Velachery | |
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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 |
LS constituency | Chennai South |
Total electors | 314,537[1] |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | INC |
Alliance | SPA |
Elected year | 2021 |
Velachery is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2007.[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 26. It forms a part of the Chennai South parliamentary constituency for national elections. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit]Year | Winner | Party | |
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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
[edit]2021
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | J. M. H. Aassan Maulaana | 68,493 | 39.15% | New | |
AIADMK | M. K. Ashok | 64,141 | 36.66% | +1.75 | |
MNM | Dr. Santhosh Babu IAS (Retd) | 23,072 | 13.19% | New | |
NTK | M. Keerthana | 14,171 | 8.10% | +5.81 | |
AMMK | M. Chandrabose | 1,977 | 1.13% | New | |
NOTA | NOTA | 1,742 | 1.00% | −1.41 | |
Margin of victory | 4,352 | 2.49% | −2.57% | ||
Turnout | 174,972 | 55.63% | −2.71% | ||
Rejected ballots | 70 | 0.04% | |||
Registered electors | 314,537 | ||||
INC gain from DMK | Swing | -0.82% |
2016
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DMK | Vagai Chandrasekhar | 70,139 | 39.96% | New | |
AIADMK | C. Munusamy | 61,267 | 34.91% | −19.01 | |
BJP | P. Sritharan | 14,472 | 8.25% | +3.62 | |
DMDK | V. N. Rajan | 9,654 | 5.50% | New | |
PMK | Vinoba Bhoopathy | 6,809 | 3.88% | −29.22 | |
NOTA | NOTA | 4,225 | 2.41% | New | |
NTK | N. Chandrasekaran | 4,011 | 2.29% | New | |
Independent | Raja Krishnamoorthy @ Kitty | 2,477 | 1.41% | New | |
Margin of victory | 8,872 | 5.05% | −15.76% | ||
Turnout | 175,522 | 58.33% | −8.71% | ||
Registered electors | 300,891 | ||||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -13.95% |
2011
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIADMK | M. K. Ashok | 82,145 | 53.91% | New | |
PMK | M. Jayaraman | 50,425 | 33.10% | New | |
Independent | E. Sarathbabu | 7,472 | 4.90% | New | |
BJP | Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan | 7,048 | 4.63% | New | |
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party | Senthil Kumar Arumugam | 1,225 | 0.80% | New | |
IJK | K. N. Seshadri | 1,036 | 0.68% | New | |
Margin of victory | 31,720 | 20.82% | |||
Turnout | 152,364 | 67.05% | |||
Registered electors | 227,249 | ||||
AIADMK win (new seat) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 26. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.