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Ambattur Assembly constituency

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Ambattur
Constituency No. 8 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChennai
Lok Sabha constituencySriperumbudur
Established2008
Total electors384,377[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  DMK
Alliance  SPA
Elected year2021

Ambattur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India that was newly formed after the 2008 constituency delimitation.[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 8. Located in Chennai district, it consists of a portion of Ambattur taluk and part of Chennai corporation. It is included in Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency.[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Members of legislative Assembly

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Year Winner Party
2011 S. Vedachalam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 V. Alexander[4] All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 Joseph Samuel Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

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Vote share of winning candidates
2021
48.14%
2016
41.10%
2011
53.30%
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambattur[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Joseph Samuel 114,554 48.14% New
AIADMK V. Alexander 72,408 30.43% −10.67
NTK H.Mahendran 22,701 9.54% +7.34
MNM S. Vaitheswaran 22,370 9.40% New
AMMK S. Vedachalam 2,631 1.11% New
NOTA NOTA 2,358 0.99% −1.45
Margin of victory 42,146 17.71% 10.09%
Turnout 237,941 61.90% −2.00%
Rejected ballots 84 0.04%
Registered electors 384,377
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 7.05%
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambattur[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. Alexander 94,375 41.10% −12.21
INC J. M. H. Aassan Maulaana 76,877 33.48% New
PMK K. N. Sekar 16,635 7.24% New
DMDK J. Constandine Ravindran 16,631 7.24% New
BJP C. Devarajan 9,563 4.16% +2.07
NOTA NOTA 5,603 2.44% New
NTK R. Anbuthennarasan 5,044 2.20% New
Margin of victory 17,498 7.62% −4.57%
Turnout 229,632 63.90% −6.42%
Registered electors 359,345
AIADMK hold Swing -12.21%
2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Ambattur[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. Vedachalam 99,330 53.30% New
DMK B. Ranaganathan 76,613 41.11% New
BJP T. Jeyachandra 3,912 2.10% New
JMM C. Devarajan 1,128 0.61% New
BSP S. Mohamed Abbas 962 0.52% New
Margin of victory 22,717 12.19%
Turnout 186,347 70.32%
Registered electors 264,990
AIADMK win (new seat)

References

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