Mylapore (constituency)
| Mylapore | |
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| Constituency No. 25 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Chennai |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Chennai South |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 194,731 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Dha. Velu | |
| Party | DMK |
| Alliance | SPA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Mylapore is a legislative assembly constituency of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a historic urban seat in the Chennai district,[1] in existence since 1951, and is listed at number 25 amongst the state's 234 assembly constituencies. It includes its namesake Chennai locality Mylapore and surrounding areas such as Alwarpet, Raja Annamalaipuram, Foreshore Estate, Santhome, Mandaveli, Nandanam, and parts of Teynampet. The constituency is generally considered a cultural hub, hosting a diverse population. The famous Kapaleeshwarar temple, Santhome Cathedral Basilica, and Marina Beach are situated in this constituency. During Indian general elections, the Mylapore constituency is a part of the larger Chennai South constituency that sends a Member of Parliament (MP) to the Lok Sabha. The current Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Mylapore is Dha. Velu of the DMK.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Madras State
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | C. R. Ramaswamy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | C. R. Ramaswamy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Arangannal | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1967 | Arangannal | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Tamil Nadu
| Assembly | Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifth | 1971 | T. N. Anandanayaki | Indian National Congress | |
| Sixth | 1977 | T. K. Kapali | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Seventh | 1980 | T. K. Kapali | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Eighth | 1984 | B. Valarmathi | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Ninth | 1989 | N. Ganapathy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Tenth | 1991 | T. M. Rangarajan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Tenth | 1994 by-election | V. Balasubramaniyan[2] | AIADMK | |
| Eleventh | 1996 | N. P. Ramajayam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Twelfth | 2001 | K. N. Lakshmanan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Thirteenth | 2006 | S. V. Shekar | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (2006-2009) Unattached member (2009-2011) Indian National Congress (2011)[3] | |
| Fourteenth | 2011 | R. Rajalakshmi | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Fifteen | 2016 | R. Nataraj[4] | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Sixteenth | 2021 | Dha. Velu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Dha. Velu | ||||
| BJP | Tamilisai Soundararajan | ||||
| NTK | R. L. Arun Iyengar | ||||
| TVK | P. Venkataramanan | New | |||
| NOTA | NOTA | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Registered electors | 199,465 | ||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Dha. Velu | 68,392 | 44.95% | New | |
| AIADMK | R. Nataraj | 55,759 | 36.65% | −7.02 | |
| MNM | Sripriya | 14,904 | 9.80% | New | |
| NTK | K. Mahalakshmi | 10,124 | 6.65% | +5.15 | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 1,287 | 0.85% | −1.58 | |
| AMMK | D. Karthick | 1,118 | 0.73% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 12,633 | 8.30% | −1.13% | ||
| Turnout | 152,143 | 56.24% | −3.13% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 213 | 0.14% | |||
| Registered electors | 270,536 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 1.29% | |||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | R. Nataraj | 68,176 | 43.67% | −12.37 | |
| INC | Karate R. Thiagarajan | 53,448 | 34.23% | −1.36 | |
| BJP | K. Nagarajan | 11,720 | 7.51% | +2.67 | |
| PMK | N. Suresh Kumar | 5,806 | 3.72% | New | |
| TMC(M) | A. S. Munavar Basha | 4,753 | 3.04% | New | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 3,788 | 2.43% | New | |
| NTK | S. Sudhakar | 2,356 | 1.51% | New | |
| Independent | H. Sathyaa Durrairaj | 1,764 | 1.13% | New | |
| Independent | Traffic Ramaswamy | 1,229 | 0.79% | New | |
| Independent | S. Sathyanarayanan @ Mylai Shathya | 1,017 | 0.65% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 14,728 | 9.43% | −11.01% | ||
| Turnout | 156,132 | 59.37% | −6.98% | ||
| Registered electors | 262,980 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -12.37% | |||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | R. Rajalakshmi | 80,063 | 56.03% | +13.42 | |
| INC | K. V. Thangkabalu | 50,859 | 35.60% | New | |
| BJP | N. Vanathi | 6,911 | 4.84% | New | |
| Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (India) | R. Ashok Rajendran | 1,340 | 0.94% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 29,204 | 20.44% | 19.31% | ||
| Turnout | 215,350 | 66.35% | 3.71% | ||
| Registered electors | 142,882 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 13.42% | |||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | S. Ve. Shekher | 62,794 | 42.62% | −3.41 | |
| DMK | D. Napoleon | 61,127 | 41.49% | New | |
| LKPT | Santhana Gopalan | 9,436 | 6.40% | New | |
| DMDK | V. N. Rajan | 7,441 | 5.05% | New | |
| JP | V. S. Chandralekha | 2,898 | 1.97% | New | |
| Independent | V. Narayanan (Americai) | 1,961 | 1.33% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 1,667 | 1.13% | −3.93% | ||
| Turnout | 147,345 | 62.63% | 21.28% | ||
| Registered electors | 235,246 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from BJP | Swing | -8.47% | |||
2001
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | K. N. Lakshmanan | 60,996 | 51.09% | +46.65 | |
| AIADMK | V. Maitreyan | 54,949 | 46.03% | +22.47 | |
| Independent | J. Mohan Raj | 882 | 0.74% | New | |
| Tamil Nadu People's Party | Dr. Mohamed Amaan Khan | 849 | 0.71% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 6,047 | 5.07% | −38.63h | ||
| Turnout | 119,385 | 41.35% | −16.57% | ||
| Registered electors | 288,708 | ||||
| BJP gain from DMK | Swing | -16.16% | |||
1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | N. P. Ramajayam | 79,736 | 67.25% | +33.13 | |
| AIADMK | T. K. Sampath | 27,932 | 23.56% | −35.76 | |
| BJP | K. Sujata Rao | 5,262 | 4.44% | +0.71 | |
| JD | K. S. Srinivasan | 2,332 | 1.97% | New | |
| TLJ | R. Jebamani | 1,226 | 1.03% | New | |
| PMK | S. Sellvaraj | 1,099 | 0.93% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 51,804 | 43.69% | 18.50% | ||
| Turnout | 118,565 | 57.92% | 3.52% | ||
| Registered electors | 207,825 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 7.94% | |||
1994 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. Balasubramaniyan | 40,756 | |||
| DMK | N. P. Thiyagarajan | 35,021 | |||
| Margin of victory | 5,735 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | ||||
1991
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | T. M. Rangarajan | 62,845 | 59.31% | +33.78 | |
| DMK | Nirmala Suresh | 36,149 | 34.12% | −6.76 | |
| BJP | G. Kumaravelu | 3,950 | 3.73% | New | |
| PMK | G. Balasubramaniam | 1,335 | 1.26% | New | |
| JP | G. N. Sridharan | 920 | 0.87% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 26,696 | 25.20% | 9.85% | ||
| Turnout | 105,954 | 54.40% | −15.07% | ||
| Registered electors | 197,453 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 18.43% | |||
1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | N. Ganapathy | 48,461 | 40.88% | −5.34 | |
| AIADMK | Sarojini Varadappan | 30,266 | 25.53% | −26.14 | |
| AIADMK | S. K. Viswanathan | 27,764 | 23.42% | −28.25 | |
| Independent | M. K. Balan | 6,554 | 5.53% | New | |
| Independent | R. Jebamani | 2,575 | 2.17% | New | |
| Independent | S. Ve. Shekher | 1,018 | 0.86% | New | |
| Independent | V. R. Nedunchezhiyan | 596 | 0.5% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 18,195 | 15.35% | 9.90% | ||
| Turnout | 118,538 | 69.47% | 3.51% | ||
| Registered electors | 173,258 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -10.79% | |||
1984
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | B. Valarmathi | 51,870 | 51.68% | +2.02 | |
| DMK | R. S. Bharathi | 46,396 | 46.22% | +0.56 | |
| Independent | Rajappa S. Alias Arunachalam | 960 | 0.96% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 5,474 | 5.45% | 1.46% | ||
| Turnout | 100,374 | 65.96% | 7.67% | ||
| Registered electors | 156,793 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 2.02% | |||
1980
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | T. K. Kapali | 41,260 | 49.66% | +24.86 | |
| DMK | K. Manoharan | 37,944 | 45.67% | +11.92 | |
| BJP | G. Kalivarathan | 3,015 | 3.63% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 3,316 | 3.99% | −2.37% | ||
| Turnout | 83,089 | 58.29% | 7.14% | ||
| Registered electors | 143,818 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 15.91% | |||
1977
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | T. K. Kapali | 26,044 | 33.75% | −11.24 | |
| JP | Lakshmi Krishnamurthi | 21,138 | 27.39% | New | |
| AIADMK | Mylai Narasimhan | 19,139 | 24.80% | New | |
| INC | Chinna Annamalai | 10,449 | 13.54% | −41.47 | |
| Margin of victory | 4,906 | 6.36% | −3.66% | ||
| Turnout | 77,167 | 51.15% | −18.02% | ||
| Registered electors | 152,323 | ||||
| DMK gain from INC | Swing | -21.26% | |||
1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | T. N. Anandanayaki | 42,301 | 55.01% | +12.02 | |
| DMK | M. P. Sivagnanam | 34,598 | 44.99% | −12.02 | |
| Margin of victory | 7,703 | 10.02% | −4.01% | ||
| Turnout | 76,899 | 69.17% | −4.66% | ||
| Registered electors | 114,082 | ||||
| INC gain from DMK | Swing | -2.01% | |||
1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Arangannal | 37,498 | 57.02% | +16.78 | |
| INC | V. R. Radhakrishnan | 28,270 | 42.98% | +14.2 | |
| Margin of victory | 9,228 | 14.03% | 2.58% | ||
| Turnout | 65,768 | 73.82% | 1.48% | ||
| Registered electors | 90,731 | ||||
| DMK hold | Swing | 16.78% | |||
1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Arangannal | 25,825 | 40.24% | New | |
| INC | A. Varadappa Chettiar | 18,472 | 28.78% | −23.85 | |
| PSP | S. Vijayalakshmi | 10,172 | 15.85% | New | |
| SWA | M. Sivaraman | 6,984 | 10.88% | New | |
| Independent | Kathirvalu | 2,731 | 4.25% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 7,353 | 11.46% | −3.10% | ||
| Turnout | 64,184 | 72.34% | 38.31% | ||
| Registered electors | 91,992 | ||||
| DMK gain from INC | Swing | -12.40% | |||
1957
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | C. R. Ramaswamy | 16,932 | 52.63% | +13.81 | |
| PSP | Kumari S. Viayalakshmi | 12,251 | 38.08% | New | |
| Independent | A. K. M. Pitchai | 2,986 | 9.28% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 4,681 | 14.55% | −14.34% | ||
| Turnout | 32,169 | 34.04% | −20.37% | ||
| Registered electors | 94,513 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | 13.81% | |||
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | C. R. Ramaswamy | 15,647 | 38.82% | New | |
| Independent | Krishna Murthi | 4,004 | 9.93% | New | |
| Independent | Emmanuel Adimoolam | 3,405 | 8.45% | New | |
| Independent | Kanniappan | 3,279 | 8.14% | New | |
| Independent | Krishnana | 3,089 | 7.66% | New | |
| Independent | A. V. Raman | 2,552 | 6.33% | New | |
| Socialist Party (India) | Appu Rao | 2,501 | 6.21% | New | |
| Independent | D. Kannappan | 1,698 | 4.21% | New | |
| Justice Party | Balasundara Naicker | 1,377 | 3.42% | New | |
| Independent | Sakuntala Bai | 979 | 2.43% | New | |
| KMPP | Arunachalam | 652 | 1.62% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 11,643 | 28.89% | |||
| Turnout | 40,303 | 54.41% | |||
| Registered electors | 74,076 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
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