E. A. P. Sivaji

E. A. P. Sivaji is an Indian politician and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate from Tiruttani constituency in the 1996 election.^[1]

Having lost his Tiruttani seat to G. Raviraj of the Pattali Makkal Katchi in 2001,^[2] Sivaji stood in the 2006 assembly elections for the Tirvallur constituency at a time when he was district secretary of the DMK in that area.^[3] He won the seat then^[4] but in the 2011 election he was runner-up to B. V. Ramanaa of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.^[5]

Electoral performance

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	B. V. Ramanaa	91,337	53.69%	+12.22
	DMK	E. A. P. Sivaji	67,689	39.79%	−8.35
	Puratchi Bharatham	E. James	2,220	1.30%	New
	BJP	R. M. R. Janakiraman	1,869	1.10%	+0.28
	RJD	T. A. Deivasigamani	1,080	0.63%	New
	BSP	V. Shanthakumar	1,039	0.61%	+0.07
Margin of victory			23,648	13.90%	7.23%
Turnout			170,115	81.81%	10.91%
Registered electors			207,935
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	5.55%

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. A. P. Sivaji	64,378	48.14%	New
	AIADMK	B. V. Ramanaa	55,454	41.47%	New
	DMDK	B. Paratha Sarathi	8,048	6.02%	New
	Independent	S. Jegajeevanram	1,413	1.06%	New
	BJP	R. S. Veeramani	1,092	0.82%	New
	Independent	M. Vasan	885	0.66%	New
	BSP	D. Srinivasan	722	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			8,924	6.67%	−11.20%
Turnout			133,732	70.90%	13.11%
Registered electors			188,609
	DMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	5.24%

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	G. Raviraj	58,549	50.01%	+38.04
	DMK	E. A. P. Sivaji	44,675	38.16%	−15.74
	Puratchi Bharatham	G. Mahalingam	7,412	6.33%	New
	MDMK	N. S. Dharman	2,406	2.06%	−3.18
	Independent	A. Jayaraman	1,499	1.28%	New
	Independent	D. Munirathinam	877	0.75%	New
	Independent	P. S. Chandra Babu	674	0.58%	New
Margin of victory			13,874	11.85%	−15.58%
Turnout			117,063	67.29%	−2.40%
Registered electors			173,980
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	-3.89%

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. A. P. Sivaji	58,049	53.90%	New
	AIADMK	G. Hari	28,507	26.47%	−26.73
	PMK	G. Raviraji	12,896	11.98%	New
	MDMK	Narasimhan	5,638	5.24%	New
	BJP	M. Krishnamoorthy	815	0.76%	−0.22
Margin of victory			29,542	27.43%	3.84%
Turnout			107,691	69.69%	4.47%
Registered electors			162,521
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.70%