Villivakkam Assembly constituency

Villivakkam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 14. It consists of a portion of Chennai and falls under Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency.^[2][3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Villivakkam
Constituency No. 14 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency	Chennai Central
Established	1977
Total electors	255,278[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent A. Vetriazhagan
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1977	K. Suppu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	J. C. D. Prabhakar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	V. P. Chinthan		Communist Party of India
1989	W. R. Varadarajan
1991	E. Kalan		Indian National Congress
1996	J. M. Aaroon Rashid		Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	D. Napoleon		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	B. Ranganathan
2011	J. C. D. Prabhakar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	B. Ranganathan[4]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	A. Vetriazhagan

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 14 Villivakkam Assembly constituency is composed of Ward 55-58 & 63-64 of Greater Chennai Corporation.

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			53.37%
2016			43.96%
2011			52.44%
2006			45.63%
2001			48.21%
1996			70.24%
1991			55.49%
1989			46.77%
1984			48.21%
1980			47.84%
1977			41.07%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villivakkam^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Vetriazhagan	76,127	53.37%	+9.41
	AIADMK	J. C. D. Prabhakar	38,890	27.26%	−10.48
	MNM	Sriharan	13,364	9.37%	New
	NTK	R. Sridar	10,914	7.65%	+5.65
	NOTA	NOTA	1,444	1.01%	−1.26
	DMDK	D. Subamangalam	1,094	0.77%	−4.72
Margin of victory			37,237	26.10%	19.89%
Turnout			142,648	55.88%	−4.00%
Rejected ballots			881	0.62%
Registered electors			255,278
	DMK hold		Swing	9.41%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villivakkam^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	B. Ranganathan	65,972	43.96%	−0.25
	AIADMK	Thadi M. Raju	56,651	37.75%	−14.7
	DMDK	T. Pandiyan	8,234	5.49%	New
	BJP	M. Jaishankar	6,438	4.29%	+2.88
	PMK	G. V. Subramaniyan	4,193	2.79%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	3,409	2.27%	New
	NTK	A. Vagai Venthan	3,002	2.00%	New
	YSRCP	K. M. Sucharitha	952	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			9,321	6.21%	−2.03%
Turnout			150,084	59.88%	−7.83%
Registered electors			250,657
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-8.49%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villivakkam^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	J. C. D. Prabhakar	68,612	52.44%	+11.74
	DMK	K. Anbazhagan	57,830	44.20%	−1.43
	BJP	D. Masana Muthu	1,850	1.41%	−0.09
Margin of victory			10,782	8.24%	3.31%
Turnout			130,828	67.71%	2.78%
Registered electors			193,221
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	6.81%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villivakkam^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	B. Ranganathan	278,850	45.63%	−2.57
	AIADMK	G. Kalan	248,734	40.70%	New
	DMDK	G. Velmurugan	51,892	8.49%	New
	BJP	S. Ravisundaram	9,202	1.51%	New
	LKPT	K. Prema	6,473	1.06%	New
Margin of victory			30,116	4.93%	2.23%
Turnout			611,084	64.93%	23.22%
Registered electors			941,112
	DMK hold		Swing	-2.57%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villivakkam^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. Napoleon	164,787	48.21%	New
	TMC(M)	Dr. A. Chellakumar	155,557	45.51%	New
	MDMK	J. Sivaprakasam	12,112	3.54%	−2.76
	Puratchi Bharatham	P. Josuva	3,139	0.92%	New
Margin of victory			9,230	2.70%	−50.66%
Turnout			341,835	41.71%	−9.59%
Registered electors			819,547
	DMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-22.03%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villivakkam^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	J. M. Aaroon Rashid	194,471	70.24%	New
	INC	M. G. Mohan	46,724	16.88%	−38.62
	MDMK	M. Venugopal	17,463	6.31%	New
	BJP	D. Selvam	6,714	2.42%	−0.37
	CPI(ML)L	S. Kumarasamy	3,384	1.22%	New
	Independent	P. Sivakumar	3,107	1.12%	New
Margin of victory			147,747	53.36%	31.66%
Turnout			276,880	51.30%	0.36%
Registered electors			551,942
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	14.74%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villivakkam^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. Kalan	118,196	55.49%	+40.36
	CPI(M)	W. R. Varadarajan	71,963	33.79%	−12.99
	PMK	Govindaraj	11,635	5.46%	New
	BJP	Gaanasekar	5,953	2.79%	New
	Independent	Kumarasamy	1,380	0.65%	New
	INS(SCS)	Abu Bucker	1,192	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			46,233	21.71%	−6.21%
Turnout			212,993	50.94%	−11.80%
Registered electors			428,210
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	8.72%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villivakkam^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	W. R. Varadarajan	99,571	46.77%	−1.44
	AIADMK	D. Balasubramaniam	40,150	18.86%	−28.73
	INC	N. M. Manivarama	32,211	15.13%	New
	AIADMK	J. C. D. Prabhakar	30,322	14.24%	−33.35
	Independent	K. Narayanan	1,855	0.87%	New
	Independent	M. Senthivelayadam	1,266	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			59,421	27.91%	27.29%
Turnout			212,886	62.74%	−4.20%
Registered electors			343,571
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-1.44%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villivakkam^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	V. P. Chintan	81,595	48.21%	New
	AIADMK	J. C. D. Prabhakar	80,549	47.59%	−0.25
	Independent	M. Mohan	4,295	2.54%	New
Margin of victory			1,046	0.62%	0.03%
Turnout			169,247	66.94%	4.01%
Registered electors			257,909
	CPI(M) gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.37%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villivakkam^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	J. C. D. Prabhakar	57,192	47.84%	+15.46
	DMK	K. Suppu	56,489	47.25%	+6.18
	JP	R. Kanakasabai	5,235	4.38%	New
Margin of victory			703	0.59%	−8.10%
Turnout			119,548	62.94%	7.36%
Registered electors			191,966
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	6.77%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Villivakkam^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Suppu	37,327	41.07%	New
	AIADMK	R. Sarweshwar Rao	29,429	32.38%	New
	JP	M. G. Pandurangan	16,518	18.17%	New
	INC	V. R. Bhagavan	6,477	7.13%	New
Margin of victory			7,898	8.69%
Turnout			90,891	55.58%
Registered electors			165,872
	DMK win (new seat)