Kancheepuram Assembly constituency

State Legislative Assembly Constituency in Tamil Nadu

12°49′N 79°43′E / 12.82°N 79.71°E / 12.82; 79.71

Kancheepuram
Constituency No. 37 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kanchipuram
LS constituency	Kancheepuram
Total electors	3,09,117^[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent C. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Kancheepuram is a state assembly constituency in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu, India.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 37. It comprises a portion of Kanchipuram taluk and is a part of the similarly named constituency that is used for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Madras State

Year	Winner
1952	Deivasigamani	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1957	C. N. Annadurai^[4]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1962	S. V. Natesa Mudaliar	Indian National Congress
1967	N. Krishnan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	C. V. M. Annamalai	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	K. Balaji	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	P. Venkatasubramanian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	K. Balaji	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	P. Murugesan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	C. P. Pattabiraman	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	P. Murugesan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	S. S. Thirunavukkarasu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2005 (by-election)	Mythili Thirunavukkarasu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	P. Kamalambal	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2011	V. Somasundaram	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	C. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan^[5]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	C. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan^[6]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			44.77%
2016			40.40%
2011			53.43%
2006			47.11%
2001			55.81%
1996			55.90%
1991			56.03%
1989			47.66%
1984			55.31%
1980			48.25%
1977			35.47%
1971			52.52%
1967			56.78%
1962			54.80%
1957			51.94%
1952			41.83%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kancheepuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan	102,712	44.77%	4.37%
	PMK	P. Magesh Kumar	91,117	39.71%
	NTK	S. Saldin	13,946	6.08%	5.29%
	MNM	B. Gopinath	12,028	5.24%
	NOTA	Nota	2,534	1.10%	−0.52%
	AMMK	N. Manogaran	2,301	1.00%
	Independent	L. Arulnathan	2,055	0.90%
	BSP	K. Prabakaran	1,193	0.52%	0.23%
Margin of victory			11,595	5.05%	1.69%
Turnout			2,29,430	74.22%	−1.26%
Rejected ballots			385	0.17%
Registered electors			3,09,117
	DMK hold		Swing	4.37%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kancheepuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan	90,533	40.40%
	AIADMK	T. Mythili	82,985	37.03%	−16.40%
	PMK	P. Magesh Kumar	30,102	13.43%
	DMDK	S. Eagambaram	8,986	4.01%
	BJP	T. Vasan	3,646	1.63%	0.36%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,645	1.63%
	NTK	M. Usha	1,758	0.78%
Margin of victory			7,548	3.37%	−10.01%
Turnout			2,24,112	75.49%	−5.34%
Registered electors			2,96,893
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-13.03%

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2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kancheepuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Somasundaram	102,710	53.43%	12.85%
	PMK	P. S. Ulagarakshagan	76,993	40.05%
		A. N. Radhakrishnan	2,806	1.46%
	BJP	M. Perumal	2,441	1.27%	0.27%
		Ta. V. Passamighu Annan Venkatesanor	1,623	0.84%
	Independent	E. Raja	1,417	0.74%
	IJK	S. M. Subramanian	1,201	0.62%
Margin of victory			25,717	13.38%	6.84%
Turnout			2,37,837	80.83%	8.62%
Registered electors			1,92,235
	AIADMK gain from PMK		Swing	6.32%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kancheepuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	P. Kamalambal	81,366	47.11%
	AIADMK	Mythili Thirunavukkarasu	70,082	40.57%	−15.23%
	DMDK	Eagambaram, S	15,187	8.79%
	Independent	Mari, G	2,337	1.35%
	BJP	Raghavan, K. T	1,730	1.00%
Margin of victory			11,284	6.53%	−9.10%
Turnout			1,72,723	72.21%	12.25%
Registered electors			2,39,201
	PMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-8.70%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kancheepuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. S. Thirunavukkarasu	84,246	55.81%	23.37%
	DMK	Sekar A	60,643	40.17%	−15.73%
	MDMK	Valayapathy E	2,479	1.64%
	Independent	Ravi K	1,545	1.02%
	Independent	Mohan K. R.	772	0.51%
Margin of victory			23,603	15.64%	−7.83%
Turnout			1,50,953	59.96%	−12.32%
Registered electors			2,51,748
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-0.09%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kancheepuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Murugesan	77,723	55.90%	22.87%
	AIADMK	S. S. Thirunavukkarasu	45,094	32.43%	−23.59%
	PMK	S. Elumalai	7,643	5.50%
	CPI(M)	Y. M. Narayanasamy	5,683	4.09%
	BJP	M. Govindaraj	1,017	0.73%	0.08%
Margin of victory			32,629	23.47%	0.47%
Turnout			1,39,031	72.29%	4.45%
Registered electors			1,98,315
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-0.12%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kancheepuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Shakthi Vignesh	66,429	56.03%	27.33%
	DMK	P. Murugesan	39,163	33.03%	−14.63%
	PMK	Chakkaravarthi Nayagar G.	10,360	8.74%
	JP	Gevarchand A.	828	0.70%
Margin of victory			27,266	23.00%	4.04%
Turnout			1,18,566	67.83%	−4.50%
Registered electors			1,78,367
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	8.37%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kancheepuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Murugesan	53,821	47.66%	4.26%
	AIADMK	S. S. Thirunavukkarasu	32,408	28.70%	−26.61%
	INC	Narayanaswamy. V.	17,084	15.13%
	AIADMK	Balaji. K.	6,643	5.88%	−49.43%
	Independent	Amirthalingam. M. K.	1,666	1.48%
Margin of victory			21,413	18.96%	7.05%
Turnout			1,12,932	72.33%	−7.86%
Registered electors			1,59,038
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.65%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kancheepuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Balaji	60,363	55.31%	7.06%
	DMK	Palani Raja Kumar. C. M.	47,362	43.40%	−2.56%
Margin of victory			13,001	11.91%	9.62%
Turnout			1,09,137	80.19%	6.24%
Registered electors			1,39,497
	AIADMK hold		Swing	7.06%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kancheepuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Venkatasubramanian	46,051	48.25%	12.78%
	DMK	Sambandan. V	43,859	45.95%	12.68%
	JP	Chandrakumar. K	4,350	4.56%
	Independent	Anandan. J	519	0.54%
	Independent	Ranganathan. M	437	0.46%
Margin of victory			2,192	2.30%	0.09%
Turnout			95,445	73.95%	1.54%
Registered electors			1,30,410
	AIADMK hold		Swing	12.78%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kancheepuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Balaji	31,327	35.47%
	DMK	V. Sambandan	29,380	33.27%	−19.25%
	JP	E. Narendran	16,623	18.82%
	INC	C.R. Umapathy	8,346	9.45%	−35.53%
	Independent	N. Krishnan	2,153	2.44%
Margin of victory			1,947	2.20%	−5.33%
Turnout			88,312	72.41%	−7.17%
Registered electors			1,23,336
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-17.04%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kancheepuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. V. M. Annamalai	44,009	52.52%	−4.27%
	INC	D. V. Natesa Mudaliar	37,697	44.98%	2.69%
	CPI(M)	K. S. Partthasarthy	2,094	2.50%
Margin of victory			6,312	7.53%	−6.96%
Turnout			83,800	79.58%	−4.41%
Registered electors			1,07,911
	DMK hold		Swing	-4.27%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Kancheepuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Krishnan	45,266	56.78%	12.93%
	INC	V. C. S. Nayagar	33,716	42.30%	−12.50%
	ABJS	C. Jeevarathinam	733	0.92%
Margin of victory			11,550	14.49%	3.55%
Turnout			79,715	83.99%	−4.17%
Registered electors			97,322
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	1.98%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : 1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Kancheepuram^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. V. Natesa Mudaliar	46,018	54.80%	21.03%
	DMK	C. N. Annadurai	36,828	43.86%
	Independent	M. K. Parasuram Naicker	1,128	1.34%
Margin of victory			9,190	10.94%	−7.22%
Turnout			83,974	88.16%	20.77%
Registered electors			98,287
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	2.86%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : 1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Kancheepuram^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	C. N. Annadurai	31,861	51.94%
	INC	P. S. Srinivasan	20,718	33.77%	2.73%
	CPI	K. S. Parthasarathi	6,742	10.99%
	Independent	Chakravarthi Nayagar	1,448	2.36%
	Independent	G. Veradarajan	576	0.94%
Margin of victory			11,143	18.16%	7.37%
Turnout			61,345	67.39%	7.90%
Registered electors			91,027
	Independent gain from KMPP		Swing	10.10%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Kancheepuram^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KMPP	Deivasigamani	17,543	41.83%
	INC	P. S. Srinivasan	13,016	31.04%	31.04%
	Independent	A. Kuppuswami	3,558	8.48%
	CPI	K. S. Parthasarathy	3,410	8.13%
	Commonweal Party	Kalyanasundaram	2,128	5.07%
	Socialist	G. K. Kannan	1,987	4.74%
Margin of victory			4,527	10.80%
Turnout			41,935	59.49%
Registered electors			70,489
	KMPP win (new seat)

Demographics

Demographics (2016)
Category	Data
Created	2016
Sengunthar Kaikola Mudaliyar	30%
Vanniyar	30%
Adi Dravida	20%
Others	20%
Total Electorate	2,96,893

^[10]

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