Kilvelur Assembly constituency

Kilvelur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India newly formed after constituency delimitations in 2008.^[2] It is included in Nagapattinam Lok Sabha constituency. It comprises Kilvelur, Keezhayur and a part of Nagapattinam panchayat union. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Kilvelur
Constituency No. 164 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
Lok Sabha constituency	Nagapattinam
Established	2008
Total electors	1,78,686[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nagaimaali V P
Party	CPI(M)
Elected year	2021

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
2011	Nagaimaali V P		Communist Party of India
2016	U. Mathivanan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Nagaimaali V P		Communist Party of India

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			47.85%
2016			44.95%
2011			48.99%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kilvelur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	V. P. Nagaimaali	67,988	47.85%	+35.88
	PMK	S. Vadivel Ravanan	51,003	35.89%	+33.98
	NTK	S. Ponelavazhaki	15,173	10.68%	+9.55
	MNM	G. Sidhu	2,906	2.05%	New
	AMMK	M. Neethimohan	2,503	1.76%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	896	0.63%	−0.13
Margin of victory			16,985	11.95%	4.58%
Turnout			142,099	79.52%	−4.88%
Rejected ballots			378	0.27%
Registered electors			178,686
	CPI(M) gain from DMK		Swing	2.90%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kilvelur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	U. Mathivanan	61,999	44.95%	−3.44
	AIADMK	N. Meena	51,829	37.58%	New
	CPI(M)	V. P. Nagaimaali	16,499	11.96%	−37.03
	PMK	A. Vanitha	2,637	1.91%	New
	NTK	G. Palanivel	1,553	1.13%	New
	BJP	S. Kumar	1,142	0.83%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,049	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			10,170	7.37%	6.78%
Turnout			137,929	84.40%	−1.48%
Registered electors			163,415
	DMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-4.04%

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	V. P. Nagaimaali	59,402	48.99%	New
	DMK	U. Mathivanan	58,678	48.39%	New
	Independent	G. Devaki	1,487	1.23%	New
	BSP	J. Shajahan	743	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			724	0.60%
Turnout			121,254	85.88%
Registered electors			141,185
	CPI(M) win (new seat)