Avadi Assembly constituency

Avadi
Constituency No. 6 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
LS constituency	Thiruvallur
Established	2008
Total electors	444,231 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent S. M. Nasar
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Avadi is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, newly formed after the 2008 constituency delimitation. ^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 6. It consists of a portion of Avadi taluk and includes Avadi. It is included in Thiruvallur Lok Sabha constituency. ^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
2011	S. Abdul Rahim		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	K. Pandiarajan [4]
2021	S. M. Nasar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			50.35%
2016			39.92%
2011			55.18%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avadi ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. M. Nasar	150,287	50.35	+10.95
	AIADMK	K. Pandiarajan	95,012	31.83	−8.08
	NTK	G. Vijayalakshmi	30,087	10.08	+8.49
	MNM	V. Udhayakumar	17,092	5.73	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,381	0.80	−1.05
	DMDK	N. M. Sankar	1,911	0.64	New
Margin of victory			55,275	18.52	18.01
Turnout			298,456	67.18	−0.73
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	+10.44

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avadi ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Pandiarajan	108,064	39.92	−15.26
	DMK	S. M. Nasar	106,669	39.40	New
	MDMK	R. Anthridoss	22,848	8.44	New
	PMK	N. Anandakrishnan	12,428	4.59	New
	BJP	J. Loganathan	7,232	2.67	+0.77
	NOTA	NOTA	4,994	1.84	New
	NTK	S. Nallathambi	4,301	1.59	New
	BSP	S. Charles	1,477	0.55	−0.29
Margin of victory			1,395	0.52	−21.15
Turnout			270,732	67.92	−3.89
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-15.26

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Avadi ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Abdul Rahim	110,102	55.18	New
	INC	R. Dhamotharan	66,864	33.51	New
	Independent	B. Jayaraman	10,460	5.24	New
	BJP	J. Loganathan	3,795	1.90	New
	BSP	C. Sathyamurthi	1,658	0.83	New
	JMM	D. Bakthavachalu	1,336	0.67	New
	Independent	L. Jayaramu	1,114	0.56	New
Margin of victory			43,238	21.67
Turnout			199,538	71.81
	AIADMK win (new seat)

References

1. "Assembly Constituency Wise Form 21E Details" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
2. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
3. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
4. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 6. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
5. "avadi Election Result" . Retrieved 23 July 2022.
6. "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.
7. Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

13°07′N80°06′E / 13.12°N 80.1°E / 13.12; 80.1