Peranamallur Assembly constituency

Peranamallur is a former state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu in present-day Tiruvanamalai district since 1989. Prior to that, it was part of North Arcot district. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Peranamallur
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvannamalai
Lok Sabha constituency	Vandavasi
Established	1962
Abolished	2008
Total electors	170,898
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
Madras State
1962	P. Ramachandran		Indian National Congress
1967	V. D. Annamalai Mudaliyar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tamil Nadu
1971	P. Ettiappan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	P. Chandran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	P. M. Venkatesan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	R. Hari Kumar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	R. Ettiyappan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	A. K. Srinivasan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	N. Pandurangan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	A. K. S. Anbalagan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	G. Edirolimanian		Pattali Makkal Katchi

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2006			46.47%
2001			45.62%
1996			52.17%
1991			54.55%
1989			45.86%
1984			54.39%
1980			44.09%
1977			40.47%
1971			64.50%
1967			46.25%
1962			49.50%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Peranamallur^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	G. Ediroli Manian	56,331	46.47%
	AIADMK	A. K. S. Anbalagan	49,643	40.95%	−4.67%
	DMDK	A. Gopinathan	9,149	7.55%
	Independent	L. K. Mani	2,105	1.74%
	BSP	K. Anbukannan	1,163	0.96%
	BJP	P. M. Vengatesan	1,071	0.88%
	Independent	K. Mani	979	0.81%
	Independent	R. Dhanusu	790	0.65%
Margin of victory			6,688	5.52%	−1.73%
Turnout			121,231	70.94%	4.81%
Registered electors			170,898
	PMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.85%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Peranamallur^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. K. S. Anbalagan	52,625	45.62%	18.49%
	MTD	B. Bose	44,266	38.37%
	Independent	C. S. Shanmugasundaram	9,054	7.85%
	Independent	R. M. Venugobalan	2,721	2.36%
	MDMK	R. Murugan	1,846	1.60%
	JD(S)	J. Jayakaran Joseph	1,590	1.38%
	Independent	P. M. Venkatesan	962	0.83%
	Independent	V. Murugan	902	0.78%
	Independent	A. Ramakrishnan	759	0.66%
	Independent	V. Thiyagarajan	324	0.28%
	Independent	C. Dharanendira Kumar	306	0.27%
Margin of victory			8,359	7.25%	−17.79%
Turnout			115,355	66.13%	−3.66%
Registered electors			174,454
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-6.55%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Peranamallur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Pandurangan	57,907	52.17%	23.78%
	AIADMK	C. Srinivasan	30,114	27.13%	−27.43%
	PMK	M. Durai	20,143	18.15%
	Independent	G. Ramanujalu	1,379	1.24%
	Independent	S. Aruldoss	467	0.42%
	Independent	S. S. Rajamanickam	320	0.29%
	Independent	R. Krishnan	282	0.25%
	Independent	A. Anbudoss	230	0.21%
	Independent	M. Annamalai	163	0.15%
Margin of victory			27,793	25.04%	−1.13%
Turnout			111,005	69.78%	1.20%
Registered electors			166,984
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-2.39%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Peranamallur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. K. Srinivasan	56,653	54.55%	27.65%
	DMK	G. Subramaniyan	29,481	28.39%	−17.47%
	PMK	L. Anandan	17,712	17.06%
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Margin of victory			27,172	26.17%	7.21%
Turnout			103,846	68.58%	3.22%
Registered electors			158,084
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	8.70%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Peranamallur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Ettiyappan	41,908	45.86%	4.62%
	AIADMK	Jacob Jaison	24,588	26.90%	−27.48%
	INC	C. K. Natarajan	14,972	16.38%
	AIADMK	R. Hari Kumar	5,585	6.11%	−48.28%
	Independent	M. Selvaraj	2,270	2.48%
	Independent	M. Ramalingam	646	0.71%
	Independent	R. Jayamary	308	0.34%
	Independent	S. Aruldass	306	0.33%
	Independent	K. Punithavathi	290	0.32%
	Independent	N. R. Sriramulu	264	0.29%
	Independent	D. S. Thirunavukkarasu	156	0.17%
Margin of victory			17,320	18.95%	5.80%
Turnout			91,392	65.36%	−10.64%
Registered electors			142,908
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-8.53%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Peranamallur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Hari Kumar	49,591	54.39%	10.30%
	DMK	A. Rajendran	37,599	41.24%
	Independent	M. Thellu Dharumarasan	1,674	1.84%
	Independent	M. M. Balaraman	1,445	1.58%
	Independent	Subramania Gounder	319	0.35%
	Independent	K. Narayanasami	297	0.33%
	Independent	M. Loganatha Achari	255	0.28%
Margin of victory			11,992	13.15%	11.97%
Turnout			91,180	76.00%	13.77%
Registered electors			127,862
	AIADMK hold		Swing	10.30%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Peranamallur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. M. Venkitesan	32,645	44.09%	3.62%
	INC	R. Margabandu	31,767	42.90%	32.02%
	JP	S. Parswanathan	8,275	11.18%
	Independent	N. V. Ilango	1,356	1.83%
Margin of victory			878	1.19%	−10.49%
Turnout			74,043	62.23%	2.88%
Registered electors			121,318
	AIADMK hold		Swing	3.62%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Peranamallur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Chandran	27,860	40.47%
	DMK	P. Ettappan	19,822	28.79%	−35.70%
	JP	D. Subramanian	11,685	16.97%
	INC	D. Krishnaswamy Naidu	7,495	10.89%	−24.62%
	Independent	A. John Xavier	1,813	2.63%
	Independent	C. S. Padmanabhan	165	0.24%
Margin of victory			8,038	11.68%	−17.32%
Turnout			68,840	59.35%	−13.85%
Registered electors			117,644
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-24.03%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Peranamallur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Ettiappan	39,160	64.50%	18.25%
	INC	Boopalan	21,557	35.50%	3.70%
Margin of victory			17,603	28.99%	14.55%
Turnout			60,717	73.20%	−6.46%
Registered electors			85,345
	DMK hold		Swing	18.25%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Peranamallur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. D. Anamalai Mudaliar	29,413	46.25%	13.83%
	INC	P. Ramachandran	20,225	31.80%	−17.70%
	Independent	P. Ettiappan	10,714	16.85%
	Independent	D. K. Naidu	2,480	3.90%
	Independent	D. Subramaniam	769	1.21%
Margin of victory			9,188	14.45%	−2.64%
Turnout			63,601	79.66%	8.27%
Registered electors			85,233
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-3.25%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Peranamallur^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Ramachandran	24,817	49.50%
	DMK	V. D. Anamalai Mudaliar	16,252	32.41%
	SWA	P.Ettiyappa Gounder	6,670	13.30%
	Independent	P. K. Adikesava Mudaliar	2,400	4.79%
Margin of victory			8,565	17.08%
Turnout			50,139	71.38%
Registered electors			74,329
	INC win (new seat)