Cheyyur Assembly constituency

Cheyyur
Cheyyur
Constituency No. 34 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chengalpattu
Lok Sabha constituency	Kancheepuram
Established	2008
Total electors	203,998
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent E. Rajasekar
Party	AIADMK
Alliance	[[ National Democratic Alliance\|NDA]]
Elected year	2026

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Cheyyur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2008.^[1] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 34. Located in Chengalpattu district, it comprises Cheyyur taluk and a portion of Tirukalukundram taluk. It is included in Kancheepuram Lok Sabha constituency for elections to the Parliament of India.^[2] It is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner
2011	V. S. Raji	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	R. T. Arasu^[3]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	M. Babu	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
2026	E. Rajasekar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2026			34.02%
2021			46.49%
2016			37.51%
2011			55.59%

2026

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	E. Rajasekar	63,809	34.02
	TVK	K. Mohanraja	58,141	30.99	New
	VCK	Sinthanai Selvan	57,909	30.87
	NTK	Swathi Lakshmi	4853	2.59	New
	None of the above (India)	NOTA	783	0.42
Margin of victory
Turnout			187,584
Rejected ballots
Registered electors			203998
	AIADMK gain from VCK		Swing

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	VCK	M. Babu	82,750	46.49%
	AIADMK	S. Kanitha	78,708	44.22%	6.89%
	NTK	R. Rajesh	9,653	5.42%	4.88%
	DMDK	A. Siva	3,054	1.72%
	MNM	P. Anbu Tamilsekaran	1,968	1.11%
	NOTA	Nota	1,141	0.64%	−0.44%
	BSP	S. Ilayaraja	964	0.54%	0.11%
Margin of victory			4,042	2.27%	2.09%
Turnout			1,77,979	78.27%	−1.84%
Rejected ballots			231	0.13%
Registered electors			2,27,402
	VCK gain from DMK		Swing	8.98%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Arasu R T	63,446	37.51%
	AIADMK	Munusamy A	63,142	37.33%	−18.26%
	VCK	Ezhil Caroline	17,927	10.60%
	PMK	Sadaiyappan V	17,892	10.58%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,827	1.08%
	BJP	Sampath P	1,559	0.92%	−0.06%
	NTK	Dhasarathan A	919	0.54%
Margin of victory			304	0.18%	-18.69%
Turnout			1,69,134	80.11%	−0.90%
Registered electors			2,11,135
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-18.08%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cheyyur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. S . Raji	78,307	55.59%
	VCK	D. Parventhan	51,723	36.72%
	PB	O. E. Sankar	2,322	1.65%
	Independent	T. Raji	2,162	1.53%
	BJP	P. Sampath	1,387	0.98%
	BSP	V. Kathavarayan	1,241	0.88%
	Independent	M. Gangadharan	1,144	0.81%
	IJK	M. Murugan	1,030	0.73%
	Independent	A. Sankar	648	0.46%
	Independent	R. Palanivel	501	0.36%
	Independent	K. V. Suntharam	406	0.29%
Margin of victory			26,584	18.87%	{{{change}}}
Turnout			1,73,908	81.00%
Registered electors			1,40,871
	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.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 34. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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[1] "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.

[2] "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.

[eci2016-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 34. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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