Purasuwalkam | |
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Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Chennai |
LS constituency | Chennai Central |
Established | 1962 |
Abolished | 2011 |
Total electors | 167,730 (2006) |
Reservation | None |
Purusawalkam is a defunct legislative assembly constituency, that includes the locality, Purasawalkam of Chennai City and its surroundings. Purasawalkam assembly constituency was part of Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency). It was later divided between Egmore and newly created Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar assembly constituencies.
Year | Winner | Party | |
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1962 | Bashyam Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
1967 | V. S. Govindarajan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Babu. V.S. | 90,140 | 53.74% | ||
AIADMK | Venkateshbabu | 82,777 | 49.35% | ||
DMDK | Jacquelene Gomez | 12,690 | 7.57% | ||
BJP | Elumalai. V. | 2,019 | 1.20% | ||
SWA | Kamalaakannan. J. | 769 | 0.46% | ||
Independent | Raja. K. | 603 | 0.36% | ||
Margin of victory | 7,363 | 4.39% | 1.74% | ||
Turnout | 167,730 | 87.51% | −45.83% | ||
DMK hold | Swing | 5.21% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | B. Ranganathan | 69,681 | 48.53% | ||
TMC(M) | Vetriivel P | 65,879 | 45.89% | ||
MDMK | Gurunathan S | 4,902 | 3.41% | ||
JD(S) | Antony Xavier R | 1,033 | 0.72% | ||
Independent | Venkataramani J | 598 | 0.42% | ||
Independent | Peter Solomon | 389 | 0.27% | ||
Margin of victory | 3,802 | 2.65% | −49.58% | ||
Turnout | 143,574 | 46.71% | −11.55% | ||
DMK gain from TMC(M) | Swing | -22.07% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TMC(M) | B. Ranganathan | 98,157 | 70.61% | ||
INC | Gnanam. J. Kathipara | 25,543 | 18.37% | ||
BJP | Ethirajan. G. | 9,128 | 6.57% | ||
MDMK | Dhakshina Murthy. K. | 2,623 | 1.89% | ||
PMK | Nadesan. M. | 1,604 | 1.15% | ||
Independent | Gnana Sekar. A. | 657 | 0.47% | ||
Margin of victory | 72,614 | 52.23% | 34.39% | ||
Turnout | 139,022 | 58.26% | 2.18% | ||
TMC(M) gain from INC | Swing | 14.83% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | B. Ranganathan | 71,391 | 39.68% | ||
DMK | Arcot N. Veeraswami | 48,559 | 26.99% | ||
PMK | Manivannan R. | 3,656 | 20.32% | ||
BJP | Selvaraj B. | 3,120 | 17.34% | ||
JP | Sagunthala B. | 243 | 1.35% | ||
Independent | Elango S. | 206 | 1.14% | ||
Margin of victory | 22,832 | 17.84% | −9.97% | ||
Turnout | 127,992 | 56.08% | −12.16% | ||
INC gain from DMK | Swing | 5.90% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Arcot N. Veeraswami | 68,640 | 49.88% | ||
AIADMK | B. Ranganathan | 30,376 | 22.07% | ||
Independent | Anbarasu. C. | 29,962 | 21.77% | ||
BJP | Purasai Kumaran | 5,169 | 3.76% | ||
Independent | Meiyappan. R. | 1,130 | 0.82% | ||
Independent | Mahendran. K. | 319 | 0.23% | ||
Margin of victory | 38,264 | 27.81% | 24.04% | ||
Turnout | 137,613 | 68.24% | 1.73% | ||
DMK hold | Swing | -1.26% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Nanjil K. Manoharan | 61,246 | 51.14% | ||
AIADMK | Suppu. K. | 56,736 | 47.37% | ||
Independent | Dhanapal R. H. | 482 | 0.40% | ||
Independent | Manivannan. D. | 206 | 0.17% | ||
Independent | Selyamary. S. | 200 | 0.17% | ||
Independent | Munirathinam. E. | 196 | 0.16% | ||
Margin of victory | 4,510 | 3.77% | −1.90% | ||
Turnout | 119,763 | 66.51% | 6.74% | ||
DMK hold | Swing | -1.21% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | K. Anbazhagan | 52,729 | 52.35% | ||
AIADMK | Valampuri John | 47,021 | 46.68% | ||
JP | Manivannan.D | 535 | 0.53% | ||
Independent | Mani.D | 439 | 0.44% | ||
Margin of victory | 5,708 | 5.67% | −15.27% | ||
Turnout | 100,724 | 59.77% | 14.50% | ||
DMK hold | Swing | 7.26% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | K. Anbazhagan | 41,073 | 45.09% | ||
JP | T. S. Govindaswamy | 22,004 | 24.16% | ||
ADK | P.A. Venkateshwaralu | 19,745 | 21.68% | ||
CPI | R. Dakshinamoorthy | 7,206 | 7.91% | ||
Independent | H. Stanley | 265 | 0.29% | ||
Independent | Rajesekharan | 248 | 0.27% | ||
Margin of victory | 19,069 | 20.94% | 6.46% | ||
Turnout | 91,085 | 45.27% | −18.47% | ||
DMK hold | Swing | -11.03% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | K. Anbazhagan | 47,182 | 56.13% | ||
INC | Bashyam Reddy | 35,016 | 41.65% | ||
Independent | M Deenan | 1,865 | 2.22% | ||
Margin of victory | 12,166 | 14.47% | 7.18% | ||
Turnout | 84,063 | 63.74% | −10.63% | ||
DMK hold | Swing | -1.91% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | V. S. Govindarajan | 41,272 | 58.04% | ||
INC | Damodaran | 29,046 | 40.85% | ||
ABJS | Krishniah | 792 | 1.11% | ||
Margin of victory | 12,226 | 7.29% | |||
Turnout | 71,110 | 74.37% | |||
DMK gain from | Swing |
Purasuwalkam | |
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Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Chennai |
LS constituency | Chennai Central |
Established | 1962 |
Abolished | 2011 |
Total electors | 167,730 (2006) |
Reservation | None |
Purusawalkam is a defunct legislative assembly constituency, that includes the locality, Purasawalkam of Chennai City and its surroundings. Purasawalkam assembly constituency was part of Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency). It was later divided between Egmore and newly created Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar assembly constituencies.
Year | Winner | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1962 | Bashyam Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
1967 | V. S. Govindarajan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Babu. V.S. | 90,140 | 53.74% | ||
AIADMK | Venkateshbabu | 82,777 | 49.35% | ||
DMDK | Jacquelene Gomez | 12,690 | 7.57% | ||
BJP | Elumalai. V. | 2,019 | 1.20% | ||
SWA | Kamalaakannan. J. | 769 | 0.46% | ||
Independent | Raja. K. | 603 | 0.36% | ||
Margin of victory | 7,363 | 4.39% | 1.74% | ||
Turnout | 167,730 | 87.51% | −45.83% | ||
DMK hold | Swing | 5.21% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | B. Ranganathan | 69,681 | 48.53% | ||
TMC(M) | Vetriivel P | 65,879 | 45.89% | ||
MDMK | Gurunathan S | 4,902 | 3.41% | ||
JD(S) | Antony Xavier R | 1,033 | 0.72% | ||
Independent | Venkataramani J | 598 | 0.42% | ||
Independent | Peter Solomon | 389 | 0.27% | ||
Margin of victory | 3,802 | 2.65% | −49.58% | ||
Turnout | 143,574 | 46.71% | −11.55% | ||
DMK gain from TMC(M) | Swing | -22.07% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TMC(M) | B. Ranganathan | 98,157 | 70.61% | ||
INC | Gnanam. J. Kathipara | 25,543 | 18.37% | ||
BJP | Ethirajan. G. | 9,128 | 6.57% | ||
MDMK | Dhakshina Murthy. K. | 2,623 | 1.89% | ||
PMK | Nadesan. M. | 1,604 | 1.15% | ||
Independent | Gnana Sekar. A. | 657 | 0.47% | ||
Margin of victory | 72,614 | 52.23% | 34.39% | ||
Turnout | 139,022 | 58.26% | 2.18% | ||
TMC(M) gain from INC | Swing | 14.83% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | B. Ranganathan | 71,391 | 39.68% | ||
DMK | Arcot N. Veeraswami | 48,559 | 26.99% | ||
PMK | Manivannan R. | 3,656 | 20.32% | ||
BJP | Selvaraj B. | 3,120 | 17.34% | ||
JP | Sagunthala B. | 243 | 1.35% | ||
Independent | Elango S. | 206 | 1.14% | ||
Margin of victory | 22,832 | 17.84% | −9.97% | ||
Turnout | 127,992 | 56.08% | −12.16% | ||
INC gain from DMK | Swing | 5.90% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Arcot N. Veeraswami | 68,640 | 49.88% | ||
AIADMK | B. Ranganathan | 30,376 | 22.07% | ||
Independent | Anbarasu. C. | 29,962 | 21.77% | ||
BJP | Purasai Kumaran | 5,169 | 3.76% | ||
Independent | Meiyappan. R. | 1,130 | 0.82% | ||
Independent | Mahendran. K. | 319 | 0.23% | ||
Margin of victory | 38,264 | 27.81% | 24.04% | ||
Turnout | 137,613 | 68.24% | 1.73% | ||
DMK hold | Swing | -1.26% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Nanjil K. Manoharan | 61,246 | 51.14% | ||
AIADMK | Suppu. K. | 56,736 | 47.37% | ||
Independent | Dhanapal R. H. | 482 | 0.40% | ||
Independent | Manivannan. D. | 206 | 0.17% | ||
Independent | Selyamary. S. | 200 | 0.17% | ||
Independent | Munirathinam. E. | 196 | 0.16% | ||
Margin of victory | 4,510 | 3.77% | −1.90% | ||
Turnout | 119,763 | 66.51% | 6.74% | ||
DMK hold | Swing | -1.21% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | K. Anbazhagan | 52,729 | 52.35% | ||
AIADMK | Valampuri John | 47,021 | 46.68% | ||
JP | Manivannan.D | 535 | 0.53% | ||
Independent | Mani.D | 439 | 0.44% | ||
Margin of victory | 5,708 | 5.67% | −15.27% | ||
Turnout | 100,724 | 59.77% | 14.50% | ||
DMK hold | Swing | 7.26% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | K. Anbazhagan | 41,073 | 45.09% | ||
JP | T. S. Govindaswamy | 22,004 | 24.16% | ||
ADK | P.A. Venkateshwaralu | 19,745 | 21.68% | ||
CPI | R. Dakshinamoorthy | 7,206 | 7.91% | ||
Independent | H. Stanley | 265 | 0.29% | ||
Independent | Rajesekharan | 248 | 0.27% | ||
Margin of victory | 19,069 | 20.94% | 6.46% | ||
Turnout | 91,085 | 45.27% | −18.47% | ||
DMK hold | Swing | -11.03% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | K. Anbazhagan | 47,182 | 56.13% | ||
INC | Bashyam Reddy | 35,016 | 41.65% | ||
Independent | M Deenan | 1,865 | 2.22% | ||
Margin of victory | 12,166 | 14.47% | 7.18% | ||
Turnout | 84,063 | 63.74% | −10.63% | ||
DMK hold | Swing | -1.91% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | V. S. Govindarajan | 41,272 | 58.04% | ||
INC | Damodaran | 29,046 | 40.85% | ||
ABJS | Krishniah | 792 | 1.11% | ||
Margin of victory | 12,226 | 7.29% | |||
Turnout | 71,110 | 74.37% | |||
DMK gain from | Swing |