Sholinganallur (state assembly constituency)

Sholinganallur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2007.[1] It is a part of the Chennai South parliamentary constituency for national elections.

Year	Winner	Party
2011	K. P. Kandan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	Aravind Ramesh[2]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Shozhinganallur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DMK	Aravind Ramesh	1,47,014	42.53	+42.53
	AIADMK	Sundaram N	1,32,101	38.21	-22.22
	PMK	Ramkumar K	15,595	4.51	+4.51
	VCK	Paneer Doss R	15,129	4.38	-28.21
	BJP	Ujagar Singh	14,915	4.31	+1.29
Margin of victory			14,913	4.32	-23.52
Turnout			3,45,731	57.39	-9.88
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-17.90

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Shozhinganallur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AIADMK	K. P. Kandan	1,45,385	60.43	+60.43
	VCK	S. S. Balaji	78,413	32.59	+32.59
	BJP	S. Mohandoss Gandhi	7,275	3.02	+3.02
	BSP	K. Utharapathi	1,983	0.82	+0.82
Margin of victory			66,972	27.84	----
Turnout			2,40,598	67.27	New
	AIADMK win (new seat)

References

1. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
2. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 27. Retrieved 27 May 2016.