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[edit]

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[edit]

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

2021[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  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.