Pallavaram Assembly constituency

Pallavaram
Constituency No. 30 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chengalpattu
LS constituency	Sriperumbudur
Total electors	4,36,175^[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent I. Karunanithi
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Pallavaram is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2007.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 30. Located in Chengalpattu district, it is included in the Sriperumbudur parliamentary constituency for national elections.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

It includes All Wards in Zone 1 and Zone 2, Wards comprising Hashinapuram and Nemilicherry villages in Zone 3 of Tambaram City Municipal Corporation, Ward 159 in Zone 12 of Greater Chennai Corporation (Meenambakkam) and Pozhichalur and Tirusulam Villages in St.Thomas Mount Panchayat Union.

Year	Winner
2011	P. Dhansingh	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	I. Karunanithi^[4]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	I. Karunanithi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			47.50%
2016			44.94%
2011			52.70%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Pallavaram^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	I. Karunanithi	126,427	47.50%	+2.56
	AIADMK	S. Rajendran	88,644	33.30%	-2.82
	MNM	Senthil Arumugam	20,774	7.80%	New
	NTK	Minishree Kanagaraj	21,522	8.09%	+6.3
	NOTA	NOTA	1,945	0.73%	-1.59
	DMDK	Murugesan	3,719	1.40%	New
Margin of victory			37,783	14.19%	5.37%
Turnout			266,190	61.03%	-0.72%
Rejected ballots			618	0.23%
Registered electors			436,175
	DMK hold		Swing	2.56%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Pallavaram^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	I. Karunanithi	112,891	44.94%	+0.91
	AIADMK	C. R. Saraswathi	90,726	36.12%	-16.58
	MDMK	C. Veeralakshmi	14,083	5.61%	New
	BJP	Dr. Gopi Ayyaswamy	11,781	4.69%	New
	PMK	R. Venkatesan	9,339	3.72%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	5,823	2.32%	New
	NTK	P. Srinivasa Kumar	4,488	1.79%	New
Margin of victory			22,165	8.82%	0.16%
Turnout			251,204	61.75%	-10.45%
Registered electors			406,839
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.76%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Pallavaram^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Dhansingh	105,631	52.70%	*New*
	DMK	T. M. Anbarasan	88,257	44.03%	New
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	R. Kumar	1,082	0.54%	New
	BSP	B. Rajappa	1,074	0.54%	New
	IJK	R. Samesudoss	1,052	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			17,374	8.67%
Turnout			277,671	72.19%
Registered electors			200,455
	AIADMK win (new seat)

References

^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
^ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 30. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "Pallavaram Election Result". Retrieved 12 June 2022.
^ "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.
^ 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.