Kunnam Assembly constituency
Kunnam is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India newly formed after constituency delimitations 2008.[2] It is included in the Chidambaram parliamentary constituency.
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | S. S. Sivasankar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2016 | R. T. Ramachandran | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2021 | S. S. Sivasankar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Kunnam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the State Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Perambalur |
| LS constituency | Chidambaram |
| Established | 2011 |
| Total electors | 2,73,461[1] |
| Reservation | General |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Current MLA | S. S. Sivasankar |
| Party | DMK |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Election Results
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | S. S. Sivasankar | 103,922 | 47.43% | 18.45% | |
| AIADMK | R. T. Ramachandran | 97,593 | 44.54% | 6.39% | |
| NTK | Arul. P. | 9,354 | 4.27% | 3.46% | |
| AMMK | Kaarthikeyan. S. | 2,118 | 0.97% | ||
| Independent | Selvaraju. R. | 977 | 0.45% | ||
| Independent | Balamurugan. S. | 934 | 0.43% | ||
| NOTA | Nota | 753 | 0.34% | -1.13% | |
| MNM | Sathik Basha. A. S. | 739 | 0.34% | ||
| Independent | Prakash. M. R. | 604 | 0.28% | ||
| BSP | Pandiyan. S. | 494 | 0.23% | -0.31% | |
| Independent | Vinothkumar. M. | 451 | 0.21% | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,329 | 2.89% | -6.28% | ||
| Turnout | 2,19,126 | 80.13% | -0.02% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 151 | 0.07% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,73,461 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 9.28% | |||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | R. T. Ramachandran | 78,218 | 38.15% | ||
| DMK | Durairaj. T | 59,422 | 28.98% | -17.91% | |
| PMK | Vaithilingam. G | 37,271 | 18.18% | ||
| VCK | Mohamed Shanavas. J | 19,853 | 9.68% | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,024 | 1.47% | ||
| NTK | Arul. P | 1,665 | 0.81% | ||
| IJK | Ragupathi A. V. R | 1,168 | 0.57% | ||
| BSP | Rajendran. K | 1,092 | 0.53% | -0.34% | |
| Independent | Durairaj. R | 1,055 | 0.51% | ||
| Independent | Ramalingam. M | 586 | 0.29% | ||
| Independent | Silambarasan. N | 566 | 0.28% | ||
| Margin of victory | 18,796 | 9.17% | -4.00% | ||
| Turnout | 2,05,044 | 80.15% | -1.76% | ||
| Registered electors | 2,55,823 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -8.74% | |||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | S. S. Sivasankar | 81,723 | 46.89% | ||
| DMDK | Durai. Kamaraj | 58,766 | 33.72% | ||
| IJK | Jayaseelan. P | 13,735 | 7.88% | ||
| Independent | Ponnivalavan. P | 8,395 | 4.82% | ||
| BJP | Baskaran. T | 2,509 | 1.44% | ||
| Independent | Ramesh. B | 2,264 | 1.30% | ||
| BSP | Rajendiran. K | 1,526 | 0.88% | ||
| JMM | Maruthadurai. G | 1,433 | 0.82% | ||
| Independent | Kumar. M | 1,411 | 0.81% | ||
| Thangavel. M | 1,070 | 0.61% | |||
| Independent | Saminathan. P | 901 | 0.52% | ||
| Margin of victory | 22,957 | 13.17% | |||
| Turnout | 2,12,789 | 81.91% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,74,294 | ||||
| DMK win (new seat) | |||||
References
- "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
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