Sriperumbudur Assembly constituency

Sriperumbudur is a state assembly constituency in Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu, India.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 29. It is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes and comprises a portion of Sriperumbudur taluk. It falls under Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency for elections to the Parliament of India.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Sriperumbudur
Constituency No. 29 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kanchipuram
Lok Sabha constituency	Sriperumbudur
Established	1951
Total electors	3,55,198[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. Selvaperunthagai
Party	INC
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	T. Shanmugam		Independent
1957	M. Bhaktavatsalam		Indian National Congress
1962	M. Bhaktavatsalam (Chief Minister)		Indian National Congress
1967	D. Rajarathinam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	D. Rajarathinam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	N. Krishnan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	D. Yasodha		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989	E. Kothandam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	Polur Varadhan		Indian National Congress
1996	E. Kothandam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	D. Yasodha		Indian National Congress
2006
2011	R. Perumal		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	K. Palani[4]
2021	K. Selvaperunthagai		Indian National Congress

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			43.65%
2016			42.77%
2011			59.07%
2006			43.78%
2001			49.93%
1996			58.72%
1991			60.95%
1989			42.21%
1984			53.94%
1980			52.97%
1977			43.00%
1971			59.15%
1967			54.13%
1962			49.64%
1957			53.05%
1952			41.67%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Selvaperunthagai	115,353	43.65%	+5.42
	AIADMK	Palani	1,04,474	39.53%	−3.24
	NTK	Pushparaj	22,034	8.34%	+6.88
	MNM	Thanigaivel	8,870	3.36%	New
	Independent	Vairamuthu	6,340	2.40%	New
	AMMK	Perumal	3,144	1.19%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,139	0.81%	−0.44
Margin of victory			10,879	4.12%	−0.42%
Turnout			2,64,262	74.40%	−2.70%
Rejected ballots			31	0.01%
Registered electors			3,55,198
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.88%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Palani	101,001	42.77%	−16.3
	INC	K. Selvaperunthagai	90,285	38.23%	+2.93
	PMK	C. Muthuraman	18,185	7.70%	New
	VCK	M. Veerakumar	13,679	5.79%	New
	BJP	M. Manoharan	3,939	1.67%	+0.47
	NTK	B. Sivaranjini	3,441	1.46%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,956	1.25%	New
Margin of victory			10,716	4.54%	−19.22%
Turnout			2,36,142	77.10%	−4.76%
Registered electors			3,06,296
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-16.30%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	R. Perumal	101,751	59.07%	New
	INC	D. Yasodha	60,819	35.31%	−8.47
	Puratchi Bharatham	C. Dhanasekaran	2,968	1.72%	New
	BJP	A. Harikrishnan	2,072	1.20%	−0.59
	Independent	V. Ramesh	960	0.56%	New
	PPIS (Tamil Nadu)	D. Kumaresan	950	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			40,932	23.76%	12.64%
Turnout			1,72,263	81.85%	14.81%
Registered electors			2,10,457
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	15.29%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Yasodha	70,066	43.78%	−6.15
	VCK	K. Balakrishnan	52,272	32.66%	New
	DMDK	C. Palani	30,096	18.81%	New
	BJP	G. Sivakumar	2,866	1.79%	New
	Independent	R. Ranganathan	1,803	1.13%	New
	Independent	A. Anbazagan	1,350	0.84%	New
	Independent	M. Kadirvelu	911	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			17,794	11.12%	−1.03%
Turnout			1,60,042	67.04%	3.58%
Registered electors			2,38,710
	INC hold		Swing	-6.15%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Yasodha	70,663	49.93%	+21.11
	DMK	Raghavan M	53,470	37.78%	−20.93
	Puratchi Bharatham	M. Moorthy	9,322	6.59%	New
	MDMK	Sampath V	4,864	3.44%	−1.3
	Independent	N. Nithi Alias Karunanithi	1,834	1.30%	New
	SPSP	Selvam N	1,362	0.96%	New
Margin of victory			17,193	12.15%	−17.74%
Turnout			1,41,515	63.47%	−4.12%
Registered electors			2,22,968
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-8.78%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. Kothandam	71,575	58.72%	+28.83
	INC	K. N. Chinnandi	35,139	28.83%	−32.12
	Independent	A. Seppan	7,447	6.11%	New
	MDMK	V. Sampath	5,779	4.74%	New
	BJP	C. Shanmugam	1,329	1.09%	New
Margin of victory			36,436	29.89%	−1.16%
Turnout			1,21,900	67.59%	0.22%
Registered electors			1,86,960
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-2.23%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Polur Varadhan	63,656	60.95%	+44.16
	DMK	E. Kothandam	31,220	29.89%	−12.32
	PMK	S. Manogaran	8,752	8.38%	New
Margin of victory			32,436	31.05%	24.05%
Turnout			1,04,448	67.37%	2.54%
Registered electors			1,60,453
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	18.74%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. Kothandam	38,496	42.21%	+2
	AIADMK	Arulupugazhenthi	32,106	35.20%	New
	INC	K. N. Chinnandi	15,312	16.79%	−37.15
	Independent	C. Deenadayalan	4,064	4.46%	New
	Independent	S. P. Chinnappa	682	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			6,390	7.01%	−6.73%
Turnout			91,210	64.84%	−10.22%
Registered electors			1,43,453
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-11.74%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Yasodha	46,421	53.94%	+0.97
	DMK	K. M. Panchatcharam	34,601	40.21%	New
	Independent	T. S. Lakshmanan	3,403	3.95%	New
	Independent	T. C. Gopal	595	0.69%	New
	Independent	K. Sambandan	471	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			11,820	13.73%	5.19%
Turnout			86,059	75.06%	13.90%
Registered electors			1,20,459
	INC hold		Swing	0.97%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. Yasodha	37,370	52.97%	+40.08
	AIADMK	S. Jaganathan	31,341	44.42%	+1.43
	JP	T. Ayyavoo	1,842	2.61%	New
Margin of victory			6,029	8.55%	−3.50%
Turnout			70,553	61.16%	−2.45%
Registered electors			1,16,937
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	9.97%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	N. Krishnan	29,038	43.00%	New
	DMK	T. S. Lakshmanan	20,901	30.95%	−28.2
	INC	P. Appavoor	8,705	12.89%	−27.97
	JP	V. Emperuman	7,953	11.78%	New
	Independent	G. B. Govindan	941	1.39%	New
Margin of victory			8,137	12.05%	−6.24%
Turnout			67,538	63.61%	−8.81%
Registered electors			1,08,219
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-16.15%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. Rajarathinam	46,617	59.15%	+5.01
	INC	Manali Ramakrishna Mudaliar	32,201	40.85%	−1.68
Margin of victory			14,416	18.29%	6.69%
Turnout			78,818	72.42%	−9.94%
Registered electors			1,11,779
	DMK hold		Swing	5.01%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. Rajarathinam	41,655	54.13%	+6.31
	INC	M. Bhaktavatsalam	32,729	42.53%	−7.1
	Independent	Guindirathinam	1,640	2.13%	New
	Independent	Subramanian	558	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			8,926	11.60%	9.78%
Turnout			76,949	82.37%	7.06%
Registered electors			96,287
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	4.50%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Bhaktavatsalam	33,825	49.64%	−3.41
	DMK	Annamalai	32,588	47.82%	New
	We Tamils	M. P. Ponnuswamy	1,732	2.54%	New
Margin of victory			1,237	1.82%	−9.71%
Turnout			68,145	75.31%	20.47%
Registered electors			93,368
	INC hold		Swing	-3.41%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Bhaktavatsalam	21,784	53.05%	+18.64
	Independent	C. V. M. Annamalai	17,050	41.52%	New
	Independent	J. Venkatachala Naicker	1,211	2.95%	New
	Independent	G. D. Bagyam	1,018	2.48%	New
Margin of victory			4,734	11.53%	4.26%
Turnout			41,063	54.85%	2.71%
Registered electors			74,870
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	11.38%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Shanmugham	14,244	41.67%	New
	INC	Seshachari	11,761	34.41%	New
	KMPP	Devaraja Naicker	4,435	12.98%	New
	Socialist	V. Kannappan	3,740	10.94%	New
Margin of victory			2,483	7.26%
Turnout			34,180	52.13%
Registered electors			65,563
	Independent win (new seat)