Velachery Assembly constituency

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Velachery
Constituency No. 26 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Tamil Nadu
District Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency Chennai South
Established2008
Total electors314,537 [1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  INC
Alliance   SPA
Elected year2021

Velachery is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2008. [2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 26. It forms a part of Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency for national elections. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

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Members of Legislative Assembly

YearWinnerParty
2011 M. K. Ashok All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 Vagai Chandrasekhar [3] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 J. M. H. 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 J. M. H. Aassan Maulaana 68,493 39.15 New
AIADMK M. K. Ashok 64,14136.66+1.75
MNM Santhosh Babu23,07213.19New
NTK M. Keerthana14,1718.10+5.81
AMMK M. Chandrabose1,9771.13New
NOTA NOTA1,7421.00−1.41
Margin of victory4,3522.49−2.57
Turnout 174,97255.63−2.71
Rejected ballots700.04
Registered electors 314,537
INC gain from DMK Swing -0.82

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Velachery [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK Vagai Chandrasekhar 70,139 39.96 New
AIADMK C. Munusamy61,26734.91−19.01
BJP P. Sritharan14,4728.25+3.62
DMDK V. N. Rajan9,6545.50New
PMK Vinoba Bhoopathy6,8093.88−29.22
NOTA NOTA4,2252.41New
NTK N. Chandrasekaran4,0112.29New
Independent Raja Krishnamoorthy @ Kitty2,4771.41New
Margin of victory8,8725.05−15.76
Turnout 175,52258.33−8.71
Registered electors 300,891
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -13.95

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Velachery [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK M. K. Ashok 82,145 53.91 New
PMK M. Jayaraman50,42533.10New
Independent E. Sarathbabu7,4724.90New
BJP Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan 7,0484.63New
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party Senthil Kumar Arumugam1,2250.80New
IJK K. N. Seshadri1,0360.68New
Margin of victory31,72020.82
Turnout 152,36467.05
Registered electors 227,249
AIADMK win (new seat)

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.
  4. "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.
  5. 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.