Chengalpattu (state assembly constituency)

Chengalpattu is a state assembly constituency in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu, India.[1] It comprises a portion of Chengalpattu taluk and is a part of the Kancheepuram constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[2]

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	K. Vinayakam	KMPP
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	Party
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[3]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election: Chengalpattu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DMK	M. Varalakshmi	1,12,675	45.11	+45.11
	AIADMK	Kamalakannan R	86,383	34.58	+34.58
	PMK	K. Arumugam	20,899	8.37	-36.05
	DMDK	D. Murugesan	17,438	6.98	-37.60
	NTK	Sanjeevinathan K	4,035	1.62	+1.62
Majority			26,292	10.53	+10.37
Turnout			2,49,792	67.31	-6.77
	DMK gain from DMDK		Swing	+0.53

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengalpattu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DMDK	D. Murugesan	83,297	44.58	+37.64
	PMK	V. G. Rangasamy	83,006	44.42	-3.95
	AIJMK	M. Panneer Selvam	4,124	2.21	+2.21
	BJP	K. T. Raghavan	4,073	2.18	+2.18
	IND	R. Murugan	3,597	1.92	+1.92
Margin of victory			291	0.16	-7.85
Turnout			1,86,986	74.08	+2.65
	DMDK gain from PMK		Swing	-3.79

References

1. "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
2. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
3. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 32. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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