Thousand_Lights
Thousand Lights Assembly constituency
State Legislative Assembly Constituency in Tamil Nadu
For the mosque, see Thousand Lights Mosque.
Thousand Lights is a constituency of the legislative assembly of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 20. It forms a part of the Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
Quick Facts Constituency details, Country ...
Thousand Lights | |
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Constituency No. 20 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Chennai |
LS constituency | Chennai Central |
Total electors | 240,073[1] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | DMK |
Alliance | SPA |
Elected year | 2021 |
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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 20 Thousand Lights Assembly constituency is composed of Ward 76-78,107-110,112-114,118 & 119 of Greater Chennai Corporation
More information Year, Winner ...
Year | Winner | Party | |
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1952 | Venkatasami Naidu | Indian National Congress | |
1957 | A. V. P. Asaithambi | Independent | |
1962 | K. A. Mathialagan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
1967 | |||
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More information Assembly, Election ...
Assembly | Election | Winner | Party | |
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Fifth | 1971 | K. A. Mathialagan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Sixth | 1977 | S. J. Sadiq Pasha | ||
Seventh | 1980 | K. A. Krishnaswamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Eighth | 1984 | |||
Ninth | 1989 | M. K. Stalin | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Tenth | 1991 | K. A. Krishnaswamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Eleventh | 1996 | M. K. Stalin | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Twelfth | 2001 | |||
Thirteenth | 2006 | |||
Fourteenth | 2011 | B. Valarmathi | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Fifteenth | 2016 | K. K. Selvam[2] | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Sixteenth | 2021 | Ezhilan Naganathan |
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More information Vote share of Winning candidates ...
Vote share of Winning candidates | ||||
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2021 | 53.41% | |||
2016 | 43.35% | |||
2011 | 50.55% | |||
2006 | 46.00% | |||
2001 | 51.41% | |||
1996 | 69.72% | |||
1991 | 56.50% | |||
1989 | 50.59% | |||
1984 | 50.36% | |||
1980 | 50.19% | |||
1977 | 37.13% | |||
1971 | 57.39% | |||
1962 | 45.59% | |||
1957 | 54.08% | |||
1952 | 24.64% |
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2021
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | Ezhilan Naganathan | 71,867 | 53.41% | +10.06 | |
BJP | Khushbu | 39,405 | 29.29% | +23.31 | |
MNM | K. M. Shariff | 11,791 | 8.76% | New | |
NTK | A. J. Sherine | 8,884 | 6.60% | +5.15 | |
NOTA | NOTA | 1,385 | 1.03% | -1.52 | |
AMMK | N. Vaidhyanathan | 1,155 | 0.86% | New | |
Margin of victory | 32,462 | 24.13% | 17.93% | ||
Turnout | 134,555 | 56.05% | -4.36% | ||
Rejected ballots | 733 | 0.54% | |||
Registered electors | 240,073 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | 10.06% | |||
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2016
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | Ku. Ka. Selvam | 61,726 | 43.35% | -1.52 | |
AIADMK | B. Valarmathi | 52,897 | 37.15% | -13.41 | |
BJP | M. Shivalingam | 8,516 | 5.98% | +3.66 | |
MDMK | C. Ambigapathy | 7,805 | 5.48% | New | |
PMK | V. Rangan | 3,968 | 2.79% | New | |
NOTA | NOTA | 3,633 | 2.55% | New | |
NTK | Murugesan | 2,075 | 1.46% | New | |
Margin of victory | 8,829 | 6.20% | 0.52% | ||
Turnout | 142,403 | 60.41% | -6.37% | ||
Registered electors | 235,724 | ||||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -7.21% | |||
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2011
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | B. Valarmathi | 67,522 | 50.55% | +6.83 | |
DMK | Hasan Mohamed Jinnah | 59,930 | 44.87% | -1.13 | |
BJP | M. Photo Siva Alias Sivalingam | 3,098 | 2.32% | +1.11 | |
IJK | Thiwan Muhammedu Nahib | 849 | 0.64% | New | |
Margin of victory | 7,592 | 5.68% | 3.40% | ||
Turnout | 133,567 | 66.78% | 2.89% | ||
Registered electors | 200,020 | ||||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 4.55% | |||
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2006
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | M. K. Stalin | 49,817 | 46.00% | -5.4 | |
AIADMK | Adhirajaram | 47,349 | 43.72% | New | |
DMDK | M. Thalapathy | 5,545 | 5.12% | New | |
LKPT | A. Ishrayel Maheswar | 2,459 | 2.27% | New | |
BJP | M. Shivalingam | 1,305 | 1.21% | New | |
Margin of victory | 2,468 | 2.28% | -5.34% | ||
Turnout | 108,291 | 63.89% | 18.55% | ||
Registered electors | 169,506 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | -5.40% | |||
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2001
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | M. K. Stalin | 49,056 | 51.41% | -18.31 | |
TMC(M) | S. Sekar | 41,782 | 43.78% | New | |
MDMK | Mallika | 2,511 | 2.63% | +0.05 | |
Independent | G. M. Syed Fasiuddin | 539 | 0.56% | New | |
Margin of victory | 7,274 | 7.62% | -39.14% | ||
Turnout | 95,428 | 45.34% | -13.36% | ||
Registered electors | 210,474 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | -18.31% | |||
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1996
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | M. K. Stalin | 66,905 | 69.72% | +30.52 | |
AIADMK | Zeenath Sheriffdeen | 22,028 | 22.95% | -33.55 | |
MDMK | K. Thiyagarajan | 2,479 | 2.58% | New | |
BJP | Nagamma | 2,015 | 2.10% | +0.29 | |
PMK | N. Elumalai | 1,457 | 1.52% | New | |
Margin of victory | 44,877 | 46.76% | 29.45% | ||
Turnout | 95,968 | 58.70% | 2.38% | ||
Registered electors | 167,016 | ||||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 13.21% | |||
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1991
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | K. A. Krishnaswamy | 55,426 | 56.50% | +26.45 | |
DMK | M. K. Stalin | 38,445 | 39.19% | -11.4 | |
BJP | D. Nagarajan | 1,771 | 1.81% | New | |
PMK | B. Panneerselvam | 1,273 | 1.30% | New | |
Margin of victory | 16,981 | 17.31% | -3.23% | ||
Turnout | 98,092 | 56.32% | -11.49% | ||
Registered electors | 176,708 | ||||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 5.91% | |||
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1989
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | M. K. Stalin | 50,818 | 50.59% | +2.73 | |
AIADMK | S. S. R. Thambidurai | 30,184 | 30.05% | -20.31 | |
IUML | Mohamed Ehiya | 10,349 | 10.30% | New | |
AIADMK | G. M. Syed Fasiuddin | 6,616 | 6.59% | -43.77 | |
Margin of victory | 20,634 | 20.54% | 18.05% | ||
Turnout | 100,448 | 67.81% | 2.85% | ||
Registered electors | 150,057 | ||||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 0.23% | |||
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1984
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | K. A. Krishnaswamy | 46,246 | 50.36% | +0.17 | |
DMK | M. K. Stalin | 43,954 | 47.86% | -1.95 | |
Independent | A. Seppan | 854 | 0.93% | New | |
Margin of victory | 2,292 | 2.50% | 2.12% | ||
Turnout | 91,831 | 64.96% | 7.38% | ||
Registered electors | 145,099 | ||||
AIADMK hold | Swing | 0.17% | |||
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1980
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | K. A. Krishnaswamy | 40,499 | 50.19% | New | |
DMK | S. J. Sadiq Pasha | 40,192 | 49.81% | +12.68 | |
Margin of victory | 307 | 0.38% | -6.40% | ||
Turnout | 80,691 | 57.58% | 14.41% | ||
Registered electors | 141,773 | ||||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 13.06% | |||
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1977
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | S. J. Sadiq Pasha | 26,599 | 37.13% | -20.26 | |
Independent | Syed Khaleefa Thullah | 21,741 | 30.35% | New | |
JP | Anbumani | 15,230 | 21.26% | New | |
INC | P. A. Daivasigamani | 7,902 | 11.03% | -29.3 | |
Margin of victory | 4,858 | 6.78% | -10.28% | ||
Turnout | 71,635 | 43.16% | -21.16% | ||
Registered electors | 167,463 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | -20.26% | |||
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1971
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | K. A. Mathiazhagan | 38,891 | 57.39% | -1.88 | |
INC | N. M. Mani Varma | 27,332 | 40.33% | +2.28 | |
Independent | K. Balavarsu | 759 | 1.12% | New | |
Margin of victory | 11,559 | 17.06% | -4.16% | ||
Turnout | 67,767 | 64.32% | -10.10% | ||
Registered electors | 108,614 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | -1.88% | |||
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1967
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | K. A. Mathiazhagan | 39,518 | 59.27% | +13.68 | |
INC | M. Sivaraj | 25,370 | 38.05% | -3.67 | |
Margin of victory | 14,148 | 21.22% | 17.35% | ||
Turnout | 66,670 | 74.42% | 3.77% | ||
Registered electors | 91,441 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | 13.68% | |||
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1962
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | K. A. Mathiazhagan | 27,984 | 45.59% | New | |
INC | Indrani Changalvarayan | 25,609 | 41.72% | -4.19 | |
TNP | Sambandam | 4,772 | 7.78% | New | |
SWA | C. M. Baslusamy | 3,011 | 4.91% | New | |
Margin of victory | 2,375 | 3.87% | -4.30% | ||
Turnout | 61,376 | 70.65% | 33.01% | ||
Registered electors | 89,518 | ||||
DMK gain from Independent | Swing | -8.49% | |||
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1957
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | A. V. P. Asaithambi | 17,632 | 54.08% | New | |
INC | K. Venkatasamy Naidu | 14,970 | 45.92% | +21.28 | |
Margin of victory | 2,662 | 8.17% | 1.61% | ||
Turnout | 32,602 | 37.64% | -52.30% | ||
Registered electors | 86,621 | ||||
Independent gain from INC | Swing | 29.44% | |||
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1952
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Venkataswami Naiudu | 31,042 | 24.64% | New | |
Independent | Sivashanmugham Pillai | 22,787 | 18.09% | New | |
Justice Party | Indirani Balasubaramaniam | 19,236 | 15.27% | New | |
Socialist | Marthandam Pillai | 8,127 | 6.45% | New | |
Independent | Dorairaj | 6,448 | 5.12% | New | |
IUML | Syed Niamuthulla Sahib | 5,706 | 4.53% | New | |
Independent | Jasubatham | 5,409 | 4.29% | New | |
Independent | Manickavasagam | 5,125 | 4.07% | New | |
Independent | Kabalamurthi | 3,771 | 2.99% | New | |
Independent | Raja | 3,304 | 2.62% | New | |
KMPP | Yakambaram | 3,034 | 2.41% | New | |
Margin of victory | 8,255 | 6.55% | |||
Turnout | 125,975 | 89.94% | |||
Registered electors | 140,070 | ||||
INC win (new seat) |
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