Durai Chandrasekaran

Durai Chandrasekaran is an Indian politician and incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected four times to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Tiruvaiyaru constituency in the 1989,[1] 1996,[2] 2006[3] and 2016 elections.[4] He lost the seat to P. Kaliyaperumal of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in the 1991 election[5] and to K. Ayyaru Vandayar of the same party in 2001.[6]

He is Thanjavur Central DMK District secretary.

Electoral performance
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tiruvaiyaru[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Durai Chandrasekaran 103,210 49.09% -0.19
BJP S. Venkatesan 49,560 23.57% New
AMMK V. Karthikeyan 37,469 17.82% New
NTK D. Senthilnathan 15,820 7.52% +6.63
PT G. Uthirapathi 1,215 0.58% New
NOTA NOTA 1,180 0.56% -0.42
Independent P. S. Thirumaran 1,093 0.52% New
Margin of victory 53,650 25.52% 18.45%
Turnout 210,250 78.35% -3.49%
Rejected ballots 539 0.26%
Registered electors 268,353
DMK hold Swing -0.19%
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tiruvaiyaru[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Durai Chandrasekaran 100,043 49.27% +5.63
AIADMK M. G. M. Subramanian 85,700 42.21% -8.9
CPI(M) V. Jeevakumar 8,604 4.24% New
NOTA NOTA 1,987 0.98% New
NTK K. R. Shanmugham 1,806 0.89% New
PMK R. Kanakaraj 1,571 0.77% New
TMMK T. Kamaraj 1,161 0.57% New
IJK S. Simiyon Xavier Raj 1,072 0.53% New
Margin of victory 14,343 7.06% -0.40%
Turnout 203,030 81.84% -1.94%
Registered electors 248,086
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -1.84%

References
  1. 1989 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  2. "Statistical Report on General Election 1996 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 9. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  3. 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  4. "List of successful candidates" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 5. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  5. Srinivasan, G. (8 May 2001). "Thiruvaiyaru: It is DMK vs. AIADMK". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  6. "Statistical Report on General Election 2001 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 204. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  7. "Tiruvaiyaru Election Result". Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  8. "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.


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