Peravurani Assembly constituency

Peravurani Assembly constituency
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
Country	India

Peravurani is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Peravurani constituency created on the year of 1967 on delimitation of Pattukkottai (State Assembly Constituency). It elects a member to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly once every five years. From the 1967 elections, Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the assembly seat three times (in 1984, 2006, 2016 state elections), Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the assembly seat three times (in 1967, 1977 and 1980, 2021), Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) won two times by 1996 and 2001 elections and Indian National Congress two times wons the seat (in 1989 and 1991) and Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam won the seat in 2011 election. The current member of legislative assembly N. Ashok Kumar from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Notable candidatures

Seruvai.pa.Malaiyappan Who belongs to AIADMK Party, has lead the party in peravurani in its early stages, he led the party front as union secretary (AIADMK), He had won as Union Chairman when votes are elected directly by people and become District council member twice, when he is all set to become MLA candidate he died due to cardiac arrest in 2002.

• Kuzha. Chellaiya is an Indian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. Who born and brought up in Mudhukadu Village of Peravurani Taluk. Who worked in both major political parties of Tamil Nadu, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in different times. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Independent candidate from Peravurani (state assembly constituency) in the 1971 state assembly elections. Who is the only Independent candidate, elected as Member of legislative assembly from Peravurani assembly constituency.

Elected members

The first election in Peravurani (state assembly constituency) conducted in the year of 1967. The First Member of legislative assembly from Peravurani constituency is M.K. Krishnamoorthy from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

Year	Members Elected from Peravurani Constituency	Party
1967	M. Krishnamoorthi		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	Kuzha. Chellaiya		Independent
1977	M. R. Govindan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	M. R. Govindan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	M. R. Govindan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	R. Singaram		Indian National Congress
1991	R. Singaram		Indian National Congress
1996	S. V. Thirugnana Sambandam		Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	S. V. Thirugnana Sambandam		Tamil Maanila Congress
2006	M.V.R. Veera Kabilan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	Arun Pandian		Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	M. Govindarasu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	N. Ashok Kumar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Peravurani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Ashok Kumar
Majority
Turnout
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Peravurani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Govindarasu	73,908	36.15	+36.15
	DMK	N. Ashok Kumar	72,913	35.67	+35.67
	CPI	T. Thamayanthi	5,816	2.84	+2.84
	BJP	R. Elango	4,612	2.25	+2.25
	NTK	K. Bala Thandayutham	1,602	0.78	+0.78
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,294	0.63	New
Majority			995	0.61	−4.52
Turnout			1,61,931	78.85	−2.00
	AIADMK gain from DMDK		Swing	0.48

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Peravurani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	Arun Pandian	51,010	36.42	+21.30
	INC	K. Mahendran	43,816	31.29	−7.68
	IND	S. V. Thirugnana Sambandam	25,137	17.95	+17.95
	IND	V. Subramaniyan	7,470	5.33	+5.33
Majority			7,194	5.13	+2.35
Turnout			1,40,102	80.85	+3.85
	DMDK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-5.33

References

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

10.4212322°N 79.1651449°E / 10.4212322; 79.1651449