Triplicane Assembly constituency

Triplicane was the legislative Assembly constituency, that included the city of Triplicane. Triplicane Assembly constituency was part of Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency. After the constituency delimitation of 2008, this constituency has been merged into the newly-formed Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni Assembly constituency.^[1]

Triplicane
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency	Chennai South
Established	1951
Abolished	2008
Total electors	132,523 (2006)
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
Madras State
1952	A. M. Sambandam		Indian National Congress
1957	K. S. G. Haja Shareef		Indian National Congress
1962	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tamil Nadu
Fifth	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	M. Aranganathan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	K. S. G. Haja Shareef		Indian National Congress
Eighth	Abdul Samad		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	K. Nanjil Manoharan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	Mohammad Asif		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	K. Nanjil Manoharan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	S. A. M. Hussain		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	Bader Sayeed		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Triplicane^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Bader Sayeed	40,404	47.25%
	DMK	M. Naganathan	37,628	44.01%	−5.78%
	DMDK	K. Shivakumar	4,834	5.65%
	BJP	S. Sathish Kumar	1,631	1.91%
	Independent	R. Vivekanandan	319	0.37%
	BSP	K. Saravanan	181	0.21%
	Independent	R. Srinivasan	144	0.17%
	Independent	S. Sasikumar	134	0.16%
	Independent	M. Santhanam	123	0.14%
	Independent	P. Shanmugam	106	0.12%
Margin of victory			2,776	3.25%	−1.99%
Turnout			85,504	64.52%	21.42%
Registered electors			132,523
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-2.54%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Triplicane^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. A. M. Hussain	34,943	49.79%	−20.31%
	INC	S. Rajakumar	31,267	44.55%
	MDMK	Vijaya Dhayanban	2,034	2.90%	0.14%
	Independent	Mu. Krishnaparayanar	405	0.58%
	Independent	G. Sreeram	356	0.51%
	Independent	V. Ranganathan	211	0.30%
	Independent	G. R. Venkatesh	185	0.26%
	SP	A. Noor Mohamed	156	0.22%
	Thaayaga Makkal Katchi	N. M. Dharmalingam	141	0.20%
	Independent	G. Maragatha Valli	131	0.19%
	RJD	T. Sivagnanasambandan	96	0.14%
Margin of victory			3,676	5.24%	−43.46%
Turnout			70,179	43.10%	−17.31%
Registered electors			162,839
	DMK hold		Swing	-20.31%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Triplicane^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Nanjil K. Manoharan	50,401	70.10%	32.60%
	AIADMK	A. Wahab	15,390	21.41%	−33.66%
	BJP	L. E. Balraj	2,597	3.61%	−0.40%
	MDMK	O. Sundaram	1,986	2.76%
	PMK	K. Karunamurthy	915	1.27%
	Independent	S. Venugopal	88	0.12%
	Independent	G. Maragathavalli	61	0.08%
	Independent	Saravanan	60	0.08%
	Independent	B. Selvam	58	0.08%
	Independent	M. Dhanapal	58	0.08%
	Independent	S. S. Marisamy Kurumans	56	0.08%
Margin of victory			35,011	48.70%	31.13%
Turnout			71,898	60.41%	4.83%
Registered electors			121,322
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	15.03%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Triplicane^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Mohammad Asif	39,028	55.07%	21.77%
	DMK	Nanjil K. Manoharan	26,576	37.50%	−8.36%
	BJP	Azhagumani	2,841	4.01%
	PMK	Parthasarathi	1,481	2.09%
	JP	Murugesan	478	0.67%
	Independent	Vijayalakshmi	109	0.15%
	Independent	Selvam	84	0.12%
	Independent	Sathiavathi Gnanadas	72	0.10%
	THMM	Ragavendra Rao	72	0.10%
	Independent	Vaithinathan	55	0.08%
	Independent	Deenan	32	0.05%
Margin of victory			12,452	17.57%	5.01%
Turnout			70,872	55.58%	−14.34%
Registered electors			129,453
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	9.21%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Triplicane^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Nanjil K. Manoharan	36,414	45.86%	−4.66%
	AIADMK	H. V. Hande	26,442	33.30%
	INC	B. Rama Devi	12,531	15.78%	−26.27%
	Independent	M. Gajanathan	2,878	3.62%
	Independent	Mohamad Ali Hussain	220	0.28%
	Independent	M. A. Mohideen	152	0.19%
	INC(J)	Jainuddin	142	0.18%
	Independent	Mohamed Yousup	83	0.10%
	Independent	B. Ramakrishnan	83	0.10%
	Independent	S. D. Panneenselvam	81	0.10%
	Independent	G. Maragathavalli	76	0.10%
Margin of victory			9,972	12.56%	4.08%
Turnout			79,401	69.92%	7.39%
Registered electors			115,258
	DMK hold		Swing	-4.66%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Triplicane^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. K. A. Abdul Samad	36,410	50.52%
	INC	K. S. G. Haja Shareef	30,302	42.05%	−10.72%
	Independent	Kumarasamy Alias Kailal Mannan	1,871	2.60%
	Independent	P. T. Srinivasan	1,298	1.80%
	Independent	B. Selvamani	814	1.13%
	Independent	M. C. Kannappan	242	0.34%
	Independent	P. Ramakrishnan Sathyalaya	195	0.27%
	Independent	P. Jagannathan	180	0.25%
	Independent	V. Jayalakshmi	175	0.24%
	Independent	T. Kalingamurthy	143	0.20%
	Independent	K. N. Natarajan	136	0.19%
Margin of victory			6,108	8.48%	−2.31%
Turnout			72,065	62.54%	5.73%
Registered electors			119,445
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-2.24%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Triplicane^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. S. G. Haja Shareef	33,664	52.77%	39.06%
	INC(U)	V. K. Sridharan	26,786	41.99%
	JP	G. Ramaswamy	1,811	2.84%
	ABJS	N. Gopalakrishnan	567	0.89%
	Independent	C. Lakshmaiah	485	0.76%
	Independent	V. Jayalakshmi	377	0.59%
	Independent	Era. Chandramohan	108	0.17%
Margin of victory			6,878	10.78%	7.55%
Turnout			63,798	56.81%	6.75%
Registered electors			113,394
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	17.61%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Triplicane^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Aranganathan	23,154	35.16%	−15.24%
	AIADMK	Noorjahan Razack	21,027	31.93%
	JP	K. S. Narayanan	12,401	18.83%
	INC	S. Veeraragaghavan	9,027	13.71%	−35.25%
	Independent	D. Raghavan	247	0.38%
Margin of victory			2,127	3.23%	1.78%
Turnout			65,856	50.05%	−20.61%
Registered electors			132,743
	DMK hold		Swing	-15.24%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Triplicane^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan	36,237	50.40%	−9.01%
	INC	K. Vinayakam	35,198	48.95%	9.02%
	Independent	Noorg Ehan Mamadi	340	0.47%
	Independent	S. A. Zaman	127	0.18%
Margin of victory			1,039	1.45%	−18.03%
Turnout			71,902	70.66%	−4.95%
Registered electors			104,278
	DMK hold		Swing	-9.01%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Triplicane^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan	38,721	59.41%	8.12%
	INC	M. S. Sammandappa	26,027	39.93%	4.63%
	ABJS	N. V. Rao	431	0.66%
Margin of victory			12,694	19.48%	3.49%
Turnout			65,179	75.61%	3.11%
Registered electors			87,580
	DMK hold		Swing	8.12%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Triplicane^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan	33,273	51.29%
	INC	Sivanesan	22,903	35.31%	−0.60%
	SWA	N. S. Varadachary	7,418	11.44%
	Independent	K. N. Natrajan	1,276	1.97%
Margin of victory			10,370	15.99%	13.18%
Turnout			64,870	72.50%	32.49%
Registered electors			92,042
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	15.38%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Triplicane^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. S. G. Haja Shareef	12,990	35.91%	0.23%
	Independent	Appadurai	11,975	33.10%
	Independent	Chinna Annamalai	10,278	28.41%
	Independent	Kuppuswami	446	1.23%
	Independent	Moova Rammia Naidu	265	0.73%
	Independent	P. R. Chengalvaroya Chettiar	221	0.61%
Margin of victory			1,015	2.81%	−4.44%
Turnout			36,175	40.01%	−15.46%
Registered electors			90,420
	INC hold		Swing	0.23%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Triplicane^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. M. Sambandam	14,168	35.68%	35.68%
	Independent	M. S. Abdul Majeed	11,290	28.43%
	Socialist	K. Jagadisa Ayyar	3,850	9.70%
	CPI	K. M. Doraikannu	3,714	9.35%
	Independent	K. S. Ekambaram	2,954	7.44%
	Independent	R. P. Nagarajan	1,764	4.44%
	Independent	Nadamurthi Narasimhan	536	1.35%
	Independent	Parthasarathy Naicker	348	0.88%
	KMPP	V. Jagalakshmi	330	0.83%
	Independent	R. R. Dalavai	275	0.69%
	Independent	Thirupurasundari Ammal	202	0.51%
Margin of victory			2,878	7.25%
Turnout			39,709	55.46%
Registered electors			71,594
	INC win (new seat)