Kallakurichi (state assembly constituency)

  Kallakurichi is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. Located in Viluppuram district, it consists of a portion of Kallakkurichi taluk. It is a part of the Kallakurichi constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[1]

Previously in existence for the elections from 1951 to 1971, inclusive, it was converted into Chinnasalem constituency for the 1977 election. It came into existence again for 2011 election following the reorganisation of constituencies in 2007.[2][3] The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes.

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Elaya Pillai and M. Anandan	Independent and Indian National Congress
1957	M. Anandan and Nataraja Odayar	Independent
1962	T. Chinnasamy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	D. K. Naidu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	D. Kesavalu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Year	Winner	Party
2011	K.Alaguvel Babu	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	A. Prabhu[4]	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kallakurichi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AIADMK	A. Prabu	90,108	42.16	-20.02
	DMK	P. Kamaraj	86,004	40.24	+11.59
	VCK	S. Ramamoorthy	17,492	8.18	-20.43
	PMK	R. Senthamizh Selvi	9,736	4.56
	KMDK	R. Chandran	1,892	0.89
	IJK	K. Elaya Perumal	1,309	0.61
	NTK	C. Mariyappan	1,181	0.55
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,008	1.41
Majority			4,104	1.92
Turnout			2,13,719	80.91
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-20.02

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kallakurichi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AIADMK	K. Alaguvel Babu	1,11,249	62.18
	VCK	A. C. Pavarasu	51,251	28.65
	PMK	R. Senthamizh Selvi	9736	4.56
	IJK	K. Arivukkarasu	3246	1.81
	BSP	M. Dinesh	1481	0.83
	BJP	N. Rajesh	1192	0.67
Majority			59,998	33.53
Turnout			1,78,906	82.35	New
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kallakurichi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DMK	D.Kesavalu	38513	52.84	-2.54
	INC (O)	S.Sivaraman	34374	47.16
Majority			4139	5.68
Turnout			72,887	76.66
	DMK hold		Swing	-2.54

Madras Legislative Assembly election, 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kallakurichi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DMK	D.K.Naidu	39175	54.3	+7.2
	INC	V.T.Elayapillai	28642	39.7	+5
Majority			10533	15.16	+3.02
Turnout			72,120	83.3
	DMK hold		Swing	+7.2

Madras Legislative Assembly election, 1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kallakurichi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DMK	T.Chinnasamy	25084	46.1
	INC	P.Vedamanickam	18837	34.7
Majority			6247	12.14
Turnout			54,569
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing

References

1. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
2. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
3. "தொகுதி - ஓர் அறிமுகம்! - கள்ளக்குறிச்சி (தனி)". Dina Mani. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
4. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 80. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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