Thiruvottiyur is an Meeting/Vidhan Sabha constituency within the Chennai district of Tamil Nadu
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Thiruvottiyur is an Meeting/Vidhan Sabha constituency within the Chennai district of Tamil Nadu. It falls beneath the Chennai (North) Lok Sabha constituency.
Within the 2016 Tamil Nadu Meeting election, the constituency had a complete of two,84,010 registered voters.
Voter turnout in earlier election
The voter turnout in Thiruvottiyur within the earlier Meeting election was 66.92 %.
Previous election outcomes and winners
Within the 2016 Tamil Nadu Meeting election, KPP Samy of the DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) gained the Thiruvottiyur seat. He gained 82,205 votes, as in opposition to 77,342 votes gained by his fundamental rival B Balraj of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK).
The constituency is at present vacant, as Samy handed away on 27 February, 2020.
Within the 2011 election, Okay Kuppan of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) had gained the Thiruvottiyur seat by beating KPP Samy of the DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam).
The Thiruvottiyur Meeting constituency is predicted to go to polls in April or Might 2021, as a part of the Tamil Nadu Meeting election 2021.
The Tamil Nadu Meeting polls will probably be held to elect a complete of 234 Members of Legislative Meeting (MLAs).
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