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), 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 of Peravurani (State Assembly Constituency) is M. Govindarasu from Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below.

Notable candidatures

• * 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

Year	Winner	Party
1967	M.Krishnamurthy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	Kuzha. Chellaiya	Independent Candidate
1977	M. R. Govindan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	M. R. Govindan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	M. R. Govindan	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	R. Singaram	Indian National Congress
1991	Singaram	Indian National Congress
1996	S. V. Thirugnana Sambandam	Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
2001	S. V. Thirugnana Sambandam	Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
2006	M. V. R. Veera Kabilan	Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	Arun Pandian	Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam
2016	M. Govindarasu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2016

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016: Peravurani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Govindarasu	73908	36.15%
	DMK	N. Ashok Kumar	72913	35.67%
	CPI	T. Thamayanthi	5816	2.84%
	BJP	R. Elango	4612	2.25%
	NTK	K. Balathandayutham	1602	0.78%
	Independent	S. Anbuselvam	457	0.22%
	PMK	P. Thiyagarajan	421	0.20%
	Independent	A.V. Balu	334	0.16%
	NOTA	None of the Above	1294	0.63%
Majority			73908
Turnout			2,04,407
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	0.48%

References

• "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)