Anna Nagar (state assembly constituency)

Anna Nagar is a state assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It includes the locality, Anna Nagar, which is in Chennai. It is part of the Chennai Central parliamentary constituency. Anna Nagar was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.[1][2][3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Election Name Party
Sixth 1977 M. Karunanidhi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh 1980 M. Karunanidhi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth 1984 So. Ma. Ramachandran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth 1989 K. Anbazhagan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth 1991 A. Chellakumar Indian National Congress
Eleventh 1996 Arcot N. Veeraswami Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth 2001 Arcot N. Veeraswami Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth 2006 Arcot N. Veeraswami Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth 2011 S. Gokula Indira All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth 2016 M. K. Mohan[4] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election: Anna Nagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK M. K. Mohan 70,812 41.59 +41.59
AIADMK S. Gokula Indira 69,726 40.95 -17.72
BJP Suresh K 8,832 5.19 +2.70
MDMK Mallika Dayalan 6,384 3.75 +3.75
PMK Akhilesh A M 5,402 3.17 +3.17
Majority 1,086 0.64 -23.49
Turnout 1,70,429 60.04 -6.82
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -17.08

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election: Anna Nagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. Gokula Indira 88,954 58.67 +58.67
INC Arivazhagan V K 52,364 34.54 +34.54
BJP Haribabu P K 3,769 2.49 -1.15
YSP Jayaprakash J 763 0.50 +0.50
IND Jawahar Nesan L 742 0.49 +0.49
Majority 36,590 24.13 +18.41
Turnout 1,51,671 66.86 +5.29
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing +12.47

See also

References

  1. "Anna Nagar VVPAT".
  2. "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes".
  3. "Officials to spread awareness about paper trail system". The Hindu. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  4. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 21. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
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