Perambur Assembly constituency

Perambur is a legislative assembly, that includes the city of Perambur. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 12. Perambur Assembly constituency is a part of Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.^[2][3]

Perambur
Constituency No. 12 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency	Chennai North
Established	1951
Total electors	315,884[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent R. D. Sekar
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
Madras State
1952	S. Pakkirisamy Pillai		Socialist Party
1957	Pakkiriswami Pillai		Independent
1962	D. Sulochana		Indian National Congress
1967	Satyavani Muthu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tamil Nadu
1971-77	Satyavani Muthu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977-80	S. Balan
1980-84
1984-89	Parithi Elamvazhuthi
1989-91	Chengai Sivam
1991-96	M. P. Sekar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996-2001	Chengai Sivam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001-06	K. Mahendran		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2006-11
2011-16	A. Soundararajan
2016- 2017	P. Vetrivel[4]		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019-2021	R. D. Sekar[5]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021-Incumbent

^by-election

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			52.93%
2019 by-election			56.32%
2016			42.39%
2011			52.26%
2006			44.83%
2001			52.42%
1996			67.29%
1991			54.06%
1989			53.86%
1984			53.04%
1980			54.59%
1977			42.74%
1971			56.37%
1967			54.19%
1962			54.48%
1957			24.60%
1952			42.08%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perambur^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. D. Sekar	105,267	52.93%	+10.82
	AIADMK	N. R. Dhanapalan	50,291	25.29%	−17.1
	NTK	S. Merlin Suganthi	19,821	9.97%	+8.25
	MNM	A. Ponnusamy	17,072	8.58%	New
	AMMK	E. Lakshmi Narayanan	4,042	2.03%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,515	0.76%	−0.92
Margin of victory			54,976	27.64%	27.37%
Turnout			198,872	62.96%	−1.99%
Rejected ballots			390	0.20%
Registered electors			315,884
	DMK hold		Swing	10.55%

2019 by-election

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Perambur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. D. Sekar	106,394	56.32	+14.21
	AIADMK	R. S. Raajesh	38,371	20.31	−22.09
	MNM	U. Priyadarshini	20,508	10.86	+10.86
	NTK	S. Merlin Suganthi	8,611	4.56	+2.84
	AMMK	P. Vetrivel	6,281	3.32	+3.32
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,511	1.33	NA
Majority			68,023	35.97
Turnout			1,89,093	64.39
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perambur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Vetrivel	79,974	42.39%	New
	DMK	N. R. Dhanapalan	79,455	42.11%	+0.61
	CPI(M)	A. Soundararajan	10,281	5.45%	−46.81
	BJP	R. Prakash	4,582	2.43%	+0.73
	PMK	M. Venkatesh Perumal	3,685	1.95%	New
	NTK	S. Vetri Thamizhan	3,236	1.72%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	3,167	1.68%	New
Margin of victory			519	0.28%	−10.48%
Turnout			188,681	64.95%	−4.79%
Registered electors			290,522
	AIADMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-9.87%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perambur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	A. Soundararajan	84,668	52.26%	+7.42
	DMK	N. R. Dhanapalan	67,245	41.50%	New
	BJP	R. Ravindrakumar	2,758	1.70%	New
	JMM	K. Vijayakumar	961	0.59%	New
	BSP	S. Palani	912	0.56%	−0.23
	Independent	C. Gopi Anand	861	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			17,423	10.75%	9.22%
Turnout			162,026	69.74%	1.86%
Registered electors			232,344
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	7.42%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perambur^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Mahendran	81,765	44.83%	−7.59
	MDMK	P. Manimaran	78,977	43.30%	+40.25
	DMDK	J. Lingam	15,881	8.71%	New
	BSP	V. Perumal	1,449	0.79%	New
	JP	P. Viswanathan Kakkan	952	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			2,788	1.53%	−11.44%
Turnout			182,379	67.87%	19.91%
Registered electors			268,704
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-7.59%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perambur^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Mahendran	69,613	52.42%	+45.74
	DMK	Chengai Sivam	52,390	39.45%	−27.84
	MDMK	R. Natarajan	4,055	3.05%	New
	Independent	S. Ravi	2,702	2.03%	New
	Independent	R. Gunasekaran	1,700	1.28%	New
	Independent	K. Rama Rao	1,012	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			17,223	12.97%	−30.33%
Turnout			132,799	47.96%	−13.04%
Registered electors			276,886
	CPI(M) gain from DMK		Swing	-14.87%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perambur^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Chengai Sivam	90,683	67.29%	+26.54
	AIADMK	V. Neelakandan	32,332	23.99%	−30.07
	CPI(M)	R. Sarala	9,008	6.68%	New
	BJP	G. Nageswara Rao	1,910	1.42%	−0.27
Margin of victory			58,351	43.30%	29.99%
Turnout			134,760	61.00%	5.47%
Registered electors			227,398
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	13.23%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perambur^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Dr. M. P. Sekar	62,759	54.06%	+47.58
	DMK	Chengai Sivam	47,307	40.75%	−13.11
	BJP	V. K. Sampath	1,960	1.69%	New
	JP	T. S. P. E Bakthan	1,588	1.37%	New
	TMUL	D. Kanagasabapathy	1,383	1.19%	New
Margin of victory			15,452	13.31%	−19.48%
Turnout			116,088	55.53%	−11.73%
Registered electors			214,067
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	0.20%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perambur^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Chengai Sivam	65,681	53.86%	+0.83
	INC	P. Viswanathan	25,691	21.07%	New
	Independent	V. Mahenathan	15,747	12.91%	New
	AIADMK	M. Panchalaim	7,908	6.49%	−39.39
	Independent	S. Thirumalai	4,238	3.48%	New
	Independent	R. Ganesekaran	1,037	0.85%	New
Margin of victory			39,990	32.80%	25.63%
Turnout			121,939	67.26%	4.51%
Registered electors			184,148
	DMK hold		Swing	0.83%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perambur^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Parithi Ilamvazhuthi	53,325	53.04%	−1.55
	AIADMK	Sathyavani Muthu	46,121	45.87%	New
	Independent	Sankaralingam	521	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			7,204	7.17%	−2.01%
Turnout			100,541	62.75%	1.09%
Registered electors			165,376
	DMK hold		Swing	-1.55%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perambur^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Balan	49,269	54.59%	+11.84
	CPI(M)	V. Murugaian	40,989	45.41%	New
Margin of victory			8,280	9.17%	−7.69%
Turnout			90,258	61.65%	17.96%
Registered electors			148,248
	DMK hold		Swing	11.84%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perambur^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Balan	34,134	42.74%	−13.62
	AIADMK	T. Raja	20,666	25.88%	New
	JP	T. P. Elumalai	16,675	20.88%	New
	INC	V. M. Perumal	8,385	10.50%	−32.06
Margin of victory			13,468	16.86%	3.05%
Turnout			79,860	43.70%	−22.09%
Registered electors			184,688
	DMK hold		Swing	-13.62%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Perambur^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Sathyavani Muthu	49,070	56.37%	+2.18
	INC	D. Sulochana	37,047	42.56%	−2.66
	Independent	A. Shammugam	939	1.08%	New
Margin of victory			12,023	13.81%	4.83%
Turnout			87,056	65.78%	−8.90%
Registered electors			135,439
	DMK hold		Swing	2.18%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Perambur^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Sathyavani Muthu	40,364	54.19%	+10.68
	INC	D. Sulochana	33,677	45.21%	−9.26
	Independent	Muthuvelu	445	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			6,687	8.98%	−1.99%
Turnout			74,486	74.69%	−1.40%
Registered electors			101,856
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-0.29%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Perambur^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Sulochana	40,451	54.48%	+31.85
	DMK	Sathyavani Muthu	32,309	43.51%	New
	ABJS	S. Dhanapal	1,494	2.01%	New
Margin of victory			8,142	10.97%	8.99%
Turnout			74,254	76.09%	2.81%
Registered electors			100,407
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	29.87%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Perambur^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Pakkiriswami Pillai	34,579	24.60%	New
	INC	T. S. Govindaswamy	31,806	22.63%	−11.44
	Independent	Satyavani Muthu	27,638	19.66%	New
	INC	T. Rajagopal (Sc)	23,682	16.85%	−17.22
	Independent	K. P. Samundiswaran (Sc)	14,915	10.61%	New
	CPI	Gailapathi	4,233	3.01%	−13.89
	CPI	Karuppannan (Sc)	3,698	2.63%	−14.27
Margin of victory			2,773	1.97%	−6.05%
Turnout			140,551	73.28%	18.93%
Registered electors			191,799
	Independent gain from Socialist		Swing	-17.48%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Perambur^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist	S. Pakkirisamy Pillai	14,190	42.08%	New
	INC	M. Santhosam	11,486	34.06%	New
	CPI	T. M. Arumugham	5,698	16.90%	New
	AIFB	Malick Basha Sahib	653	1.94%	New
	Independent	N. Gopalakrishnan	577	1.71%	New
	Independent	S. Parthasarathy	394	1.17%	New
	Independent	H. H. L. Stone	367	1.09%	New
	Justice Party	P. R. Kodandarama Mudaliar	353	1.05%	New
Margin of victory			2,704	8.02%
Turnout			33,718	54.35%
Registered electors			62,038
	Socialist win (new seat)