Thiyagarayanagar Assembly constituency

Thiyagarayanagar is the legislative assembly constituency located in the southern part of Chennai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 24. It is a part of Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency during national elections. Thiyagarayanagar has been in existence since the 1957 election. It currently covers T. Nagar and adjacent localities, such as Pondy Bazaar, Kodambakkam, Ashok Nagar, K. K. Nagar, MGR Nagar, Vadapalani and West Mambalam.^[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Thiyagarayanagar
Constituency No. 24 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency	Chennai South
Established	1957
Total electors	2,45,005[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent J. Karunanithi
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1957	K. Vinayakam		Indian National Congress
1962	Kanchi Manimozhiyar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	M. P. Sivagnanam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Year	Winner	Party
Fifth	1971	K. M. Subramaniam		Indian National Congress (O)
Sixth	1977	R. E. Chandran Jayapal		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980	K. Sourirajan		Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984	K. Sourirajan		Indian National Congress
Ninth	1989	S. A. Ganesan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991	S. Jayakumar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996	A. Chellakumar		Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
Twelfth	2001	J. Anbazhagan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006	V. P. Kalairajan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011	V. P. Kalairajan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016	B. Sathyanarayanan[3]		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021	J. Karunanithi		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			41.05%
2016			37.47%
2011			58.48%
2006			48.57%
2001			48.55%
1996			67.16%
1991			61.19%
1989			43.03%
1984			49.26%
1980			50.58%
1977			30.91%
1971			48.32%
1967			57.36%
1962			41.02%
1957			45.10%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	J. Karunanithi	56,035	41.05%	+5.8
	AIADMK	B. Sathiyanaarayanan	55,898	40.95%	+3.48
	MNM	Pala. Karuppiah	14,567	10.67%	New
	NTK	S. Sivasankari	8,284	6.07%	+4.61
	NOTA	NOTA	1,617	1.18%	−1.33
	AMMK	R. Bharaneeswaran	782	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			137	0.10%	−2.12%
Turnout			136,497	55.71%	−2.22%
Rejected ballots			84	0.06%
Registered electors			245,005
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	3.58%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	B. Sathiyanaarayanan	53,207	37.47%	−21.01
	DMK	Dr. N. S. Kanimozhi	50,052	35.25%	New
	BJP	H. Raja	19,888	14.01%	+10.48
	DMDK	V. Kumar	6,210	4.37%	New
	PMK	V. Vinoth	5,071	3.57%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	3,570	2.51%	New
	NTK	Padmanapan	2,072	1.46%	New
Margin of victory			3,155	2.22%	−22.80%
Turnout			141,982	57.93%	−8.64%
Registered electors			245,101
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-21.01%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. P. Kalairajan	75,883	58.48%	+9.92
	INC	A. Chellakumar	43,421	33.46%	New
	BJP	K. Ravichandran	4,575	3.53%	+0.75
	Independent	Traffic Ramaswamy	1,305	1.01%	New
	IJK	G. Sarada	958	0.74%	New
	Independent	E. Sarathbabu	830	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			32,462	25.02%	14.22%
Turnout			129,751	66.57%	3.69%
Registered electors			194,922
	AIADMK hold		Swing	9.92%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. P. Kalairajan	74,131	48.57%	+2.12
	DMK	J. Anbazhagan	57,654	37.77%	−10.77
	DMDK	T. Pandian	8,824	5.78%	New
	LKPT	S. Arvind	6,323	4.14%	New
	BJP	Muktha V. Srinivasan	4,235	2.77%	New
Margin of victory			16,477	10.80%	8.70%
Turnout			152,632	62.87%	19.99%
Registered electors			242,771
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	0.02%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	J. Anbazhagan	57,875	48.55%	New
	AIADMK	E. V. K. Sulochana Sampath	55,376	46.45%	+22.33
	MDMK	K. Thyagarajan	3,697	3.10%	New
Margin of victory			2,499	2.10%	−40.94%
Turnout			119,216	42.88%	−12.82%
Registered electors			277,999
	DMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-18.61%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	A. Chellakumar	76,461	67.16%	New
	AIADMK	S. Vijayan	27,463	24.12%	−37.07
	BJP	S. Srinivasan	5,285	4.64%	+0.39
	JD	K. Jagaveera Pandian	1,959	1.72%	New
	PMK	D. Kuppusamy	940	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			48,998	43.04%	13.31%
Turnout			113,853	55.70%	3.63%
Registered electors			208,349
	TMC(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	5.97%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Jayakumar	64,460	61.19%	+39.65
	DMK	S. A. Ganesan	33,147	31.47%	−11.56
	BJP	R. Durai	4,479	4.25%	+2.94
	PMK	A. Krishnamurthy Alias A. K. Morthy	2,137	2.03%	New
Margin of victory			31,313	29.73%	10.62%
Turnout			105,341	52.07%	−13.24%
Registered electors			204,830
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	18.16%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. A. M. Ganesan	49,772	43.03%	New
	INC	K. Sourirajan	27,668	23.92%	−25.34
	AIADMK	V. Balasubramainan	24,920	21.54%	New
	AIADMK	Jeppiaar	8,268	7.15%	New
	BJP	M. S. Nithyanandam	1,517	1.31%	−5.66
	Independent	N. Manickam	821	0.71%	New
	Independent	A. Kittappan	663	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			22,104	19.11%	10.19%
Turnout			115,667	65.31%	1.88%
Registered electors			178,867
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-6.23%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Sourirajan	49,038	49.26%	New
	JP	G. Kalivaradan	40,154	40.34%	New
	BJP	K. Jana Krishna Murthi	6,945	6.98%	+2.56
	Independent	M. K. Srinivasan	2,137	2.15%	New
Margin of victory			8,884	8.92%	1.24%
Turnout			99,550	63.43%	7.99%
Registered electors			160,537
	INC gain from GKC		Swing	-1.32%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	GKC	K. Sourirajan	42,566	50.58%	New
	DMK	R. E. Chandran Jeyapal	36,100	42.89%	+11.98
	BJP	K. Sanckar	3,716	4.42%	New
	JP	T. Swaminathan	1,462	1.74%	New
Margin of victory			6,466	7.68%	6.32%
Turnout			84,164	55.44%	13.32%
Registered electors			153,113
	GKC gain from DMK		Swing	19.66%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. E. Chandran Jayapal	23,346	30.91%	−16.27
	AIADMK	K. Krishnamoorthy	22,316	29.55%	New
	JP	K. Krishnamoorthy (Jana)	18,020	23.86%	New
	INC	A. J. Doss	7,833	10.37%	−37.95
	Independent	K. Sowrirajan	2,387	3.16%	New
	Independent	K. Kalyanasundaram	560	0.74%	New
	Independent	D. Jayakanthan	481	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			1,030	1.36%	0.22%
Turnout			75,522	42.12%	−23.54%
Registered electors			180,871
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-17.41%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. M. Subramaniam	37,100	48.32%	New
	DMK	D. V. Narayanasamy	36,221	47.18%	−10.18
	ABJS	K. Narayan Rao	1,880	2.45%	New
	Independent	Thirunagar Rathinam	1,187	1.55%	New
Margin of victory			879	1.14%	−14.07%
Turnout			76,775	65.66%	−6.68%
Registered electors			121,232
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-9.03%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. P. Sivagnanam	37,662	57.36%	+16.34
	Independent	K. M. Subramaniam	27,669	42.14%	New
	ABJS	Lakshminarasimhan	333	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			9,993	15.22%	5.29%
Turnout			65,664	72.34%	2.74%
Registered electors			92,089
	DMK hold		Swing	16.34%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Kanchi Manimozhiar	35,402	41.02%	New
	INC	Guntur Narasimha Rao	26,834	31.09%	−14.01
	SWA	C. Damodaram	9,196	10.65%	New
	Independent	Krishnamoorthy	8,002	9.27%	New
	TNP	K. Murugesan	4,653	5.39%	New
	Independent	M. K. Srinivasan	1,424	1.65%	New
	Independent	A. S. Jesubatham	566	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			8,568	9.93%	−2.53%
Turnout			86,308	69.61%	36.26%
Registered electors			128,854
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-4.08%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thiyagarayanagar^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Vinayakam	16,813	45.10%	New
	Independent	A. S. Jesupatham	12,170	32.65%	New
	Independent	S. Krishnamoorthy	8,296	22.25%	New
Margin of victory			4,643	12.45%
Turnout			37,279	33.35%
Registered electors			111,797
	INC win (new seat)