Thiruvottiyur Assembly constituency

Thiruvottiyur is a state assembly constituency in Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 10. It consists of a portion of Tiruvottiyur taluk. It falls under Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

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Thiruvottiyur Assembly constituency

Thiruvottiyur is a state assembly constituency in Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 10. It consists of a portion of Tiruvottiyur taluk. It falls under Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Thiruvottiyur Assembly constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Member</th><th colspan="2">Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1967</td><td>A. P. Arasu</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td>M. V. Narayanaswamy</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>P. Sigamony</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>Kumari Ananthan</td><td></td><td>Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>U Thangasamy</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>G. K. J. Bharathi</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>T. K. Palanisamy</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>K. Kuppan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>T. C. Vijayan</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>T. Arumugam</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>K. P. P. Samy</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>K. Kuppan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>K. P. P. Samy</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>K. P. Shankar</td></tr><tr><td>2026</td><td>N. Senthil Kumar</td><td></td><td>Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

2026

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>TVK</td><th>N. Senthil Kumar</th><td>110,067</td><td>53.15%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><th>Sundararaj. L</th><td>56,503</td><td>27.28%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>K. Kuppan</th><td>28,320</td><td>13.68%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><th>Sathya. B</th><td>8,413</td><td>4.06%</td><td>20.37</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><th>None of the above</th><td>805</td><td>0.39%</td><td>0.17</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>53,564</td><td>25.87%</td><td>6.93</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>207,167</td><td>84.58%</td><td>19.20</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Total valid votes</th><td>207,088</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>244,931</td><td></td><td>19.96</td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">TVK gain from DMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>8.81</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>K. P. Shankar</th><td>88,185</td><td>44.34%</td><td>1.09</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>K. Kuppan</th><td>50,524</td><td>25.40%</td><td>15.29</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><th>Seeman</th><td>48,597</td><td>24.43%</td><td>22.35</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MNM</td><th>D. Mohan</th><td>7,053</td><td>3.55%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AMMK</td><th>M. Soundara Pandian</th><td>1,417</td><td>0.71%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><th>None of the above</th><td>1,111</td><td>0.56%</td><td>0.97</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>37,661</td><td>18.94%</td><td>16.38</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>200,077</td><td>65.38%</td><td>1.56</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Total valid votes</th><td>198,885</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Rejected ballots</th><td>81</td><td>0.04%</td><td>0.01</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>306,005</td><td></td><td>7.74</td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">DMK hold</td><th>Swing</th><td>1.09</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>K. P. P. Samy</th><td>82,205</td><td>43.25%</td><td>2.78</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>B. Balraj</th><td>77,342</td><td>40.69%</td><td>16.34</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><th>A. V. Arumugam</th><td>13,463</td><td>7.08%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><th>R. Vasanthakumari</th><td>4,025</td><td>2.12%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NTK</td><th>R. Gokul</th><td>3,961</td><td>2.08%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><th>M. Sivakumar</th><td>3,313</td><td>1.74%</td><td>0.70</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><th>None of the above</th><td>2,917</td><td>1.53%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>4,863</td><td>2.56%</td><td>14.01</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>190,116</td><td>66.94%</td><td>66.94</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Total valid votes</th><td>190,061</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Rejected ballots</th><td>55</td><td>0.03%</td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>284,010</td><td></td><td>28.22</td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">DMK gain from AIADMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>13.78</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>K. Kuppan</th><td>93,944</td><td>57.03%</td><td>11.70</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>K. P. P. Samy</th><td>66,653</td><td>40.47%</td><td>5.87</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><th>V. Venkata Krishnan</th><td>1,719</td><td>1.04%</td><td>0.17</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>27,291</td><td>16.57%</td><td>15.56</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Total valid votes</th><td>164,716</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Rejected ballots</th><td>107</td><td>0.00%</td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>221,495</td><td></td><td>55.37</td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">AIADMK gain from DMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>10.69</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2006

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>K. P. P. Samy</th><td>158,204</td><td>46.34%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>V. Moorthy</th><td>154,757</td><td>45.33%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMDK</td><th>S. Murugan</th><td>21,915</td><td>6.42%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><th>K. Ganesan</th><td>2,977</td><td>0.87%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>3,447</td><td>1.01%</td><td>15.42</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>341,404</td><td>68.79%</td><td>20.94</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Total valid votes</th><td>341,402</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>496,267</td><td></td><td>14.63</td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">DMK gain from AIADMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>8.60</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2001

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>T. Arumugam</th><td>113,808</td><td>54.94%</td><td>32.29</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>Kumari Ananthan</th><td>79,767</td><td>38.50%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDMK</td><th>S. G. Sekar</th><td>8,483</td><td>4.09%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>Bullet J. Selvaraj</th><td>2,221</td><td>1.07%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(S)</td><th>S. Gunasekaran</th><td>1,446</td><td>0.70%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>34,041</td><td>16.43%</td><td>25.10</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>207,167</td><td>47.85%</td><td>10.10</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Total valid votes</th><td>207,167</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>432,947</td><td></td><td>35.44</td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">AIADMK gain from DMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>9.25</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1996

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>T. C. Vijayan</th><td>115,939</td><td>64.19%</td><td>25.65</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>B. Balraj</th><td>40,917</td><td>22.65%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><th>A. Soundararajan</th><td>16,329</td><td>9.04%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><th>T. Velmurugan</th><td>4,559</td><td>2.52%</td><td>0.64</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><th>S. Nallasivam</th><td>1,511</td><td>0.84%</td><td>0.16</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>75,022</td><td>41.53%</td><td>23.53</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>185,246</td><td>57.95%</td><td>1.04</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Total valid votes</th><td>180,624</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>319,663</td><td></td><td>21.79</td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">DMK gain from AIADMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>7.65</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1991

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>K. Kuppan</th><td>85,823</td><td>56.54%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>T. K. Palanisamy</th><td>58,501</td><td>38.54%</td><td>7.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PMK</td><th>T. Abbu Gounder</th><td>4,796</td><td>3.16%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><th>R. Annamalai</th><td>1,513</td><td>1.00%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>27,322</td><td>18.00%</td><td>3.84</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>154,830</td><td>58.99%</td><td>8.11</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Total valid votes</th><td>151,797</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>262,462</td><td></td><td>16.51</td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">AIADMK gain from DMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>10.96</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1989

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>T. K. Palanisamy</th><td>67,849</td><td>45.58%</td><td>0.90</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>J. Rama Chandran</th><td>46,777</td><td>31.42%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>G. K. J. Bharathi</th><td>19,782</td><td>13.29%</td><td>40.97</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>K. V. P. Bhoominathan</th><td>10,863</td><td>7.30%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>21,072</td><td>14.16%</td><td>4.58</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>151,160</td><td>67.10%</td><td>5.61</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Total valid votes</th><td>148,866</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>225,272</td><td></td><td>34.38</td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">DMK gain from INC</td><th>Swing</th><td>8.68</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1984

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>G. K. J. Bharathi</th><td>65,194</td><td>54.26%</td><td>10.28</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>T. K. Palanisamy</th><td>53,684</td><td>44.68%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>11,510</td><td>9.58%</td><td>6.20</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>121,889</td><td>72.71%</td><td>5.58</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Total valid votes</th><td>120,141</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>167,640</td><td></td><td>8.93</td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">INC gain from GKC</td><th>Swing</th><td>6.90</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1980

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>GKC</td><th>Kumari Ananthan</th><td>48,451</td><td>47.36%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>T. Loganathan</th><td>44,993</td><td>43.98%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><th>T. P. Elumalai</th><td>8,604</td><td>8.41%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>3,458</td><td>3.38%</td><td>0.47</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>103,302</td><td>67.13%</td><td>9.36</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Total valid votes</th><td>102,296</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>153,890</td><td></td><td>3.77</td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">GKC gain from AIADMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>16.07</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1977

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><th>P. Sigamony</th><td>26,458</td><td>31.29%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>M. V. Narayanaswamy</th><td>23,995</td><td>28.37%</td><td>25.37</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>C. K. Madhavan</th><td>16,888</td><td>19.97%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><th>B. Mutuswamy Naidu</th><td>16,800</td><td>19.87%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>2,463</td><td>2.91%</td><td>13.89</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>85,676</td><td>57.77%</td><td>9.23</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Total valid votes</th><td>84,567</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>148,299</td><td></td><td>0.77</td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">AIADMK gain from DMK</td><th>Swing</th><td>22.45</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1971

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>M. V. Narayanaswamy</th><td>51,487</td><td>53.74%</td><td>7.49</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>Venkatesalu Naidu</th><td>35,391</td><td>36.94%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><th>C. K. Madhavan</th><td>8,057</td><td>8.41%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><th>Suriyamuthu</th><td>877</td><td>0.92%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>16,096</td><td>16.80%</td><td>5.67</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>100,131</td><td>67.00%</td><td>8.52</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Total valid votes</th><td>95,812</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>149,448</td><td></td><td>30.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">DMK hold</td><th>Swing</th><td>7.49</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1967

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>DMK</td><th>A. P. Arasu</th><td>51,437</td><td>61.23%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><th>V. Venkateswaralu</th><td>32,564</td><td>38.77%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Margin of victory</th><td>18,873</td><td>22.47%</td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Turnout</th><td>86,241</td><td>75.52%</td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Total valid votes</th><td>84,001</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Registered electors</th><td>114,201</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><th colspan="5">DMK win (new seat)</th></tr></tbody></table>