Anna Nagar Assembly constituency

13.0846°N 80.2179°E / 13.0846; 80.2179

Anna Nagar
Constituency No. 21 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency	Chennai Central
Established	1977
Total electors	286,039[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent M. K. Mohan
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Anna Nagar is a state assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 21. It includes the locality of Anna Nagar, which is in Chennai. It is part of Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency. Anna Nagar was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.^[2][3][4] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 21 Anna Nagar Assembly constituency is composed of Ward 100-103 & 105-107 of Greater Chennai Corporation.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Year	Winner	Party
Sixth	1977	M. Karunanidhi		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980
Eighth	1984	So. Ma. Ramachandran
Ninth	1989	K. Anbazhagan
Tenth	1991	A. Chellakumar		Indian National Congress
Eleventh	1996	Arcot N. Veeraswami		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001
Thirteenth	2006
Fourteenth	2011	S. Gokula Indira		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016	M. K. Mohan[5]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			48.95%
2016			41.59%
2011			58.67%
2006			46.20%
2001			48.20%
1996			67.05%
1991			57.29%
1989			49.94%
1984			52.59%
1980			48.97%
1977			50.10%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anna Nagar^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. K. Mohan	80,054	48.95%	+7.36
	AIADMK	S. Gokula Indira	52,609	32.17%	−8.78
	MNM	V. Ponraj	17,522	10.71%	New
	NTK	S. Shankar	10,406	6.36%	+4.67
	NOTA	NOTA	1,545	0.94%	−1.39
	AMMK	K. N. Gunasekaran	1,169	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			27,445	16.78%	16.14%
Turnout			163,551	57.18%	−2.81%
Rejected ballots			726	0.44%
Registered electors			286,039
	DMK hold		Swing	7.36%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anna Nagar^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. K. Mohan	70,812	41.59%	New
	AIADMK	S. Gokula Indira	69,726	40.95%	−17.73
	BJP	K. Suresh	8,832	5.19%	+2.7
	MDMK	Mallika Dayalan	6,384	3.75%	New
	PMK	A. M. Akhilesh	5,402	3.17%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	3,970	2.33%	New
	NTK	N. Amutha	2,885	1.69%	New
Margin of victory			1,086	0.64%	−23.50%
Turnout			170,281	59.99%	−6.85%
Registered electors			283,857
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-17.09%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anna Nagar^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Gokula Indira	88,954	58.67%	New
	INC	V. K. Arivazhagan	52,364	34.54%	New
	BJP	P. K. Haribabu	3,769	2.49%	−1.16
Margin of victory			36,590	24.13%	18.42%
Turnout			151,608	66.84%	5.43%
Registered electors			226,836
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	12.47%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anna Nagar^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Arcot N. Veeraswami	100,099	46.20%	−2
	MDMK	Vijaya Thayanban	87,709	40.48%	+36.3
	LKPT	K. Rajamany	11,665	5.38%	New
	BJP	H. V. Hande	7,897	3.64%	New
	DMDK	K. Senthamarai Kannan	6,594	3.04%	New
Margin of victory			12,390	5.72%	2.24%
Turnout			216,659	61.41%	18.81%
Registered electors			352,829
	DMK hold		Swing	-2.00%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anna Nagar^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Arcot N. Veeraswami	77,353	48.20%	−18.84
	PMK	C. Arumugam	71,775	44.73%	+43.06
	MDMK	C. Appandurai	6,708	4.18%	New
	NCP	M. Kumaran	854	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			5,578	3.48%	−41.10%
Turnout			160,469	42.59%	−12.03%
Registered electors			376,745
	DMK hold		Swing	-18.84%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anna Nagar^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Arcot N. Veeraswami	103,819	67.05%	+30.47
	INC	R. Balasubramanian	34,802	22.48%	−34.81
	CPI(M)	K. Varadarajan	7,203	4.65%	New
	BJP	V. Elumalai	3,625	2.34%	−0.72
	PMK	V. J. Pandian	2,576	1.66%	New
Margin of victory			69,017	44.57%	23.86%
Turnout			154,842	54.62%	3.72%
Registered electors			289,232
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	9.76%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anna Nagar^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Chellakumar	75,512	57.29%	+41.14
	DMK	S. M. Ramachandran	48,214	36.58%	−13.37
	BJP	S. P. Ramakrishnan Alias Ramki	4,031	3.06%	New
	PMK	G. Selvam Alias Tamil Selvam	2,498	1.90%	New
Margin of victory			27,298	20.71%	−1.96%
Turnout			131,814	50.90%	−13.66%
Registered electors			262,348
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	7.34%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anna Nagar^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Anbazhagan	71,401	49.94%	−2.64
	AIADMK	V. Sukumar Babu	38,994	27.28%	−18.95
	INC	G. Lakshmanan	23,083	16.15%	New
	AIADMK	V. Kothadaraman	7,089	4.96%	−41.27
Margin of victory			32,407	22.67%	16.31%
Turnout			142,965	64.56%	1.76%
Registered electors			223,765
	DMK hold		Swing	-2.64%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anna Nagar^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. M. Ramachandran	63,854	52.59%	+3.61
	AIADMK	V. Kothandaraman	56,128	46.22%	−2.08
Margin of victory			7,726	6.36%	5.70%
Turnout			121,427	62.79%	0.54%
Registered electors			196,896
	DMK hold		Swing	3.61%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anna Nagar^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Karunanidhi	51,290	48.97%	−1.13
	AIADMK	H. V. Hande	50,591	48.31%	+17.32
	JP	R. Jebamani	2,335	2.23%	New
Margin of victory			699	0.67%	−18.45%
Turnout			104,731	62.25%	13.61%
Registered electors			169,720
	DMK hold		Swing	-1.13%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anna Nagar^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Karunanidhi	43,076	50.10%	New
	AIADMK	G. Krishnamurthy	26,638	30.98%	New
	JP	T. Andiappan	10,419	12.12%	New
	INC	R. Jayachandran	5,258	6.12%	New
Margin of victory			16,438	19.12%
Turnout			85,974	48.64%
Registered electors			178,266
	DMK win (new seat)

See also

• C. N. Annadurai