Thousand Lights Assembly constituency

For the mosque, see Thousand Lights Mosque.

Thousand Lights is a constituency of the legislative assembly of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 20. It forms a part of Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Thousand Lights
Constituency No. 20 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency	Chennai Central
Established	1951
Total electors	240,073[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ezhilan Naganathan
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 20 Thousand Lights Assembly constituency is composed of Ward 76-78, 107-110, 112-114, 118 & 119 of Greater Chennai Corporation.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Venkatasami Naidu		Indian National Congress
1957	A. V. P. Asaithambi		Independent
1962	K. A. Mathialagan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Election	Winner	Party
Fifth	1971	K. A. Mathialagan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977	S. J. Sadiq Pasha
Seventh	1980	K. A. Krishnaswamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984
Ninth	1989	M. K. Stalin		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991	K. A. Krishnaswamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996	M. K. Stalin		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001
Thirteenth	2006
Fourteenth	2011	B. Valarmathi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016	K. K. Selvam[2]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021	Ezhilan Naganathan

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			53.41%
2016			43.35%
2011			50.55%
2006			46.00%
2001			51.41%
1996			69.72%
1991			56.50%
1989			50.59%
1984			50.36%
1980			50.19%
1977			37.13%
1971			57.39%
1962			45.59%
1957			54.08%
1952			24.64%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thousand Lights^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Ezhilan Naganathan	71,867	53.41	+10.06
	BJP	Khushbu	39,405	29.29	+23.31
	MNM	K. M. Shariff	11,791	8.76	New
	NTK	A. J. Sherine	8,884	6.60	+5.15
	NOTA	NOTA	1,385	1.03	−1.52
	AMMK	N. Vaidhyanathan	1,155	0.86	New
Margin of victory			32,462	24.13	17.93
Turnout			134,555	56.05	−4.36
Rejected ballots			733	0.54
Registered electors			240,073
	DMK hold		Swing	10.06

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thousand Lights^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Ku. Ka. Selvam	61,726	43.35	−1.52
	AIADMK	B. Valarmathi	52,897	37.15	−13.41
	BJP	M. Shivalingam	8,516	5.98	+3.66
	MDMK	C. Ambigapathy	7,805	5.48	New
	PMK	V. Rangan	3,968	2.79	New
	NOTA	NOTA	3,633	2.55	New
	NTK	Murugesan	2,075	1.46	New
Margin of victory			8,829	6.20	0.52
Turnout			142,403	60.41	−6.37
Registered electors			235,724
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.21

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thousand Lights^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	B. Valarmathi	67,522	50.55	+6.83
	DMK	Hasan Mohamed Jinnah	59,930	44.87	−1.13
	BJP	M. Photo Siva Alias Sivalingam	3,098	2.32	+1.11
	IJK	Thiwan Muhammedu Nahib	849	0.64	New
Margin of victory			7,592	5.68	3.40
Turnout			133,567	66.78	2.89
Registered electors			200,020
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	4.55

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thousand Lights^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. K. Stalin	49,817	46.00	−5.4
	AIADMK	Adhirajaram	47,349	43.72	New
	DMDK	M. Thalapathy	5,545	5.12	New
	LKPT	A. Ishrayel Maheswar	2,459	2.27	New
	BJP	M. Shivalingam	1,305	1.21	New
Margin of victory			2,468	2.28	−5.34
Turnout			108,291	63.89	18.55
Registered electors			169,506
	DMK hold		Swing	-5.40

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thousand Lights^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. K. Stalin	49,056	51.41	−18.31
	TMC(M)	S. Sekar	41,782	43.78	New
	MDMK	Mallika	2,511	2.63	+0.05
	Independent	G. M. Syed Fasiuddin	539	0.56	New
Margin of victory			7,274	7.62	−39.14
Turnout			95,428	45.34	−13.36
Registered electors			210,474
	DMK hold		Swing	-18.31

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thousand Lights^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. K. Stalin	66,905	69.72	+30.52
	AIADMK	Zeenath Sheriffdeen	22,028	22.95	−33.55
	MDMK	K. Thiyagarajan	2,479	2.58	New
	BJP	Nagamma	2,015	2.10	+0.29
	PMK	N. Elumalai	1,457	1.52	New
Margin of victory			44,877	46.76	29.45
Turnout			95,968	58.70	2.38
Registered electors			167,016
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	13.21

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thousand Lights^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. A. Krishnaswamy	55,426	56.50	+26.45
	DMK	M. K. Stalin	38,445	39.19	−11.4
	BJP	D. Nagarajan	1,771	1.81	New
	PMK	B. Panneerselvam	1,273	1.30	New
Margin of victory			16,981	17.31	−3.23
Turnout			98,092	56.32	−11.49
Registered electors			176,708
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	5.91

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thousand Lights^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. K. Stalin	50,818	50.59	+2.73
	AIADMK	S. S. R. Thambidurai	30,184	30.05	−20.31
	IUML	Mohamed Ehiya	10,349	10.30	New
	AIADMK	G. M. Syed Fasiuddin	6,616	6.59	−43.77
Margin of victory			20,634	20.54	18.05
Turnout			100,448	67.81	2.85
Registered electors			150,057
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.23

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thousand Lights^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. A. Krishnaswamy	46,246	50.36	+0.17
	DMK	M. K. Stalin	43,954	47.86	−1.95
	Independent	A. Seppan	854	0.93	New
Margin of victory			2,292	2.50	2.12
Turnout			91,831	64.96	7.38
Registered electors			145,099
	AIADMK hold		Swing	0.17

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thousand Lights^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. A. Krishnaswamy	40,499	50.19	New
	DMK	S. J. Sadiq Pasha	40,192	49.81	+12.68
Margin of victory			307	0.38	−6.40
Turnout			80,691	57.58	14.41
Registered electors			141,773
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	13.06

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thousand Lights^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. J. Sadiq Pasha	26,599	37.13	−20.26
	Independent	Syed Khaleefa Thullah	21,741	30.35	New
	JP	Anbumani	15,230	21.26	New
	INC	P. A. Daivasigamani	7,902	11.03	−29.3
Margin of victory			4,858	6.78	−10.28
Turnout			71,635	43.16	−21.16
Registered electors			167,463
	DMK hold		Swing	-20.26

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thousand Lights^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. A. Mathiazhagan	38,891	57.39	−1.88
	INC	N. M. Mani Varma	27,332	40.33	+2.28
	Independent	K. Balavarsu	759	1.12	New
Margin of victory			11,559	17.06	−4.16
Turnout			67,767	64.32	−10.10
Registered electors			108,614
	DMK hold		Swing	-1.88

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thousand Lights^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. A. Mathiazhagan	39,518	59.27	+13.68
	INC	M. Sivaraj	25,370	38.05	−3.67
Margin of victory			14,148	21.22	17.35
Turnout			66,670	74.42	3.77
Registered electors			91,441
	DMK hold		Swing	13.68

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thousand Lights^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. A. Mathiazhagan	27,984	45.59	New
	INC	Indrani Changalvarayan	25,609	41.72	−4.19
	TNP	Sambandam	4,772	7.78	New
	SWA	C. M. Baslusamy	3,011	4.91	New
Margin of victory			2,375	3.87	−4.30
Turnout			61,376	70.65	33.01
Registered electors			89,518
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing	-8.49

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thousand Lights^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. V. P. Asaithambi	17,632	54.08	New
	INC	K. Venkatasamy Naidu	14,970	45.92	+21.28
Margin of victory			2,662	8.17	1.61
Turnout			32,602	37.64	−52.30
Registered electors			86,621
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	29.44

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thousand Lights^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Venkataswami Naiudu	31,042	24.64	New
	Independent	Sivashanmugham Pillai	22,787	18.09	New
	Justice Party	Indirani Balasubaramaniam	19,236	15.27	New
	Socialist	Marthandam Pillai	8,127	6.45	New
	Independent	Dorairaj	6,448	5.12	New
	IUML	Syed Niamuthulla Sahib	5,706	4.53	New
	Independent	Jasubatham	5,409	4.29	New
	Independent	Manickavasagam	5,125	4.07	New
	Independent	Kabalamurthi	3,771	2.99	New
	Independent	Raja	3,304	2.62	New
	KMPP	Yakambaram	3,034	2.41	New
Margin of victory			8,255	6.55
Turnout			125,975	89.94
Registered electors			140,070
	INC win (new seat)