Ambattur (state assembly constituency)
Coordinates: 13°06′05″N 80°09′32″E / 13.101465°N 80.158997°E
Ambattur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India that was newly formed after constituency delimitation.[1] Located in Chennai district, it consists of a portion of Ambattur taluk and part of Chennai corporation. It is included in the Sriperumbudur parliamentary constituency.[2]
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | S. Vedachalam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2016 | V. Alexander[3] | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2021 | Joseph Samuel | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Election Results
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Joseph Samuel | 1,14,554 | 47.67 | ||
| AIADMK | V. Alexander | 72,408 | 30.13 | ||
| NTK | R. Anbu Thenarasan | 22,701 | 9.45 |  9.45
| |
| MNM | S. Vaitheswaran | 22,370 | 9.31 | 9.31
| |
| AMMK | S Vedhachalam | 2,631 | 1.09 | 1.09
| |
| Margin of victory | 42,146 | 17.70 | |||
| Turnout | 2,40,383 | 62.54 | |||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. Alexander | 94,375 | 41.10 | ||
| INC | Aassan Maulaana | 76,877 | 33.48 | ||
| PMK | Sekar K N | 16,635 | 7.24 | ||
| DMDK | Constandine Ravindran J | 16,631 | 7.24 | ||
| BJP | Devarajan C | 9,563 | 4.16 | ||
| Margin of victory | 17,498 | 7.62 | |||
| Turnout | 2,29,715 | 63.93 | |||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | ||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Vedhachalam S | 99,330 | 53.30 | ||
| DMK | Ranaganathan B | 76,613 | 41.11 | ||
| BJP | Jeyachandra T | 3,912 | 2.10 | ||
| JMM | Devarajan C | 1,128 | 0.61 | ||
| Margin of victory | 22,717 | 12.19 | |||
| Turnout | 1,87,069 | 70.59 | New | ||
| AIADMK win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ↑ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
- ↑ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ↑ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 8. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
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