Mylapore Assembly constituency

Mylapore is a legislative assembly constituency in the Chennai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 25. It covers Mylapore and surrounding localities, such as Alwarpet, Raja Annamalaipuram, Foreshore Estate and Santhome. Mylapore assembly constituency is a part of Chennai South parliamentary constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Mylapore
Constituency No. 25 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
LS constituency	Chennai South
Total electors	2,70,536[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dha. Velu
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	C. R. Ramaswamy		Indian National Congress
1957	C. R. Ramaswamy		Indian National Congress
1962	Arangannal		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	Arangannal		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Year	Winner	Party
Fifth	1971	T. N. Anandanayaki		Indian National Congress
Sixth	1977	T. K. Kapali		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980	T. K. Kapali		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984	B. Valarmathi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989	N. Ganapathy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991	T. M. Rangarajan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1994 By-election	V. Balasubramaniyan[3]		AIADMK
Eleventh	1996	N. P. Ramajayam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001	K. N. Lakshmanan		Bharatiya Janata Party
Thirteenth	2006	S. V. Shekar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (2006-2009) Unattached member (2009-2011) Indian National Congress (2011)[4]
Fourteenth	2011	R. Rajalakshmi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteen	2016	R. Nataraj[5]		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021	Dha. Velu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021			44.95%
2016			43.67%
2011			56.03%
2006			42.62%
2001			51.09%
1996			67.25%
1994 By-election			0.0 %
1991			59.31%
1989			40.88%
1984			51.68%
1980			49.66%
1977			33.75%
1971			55.01%
1967			57.02%
1962			40.24%
1957			52.63%
1952			38.82%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mylapore^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Dha. Velu	68,392	44.95%	New
	AIADMK	R. Nataraj	55,759	36.65%	−7.02
	MNM	Sripriya	14,904	9.80%	New
	NTK	K. Mahalakshmi	10,124	6.65%	+5.15
	NOTA	NOTA	1,287	0.85%	−1.58
	AMMK	D. Karthick	1,118	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			12,633	8.30%	−1.13%
Turnout			152,143	56.24%	−3.13%
Rejected ballots			213	0.14%
Registered electors			270,536
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	1.29%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mylapore^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Nataraj	68,176	43.67%	−12.37
	INC	Karate R. Thiagarajan	53,448	34.23%	−1.36
	BJP	K. Nagarajan	11,720	7.51%	+2.67
	PMK	N. Suresh Kumar	5,806	3.72%	New
	TMC(M)	A. S. Munavar Basha	4,753	3.04%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	3,788	2.43%	New
	NTK	S. Sudhakar	2,356	1.51%	New
	Independent	H. Sathyaa Durrairaj	1,764	1.13%	New
	Independent	Traffic Ramaswamy	1,229	0.79%	New
	Independent	S. Sathyanarayanan @ Mylai Shathya	1,017	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			14,728	9.43%	−11.01%
Turnout			156,132	59.37%	−6.98%
Registered electors			262,980
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-12.37%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mylapore^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Rajalakshmi	80,063	56.03%	+13.42
	INC	K. V. Thangkabalu	50,859	35.60%	New
	BJP	N. Vanathi	6,911	4.84%	New
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	R. Ashok Rajendran	1,340	0.94%	New
Margin of victory			29,204	20.44%	19.31%
Turnout			215,350	66.35%	3.71%
Registered electors			142,882
	AIADMK hold		Swing	13.42%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mylapore^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Ve. Shekher	62,794	42.62%	−3.41
	DMK	D. Napoleon	61,127	41.49%	New
	LKPT	Santhana Gopalan	9,436	6.40%	New
	DMDK	V. N. Rajan	7,441	5.05%	New
	JP	V. S. Chandralekha	2,898	1.97%	New
	Independent	V. Narayanan (Americai)	1,961	1.33%	New
Margin of victory			1,667	1.13%	−3.93%
Turnout			147,345	62.63%	21.28%
Registered electors			235,246
	AIADMK gain from BJP		Swing	-8.47%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mylapore^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K. N. Lakshmanan	60,996	51.09%	+46.65
	AIADMK	V. Maitreyan	54,949	46.03%	+22.47
	Independent	J. Mohan Raj	882	0.74%	New
	Tamil Nadu People's Party	Dr. Mohamed Amaan Khan	849	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			6,047	5.07%	−38.63h
Turnout			119,385	41.35%	−16.57%
Registered electors			288,708
	BJP gain from DMK		Swing	-16.16%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mylapore^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. P. Ramajayam	79,736	67.25%	+33.13
	AIADMK	T. K. Sampath	27,932	23.56%	−35.76
	BJP	K. Sujata Rao	5,262	4.44%	+0.71
	JD	K. S. Srinivasan	2,332	1.97%	New
	TLJ	R. Jebamani	1,226	1.03%	New
	PMK	S. Sellvaraj	1,099	0.93%	New
Margin of victory			51,804	43.69%	18.50%
Turnout			118,565	57.92%	3.52%
Registered electors			207,825
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	7.94%

1994 By-election

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1994 by-elections : Mylapore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Balasubramaniyan	40,756
	DMK	N. P. Thiyagarajan	35,021
Margin of victory			5,735
Turnout
	AIADMK hold		Swing

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mylapore^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. M. Rangarajan	62,845	59.31%	+33.78
	DMK	Nirmala Suresh	36,149	34.12%	−6.76
	BJP	G. Kumaravelu	3,950	3.73%	New
	PMK	G. Balasubramaniam	1,335	1.26%	New
	JP	G. N. Sridharan	920	0.87%	New
Margin of victory			26,696	25.20%	9.85%
Turnout			105,954	54.40%	−15.07%
Registered electors			197,453
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	18.43%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mylapore^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Ganapathy	48,461	40.88%	−5.34
	AIADMK	Sarojini Varadappan	30,266	25.53%	−26.14
	AIADMK	S. K. Viswanathan	27,764	23.42%	−28.25
	Independent	M. K. Balan	6,554	5.53%	New
	Independent	R. Jebamani	2,575	2.17%	New
	Independent	S. Ve. Shekher	1,018	0.86%	New
Margin of victory			18,195	15.35%	9.90%
Turnout			118,538	69.47%	3.51%
Registered electors			173,258
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-10.79%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mylapore^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	B. Valarmathi	51,870	51.68%	+2.02
	DMK	R. S. Bharathi	46,396	46.22%	+0.56
	Independent	Rajappa S. Alias Arunachalam	960	0.96%	New
Margin of victory			5,474	5.45%	1.46%
Turnout			100,374	65.96%	7.67%
Registered electors			156,793
	AIADMK hold		Swing	2.02%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mylapore^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. K. Kapali	41,260	49.66%	+24.86
	DMK	K. Manoharan	37,944	45.67%	+11.92
	BJP	G. Kalivarathan	3,015	3.63%	New
Margin of victory			3,316	3.99%	−2.37%
Turnout			83,089	58.29%	7.14%
Registered electors			143,818
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	15.91%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mylapore^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. K. Kapali	26,044	33.75%	−11.24
	JP	Lakshmi Krishnamurthi	21,138	27.39%	New
	AIADMK	Mylai Narasimhan	19,139	24.80%	New
	INC	Chinna Annamalai	10,449	13.54%	−41.47
Margin of victory			4,906	6.36%	−3.66%
Turnout			77,167	51.15%	−18.02%
Registered electors			152,323
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-21.26%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Mylapore^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. N. Anandanayaki	42,301	55.01%	+12.02
	DMK	M. P. Sivagnanam	34,598	44.99%	−12.02
Margin of victory			7,703	10.02%	−4.01%
Turnout			76,899	69.17%	−4.66%
Registered electors			114,082
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-2.01%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Mylapore^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Arangannal	37,498	57.02%	+16.78
	INC	V. R. Radhakrishnan	28,270	42.98%	+14.2
Margin of victory			9,228	14.03%	2.58%
Turnout			65,768	73.82%	1.48%
Registered electors			90,731
	DMK hold		Swing	16.78%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Mylapore^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Arangannal	25,825	40.24%	New
	INC	A. Varadappa Chettiar	18,472	28.78%	−23.85
	PSP	S. Vijayalakshmi	10,172	15.85%	New
	SWA	M. Sivaraman	6,984	10.88%	New
	Independent	Kathirvalu	2,731	4.25%	New
Margin of victory			7,353	11.46%	−3.10%
Turnout			64,184	72.34%	38.31%
Registered electors			91,992
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-12.40%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Mylapore^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	C. R. Ramaswamy	16,932	52.63%	+13.81
	PSP	Kumari S. Viayalakshmi	12,251	38.08%	New
	Independent	A. K. M. Pitchai	2,986	9.28%	New
Margin of victory			4,681	14.55%	−14.34%
Turnout			32,169	34.04%	−20.37%
Registered electors			94,513
	INC hold		Swing	13.81%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Mylapore^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	C. R. Ramaswamy	15,647	38.82%	New
	Independent	Krishna Murthi	4,004	9.93%	New
	Independent	Emmanuel Adimoolam	3,405	8.45%	New
	Independent	Kanniappan	3,279	8.14%	New
	Independent	Krishnana	3,089	7.66%	New
	Independent	A. V. Raman	2,552	6.33%	New
	Socialist	Appu Rao	2,501	6.21%	New
	Independent	D. Kannappan	1,698	4.21%	New
	Justice Party	Balasundara Naicker	1,377	3.42%	New
	Independent	Sakuntala Bai	979	2.43%	New
	KMPP	Arunachalam	652	1.62%	New
Margin of victory			11,643	28.89%
Turnout			40,303	54.41%
Registered electors			74,076
	INC win (new seat)

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