Anna Nagar Assembly constituency
Anna Nagar is a state assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 21. It includes the locality of Anna Nagar, which is in Chennai. It is part of Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency. Anna Nagar was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu. Former chief minister Karunanidhi represented two times.
Article
Anna Nagar Assembly constituency
Anna Nagar is a state assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 21. It includes the locality of Anna Nagar, which is in Chennai. It is part of Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency. Anna Nagar was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu. Former chief minister Karunanidhi represented two times.
Overview
Anna Nagar Assembly constituency
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 21 Anna Nagar Assembly constituency is composed of Ward 100-103 & 105-107 of Greater Chennai Corporation.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Anna Nagar Assembly constituency
<table><thead><tr><th>Assembly</th><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Sixth</td><td>1977</td><td>M. Karunanidhi</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Seventh</td><td>1980</td></tr><tr><td>Eighth</td><td>1984</td><td>S. M. Ramachandran</td></tr><tr><td>Ninth</td><td>1989</td><td>K. Anbazhagan</td></tr><tr><td>Tenth</td><td>1991</td><td>A. Chellakumar</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>Eleventh</td><td>1996</td><td>Arcot N. Veeraswami</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Twelfth</td><td>2001</td></tr><tr><td>Thirteenth</td><td>2006</td></tr><tr><td>Fourteenth</td><td>2011</td><td>S. Gokula Indira</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Fifteenth</td><td>2016</td><td>M. K. Mohan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Sixteenth</td><td>2021</td></tr></tbody></table>
Election results
2026
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>N. Chitarasu</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK+</td><td>S. Gokula Indira</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>S. Shankar</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>V K Ramkumar</td><td></td><td></td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>181,402</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>gain from</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2021
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>M. K. Mohan</td><td>80,054</td><td>48.95%</td><td>+7.36</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>S. Gokula Indira</td><td>52,609</td><td>32.17%</td><td>−8.78</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>V. Ponraj</td><td>17,522</td><td>10.71%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>S. Shankar</td><td>10,406</td><td>6.36%</td><td>+4.67</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,545</td><td>0.94%</td><td>−1.39</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>K. N. Gunasekaran</td><td>1,169</td><td>0.71%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>27,445</td><td>16.78%</td><td>16.14%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>163,551</td><td>57.18%</td><td>−2.81%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>726</td><td>0.44%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>286,039</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>7.36%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2016
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>M. K. Mohan</td><td>70,812</td><td>41.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>S. Gokula Indira</td><td>69,726</td><td>40.95%</td><td>−17.73</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>K. Suresh</td><td>8,832</td><td>5.19%</td><td>+2.7</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>Mallika Dayalan</td><td>6,384</td><td>3.75%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>A. M. Akhilesh</td><td>5,402</td><td>3.17%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>3,970</td><td>2.33%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>N. Amutha</td><td>2,885</td><td>1.69%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,086</td><td>0.64%</td><td>−23.50%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>170,281</td><td>59.99%</td><td>−6.85%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>283,857</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-17.09%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2011
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>S. Gokula Indira</td><td>88,954</td><td>58.67%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V. K. Arivazhagan</td><td>52,364</td><td>34.54%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>P. K. Haribabu</td><td>3,769</td><td>2.49%</td><td>−1.16</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>36,590</td><td>24.13%</td><td>18.42%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>151,608</td><td>66.84%</td><td>5.43%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>226,836</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>12.47%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2006
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Arcot N. Veeraswami</td><td>100,099</td><td>46.20%</td><td>−2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>Vijaya Thayanban</td><td>87,709</td><td>40.48%</td><td>+36.3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>LKPT</td><td>K. Rajamany</td><td>11,665</td><td>5.38%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>H. V. Hande</td><td>7,897</td><td>3.64%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>K. Senthamarai Kannan</td><td>6,594</td><td>3.04%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>12,390</td><td>5.72%</td><td>2.24%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>216,659</td><td>61.41%</td><td>18.81%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>352,829</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-2.00%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2001
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Arcot N. Veeraswami</td><td>77,353</td><td>48.20%</td><td>−18.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>C. Arumugam</td><td>71,775</td><td>44.73%</td><td>+43.06</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>C. Appandurai</td><td>6,708</td><td>4.18%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NCP</td><td>M. Kumaran</td><td>854</td><td>0.53%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,578</td><td>3.48%</td><td>−41.10%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>160,469</td><td>42.59%</td><td>−12.03%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>376,745</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-18.84%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1996
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Arcot N. Veeraswami</td><td>103,819</td><td>67.05%</td><td>+30.47</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>R. Balasubramanian</td><td>34,802</td><td>22.48%</td><td>−34.81</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>K. Varadarajan</td><td>7,203</td><td>4.65%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>V. Elumalai</td><td>3,625</td><td>2.34%</td><td>−0.72</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>V. J. Pandian</td><td>2,576</td><td>1.66%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>69,017</td><td>44.57%</td><td>23.86%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>154,842</td><td>54.62%</td><td>3.72%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>289,232</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>9.76%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1991
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>A. Chellakumar</td><td>75,512</td><td>57.29%</td><td>+41.14</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>S. M. Ramachandran</td><td>48,214</td><td>36.58%</td><td>−13.37</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>S. P. Ramakrishnan Alias Ramki</td><td>4,031</td><td>3.06%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>G. Selvam Alias Tamil Selvam</td><td>2,498</td><td>1.90%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>27,298</td><td>20.71%</td><td>−1.96%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>131,814</td><td>50.90%</td><td>−13.66%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>262,348</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>7.34%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1989
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>K. Anbazhagan</td><td>71,401</td><td>49.94%</td><td>−2.64</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>V. Sukumar Babu</td><td>38,994</td><td>27.28%</td><td>−18.95</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>G. Lakshmanan</td><td>23,083</td><td>16.15%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>V. Kothadaraman</td><td>7,089</td><td>4.96%</td><td>−41.27</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>32,407</td><td>22.67%</td><td>16.31%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>142,965</td><td>64.56%</td><td>1.76%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>223,765</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-2.64%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1984
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>S. M. Ramachandran</td><td>63,854</td><td>52.59%</td><td>+3.61</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>V. Kothandaraman</td><td>56,128</td><td>46.22%</td><td>−2.08</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,726</td><td>6.36%</td><td>5.70%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>121,427</td><td>62.79%</td><td>0.54%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>196,896</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>3.61%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1980
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>M. Karunanidhi</td><td>51,290</td><td>48.97%</td><td>−1.13</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>H. V. Hande</td><td>50,591</td><td>48.31%</td><td>+17.32</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>R. Jebamani</td><td>2,335</td><td>2.23%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>699</td><td>0.67%</td><td>−18.45%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>104,731</td><td>62.25%</td><td>13.61%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>169,720</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-1.13%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1977
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>M. Karunanidhi</td><td>43,076</td><td>50.10%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>G. Krishnamurthy</td><td>26,638</td><td>30.98%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>T. Andiappan</td><td>10,419</td><td>12.12%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>R. Jayachandran</td><td>5,258</td><td>6.12%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>16,438</td><td>19.12%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>85,974</td><td>48.64%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>178,266</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>