Purasawalkam Assembly Constituency Election Result

Purasawalkam is a legislative assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Election results of Purasawalkam assembly constituency seat is given below in a table that also lists all MLAs from this seat. Click election year in the table, for more detailed result.

List of all MLA from Purasawalkam Assembly Constituency Seat (Tamil Nadu) Click on Year to View Detailed Result
Year	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
2006	Babu, V S	DMK	90168
2001	Ranganathan B	DMK	69681
1996	Ranganathan,b	TMC(M)	98157
1991	Ranganathan B	INC	71391
1989	Veerasamy Arcot, N	DMK	68640
1984	Manoharan Nanjil K	DMK	61246
1980	Anbazhagan,k	DMK	52729
1977	K Anbazhagan	DMK	41073
1971	Kanbazhagan	DMK	47182

2006 Legislative Assembly Constituency Election
S N	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Babu, V S Male 55 yr GEN	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	90168
2	Venkateshbabu Male 46 yr GEN	AIADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	82783
3	Jacquelene Gomez Female 29 yr GEN	DMDK Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	12691
4	Elumalai, V Male 43 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	2019
5	Kamalaakannan, J Male 57 yr GEN	SP Samajwadi Party	769
6	Raja, K Male 32 yr GEN	IND Independent	603
7	Prathaban, S Male 41 yr SC	IND Independent	552
8	Venkatesan, G Male 54 yr GEN	IND Independent	408
9	Balachandar, V G Male 47 yr GEN	IND Independent	348
10	Sathiyaseelan, N Male 58 yr GEN	IND Independent	184
11	Babu, M R S Male 49 yr SC	IND Independent	161
12	Vasantha Kumari, A Female 36 yr GEN	LJP Lok Jan Shakti Party	147
13	Senthil Vadivelan, S P Male 31 yr GEN	IND Independent	139
14	Baskar, B Male 29 yr GEN	IND Independent	137
15	Sathish Kumar, V Male 40 yr GEN	IND Independent	128
16	Girija Female 49 yr GEN	TNJC Tamil Nadu Jananayaka Congress	121
17	Ayyavoo, V Male 50 yr GEN	IND Independent	101
18	Sugumar, P Male 44 yr GEN	IND Independent	77
19	Kumaran, K Male 35 yr SC	IND Independent	72
20	Gopi, K Male 52 yr GEN	IND Independent	72
	Total		191680

In 2006, Purasawalkam legislative assembly constituency had total electors. Total number of valid vote was 191680. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Babu, V S won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 90168 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Venkateshbabu stood second with total 82783 votes. He lost by 7385 votes.

2001 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Ranganathan B Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	69681 48.53%
2	Vetriivel P Male	TMC(M) Tamil Maanila Congress (moopanar)	65879 45.89%
3	Gurunathan S Male	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	4902 3.41%
4	Antony Xavier R Male	JD(S) Janata Dal (secular)	1033 0.72%
5	Venkataramani J Male	IND Independent	598 0.42%
6	Peter Solomon Male	IND Independent	389 0.27%
7	Murugan M Male	IND Independent	261 0.18%
8	E M Arumugam Male	IND Independent	219 0.15%
9	Mutharasan V Male	IND Independent	216 0.15%
10	So Ma Ramachandran Male	IND Independent	202 0.14%
11	Sudarson M S Male	SPSP Sirpanch Samaj Party	194 0.14%
	Total		143574 46.71%

In 2001, Purasawalkam legislative assembly constituency had total 307376 electors. Total number of valid vote was 143574. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Ranganathan B won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 69681 votes. Tamil Maanila Congress (moopanar) candidate Vetriivel P stood second with total 65879 votes. He lost by 3802 votes.

1996 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Ranganathan,b Male	TMC(M) Tamil Maanila Congress (moopanar)	98157 70.61%
2	Gnanam,j Kathipara Male	INC Indian National Congress	25543 18.37%
3	Ethirajan,g Male	JD Janata Dal	9128 6.57%
4	Dhakshina Murthy,k Male	BJP Bhartiya Janta Party	2623 1.89%
5	Nadesan,m Male	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	1604 1.15%
6	Gnana Sekar,a Male	IND Independent	657 0.47%
7	Mohamed Kayasudeen,a Male	IND Independent	174 0.13%
8	Kalaivan,e R Male	IND Independent	163 0.12%
9	Rajavelan,p M Male	IND Independent	158 0.11%
10	Arumugam,e M Male	IND Independent	115 0.08%
11	Annamalai Yadav,t Male	IND Independent	105 0.08%
12	Jawahar,s Male	IND Independent	78 0.06%
13	Sadhasivam,k Male	IND Independent	74 0.05%
14	Uma Sankar,k Male	IND Independent	70 0.05%
15	Selvam Yadhav,r Male	IND Independent	64 0.05%
16	Murugesan,a Male	IND Independent	61 0.04%
17	Aravindan,k Male	IND Independent	59 0.04%
18	Vairamudi,b Male	IND Independent	50 0.04%
19	Venkata Ramani,j Male	IND Independent	45 0.03%
20	Venkatesan,g Male	IND Independent	44 0.03%
21	Sukumaran,p Male	IND Independent	26 0.02%
22	Venugopal,r Male	IND Independent	24 0.02%
	Total		139022 58.26%

In 1996, Purasawalkam legislative assembly constituency had total 244682 electors. Total number of valid vote was 139022. Tamil Maanila Congress (moopanar) candidate Ranganathan,b won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 98157 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Gnanam,j Kathipara stood second with total 25543 votes. He lost by 72614 votes.

1991 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Ranganathan B Male	INC Indian National Congress	71391 55.78%
2	Veeraswamy Arcot N Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	48559 37.94%
3	Manivannan R Male	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	3656 2.86%
4	Selvaraj B Male	BJP Bhartiya Janta Party	3120 2.44%
5	Sagunthala B Female	JP Janata Party	243 0.19%
6	Elango S Male	IND Independent	206 0.16%
7	Nagmani J Female	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	134 0.1%
8	Martin N Male	IND Independent	110 0.09%
9	Muniraj M Male	MGMK M.g.r. Munnetra Kazhagam	91 0.07%
10	Murugesan A Male	IND Independent	86 0.07%
11	Nirmala S Female	IND Independent	76 0.06%
12	Anandan D Male	IND Independent	72 0.06%
13	Panneerselva M S Male	IND Independent	72 0.06%
14	Arividai Nambi N Male	IND Independent	64 0.05%
15	Sundarasekaran K Male	IND Independent	56 0.04%
16	Dhayanithi V Male	IND Independent	56 0.04%
	Total		127992 56.08%

In 1991, Purasawalkam legislative assembly constituency had total 231735 electors. Total number of valid vote was 127992. Indian National Congress candidate Ranganathan B won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 71391 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Veeraswamy Arcot N stood second with total 48559 votes. He lost by 22832 votes.

1989 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Veerasamy Arcot, N Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	68640 49.88%
2	Ranganathan, B Male	ADK(JL) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(jayalalita Group)	30376 22.07%
3	Anbarasu, C Male	IND Independents	29962 21.77%
4	Purasai Kumaran Male	BJP Bhartiya Janata Party	5169 3.76%
5	Meiyappan, R Male	IND Independents	1130 0.82%
6	Mahendran, K Male	IND Independents	319 0.23%
7	Parameswaran, N Male	IND Independents	242 0.18%
8	Jayachandran, S Alias Lenin Male	IND Independents	173 0.13%
9	Deenan Naicker, M Male	IND Independents	162 0.12%
10	Ravikumar, V Male	IND Independents	131 0.1%
11	Vadivelu Male	IND Independents	118 0.09%
12	Ramachandran, D Alias Ramachandra Naicker Male	ICJ(BG) Indian Congress(jagjiwan Ram Bhalla Group)	112 0.08%
13	Alla Pichai, M Male	IND Independents	103 0.07%
14	Algappan Male	IND Independents	100 0.07%
15	Jayachandran, P Male	IND Independents	92 0.07%
16	Janardhanam Pillai, V Male	IND Independents	88 0.06%
17	Silvaraj, S Male	IND Independents	86 0.06%
18	Sankar, C Male	IND Independents	84 0.06%
19	Arivudainab\mbi, N Male	IND Independents	73 0.05%
20	Sivakumar, R Male	IND Independents	64 0.05%
21	Dhanramlingam, T K Male	IND Independents	62 0.05%
22	Selvaraj, K Male	IND Independents	54 0.04%
23	Annamalai, G Male	IND Independents	53 0.04%
24	Jaganathan, V S Male	IND Independents	50 0.04%
25	Loganathan T Male	IND Independents	49 0.04%
26	Anthony, I Male	IND Independents	48 0.03%
27	Jaganathan, M Male	IND Independents	30 0.02%
28	Shamkumar Male	IND Independents	27 0.02%
29	Chandrakekaran, A Male	IND Independents	16 0.01%
	Total		137613 68.24%

In 1989, Purasawalkam legislative assembly constituency had total 204074 electors. Total number of valid vote was 137613. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Veerasamy Arcot, N won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 68640 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(jayalalita Group) candidate Ranganathan, B stood second with total 30376 votes. He lost by 38264 votes.

1984 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Manoharan Nanjil K Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	61246 51.14%
2	Suppu K Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	56736 47.37%
3	Dhanapal R H Male	IND Independent	482 0.4%
4	Manivannan, D Male	IND Independent	206 0.17%
5	Selyamary, S Female	IND Independent	200 0.17%
6	Munirathinam, E Male	IND Independent	196 0.16%
7	Sanesan Male	IND Independent	181 0.15%
8	Ramakrishnaiah, Y Male	IND Independent	147 0.12%
9	Nagarajan, N Male	IND Independent	133 0.11%
10	Arul Chelvan R Male	IND Independent	128 0.11%
11	Balasubramanian, A K Male	IND Independent	108 0.09%
	Total		119763 66.51%

In 1984, Purasawalkam legislative assembly constituency had total 185024 electors. Total number of valid vote was 119763. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Manoharan Nanjil K won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 61246 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Suppu K stood second with total 56736 votes. He lost by 4510 votes.

1980 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Anbazhagan,k Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	52729 52.35%
2	Valampuri John Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	47021 46.68%
3	Manivannan,d Male	IND Independent	535 0.53%
4	Mani,d Male	IND Independent	439 0.44%
	Total		100724 59.77%

In 1980, Purasawalkam legislative assembly constituency had total 169938 electors. Total number of valid vote was 100724. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Anbazhagan,k won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 52729 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Valampuri John stood second with total 47021 votes. He lost by 5708 votes.

1977 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	K Anbazhagan Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	41073 45.09%
2	T S Govindaswamy Male	JNP Janata Party	22004 24.16%
3	P A Venkateshwaralu Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	19745 21.68%
4	R Dakshinamoorthy Male	CPI Communist Party Of India	7206 7.91%
5	H Stanley Male	IND Independent	265 0.29%
6	Rajesekharan Male	IND Independent	248 0.27%
7	Jayaram Aya Babu Male	IND Independent	205 0.23%
8	R Shan Mugam Male	IND Independent	191 0.21%
9	K N Sampath Naidu Male	IND Independent	86 0.09%
10	K C G Verghese Male	IND Independent	62 0.07%
	Total		91085 45.27%

In 1977, Purasawalkam legislative assembly constituency had total 203098 electors. Total number of valid vote was 91085. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate K Anbazhagan won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 41073 votes. Janata Party candidate T S Govindaswamy stood second with total 22004 votes. He lost by 19069 votes.

1971 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Kanbazhagan Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	47182 56.13%
2	Bashyam Reddy Male	NCO Indian National Congress (organisation)	35016 41.65%
3	M Deenan Male	IND Independent	1865 2.22%
	Total		84063 63.74%

In 1971, Purasawalkam legislative assembly constituency had total 134925 electors. Total number of valid vote was 84063. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Kanbazhagan won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 47182 votes. Indian National Congress (organisation) candidate Bashyam Reddy stood second with total 35016 votes. He lost by 12166 votes.