Kunnam (state assembly constituency)

Kunnam
Constituency No. 148 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictPerambalur
LS constituencyChidambaram
Established2011
Total electors2,73,461[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  DMK
Elected year2021

Kunnam is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India newly formed after constituency delimitations 2008.[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 148. It is included in the Perambalur parliamentary constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
2011 S. S. Sivasankar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 R. T. Ramachandran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 S. S. Sivasankar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
 47.43%
2016
 
 38.15%
2011
 
 46.89%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kunnam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK S. S. Sivasankar 103,922 47.43% Increase 18.45
AIADMK R. T. Ramachandran 97,593 44.54% Increase 6.39
NTK P. Arul 9,354 4.27% Increase 3.46
AMMK S. Kaarthikeyan 2,118 0.97% New
Independent R. Selvaraju 977 0.45% New
Independent S. Balamurugan 934 0.43% New
NOTA Nota 753 0.34% Decrease 1.13
MNM A. S. Sathik Basha 739 0.34% New
Independent M. R. Prakash 604 0.28% New
BSP S. Pandiyan 494 0.23% Decrease 0.31
Independent M. Vinothkumar 451 0.21% New
Margin of victory 6,329 2.89% -6.28%
Turnout 219,126 80.13% -0.02%
Rejected ballots 151 0.07%
Registered electors 273,461
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 9.28%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kunnam[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK R. T. Ramachandran 78,218 38.15% New
DMK T. Durairaj 59,422 28.98% Decrease 17.91
PMK G. Vaithilingam 37,271 18.18% New
VCK J. Mohamed Shanavas 19,853 9.68% New
NOTA None Of The Above 3,024 1.47% New
NTK P. Arul 1,665 0.81% New
IJK A. V. R. Ragupathi 1,168 0.57% New
BSP K. Rajendran 1,092 0.53% Decrease 0.34
Independent R. Durairaj 1,055 0.51% New
Independent M. Ramalingam 586 0.29% New
Independent N. Silambarasan 566 0.28% New
Margin of victory 18,796 9.17% -4.00%
Turnout 205,044 80.15% -1.76%
Registered electors 255,823
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -8.74%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Kunnam[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK S. S. Sivasankar 81,723 46.89% New
DMDK Durai. Kamaraj 58,766 33.72% New
IJK P. Jayaseelan 13,735 7.88% New
Independent P. Ponnivalavan 8,395 4.82% New
BJP T. Baskaran 2,509 1.44% New
Independent B. Ramesh 2,264 1.30% New
BSP K. Rajendiran 1,526 0.88% New
JMM G. Maruthadurai 1,433 0.82% New
Independent M. Kumar 1,411 0.81% New
RJD M. Thangavel 1,070 0.61% New
Independent P. Saminathan 901 0.52% New
Margin of victory 22,957 13.17%
Turnout 212,789 81.91%
Registered electors 174,294
DMK win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. ^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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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