Park Town Assembly constituency

Park Town is the legislative assembly, that includes the city, Chennai. Park Town Assembly constituency was part of Chennai Central parliamentary constituency until 2008.

Park Town
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency	Chennai Central
Established	1967
Abolished	2008
Total electors	117,018
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Duration	Winner	Party
Fourth	1967–71	H. V. Hande		Swatantra Party
Fifth	1971–77
Sixth	1977–80	T. S. Nallathambi		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980–84	N. V. N. Somu
Eighth	1984–89	K. Anbazhagan
Ninth	1989–91	A. Rahman Khan
Tenth	1991–96	U. Baluraman		Indian National Congress
Eleventh	1996–01	T. Rajender		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001–06	S. G. Vinayakamurthi		Tamil Maanila Congress
Thirteenth	2006–11	K. Srinivasan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2006			47.06%
2001			51.40%
1996			68.43%
1991			55.05%
1989			49.25%
1984			50.89%
1980			55.94%
1977			32.78%
1971			54.70%
1967			51.57%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Park Town^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Srinivasan	34,314	47.06%
	DMK	A. Rahmankhan	27,957	38.34%	−3.13%
	DMDK	K. Bala Subramanian	5,300	7.27%
	BJP	C. Kantilal	3,621	4.97%
	BSP	S. Harikrishnan	446	0.61%	−1.29%
	TNJC	C. R. Srinivasamoorthy	278	0.38%
	Independent	P. Venkatesan	237	0.33%
	Independent	M. Vijayaragavan	141	0.19%
	Independent	C. Panneerselvam	129	0.18%
	Independent	R. R. Nagarajan	117	0.16%
	Independent	P. N. Yuvakumar	85	0.12%
Margin of victory			6,357	8.72%	−1.20%
Turnout			72,915	62.31%	16.45%
Registered electors			117,018
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-4.34%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Park Town^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	S. G. Vinayakamurthi	33,031	51.40%
	DMK	T. Rajhendharr.	26,654	41.47%	−26.96%
	MDMK	G. Nanmaran	1,590	2.47%	−0.01%
	BSP	E. Murugan	1,220	1.90%
	JD(S)	Pe. Govindaswamy	728	1.13%
	Independent	T. V. Rajendhran	400	0.62%
	Independent	N. P. Durai	165	0.26%
	Independent	T. A. Damodaran	141	0.22%
	Independent	T. Rajendran	138	0.21%
	SP	R. Thulasi	103	0.16%
	Independent	D. Thangaraj	98	0.15%
Margin of victory			6,377	9.92%	−35.34%
Turnout			64,268	45.86%	−12.85%
Registered electors			140,145
	TMC(M) gain from DMK		Swing	-17.04%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Park Town^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. Rajendar	44,565	68.43%	30.64%
	INC	S. V. Shankar	15,086	23.17%	−31.88%
	BJP	L. Sundaram	2,183	3.35%	−1.76%
	MDMK	Kootharasan	1,620	2.49%
	AIIC(T)	U. Balaraman	1,105	1.70%
	Independent	P. K. Krishnadoss	99	0.15%
	Independent	G. K. Babu	69	0.11%
	Independent	P. Jaya	68	0.10%
	Independent	E. Murugan	56	0.09%
	BMC	K. Radhakrishnan	52	0.08%
	Independent	M. R. K. Sundaram	49	0.08%
Margin of victory			29,479	45.27%	28.01%
Turnout			65,124	58.71%	3.88%
Registered electors			113,516
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	13.38%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Park Town^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	U. Balaraman	37,747	55.05%	35.02%
	DMK	A. Rahmankhan	25,912	37.79%	−11.46%
	BJP	C. Kantilal	3,507	5.11%	1.11%
	PMK	P. Elumalai (Choolai)	437	0.64%
	JP	M. Meerankhan	217	0.32%
	Independent	K. Selvarajan	129	0.19%
	AAP	M. Kannan	101	0.15%
	THMM	R. Radhakrishnan	85	0.12%
	Independent	G. R. Balasundaram	78	0.11%
	Independent	D. Ravi	64	0.09%
	Independent	M. Sudhakar	62	0.09%
Margin of victory			11,835	17.26%	−9.49%
Turnout			68,571	54.83%	−12.77%
Registered electors			127,309
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	5.80%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Park Town^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Rahman Khan	37,083	49.25%	−1.64%
	AIADMK	Babuji Gautam	16,940	22.50%
	INC	S. G. Vinayagamurthi	15,080	20.03%
	BJP	C. Kantilal	3,014	4.00%
	Independent	M. G. Gurusamy M Devar	2,001	2.66%
	Independent	A. Chandrasekaran	223	0.30%
	INS(SCS)	A. R. Sambandam	168	0.22%
	Independent	Nanmull Jain	111	0.15%
	Independent	B. Manak Chand Nahar	105	0.14%
	Independent	C. Sama Rao	102	0.14%
	Independent	T. Umapathy	93	0.12%
Margin of victory			20,143	26.75%	22.78%
Turnout			75,296	67.60%	3.81%
Registered electors			113,205
	DMK hold		Swing	-1.64%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Park Town^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Anbazhagan	37,540	50.89%	−5.05%
	Independent	M. Jothi	34,613	46.92%
	Independent	Patil M. Bachubhai	548	0.74%
	Independent	M. S. Mani	314	0.43%
	Independent	Jagajothi	236	0.32%
	Independent	Mohamed Bilal	201	0.27%
	Independent	M. S. Elango Alias Manoharan	169	0.23%
	Independent	K. Murali	149	0.20%
Margin of victory			2,927	3.97%	−17.91%
Turnout			73,770	63.79%	6.67%
Registered electors			119,597
	DMK hold		Swing	-5.05%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Park Town^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. V. N. Somu	38,095	55.94%	23.16%
	GKC	S. Lalchand Daga	23,197	34.06%
	JP	A. Arumugha Naicker	6,556	9.63%
	Independent	Nahar Manakchand	146	0.21%
	Independent	C. Jagajothi Alias Govindarajulu	104	0.15%
Margin of victory			14,898	21.88%	17.16%
Turnout			68,098	57.11%	9.58%
Registered electors			120,797
	DMK hold		Swing	23.16%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Park Town^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. S. Nallathambi	22,433	32.78%	−12.51%
	JP	N. G. Bhuvaneshwari	19,207	28.07%
	AIADMK	B. Ramabadhran	18,598	27.18%
	INC	A. Kuppuswamy	7,429	10.86%
	Independent	C. Govindaragulu Alias Jagagothi	393	0.57%
	Independent	Likmichnad Saklecha	213	0.31%
	Independent	M. Arputhraj	153	0.22%
Margin of victory			3,226	4.71%	−4.69%
Turnout			68,426	47.53%	−20.63%
Registered electors			145,578
	DMK gain from SWA		Swing	-21.92%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Park Town^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	K. Ethirajan	30,743	54.70%
	DMK	A. V. P. Asaithambi	25,456	45.30%
Margin of victory			5,287	9.41%	4.67%
Turnout			56,199	68.17%	−7.75%
Registered electors			85,813
	SWA hold		Swing	3.13%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Park Town^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	H. V. Hande	29,144	51.57%
	INC	T. N. Anandanayaki	26,465	46.83%
	ABJS	P. C. Kalyanasundaram	384	0.68%
	Independent	K. Ariyasankaran	325	0.58%
	Independent	V. Thanikachalam	191	0.34%
Margin of victory			2,679	4.74%
Turnout			56,509	75.92%
Registered electors			76,470
	SWA win (new seat)