Kilvelur (state assembly constituency)

Kilvelur
Constituency No. 164 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictNagapattinam
LS constituencyNagapattinam
Established2011
Total electors1,78,686[1]
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  CPI(M)
Elected year2021

Kilvelur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India newly formed after constituency delimitations 2008.[2] It is included in the Nagapattinam parliamentary constituency. It comprises kilvelur, keezhayur and a part of Nagapattinam panchayat union. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Winner Party
2011 Nagaimaali V P Communist Party of India
2016 U. Mathivanan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 Nagaimaali V P Communist Party of India

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
 47.85%
2016
 
 44.95%
2011
 
 48.99%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kilvelur[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) V. P. Nagaimaali 67,988 47.85% +35.88
PMK S. Vadivel Ravanan 51,003 35.89% +33.98
NTK S. Ponelavazhaki 15,173 10.68% +9.55
MNM G. Sidhu 2,906 2.05% New
AMMK M. Neethimohan 2,503 1.76% New
NOTA NOTA 896 0.63% -0.13
Margin of victory 16,985 11.95% 4.58%
Turnout 142,099 79.52% -4.88%
Rejected ballots 378 0.27%
Registered electors 178,686
CPI(M) gain from DMK Swing 2.90%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kilvelur[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK U. Mathivanan 61,999 44.95% -3.44
AIADMK N. Meena 51,829 37.58% New
CPI(M) V. P. Nagaimaali 16,499 11.96% -37.03
PMK A. Vanitha 2,637 1.91% New
NTK G. Palanivel 1,553 1.13% New
BJP S. Kumar 1,142 0.83% New
NOTA NOTA 1,049 0.76% New
Margin of victory 10,170 7.37% 6.78%
Turnout 137,929 84.40% -1.48%
Registered electors 163,415
DMK gain from CPI(M) Swing -4.04%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kilvelur[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) V. P. Nagaimaali 59,402 48.99% New
DMK U. Mathivanan 58,678 48.39% New
Independent G. Devaki 1,487 1.23% New
BSP J. Shajahan 743 0.61% New
Margin of victory 724 0.60%
Turnout 121,254 85.88%
Registered electors 141,185
CPI(M) win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  2. ^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
  3. ^ "kilvelur Election Result". Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  5. ^ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

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