Thousand Lights Assembly constituency

Thousand Lights
Thousand Lights
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
LS constituency	Chennai Central
Total electors	240,073
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Ezhilan Naganathan
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Thousand Lights is a constituency of the legislative assembly of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It forms a part of the Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 20 Thousand Lights (state assembly constituency) is composed of Ward 76-78,107-110,112-114,118 & 119 of Greater Chennai Corporation

Madras State

Year	Winner
1952	Sivashanmugam Pillai and Venkatasami Naidu	Independent and Indian National Congress
1957	A. V. P. Asaithambi	Independent
1962	K. A. Mathialagan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	K. A. Mathiazhagan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Election	Winner
Fifth	1971	K. A. Mathialagan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977	S. J. Sadiq Pasha	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980	K. A. Krishnaswamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984	K. A. Krishnaswamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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	M. K. Stalin	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006	M. K. Stalin	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011	B. Valarmathi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016	K. K. Selvam^[2]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021	Ezhilan Naganathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

Vote share of Winning candidates

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%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thousand Lights
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Ezhilan Naganathan	71,867	53.41%	10.06%
	BJP	Kushboo Sundar	39,405	29.29%	23.31%
	MNM	K M Shariff	11,791	8.76%
	NTK	Sherine Aj	8,884	6.60%	5.15%
	NOTA	Nota	1,385	1.03%	−1.52%
	AMMK	Vaidhyanathan N	1,155	0.86%
	BSP	Williams D	246	0.18%
	Independent	Radha Krishnan S	231	0.17%
	Independent	Manivannan N	229	0.17%
	Independent	Parthiban V	154	0.11%
	NINIK	Domnic A	72	0.05%
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%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thousand Lights
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Selvam Ku. Ka	61,726	43.35%	−1.52%
	AIADMK	Valarmathi B	52,897	37.15%	−13.41%
	BJP	Shivalingam M	8,516	5.98%	3.66%
	MDMK	Ambigapathy C	7,805	5.48%
	PMK	Rangan V	3,968	2.79%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,633	2.55%
	NTK	Murugesan	2,075	1.46%
	YSRCP	Elango M	506	0.36%
	Independent	Jaffer Sadik J	184	0.13%
	Independent	Dhananjayan T S	174	0.12%
	Independent	Mogan Kumar S P	143	0.10%
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%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thousand Lights
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Valarmathi. B	67,522	50.55%	6.83%
	DMK	Hasan Mohamed Jinnah	59,930	44.87%	−1.13%
	BJP	Photo Siva Alias Sivalingam. M	3,098	2.32%	1.11%
	IJK	Thiwan Muhammedu Nahib.	849	0.64%
	Puratchi Bharatham	Arjunan. C	409	0.31%
	Independent	Jayaprakash. C	391	0.29%
	BSP	Bahujan Sakthi. S. E.	319	0.24%
	Independent	Valarmathi. P	273	0.20%
	Independent	Rani. S	150	0.11%
	Independent	Nachiappan. S. P.	124	0.09%
	Independent	Jeganathan. M	113	0.08%
Margin of victory			7,592	5.68%	3.40%
Turnout			200,020	66.78%	2.89%
Registered electors			133,567
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	4.55%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thousand Lights
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Stalin. M. K.	49,817	46.00%	−5.40%
	AIADMK	Adhirajaram	47,349	43.72%
	DMDK	Thalapathy. M.	5,545	5.12%
	LKPT	Shri Ishrayel Maheswar. A.	2,459	2.27%
	BJP	Shivalingam. M.	1,305	1.21%
	Independent	Parban. D.	388	0.36%
	Independent	Suresh. D.	233	0.22%
	Independent	Parthasarathy	228	0.21%
	Independent	Mahalingam. S.	183	0.17%
	Independent	Jayakumar. T.	100	0.09%
	Independent	Neelan. G.	90	0.08%
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%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thousand Lights
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Stalin M. K.	49,056	51.41%	−18.31%
	TMC(M)	Sekar S	41,782	43.78%
	MDMK	Mallika Tmt.	2,511	2.63%	0.05%
	Independent	Syed Fasiuddin G. M.	539	0.56%
	Independent	Rajkamal V	457	0.48%
	Independent	Harry M	351	0.37%
	Independent	Ravi T. R	182	0.19%
	Independent	Sivaraman P	179	0.19%
	Independent	Ramesh R	145	0.15%
	Independent	Anandaraman A	143	0.15%
	Independent	Gunasekaran V	83	0.09%
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%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thousand Lights
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Stalin. M. K.	66,905	69.72%	30.52%
	AIADMK	Zeenath Sheriffdeen	22,028	22.95%	−33.55%
	MDMK	Thiyagarajan. K.	2,479	2.58%
	BJP	Nagamma	2,015	2.10%	0.29%
	PMK	Elumalai. N.	1,457	1.52%
	Independent	Ravikannan. R.	225	0.23%
	Independent	Theerthamalai. A. P.	159	0.17%
	Independent	Munusamy. M.	94	0.10%
	Independent	Daniel Thomas. R.	84	0.09%
	Independent	Theyagarajan. V.	63	0.07%
	Independent	Arunkumar. G.	59	0.06%
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%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thousand Lights
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Krishna Swamy K. A.	55,426	56.50%	26.45%
	DMK	Stalin M. K.	38,445	39.19%	−11.40%
	BJP	Nagarajan D.	1,771	1.81%
	PMK	Panneerselvam B.	1,273	1.30%
	JP	Dhanasekaran T.	230	0.23%
	Independent	Panneerselvam A. B.	202	0.21%
	Independent	Premnath C. M.	107	0.11%
	THMM	Kathirvelu E.	79	0.08%
	Independent	Selvi Christian Taylor	60	0.06%
	AAP	Ananandan. A.	57	0.06%
	Independent	Kalaimani R.	54	0.06%
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%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thousand Lights
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Stalin. M. K. M	50,818	50.59%	2.73%
	AIADMK	Thambidurai. S. S. R. M	30,184	30.05%	−20.31%
	IUML	Mohamed Ehiya	10,349	10.30%
	AIADMK	Syed Fasiuddin. G. M. M	6,616	6.59%	−43.77%
	Independent	Ali Fithrath	478	0.48%
	Independent	News Anudan. M	471	0.47%
	Independent	Devarajan. G. M	355	0.35%
	Independent	Krishnan. R. M	181	0.18%
	Independent	Veerarahghavan. P. M	146	0.15%
	Independent	Parthasarathy	134	0.13%
	Independent	Lingesan	122	0.12%
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%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thousand Lights
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Krishnasamy K. A.	46,246	50.36%	0.17%
	DMK	Stalin. M. K.	43,954	47.86%	−1.95%
	Independent	Seppan. A.	854	0.93%
	Independent	Parathasarthy. N. D.	199	0.22%
	Independent	Karunanidhi. E.	198	0.22%
	Independent	Syed Yaseen	152	0.17%
	Independent	Alagarsamy. A. T. S.	146	0.16%
	Independent	Muddu Rangan. V.	82	0.09%
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%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thousand Lights
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Krishnasamy. K. A	40,499	50.19%
	DMK	Sadiq Pasha. S. J	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%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thousand Lights
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S.J. Sadiq Pasha	26,599	37.13%	−20.26%
	Independent	Syed Khaleefa Thullah	21,741	30.35%
	JP	Anbumani	15,230	21.26%
	INC	P.A. Daivasigamani	7,902	11.03%	−29.30%
	Independent	P. Ramakrishnan	163	0.23%
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%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Thousand Lights
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. A. Mathialagan	27,984	45.59%
	INC	Indrani Changalvarayan	25,609	41.72%	−4.19%
		Sambandam	4,772	7.78%
	SWA	C. M. Baslusamy	3,011	4.91%
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%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Thousand Lights^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. V. P. Asaithambi	17,632	54.08%
	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%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Thousand Lights^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Venkataswami Naiudu	31,042	24.64%	24.64%
	Independent	Sivashanmugham Pillai	22,787	18.09%
	Justice Party	Indirani Balasubaramaniam	19,236	15.27%
	Socialist	Marthandam Pillai	8,127	6.45%
	Independent	Dorairaj	6,448	5.12%
	IUML	Syed Niamuthulla Sahib	5,706	4.53%	4.53%
	Independent	Jasubatham	5,409	4.29%
	Independent	Manickavasagam	5,125	4.07%
	Independent	Kabalamurthi	3,771	2.99%
	Independent	Raja	3,304	2.62%
	KMPP	Yakambaram	3,034	2.41%
Margin of victory			8,255	6.55%
Turnout			1,25,975	89.94%
Registered electors			1,40,070
	INC win (new seat)

References

^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 20. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

[1] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

[2] "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 20. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[3] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

[4] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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