Velachery (state assembly constituency)

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Velachery
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constitution-Velachery.svg
Constituency details
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChennai
LS constituency Chennai South
Total electors314,537[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAJmh. Aassan Maulaana
PartyIndian 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.

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 JMH Aassan Maulaana 68,493 38.76
AIADMK M. K. Ashok 64,141 36.3
MNM Dr. Santhosh Babu Ias (Retd) 23,072 13.06
NTK M. Keerthana 14,171 8.02
AMMK M. Chandrabose 1,977 1.12
Margin of victory 4,352 2.49% -2.57%
Turnout 174,972 55.63% -2.71%
Registered electors 314,537
Rejected ballots 70 0.04%
INC gain from DMK Swing -0.82%

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Velachery
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Vagai Chandrasekhar 70,139 39.96 +39.96
AIADMK C. Munusamy 61,267 34.91 -19.00
BJP P. Sritharan 14,472 8.25 +3.62
DMDK V. N. Rajan 9,654 5.50 +5.50
PMK Vinoba Bhoopathy 6,809 3.88 -29.22
Margin of victory 8,872 5.05 -15.76
Turnout 1,75,607 58.36 -8.71
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -13.95

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Velachery
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK M. K. Ashok 82,145 53.91 +53.91
PMK Jayaraman 50,425 33.10 +33.10
IND E. Sarathbabu 7,472 4.90 +4.90
BJP Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan 7,048 4.63 +4.63
LSP Senthil Kumar Arumugam 1,225 0.80 +0.80
Margin of victory 31,720 20.81 ----
Turnout 1,52,423 67.07 New
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.


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