# E. A. P. Sivaji

E. A. P. Sivaji is an Indian politician and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate from Tiruttani constituency in the 1996 election.
Having lost his Tiruttani seat to G. Raviraj of the Pattali Makkal Katchi in 2001, Sivaji stood in the 2006 assembly elections for the Tirvallur constituency at a time when he was district secretary of the DMK in that area. He won the seat then but in the 2011 election he was runner-up to B. V. Ramanaa of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

## Electoral performance

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiruvallur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | B. V. Ramanaa | 91,337 | 53.69% | +12.22 |
| | DMK | E. A. P. Sivaji | 67,689 | 39.79% | −8.35 |
| | Puratchi Bharatham | E. James | 2,220 | 1.30% | New |
| | BJP | R. M. R. Janakiraman | 1,869 | 1.10% | +0.28 |
| | RJD | T. A. Deivasigamani | 1,080 | 0.63% | New |
| | BSP | V. Shanthakumar | 1,039 | 0.61% | +0.07 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 23,648 | 13.90% | 7.23% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 170,115 | 81.81% | 10.91% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 207,935 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 5.55% | |
2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Thiruvallur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | E. A. P. Sivaji | 64,378 | 48.14% | New |
| | AIADMK | B. V. Ramanaa | 55,454 | 41.47% | New |
| | DMDK | B. Paratha Sarathi | 8,048 | 6.02% | New |
| | Independent | S. Jegajeevanram | 1,413 | 1.06% | New |
| | BJP | R. S. Veeramani | 1,092 | 0.82% | New |
| | Independent | M. Vasan | 885 | 0.66% | New |
| | BSP | D. Srinivasan | 722 | 0.54% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,924 | 6.67% | −11.20% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 133,732 | 70.90% | 13.11% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 188,609 | | |
| | DMK gain from TMC(M) | DMK gain from TMC(M) | Swing | 5.24% | |
2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tiruttani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PMK | G. Raviraj | 58,549 | 50.01% | +38.04 |
| | DMK | E. A. P. Sivaji | 44,675 | 38.16% | −15.74 |
| | Puratchi Bharatham | G. Mahalingam | 7,412 | 6.33% | New |
| | MDMK | N. S. Dharman | 2,406 | 2.06% | −3.18 |
| | Independent | A. Jayaraman | 1,499 | 1.28% | New |
| | Independent | D. Munirathinam | 877 | 0.75% | New |
| | Independent | P. S. Chandra Babu | 674 | 0.58% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,874 | 11.85% | −15.58% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 117,063 | 67.29% | −2.40% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 173,980 | | |
| | PMK gain from DMK | PMK gain from DMK | Swing | -3.89% | |
1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tiruttani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | E. A. P. Sivaji | 58,049 | 53.90% | New |
| | AIADMK | G. Hari | 28,507 | 26.47% | −26.73 |
| | PMK | G. Raviraji | 12,896 | 11.98% | New |
| | MDMK | Narasimhan | 5,638 | 5.24% | New |
| | BJP | M. Krishnamoorthy | 815 | 0.76% | −0.22 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 29,542 | 27.43% | 3.84% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 107,691 | 69.69% | 4.47% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 162,521 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 0.70% | |