Egmore Assembly constituency

Egmore is one of the 234 constituencies of the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu, India. It includes the locality of Egmore, which is in Chennai. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. Egmore Assembly constituency is a part of Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[2]

Egmore
Constituency No. 16 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency	Chennai Central
Established	1957
Total electors	274,096[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent I. Paranthamen
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 16 Egmore Assembly constituency is composed of Ward 42,45-47,61,71-72 & 100-106 of Greater Chennai Corporation

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1957	K. Anbazhagan		Independent* Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1962	Jothi Venkatachalam		Indian National Congress
1967	A. V. P. Asaithambi		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Winner	Party
Fifth	Arangannal		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	S. Manimudi
Seventh	L. Ellayaperumal		Indian National Congress
Eighth	S. Balan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	Parithi Ellamvazhuthi
Tenth
Eleventh
Twelfth
Thirteenth
Fourteenth	K. Nalla Thambi		Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
Fifteenth	K. S. Ravichandran[3]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	I. Paranthamen

• Local parties, such as the DMK, were officially registered as Independent parties, during the 1957 election.

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			58.29%
2016			45.64%
2011			46.23%
2006			48.48%
2001			47.69%
1996			72.57%
1991			50.47%
1989			49.80%
1984			51.84%
1980			61.19%
1977			38.60%
1971			53.19%
1967			59.27%
1962			48.25%
1957			51.81%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Egmore^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	I. Paranthamen	68,832	58.29%	+12.64
	AIADMK	B. John Pandian	30,064	25.46%	−11.33
	MNM	U. Priyadarsini	9,990	8.46%	New
	NTK	P. Geetha Lakshmi	6,276	5.31%	+4.11
	DMDK	T. Prabhu	1,293	1.09%	−4.14
	NOTA	NOTA	1,176	1.00%	−1.36
Margin of victory			38,768	32.83%	23.98%
Turnout			1,18,095	43.09%	−19.91%
Rejected ballots			179	0.15%
Registered electors			2,74,096
	DMK hold		Swing	12.64%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Egmore^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. S. Ravichandran	55,060	45.64%	−0.4
	AIADMK	Parithi Ilamvazhuthi	44,381	36.79%	New
	BJP	M. Venkatesan	7,159	5.93%	+1.55
	DMDK	T. Prabhu	6,321	5.24%	−40.99
	NOTA	NOTA	2,840	2.35%	New
	PMK	A. Rajendran	1,814	1.50%	New
	NTK	I. Jayalakshmi	1,450	1.20%	New
Margin of victory			10,679	8.85%	8.67%
Turnout			1,20,635	63.00%	−4.98%
Registered electors			1,91,494
	DMK gain from DMDK		Swing	-0.58%

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	K. Nalla Thambi	51,772	46.23%	+38.62
	DMK	Parithi Ilamvazhuthi	51,570	46.05%	−2.43
	BJP	N. S. Kumaravadivel	4,911	4.38%	+2.42
	IJK	R. Sundara Murthi	1,132	1.01%	New
	BSP	D. Suresh Babu	669	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			202	0.18%	−7.99%
Turnout			1,11,996	67.97%	3.11%
Registered electors			1,64,768
	DMDK gain from DMK		Swing	-2.25%

2006

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Parithi Ilamvazhuthi	38,455	48.48%	+0.78
	MDMK	C. E. Sathya	31,975	40.31%	+37.59
	DMDK	V. Ethiraj	6,031	7.60%	New
	BJP	Srirangan Alias Srirangan Prakash	1,559	1.97%	New
Margin of victory			6,480	8.17%	8.05%
Turnout			79,326	64.86%	20.06%
Registered electors			1,22,297
	DMK hold		Swing	0.78%

2001

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Parithi Ilamvazhuthi	33,189	47.69%	−24.88
	AIADMK	B. John Pandian	33,103	47.57%	New
	MDMK	P. Manimaran	1,889	2.71%	−0.8
Margin of victory			86	0.12%	−52.73%
Turnout			69,590	44.81%	−13.61%
Registered electors			1,55,310
	DMK hold		Swing	-24.88%

1996

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Parithi Ilamvazhuthi	51,061	72.57%	+22.1
	INC	N. Lakshmi	13,876	19.72%	−28.12
	MDMK	M. Kanniappan	2,472	3.51%	New
	BJP	P. M. Kumar	1,646	2.34%	New
	AIIC(T)	Janaki Kanniappan	632	0.90%	New
Margin of victory			37,185	52.85%	50.23%
Turnout			70,359	58.42%	22.47%
Registered electors			1,23,034
	DMK hold		Swing	22.10%

1991

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Parithi Ilamvazhuthi	23,139	50.47%	+0.67
	INC	D. Yasodha	21,936	47.84%	+25.5
	Independent	Sivakumar	276	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			1,203	2.62%	−24.83%
Turnout			45,849	35.95%	−31.35%
Registered electors			1,28,272
	DMK hold		Swing	0.67%

1989

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Parithi Ilamvazhuthi	38,032	49.80%	−2.04
	INC	Polur Varadhan	17,063	22.34%	−25.06
	AIADMK	V. Neelakandan	16,124	21.11%	New
	AIADMK	M. Subramani Alias Ma Su Mani	4,293	5.62%	New
	Independent	S. Sampath	436	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			20,969	27.46%	23.02%
Turnout			76,369	67.30%	17.16%
Registered electors			1,15,205
	DMK hold		Swing	-2.04%

1984

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Balan	29,795	51.84%	New
	INC	K. R. Sri Ramulu	27,246	47.41%	−13.78
Margin of victory			2,549	4.44%	−19.20%
Turnout			57,473	50.14%	−3.61%
Registered electors			1,15,430
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-9.35%

1980

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	L. Ellaya Perumal	38,200	61.19%	+51.96
	INC(U)	D. R. Sivanesan	23,444	37.55%	New
	Independent	M. Ponnurangam	783	1.25%	New
Margin of victory			14,756	23.64%	13.06%
Turnout			62,427	53.75%	4.47%
Registered electors			1,17,282
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	22.59%

1977

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Manimudi	26,746	38.60%	−14.59
	AIADMK	K. Deivasigamani	19,414	28.02%	New
	JP	Selvi D. Sulochana	16,739	24.16%	New
	INC	D. Yasodha	6,395	9.23%	−37.59
Margin of victory			7,332	10.58%	4.21%
Turnout			69,294	49.28%	−18.18%
Registered electors			1,41,812
	DMK hold		Swing	-14.59%

1971

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Arangannal	40,596	53.19%	−1.01
	INC	M. Kothandapani	35,733	46.81%	+3.04
Margin of victory			4,863	6.37%	−4.05%
Turnout			76,329	67.47%	−6.96%
Registered electors			1,16,206
	DMK hold		Swing	-1.01%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Egmore^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. V. P. Asaithambi	36,133	54.20%	+8.62
	INC	J. Vencatachellum	29,187	43.78%	−4.47
	Independent	G. Samual	1,350	2.02%	New
Margin of victory			6,946	10.42%	7.75%
Turnout			66,670	74.42%	0.61%
Registered electors			91,441
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	5.95%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Egmore^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jothi Venkatachalam	29,283	48.25%	+6.04
	DMK	K. Anbazhagan	27,666	45.58%	New
	SWA	K. Narayanaswamy Mudaliar	2,151	3.54%	New
	Independent	K. Aryasankaren	1,596	2.63%	New
Margin of victory			1,617	2.66%	−6.95%
Turnout			60,696	73.81%	29.64%
Registered electors			84,322
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-3.57%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Egmore^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. Anbazhagan	20,293	51.81%	New
	INC	Radhakrishnan	16,529	42.20%	New
	Independent	M. Sundara Rai	2,344	5.98%	New
Margin of victory			3,764	9.61%
Turnout			39,166	44.17%
Registered electors			88,666
	Independent win (new seat)