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Purasawalkam Assembly constituency

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Purasuwalkam
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChennai
LS constituencyChennai Central
Established1962
Abolished2008
Total electors167,730 (2006)
ReservationNone

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.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Madras State

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Year Winner Party
1962 Bashyam Reddy Indian National Congress
1967 V. S. Govindarajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

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Assembly Duration Winner Party
1971 Tamil Nadu state assembly election 1971–77 K. Anbazhagan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 Tamil Nadu state assembly election 1977–80
1980 Tamil Nadu state assembly election 1980–84
1984 Tamil Nadu state assembly election 1984–89 K. Nanjil Manoharan
1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election 1989–91 Arcot N. Veeraswami
1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election 1991–96 B. Ranganathan Indian National Congress
1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election 1996–01 Tamil Maanila Congress
2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election 2001–06 Indian National Congress
2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election 2006–2011 V.S. Babu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

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2006

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2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Purasawalkam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Babu. V.S. 90,140 53.74%
AIADMK Venkateshbabu 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

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2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Purasawalkam[1]
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

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1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Purasawalkam
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

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1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Purasawalkam
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

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1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Purasawalkam
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

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1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Purasawalkam[2]
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

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1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Purasawalkam
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

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1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Purasawalkam
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

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1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Purasawalkam
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

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1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Purasawalkam
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

References

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  1. ^ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2001". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 1984". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2023.

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