Cheyyar Assembly constituency

For other places with same/similar name, see Cheyyar (disambiguation).

Cheyyaru or 'Cheyyar' is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu, India.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 68. It comprises a portion of Cheyyar taluk and Vembakkam taluk and is a part of Arani 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.

Cheyyar
Constituency No. 68 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Lok Sabha constituency	Arani
Established	1951
Total electors	2,59,890[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent O. Jothi
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Dharmalinga Nayakkar		Commonweal Party
1957	P. Ramachandran		Indian National Congress
1962	Pulavar K. Govindan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	Pulavar K. Govindan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	K. Govindan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	Pulavar K. Govindan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	Babu Janarthanan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	K. Murugan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	V. Anbalagan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	A. Devaraj		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	V. Anbalagan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	P. S. Ulagarakshagan		Pattali Makkal Katchi
2006	M. K. Vishnu Prasad		Indian National Congress
2011	Mukkur N. Subramanian		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	K. Mohan[4]		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	O. Jothi		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			47.78%
2016			37.78%
2011			53.67%
2006			44.36%
2001			50.90%
1996			61.24%
1991			60.59%
1989			46.75%
1984			58.46%
1980			55.26%
1977			43.34%
1971			55.79%
1967			54.86%
1962			41.99%
1957			51.24%
1952			56.49%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	O. Jothi	102,460	47.78%
	AIADMK	Dusi. K. Mohan	90,189	42.05%	4.27%
	NTK	Bheeman. G	12,192	5.68%	5.21%
	MNM	Mayilvaganan. T	2,429	1.13%
	NOTA	Nota	1,895	0.88%	−0.21%
	AMMK	Varadharajan. M. K	1,760	0.82%
Margin of victory			12,271	5.72%	1.58%
Turnout			2,14,460	82.52%	−2.15%
Rejected ballots			185	0.09%
Registered electors			2,59,890
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	9.99%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Mohan K	77,766	37.78%	−15.88%
	INC	M. K. Vishnu Prasad	69,239	33.64%	−5.82%
	PMK	Srinivasan G	37,491	18.22%
	DMDK	Sarvanan P	10,855	5.27%
	BJP	Bhaskaran. B	2,388	1.16%	−0.06%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,248	1.09%
	Independent	Mohan K	1,300	0.63%
	Independent	Velayutham T	1,080	0.52%
Margin of victory			8,527	4.14%	−10.06%
Turnout			2,05,813	84.67%	−0.23%
Registered electors			2,43,084
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-15.88%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyar^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Subramanian. N	96,180	53.67%	12.84%
	INC	M. K. Vishnu Prasad	70,717	39.46%	−4.90%
	Independent	Viswanathan. D	3,022	1.69%
	Independent	Rajendiran. E	2,208	1.23%
	BJP	Tamilarasi. D	2,179	1.22%	0.11%
	Puratchi Bharatham	Elangovan. K. P	1,759	0.98%
Margin of victory			25,463	14.21%	10.67%
Turnout			2,11,108	84.90%	4.95%
Registered electors			1,79,221
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	9.31%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyar^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. K. Vishnu Prasad	60,109	44.36%
	AIADMK	Pavai R	55,319	40.82%
	DMDK	Subamangalam D	13,655	10.08%
	Independent	Ravichandran V	2,363	1.74%
	BJP	Lakshmanan G	1,502	1.11%
	Independent	Pasamigu Annan Venkatesannar	770	0.57%
Margin of victory			4,790	3.53%	−6.29%
Turnout			1,35,508	79.95%	8.13%
Registered electors			1,69,494
	INC gain from PMK		Swing	-6.54%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyar^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	Ulagarakshagan. P. S	62,615	50.90%
	DMK	Rajarajan. R. K. P	50,530	41.07%	−20.17%
	MDMK	Yamuna. B	3,027	2.46%	−0.88%
	Independent	Venkatesan. V.	2,925	2.38%
	Independent	Thamizhiniyan. T	1,642	1.33%
	Independent	Palani. K	1,589	1.29%
	Uzhaippalar Katchi	Rajenderan. E	698	0.57%
Margin of victory			12,085	9.82%	−22.32%
Turnout			1,23,026	71.82%	−4.59%
Registered electors			1,71,299
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	-10.34%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyar^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Anbalagan	71,416	61.24%	33.62%
	AIADMK	P. Chandran	33,930	29.09%	−31.50%
	Independent	S. Sundararajan	4,858	4.17%
	MDMK	R. Ramalingam	3,896	3.34%
	Independent	K. Raju	351	0.30%
	Independent	K. R. Thiagarajan	328	0.28%
	Independent	M. Seethapathi	253	0.22%
	Independent	S. Ekambaram	212	0.18%
	Independent	V. Suriyakumar	202	0.17%
	Independent	T. M. Nalachakravarthy	186	0.16%
	Independent	K. Panchatcharam	156	0.13%
Margin of victory			37,486	32.14%	−0.84%
Turnout			1,16,620	76.41%	4.05%
Registered electors			1,61,200
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.64%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyar^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Devaraj	66,061	60.59%	38.42%
	DMK	V. Anbazhagan	30,106	27.61%	−19.14%
	PMK	G. Ulaganathan	12,149	11.14%
	Independent	P. Chandaran	398	0.37%
	Independent	K. V. Balakrishnan	307	0.28%
Margin of victory			35,955	32.98%	9.41%
Turnout			1,09,021	72.36%	−0.24%
Registered electors			1,57,173
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	13.84%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyar^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Anbalagan	46,376	46.75%	6.22%
	INC	M. Krisnhaswamy	22,993	23.18%
	AIADMK	P. Chandran	21,998	22.18%	−36.28%
	AIADMK	P. Balakrishnan	5,012	5.05%	−53.40%
	Independent	T. M. Nalachakar	520	0.52%
	Independent	V. G. Ramadoss	392	0.40%
	Independent	P. K. Chandran	373	0.38%
	Independent	M. P. Venkatesaperumal	291	0.29%
	Independent	M. Babu	281	0.28%
	Independent	V. Dhanapathy	246	0.25%
	Independent	M. Devendran Alias Devaraj	218	0.22%
Margin of victory			23,383	23.57%	5.65%
Turnout			99,190	72.60%	−7.46%
Registered electors			1,39,998
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-11.70%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyar^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Murugan	53,945	58.46%	13.72%
	DMK	Babu Janarthanam	37,405	40.53%	−14.73%
	Independent	Ekambara Acharis. S.	527	0.57%
	Independent	K. A. Vizhivendan	405	0.44%
Margin of victory			16,540	17.92%	7.40%
Turnout			92,282	80.06%	10.41%
Registered electors			1,21,783
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	3.20%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyar^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Babu Janarthanan	43,341	55.26%	11.92%
	AIADMK	Vizhi Vendan. K. A.	35,091	44.74%	16.90%
Margin of victory			8,250	10.52%	−4.97%
Turnout			78,432	69.65%	−1.96%
Registered electors			1,14,683
	DMK hold		Swing	11.92%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyar^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Pulavar Govindan	33,338	43.34%	−12.46%
	AIADMK	K. Shanmughasundaram	21,419	27.84%
	JP	M. Boopalan	14,271	18.55%
	INC	M. Krishnaswamv	5,992	7.79%	−36.42%
	Independent	C.M. Perumalsami	1,174	1.53%
	Independent	Narayanan	502	0.65%
	Independent	P.K. Chandran	234	0.30%
Margin of victory			11,919	15.49%	3.91%
Turnout			76,930	71.61%	−11.59%
Registered electors			1,09,131
	DMK hold		Swing	-12.46%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyar^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Govindan	39,978	55.79%	0.93%
	INC	Perumalsamy Nayagar	31,677	44.21%	18.46%
Margin of victory			8,301	11.58%	−17.53%
Turnout			71,655	83.20%	−0.29%
Registered electors			88,183
	DMK hold		Swing	0.93%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyar^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Govindan	37,068	54.86%	12.87%
	INC	K. M. Kangan	17,395	25.74%	−15.60%
	Independent	P. Naicker	11,095	16.42%
	Independent	P. K. Chandran	2,012	2.98%
Margin of victory			19,673	29.11%	28.47%
Turnout			67,570	83.49%	10.42%
Registered electors			85,337
	DMK hold		Swing	12.87%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyar^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Govindan	23,250	41.99%
	INC	V. Dharamalinga Naickar	22,892	41.35%	−9.89%
	SWA	Perumalswami Naicker	9,225	16.66%
Margin of victory			358	0.65%	−1.83%
Turnout			55,367	73.07%	4.81%
Registered electors			79,544
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-9.25%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyar^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Ramachandran	26,018	51.24%	7.73%
	Independent	V. Darmalinga Nayagar	24,761	48.76%
Margin of victory			1,257	2.48%	−10.50%
Turnout			50,779	68.27%	5.38%
Registered electors			74,385
	INC gain from Commonweal Party		Swing	-5.25%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyar^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Commonweal Party	Darmalinga Nayakar	25,586	56.49%
	INC	P. Ramachandran	19,709	43.51%	43.51%
Margin of victory			5,877	12.97%
Turnout			45,295	62.89%
Registered electors			72,023
	Commonweal Party win (new seat)