Chengam Assembly constituency

Chengam is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu, India.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 62. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes and comprises a portion of Chengam taluk. It is a part of Tiruvannamalai Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Chengam
Constituency No. 62 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Lok Sabha constituency	Tiruvannamalai
Established	1951
Total electors	2,74,963[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent M. P. Giri
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Ramaswami Gounder		Commonweal Party
1957	T. Karia Gounder		Indian National Congress
1962	C. K. Chinnaraji Gounder		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	P. S. Santhanam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	C. Pandurangam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	T. Swamikannu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	T. Swamikannu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	T. Swamikannu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	M. Settu		Janata Party
1991	P. Veerapandiyan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	K. V. Nannan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	Polur Varadhan		Indian National Congress
2006	Polur Varadhan		Indian National Congress
2011	T. Sureshkumar		Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	M. P. Giri[4]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	M. P. Giri[5]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. P. Giri	108,081	48.73%	3.13%
	AIADMK	Nainakannu. M. S	96,511	43.51%	3.95%
	NTK	Vennila. S	12,080	5.45%	5.13%
	DMDK	Anbu. S	2,769	1.25%	−2.56%
Margin of victory			11,570	5.22%	−0.82%
Turnout			2,21,797	80.66%	−3.49%
Rejected ballots			0	0.00%
Registered electors			2,74,963
	DMK hold		Swing	3.13%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. P. Giri	95,939	45.60%
	AIADMK	Dinagaran. M	83,248	39.57%
	PMK	Murugan. C	15,114	7.18%
	DMDK	Kalaiarasi . A	8,007	3.81%	−43.14%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,403	0.67%
Margin of victory			12,691	6.03%	−0.42%
Turnout			2,10,403	84.16%	−0.10%
Registered electors			2,50,015
	DMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-1.35%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	Sureshkumar T.	83,722	46.90	+34.29
	INC	K. Selvaperunthagai	72,225	40.50	−2.24
	Independent	Sureshkumar. R	8,543	4.79
	BJP	Jayaraman. A	4,465	2.50	−0.71
	Independent	Kumar. R	2,511	1.41
Margin of victory			11,497	6.45	−1.72
Turnout			2,11,656	84.25	12.98
Registered electors			1,78,325
	DMDK gain from INC		Swing	4.20

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Polur Varadhan M	53,366	42.75%	−5.68%
	VCK	Sakthivel P	43,166	34.58%
	DMDK	Suresh T	15,808	12.66%
	BJP	Thiruppathi V	4,009	3.21%
	BSP	Jaganathan R	2,631	2.11%
	Independent	Ramasamy V	2,576	2.06%
	SP	Shamala R	1,792	1.44%
	Independent	Saroja B	1,494	1.20%
Margin of victory			10,200	8.17%	−2.81%
Turnout			1,24,842	71.27%	6.85%
Registered electors			1,75,158
	INC hold		Swing	-5.68%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Polur Varadhan	54,145	48.43%
	MTD	Shamala. R	41,868	37.45%
	Independent	Munusamy. K	4,788	4.28%
	MDMK	Marimuthu. A	4,780	4.28%
	Independent	Muthammal. S	2,401	2.15%
	JD(U)	Anbalagan. P	2,218	1.98%
	JD(S)	Settu. M	1,597	1.43%
Margin of victory			12,277	10.98%	−15.72%
Turnout			1,11,797	64.42%	−2.55%
Registered electors			1,73,711
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-10.68%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Nannan. K. V.	58,958	59.11%
	AIADMK	Thamizharasan. C. K.	32,325	32.41%	−26.90%
	Independent	Raji. C.	4,645	4.66%
	JD	Settu. M.	3,086	3.09%
Margin of victory			26,633	26.70%	−14.15%
Turnout			99,747	66.98%	−0.55%
Registered electors			1,56,671
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-0.20%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Veera Pandiyan	54,611	59.31%	29.75%
	JD	K. Munusamy	16,994	18.46%
	PMK	M. Annappan	11,283	12.25%
	Independent	T. Samikkannu	7,056	7.66%
	BJP	K. Kesavalu	1,109	1.20%
Margin of victory			37,617	40.85%	35.68%
Turnout			92,081	67.53%	7.12%
Registered electors			1,44,912
	AIADMK gain from JP		Swing	24.57%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Settu. M.	26,256	34.74%
	AIADMK	Veerapandiyan. P.	22,344	29.56%	−31.86%
	INC	Jaya Arumugam	13,020	17.23%
	AIADMK	Samikkannu. T.	11,363	15.03%	−46.39%
	Independent	Anandan. L.	1,393	1.84%
	Independent	Dhanapal. P.	990	1.31%
Margin of victory			3,912	5.18%	−28.01%
Turnout			75,584	60.41%	−11.83%
Registered electors			1,28,945
	JP gain from AIADMK		Swing	-26.68%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. Swamikannu	45,770	61.42%	13.36%
	JP	P. Anbalagan	21,039	28.23%
	Independent	A. Kannan	4,721	6.34%
	Independent	N. Vattaru	2,615	3.51%
Margin of victory			24,731	33.19%	31.69%
Turnout			74,520	72.24%	17.12%
Registered electors			1,11,906
	AIADMK hold		Swing	13.36%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Swamikannu. T	26,823	48.06%	1.70%
	INC	Arumugam. A	25,987	46.56%
	Independent	Arumugam. P	3,006	5.39%
Margin of victory			836	1.50%	−20.70%
Turnout			55,816	55.12%	3.17%
Registered electors			1,02,993
	AIADMK hold		Swing	1.70%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. Swamikannu	22,789	46.36%
	DMK	N. Poosanar	11,877	24.16%	−37.23%
	JP	P. Anbalagan	8,094	16.47%
	CPI	D. Raja	4,492	9.14%
	Independent	P. Dhanapal	1,478	3.01%
Margin of victory			10,912	22.20%	−7.40%
Turnout			49,158	51.95%	−14.95%
Registered electors			96,111
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-15.03%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Pandurangam	32,260	61.39%	4.55%
	INC	A. Ar. Mugam	16,705	31.79%	−3.99%
	Independent	A. Ramasamy	3,586	6.82%
Margin of victory			15,555	29.60%	8.53%
Turnout			52,551	66.90%	−2.78%
Registered electors			84,601
	DMK hold		Swing	4.55%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chengam^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. S. Santhanam	29,828	56.84%	1.62%
	INC	A. Arumugham	18,773	35.77%	−4.40%
	Independent	P. Dhanapal	1,927	3.67%
	RPI	R. Kanniah	1,425	2.72%
	Independent	C. K. Manickam	524	1.00%
Margin of victory			11,055	21.07%	6.02%
Turnout			52,477	69.68%	−4.58%
Registered electors			78,478
	DMK hold		Swing	1.62%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chengam^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. K. Chinnaraji Gounder	34,374	55.22%
	INC	Y. Shanmugam	25,008	40.17%	−16.27%
	Independent	Thammaya Dass	1,350	2.17%
	Independent	Manickam	1,082	1.74%
Margin of victory			9,366	15.04%	−5.40%
Turnout			62,254	74.27%	27.98%
Registered electors			87,108
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-1.22%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chengam^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. Karia Goundar	20,079	56.44%	32.25%
	Independent	R. Venkatachala Mudaliar	12,806	36.00%
	Independent	E. Venkatachala Mudaliar	2,691	7.56%
Margin of victory			7,273	20.44%	7.78%
Turnout			35,576	46.28%	−5.68%
Registered electors			76,865
	INC gain from Commonweal Party		Swing	19.58%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chengam^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Commonweal Party	Ramaswami Gounder	13,413	36.86%
	INC	Muthukrishna Chettiar	8,804	24.19%	24.19%
	Justice Party	Rengaswami Reddiar	7,434	20.43%
	CPI	Ramaswami	6,741	18.52%
Margin of victory			4,609	12.66%
Turnout			36,392	51.97%
Registered electors			70,029
	Commonweal Party win (new seat)