Velachery (state assembly constituency)

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Velachery
Constituency for the State Assembly
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Constituency details
State Tamil Nadu
District Chennai
Constituency Chennai South
Total electors314,537 [1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAJmh. Aassan Maulaana
Party Indian National Congress
Elected year2021

Velachery is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2007. [2] It forms a part of the Chennai South parliamentary constituency for national elections.

Contents

YearWinnerParty
2011 M. K. Ashok All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 Vagai Chandrasekhar [3] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 JMH Aassan Maulaana Indian National Congress

Election Results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
39.15%
2016
39.96%
2011
53.91%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Velachery
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC JMH Aassan Maulaana 68,49338.76
AIADMK M. K. Ashok 64,14136.3
MNM Dr. Santhosh Babu Ias (Retd)23,07213.06
NTK M. Keerthana14,1718.02
AMMK M. Chandrabose1,9771.12
Margin of victory4,3522.49%-2.57%
Turnout 174,97255.63%-2.71%
Registered electors 314,537
Rejected ballots700.04%
INC gain from DMK Swing -0.82%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Velachery
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK Vagai Chandrasekhar 70,13939.96+39.96
AIADMK C. Munusamy61,26734.91-19.00
BJP P. Sritharan14,4728.25+3.62
DMDK V. N. Rajan9,6545.50+5.50
PMK Vinoba Bhoopathy6,8093.88-29.22
Margin of victory8,8725.05-15.76
Turnout 1,75,60758.36-8.71
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -13.95

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Velachery
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK M. K. Ashok 82,14553.91+53.91
PMK Jayaraman50,42533.10+33.10
IND E. Sarathbabu7,4724.90+4.90
BJP Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan 7,0484.63+4.63
LSP Senthil Kumar Arumugam1,2250.80+0.80
Margin of victory31,72020.81----
Turnout 1,52,42367.07New
AIADMK win (new seat)

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References

  1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  3. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 26. Retrieved 27 May 2016.