Pallavaram Assembly constituency

This article is about the constituency. For the locality, see Pallavaram.

Pallavaram is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after the constituency delimitation in 2008.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 30. Located in Chengalpattu district, it is included in Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency for national elections.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Pallavaram
Constituency No. 30 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chengalpattu
Lok Sabha constituency	Sriperumbudur
Established	2008
Total electors	4,36,175[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent I. Karunanithi
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

It includes All Wards in Zone 1 and Zone 2, Wards comprising Hashinapuram and Nemilicherry villages in Zone 3 of Tambaram City Municipal Corporation, Ward 159 in Zone 12 of Greater Chennai Corporation (Meenambakkam) and Pozhichalur and Tirusulam Villages in St.Thomas Mount Panchayat Union.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
2011	P. Dhansingh		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	I. Karunanithi[4]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	I. Karunanithi		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			47.50%
2016			44.94%
2011			52.70%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pallavaram^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	I. Karunanithi	126,427	47.50%	+2.56
	AIADMK	S. Rajendran	88,644	33.30%	−2.82
	MNM	Senthil Arumugam	20,774	7.80%	New
	NTK	Minishree Kanagaraj	21,522	8.09%	+6.3
	NOTA	NOTA	1,945	0.73%	−1.59
	DMDK	Murugesan	3,719	1.40%	New
Margin of victory			37,783	14.19%	5.37%
Turnout			266,190	61.03%	−0.72%
Rejected ballots			618	0.23%
Registered electors			436,175
	DMK hold		Swing	2.56%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pallavaram^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	I. Karunanithi	112,891	44.94%	+0.91
	AIADMK	C. R. Saraswathi	90,726	36.12%	−16.58
	MDMK	C. Veeralakshmi	14,083	5.61%	New
	BJP	Dr. Gopi Ayyaswamy	11,781	4.69%	New
	PMK	R. Venkatesan	9,339	3.72%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	5,823	2.32%	New
	NTK	P. Srinivasa Kumar	4,488	1.79%	New
Margin of victory			22,165	8.82%	0.16%
Turnout			251,204	61.75%	−10.45%
Registered electors			406,839
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.76%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pallavaram^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Dhansingh	105,631	52.70%	New
	DMK	T. M. Anbarasan	88,257	44.03%	New
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	R. Kumar	1,082	0.54%	New
	BSP	B. Rajappa	1,074	0.54%	New
	IJK	R. Samesudoss	1,052	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			17,374	8.67%
Turnout			277,671	72.19%
Registered electors			200,455
	AIADMK win (new seat)