Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar Assembly constituency

This article is about an assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu state. For a neighbourhood in Perambur, Chennai, see Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar.

Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (SC) is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, formed after constituency delimitation. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 15. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes.^[2] It is included in the Chennai North parliamentary constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar
Constituency No. 15 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
LS constituency	Chennai North
Total electors	219,399[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent P. Sivakumar
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Although it is named after the neighbourhood of Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar, that area is not included in the constituency but rather in the Kolathur constituency. Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar constituency comprises:

• Perambur (part)
• Ayanavaram
• Otteri
• Pattalam
• Pulianthope

Members of the Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
2011	V. Neelakandan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	P. Sivakumar[3]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021			61.61%
2016			45.25%
2011			58.87%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Sivakumar	81,727	61.61%	+16.36
	AIADMK	P. L. Kalyani	26,714	20.14%	−22.68
	NTK	Dr. R. Illavanji	10,921	8.23%	+6.89
	MNM	S. Obath	9,710	7.32%	New
	DMDK	M. P. Sekar	1,787	1.35%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,046	0.79%	−1.18
Margin of victory			55,013	41.47%	39.04%
Turnout			132,650	60.46%	−3.01%
Rejected ballots			184	0.14%
Registered electors			219,399
	DMK hold		Swing	16.36%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Sivakumar	61,744	45.25%	New
	AIADMK	V. Neelakandan	58,422	42.82%	−16.06
	CPI(M)	Suganthi	5,702	4.18%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,685	1.97%	New
	PMK	D. Vanithamani	2,056	1.51%	New
	NTK	Gowri	1,831	1.34%	New
	SDPI	Pushparaj	925	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			3,322	2.43%	−21.26%
Turnout			136,450	63.47%	−4.84%
Registered electors			214,976
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-13.62%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Neelakandan	72,887	58.87%	New
	INC	Dr. C. Natesan	43,546	35.17%	New
	BJP	E. Karunanidhi	3,561	2.88%	New
	IJK	Ajitha	756	0.61%	New
	BSP	C. Sakthivel	630	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			29,341	23.70%
Turnout			123,807	68.31%
Registered electors			181,243
	AIADMK win (new seat)

References

1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
2. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
3. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 15. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
4. "Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar Election Result". Retrieved 24 July 2022.
5. "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
6. Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

• http://www.elections.in/tamil-nadu/assembly-constituencies/thiru-vi-ka-nagar.html

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