Perambur Assembly constituency

Perambur is a legislative assembly, that includes the city of Perambur. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 12. Perambur Assembly constituency is a part of Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

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Perambur Assembly constituency

Perambur is a legislative assembly, that includes the city of Perambur. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 12. Perambur Assembly constituency is a part of Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Perambur Assembly constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Madras State</td></tr><tr><td>1952</td><td>S. Pakkirisamy Pillai</td><td></td><td>Socialist Party</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>Pakkiriswami Pillai</td><td></td><td>Independent</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>D. Sulochana</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>Satyavani Muthu</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>Tamil Nadu</td></tr><tr><td>1971-77</td><td>Satyavani Muthu</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1977-80</td><td>S. Balan</td></tr><tr><td>1980-84</td></tr><tr><td>1984-89</td><td>Parithi Elamvazhuthi</td></tr><tr><td>1989-91</td><td>Chengai Sivam</td></tr><tr><td>1991-96</td><td>M. P. Sekar</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1996-2001</td><td>Chengai Sivam</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2001-06</td><td>K. Mahendran</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>2006-11</td></tr><tr><td>2011-16</td><td>A. Soundararajan</td></tr><tr><td>2016- 2017</td><td>P. Vetrivel</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2019-2021</td><td>R. D. Sekar</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2021-Incumbent</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>R. D. Sekar</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>M. Thilakabama</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>Vetri Tamizhan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><td>C. Joseph Vijay</td><td></td><td></td><td></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>222,792</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>R. D. Sekar</td><td>105,267</td><td>52.93%</td><td>+10.82</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>N. R. Dhanapalan</td><td>50,291</td><td>25.29%</td><td>−17.1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>S. Merlin Suganthi</td><td>19,821</td><td>9.97%</td><td>+8.25</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>A. Ponnusamy</td><td>17,072</td><td>8.58%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>E. Lakshmi Narayanan</td><td>4,042</td><td>2.03%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,515</td><td>0.76%</td><td>−0.92</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>54,976</td><td>27.64%</td><td>27.37%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>198,872</td><td>62.96%</td><td>−1.99%</td></tr><tr><td>Rejected ballots</td><td>390</td><td>0.20%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>315,884</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>10.55%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2019 by-election

<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>R. D. Sekar</td><td>106,394</td><td>56.32</td><td>+14.21</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>R. S. Raajesh</td><td>38,371</td><td>20.31</td><td>−22.09</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><td>U. Priyadarshini</td><td>20,508</td><td>10.86</td><td>+10.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>S. Merlin Suganthi</td><td>8,611</td><td>4.56</td><td>+2.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><td>P. Vetrivel</td><td>6,281</td><td>3.32</td><td>+3.32</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>2,511</td><td>1.33</td><td>NA</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>68,023</td><td>35.97</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,89,093</td><td>64.39</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td></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>AIADMK</td><td>P. Vetrivel</td><td>79,974</td><td>42.39%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>N. R. Dhanapalan</td><td>79,455</td><td>42.11%</td><td>+0.61</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>A. Soundararajan</td><td>10,281</td><td>5.45%</td><td>−46.81</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>R. Prakash</td><td>4,582</td><td>2.43%</td><td>+0.73</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><td>M. Venkatesh Perumal</td><td>3,685</td><td>1.95%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><td>S. Vetri Thamizhan</td><td>3,236</td><td>1.72%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>3,167</td><td>1.68%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>519</td><td>0.28%</td><td>−10.48%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>188,681</td><td>64.95%</td><td>−4.79%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>290,522</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td>-9.87%</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>CPI(M)</td><td>A. Soundararajan</td><td>84,668</td><td>52.26%</td><td>+7.42</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>N. R. Dhanapalan</td><td>67,245</td><td>41.50%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>R. Ravindrakumar</td><td>2,758</td><td>1.70%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JMM</td><td>K. Vijayakumar</td><td>961</td><td>0.59%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>S. Palani</td><td>912</td><td>0.56%</td><td>−0.23</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. Gopi Anand</td><td>861</td><td>0.53%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>17,423</td><td>10.75%</td><td>9.22%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>162,026</td><td>69.74%</td><td>1.86%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>232,344</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>7.42%</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>CPI(M)</td><td>K. Mahendran</td><td>81,765</td><td>44.83%</td><td>−7.59</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>P. Manimaran</td><td>78,977</td><td>43.30%</td><td>+40.25</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><td>J. Lingam</td><td>15,881</td><td>8.71%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>V. Perumal</td><td>1,449</td><td>0.79%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>P. Viswanathan Kakkan</td><td>952</td><td>0.52%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,788</td><td>1.53%</td><td>−11.44%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>182,379</td><td>67.87%</td><td>19.91%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>268,704</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-7.59%</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>CPI(M)</td><td>K. Mahendran</td><td>69,613</td><td>52.42%</td><td>+45.74</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Chengai Sivam</td><td>52,390</td><td>39.45%</td><td>−27.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><td>R. Natarajan</td><td>4,055</td><td>3.05%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Ravi</td><td>2,702</td><td>2.03%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Gunasekaran</td><td>1,700</td><td>1.28%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Rama Rao</td><td>1,012</td><td>0.76%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>17,223</td><td>12.97%</td><td>−30.33%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>132,799</td><td>47.96%</td><td>−13.04%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>276,886</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>-14.87%</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>Chengai Sivam</td><td>90,683</td><td>67.29%</td><td>+26.54</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>V. Neelakandan</td><td>32,332</td><td>23.99%</td><td>−30.07</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>R. Sarala</td><td>9,008</td><td>6.68%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>G. Nageswara Rao</td><td>1,910</td><td>1.42%</td><td>−0.27</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>58,351</td><td>43.30%</td><td>29.99%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>134,760</td><td>61.00%</td><td>5.47%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>227,398</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from AIADMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>13.23%</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>Dr. M. P. Sekar</td><td>62,759</td><td>54.06%</td><td>+47.58</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Chengai Sivam</td><td>47,307</td><td>40.75%</td><td>−13.11</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>V. K. Sampath</td><td>1,960</td><td>1.69%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>T. S. P. E Bakthan</td><td>1,588</td><td>1.37%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TMUL</td><td>D. Kanagasabapathy</td><td>1,383</td><td>1.19%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>15,452</td><td>13.31%</td><td>−19.48%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>116,088</td><td>55.53%</td><td>−11.73%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>214,067</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK gain from DMK</td><td>Swing</td><td>0.20%</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>Chengai Sivam</td><td>65,681</td><td>53.86%</td><td>+0.83</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>P. Viswanathan</td><td>25,691</td><td>21.07%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Mahenathan</td><td>15,747</td><td>12.91%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>M. Panchalaim</td><td>7,908</td><td>6.49%</td><td>−39.39</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Thirumalai</td><td>4,238</td><td>3.48%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. Ganesekaran</td><td>1,037</td><td>0.85%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>39,990</td><td>32.80%</td><td>25.63%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>121,939</td><td>67.26%</td><td>4.51%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>184,148</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>0.83%</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>Parithi Ilamvazhuthi</td><td>53,325</td><td>53.04%</td><td>−1.55</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Sathyavani Muthu</td><td>46,121</td><td>45.87%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sankaralingam</td><td>521</td><td>0.52%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,204</td><td>7.17%</td><td>−2.01%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>100,541</td><td>62.75%</td><td>1.09%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>165,376</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-1.55%</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>S. Balan</td><td>49,269</td><td>54.59%</td><td>+11.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>V. Murugaian</td><td>40,989</td><td>45.41%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>8,280</td><td>9.17%</td><td>−7.69%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>90,258</td><td>61.65%</td><td>17.96%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>148,248</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>11.84%</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>S. Balan</td><td>34,134</td><td>42.74%</td><td>−13.62</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>T. Raja</td><td>20,666</td><td>25.88%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>T. P. Elumalai</td><td>16,675</td><td>20.88%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V. M. Perumal</td><td>8,385</td><td>10.50%</td><td>−32.06</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>13,468</td><td>16.86%</td><td>3.05%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>79,860</td><td>43.70%</td><td>−22.09%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>184,688</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-13.62%</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>Sathyavani Muthu</td><td>49,070</td><td>56.37%</td><td>+2.18</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>D. Sulochana</td><td>37,047</td><td>42.56%</td><td>−2.66</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Shammugam</td><td>939</td><td>1.08%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>12,023</td><td>13.81%</td><td>4.83%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>87,056</td><td>65.78%</td><td>−8.90%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>135,439</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>2.18%</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>Sathyavani Muthu</td><td>40,364</td><td>54.19%</td><td>+10.68</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>D. Sulochana</td><td>33,677</td><td>45.21%</td><td>−9.26</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Muthuvelu</td><td>445</td><td>0.60%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>6,687</td><td>8.98%</td><td>−1.99%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>74,486</td><td>74.69%</td><td>−1.40%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>101,856</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>-0.29%</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>INC</td><td>D. Sulochana</td><td>40,451</td><td>54.48%</td><td>+31.85</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><td>Sathyavani Muthu</td><td>32,309</td><td>43.51%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ABJS</td><td>S. Dhanapal</td><td>1,494</td><td>2.01%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>8,142</td><td>10.97%</td><td>8.99%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>74,254</td><td>76.09%</td><td>2.81%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>100,407</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from Independent</td><td>Swing</td><td>29.87%</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>Independent</td><td>Pakkiriswami Pillai</td><td>34,579</td><td>24.60%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>T. S. Govindaswamy</td><td>31,806</td><td>22.63%</td><td>−11.44</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Satyavani Muthu</td><td>27,638</td><td>19.66%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>T. Rajagopal (Sc)</td><td>23,682</td><td>16.85%</td><td>−17.22</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. P. Samundiswaran (Sc)</td><td>14,915</td><td>10.61%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>Gailapathi</td><td>4,233</td><td>3.01%</td><td>−13.89</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>Karuppannan (Sc)</td><td>3,698</td><td>2.63%</td><td>−14.27</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,773</td><td>1.97%</td><td>−6.05%</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>140,551</td><td>73.28%</td><td>18.93%</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>191,799</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent gain from Socialist Party (India)</td><td>Swing</td><td>-17.48%</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>Socialist Party (India)</td><td>S. Pakkirisamy Pillai</td><td>14,190</td><td>42.08%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>M. Santhosam</td><td>11,486</td><td>34.06%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>T. M. Arumugham</td><td>5,698</td><td>16.90%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIFB</td><td>Malick Basha Sahib</td><td>653</td><td>1.94%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. Gopalakrishnan</td><td>577</td><td>1.71%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Parthasarathy</td><td>394</td><td>1.17%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>H. H. L. Stone</td><td>367</td><td>1.09%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Justice Party</td><td>P. R. Kodandarama Mudaliar</td><td>353</td><td>1.05%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,704</td><td>8.02%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>33,718</td><td>54.35%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>62,038</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Socialist Party (India) win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>