Pallavaram (state assembly constituency)

Pallavaram is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2007.[1] Located in Kancheepuram district, it is included in the Sriperumbudur parliamentary constituency for national elections.[2]

It includes Pallavaram, Pammal and Anakaputhur Municipalities, Tirusulam and Pozhichalur Village Panchayats, Thiruneermalai Town Panchayat and Meenambakkam Town Panchayat (Now under Greater Chennai Corporation Zone 12).

Year	Winner	Party
2011	P. Dhansingh	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	I. Karunanithi[3]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pallavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	I. Karunanithi	1,12,891	44.94	+0.91
	AIADMK	C. R. Saraswathi	90,725	36.12	-16.58
	MDMK	C. Veeralakshmi	14,083	5.61	+5.61
	BJP	Gopi Ayyasamy	11,781	4.68	+4.68
	PMK	R. Venkatesan	9,339	3.72	+3.72
Margin of victory			22,165	8.82	+0.15
Turnout			2,51,263	61.76	-10.44
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.76

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pallavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Dhansingh	1,05,631	52.70	+52.70
	DMK	T. M. Anbarasan	88,257	44.03	+44.03
	LSP	R. Kumar	1,082	0.54	+0.54
	BSP	B. Rajappa	1,074	0.52	+0.52
	IJK	R. Samesudoss	1,052	0.52	+0.52
Margin of victory			17,374	8.67	----
Turnout			2,00,483	72.20	New
	AIADMK win (new seat)

References

1. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
2. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
3. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 30. Retrieved 27 May 2016.