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Assembly Constituency No. 20

Thousand Lights

15 elections on record · DMK dominant · 15 total

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15 Elections
on Record
DMK Dominant Party
8 wins
113959 Biggest Margin
(1996)
426 Smallest Margin
(1977)
★ 2026 — Current MLA
J. C. D. Prabhakar
TVK
58965 votes · 44.73%
Margin: 15141
Runner-up
Ezhilan Naganathan
DMK
🏆 Biggest Victory
113959 votes
M.A. Vaidyalingam
DMK
1996 Election
⚡ Closest Contest
426 votes
Munu Adhi
AIADMK
1977 Election
📈 Peak Votes Ever
269717 votes — S. R. Raja in 2006
Party Win History
DMK
8W
53%
ADMK
3W
20%
INC
2W
13%
SWA
1W
7%
TVK
1W
7%
DMK
8 wins
ADMK
3 wins
INC
2 wins
SWA
1 wins
TVK
1 wins
📍 Know About Thousand Lights

Thousand Lights is an Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. It has participated in 15 elections from 1962 to 2026. DMK is the historically dominant party with 8 wins out of 15 elections.

AC No. 20 15 elections DMK 8x
Complete Election History
Thousand Lights — All Years 15 elections
YearWinnerPartyVotesVote %Runner-upPartyMargin
2026 J. C. D. Prabhakar TVK 58965 44.73% Ezhilan Naganathan DMK 15141
2021 Ezhilan Naganathan DMK 49080 53.88% Khushbu BJP 24001
2016 K. K. Selvam DMK 61726 43.35% Valarmathi B ADMK 8829
2011 B. Valarmathi AIADMK 67522 50.55% Hasan Mohamed Jinnah DMK 7592
2006 S. R. Raja DMK 269717 48.00% K. Somu MDMK 48752
2001 M.A. Vaidialingam DMK 150961 46.86% Thiru K. Chakkaraipani Reddiar TMC(M) 5431
1996 M.A. Vaidyalingam DMK 166401 64.91% K.B. Madhavan INC 113959
1991 S. M. Krishnan INC 111588 57.82% M. A. Vaidiallingam DMK 46848
1989 M. A. Vaithlyaligam DMK 90007 47.03% A. J. Doss INC 46261
1984 Ella Rajamanickam AIADMK 75155 51.75% M. A. Vaithyalingam DMK 7146
1980 Pammal Nallathambi DMK 59931 51.52% Munu Adhi AIADMK 6185
1977 Munu Adhi AIADMK 32394 35.22% Pammal Nallathambi DMK 426
1971 Vai.Balasundaram DMK 39816 66.77% C Ganesan INC 26359
1967 P. S. Ellappan SWA 38223 62.11% P. Saradambal INC 14901
1962 S. V. Natesa Mudaliar INC 46018 54.80% C. N. Annadurai DMK 9190
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