A. S. Kannan

A. S. Kannan is an Indian politician and a former member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He is from Ponneri town in the Thiruvallur district. A member of the Communist Party of India, he successfully contested the 2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election from the Ponneri constituency and became a Member of the Legislative Assembly.^[1][2]

A. S. Kannan
Member-Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office 2001–2006
Preceded by	K. Sundaram
Succeeded by	P. Balaraman
Constituency	Ponneri
Personal details
Born	(1941-07-07)7 July 1941
Nationality	India
Political party	Communist Party of India
Profession	small scale business man

Electoral Performance

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ponneri^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	A. S. Kannan	81,408	54.58%	New
	DMK	K. Sundaram	54,018	36.22%	−25.5
	MDMK	P. Duraikkannu	4,319	2.90%	−2.31
	Independent	G. Devarajan	3,753	2.52%	New
	Independent	A. D. Rathinam	2,211	1.48%	New
	Puratchi Bharatham	M. Jayaseelan	1,326	0.89%	New
	Independent	N. Maran	827	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			27,390	18.36%	−13.63%
Turnout			1,49,143	61.24%	−6.56%
Registered electors			2,43,530
	CPI gain from DMK		Swing	-7.13%