Purasawalkam Assembly constituency
Constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, 1962–2008
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Purusawalkam is a defunct legislative assembly constituency, that includes the locality, Purasawalkam of Chennai City and its surroundings. Purasawalkam Assembly constituency was part of Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency.It was later divided between Egmore and newly created Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar assembly constituencies.
| Purasuwalkam | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Chennai |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Chennai Central |
| Established | 1962 |
| Abolished | 2008 |
| Total electors | 167,730 (2006) |
| Reservation | None |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Madras State
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Bashyam Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | V. S. Govindarajan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Tamil Nadu
| Year | Duration | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1971–77 | K. Anbazhagan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1977 | 1977–80 | |||
| 1980 | 1980–84 | |||
| 1984 | 1984–89 | K. Nanjil Manoharan | ||
| 1989 | 1989–91 | Arcot N. Veeraswami | ||
| 1991 | 1991–96 | B. Ranganathan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | 1996–01 | Tamil Maanila Congress | ||
| 2001 | 2001–06 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2006 | 2006–2011 | V.S. Babu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Election results
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | V. S. Babu | 90,140 | 53.74 | ||
| AIADMK | T. G. Venkatesh Babu | 82,777 | 49.35 | ||
| DMDK | Jacquelene Gomez | 12,690 | 7.57 | ||
| BJP | Elumalai. V. | 2,019 | 1.20 | ||
| SWA | Kamalaakannan. J. | 769 | 0.46 | ||
| Independent | Raja. K. | 603 | 0.36 | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,363 | 4.39 | 1.74 | ||
| Turnout | 167,730 | 87.51 | −45.83 | ||
| DMK hold | Swing | 5.21 | |||
2001
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | B. Ranganathan | 69,681 | 48.53 | ||
| TMC(M) | Vetriivel P | 65,879 | 45.89 | ||
| MDMK | Gurunathan S | 4,902 | 3.41 | ||
| JD(S) | Antony Xavier R | 1,033 | 0.72 | ||
| Independent | Venkataramani J | 598 | 0.42 | ||
| Independent | Peter Solomon | 389 | 0.27 | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,802 | 2.65 | −49.58 | ||
| Turnout | 143,574 | 46.71 | −11.55 | ||
| DMK gain from TMC(M) | Swing | -22.07 | |||
1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMC(M) | B. Ranganathan | 98,157 | 70.61 | ||
| INC | Gnanam. J. Kathipara | 25,543 | 18.37 | ||
| BJP | Ethirajan. G. | 9,128 | 6.57 | ||
| MDMK | Dhakshina Murthy. K. | 2,623 | 1.89 | ||
| PMK | Nadesan. M. | 1,604 | 1.15 | ||
| Independent | Gnana Sekar. A. | 657 | 0.47 | ||
| Margin of victory | 72,614 | 52.23 | 34.39 | ||
| Turnout | 139,022 | 58.26 | 2.18 | ||
| TMC(M) gain from INC | Swing | 14.83 | |||
1991
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | B. Ranganathan | 71,391 | 39.68 | ||
| DMK | Arcot N. Veeraswami | 48,559 | 26.99 | ||
| PMK | Manivannan R. | 3,656 | 20.32 | ||
| BJP | Selvaraj B. | 3,120 | 17.34 | ||
| JP | Sagunthala B. | 243 | 1.35 | ||
| Independent | Elango S. | 206 | 1.14 | ||
| Margin of victory | 22,832 | 17.84 | −9.97 | ||
| Turnout | 127,992 | 56.08 | −12.16 | ||
| INC gain from DMK | Swing | 5.90 | |||
1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Arcot N. Veeraswami | 68,640 | 49.88 | ||
| AIADMK | B. Ranganathan | 30,376 | 22.07 | ||
| Independent | Anbarasu. C. | 29,962 | 21.77 | ||
| BJP | Purasai Kumaran | 5,169 | 3.76 | ||
| Independent | Meiyappan. R. | 1,130 | 0.82 | ||
| Independent | Mahendran. K. | 319 | 0.23 | ||
| Margin of victory | 38,264 | 27.81 | 24.04 | ||
| Turnout | 137,613 | 68.24 | 1.73 | ||
| DMK hold | Swing | -1.26 | |||
1984
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Nanjil K. Manoharan | 61,246 | 51.14 | ||
| AIADMK | Suppu. K. | 56,736 | 47.37 | ||
| Independent | Dhanapal R. H. | 482 | 0.40 | ||
| Independent | Manivannan. D. | 206 | 0.17 | ||
| Independent | Selyamary. S. | 200 | 0.17 | ||
| Independent | Munirathinam. E. | 196 | 0.16 | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,510 | 3.77 | −1.90 | ||
| Turnout | 119,763 | 66.51 | 6.74 | ||
| DMK hold | Swing | -1.21 | |||
1980
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | K. Anbazhagan | 52,729 | 52.35 | ||
| AIADMK | Valampuri John | 47,021 | 46.68 | ||
| JP | Manivannan.D | 535 | 0.53 | ||
| Independent | Mani.D | 439 | 0.44 | ||
| Margin of victory | 5,708 | 5.67 | −15.27 | ||
| Turnout | 100,724 | 59.77 | 14.50 | ||
| DMK hold | Swing | 7.26 | |||
1977
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | K. Anbazhagan | 41,073 | 45.09 | ||
| JP | T. S. Govindaswamy | 22,004 | 24.16 | ||
| ADK | P.A. Venkateshwaralu | 19,745 | 21.68 | ||
| CPI | R. Dakshinamoorthy | 7,206 | 7.91 | ||
| Independent | H. Stanley | 265 | 0.29 | ||
| Independent | Rajesekharan | 248 | 0.27 | ||
| Margin of victory | 19,069 | 20.94 | 6.46 | ||
| Turnout | 91,085 | 45.27 | −18.47 | ||
| DMK hold | Swing | -11.03 | |||
1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | K. Anbazhagan | 47,182 | 56.13 | ||
| INC | Bashyam Reddy | 35,016 | 41.65 | ||
| Independent | M Deenan | 1,865 | 2.22 | ||
| Margin of victory | 12,166 | 14.47 | 7.18 | ||
| Turnout | 84,063 | 63.74 | −10.63 | ||
| DMK hold | Swing | -1.91 | |||
1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | V. S. Govindarajan | 41,272 | 58.04 | ||
| INC | Damodaran | 29,046 | 40.85 | ||
| ABJS | Krishniah | 792 | 1.11 | ||
| Margin of victory | 12,226 | 7.29 | |||
| Turnout | 71,110 | 74.37 | |||
| DMK gain from | Swing | ||||