Chengalpattu Assembly constituency

Chengalpattu is a state assembly constituency in Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu and comprises parts of Chengalpattu taluk. It forms part of Kancheepuram Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.

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Chengalpattu Assembly constituency

Chengalpattu is a state assembly constituency in Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu and comprises parts of Chengalpattu taluk. It forms part of Kancheepuram Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1952</td><td>K. Vinayakam</td><td></td><td>Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>Appavu and Muthuswamy Naicker</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>C. G. Viswanathan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>C. G. Viswanathan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr></tbody></table>

Tamil Nadu

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1971</td><td>C. G. Viswanathan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>V. Tamilmani</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>C. D. Varadarajan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>V. Tamilmani</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>K. Arumugam</td><td></td><td>Pattali Makkal Katchi</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>K. Arumugam</td><td></td><td>Pattali Makkal Katchi</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>D. Murugesan</td><td></td><td>Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>M. Varalakshmi</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>M. Varalakshmi</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</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>AIADMK+</td><td>M.Gajendran</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SPA</td><td>M. K. D. Karthik Dhandapani</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Amutha Nambiyar</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>S. Thiyagarajan</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>2,26,0036</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. Varalakshmi</td><td>130,573</td><td>48.18%</td><td>3.07%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Gajendran. M</td><td>1,03,908</td><td>38.34%</td><td>3.76%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Sanjeevinathan. K</td><td>26,868</td><td>9.91%</td><td>8.30%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IJK</td><td>Muthamilselvan. S</td><td>4,146</td><td>1.53%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>Nota</td><td>3,075</td><td>1.13%</td><td>−0.30%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>Sathishkumar. A</td><td>3,069</td><td>1.13%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>26,665</td><td>9.84%</td><td>−0.69%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>2,71,012</td><td>63.26%</td><td>−4.04%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>479</td><td>0.18%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>4,28,379</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>3.07%</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. Varalakshmi</td><td>112,675</td><td>45.11%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Kamalakkannan. R</td><td>86,383</td><td>34.58%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>Arumugam. K</td><td>20,899</td><td>8.37%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>D. Murugesan</td><td>17,438</td><td>6.98%</td><td>−37.59%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Sanjeevinathan. K</td><td>4,035</td><td>1.62%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None Of The Above</td><td>3,584</td><td>1.43%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IJK</td><td>Muthamilselvan. S</td><td>1,517</td><td>0.61%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Ajay. S</td><td>577</td><td>0.23%</td><td>−0.39%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Venkatesan. E</td><td>467</td><td>0.19%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Durairaj. L</td><td>439</td><td>0.18%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Varalakshmi. K</td><td>406</td><td>0.16%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>26,292</td><td>10.53%</td><td>10.37%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>2,49,774</td><td>67.30%</td><td>−6.73%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>3,71,109</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from DMDK</td><td>Swing</td><td>0.54%</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>DMDK</td><td>D. Murugesan</td><td>83,297</td><td>44.58%</td><td>37.63%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>V. G. Rangasamy</td><td>83,006</td><td>44.42%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>M. Panneer Selvam</td><td>4,124</td><td>2.21%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>K. T. Raghavan</td><td>4,073</td><td>2.18%</td><td>1.60%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Murugan</td><td>3,597</td><td>1.92%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IJK</td><td>S. Muthamilselvan</td><td>3,265</td><td>1.75%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>L. Durairaj</td><td>1,167</td><td>0.62%</td><td>0.17%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Puratchi Bharatham</td><td>K. Somasundaram</td><td>1,040</td><td>0.56%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Venkatesan</td><td>902</td><td>0.48%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Ayyanarappan</td><td>641</td><td>0.34%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Kuppan</td><td>419</td><td>0.22%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>291</td><td>0.16%</td><td>−7.86%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>2,52,409</td><td>74.03%</td><td>2.61%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,86,867</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK gain from PMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-3.80%</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>PMK</td><td>Arumugam. K</td><td>61,664</td><td>48.37%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Arumugam. S</td><td>51,451</td><td>40.36%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>Manjula . S</td><td>8,852</td><td>6.94%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Jeevarathinam. M</td><td>1,880</td><td>1.47%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Prakashbabu. P</td><td>871</td><td>0.68%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Sriram. N</td><td>736</td><td>0.58%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Amoor Beemrao. A</td><td>575</td><td>0.45%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Vedapuri. M</td><td>315</td><td>0.25%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Durairaj. V</td><td>261</td><td>0.20%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Paramasivem. N</td><td>179</td><td>0.14%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>Thulasiammal . R</td><td>175</td><td>0.14%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>10,213</td><td>8.01%</td><td>3.74%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,27,475</td><td>71.43%</td><td>12.30%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,78,466</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>4.87%</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>PMK</td><td>Arumugam K</td><td>52,465</td><td>43.50%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Viswanathan V</td><td>47,316</td><td>39.23%</td><td>−18.30%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>Sathya E</td><td>15,617</td><td>12.95%</td><td>7.95%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Venkatesan V</td><td>1,663</td><td>1.38%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Puratchi Bharatham</td><td>Ramesh K</td><td>990</td><td>0.82%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Subramanian E</td><td>826</td><td>0.68%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Gopalakrishnan N</td><td>572</td><td>0.47%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(S)</td><td>Balaraman . S</td><td>507</td><td>0.42%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ramadoss. R</td><td>343</td><td>0.28%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Amul Rani R</td><td>308</td><td>0.26%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,149</td><td>4.27%</td><td>−27.60%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,20,607</td><td>59.13%</td><td>−9.57%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>2,04,010</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-14.03%</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>V. Tamilmani</td><td>66,443</td><td>57.53%</td><td>24.69%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Kumarasamy. C. V. N.</td><td>29,638</td><td>25.66%</td><td>−22.98%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>Bhaskaran. C. R.</td><td>11,969</td><td>10.36%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>Radhakrishnan. N.</td><td>5,776</td><td>5.00%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Veeraraghavan. N. J.</td><td>848</td><td>0.73%</td><td>−0.45%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sekar. M.</td><td>132</td><td>0.11%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Rajendran. O.</td><td>131</td><td>0.11%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Tharani. D.</td><td>91</td><td>0.08%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Radhakrishnan. R.</td><td>75</td><td>0.06%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Arunachalam. D.</td><td>70</td><td>0.06%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Loganathan. M. P.</td><td>70</td><td>0.06%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>36,805</td><td>31.87%</td><td>16.06%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,15,493</td><td>68.70%</td><td>0.48%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,74,487</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>8.88%</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>AIADMK</td><td>C. D. Varadarajan</td><td>51,694</td><td>48.65%</td><td>22.10%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>V. Tamilmani</td><td>34,896</td><td>32.84%</td><td>−12.89%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>Baskaran C. R.</td><td>17,725</td><td>16.68%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Elumalai A. N.</td><td>1,262</td><td>1.19%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Selvam N.</td><td>196</td><td>0.18%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Dhandapani N.</td><td>158</td><td>0.15%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Durairaj L.</td><td>139</td><td>0.13%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Arunachalam D.</td><td>93</td><td>0.09%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Venkatasubbaiah J.</td><td>59</td><td>0.06%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Abdulhameed M. G.</td><td>44</td><td>0.04%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>16,798</td><td>15.81%</td><td>−3.38%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,06,266</td><td>68.22%</td><td>6.71%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,59,450</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>2.91%</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>V. Tamilmani</td><td>38,948</td><td>45.73%</td><td>−3.06%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>C. D. Varadarajan</td><td>22,607</td><td>26.54%</td><td>−23.60%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>R. Vasudevan</td><td>12,866</td><td>15.11%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Ponkumar</td><td>5,342</td><td>6.27%</td><td>−43.87%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. Munusamy</td><td>3,545</td><td>4.16%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Rajendran</td><td>456</td><td>0.54%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Sekar</td><td>326</td><td>0.38%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>B. Sagadevan</td><td>218</td><td>0.26%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Narendran</td><td>217</td><td>0.25%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Prabakaran</td><td>175</td><td>0.21%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. V. Jegannathen</td><td>169</td><td>0.20%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>16,341</td><td>19.19%</td><td>17.84%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>85,167</td><td>61.51%</td><td>−15.69%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,41,410</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-4.41%</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>AIADMK</td><td>P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan</td><td>45,423</td><td>50.14%</td><td>−2.93%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Rudrakotti. V.</td><td>44,203</td><td>48.80%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sagadevan. B.</td><td>373</td><td>0.41%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Paramanandam. N. S.</td><td>321</td><td>0.35%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Abdul Hameed. M. G.</td><td>267</td><td>0.29%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,220</td><td>1.35%</td><td>−5.41%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>90,587</td><td>77.20%</td><td>15.31%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,20,202</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-2.93%</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>AIADMK</td><td>P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan</td><td>40,466</td><td>53.07%</td><td>9.58%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Natarajan. K</td><td>35,314</td><td>46.32%</td><td>39.97%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ramachandran. S. P</td><td>465</td><td>0.61%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,152</td><td>6.76%</td><td>1.01%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>76,245</td><td>61.89%</td><td>0.00%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,24,925</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>9.58%</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>AIADMK</td><td>P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan</td><td>29,306</td><td>43.50%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>V. Rudrakotti</td><td>25,436</td><td>37.75%</td><td>−24.34%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>B.S. Raghupathy</td><td>6,942</td><td>10.30%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>P. Dhanpal Nayagar</td><td>4,275</td><td>6.34%</td><td>−20.73%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N.E. Mahboob Basha</td><td>611</td><td>0.91%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Vedachalam</td><td>504</td><td>0.75%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S.A. Kali Nayagar</td><td>303</td><td>0.45%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,870</td><td>5.74%</td><td>−29.28%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>67,377</td><td>61.89%</td><td>−10.21%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,10,575</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-18.60%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1971

<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>C G Vishwanathan</td><td>41,949</td><td>62.09%</td><td>−0.68%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>S T Neelakantan</td><td>18,290</td><td>27.07%</td><td>−1.66%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P Ramakrishnan</td><td>3,748</td><td>5.55%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>U T Krishnasamy</td><td>1,455</td><td>2.15%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P Ramasamy</td><td>1,264</td><td>1.87%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S K Sunder Raj</td><td>345</td><td>0.51%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A Chinnapayyan</td><td>285</td><td>0.42%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N S Paramanandam</td><td>222</td><td>0.33%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>23,659</td><td>35.02%</td><td>0.98%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>67,558</td><td>72.10%</td><td>−6.93%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>98,995</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-0.68%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1967

<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>C. G. Viswanathan</td><td>43,428</td><td>62.77%</td><td>12.45%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>T. Naicker</td><td>19,879</td><td>28.73%</td><td>−17.76%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Narasimhan</td><td>5,879</td><td>8.50%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>23,549</td><td>34.04%</td><td>30.21%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>69,186</td><td>79.03%</td><td>2.85%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>90,773</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>12.45%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1962

<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>C. G. Viswanathan</td><td>27,933</td><td>50.32%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>G. Rajarathana Nayagar</td><td>25,809</td><td>46.50%</td><td>21.77%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. M. Ramaswamy</td><td>1,767</td><td>3.18%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,124</td><td>3.83%</td><td>3.16%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>55,509</td><td>76.18%</td><td>0.88%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>76,741</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>25.59%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1957

<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>Muthuswamy Naickar</td><td>26,568</td><td>24.73%</td><td>−1.35%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Appavu (Sc)</td><td>25,854</td><td>24.06%</td><td>−2.01%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ramachandran</td><td>22,884</td><td>21.30%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Rathinam (Sc)</td><td>21,682</td><td>20.18%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Paramasivan (Sc)</td><td>10,453</td><td>9.73%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>714</td><td>0.66%</td><td>−18.64%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,07,441</td><td>75.29%</td><td>30.60%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,42,694</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from KMPP</td><td>Swing</td><td>-20.65%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1952

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>KMPP</td><td>K. Vinayakam</td><td>14,681</td><td>45.38%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>U. L. Raja</td><td>8,435</td><td>26.07%</td><td>26.07%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RPI</td><td>Paramasivam</td><td>3,185</td><td>9.85%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Palaniswamy</td><td>1,964</td><td>6.07%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Govindarajulu Reddiar</td><td>1,643</td><td>5.08%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Elumalai Naicker</td><td>1,276</td><td>3.94%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. V. Srinivasan</td><td>1,167</td><td>3.61%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>6,246</td><td>19.31%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>32,351</td><td>44.69%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>72,383</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>KMPP win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>