
Turnout			1,20,607	59.13%	−9.57%
Registered electors			2,04,010
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	-14.03%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengalpattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Tamilmani	66,443	57.53%	24.69%
	AIADMK	Kumarasamy. C. V. N.	29,638	25.66%	−22.98%
	PMK	Bhaskaran. C. R.	11,969	10.36%
	MDMK	Radhakrishnan. N.	5,776	5.00%
	BJP	Veeraraghavan. N. J.	848	0.73%	−0.45%
	Independent	Sekar. M.	132	0.11%
	Independent	Rajendran. O.	131	0.11%
	Independent	Tharani. D.	91	0.08%
		Radhakrishnan. R.	75	0.06%
	Independent	Arunachalam. D.	70	0.06%
	Independent	Loganathan. M. P.	70	0.06%
Margin of victory			36,805	31.87%	16.06%
Turnout			1,15,493	68.70%	0.48%
Registered electors			1,74,487
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	8.88%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengalpattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. D. Varadarajan	51,694	48.65%	22.10%
	DMK	V. Tamilmani	34,896	32.84%	−12.89%
	PMK	Baskaran C. R.	17,725	16.68%
	BJP	Elumalai A. N.	1,262	1.19%
	Independent	Selvam N.	196	0.18%
	Independent	Dhandapani N.	158	0.15%
	Independent	Durairaj L.	139	0.13%
	Independent	Arunachalam D.	93	0.09%
	Independent	Venkatasubbaiah J.	59	0.06%
	Independent	Abdulhameed M. G.	44	0.04%
Margin of victory			16,798	15.81%	−3.38%
Turnout			1,06,266	68.22%	6.71%
Registered electors			1,59,450
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	2.91%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengalpattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Tamilmani	38,948	45.73%	−3.06%
	AIADMK	C. D. Varadarajan	22,607	26.54%	−23.60%
	INC	R. Vasudevan	12,866	15.11%
	AIADMK	Ponkumar	5,342	6.27%	−43.87%
	Independent	T. Munusamy	3,545	4.16%
	Independent	M. Rajendran	456	0.54%
	Independent	M. Sekar	326	0.38%
	Independent	B. Sagadevan	218	0.26%
	Independent	S. Narendran	217	0.25%
	Independent	M. Prabakaran	175	0.21%
	Independent	T. V. Jegannathen	169	0.20%
Margin of victory			16,341	19.19%	17.84%
Turnout			85,167	61.51%	−15.69%
Registered electors			1,41,410
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-4.41%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengalpattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan	45,423	50.14%	−2.93%
	DMK	Rudrakotti. V.	44,203	48.80%
	Independent	Sagadevan. B.	373	0.41%
	Independent	Paramanandam. N. S.	321	0.35%
	Independent	Abdul Hameed. M. G.	267	0.29%
Margin of victory			1,220	1.35%	−5.41%
Turnout			90,587	77.20%	15.31%
Registered electors			1,20,202
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-2.93%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengalpattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan	40,466	53.07%	9.58%
	INC	Natarajan. K	35,314	46.32%	39.97%
	Independent	Ramachandran. S. P	465	0.61%
Margin of victory			5,152	6.76%	1.01%
Turnout			76,245	61.89%	0.00%
Registered electors			1,24,925
	AIADMK hold		Swing	9.58%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengalpattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan	29,306	43.50%
	DMK	V. Rudrakotti	25,436	37.75%	−24.34%
	JP	B.S. Raghupathy	6,942	10.30%
	INC	P. Dhanpal Nayagar	4,275	6.34%	−20.73%
	Independent	N.E. Mahboob Basha	611	0.91%
	Independent	M. Vedachalam	504	0.75%
	Independent	S.A. Kali Nayagar	303	0.45%
Margin of victory			3,870	5.74%	−29.28%
Turnout			67,377	61.89%	−10.21%
Registered electors			1,10,575
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-18.60%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengalpattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C G Vishwanathan	41,949	62.09%	−0.68%
	INC	S T Neelakantan	18,290	27.07%	−1.66%
	Independent	P Ramakrishnan	3,748	5.55%
	Independent	U T Krishnasamy	1,455	2.15%
	Independent	P Ramasamy	1,264	1.87%
	Independent	S K Sunder Raj	345	0.51%
	Independent	A Chinnapayyan	285	0.42%
	Independent	N S Paramanandam	222	0.33%
Margin of victory			23,659	35.02%	0.98%
Turnout			67,558	72.10%	−6.93%
Registered electors			98,995
	DMK hold		Swing	-0.68%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chengalpattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. G. Viswanathan	43,428	62.77%	12.45%
	INC	T. Naicker	19,879	28.73%	−17.76%
	Independent	Narasimhan	5,879	8.50%
Margin of victory			23,549	34.04%	30.21%
Turnout			69,186	79.03%	2.85%
Registered electors			90,773
	DMK hold		Swing	12.45%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chengalpattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. G. Viswanathan	27,933	50.32%
	INC	G. Rajarathana Nayagar	25,809	46.50%	21.77%
	Independent	T. M. Ramaswamy	1,767	3.18%
Margin of victory			2,124	3.83%	3.16%
Turnout			55,509	76.18%	0.88%
Registered electors			76,741
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	25.59%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chengalpattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Muthuswamy Naickar	26,568	24.73%	−1.35%
	INC	Appavu (Sc)	25,854	24.06%	−2.01%
	Independent	Ramachandran	22,884	21.30%
	Independent	Rathinam (Sc)	21,682	20.18%
	Independent	Paramasivan (Sc)	10,453	9.73%
Margin of victory			714	0.66%	−18.64%
Turnout			1,07,441	75.29%	30.60%
Registered electors			1,42,694
	INC gain from KMPP		Swing	-20.65%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chengalpattu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KMPP	K. Vinayakam	14,681	45.38%
	INC	U. L. Raja	8,435	26.07%	26.07%
	RPI	Paramasivam	3,185	9.85%
	Independent	M. Palaniswamy	1,964	6.07%
		Govindarajulu Reddiar	1,643	5.08%
	Independent	Elumalai Naicker	1,276	3.94%
	Independent	P. V. Srinivasan	1,167	3.61%
Margin of victory			6,246	19.31%
Turnout			32,351	44.69%
Registered electors			72,383
	KMPP win (new seat)

References

"Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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