# Chengam Assembly constituency

Chengam is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 62. The seat is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes and comprises a portion of Chengam taluk. It is a part of Tiruvannamalai Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

## Members of Legislative Assembly
### Madras State

| Year | Winner | Party |
| 1952 | Ramaswami Gounder | Commonweal Party |
| 1957 | T. Karia Gounder | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | C. K. Chinnaraji Gounder | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1967 | P. S. Santhanam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

### Tamil Nadu

| Year | Winner | Party |
| 1971 | C. Pandurangam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1977 | T. Swamikannu | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1980 | T. Swamikannu | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1984 | T. Swamikannu | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1989 | M. Settu | Janata Party |
| 1991 | P. Veerapandiyan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1996 | K. V. Nannan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2001 | Polur Varadhan | Indian National Congress |
| 2006 | Polur Varadhan | Indian National Congress |
| 2011 | T. Sureshkumar | Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam |
| 2016 | M. P. Giri | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2021 | M. P. Giri | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | M. P. Giri | 108,081 | 48.73% | 3.13% |
| | AIADMK | Nainakannu. M. S | 96,511 | 43.51% | 3.95% |
| | NTK | Vennila. S | 12,080 | 5.45% | 5.13% |
| | DMDK | Anbu. S | 2,769 | 1.25% | −2.56% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,570 | 5.22% | −0.82% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,21,797 | 80.66% | −3.49% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,74,963 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 3.13% | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | M. P. Giri | 95,939 | 45.60% | |
| | AIADMK | Dinagaran. M | 83,248 | 39.57% | |
| | PMK | Murugan. C | 15,114 | 7.18% | |
| | DMDK | Kalaiarasi . A | 8,007 | 3.81% | −43.14% |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,403 | 0.67% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,691 | 6.03% | −0.42% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,10,403 | 84.16% | −0.10% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,50,015 | | |
| | DMK gain from DMDK | DMK gain from DMDK | Swing | -1.35% | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMDK | Sureshkumar T. | 83,722 | 46.90 | +34.29 |
| | INC | K. Selvaperunthagai | 72,225 | 40.50 | −2.24 |
| | Independent | Sureshkumar. R | 8,543 | 4.79 | |
| | BJP | Jayaraman. A | 4,465 | 2.50 | −0.71 |
| | Independent | Kumar. R | 2,511 | 1.41 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,497 | 6.45 | −1.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,11,656 | 84.25 | 12.98 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,78,325 | | |
| | DMDK gain from INC | DMDK gain from INC | Swing | 4.20 | |

### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Polur Varadhan M | 53,366 | 42.75% | −5.68% |
| | VCK | Sakthivel P | 43,166 | 34.58% | |
| | DMDK | Suresh T | 15,808 | 12.66% | |
| | BJP | Thiruppathi V | 4,009 | 3.21% | |
| | BSP | Jaganathan R | 2,631 | 2.11% | |
| | Independent | Ramasamy V | 2,576 | 2.06% | |
| | SP | Shamala R | 1,792 | 1.44% | |
| | Independent | Saroja B | 1,494 | 1.20% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,200 | 8.17% | −2.81% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,24,842 | 71.27% | 6.85% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,75,158 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | -5.68% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Polur Varadhan | 54,145 | 48.43% | |
| | MTD | Shamala. R | 41,868 | 37.45% | |
| | Independent | Munusamy. K | 4,788 | 4.28% | |
| | MDMK | Marimuthu. A | 4,780 | 4.28% | |
| | Independent | Muthammal. S | 2,401 | 2.15% | |
| | JD(U) | Anbalagan. P | 2,218 | 1.98% | |
| | JD(S) | Settu. M | 1,597 | 1.43% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,277 | 10.98% | −15.72% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,11,797 | 64.42% | −2.55% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,73,711 | | |
| | INC gain from DMK | INC gain from DMK | Swing | -10.68% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Nannan. K. V. | 58,958 | 59.11% | |
| | AIADMK | Thamizharasan. C. K. | 32,325 | 32.41% | −26.90% |
| | Independent | Raji. C. | 4,645 | 4.66% | |
| | JD | Settu. M. | 3,086 | 3.09% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 26,633 | 26.70% | −14.15% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 99,747 | 66.98% | −0.55% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,56,671 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -0.20% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | P. Veera Pandiyan | 54,611 | 59.31% | 29.75% |
| | JD | K. Munusamy | 16,994 | 18.46% | |
| | PMK | M. Annappan | 11,283 | 12.25% | |
| | Independent | T. Samikkannu | 7,056 | 7.66% | |
| | BJP | K. Kesavalu | 1,109 | 1.20% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 37,617 | 40.85% | 35.68% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 92,081 | 67.53% | 7.12% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,44,912 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from JP | AIADMK gain from JP | Swing | 24.57% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JP | Settu. M. | 26,256 | 34.74% | |
| | AIADMK | Veerapandiyan. P. | 22,344 | 29.56% | −31.86% |
| | INC | Jaya Arumugam | 13,020 | 17.23% | |
| | AIADMK | Samikkannu. T. | 11,363 | 15.03% | −46.39% |
| | Independent | Anandan. L. | 1,393 | 1.84% | |
| | Independent | Dhanapal. P. | 990 | 1.31% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,912 | 5.18% | −28.01% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 75,584 | 60.41% | −11.83% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,28,945 | | |
| | JP gain from AIADMK | JP gain from AIADMK | Swing | -26.68% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | T. Swamikannu | 45,770 | 61.42% | 13.36% |
| | JP | P. Anbalagan | 21,039 | 28.23% | |
| | Independent | A. Kannan | 4,721 | 6.34% | |
| | Independent | N. Vattaru | 2,615 | 3.51% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 24,731 | 33.19% | 31.69% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 74,520 | 72.24% | 17.12% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,11,906 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 13.36% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Swamikannu. T | 26,823 | 48.06% | 1.70% |
| | INC | Arumugam. A | 25,987 | 46.56% | |
| | Independent | Arumugam. P | 3,006 | 5.39% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 836 | 1.50% | −20.70% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,816 | 55.12% | 3.17% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,02,993 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 1.70% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | T. Swamikannu | 22,789 | 46.36% | |
| | DMK | N. Poosanar | 11,877 | 24.16% | −37.23% |
| | JP | P. Anbalagan | 8,094 | 16.47% | |
| | CPI | D. Raja | 4,492 | 9.14% | |
| | Independent | P. Dhanapal | 1,478 | 3.01% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,912 | 22.20% | −7.40% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,158 | 51.95% | −14.95% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 96,111 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -15.03% | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | C. Pandurangam | 32,260 | 61.39% | 4.55% |
| | INC | A. Ar. Mugam | 16,705 | 31.79% | −3.99% |
| | Independent | A. Ramasamy | 3,586 | 6.82% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 15,555 | 29.60% | 8.53% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,551 | 66.90% | −2.78% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 84,601 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 4.55% | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chengam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | P. S. Santhanam | 29,828 | 56.84% | 1.62% |
| | INC | A. Arumugham | 18,773 | 35.77% | −4.40% |
| | Independent | P. Dhanapal | 1,927 | 3.67% | |
| | RPI | R. Kanniah | 1,425 | 2.72% | |
| | Independent | C. K. Manickam | 524 | 1.00% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,055 | 21.07% | 6.02% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,477 | 69.68% | −4.58% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 78,478 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 1.62% | |

### 1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chengam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | C. K. Chinnaraji Gounder | 34,374 | 55.22% | |
| | INC | Y. Shanmugam | 25,008 | 40.17% | −16.27% |
| | Independent | Thammaya Dass | 1,350 | 2.17% | |
| | Independent | Manickam | 1,082 | 1.74% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,366 | 15.04% | −5.40% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 62,254 | 74.27% | 27.98% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 87,108 | | |
| | DMK gain from INC | DMK gain from INC | Swing | -1.22% | |

### 1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chengam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | T. Karia Goundar | 20,079 | 56.44% | 32.25% |
| | Independent | R. Venkatachala Mudaliar | 12,806 | 36.00% | |
| | Independent | E. Venkatachala Mudaliar | 2,691 | 7.56% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,273 | 20.44% | 7.78% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,576 | 46.28% | −5.68% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 76,865 | | |
| | INC gain from Commonweal Party | INC gain from Commonweal Party | Swing | 19.58% | |

### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chengam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Commonweal Party | Ramaswami Gounder | 13,413 | 36.86% | |
| | INC | Muthukrishna Chettiar | 8,804 | 24.19% | 24.19% |
| | Justice Party | Rengaswami Reddiar | 7,434 | 20.43% | |
| | CPI | Ramaswami | 6,741 | 18.52% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,609 | 12.66% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,392 | 51.97% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 70,029 | | |
| | Commonweal Party win (new seat) | Commonweal Party win (new seat) | Commonweal Party win (new seat) | Commonweal Party win (new seat) | Commonweal Party win (new seat) |