Velachery Assembly constituency

Velachery
Constituency No. 26 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChennai
LS constituencyChennai South
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 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

Year Winner Party
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Velachery[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Velachery[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

  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.